Cross and Keys Newsle/erSaint Peter’s Church, Anglican Parish of East Maitland July 2016

Saint Peter’s Church, William StEeet The Anglican Parish of East Maitland

SerFing the Communities of Ashtonfield, East Maitland, Four Mile Creek, Louth Park, Metford, PitKacree and Tenambit

Mailing: P. O. Box 662 East Maitland NSW 2323 Telephone: (02) 4934 5303 E-mail: office@east]aitlandanglican.org

Parish Website: www.east]aitlandanglican.org Wedding Website: www.hunterFalley^eddings.info

The Parish Office is normally open on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday from 9 am to 4 pm and is the first point of contact for all parish enquiries and bookings. If the office is unattended please leave a

message. The best way to make an enquiry about Baptisms or Weddings is through our websites.

Holy Baptism We welcome all those who have or will be baptised into the Body of Christ at Saint Peter’s, amongst them: Lachlan Culver, Evelyn Culver, Dominic Harvey, Hannah Eves Rachel Quinn, Cooper Watt, Emmett Henshaw, Henry Bryant and Khaleesi Muxlow. Please pray for them and for their families.

Sacrament of Confir]ation We welcome all those who received the Sacrament of Confirmation at the Patronal Festival:

Rachel Amos, Malachi Battrick, Andrew Burrito, Ethan Cains, Hannah Eves, Howard Glenn, Kate Hanna, Mason Jones, Matthew Kooij, Nicholas Kooij, Racheal Quinn, Jonah Skinner, Anna Stewart and Kimberley Wallis.

Holy MatEimony Please pray for those who have been married recently and for Nathan Evans and Sophie Gore who will be married on Saturday 9th July 2016.

Please pray for all who are preparing to be married.

Rest in Peace Please pray for the souls of all those who have died recently, and amongst them for those whose funerals were held in Church in June and amongst them for: Alan George Steggles and Heather Gladys Sams. Pray too for all who mourn.

Cover Photo: Bishop Greg Thompson teaching during the Patronal Festival Sung Mass Photo: Neville Foster

Diocese of Newcastle

An Update com our Bishop We wanted to thank clergy and parish officers for their understanding during recent weeks as we have increased our focus on the forthcoming Royal Commission. We know that the number of requests for assistance is down and that people calling are showing great understanding when we indicate a decision or action will take a little longer. Many people have told us that they are praying for us and that means a lot.

In the coming weeks the intensity of our preparation will increase. We must make more room in our days for requests for information and providing responses from the Commission and people assisting the Commission. Some of this work will continue not only through to the hearing itself but on occasion probably until the end of the year.

For a little while, the bishops and diocesan staff are only making urgent appointments and asking, where possible, that people hold off appointments until September. I know that you will understand that office staff will seek a little detail about your appointment to make appropriate decisions.

Many of the diocesan staff gather on Tuesday mornings at 9.45 am for prayer. You may like to pray for us at that time as well. In our prayers we regularly think of those who have experienced harm within the life of the Church and pray for a healthy church.   With every blessing, Bishop Greg Thompson Bishop of Newcastle 

Saint Peter’s Emergency Relief

Winter Appeal Judy Cordwell introduces the Winter Appeal

Saint Peter’s Emergency Relief is seeking donations of blankets, rugs and warm clothing. Donations can be left in the boxes near the font at the back of the church.

We also need food items for winter including cans of soup, packets of pasta with sauce, instant noodles, rolled outs and tins of stew. Food donations can be left in the baskets at the back of church at our weekend Masses, or delivered to the Parish Office.

Thank you to all who support this valued and necessary ministry.

10th July Petrus Community Church, 5 pm in the Parish Hall

12th July Pastoral Care Meeting at 3 pm

18th July Mothers’ Union - ‘Pastry & Poetry’ at the Redden’s at 10 am

24th July Petrus Community Church, 5 pm in the Parish Hall

27th July Mens Fellowship Dinner at 6 pm in the Parish Hall

31st July Friendship Lunch at 12 noon at the Bank Hotel

13th August Diocesan Convention with Canon Robin Greenwood at Bishop Tyrrell Anglican College

17th August Resourcing Team Meeting at 7 pm

21st August Friendship Lunch at 12 noon at the Bank Hotel

27th August Spring Fashion Parade at 1.30pm in the Parish Hall

11th September Sydney Men’s Shed Chorale Performance at 2.00pm in the Church

13th September Morpeth Lecture with Professor Clifford Green at the Newcastle Conservatorium of Music

18th September Home Mission Lunch with Fr Peter and Marie Rothnie speaking about Outback and Remote Ministry at 12.30 pm

24th September GAPs Garage Sale at 22 Bruce Street from 8 am

4th October Two Bishop’s Dialogue at Saint Luke’s Church, Wallsend

16th October Friendship Lunch at 12 noon at the Bank Hotel

21st October Diocesan Synod Eucharist

22nd October Diocesan Synod 30th October Service of Remembrance and Thanksgiving for those who have Died, at 6 pm

1st November Requiem Mass for the Souls of the Faithful Departed at 6 pm

20th November Parish Soup Lunch in the Parish Hall at 12.30 pm

11th December Parish Christmas Party in the Rectory Grounds from 5 pm

16th December Carols on the Hill at 6 pm

21st December Parish Leaders’ Christmas Drinks in the Rectory from 7 pm at 7 pm

Parish Diard

Welcome Information about our regular activities is available on our parish website and in our Welcome Booklet.

We have moved much of the regular information which was printed every month out of this newsletter and into the Welcome Booklet.

Please pick up your copy from the back of church.

Diocese of Newcastle

Diocesan Convention 13th Augfst The Diocesan Convention is an important opportunity for us to gather with our Bishop for worship, learning and fellowship.

We hope that there will be a good group from the Parish participating in this day.

You can register as part of the parish group by contacting Jesse Poole who is co-ordinating our registration including our lunch preferences.

Please join us if you are able!

Esther Communitd

Jewellerd AsterKoon Our Jewellery fundraising afternoon was a great success, despite the rainy weather! Our Esther Community put on a lovely event, in which we watched a video explaining the charity Destiny Rescue, and the work they do in rescuing trafficked children, we had some games and food, and most importantly, we raised over $1,000 towards the support of these young children. Thank you to everyone that helped, attended, and supported!

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Discipleship

Telling our Stories Elizabeth Brown reflects on the call to share our faith with others

When I was travelling overseas, a few friends and I were invited to dinner at my friend’s house. While on the doorstep, we took half a minute to collect our thoughts – this was not because our friend’s mum was difficult in any way, but because she had a particular question that she liked to ask people: “so, what is the Lord doing in your life right now?”

Not a question that we were used to receiving, we stood there on this front porch for thirty seconds thinking.. ‘ok, so what has God been doing in my life lately’. When we had thought, and worked out our answer, we rang the doorbell, greeted his parents with a smile and went in.

This sort of question is one that I think would intimidate a lot of people. For many of us, we are not used to the idea of someone asking a direct question about our faith, and it can make us pause. That is why our Patronal festival can help us. By looking at the examples of Peter and Paul, we can look to their different expressions of faith, and reflect more upon our own journey.

While it is understandable to balk at questions like this, Scripture calls us to confront this challenge. Sometimes it can be difficult to really know what should be said in front of others, so in this, I find the following verse very helpful. In 1 Peter 3:15, it says “But in your hearts revere Christ as Lord. Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have. But do this with gentleness and respect”.

Now, we might not be asked outright “what is the reason for the hope that you have?”, but everyday, in tiny, or in massive ways, each of us is observed. The way that we live our life. The choices we make. The way that we spend our Sunday morning. These are the choices of which people take notice. Now, a lot of people in the past have said that this is enough. If we are just nice people, that will help people get closer to God. Although we should always be mindful of living in a manner worthy of the Gospel of Christ, and let our actions speak, it cannot stop there. Sometimes our words need to speak, also.

Sometimes, questions might be asked of us, and we need to decide whether we have an answer ready. Just imagine someone asking you the question – “Why do you go to Church?” What would your answer be? Sometimes the best way to work out why we live the Christian life that we do -the reason for the hope that we have – is to work out our own story of faith.

When I was younger, I would often hear speakers with dramatic stories of coming to faith, or their story of a difficult time in their lives – these stories included drugs, homelessness, hatred towards God, and then the incredible turnaround their lives took when they found Jesus, and gave their lives to Him.

But all these stories had an added impact on me – they combined to make me feel as if I didn’t have a story. I could not connect -perhaps they had something that I did not… Perhaps God was at work in their lives in a way that He was not in my life.

Telling our Stories - continued

But here is where looking at more than one example helps us. As we look at the life and example of Saints Peter and Paul, we see two very different men, and see that journeys toward and with God can take many forms.

We see Saint Paul’s example – someone who was so against the Church of God that he would order the executions of Christians, and his turnaround from this to the tireless preacher of the Gospel of Christ. It is the archetype of the dramatic conversion. To go from persecution of the Church, to being a Church planter, preacher and apostle is a story that rightly shows us that everyone can find their home in God’s arms through Jesus Christ. But what about those of us that have not had the same experiences? Or who do not have the same temperament? In times like this, we can look to the example of Saint Peter. Saint Peter would have attended temple regularly as part of day to day life, and when Jesus came along, Peter decided to follow Him. Later, on a deeper level, he understood Jesus to be Messiah and Lord. Through all this however, Saint Peter still had personal issues to overcome, and stumbles in his faith. Saint Peter turned to Jesus in these times, and each time, Jesus reached out to Peter in love and helped him.

We need both examples of testimonies out there. Saint Paul’s and Saint Peter’s stories are so different from each other, but in these, you can see two different journeys toward and with God, with both being able to help and reach people in their own way.

My story of coming to a deeper knowledge and understanding of God over time - is not the story that is going to reach the person that has lived through some of the worst that the world has had to offer. In a similar way, the stories of extreme turn arounds might not always reach the people from vastly different life experiences.

God made us all different, and we all have a story to tell. We all have a reason for living the way that we do, and we all have a reason for the hope that we have. Sometimes it helps to think about the story of your journey with God. It may be simple, it may have twists and turns, perhaps our journey toward God was direct, but our journey with him since has had its ups and downs. Writing it down can often help to get it straight in our own minds, before we are in the position of someone having asked us a question and trying to think of the answer!

Sometimes the best way for someone to see the worth in our faith, and the reality of God is through seeing the evidence of it in someone’s life – in both words and actions.

So, what has the Lord been doing in your life lately?

Grandparents as Parents Supporj Group

Garage Sale - 24th September

Please support our local GAPs group with items for their garage sale, and come along to the sale and sausage sizzle on Saturday 24th September from 8 am at 22 Bruce Street, East Maitland.

Donations of items would be greatly appreciated, please contact Bev Steggles on 0419 107 736.

Feast of Saint Peter & Saint PaulPatronal Festival, 3rd July 2016

Festival Evensong Preacher: Canon Mark Watson

RSCM Medals Awarded to Junior Choristers

Baptism & Confirmation

Parish Lunch

Our Choir led us in Worship at the Sung Mass

Photos: Neville Foster

Our Restored War Memorial Petrus Community Meal

God Time: Growing in Faith

Father David opened the Weston Art Show

Our Catering Team for Men’s Fellowship

Fun Time: Fire Night

Bishop Peter presided at the Anglican Women’s Day Celebrations

Parishioners in Profile

Paul & Amanda McCarjer In conversation with Kevin Short

Paul was born in Melbourne, the elder of two brothers. He was educated respectively at Glenroy State and High Schools and as a mature age student, later studied mechanical engineering at Newcastle University. After finishing school in 1972, Paul attended a textile printing house with his Art Portfolio, the rest as they say is history, a life-time of graphic art predominantly for the textile industry.

Paul did however have a change in direction after Callum was born in 1989 and the family moved to Los Angles for 14 months: he became a house husband.

After returning from the USA in 1991, the McCarter’s made the move from Melbourne to Maitland, initially living at Rutherford and then from 1994, to a 200 acre property on Eelah Road, Mindaribba, just south of the large expanse of Tocal.

Paul’s major ‘hobby’ surprised me. I knew he was ‘into’ motor bikes but was unaware of his passion for guns; both rifles and pistols. He is a ‘Queens Prize’ winner, and has won State championships in both disciplines. He is presently a Safety Officer with the NSW Government Firearm Registry.

Paul also spent a short time in Western Australia’s Pilbra as a young man in 1975.

Like Paul, Amanda was born and bred in Melbourne, the younger of two children, her brother now a mining engineer in Perth. Her schooling was at Mentone Primary and then high school at Mentone (Anglican) Girls Grammar. She studied medicine at Monash University, graduating in 1982.

Amanda met Paul in 1981 while still at university. They married in 1984, Callum being born in 1989 and Briony in 1992. Callum completed the three senior years of his secondary education in Perthshire Scotland, initially at Mum and Dad’s expense but later with a scholarship. Briony followed for a similar period of time. She is presently at university studying art history and Callum is a self-employed mechatronic engineer.

Amanda’s internship was at Melbourne’s Prince Henry Hospital. She then spent a year with Prince Henry’s surgical training team, afterwards returning to Monash University where she taught anatomy for a year. This morphed into the Radiology Training Programme at the Alfred Hospital where she remained for four years, culminating in the 1990 Fellowship in Los Angles.

The family’s return to Australia coincided with the move to Maitland where Amanda joined Hunter Valley X-ray, now trading as the Hunter Imaging Group. She became a partner but now works part-time in Maitland as a salaried employee after the practice was sold to Sonic Healthcare.

Paul was baptised into the Anglican faith, Amanda into the Churches of Christ. Paul quipped that his confirmation was communal, his entire scout troop being confirmed together.

Paul & Amanda McCarjer - continued

On arriving in Maitland, the family attended the Churches of Christ at Greenhills and later Paterson Apostolic Church. When the pastor retired and the church closed, Paul and Amanda became ‘Churchless’ looking for a place to worship. They came to Saint Peter’s almost by chance one Christmas, were impressed with the liturgy and music, Fr David’s preaching and the pastoral care of the parish. Amanda always had a passion for classical music and has become an integral part of the Choir and is joined by Briony when she is at home. Paul accompanies Amanda but as yet, hasn’t donned the choir robes!

Pastoral Care

MinistEd Amongst Seniors Deacon Wendy updates us on our developing ministries in the local aged care facilities

This year has seen a lot of growth and changes to our ministry in the local aged care homes.

Greenhills Lodge This year we have begun bringing residents from Greenhills Lodge to the First Friday Healing Eucharist. Services continue at Greenhills twice each month on Fridays. We are grateful to the Lodge for providing transport for their residents to come and worship in our church.

Greenhills Nursing Home It has been a sad time for us at the Nursing home, with the passing of seven of our very faithful residents. We are also delighted to welcome new residents and invite them to worship with us. We continue to have services twice each month on Fridays. A couple of the more able residents also join us for the First Friday Healing Eucharist at church.

Benhome Last year we began to offer a service at Benhome for those residents who have had a connection with Saint Peter’s. This ministry has grown in leaps and bounds and we now have a monthly service on a Sunday afternoon.

We have been offered the use of the Benhome bus to bring residents to the First Friday Healing Eucharist, but in order to do so we need our own driver with a light rigid licence. If you are willing and able to assist us with this once each month please contact Deacon Wendy.

Opal Rutherford When the new Opal facility opened at Rutherford Deacon Wendy began giving extended communion to two residents who have connections with our parish. This has grown over the last few months and we are now offering a monthly Sunday afternoon service for the residents.

If you know of anyone who has become a resident of an aged care facility please let Deacon Wendy know so that she can make sure that they are invited to services, or provided with extended communion on an individual basis.

We are grateful to Deacon Wendy for leading and co-ordinating this important ministry.

Saint Peter’s Church Memorial Garden A Sacred Space of Faith, Hope & Love

The historic Church of Saint Peter’s stands at the heart of East Maitland surrounded by gardens that form a constant oasis of beauty and tranquility. Our church building is open every day of the year for prayer and reflection, as are our gardens.

The mortal remains of many of our friends and loved ones rest in the columbarium niches and memorial garden. We invite all members of our local community to consider our columbarium or garden as the final resting place for their cremated remains, where family members and descendants will be able to come and visit in this sacred space which we will continue to care for in perpetuity.

We also offer a unique opportunity for stained glass windows to be permanently installed as memorials within our heritage Church building, and for memorial flowers to be placed in the Church on the anniversary of the death of a loved one or on other special days, with the assurance of our prayers for those who have died and for all who mourn.

Please contact our parish office for information and assistance at office@eastmaitlandanglican.org or on (02) 4934 5303, or visit our website at www.eastmaitlandanglican.org.

Fundraising Group

Men’s Shed Chorale 11th September at 2 pm

We are looking forward to welcoming the Men’s Shed Chorale to our Church on Sunday 11th September at 2 pm. This 25 strong choir is one of Sydney’s most prestigious male voice choirs, in high demand to perform at locations across Sydney and beyond. The afternoon will include Wine and Cheese refreshments in the interval and promises to be a very popular event, drawing an audience from across the Hunter Valley to enjoy the sound of a rousing male voice choir in our wonderful Church with its amazing acoustics. The cost will be $20 per person.

And looking ahead…

In addition to the Mission Lunch on Sunday 18th September and a Movie Afternoon (date to be confirmed), the Saint Peter’s Fundraising Group has been busy organising a full calendar of events for the remainder of the year, with something for everyone. The support of the Saint Peter’s community is a key element of making these events successful - please help to spread the word and ask your family and friends to join you at these events.

Saint Peter’s Church Memorial Garden A Sacred Space of Faith, Hope & Love

We offer to all members of our local community columbarium niches, interment of ashes in our beautiful memorial garden, and stained glass window memorials in our historic church, in the

knowledge that they will be cared for in perpetuity.

Stewardship

The Five Marks of Mission in East Maitland Peter Kirsop continues his series of stewardship reflections on the Five Marks of Mission

My first stewardship article tried to reverse the common slogan value for money with money for values. Each of the Five Marks of Mission is a value but all of my exemplars i this series of reflections on the Marks have been people far from Saint Peter's East Maitland. So how do we currently proclaim the good news of Gods Kingdom in the ways the Marks show us.

We should not leave it to the paid staff to teach, baptise and nurture new believers and yet that is what usually seems to happen. There are opportunities to teach and nurture and for that matter to be taught and nurtured by others. There are study groups within the parish, others teach scripture at school, others again assist with the family ministry programmes and our Petrus Community Church, or at the parish welcome events. You need not lead a study group, just by participating, you are helping others to teach, by offering to host a group you are nurturing. These are current opportunities, there will be more in the future. In some parishes, members of congregations visit people who bring their children for baptism and invite them to their own homes to meet other parishioners. Perhaps you can think of more ways yourself.

Our church has never left it to the paid staff to respond to human need by loving service. For much longer than the twenty years that I have been in East Maitland Saint Peter’s Emergency Relief, with the support of the Samaritans Foundation, has offered emergency assistance. Its worth has been recognised by gifts from local groups such as East Maitland Bowling Club, and by funds allocated by government - one example being that after the April storm last year we were given a substantial amount of food vouchers for distribution - the only local group so funded. More recently our Grandparents as Parents has supported families - older people coping with the unexpected need to care for children. And there are informal ways -members of the Church have assisted some elderly parishioners clean their houses or gardens.  All these are present opportunities to respond to human need.

Once the Samaritan Foundation builds the proposed housing for people with disabilities on the Saint Egwin’s site there will be more. Other churches in Maitland run a meal service to provide a good meal for families in need. We could do the same, there are people living on the streets. Can we do something to provide accommodation?

At the moment the parish does next to nothing to challenge the unjust structures in our society. People too readily think that this involves party political action. It need not, some of our older parishioners were active in the “Save our Rail “ group. Others may join another cause in the future Again there is little the church does - whatever its individual members may do - to safeguard the integrity of creation, and sustain and renew the life of the earth. We could plant trees like the young people in Swaziland I wrote about last month, we could clear invasive weeds. We could do so much.

Stewardship is not just about money - indeed I have hardly mentioned it so far(this will change in the months to come). Rather it is a way of living that acknowledges with gratitude what God has done for us in redeeming us from sin and decay, it is proclaiming the Kingdom.

Discipleship

Taking Time Out Jesse Poole reflects on a recent retreat and invites us to participate

Amidst the rolling hills and countryside of Stroud sits the Monastery of the Blessed Virgin Mary, a mud brick Franciscan monastery built by the Anglican Sisters of Saint Clare. In the middle of May I had the opportunity to visit the monastery as part of the Diocesean Vocational Discernment Programme, to participate in a retreat and to discern, reflect, be silent and pray.

It is an important time for me, as I continue to discern God’s call to me to ordained ministry but being open to hear the voice of God can sometimes be very difficult with the rush and white noise of daily life, and I know many parishioners feel the same way!

While it is true to say that it can be much easier to get in touch with your spiritual side and spend time with God when you have been sent to a monastery in silence in beautiful surrounds with regular structured prayer and reflection times (and no mobile phone reception!), it is also true that there are things that we can do at home to ‘retreat’, and to spend time listening to God's call.

From my experience on retreat, I have been thinking about five things that we could all do to have ‘retreat’ time at home.

Firstly, integrating a pattern of prayer into our daily lives is a great way to connect with God more regularly. Each week there are intercessions and prayers written in the liturgy booklet that you are welcome to take home with you to pray. Many of the members of the parish home study groups are taking up this discipline to pray the intercessions daily. Taking time out each morning or evening with your cup of tea to pray and to sit with God is a great way to retreat.

Secondly, being mindful of the presence of God is another important way to retreat. At the some of our home groups we begin each session with a simple focusing question, "Where did you feel God this week, and where didn't you feel His presence?" This is an important exercise for us in noticing God's movement in our day to day lives. At the end of each day, you can think on these questions, and most importantly, where you do not feel the presence of God, you can reflect on how you can invite God more deeply into your experience of life.

Many people in the parish have shown me their holding crosses, their necklaces and rosaries and the spirituality of being mindful of God's strength and presence with them when they use these. On my retreat, our retreat conductor gave us each rusted nails to hold as we reflected over the course of the retreat, and it had a profound affect on many of the candidates.

Thirdly, appreciate the beauty of God’s creation. Maitland is full of incredible landscapes and country. Go outside and reflect on the majesty of God's creation and give thanks for the world he shaped for us.

Taking Time Out - continued

Fourthly, endeavour to schedule in more time with God. In today's busy world we are very good at picking up more things to do, but often forget to put something down so we are left juggling in an attempt not to drop anything. Put something down and breathe easy!

Fifthly, reading about God's work in the history of the salvation of His people is a fantastic way to reflect and take time with God. Reading the poetry of the psalms is one of my favourite ways to do this.

Why not give God a go, and have a retreat in your own home this month?

PetEfs Communitd Church

Enterjainment Books The Petrus Community are selling Entertainment books as they fundraise for the ministry of this emerging Church community.

The Entertainment Book is a local restaurant and activity guide which provides hundreds of up to 50% off and 2-for-1 offers for restaurants, cafes, attractions, activities, retailers and hotel accommodation. The Membership entitles buyers to exclusive offers valid through to 1 June 2017.

The Entertainment Digital Membership puts all of the value of the Entertainment Book into the customer's smartphone. With 'near me' technology it finds restaurants and activities close to you!

Entertainment books are on sale now for $60, and Petrus receives 20% from the sale of every book sold. A great way to buy something with great value and supportive Church at the same time. Special thanks to Lily Amos for all her hard work. For more information, collect a flyer from the back of church or contact Lily on 0418 662 492, or Jesse on 0413 261 377.

Fundraising Group

Spring Fashion Parade 27th Augfst at 1.30 pm

A big thank you to all who attended the Fashion Parade held in May! This proved to be a very popular and enjoyable event, raising over $1,500.

Building on the success of this event, to help you get over the Winter blues, a Spring Fashion Parade is scheduled for Saturday 27th August at 1.30pm in the Parish Hall – make sure to mark this date in your diary, and make space in your wardrobe. Afternoon Tea will be included.

Parish MinistEd Staff Team …we are here to help you

Father David John Battrick BSG Parish Priest & Team Leader, Archdeacon for Maitlanddavidbattrick@eastmaitlandanglican.orgMobile: 0400 686 514

Father Peter Rothnie Associate Priest & Director of Pastoral Carepeterrothnie@eastmaitlandanglican.org Mobile: 0438 413 007

Elizabeth Brown Parish Families’ Workerelizabethbrown@eastmaitlandanglican.org Mobile: 0422 101 448

Deacon Wendy Brack TSSF Chaplain to Nursing Homes& Community Outreach Ministries & Co-ordinator of Home Communions wendybrack@eastmaitlandanglican.org Mobile: 0409 045 202

Luisa Battrick Parish Community Development Workerluisabattrick@eastmaitlandanglican.org Mobile: 0429 855 293

Maryka Gibson Parish Office Administrator & Personal Assistant to the Parish Priestmarykagibson@eastmaitlandanglican.org Parish Office Telephone: (02) 4934 5303

Jesse Poole Parish Ministry Apprentice jessepoole@eastmaitlandanglican.org Mobile: 0413 261 377

Parish Pastoral Workers Yvonne BellHome Visiting yvonnebell@eastmaitlandanglican.org Telephone: (02) 4930 7546

Judy CordwellSaint Peter’s Emergency Relief &Nursing Home Visiting judithcordwell@eastmaitlandanglican.org Telephone: (02) 4933 3273

Richard FellowsHome & Hospital Visiting richardfellows@eastmaitlandanglican.org Telephone: (02) 4932 0445

Parish Leaders Lyn Bellamy Parish Mission Giving Secretary lynbellamy@eastmaitlandanglican.org Mobile: 0414 012 060

Yvonne Hinde Parish Councillor & Parish Treasurer yvonnehinde@eastmaitlandanglican.org Mobile: 0417 727 098

Peter Kirsop Parish Councillor, Legal Advisor, & Co-ordinator of Stewardship peterkirsop@eastmaitlandanglican.org Telephone: (02) 4933 6407

Anne Page Church Warden, Work Health & Safety Officer & Co-ordinator of Church Flowers annepage@eastmaitlandanglican.org Mobile: 0421 310 938

Canon Wilf Redden Associate Priest wilfredden@eastmaitlandanglican.org Telephone: (02) 4934 8130

Geoffrey Seccombe Parish Councillor & Chair of Resourcing Team geoffreyseccombe@eastmaitlandanglican.org Telephone: (02) 4933 1294

Kay Sharp AM Church Warden, Chair of Wardens’ & Treasurer’s Meeting, & Director of Strategic Development kaysharp@eastmaitlandanglican.org Mobile: 0418 790 706

Evanne Sherringham Director of Music evannesherringham@eastmaitlandanglican.org Mobile: 0413 603 614

Kevin Short Church Warden & Site Manager kevinshort@eastmaitlandanglican.org Mobile: 0409 362 097

Terry Thomson Head of Saint Peter’s Guild of Servers & Sacristan terrythomson@eastmaitlandanglican.org Telephone: (02) 4934 2745

Parish Office For General Enquiries & Site Bookings office@eastmaitlandanglican.orgTelephone: (02) 4934 5303