St John’s Weekly Bulletin – Sunday 15 October 2017

Blessings, Murray

This bulletin was emailed to members of the parish on Saturday 14 October 2017 – if you would like to join the Weekly Bulletin email list, please call the church office on 02 4927 5399 and we will happily arrange this.

I am delighted to let you know that our pledges have reached our 60K target! On behalf of the parish council, who approved and encouraged this project, I offer a huge thank-you to all who have been able to support this project. Many thanks to those who donated lump sums to the National Trust account, and to those who have pledged to donate smaller amounts over the course of two years to complete this project. Thanks to the Guild for their support, and to the people who have used their imagination, their time and their energy to create fundraising events to support the 1K Club.

We have engaged a heritage architect and a company of hydraulic and civil engineers to oversee this project. The heritage architects have produced an overall design that has been approved by the Heritage Council of NSW. The engineers will be doing calculations to design the new guttering and downpipe system to replace the current inadequate gutters and drainpipes on the church and hall. Over the next few weeks, we will have surveyors taking detailed levels across the churchgrounds, to assess how we can effectively get water away from the church and the hall, to stop it being sucked up into the walls and causing further damage. I will be sharing further details and updates as we get further into the project. Once again, many thanks to all those who have committed to support the 1K Club so far.

If you haven’t yet had a chance to donate to this, please don’t think that it is too late to! These kind of projects often have extra work that needs to be done that is only discovered as the work progresses. We would value continuing contributions to the 1K Club. All of the details are available on our website and available in church as well.

Details:

Saturday October 28 2017

Centennial Park

Painting green seats x 2 coats

Staining wood seats x 1 coat

8am start, hoping to be finished by 1.00pm. Possibly two teams: one team of 15–20 people at 8am and a smaller team of 10 people at 11am to apply second coat.

If you would like to be involved, please let us know by sending us a quick message at: http://www.saintjohns.com.au/contact

Sunday 10 December 2017

7.30pm – Combined Churches Christmas Carols – St John’s Lawn

Sunday 24 December – Christmas Eve

9am Communion

5pm Children & Families Christmas Service with Nativity Play

7pm Informal Christmas Service with carols & modern worship music

11pm Carols 11.30pm Midnight Mass

(Note: no 10.45am service Christmas Eve)

Monday 25 December 2017

9am Christmas Celebration

Sunday 31 December 2017 – New Year’s Eve

10.45am Combined Worship followed by parish BBQ

(Note: no 9am or 5pm services on New Year’s Eve)

The work to prepare these delicious puddings begins long before Christmas, though! On Mondays 16th and 23rd October the Guild would love you to join them from 8.00am to help make the puddings. This usually takes all morning but even if you only have an hour to spare, that would be a great help for them. Please speak to a Guild member to find out more, or contact us through www.saintjohns.com.au/contact

BSB: 705-077
A/C: 00040401
Name: St John’s Anglican Church Newcastle

Thank you to all members of our parish who are able to support ministry in this way.

Saturday 28 October 2017 2.00pm

in the 160 year old Parish Hall, Dawson Street, Cooks Hill

Devonshire Tea will be served

Cost $15.00 per person

RSVP 4952 6279