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Weekly News and Calendar 23rd April 2017

Here’s the weekly news sheet and calendar of events at church for the coming week:

Weekly News Sheet Sunday 23rd April

Calendar of activities at St. Luke’s week beginning Monday 24th April

The St. Luke’s Environment Action Group Partnered with Rotary to undertake a litter survey at the Dell in Clifton Springs on Earth Day, Saturday the 22nd of April and the GOOD NEWS is that we found very little rubbish compared to other years.   Thanks to Claire Zeigler for the hard work getting this organised and thanks to Rotary for the yummy BBQ.

Group photo
St. Lukes and Rotary volunteers after a morning of scavenging around the Dell.
The fluker post photo points are where members of the public can take photos and send them to the Fluker Photo Research Project – Citizen Science

 

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Weekly News Sheet 16th April 2017

Weekly Newsheet 16th April

Apologies for the delay, some technical glitches this week!  Part of Sunday’s Easter Celebration – amidst gratefully acknowledging our new life in Jesus – was the creation of an Easter cross, decorated with posies of white flowers.

Thanks to our lovely helpers Linda and Judy for organising this activity!

 

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Earth Day Activity & BBQ

Help us understand where our little comes from so that we can stop creating it!

Highton Rotary, St Luke’s Environment Group, Clifton Springs, Curlewis Coastcare invite you to join us for a litter survey followed by a famous Rotary BBQ.

When: 22 April 10am

What: Earth Day Activity and BBQ

Where: The Dell, Clifton Springs 

What to bring – gloves, sunhat and suncream, warm top (just in case), bag or bucket, $2.50 for BBQ and a water bottle.

We will take a survey of the litter we find at The Dell and send our findings to the Port Phillip Eco Centre who will add this to their data base from all around Port Phillip Bay.

A proactive approach will be taken by finding out where the rubbish comes from and taking action:

We will divide into 3 teams measure and mark 3 areas on the beach.

We will then pick up all the rubbish in the 3 areas, then lay it out on 3 separate tarps.

Lastly we will count all the different types of rubbish and record it on the survey sheet and send the results to the Eco Centre.

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Easter Services at St. Luke’s

Join us in remembering the Easter stories this week:

Midweek Communion Service Thursday 13th April @ 2pm – Traditional service

Maundy Thursday Thursday 13th April @ 5.30-7.30pm – Easter Reflections over Dinner Family friendly.

Good Friday Friday 14th April @ 9.30am – Followed by Hot Cross Buns.

Easter Sunday Sunday 16th April @ 9.30am

 

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Lenten Offering 2017

Community Garden Facilitators

The Gift of time spent in the company of God

The gift of Self-reflection

The gift of reaching out to our neighbours

The Lenten Offering is an annual event in the life of congregations within the Synod of Victoria and Tasmania. It is conducted during Lent and Easter at a time of reflection, renewal and recommitment.

In response to God’s love for all people and the giving of his son to the world, an opportunity is provided for people of the church to make a sacrificial offering to support important mission projects.

Dignity for GIrls

THE 2017 LENTEN OFFERING WILL SUPPORT THE FOLLOWING PROJECTS:

  • Dignity for girls, International: To provide sanitary supplies to girls growing up in developing countries and to provide sewing machines and overlockers, fabric and other materials needed to produce the sanitary hygiene kits.
  • Ministry Training, National: To provide ministry candidates with additional training about the formation of the Uniting Aboriginal and Islander Christian Congress (UAICC) and recent developments in biblical and theological studies as they prepare to become a Minister of the Word or deacon in the UAICC.
  • Live church streaming, Victoria: To help Hamilton Uniting Church purchase the necessary equipment to live stream their weekly church services to ageing congregations members in local hospitals, aged care facilities and homes.
  • Growing Together, Tasmania: To help cover the costs of employing a part-time gardener for a community garden in Tasmania where people grow friendships and develop community connection and improve the nutrition of local school children and families.

By giving a special Lenten Offering you will be helping meet the real needs of people in our local and global communities and sharing the love of god.

To support the Lenten Offering pick up an appeal brochure at church, send a cheque or postal order to Share, PO Box 24154, Melbourne, Victoria, 3001 or free call 1800 668 426.

To donate online, follow this link: http://secure.donman.net.au/client/ShareAppeal/Donate.aspx

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Ministry of Hospitality Roast Lunch

What if you knew that by Just Walking Across The Room and saying hello to another person, you could make a huge impact on their life? It is nothing difficult …… just a matter of taking a genuine interest in another human being.

On Sunday 19 March after church, another famous Roast Lamb luncheon will be served. No need to book, just come and Walk Across The Room to strengthen friendships as you share a meal together.

During the past few years, we have invited and welcomed many ‘newcomer’ families to Australia to worship at St Luke’s. Several of these were Refugee/Asylum Seeker families. Through Men’s Shed & Mission Outreach, we meet Newcomers at their point of need (provision of furniture, household items, paper work queries, food, etc.).

By increasing the level of social interaction between our Church Community and with Newcomers, by sharing food, we get to know them better and they get to know us better leading to a greater sense in Newcomers of belonging in the life of St Luke’s.

Rae Anderson – Mission Outreach Ministry Team