bribie uniting church june 2021
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BRIBIE
UNITING
CHURCH JUNE 2021
DATE THEME READINGS & READER SERVICE NOTES
6-Jun Mother of all
the living
Genesis 3:8-20 (Mary Hutchings)
Mark 3:20-35 (Adele Carr)
HC (Col Baxter)
Leader: Greg Tenni
Prayer for Others: Lyn
McMahon
13-Jun Reach out
to Jesus
2 Corinthians 8:7-15 (Lyn Dippel)
Mark 5:21-43 (Adele Carr)
Leader: Pierre
Prayer: Moira Adams
20-Jun Stormy Weather 2 Corinthians 6:1-13 (Lyn Anderson)
Mark 4:35-41 (Dulcie Ash)
Leader: Bob Hutchings
Prayer: None
*Choir*
27-Jun Let anyone with ears
to hear listen
2 Corinthians 5:6-10, 14-17 (Greg Tenni)
Mark 4:21-34 (Maureen Peart)
Leader: Marg Grove
Prayer: Marg Grove
OFFERINGS
Offerings to date are below budget by around $1,000 per month. We have sufficient funds at present to
support our activities and ministry. However, with our deficit 2021 budget of $10,000, current level of
offerings and fundraising activities, maintaining these funds to the end of the year may be difficult.
If you are using the envelope or loose offering system for your weekly giving, each Sunday we have the
offering bowls on the welcome desk for you to utilize. This is working well and your weekly giving in this
manner is appreciated.
If you would like to move towards the Direct Giving option, the details are as follows to make an internet
transfer -
Name of Account: UCA Bribie Island Congregation
BSB: 014 01
Account #: 1915 19891
Description: My Offering
Thank you for your support. ANN BULLEY, TREASURER, 0414 637 562
Pierre is on compassionate leave for 2 weeks to care for Cherie after surgery:
Thursday May 27th—Thursday June 10th
Pierre will be on Annual Leave from Sunday June 20th — Saturday July 17th
The elders and church council are available if you need assistance while Pierre is unavailable
During these times, Sunday Services will be conducted by the following people: MAY 30th Col Baxter JUNE 6th Greg Tenni (Col Baxter—Holy Communion) JUNE 20th Bob Hutchings JUNE 27th Marg Grove JULY 4th Dave Greig (Holy Communion) JULY 11th Geoff Webber
CHURCH SERVICES
SUNDAY 9 am
While a guest on the "Proud Mary" as we cruise down the Murray River, we see so many beautiful sights of God's crea-tion. To me as we turn each bend there is another breath-
taking view of the tall cliff on the edge of the Murray River. I felt while cruising on the river we were very privileged to see the beauty of this very dry, wide country, we can see how we are a small part of a country that is part of God's handy-work. Our Creator God has a sense of humour as we see the funny animals that live in and on the banks of this mighty River.
LYN & PHIL’S
HOLIDAY
Brian was born and grew up in the coal mining town of Huntly on North
Island NZ. He was the town's standby ambu-lance driver at 16, but he was still at school, so
he took the ambulance to school when he was on call! He also played rugby, and won awards with
the shooting club.
In 1950 he went to university in Wellington to study accounting, and then worked as a student for early version of Price Water-house. In 1952, he completed his studies and was offered a job in Auckland. He de-cided to travel there by luxury coach not train for a change, and the train crashed on that trip, killing many passengers, including one of his mates. He later worked for Burrows computer company as a salesman, and the change to decimal currency brought bumper computer sales, one sale being $1million!
Brian was promoted to Burrows headquarters in Detroit USA, and lived there for 7 years and did sales all round the world, especially in Japan. In 1978 he went back to NZ to start farming, and also as a company direc-tor for Apple Computer company. In 1992 be moved to Australia, and then in 2002 to Bribie and golden years for retirement and much travel. His latest goal is to visit a new Great-grand daughter recently born in NZ.
MEN’S BREAKFAST
BRIAN WHITE’S STORY
June 1 June COOPER
June 3 Barry COOPER
June 8 Sonny MOON
June 13 Shirley BILLING
June 18 Lyle THOMAS
June 18 Neena THOMPSON
June 20 Allan TORR
June 23 Peter GOOD
June 26 Leonie BELLINGHAM
June 26 Paul CONN
June 27 Katie PAPP
June 28 Jenny EASEY
June 29 Barb Mc CLELLAND
June 30 Ross WEICKHORST
HOSPICE BUS TRIPS
CONTACT—JUNE DANIELL
UPDATE FROM THE AUDIO/VISUAL DESK
by Ray Sweatman
2008 was the year that saw Carol and I ready and able to retire to our holiday home here on Bribie. We joined the church at a
time when the need for a new audio visual system was being discussed to take over from the presentation of hymns each
Sunday using two overhead projectors (manually operated). I willingly volunteered to be part of the discussion group regard-
ing the cost and benefits of installing a computer operated desk and public address system that was a new innovation for
churches at the time.
The result was that the AV Desk was designed and built, new screens installed and two projectors were purchased and
mounted in front of the screens allowing hymns to be sent from a computer on the desk to the screens. Operators were
trained and the singing of hymns under the new system was commenced. All of this installation was carried out using the
skills of members of the congregation at the time, all of whom are still here and 10 years older. Only the projectors were
installed by the company who supplied them to ensure their operation was covered by warranty.
I wish to acknowledge the late Phil Anquetil whose knowledge of the old system assisted me greatly in the installation of the
new. This system was installed at minimum cost and operated effectively for 10 years until Covid struck in 2020.
Over this ten year period, discussions were in progress as to how our Sunday services could be relayed to those in the congre-
gation who could no longer attend worship, by a phone set up or some other method. The subject of streaming of funerals
was also discussed as funerals are frequent at this church and requests had been made to make it possible for relatives to take
part in funerals if unable to attend in person.
During Covid, Pierre was able to record parts of the Sunday service through the week and include hymn singing from the con-
gregation that had been recorded on a weekly basis from the desk over a number of years for anyone who requested a copy of
the service. He then uploaded this recording weekly for watching at home by the congregation who could no longer meet to-
gether at the church. By 2020-21 the concept of live streaming was being adopted by the wider church and had the potential
to solve many of the issues of presenting services to people at home as well as the issues relating to funerals.
The technology to accommodate live streaming of the service each Sunday requires a vastly more sophisticated system than
the one we installed in 2009-2010 which enabled the congregation to see and hear the service from the pews each Sunday.
Cameras have been installed and married to the existing technology.
I wish to thank Rev. Pierre for all the assistance he has given in planning the upgrade to the new system and the Church Council
for enabling better equipment to be purchased to make live streaming possible. Please bear with us as the skills needed to live
stream including the use of cameras are far more complex than were needed when the system was originally installed.
It is still a work in progress.
JUNE 9th and 23rd
ACTS 1– 12 UNITS 8-9
Lyn Mc Mahon’s Home 2.15 pm
Enquiries Flo Mc Kay 34089512
Closing date for July Bulletin June 16 th
Articles submitted to Barb McClelland
email [email protected]
Phone 0427200466
AV
DEVELOPMENT
TEAM
CHATTERS CUPPA
WEDNESDAY 9th JUNE 11 am
Bribie Sports Club - All ladies welcome
Notify Neena or Dulcie if attending
SATURDAY 5th JUNE
7-30 am
South African Café
Spinnaker Drive
Please notify Marius
if attending
How easy it is to become distracted I say
With so many challenges facing your day
Hurdle numero uno the alarm kicking off at five
When it’s still pitch black and birds are yet alive
And then it’s the rain, heavy, unrelenting and
cold
Already I’m starting to think it’s no fun being old
With my wife, produce, craft and me all piled
into the car
We head to the markets thinking it may be a
bridge to far
And then on the wind-swept foreshore the fun
started
The tables were set and the fabulous produce
imparted
The weather and our location were challenges
to face
We all pushed on confident our Lord would
show grace
Being the sole custodian of the cash box and
Jean’s trusty bulldog clip
And beautiful salesgirls bedecked in Saints
colours some giving me lip
Were all distractions that could not impede our
success in any way
But blow me down and strike me pink it ended
up a real cracker day
Though the foot traffic and would be buyers, to
me, seemed kind of sparce
Our team of devoted helpers all ensured the
day was anything but a farce
Though on the day buyers seemed to spend
more money than at our previous stall
It still surprised me that we managed a welcome
increase on our past monetary haul
Leaving naught more to be said than a big well
done and thanks to one and all
Until we re-convene on Sundays at Church
and thence at our next market stall.
THE MARKET DAY STALL
PENNED BY PETER TRETHEWEY
MARKET STALLS
We have had two very successful Market Stalls at Brennan Park and our thanks goes to those who have contributed by way of goods for sale on the stall and those who have volunteered their time to be at the stall welcoming customers and making contact with those who visit the markets. It has been a wonderful outreach to the community.
Our next market stall is planned for the month of July.
To date, including donations, fundraising at the market stalls have raised $1705.
Our fundraising budget for 2021 is $10,000 - $8,300 to go!
HOW’S YOUR BRAIN?
French Professor Bruno Dubois, Director of the Institute of Memory and Alzheimer's Disease in Paris, explains the subject in a rather reassuring way: If anyone is aware of memory problems, they do NOT have Alzheimer's.
We forget the names of people, or do not remember where we have put some things. This often happens in people 60 years and older, who complain that they lack memory.
But the information is always in the brain; it is the "processor" that is lacking. This is "Anosognosia" or tempo-rary forgetfulness.
Half of people 60 and older have some symptoms that are due to age rather than disease.
The most common instances are: - forgetting the name of a person - going to a room in the house and not remembering why we were going there - a blank memory for a movie title or actor - searching where we left our glasses or keys
After 60 years most people have such a difficulty, which indicates that it is NOT a disease, but rather a characteris-tic due to the passage of years. Many people are con-cerned about these oversights, hence the reassurance of the following statement by Professor Dubois: "Those who are conscious of being forgetful have no serious problem of memory. Those who suffer from a memory illness or Alzheimer's, are NOT aware of what is happening."