St Christopher’s Anglican ChurchWelcomes You

20 June 20214th Sunday after Pentecost8.30am – Eucharist, including Men’s Fellowship Communion

10.15am – Family Eucharist with Sunday School

If there is a fifth Sunday in a month, we have a friendly 9.30 service with brunch in the Parish Hall afterwards.

Newcomers, Visitors, Regulars – Please join us in the Hall afterwards for tea or coffee

Website - bicton.perth.anglican.org Facebook - facebook.com/StChristophersBictonAttadaleHall Bookings: hall@bicton.perth.anglican.org

Rector: Rev Melanie Simms0457 888 589 (priest@bicton.perth.anglican.org)

Council: Helen Edinger, Jacqui Garbett, Christine Jamieson, Julie Maher, Gerald Morton, Fran Sagar, Glenys Salmon, Julie Zuvela

Wardens: Sam Cullen, Tony Ingram

Formation Student: Mr James George 0415 552 700

Reflection

We had our first meeting of your new Parish Council this last week, and it was a good meeting. Since then, I’ve been doing lots of thinking of how we can reach the local community, and I’ve reread the Diocese of Perth’s Mission 2020+ document. If you’d like to read it, it can be found here: https://www.perth.anglican.org/church/mission-and-values. I would love your thoughts on how we reach more of our local neighbourhoods and networks: do you have any ideas on what we can do, or what we can join, or who we can speak with? This will be a whole-church initiative: Jesus called us all to “therefore go and make disciples of all nations” (Matt 28: 19-20). Jesus wasn’t speaking to ordained people when he said this: he said this to all who believe in him. And this is a command, not a request. At each Council meeting we start the body of the meeting by going around and sharing how we have shared God’s love with someone since the last time we met. How have you done this? Word aren’t always necessary, of course. And actions sometimes speak louder than the words we say. How have you shared God’s love with someone recently?

NT Reading for Pentecost 4 – Now is the Time

As we work together with him, we urge you also not to accept the grace of God in vain. For he says, “At an acceptable time I have listened to you, and on a day of salvation I have helped you.” See, now is the acceptable time; see, now is the day of salvation! We are putting no obstacle in anyone’s way, so that no fault may be found with our ministry, but as servants of God we have commended ourselves in every way: through great endurance, in afflictions, hardships, calamities, beatings, imprisonments, riots, labours, sleepless nights, hunger; by purity, knowledge, patience, kindness, holiness of spirit, genuine love, truthful speech, and the power of God; with the weapons of righteousness for the right hand and for the left; in honour and dishonour, in ill repute and good repute. We are treated as impostors, and yet are true; as unknown, and yet are well known; as dying, and see—we are alive; as punished, and yet not killed; as sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing,

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and yet possessing everything. We have spoken frankly to you Corinthians; our heart is wide open to you. There is no restriction in our affections, but only in yours. In return—I speak as to children—open wide your hearts also. – 2 Corinthians 6.1-13

Prayers and Intercessions This Week

In this week’s prayers and intercessions we pray for:

•Members of our St Christopher’s community

Today Ethel Blackbeard Julia Bull

June 27 Lisa, Paul, Phoebe & Niamh Calder Jennifer ChalkerJuly 4 Stuart & Deb Collins Ronan CostelloJuly 11 Geoff & Laurel Croxton Sam, Jason, Gus & Moira

Cullen

• Our local parishes

Today Booker Street & Palmer Street, Attadale

June 27 & July 4 Thurloe Street & Cavan Street, BictonJuly 11 & 18 Kingsall Road, Attadale

• Those who are sick or in need of our prayers:Kevin Salmon, Keith Hochwald-Jones, Natalie & Drew, Sheila Lange, Jenny & Pat Nand

We remember the anniversaries of death of

Today Faith Gardiner, Des Hector, Susan Pole, May & Jack Adams

June 27 Clem Booth, Dorothy StatonJuly 4 Wyburn Taylor Jnr, Dorothy Winning, Clifford James Pole

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July 11 Queenie Nanson, Lilian Flanigan, Lewis Ronald Peek

Readings for Sunday’s Holy Communion

Date Readings 8.30am 10.15am

June 20Pentecost 4

1 SAMUEL 17.32-49PSALM 9.9-20MARK 4.35-41

Ken Phillips Terry

June 27Pentecost 5

2 SAMUEL 1.1, 1.17-27PSALM 130MARK 5.21-43

Chris Hughes Karen

July 4Pentecost 6

2 SAMUEL 5.1-5, 9-10PSALM 48MARK 6.1-13

Julie Maher Meredith

July 11Pentecost 7

2 SAMUEL 6.1-5, 12B-19PSALM 24MARK 6.14-29

Glenys Salmon

Sam

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Prayer Requests for the sick – the three-month period of the current prayer list will end next Sunday and so if there is someone you have listed on the prayer list and you feel their name should continue to be there – please enter their name into the book in the Foyer again.

Collection Plate – Electronic Funds Transfer. Name: Anglican Parish Bicton-Attadale. BSB 706-001 Account 3000-3048. You may remain anonymous using this method. Please ensure you are using these details, and not the old BSB from last year, as those transactions will no longer be honoured by the bank.

James George – is on holiday or retreat till July 23 (back for a day on July 11). Please pray that this time will be for him a time of rest and refreshment.

Does anyone know or remember Alice Ball? Apparently there was a small pew dedicated to her, and we are trying to find it, or find out what happened to it.

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PARISH NOTES

Revarnishing Pews – a few of the pews in the back section need to be revarnished where the sun has faded them. Is anyone willing to do this? It is only the parts of the pews closest to the window. We have the varnish and brushes. It has been suggested that this is done early in the week to give maximum drying time now that it is winter.

The Noticeboard application has been approved by the Diocese and is now with Melville Council. It may be 6 weeks before we hear anything.

The Car Park behind the Hall and Rectory may be intermittently closed over the next few weeks.

Lent Group – We meet in the Church on Thursday evenings (6pm) and are reading Unshakable Hope by Max Lucado. Everyone welcome: you don’t need to have read the book.

Tuesday Breakfast ClubTuesday, 22 June at 8.00amWalter’s Café, Point Walter, BictonAll women of the parish and friends warmly invited. Please contact Sharyn if attending (0416 100 616).

Book Group – Tuesday, 13 July, 1.30-3.00. At Tony Ingram’s, 2/4 Bottrill Street, Hamilton Hill. Newcomers welcome. (Sheila Lange).

Patronal Festival – Sunday 25th July – 9.30 Combined Service.

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COMING EVENTS

MAINTENANCE

As this is considered one of the big festivals of the church, it is fitting to have all the church family together to celebrate the “birthday” of this church. We would like to have a slap-up morning tea after, so please add this date to your diary.

Combined Service In August – We are experimenting with a combined 9.30 service when there is a fifth Sunday in the month, as in January, May, August and October, so in addition to the Patronal combined serviced on July 25 there will also be one on August 29.

We acknowledge the Beeliar Nyungar people as the original custodians of this land. Beeliar Nyungar means river people and Point Walter in the Nyungar tongue is Dyoondalup.

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Sunday Rosters for June 2021

8.30 Service

LPM Greeters Reader Intercessor

20/6 Diana Ryan Ken PhillipsMarie Phillips

Ken Phillips

Sheila Lange

27/6 Neville Page Joan SaleebaJudy Male

Chris Hughes

Glenys Salmon

4/7 Diana Ryan Denise PruimGlenys Salmon

Julie Maher

Geoff Croxton

11/7 Fran Sagar Chris Hughes Julie Zuvela

Glenys Salmon

Fran Sagar

10.15 Service

LPM Greeters Reader Inter-cessor

Sunday School

Tea

20/6 Tina Terry & Karen

Terry Rev Melanie

Sam Catriona

27/6 Fran Paul & Jacqui

Karen Paul & Jacqui

Tina Anneliese

4/7 Tina Anneliese Meredith Rev Melanie

Sam Fran

11/7 Fran Terry & Karen

Sam James George

[WB] Anneliese

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During The Week to June 26

Mon 21 1.00-4.00 Parish Card Club4.30-5.30 Irish Dance Academy

Tues 22 8.00 Tuesday Breakfast Club9.30 Executive Committee (in Church)11.00-1.00 Born To Sing3.45-5.45 Cheer, Dance and Acro

Wed 23 10.00 Eucharist cancelled for June & JulyThurs 17 9.30-11.00 Mainly Music

1.30-4.00 Parish Table Tennis Club6.00-7.30 Lent Group (in Church)

Next Sunday (June 27)5th Sunday after Pentecost

8.30am Eucharist

10.15am Family Eucharist with Sunday School

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