sunday 12th august 2018 – contralto; bransby byrne
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W ELCOME TO ST PAUL’S. We are
glad that you have come to
worship God with us today. If
you are a visitor from another parish, or
worshipping with us for the first time,
please introduce yourself to our parish
priest, Fr James Collins, or to anyone
wearing a name badge, over a cup of tea
or coffee in the parish hall after the service.
You’ll find the hall behind the church.
Westfield Local Heroes Exhibition p.3
Jesus Christ
Important Notice p.5
Tombola Stall or ‘Lucky Jar’ p.7
Drought Appeal p.10
Articles about homelessness p.19-23
An Invitation from ABM P.26
Sunday 12th August 2018 –
Welcome to worship...
8.00 am – Sung Eucharist
9.30 am – Choral Eucharist
圣公会圣保罗堂欢迎你前来参加我们的英语传
统圣樂圣餐崇拜。
Sunday 19 August at
11.45am – Winter Fundraiser
Soup & Slice in the Rectory
Monday 20 August at
6.30pm – 7.30pm –
concert by Camerata
Antica
Saturday 1st September –
Parish Fair
Tuesday 18 September at
1.15pm Lunchtime recital-
Fr Daniel Dries - Organ; Peta
Dries – Violin
Tuesday 9 October at
1.15pm Lunchtime
Recital - Judith Rough –
Soprano; Nicole Smeulders:
Contralto; Bransby Byrne:
Accompanist
Friday 19 October - Bus Trip
Sunday 28 October 2018 at
2.30pm – Organ Recital
David Reccia Chynoweth
Tuesday 20 November 2018
at 1.15pm Lunchtime
Recital – Clarinet Recital Ben
Curry Hyde
Sunday 25th November -
Christmas Luncheon in the
Parish Hall
Tuesday 4 December at
1.15pm Lunchtime
Recital - The Cumberland
String Quartet
Name badges help make St Paul’s an
inclusive community. If you need a new
name badge, fill in the form inside the
pew sheet, send it to the parish office,
and one will be made and left in church
for you.
Toilets are available at the entrance to
the parish hall, which is located behind
the church.
First aid kits are located on the wall of
the kitchen in the Large Hall behind
the church and in the choir vestry.
Ask a member of the clergy or anyone
who’s wearing a name badge. We’re
here to help.
As you take your place in your pew,
please make yourself aware of the route
to the nearest emergency exit. Should
there be a fire, leave quickly, turn right,
and assemble by the roundabout on
Burwood Road.
People needing wheelchair access can
enter St Paul’s most conveniently by the
door at the base of the belltower.
Please turn your mobile phone off or on
to silent before the service starts. It’ll
save you much embarrassment later on.
Children are welcome in church at any
service. There is a selection of
children’s books and toys at the back of
the church near the font and there are
also kids’ activity sheets and pencils
available at the back of the church
where the pew sheets and prayer books
are.
Children’s Church runs during Term
Time. Meet at the back of the church at
the beginning of the 9.30am Eucharist.
Please feel free to bring your children to
the altar rail to receive a blessing, or to
receive Communion if they have been
admitted to the sacrament.
Please do not take photos
inside the church or during the services
of worship without permission.
Please join us to celebrate Westfield Burwood Local Heroes on Fri-
day 17th of August at 2pm at Westfield Burwood.
Everyone is welcome to attend!
The 15th August is the day we commemorate the death of St Mary, our
Lord’s mother – in both the eastern and western Church this day is set
aside to commemorate the life, example and influence that she had
during our Lord’s earthly life – the day is some times referred to as the
Dormition of St Mary or commonly the Assumption and in the Roman
Catholic Church it is a day of obligation. On Wednesday this week we
will honour Saint Mary at the mid-week Eucharist at the Lady Chapel
Altar with thanksgiving for her life and in gratitude for her nurturing of
her dear Son and remembering in everything she did, above all, she
ever points us to God and His Son.
Do join us on Wednesday at 10.30 am in the Lady Chapel for the
mid-week Eucharist.
Now that we have to bring our own bags or buy bags to the Supermarket
we decided to supply our own.
Our latest Fundraiser – our very own St Paul’s bags with a profile of the
church in white on a navy bag. $3 each or 5 for $10. Made in Australia.
It is also a way of getting St Paul’s seen on a wider context so buy our
bags and fill your shopping with them for all to see.
So don’t hold back, buy 5, buy 20, buy 50. We have plenty.
On Sunday October 7, the Guild of
Church Musicians will be holding a
very historic service at St John’s
Gordon. At this service, the Right
Reverend Bishop Richard Hurford
OAM CStJ will be retiring from the
position of Sub-Warden of the
Australian branch of the Guild.
Monsignor Peter Williams and Rev
Michael Deasey OAM are both
members of the Guild. They, and
other members of our Vespers
Choir, will be attending this
service. The Choir will be low on
numbers, and, with the approval of
Monsignor Peter Williams, Vespers
will not be sung on October 7.
We look forward to singing for you
on November 4.
Each week a kind parishioner
brings fruit and vegetables for the
Pantry. These have been a great
success and are adding another
dimension to the choices available
to our customers.
Contributions from beyond the
Parish make a very real difference
to the amount of food on offer. Last
week St Swithins choir in Pymble
and the Mater Chorale made a
significant contribution and this
week the Baptist Community
Church made another significant
contribution.
In the last few days The Mayor of
Burwood, Cr John Faker generously
gifted $ 250 in support of the
Parish Pantry.
Thank you also for the parishioners
who have donated to the Drought
Relief Appeal.
Our small team of gardeners has
continued working on one of the
garden beds between the Rectory
and the church. It has been cleared
out and now has had cow manure
and mulch added to it, before be-
ing planted out in the next few
weeks. Thank you to those people
who are working so hard to im-
prove our gardens.
Please ask for 2 trays of bread rolls
and 2 trays of loaves & 1 tray of half
loaves.
You are all doing a fantastic job.
Having bread each week is a great
help to everyone.
≈ 13th August – Gabriel
≈ 20th August – Antonia
≈ 27th August – Margaret
We meet in the Rectory on Tuesday
evenings at 7.30 p.m.
Our new book is: Wilson, John, The
Old Testament and Christian Living,
Anglican Information Office, 1981.
All are welcome and there is a
wonderful level of engagement
and respectful dialogue by those
who attend.
Even if you can’t make it along to
the study, you could purchase a
copy of the book and read it at
your own leisure.
Tickets are available for the
Father's Day raffle. $2 each or 3
for $5.
The prize is GMC Light weight
blower Vacuum 2400w.
Kristen Shaheen (8.00am) is keen
to continue the program over
summer and will be looking to
collect good quality T Shirts,
peaked caps, thongs and sandals
and men’s shorts.
If you have any such suitable items
please hang onto them until you
hear otherwise as we have yet to
make a place to store them and we
still have to work out how to put
this into practice.
Thank you for your continued
generosity to those on the streets
and in need. Your thoughtfulness
makes a real difference.
≈ Sunday 19th August – Winter
Fundraiser – Soup/Slice at
11.45am in the Rectory.
Tickets are now available after each
service on Sunday.
If anyone could make a soup for the
day please contact Pam.
≈ Saturday 1st September –
Parish Fair – all hands on deck
Cakes required to sell on the day as
well for the Devonshire teas.
≈ Friday 19th October – Bus Trip
– Lower North Shore
(The Newcastle/Stockton trip will
be re-scheduled next year)
≈ Sunday 25th November –
Christmas Luncheon in the Parish
hall
If anyone knows of any major
clashes that would affect these
dates please let Pam know.
Thank you.
In some languages, the word Tombola roughly translates to ‘raffle’.
However, it’s not your typical raffle where there are only one or two
winners. Some would even say it’s better because, as every ticket wins
a prize.
The idea is very simple : prizes are donated. Raffle tickets are split,
with one half being stuck to a prize and the other half going into a bar-
rel. Punters purchase their tickets, tickets are then drawn from the bar-
rel and if they match a prize, that’s what they win.
Here are just a few ideas for donations:
• bottles of wine
• boxes of chocolates
• stationery
• baked goods / homemade jams
• craft packs
• soft toys
• games
• gardening items
• jewellery (the cheap stuff AND the expensive stuff if you can get it)
• cosmetics
• hair clips and ribbons
• tools
• books
• lego
• bags lollies or chocolates
• photo frames
• pet items
• canned items of any sort
• bottles of shampoo or other bathroom products
• bottles of sauce of any kind
The draw of the Tombola stand is that your winner receives their prize
immediately. No pre-purchasing of tickets, no waiting around for raf-
fles to be drawn. They just pay up and ‘bam’, there’s their prize.
List of items most needed for the
parish pantry:
Sun Rice Meals e.g. Butter
chicken, Green chicken curry,
Chicken satay, etc
Boxed meals
Tins of corned beef, spam,
ham;
Sugar;
Boxes of Cereals
All Day Breakfast by Heinz;
Tinned tuna, sardines, salmon;
Harvest Meals in a tin
eg Vegetables and Sausages
Rice, cuscus, polenta, instant
potato, pasta, spaghetti
Tinned corn
Tinned vegetables
Sweet & savoury biscuits;
Long life Milk - Full cream
Tinned fruit
Rice Cream
Pasta sauces
For the kitchen:
Washing up liquid
Paper towels
Chux
Sponges
For the laundry:
Washing powder
Health
Feminine hygiene products
Toothpaste
Shampoo & Conditioner
Urgently needed -
Sunrise meals in a box;
Tuna;
Rice;
Spam;
Cereal;
Over the years the parish has benefitted from the generosity of
parishioners, not only when they have been active members of the
parish, but also at the time of their death. Parishioners are invited to
remember the parish in their wills by making a bequest as a thank
offering to God and to ensure that generations to come will enjoy
worship and fellowship in well maintained buildings.
Those wishing to make a bequest are invited to do so using these
or a similar form of words: "I bequeath the sum of $............ to the
Rector and Wardens of the Anglican parish of St Paul, Burwood, to be
used at their absolute discretion for the charitable purposes of the
parish."
If you would like to make a donation to the Parish for the upkeep and
maintenance of the Heritage building it can be done through the
National Trust.
Cheques can be made out to
National Trust of Australia (NSW) St Paul’s Anglican Church Burwood
Or
Direct Credit to the above name with bank account details
Westpac
BSB: 032-044
Account number: 742 926
Branch: 275 George Street Sydney NSW
Please contact Pam for more details or place a donation in an
envelope and label with National Trust donation and include your name
for your receipt and an address to post it to.
Thank you.
DROUGHT APPEAL
100% of NSW is now in drought
there is little food or water left for stock
and families are struggling
Today we will commence a collection to support our farmers. There has at
last been recognition of the dire straights of many of our farmers with 99%
of our state in drought. Stock is dying from lack of feed and water; farmers
are struggling to put food on the table. Will you help them?
Funds collected will be used for the pastoral needs of families as well as for
the provision of food and water for stock.
Distribution of funds raised will be at through a variety of agencies best
set up for these purposes.
If you wish to donate to this appeal please place your donation in an enve-
lope marked “Drought Appeal” and put it in the offertory plate. Cheques
need to be made payable to: The Anglican Parish of St Paul’s, Burwood and
once cleared these funds will be forwarded on. We will be sending funds
raised in the week beginning 27th August. Owing to the severity of the
drought we may consider extending the appeal.
Wind erosion in the Balranald district (credit PJ Walker)
2 Samuel 18.5-9, 14, 31-33; Psalm 130
Ephesians 4.25 – 5.2; John 6.35, 41-51
Even in utter despair the Psalmist finds hope,
telling us that with the Lord there is mercy,
forgiveness, and ample redemption. May we
realize this, knowing that we can start with a clean
slate in God’s eyes, if we would only put
our trust in the divine mercy.
Pray that you will be merciful whenever the opportunity arises this
week. Pray that others will forgive your offences this week.
Pray for the Church of Pakistan, giving thanks for the work they do
to further God’s mission in the world.
Text: © Anglican Board of Mission, 2018
Collection given at St Paul’s on
Sunday 5th August : $2503
Other collection given:
Parish Pantry: $125
New Life Centre Nepal: $70
Specific Donation (Drought
Appeal): $545
Total: $3243
Thank you for responding to
God’s generous love. Thank you for your generosity.
St Paul’s Anglican Church
205-207 Burwood Road, Burwood
LUNCHTIME RECITALS
2018
National Trust (2017) award winner for conservation interiors, recreating
the ceiling interior to Edmund Blacket's original design in keeping with
Australian colonial neo-gothic architectural intent.
1.15pm-1.45pm
Other dates and artists TBC
Entry by donation
Light refreshments will follow in the Rectory
St Paul’s Church Office: Ph.: 9747 4327 /
Email: [email protected]
Tuesday 18 September
Fr Daniel Dries - Organ
Peta Dries – Violin
Tuesday 9 October
Judith Rough - Soprano, Nicole Smeulders - Contralto
Bransby Byrne - Accompanist
Tuesday 20 November
Ben Curry Hyde – Clarinet
Tuesday 4 December
The Cumberland String Quartet
Margaret Whittaker’s Goddaughter, Anna Sandstrom and her talented
husband Matthew Manchester are putting on this concert on Monday
20th of August at 6.30pm as a fundraiser at St Paul’s. They are bringing
instrumentalists from interstate for their performance of the same
program in the City Recital Hall Angel Place on 21st August as part of
RICHARD GILL PRESENTS - A VOYAGE OF MUSICAL DISCOVERY:
PROGRAM THREE – VOICES & INSTRUMENTS .
As they very much admire the work that our church is doing in the
community and our music program,they approached Fr James and
Sheryl as to the possibility of having a concert at St Paul’s, the day before,
and this is the result.
For more details about Anna and Matt, check out their website :
https://www.camerataantica.com/
Books
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Cakes
Gifts
Tombola
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& more!
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WHERE
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information please contact: 9798 1400
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Organ Recital at St. Paul’s Anglican Church, Burwood
Date: October 28th 2018, 2:30 pm
Organist: David Reccia Chynoweth, grandson of the late Bishop Neville Chynoweth
Graduate of the University of Music and Performing Arts, Vienna (Austria)
and of the Conservatorium of Music, Frosinone (Italy)
Program:
Jean-Baptiste Lully: Trumpet tune: Processional Theme from Theseus
(1632-1687)
Johann Sebastian Bach: Von Gott will ich nicht lassen BWV 658
(1685-1750) from the Leipzig Prelude Chorales
Sinfonia from the Cantata ‘Wir danken dir’ BWV 29
arr. A.Guilmant
Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy: Sonata in B-flat Major Op.65 n.4
(1809-1847) I. Allegro con brio II. Andante religioso III.
Allegretto IV. Allegro maestoso e vivace
Girolamo Frescobaldi: Capriccio V sulla Bassa Fiammenga
(1583-1643) from the First Book of Capricci
Dietrich Buxtehude: Toccata in d minor BuxWV 155
(1637-1707)
Johannes Brahms: Herzlich tut mich erfreuen
(1833-1897) from the ‘Eleven Chorale Preludes’ Op. Post 122/4
Georg Friedrich Händel: Organ Concerto in B-flat major Op.4 n.2 (arr. (H.Keller)
(1685-1759) I. A tempo ordinario e staccato - Allegro
II. Adagio e staccato III. Allegro, ma non presto
Léon Boëllmann: Suite Gothique, Op. 25
(1862-1897) I. Indroduction - Choral II. Menuet gothique
III. Prière à Notre-Dame IV. Toccata
David Myer and his wife Skye Debomford live under a bridge in
Parramatta in Sydney's west with their pet puppy and kitten.
Living rough is unsurprisingly tough, and Mr Myer has to build
trenches to stop water run-off encroaching on where they sleep.
Accessing basic services such as a doctor's appointment, legal aid, and
even getting a haircut, can be near impossible.
"I can't afford a lot of this stuff because I'm always buying things like
blankets, clothes," Mr Myer said.
But he and Ms Debomford were able to link up with a variety of
homelessness support services at an event in Parramatta on Monday.
Hosted by Western Sydney Homeless Connect and about 50 other
organisations, the annual event offers free health check-ups,
employment services and Centrelink assistance.
The couple's beloved animals, Tilly and Bear, were even given a vet
check-up.
The event is also designed to help people at risk of becoming
homeless.
Susan Goldie from the Saint Vincent de Paul Society said nearly one
third of families in Sydney's west spent more than 30 per cent of their
income on rent, compared to a city-wide average of about 25 per cent.
"Western Sydney across pretty much every metric has higher-than-
average drivers of disadvantage," Ms Goldie said.
"Whether it's about rental stress, whether it's about the experience of
domestic violence, Western Sydney is doing it tougher than other parts
of Sydney."
Demand for Services growing
Stacy Blythe from Western Sydney University was supervising student
nurses and doctors as they provided free health check-ups for the
homeless people attending the event.
She said demand for their services was growing.
"Over the last four years that I've been here I've noticed there have been
more and more people, and more young families, who've been seeking
assistance," Dr Blythe said.
But for some people, the event is about more than just receiving help.
Denise Xidias from Hair Aid offered free haircuts at the event.
She said when people were struggling to pay bills, things like haircuts
were often forgotten.
"When you cut someone's hair, when you give them that feeling of being
presentable, they can maybe possibly get a job or go to an interview,"
Ms Xidias said.
"The simplest thing we can do as a community and as a human race is
give them their dignity."
And Eddie Moussa said the event provided a good chance to connect
with others.
"People talk to you like they know you, and sort of from the heart," he
said.
"I can't associate with people because I haven't been outside for a long
time … no one wants to associate," he said.
Western Sydney Homeless Connect's event coincided with the
beginning of Homelessness Week 2018.
Australia's homelessness figures are going in the wrong direction, and
housing experts warn we're about to recommit to a failing policy.
Last month's census data revealed that after a long period of stability,
homelessness in Australia has gone up 14 per cent nationally, in the past
five years.
In Sydney, there has been an increase of almost 50 per cent, while
Darwin and Brisbane both saw increases of around 30 per cent.
Rough sleeping — a term which refers to living outside or in a car — has
gone up by 20 per cent since 2011.
That is despite the fact more than $9 billion has been spent since 2009
through the National Affordable Housing Agreement.
The Federal Government and the state are currently in the process of try-
ing to renegotiate the deal, with a slightly different name, by next month.
The new National Housing and Homelessness Agreement (NHHA) would
lock in $4.6 billion in funding for states and territories over the next
three years, but so far the states have been reluctant to sign on.
Plenty of policy experts are also warning it will not solve Australia's
homelessness problem.
Hal Pawson, professor of housing policy at the University of New South
Wales, said the NAHA was more of a, "device that enables the status quo
to be preserved".
He argued the new agreement was essentially an extension of that.
Kate Colvin, spokeswoman for the Everybody's Home campaign, which
represents the community sector housing and homelessness groups, said
the NHHA would not change anything.
"Because the fundamental problem
is that there's not an adequate
subsidy to get more low-cost hous-
ing on the ground," she said.
"There's just not enough low-cost
places that people can afford to
rent."
Economist Saul Eslake said there
was no extra money in the rebrand-
ed funding agreement, and no
change in how its success was
measured.
"It would seem that they've been
unable to reach agreement with the
states and territories on this, so
there won't be much improvement
in the way in which states' and
territories' performance is
benchmarked," he said.
'It could happen to any of us, at any
time'
Rima Israel and her son have some-
where to live at the moment, but
they have been without a home, on
and off, for a decade.
"I was 29, I was an area manager for
fast food, so I actually had a very
good career where I could afford to
pay and I did pay private rent for
years," Ms Israel said.
"But I had a domestic violence
relationship and I had to leave
everything.
"After that, I moved back in with my
parents for a little bit of time but it
was always constant arguing, so I
moved from couch to couch with my
friends, trying to look for a job, and
then I fell pregnant."
It took six years before Ms Israel
was accepted into social housing.
"They said, 'No, sorry, you earn too
much on Centrelink. So you can af-
ford to rent at this price'," she said.
She was rejected from more than
50 properties.
"I couldn't find anything in the price
they had said to me that I could
afford," Ms Israel said.
Rima Israel said there are a lot of
roads that lead to homelessness.
"Death in the family, loss of job … it
could happen to any of us, at any
time," she said.
"And if we don't start to do
something about it now, the
situation's only going to get worse."
So what are we doing wrong?
Policy experts agree one of the main culprits pushing up homeless is the
housing affordability crisis.
Mr Eslake said people like Ms Israel who need affordable rentals, have
too much competition.
We've had pressure on both the demand and the supply sides of
Australia's housing markets," he said.
"That in turn has increased the competition that low-income households
face seeking to get rental accommodation at rents they can afford."
A parallel shortage of social housing has meant those who have been
pushed out of the lower end of the rental market have nowhere to go.
Mr Eslake blamed a lack of investment.
"Apart from a period in 2010 through 2012 … the amount of money that
has been provided by successive [federal] governments to the states, for
the construction of new affordable social housing, has declined over
time," he said.
Professor Pawson said the downward trend was established back in the
1990s.
"Historically, a chunk of that money was designated to help the states
and territories actually, year by year expand their public housing stock,"
he said.
"It was to help increase supply. After 1996 that stopped."
Mr Eslake has a theory as to why growth in social housing has dried up
— there are simply no votes in it.
"The Coalition thinks that social housing is predominantly located in safe
Labor seats, and people who require social housing … are traditionally
left-of-centre voters," he said.
"The Labor Party also regards the votes of people living in social
housing as more or less locked in.
"So this is an area that very easily falls into the cracks."
The ABM Sydney Committee invites you to celebrate The Feast of the
Commemoration of the New Guinea Martyrs at a Eucharist Service which
will be held at the Church of St John the Evangelist, Balmain
(Cnr Spring St & Birchgrove Rd., Balmain) on Saturday 1st September
at 11am.
Celebrant: Fr Peter Yeats (Rector)
Speaker: Mr Howard Graham
Refreshments afterwards in the Parish Hall.
For those able to stay, please RSVP to Margaret White via Email:
Thank you to everyone who is dropping their loose change in the box at
the back to help fund new linen for our sanctuaries.
Already some money has gone towards the new red burse and veil we
used at Pentecost and we now have almost enough to purchase our first
new altar cloth for the high altar.
As our altar is narrower than some, the maker will be able to cut two
cloths from the one length of fabric thus reducing our costs for a
second cloth.
With everyone’s help, our altars will be looking wonderful by Christmas
and if we keep up the practice of throwing in our coins we may in time
be able to carry out repairs on our wonderful frontals.
Thanks to your generosity we have been able to purchase a new altar
cloth for the main altar.
Apostle Paul was the Apostle to the Gentiles. Christ came to reveal Him-
self to all people so that all people from all nations could be saved. Paul
observed Jesus’ command to: Go therefore and make disciples of all the
nations, baptising them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of
the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all things that I have
commanded you (Matthew 28:19).
Paul, originally called Saul, was a Hebrew and a Roman citizen, a Phari-
see of the strictest sect. Believing he was honouring God and preserv-
ing His teachings, Saul persecuted and imprisoned Christians. It was
Gamaliel, his teacher who said: Keep away from these men and let them
alone; for if this plan or this work is of men, it will come to nothing; but if
it is from God, you cannot overthrow it – lest you even be found to fight
against God (Acts 5: 38-39).
After being present at the death of St Stephen the first martyr, Saul trav-
elled to Damascus (35-36AD) to capture and persecute Christians. On
his way, Christ appeared to Paul brighter than the sun and said: Saul,
Saul, why are you persecuting Me? Saul said: Who are You Lord? The
Lord answered: I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting. (Acts 9:4-5). Im-
mediately, Saul was blinded and had to be lead to Damascus where he
lay for 3 days, eating nothing and pondering what had just occurred.
In this state, the Apostle Ananais came to Saul. He healed him of his
blindness and told him what the Lord instructed: Go, for he is a chosen
vessel of Mine to bear My name before gentiles, kings and the children
of Israel. For I will show him how many things he must suffer for My
name’s sake (Acts 9: 15-16). Saul was then baptised by the Apostle Ana-
nias and immediately received his sight. From now, he used his Roman
name, Paul.
Paul spent the rest of his life travelling and preaching Christ to the Jews
and Gentiles in virtually all the countries surrounding the Mediterrane-
an. He suffered for Christ, continually skirting between life and death. He
established Christian churches everywhere he went and often travelled
back to the churches to see how they were going. The first church estab-
lished in Europe was in Philippi, northern Greece. To support the estab-
lished Churches, Paul wrote them numerous letters, 14 of which are in-
cluded in the New Testament.
Being inspired by the missionary work of the Apostle Paul, the Parish of
St. Paul’s, Burwood, was named in his honour and in the hope that the
Word of God will continue to make disciples of all the nations.
I will call them My people, who were not My people (Romans 9:25)
PRAYER ABOUT DROUGHT – by Michael Saward
Lord God, spring of living water,
give to those who live in dry and barren lands
the vision to see them as they might be;
the skill and resources needed to make them fertile
again, and, more than these,
the spiritual insight needed to recognise that in you
alone the human spirit finds its true satisfaction.
For Jesus' sake. Amen.
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Pray for the Anglican Church –
for Justin, Archbishop of Canterbury;
Philip Freier of Melbourne, Primate of
Australia; Glenn, Archbishop of Sydney;
Michael Stead, our Regional Bishop; and
for all the bishops, priests, deacons and
Religious of the Anglican Communion.
In the Anglican Cycle of Prayer we
are asked to pray for the Church of the
Province of South East Asia, for its
Bishop, The Most Revd Ng Moon Hing
and for his clergy and people.
Pray for Fr James and for Fr
Michael as well as for Helen and
Antonia. May God bless them
and their ministries and may we support
them as they work among us in Christ’s
name.
Pray for St Paul’s: God of mercy,
strengthen us to help shape a parish
where diversity is a source of
enrichment, compassion is common,
life’s poetry realized, suffering
lightened through sharing, justice
attended, joy pervasive, hope lived,
the hum of the universe heard, and
together with you and each other we
build what is beautiful, true, worthy
of your generosity to us, an echo of
your kingdom. Amen. (Ted Loder)
Pray for, St Matthew’s,
Zababdeh, (West Bank,
Palestinian Territorries), our
Anglican Communion Partner:
We remember especially their Parish
Priest, Fr Saleem Dawani, and his
ministry in the parish. We remember
also Jameel Maher, who acts as the St
Matthew’s partnership link person with
us. May both our parishes be blessed
by the link we are establishing.
Pray for the Church’s mission:
Lord Jesus Christ, you stretched out
your arms of love on the hard wood of
the cross that everyone might come
within the reach of your saving
embrace: So clothe us in your Spirit that
we, reaching forth our hands in love,
may bring those who do not know you to
the knowledge and love of you; for the
honour of your name. Amen. (Author
unknown)
Pray for our Children’s Church:
The Lord said, ‘Let the little children
come to me and do not forbid them for
such is the kingdom of heaven’. Bless,
Lord, your children who now stand
before you in prayer. Help them to
understand the depth of your love.
O Lord, bless our Children's Church
and all its future endeavours, that
through it we may glorify you with your
Father and the Holy Spirit, now, always
and forever. Amen.
Pray for peace: Lead me from death
to life, from falsehood to truth; lead me
from despair to hope, from fear to trust;
lead me from hate to love, from war to
peace.
Let peace fill our hearts, our world, our
universe.
Pray for all in need, we remember
especially this week all the
vulnerable people in our community
and all those who seek to protect and
serve them.
Pray for the sick and their carers:
Andrew; Joyce Bannister; Margaret
Baseley; Barry Brandy; John Burns; June
Cameron; Andrew Connolly; Scott
Cameron; Rodney Chesham; Hilary
Davies; Vicky Dodman; Dave Ernst;
Fahim; Florence; Paul Gibson; Frank
Haines; Caroline Huet; Matthew;
Margaret Hayes; Heather; Bruce Hellyer;
Bishop Ivan Lee; Pamela McParlane; Jan
Morgan; Y Nhan; Nicola; Erene
O’Connor; Alister & Sally Palmer; Paul
Phillips; Robert; Jean Rennick; Malcolm
Sandstrom; Jean Storey; Elsa Sorensen;
Peter Sorensen; Kevin Sutton; Nancy
Thompson; Reg Vine; Margaret
Wheatley; Bill Whittle; Bob Woods;
In love and charity please
remember the recently
departed,especially Greg Hagarty-
that God may grant him a place of
reshment, light and peace.
Pray, too, for, Joyce Harvey, Florence
Phyllis Dobbins, Alfred Ernest Drake,
Sidney Stephens, Fay Joyce Woods,
Annetta Lilian Roberts, Raymond Ronald
Arthur Robertson & Patrick Roche
Thompson and for any others whose
year’s mind falls around this time.
Rest eternal grant unto them O Lord, and
let light perpetual shine upon them!
A mid-week Eucharist will be held this week in the Lady Chapel on
Wednesday 10.30am to Commemorate St Mary, Mother of Our Lord
Commemorations noted by the lectionary this week –
Monday 13 August – Jeremy Taylor, bishop and spiritual writer (d.1667)
Tuesday 14 August –
• At Evening Prayer, Mary, Mother of Our Lord
• Twentieth Century Martyrs including: Grand Duchess Elizabeth of Russia
(d.1918); Maximilien Kolbe, Friar (d.1941); Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Theologian
(d.1945); Maria Skobtsova (d.1945); Martin Luther King, worker for Civil Liberties
(d.1968); Janani Luwum, archbishop of Uganda (d.1977) and Oscar Romeo,
archbishop of San Salvador (d.1980)
Wednesday 15 August – Mary, Mother of Our Lord
Phone 9747 4327
Post PO Box 530, Burwood, NSW 1805
Website www.stpaulsburwood.org.au
Rector Fr James Collins
Senior Assistant Priest Fr Michael Deasey OAM
Honorary Priest Fr Jim Pettigrew
Lay Minister Ms Rosemary King
Director of Music Mrs Sheryl Southwood
Organist Mr Joshua Ryan
Rector’s Warden Dr Jane Carrick – 0418 399 664
People’s Wardens Mrs Elizabeth Griffiths – 8033 3113
Mrs Pam Brock – 9747 3619
Office Secretary Mrs Caroline Badra
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