“He became what we are

that we might become what he is” St Athanasius

Dear friends The month of March brings with it the final three Sundays in Lent, before we move into Holy Week and our Easter celebrations! For Christians it is the most poignant time of year, as we are encouraged once more to recall Christ’s passion, death and resurrection, and to consider how “[Jesus] became what we are that we might become what he is”. While many choose to ‘go away’ for the Easter holidays, we’re invited to ‘come home’ – home to the very heart and core of our faith, and home to the very essence of what binds us together as a Christian community. We’ve arranged what we hope will be moving and meaningful worship opportunities for Holy Week and Easter, and invite you to attend as many of these as you are able. Particularly, we invite you to make the TRIDUUM a priority – attending worship on Maundy Thursday, Good Friday and Easter Sunday – as the liturgies on these three Great Days form part of one profound liturgy of remembrance and celebration. With my love and prayers during this holy time,

Gill

The Anglican Parish of

Kingsley North – Woodvale

- St Anselm of Canterbury -

MARCH 2016

WORSHIP

Remaining Sundays in Lent 6th and 13th March

9.00am Holy Eucharist, followed by morning tea

HOLY WEEK and EASTER

Palm – Passion Sunday 20th March

Procession of the palms |Blessing of the palm crosses | Reading of the Passion Narrative

Holy Tuesday 22nd March

Tenebrae – 7.00pm

Holy Wednesday 23rd March

Service at Meath Care - 11.00am Stations of the Cross – 7.00pm

Maundy Thursday 24th March

Eucharist with footwashing - 9.00am and 7.00pm

Good Friday 25th March

Children’s Service – 9.00am | Three hour vigil – 12.00pm

Easter Sunday 27th March

Dawn Service at Pinnaroo – 6.00am Easter Breakfast at St Anselm’s

Easter Eucharist – 9.00am

Discovering

Sacred Pathways

This Lent and Easter we will

explore ancient sacred

pathways through the lives of

the saints, and discover new

sacred pathways for ourselves

as we live each day as followers

of Jesus.

Easter at Meath

We will celebrate the resurrection on Wednesday 23rd March at 11.00am with the residents at Meath. Parishioners are invited to attend.

WORLD DAY OF PRAYER

This year St Anselm’s will be hosting the local World Day of Prayer service for our region. The service will take place on Friday 4th March at 10.00am. Please join us if you are able to!

Special Occasion Society – by Larissa Chatwin Working in retail you’re intensely aware of our “special occasion society.” We lurch from one occasion to another. “Xmas” blurs into Easter, with punctuation marks of New Year’s, Australia Day and Valentine’s in between. We fill out the rest of the year with Mother’s Day, Father’s Day, and of course the three month build-up to next Christmas. Add to that your birthday and those of your family and friends, and life can be a pretty much endless special occasion. This can be hard on people’s energy and bank balance. It keeps businesses happy, but what’s good for the economy isn’t always good for morality. What do special occasions offer spiritually? Well, we might justify them by saying they make us think about things we take for granted – our mum, our dad, our partner – even God. But special occasions are often times of overspending and overindulging. We buy people things they don’t need. We stress about our choice of gifts, we compare our gifts and celebrations to other people’s, and the “special” day may even end in arguing or resentment. Is there an alternative? Lent is one such time. The opposite of most “occasions”, Lent is a time not of indulgence, but of restraint. Instead of consuming things, we forego things. And in foregoing things, we may gain a new appreciation of the things we take for granted – and we may even realise how little we really need. To survive. To be happy. Lent is also a time of contemplation – to obey the command to “Be still, and know that I am God.” Through a meditation or mindfulness practice, we can become more aware of the blessings in our daily lives. One of the workings of the Spirit is to give us “new eyes” – a new attitude with which to experience the knowledge and love of God through our interactions with the world. Any practice that requires discipline and focus – whether martial arts, an exercise routine, or colouring in – can help us loosen our attachment to self. We empty ourselves of self, so the Spirit can flow in, and teach us to see in new ways. May this Lent be a special occasion – not of consumption of the world, but of renewal in Christ.

Meditation Group The Meditation Groups meets each

Wednesday in the Prayer Room from

8.00am – 8.30am.

Please chat to Gray Castledine for more

information – 0409 101 131.

Thursday Eucharist A Eucharist is held each Thursday morning at

St Anselm’s at 9.00am.

A quiet, reflective service, without hymns, for

those seeking some sacred space in their

week.

It is followed by a cuppa and a Bible Study.

PRACTICAL PREPARATIONS FOR HOLY WEEK WORSHIP

Saturday 19th March Can you make palm crosses or do you have any palm branches and/or time to donate? There will be a palm cross making party at the Church from 9am. Saturday 26th March

Please join us for a “Busy Bee” from 9am to clean and prepare the church for Easter Sunday. Gentlemen also needed.

SUNDAY READINGS – March 2016

6 March (Fourth Sunday in Lent)

Josh 5: 2 – 12; 2 Cor 5: 16 – 21; John 4: 43 - 54

13 March (Fifth Sunday in Lent)

Isa 43: 16 – 21; Phil 3: 3 – 14; John 12: 1 - 8

20 March (Sixth Sunday in Lent / Palm Sunday)

Gen 15: 1-18; Phil 3: 17 – 4: 1; Luke 13: 1-9

27 March (Easter Day)

Isa 50: 4 – 9a; Phil 2: 5 – 11; Luke 22: 14-23

SPIRITUAL EDUCATION – Gray Castledine

DAILY READINGS FOR MARCH 2016

Tues 01 Mar Jer 31: 16 - 35 Matt 18: 21 - 35

Wed 02 Mar Deut 4: 1 – 9 Matt 5: 17 – 19

Thurs 03 Mar Jer 7: 23 – 28 Luke 11: 14 - 23

Fri 04 Mar Hos 14: 2 - 10 Mark 12: 28 – 34

Sat 05 Mar Hos 5: 16 – 6: 6 Luke 18: 9 – 14

Mon 07 Mar Isa 65: 17 – 21 John 4: 43 – 54

Tues 08 Mar Ezek 47: 1 – 12 John 5: 1 – 16

Wed 09 Mar Isa 49: 8 – 13 John 5: 17 – 30

Thurs 10 Mar Exo 32: 7 – 14 John 5: 31 – 47

Fri 11 Mar Jer 38: 14 – 28 John 7: 1-2; 10; 25-30

Sat 12 Mar Jer 11: 18 – 20 John 7: 40 – 52

Mon 14 Mar Jer 40: 1 – 12 John 8: 1 – 11

Tues 15 Mar Num 21: 4 – 9 John 8: 21 – 30

Wed 16 Mar Dan 3: 14 – 28 John 8: 31 – 42

Thurs 17 Mar Gen 17: 3 – 9 John 8: 51 – 59

Fri 18 Mar Jer 20: 10 – 13 John 10: 31 – 42

Sat 19 Mar 2 Sam 7: 4 - 16 Matt 1: 18 – 25

Mon 21 Mar Isa 42: 1 – 9 John 12: 1 - 11

Tues 22 Mar Isa 49: 1 – 7 John 12: 20 - 36

Wed 23 Mar Isa 50: 4 – 9a John 13: 21 – 32

Thurs 24 Mar Exo 12: 1 – 14 John 13: 1 -17; 31b - 35

Fri 25 Mar Isa 52: 13 – 53: 12 John 18: 1 – 19: 42

Sat 26 Mar Job 14: 1 – 14 Matt 27: 57 - 66

Mon 28 Mar Isa 60: 1 – 11 Matt 28: 8 - 15

Tues 29 Mar Isa 60: 12 – 21 John 20: 11 – 18

Wed 30 Mar Isa 61 Luke 24: 13 – 35

Thurs 31 Mar Isa 62 Luke 24: 35 - 48

“Date Night” at St Anselm’s was

a great success. 14 couples enjoyed a candlelight dinner, each at their own little round table, set with chocolates, wine and other delicious food while Anglicare’s Joy Hartig presented a seminar on Gary Chapman’s Five Love Languages.

I think it is safe to say that each couple present took away something new from the night which could be used or applied in their relationship – no matter how “old” or “new” the relationship was. A huge thank-you must go to Debi Baldini and her team of helpers on the night – the catering and service was superb!

- Jenny Viviers

FIRST THIRD MINISTRY – Mandy Herriman

We are well into Lent now with Easter just a few short weeks away. It is difficult to focus on Lent practices

when the year feels like it has only just begun, the children are only just back at school or beginning

University and our workplaces are getting back into full swing. Perhaps focusing on some simple Lent

practices will re-centre our souls towards that great festival of the Christian calendar – the death and

resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Learning about a saint every week in our worship services is an ideal way to reflect upon our own lives

and discerning ways we can grow more Christ-like by altering our mind set, our lifestyle choices, our

interpersonal relationships, our prayer and worship life or the way we care about our own bodies.

There are a range of ways that we can re-focus our attention back towards God during this Lent and

incorporate spiritual practices into our everyday lives. Here are some ideas that you might like to use with

your family.

I will be emailing families a Lenten calendar for use during the rest of the Lenten period. You can use

stickers to mark the days or colour them in as you go. This reminds us that Lent is a period of looking

towards and preparing for the Easter events. The calendar is also a good way to mark our spiritual

practices through this period. You may wish to mark some days for some of the following activities.

Research a saint and discuss the characteristics of a saint.

Schedule a regular family walk around the neighbourhood and take note of those places which

feel sacred – it could be where a beautiful tree grows, or a park or walkway.

Adopt a ‘bag a day’ idea – place into the bag an item every day. It could be an item of food to

donate to a food bank at the end of the week. It could be a special prayer for someone. You

might like to write a card for someone who needs some encouragement or a photo of someone

you want to pray for during the day.

Create a set of prayer beads – Take a piece of string for each child and as each day of Lent passes,

allow each child to select a new bead to string. Each bead will represent someone or something

that they will pray for during the day or in their prayer time. At the end of Lent they will have 40

prayer beads on a string which they can then use in their prayer time to help them focus on what

and who they want to pray for.

Create a portable labyrinth. Simply done you can just use a paper plate and some ‘puffy’ paint

and draw on the labyrinth. Once dry, children can trace the lines of the labyrinth with their

fingers. Or you could use a small square of board and glue small pebbles or stones in the design

of labyrinth which would serve the same purpose. The idea of tracing (usually walking it) the

labyrinth is to travel to the centre of the labyrinth and back out again and to do so meditatively

and slowly, focusing on God and their own experience of

God. If you need a labyrinth design, please let me know and

I can provide you with one.

I wish you all a blessed Lent!

PASTORAL CARE – Christine Hetherington

MEMORIAL GARDEN

So much has happened since the last update.

The ground work of clearing the block, back

filling with good soil and the path has been

completed and the fence is up! The

reticulation is in, shade sail up, and plants

planted. The water feature is operational

and beautiful solar lights light up the path

and cross at night. Arguments have already

begun about who is going to have the first

spot in this beautiful space - hopefully no-

one soon. Although many have

contributed to this project, special thanks

must go to Margaret and John Pickering, as

well as Steve Shepherd, for all their hard

work, and for making this project a living,

breathing, peaceful, beautiful space which

we can all be proud of.

Donations can still be made by cash or

electronic transfer.

Account name – Kingsley Anglican;

BSB – 036 810; Account number – 3000 3065

Thank you for your continued support with

this project. JV

PASTORAL CARE COURSE

In a faith community such as ours, caring for one another in the good times and the not-so-good times is the responsibility of each member, not just a select few. To support us to do this well, we will be offering our first in-house Pastoral Care Course. It is open to anyone in our community who would like to understand the theological underpinning of pastoral care, increase their pastoral care skills, and simply learn how to care for others in a more meaningful way. Some of those who attend the course may well go on to become Barnabas PALS, or even Lay Pastoral Ministers. Others might simply use it to listen to and care for those sitting alongside them on a Sunday, or perhaps when visiting someone who is ill or grieving. Only prayerful discernment will lead us to knowing what the outcome might be for each individual who attends. The course will run for 5 consecutive Saturdays (30 April and each Saturday in May) from 9am - 2pm. We realise it’s a big time commitment, but so is our commitment to adequately care for one another. More details will be published in the coming weeks. Please chat to Gill or Mark if you’re interested in attending. Sign-up sheets will be available from mid-March.

MISSION & OUTREACH – Ernie Hansen

EMERGENCY RELIEF FOOD DONATIONS FOR MARCH

6 March Cereals, milk, tinned fruit, spreads

13 March Goodies for school lunches (e.g.: muesli bars, small packet sultanas), sweet biscuits, crackers, coffee, tea, milo

20 March Tinned casseroles/meals, spam, tuna, soups, tinned spaghetti, tinned veg

27 March Cereals, milk, tinned fruit, spreads

Food donations are now going to the "Ascension Emergency Food Relief Program" which is run out of the Church of the Ascension (Midland Anglican Church) on Fridays 10am-12pm. This Emergency Relief program serves those in need in the Midland area.

MISSION AND OUTREACH TEAM MEETINGS FOR 2016

3rd April 5th June 7th August 2nd October 4th December

Cathy, Maddy and Gray at the #letthemstay rally offering sanctuary for

refugees seeking asylum to stay in Australia

FELLOWSHIP – Debi Baldini

Cursillo

Cursillo is a Spanish word meaning ‘a short course’ in Christian living.

The St Anselm’s Cursillo 4th day group meeting for March 2016 is planned for 08:00am on

Saturday, 26th March. The Cursillistas will be meeting at 8:00am for fellowship and prayer and then

providing morning tea for the “Busy Bee”/ church clean-up scheduled for 09:00am that same morning.

Anyone is welcome to join this group at 08:00.

The 4th Day breakfasts are planned to take place of the 4th Saturday of each month at 08:00am.

The Third Order of the Society of St Francis will be holding a Day of Penitence on Saturday,19th March 2016 from 10:00 am - 2:00 pm at St Anselm’s Anglican Church. If you are interested in attending or finding out more about this Day, please speak to either Cathy Slaughter or Ken and Anne Wilson. Everyone is welcome!

FIRST FRIDAY FELLOWSHIP for March has been cancelled due to it being scheduled for the same day as the World Day of Prayer. FFF will resume in April.

Chloe, Alecia and Meagan

at Alecia’s farewell

OUR PEOPLE

MARCH BIRTHDAYS AND ANNIVERSARIES

1st Des Fah 4th Daniel Castledine 8th Tom Tripp 11th Ken Wilson 13th Brynn Furmidge 18th Kirsten Emmanuel 22nd Jenny Viviers 23rd Moreen Isaacs 28th Kate Cochrane Jo Emmanuel 30th Debbie Clark Jenny & Kevin Viviers (Anniversary)

Kirsten Emmanuel’s 2015 - 200km Ride

to Conquer Cancer

I felt God’s awesomely peaceful presence on both days, it was an AMAZING EXPERIENCE.

The dedication & commitment of the riders, some of whom were just beginners, was awe inspiring!

Again over $5 million dollars was raised and it made me feel that my little bit of effort is once again helping make big inroads into this crazy illness that affects so many people. Thank you so much for all your dedicated support.

Yep, it spurred me on to register for the 2016 ride, which I hope, God willing, to make an annual event as it is for such a tremendously worthy cause.

.

Please donate now to help me reach my goal of $2,500 and beat last years’ target!. http://pr16.conquercancer.org.au/site/TR - Participant search - Kirsten Emmanuel

Thank you all so very much

Hi everyone,

Thank you again

for all of your

ongoing support, prayers and love over

the past 18 months, especially through

my final university exams and this

huge move to London! I could not have

done it without you.

Thank you also, for the beautiful

bangle. I wear it every day and it

reminds me that all of you are walking

with me on this new adventure. I am

missing you all and I look forward to

seeing you again sometime soon.

God bless and lots of love from London!

Alecia xx

LEADERSHIP

Some comments from those who participated in the workshop in February:

Churchsafe – Child Protection Training

With the new approach to training initiatives and the introduction of Protective Behaviours Education, leaders (church wardens, Parish Council members, lay pastoral ministers and liturgical assistants) and those involved with children’s ministry are required to attend training every three years. It is, however, recommended that where possible, everyone should attend one of these sessions over the next 10 months.

Dates and locations for 2016 are: Thursday 28 April - Parish of Kwinana Cnr Chishom Avenue and Bickner Way, Parmelia 9.30am – 1.00pm (Morning Tea provided) Sunday 19 June 2016 - Parish of Swanbourne Cnr Shenton Road and Derby Street, Swanbourne 1.30pm – 4.30pm (Afternoon Tea provided) Wednesday 17 August 2016- Parish of Maddington Cnr Westfield and Sheoak Street, Maddington 9.30am – 1.30pm (Morning Tea Provided) Sunday 23 October 2016 – Parish of Beaconsfield 164 Hampton Road, Beaconsfield 1.30pm – 4.30pm (Afternoon Tea Provided)

Bookings for all sessions can be made on-line at www.perth.anglican.org/churchsafe. Sessions will

be for 3.5 hours inclusive of a tea break. There will be no sessions in 2017.

We are so privileged to be given the opportunity to listen to this dynamic speaker! She has served in the police force for 30 years and is at present seconded to the Anglican and Catholic churches to present Child Protection Training workshops.

4 hours of your life you will never regret spending listening to this amazing ambassador for Child Protection. I encourage every parent and grandparent to attend this course. We each need to be trained and equipped to be ambassadors of protection for all God’s precious children.

Andrea was one of the best presenters I have seen. She gave a clear historical background to the child abuse scandal and a most insightful understanding of reasons for child abuse, the way abusers typically operate and ways to best prevent and protect children. I would unreservedly recommend this seminar to anyone who has any interest whatsoever in grasping the extent of this problem and how to help deal with it. A 15 out of 10 score-card. I’m so glad I went.

Roster Duties for MARCH 2016

06 March 13 March 20 March

Palm/Passion

Sunday

24 March

Maundy

Thursday

25 March

Good Friday

27 March

Easter Sunday

Readers K Castledine

B Herriman

E Hansen

C Bell

n/a J Viviers

C Slaughter

n/a D Mitchell

P Moss

Intercessors V Shepherd J Viviers n/a n/a n/a n/a

LA J Viviers K Wilson

*G Rodgers

C Hetherington G Rodgers n/a B Smythe

*J Viviers

TBC -

*G Rodgers

*K Wilson

Greeting B Isaacs

M Castledine

K & L

Carruthers

Sandra, Joy,

Lillian

C Slaughter M Carter

J Taylor

P Moss

C Slaughter

Story Club D Mitchell L Lawson D Clark n/a n/a n/a

Audio K Viviers M McCracken M Payne K Viviers M McCracken K Viviers

Morning

Tea

K Emmanuel

D Baldini

*L Phillips

S Sampson

B Fung

*J Viviers

C Marriott

V Shepherd

*E Burnitt

n/a n/a C Slaughter

S Sampson

*B Fung

Counting B Herriman

V Shepherd

C Bell

E Hansen

G Rodgers

C Slaughter

n/a n/a K Castledine

J Viviers

Cleaning B Herriman

M Healey

B & M Fung K & A Wilson

C Slaughter

n/a n/a Busy Bee

Transport Cheryl Debbie Ken TBC TBC Kirsten

*** SAVE THE DATE ***

ANNNUAL MEETING OF PARISHIONERS

The AMP will take place on Sunday 15th May following the 9am service. At this meeting we will receive and table the reports of our Clergy, Wardens and Ministry Area Facilitators; receive, table and approve the 2015 – 2016 financial statement and 2016 – 2017 budget; elect and appoint our 2016 – 2017 Wardens and Parish Councillors; and appoint our 2016 – 2017 Ministry Area Facilitators. Please diarise the date and make every effort to attend. [Current leadership - Budget submissions to be received by 1 April and annual reports to be received by 24 April at the latest please!]

Date: Sunday 20 March 2016 Time: 5.00pm Venue: St George’s Cathedral Followed by a reception on the Parvis. For catering and seating purposes, please RSVP by Friday 11 March 2016 to Bernadette Liew - bernadette.liew@PerthCathedral.org or T: 9325 5766 We’ll car pool from St Anselm’s. All welcome.

VISION STATEMENT

St Anselm’s is a vibrant and welcoming parish reaching out to the community and offering a place of belonging where all can know Christ and respond to the living Gospel.

MISSION OBJECTIVES

To be a vibrant and welcoming Parish we will: Quickly acknowledge, connect with and integrate newcomers.

Prepare individuals and families to receive the sacraments of the Church.

Facilitate use of our buildings by community groups.

Maintain our buildings and grounds in a clean and inviting state.

To reach out to the community we will: Support local, national and international mission agencies.

Provide pastoral care and practical support to parishioners and local families in need.

Provide ministry to local aged care facilities.

Model and promote sustainable living practices.

To offer a place of belonging we will: Be open to a diverse and inclusive congregation where all are welcome regardless of ability, ethnic or cultural

background, and stage of faith development, political persuasion or sexual orientation.

Provide spiritual education opportunities for different stages of life and faith in a non-judgmental environment

Generate activities for fellowship across different age groups and interests

Encourage parishioners to discern and use their time and talents in the life and work of the parish and broader church

To help all to experience and respond to the living Gospel, we will: Use scripture, tradition and reason to challenge all to a deeper understanding of the Gospel.

Promote and facilitate an active prayer life for all parishioners.

Be open to and develop creative expressions of worship. Share our faith journeys with others.

** PLEASE NOTE NEW EMAIL ADDRESSES – from 7 March ** PARISH OFFICE Address 19 Forest Hill Drive, Kingsley WA 6026 Postal Address PO Box 3110, Kingsley, WA 6026 Phone (08) 9409 1387 Email admin@kingsley.perth.anglican.org

Parish website www.kingsley.perth.anglican.org

RECTOR The Revd Gill Rookyard 0499 161 550 rector@kingsley.perth.anglican.org

DEACON The Revd Mandy Herriman 0417 090 839 deacon@kingsley.perth.anglican.org

WARDENS Mrs Vicki Shepherd 0427 745 004 wardens@kingsley.perth.anglican.org

Mr Bruce Herriman 0407 089 931 wardens@kingsley.perth.anglican.org

Mrs Bronya Smythe 0403 540 842 wardens@kingsley.perth.anglican.org

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