Change ‘necessary’ for church Stephen Taylor steve@baysidenews.com.au
St James the Less, Mt Eliza. Picture: Stephen Taylor
ioners had told her it was “like breaking up a family”. “They are going down to only two services [on Sundays] which they think is an improvement and they hope people will be going across [Nepean Highway],” she said. “Sunday week [Palm Sunday] will be an emotional week [when the service timetables change].” The Rev Savage said she understood change was “always upsetting and confronting”. “A great many people are for the changes but there is also a sense of grief and loss being felt among others,” she said. She admitted the church may lose some parishioners. “We are making a new beginning. I hope they try to understand that it is a process that must be worked through.”
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A SEAFORD woman allegedly attempted to use stolen credit cards to pay for 50 litres of petrol and various items at an Aspendale Gardens service station. All were declined. When the attendant requested she produce her driver’s licence and fill out a form, the woman allegedly handed him a licence with a photograph of an Asian woman, even though she is Caucasian and blonde. The woman, 31, then left the store and drove off with another woman in what was later found to be a stolen car. Police traced the licence to a staff member at Karingal Hub who said she reported it stolen to security in September but not police. The alleged deception offences occurred in August last year. A woman attended Frankston police station in February and was charged with obtaining property by deception. She was bailed to appear at Frankston Magistrates’ Court on Thursday 6 April.
Bag smash and grab A THIEF used a brick wrapped in a towel to smash a window at a house in Parkdale and steal a woman’s handbag, 3.15am, Saturday 1 April. A female resident, 19, told police she heard the sound of breaking glass and walked down the hallway to the family room where she noticed her $150 bag missing. It contained personal items, makeup and perfume.
The towel had been hanging on the clothes line and bricks were stacked in the yard. Call Crime Stoppers 1800 333 000 with information.
Parking dispute punch A PATTERSON Lakes man was punched to the back of the head during a parking dispute, 10.30am, Sunday 2 April. The man told Chelsea police he parked his car in a loading zone at Harbour Plaza shopping centre, Thompson Rd. When he returned he found another car parked hard up against his car, preventing him opening the door. When that driver – an elderly man – returned, the man said he began talking to him. Police said another man, not connected to either man, “had a crack” at the victim before punching him in the back of the head. The man, a woman and child then ran away. The man is described as Caucasian, 25-40, large build, 183cm, with short fair hair, blue eyes, and a tattooed calf. He was wearing a pink T-shirt, shorts and thongs. The woman had a neck tattoo. Police are assessing CCTV footage of the incident. Call Crime Stoppers 1800 333 000 with information.
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matters into the future,” she said. “We are not able to adequately staff so many services, with some clashing, and which are not allowing us to offer a good pastoral ministry. “We are making major changes to set ourselves up for the future with the 8.30 and 10.30am services.” It is believed that some foundation members of the Chapel of the Resurrection at Peninsula Grammar are “broken hearted” at the changes, which will mean there is no more public worship there. The Rev John Leaver, who started the Mt Eliza North parish in 1974, admitted he was “not happy” with the changes which were splitting the parish. He said the number of regular Sunday worshippers varied, but that it was usually around 50 people, with more at Easter and Christmas services. His wife, Wendy, said some parish-
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CHANGES to church service timetables at Mt Eliza are believed to be unsettling many long-time parishioners. Up until now, Mt Eliza Anglicans worshipped at either St James the Less or across Nepean Highway at the Chapel of the Resurrection in the grounds of Peninsula Grammar. However, changes introduced by the Rev Jennie Savage, of St James the Less, will see the current four Sunday morning services at the two churches reduced to two in the main church at St James the Less. The Rev Savage has been at St James the Less since September. She was formerly vicar at St Nicholas Anglican, Mordialloc, when similar service timetable changes were implemented. “When I was invited [to Mt Eliza] by the committee – who are also members of the church – change was on the agenda; there is a need for it,” she said. Palm Sunday, 9 April will mark the “final celebrations of thanksgiving and worship at each service” and, from Sunday 23 April, Sunday services will be held at 8.30am and 10.30am at St James the Less. The combined congregations will also worship there during Holy Week: Maundy Thursday 7pm, Good Friday 10am, and Easter Sunday 10am. The Rev Savage said there were several reasons for the changes. “We currently have four Sunday services that are not sustainable in relation to clergy numbers and financial
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