Worshipping Community of Darlington-Bellevue St Cuthberts Church cnr Darlington and Hillsden Rd, Darlington

MUSTARD SEED
Christ the King - 20 November 2011
MISSION PLAN PRAYER: Thank you, God, for people preparing evangelism events.
Bless their creative listening and creative telling of the Good News.

MISSION

NATIONAL CHURCH LIFE SURVEY THIS SUNDAY Today during both Eucharists we will be completing the National Church life Survey. This Survey will provide invaluable information for us locally and for the Diocese and national church. Our Church Code is: ANP 007 01

PRAYER
We pray for those sick and in need: Margaret, Mary, Lorna, Shana, Scott, Shan, Shirley, Bill, Ric, Lyn, Rose Wedding: Tara Bayfield and Ben Thomas - 26 November; Dirk Mulder and Tricia Cook - 3 December; Derak Jarrett and Kerry Bright (at Guildford) - 3 December In the Diocese: Archbishop Roger Herft; Bishop Tom Wilmot; Bishop Kay Goldsworthy; Parish of Karrinyup, Peter Hubbard and people. In the Province: Parish of Lake Grace, Diocese of Bunbury; Parish of Newman, Diocese of North West Australia. In the Anglican Church: Primate of Australia, Archbishop Phillip Aspinall; Diocese of Bathurst, Bishop Richard Hurford OAM, Bishop John Stead, clergy and people.

In the Anglican Communion: Archbishop Rowan Williams, Archbishop of Canterbury. Virginia (USA), Bishop Shannon Johnston, Bishop David Jones, Bishop William Klusmeyer

LITURGY
ADVENT IS COMING: The first Sunday of Advent is 27 November. This is the first Sunday of the new church year. On this day we move from Year A to Year B in the three-year cycle of scripture readings. The vestments and paraments change to purple and the Advent wreath takes a prominent place in the church building. You may find it helpful to prepare for the mystery of Christmas by making your own advent wreath at home, putting up an advent calendar. In our parish, we also mark Advent by sacrificially giving to the poor and oppressed. RECONCILIATION - Wednesday 30 November 4pm-6pm The Sacrament of Reconciliation (sometimes called Confession) is a formal, confidential encounter between a priest and another person. Using the form prescribed in A Prayer Book for Australia, the priest guides the person through a process of confessing their sin, seeking forgiveness and committing themselves to amend their lives. In the Anglican tradition, we say all may, some should, none must. Advent and Lent are particularly appropriate times to participate in Reconciliation. The Sacrament of Reconciliation will be offered in St Cuthberts Church on Wednesday 30 November from 4pm-6pm. NATIVITY PAGEANT - 24 December, 5.00pm The Childrens Nativity pageant will take place this year on Christmas Eve, 24 December at 5.00pm. The evening will include a traditional nativity pageant in the church lasting approximately thirty minutes, a craft activity in the Parish Centre and a bring-and-share finger food supper. We would like to include as many children as possible in the pageant - children, grandchildren, friends and neighbours. We simply ask the children appearing in the pageant come to a rehearsal on Sunday 18 December during the 10am Eucharist, and following until 1pm (snacks provided). By the beginning of December, we anticipate having flyers available for distribution. Please make the effort to invite families that you know with school-aged children.

FORMATION
HOSPITALITY WORKSHOP #4 For those who werent able to make the previous hospitality workshops, the next workshop will take place Sunday 27 November starting at 12.30pm. The workshops are for people who have any hospitality role in the Sunday liturgy sides person, reader, intercessor, liturgical assistant and so on. Its an opportunity to refresh and renew our hospitality practices.
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CONNECTEDNESS

ANGLICARE CHRISTMAS HAMPER DONATIONS Please have a look at the Anglicare Poster hanging up in the Parish Centre and mark the items that you intend to donate. We asked that food items be dropped off in the week leading up to 11 December. Anglicare distributes hampers to needy families throughout the metropolitan area. Please speak to Shirley Andrusiak or Sheena Wheeler for more information. TEAR GIFT CATALOGUES This year, give the gift of a goat, fresh water, or family health care. TEAR catalogues are now available inside the door of the Parish Centre - please browse and consider what gifts you would like to purchase. Please see Michelle Watson for more information. YOUTHCARE COFFEE AND CAKE - Wednesday 23 November 7.00pm We [St Cuthbert's] are hosting the next youthCARE meeting on Wednesday 23 November, from 7 to 8. It will be a coffee and cake night, chaired by David Ladner from youthCare. We are hoping to have a good representation of Chaplains who will speak for about 5 minutes each. It would be wonderful if there were a few members of our church community there. Sue Young CLAIM THE DATES - All In This Together Saturday 28 January at Midday Commencing with a shared lunch, All In This Together is a chance to plan and dream for 2012 and beyond. The day will continue with prayer, a presentation from the Rector about our mission, and time for conversation and feedback. Well finish with games on the Darlington Oval. ADVENT TRADING TABLE The Advent Trading Table will commence next Sunday, supporting World Vision, Prison Fellowship, Anglicare WA and TEAR.

RESOURCES

PLANNED GIVING UPDATE Its six months since we distributed Planned Giving resources and 24 households generously made their commitment for the current financial year. Church Council is running a little behind budget because there seems to have been a decline in giving over winter. At this half-way point, wed like to provide you with an opportunity to review your giving. Do you need to: CATCH-UP? Have you been away on holidays or been unwell? Has your income from investments been delayed or is a client late paying you? There are lots of reasons that we get behind on our regular commitments please try to catch-up on your giving if youve given less than you intended. GIVE A ONE-OFF? Have you had a pleasant tax return or an investment windfall? Has business been going well or you had a pay rise? Do you just want to give because youre thankful? We have lots of reasons to be thankful to God please consider giving a one-off gift to Gods mission in this parish. GET ORGANISED? Have you been meaning to fill in a direct debit form? Would you be more disciplined if you gave a monthly cheque instead of weekly cash? Would you like a set of
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numbered envelopes or information about how to transfer funds electronically? There are lots of reasons that we get disorganised with our giving please consider how you can make it easy for yourself to give systematically.

WORKING BEE - Saturday 26 November 11am 1pm Please bring general gardening tools, a chain saw, and a trailer

IMPORTANT DATES
21, 28 Nov 20 Nov 23 Nov 26 Nov 27 Nov 30 Nov 3 Dec 18 Dec 24 Dec 28 Jan The Greatest Prayer - study and discussion 7.30 pm National Church Life Survey - both services youthCARE coffee and cake evening at St Cuthberts 11-1pm Working Bee Hospitality Workshop #4 Sacrament of Reconciliation 4 6pm Mystics Discussion Group (One River, Many Wells by Matthew Fox) 9 11am Nativity Pageant rehearsal 5pm Childrens Nativity Pageant All in this Together lunch, afternoon discussion and games on the oval

ROSTERS
Liturgical Assistants Servers Bible Reader Prayers Children Practical Tasks Morning Tea Door and Offertory Cleaning

20 November Psalm 100 Ezekiel 34:11-16 10-24 Eph 1: 15-23 Matt:25:31-46

8am Trish Sheena 10am Rosie Fred 8am Sheena Bernard 10am Charlotte Krys 8am Britt Trish 10am Jan Martin

8am Sheena

8am Bernard Karen

8am Mary

8am Marea

Counting Mary Holly

10am David

10am Kerry

Megan

10am Heather David 8am Brenda

10am Jan

None

27 November Psalm 80: 1-7, 17-19 Isaiah 64:1-9 1 Cor 1: 1-9 Mark 13: 24-37

8am Bernard

8am Pat Fr Chris

8am Pam

Val Barb Britt

2pm wedding

10am Helen

10am Martin

Heather Karen

10am Jan

10am Ellie

Graeme David

4 December Psalm 85: 1-2, 8-13 Isaiah 40:1-11 2 Peter: 8-15a Mark 1: 1-8

8am Pat

8am Trish

Fr Chris Michelle A Charlotte

8am Jill

8am Judy

Rona Brian

10am Philip

10am Murray

10am Debbie Mark

10am Fred

None

INFORMATION
Office: T: 9299 7274 E:stcuthberts@bigpond.com Mustard Seed: Jan Carroll E: jancarroll09@gmail.com Rector: Fr Chris Bedding T: 9299 7274 E: rector.darlington@live.com.au Day off: Friday Emergency Contact: 0405 525 476 Wardens: Charlotte Blackley 9295 4241 Brenda Marissen 9299 6723 David Bryde 9299 6049

Hills Anglicans
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