St. David’s UCA Neighbourhood Centre 68 Orange Grove Road

(enter via Rookwood Avenue) Coopers Plains 4108

Phone: 3274 3240

Fax: 3272 7150

Email: stdavidsnc@bigpond.com

Website: stdavidsnc.org.au

ABN 64 543 404 785

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STAFF:

Dawn Claes

Jillian Druery

Memory Dzimbanhete

Colleen Fogarty

Svenne Hrdy

Heather Knight

Katrina Marschke

Amanda McDowell

Sue Stavarakis

MANAGER: Lynne Everett

BOARD OF DIRECTORS:

Anne Brand

Heather Dansie

Peter Weymouth

Robyn Solomon

Sue Williams

YOUR COMMUNITY, YOUR NEIGHBOURHOOD CENTRE

Volunteer now and

become active in your

community

ST. DAVIDS UNITING CHURCH

Service Times: Sunday 8am (traditional service) and 9:30am (Family Service with Sunday School)

Holy Communion: celebrated 1st Sunday of each Month at 8 am, 9:30 am and 6:30 pm

Jam youth service: 3rd Sunday each month at 6:30pm

Office hours : Monday, Wednesday and Friday from 8:30 am to 12:30 pm. Phone 3274 3232

INGREDIENTS

125 grams butter

3/4 cup sugar

2 eggs

1 tsp vanilla extract

1 cup milk

2 cups self-raising flour

COOKING WITH KATRINA - Patty Cakes

Preheat oven to 180° (160 fan forced)

Line a cup tray with patty pans and set aside.

Using a mixer, cream the butter, vanilla and sugar together,

adding in eggs one at a time. Add half of the flour and milk and

then repeat until well combined. Pour equal amounts into the

patty pans and bake for 12—15 minutes. Cool on a wire rack

and ice with your favourite icing.

# try orange cakes, add zest of one orange into the mixture and

ice with orange icing

The Journey of a

Thousand Miles,

begins with one step.

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What’s On Harmony Club

Centre based respite

Monday to Friday

Social Support

Monday to Friday

Stay n Play—playgroup

Tuesday to Friday

9:30 to 11:30

except school holidays

Thrift Shop

Monday to Friday

9 am to 2:30 pm

Saturday

9am to 12pm

Social Groups

Mahjong 1st, 3rd and 5th

Tuesday. 9:30 to 11:30

Knitting 2nd and 4th Tuesday. 9:30 to 11:30

Painting for Pleasure Wednesdays 9:15 to 12:15except school holidays

Busy Hands (Craft)Thursdays 9:30 to 11:30

Conversational English Fridays 10am to 12pm except school holidays

Creative Connections

2nd Wednesday night of

each month. 7pm to 9pm

St. David’s Neighbourhood Centre

An activity of St. David’s Uniting Church—Coopers Plains

NEWSLETTER APRIL 2015

A message from

I knelt before the cross of Christ

I knelt down there to pray,

But when I looked into His eyes

I had no words to say.

Through tear filled eyes, I dimly saw

That cruel crown of thorns,

Those nail scarred hands

That bleeding side

I realised, for me he died,

I hung my head and cried.

The world around had disappeared

There was just my Lord and me,

Again I looked through tear filled eyes

To my Lord upon that tree.

Again I saw that crown of thorns,

Those nail scarred hands

That bleeding side,

And on His cheek I saw a tear

And I hung my head and cried

Ces Lawson

And then I heard a voice so sweet

A voice that called my name,

I looked at Him through tear filled eyes

And a heart so full of shame;

I whispered “please forgive me Lord

For what I’ve put you through,

That crown of thorns

Those cruel nails

That bleeding side

For me You died,”

Then I hung my head and cried.

Again that sweet voice spoke to me

And called me by my name,

It is for you my child I die

It is for you I came.

Your sins are all forgiven now

My death has set your free,

You are a child of God, you know,

Made for eternity.

By: Ces Lawson

YOUR COMMUNITY, YOUR NEIGHBOURHOOD CENTRE

May you have a very happy and

holy Easter

God bless, Ces.

Ces Lawson offers Pastoral Care to

participants at the Neighbourhood Centre

HARMONY NEWS

In Flanders Fields

In Flanders fields the poppies blow

Between the crosses, row on row,

That mark our place; and in the sky

The larks, still bravely singing, fly

Scarce heard amid the guns below.

We are the Dead. Short days ago

We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,

Loved and were loved, and now we lie

In Flanders fields.

Take up our quarrel with the foe:

To you from flailing hands we throw

The torch; be yours to hold it high.

If ye break faith with us who die

We shall not sleep, though poppies

grow In Flanders fields.

Lt. Col. John McCrae, May 1915

In the week beginning 20th April we

will be celebrating ANZAC Day.

The week beginning the 27th April we

will be celebrating everyone’s

Un-Birthday, So dress in your Party

clothes.

BOOKFEST 2ND MAY

Bookfest is coming around again, it is the

major fundraiser for the Neighbourhood Cen-

tre and the work we do.

This year will see the return of the

“Sizzling Sisters Café”

including Colleens

Coffee shop, and

Dawn’s Home made cake stall.

The Sausage Sizzle will be happening so come

join us for breakfast.

Amanda will be face painting for the children

and young at heart. Jillian is

also organising some other

children’s activities.

There will also be plants for

sale. Thrift shop will have

many bargains, and of course there will be

Books Galore.

Mark it in your diary, and we look forward to

seeing you join in the

festivities on the day.

CENTRE DATES FOR APRIL

We will be closed on Good Friday 3rd April, and Easter Monday 6th April.

The Thrift shop will be closed also on Saturday the 4th April.

The following groups do not run over the school Holiday Period.

Stay n Play will resume on Tuesday 21st April.

Conversational English will resume on Friday the 24th April.

Painting for Pleasure will resume on Wednesday the 22nd of April.

Anzac day falls on a Saturday this year, so no Thrift shop on Saturday 25th,

but there is no additional public holiday so business as usual on Mon-

day 27th. Have a wonderful and safe Easter Break everyone

VOLUNTEERS RECOGNISED BY GRAHAM

PERRETT AT A MORNING TEA.

Graham Perrett—Federal Member for Moreton, arranged a

morning Tea at the Centre to honour these long standing vol-

unteers. They were recognised in the Moreton Australia Day

Awards. Peter Russo, State Member for Sunnybank also attend-

ed the event.

Daryl Argent & Leith Argent

Brian Colefax

Betty Cunning & Hec Cunning

Elma Dagg

Bruce Pollock & Muriel Pollock

Averil Tame & Tom Tame

STAY N PLAY CORNER—Wishing you all a safe and Happy Easter

We are celebrating National Playgroup Week at Stay n Play. This year the theme is Connecting Communities

through Play, for our activity we are making a collage of our families’ handprints representing leaves on a tree, the

growth and unity of our community.

Stay n Play was lucky enough to receive a voucher for $50 from Playgroup Queensland to purchase resources from

Educational Experience. This will go towards buying some magnifying glasses for our room.

We have also been making bubbles, very large bubbles in fact. There was a lot of squealing, laughter and chasing

involved in this activity—from young and not so young.—Jillian

GARDENING TIPS

Sometime soon (I hope), the heat of Summer

should be gone and we will move towards a

nice cool winter.

Most of us think of Spring as the season for

gardening, but in fact, Winter is a good time

for planting new gardens. This is because as

very little growing is happening above the

ground with your plants in Winter, they are

concentrating their growth beneath the soil,

establishing a good strong root system.

So apart from the obvious, that it is more

pleasant to be out in the garden when it isn’t

so hot, it is a good time for establishing

healthy plants as well. They also have time

to acclimatise to the position, and the sun

etc. before the heat of Summer.

Happy Gardening, Dawn

ENTER AS STRANGERS, LEAVE AS

6 cups water

½ cup dishwashing liquid

½ cup corn flour

1 tbsp baking powder

1 tbsp. Glycerine

Dissolve corn flour in water, mixing well. Gently stir in remaining ingredients. Stir occasionally if you see the corn flour sitting on the bottom. Mix works better with more use.