St Paul's
Beaconsfield

Anglican Church near Fremantle, Western Australia

Fifth Sunday of Lent 21 Mar 2010

Our parish is a community that seeks God and the fullness of creation by finding ourselves in relation to others. Our giving to the common, to the other, our sharing of ourselves is our commitment to this endeavour.

Year B

Sunday, 9.15am Holy Communion see also Readings

Regular Services

Lectionary

The full text of the readings for Sunday are available in our Sunday's Readings section.

Other Resources

Textweek The Text This Week - Revised Common Lectionary, Scripture Study and Worship Links

Online Revised Common Lectionary Vanderbilt Divinity Library

Earlier Thoughts      Year B 0506      Year C 0607      Year A 0708

Sunday, 9.15am Holy Communion

LITURGICAL NOTE: From the start of Advent we follow the YEAR C readings in the three-year lectionary cycle. See the inside back cover for more about the liturgical year.

Before entering the sanctuary or the vestry…
Please allow the Choir to complete the ‘postlude’ and any additional songs that are part of our offering in worship – Our holding the sacred space is part of our common union - our being together in communion

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Be thou my dignity, thou my delight

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I am about to do a new thing; now it springs forth, do you not perceive it?
I will make a way in the wilderness and rivers in the desert

As a community we are engaged in doing “a new thing”..... We might consider that for St Paul’s we are engaged in a reshaping that has a significance not seen for over 100 years.....
Every year and Everyone who has come to (and gone from) St Paul’s has given shape to our being who we are.....
However, in the restoration of the East End we give a new shape (and a new voice) that can be seen in the wider community......

forgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead, we press on toward the goal for the prize of the heavenly call of God in Christ Jesus.

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You have shown us, O Christ, that grace changes life,
that grace can turn the ordinary into the festive
and emptiness into fullness.
When we find ourselves in you, O Christ,
we find that we too are bearers of grace
and that we too can be part of changing the world
J. Philip Newell - Celtic Treasure

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In you, O Christ, we find that we are one,
whether east of west, whether parent of child,
whether human or creature.
Renew us in life’s unity.
Release in us again the mighty flow
of the one river,
and set us free, O Christ, to love.
J. Philip Newell - Celtic Treasure

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Be still and know that I am God

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Making Palm Crosses
Next Saturday we’ll have a morning busy bee to tidy up the place and around 12noon we’ll have our annual PALM CROSS WORKSHOP and see who can remember and who can teach us to make the palm crosses for Palm Sunday

NEXT SUNDAY - PALM SUNDAY
NOTE CHANGE of ROUTINE
Palm Sunday moves us into Holy Week: In previous years we have marched from Gino’s to make our “Triumphal Entry” into St Paul’s..... This year we will not ‘enter in triumph’ until Easter – so we’ll leave the ‘official’ Palm Sunday march till next year...
However, some might like to gather early at Gino’s and walk to church after breakfast... and others might like to come early and see if they can make a couple of extra palm crosses from the leftovers from the day before....
An opportunity for those who do not “know” to learn from those who do know how to make Palm Crosses

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From sermon on Third Sunday of Lent 7 Mar 2010: ‘you will not be tested beyond your strength’. You might think you’re being tested beyond your strength. Maybe it’s because we do not look into the pool of the sacred texts to become aware, to see our strength reflected. At the end of the day, when you look into that pool, the face that looks back is the image of God.

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Postcard from Kathmandu
Another volunteer who believes in the Beauty of dreams……
Things are going good here. The school management is completely corrupted as I expected, so there is a lot of work for me to do. I have set up a hygiene management program with the school captain. We divided the 160 students into groups in their different sleeping quarters and appointed hygiene captains who are responsible for their smaller groups. We have a meeting every Friday to discuss different topics. I have created a list of priorities for the hygiene captains, we share ideas at the meetings and I am slowly moving them towards the standards that I believe are necessary for a healthy hygienic environment.
I have had the hired school nurse lie to me about the number of children with scabies - she told me five students, I knew there were more. I told her wrong answer, she continued to lie. I am trusting Bugwati, a 15 yr old student at the school now, we sat down together and made a list of 19 students with scabies, 11 who need antibiotics. I have a record book for her, she writes down the dosage (3 tcaps per day) - they need to take at least a five day course (possibly longer if symptoms persist). I have explained to her that if she takes them off the antibiotics too early the patient will become sick again. I explained that we will keep a record of their health with the hygiene captain concerned, so she will be a able to learn by looking at the patients’ symptoms when it is appropriate to stop the antibiotic treatment and administer the ointment only. The patients need to wash twice daily apparently, (nurses suggest otherwise please) but we have next to no water at the moment. I am organising a deeper bore at the moment and a submersible pump to solve this problem.

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The Elm Dance

After the choir sings the postlude on Sunday morning, those who wish to join in “The Elm Dance” gather in the circle dance area outside the church before going up to coffee in the hall. The Elm Dance

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The Divine Gift of Life, Light and Love
Our offering - a reflection of the gifts we have received
and an orientation of our giving to the life of this community.

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There is nothing in all the Universe so much like God as silence.
Meister Eckhart

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Sacred Space, Liturgy & our Community @ Worship
As we seek to offer our best in worship these guidelines may be helpful.

1. Silence before worship enables us to be ‘gathered’ into the introit sung by the choir
2. Conversations with others are often our way of avoiding those more divine words that search for us.
3. The sanctuary ‘space’ is ‘held’ by those who lead our worship, please keep to a minimum any movement in this ‘space’ and, at the end of our service, please wait until the choir have finished singing before entering.
4. NOTICES are an important part of our community story… however please use the service sheet to convey notices so that we can minimise the number that have to be given in church.

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We meditate on the glory of the Creator;
Who has created the Universe;
Who is worthy of Worship;
Who is the embodiment of Knowledge and Light;
Who is the remover of all Sin and Ignorance;
May The Divine enlighten our Intellect.

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Peace
Om Shanthi Shanthi Shanthi

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May creatures all abound in wealth and peace;
May all be blessed with peace always;
All creatures weak or strong,
All creatures great and small;
Creatures seen or unseen,
Dwelling afar or near.
born or awaiting birth,
May all be blessed with peace!
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Giving made easy
Direct debit forms are available from the back of the church and the hall for anyone who wants to use this facility. 
St Paul’s bank account details are:
30004913 Beaconsfield - for the East End account
30003006 Beaconsfield - for regular giving
For Internet or other bank transfers you will also need the BSB which is the same for each account – 706-001
Please contact Bob Matthews if you have any questions.

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