TRINITY TIMES Lent/Easter 2017
Parish Church of Holy Trinity Kew Cnr. High Street & Pakington Street, Kew 3101
EASTER SERVICES 9th April: Palm Sunday
8am: Eucharist. 10am: Sung Eucharist. 10.30am: Cross cultural service at TGS chapel (The service is in English )
11th April: Holy Tuesday
6.30pm: Eucharist
12th April: Holy Wednesday
11am: Eucharist
13th April: Maundy Thursday
8pm: Institution of the Eucharist and Foot Washing.
14th April: Good Friday
9am: Service of the Day. 10.45am: Ecumenical Service in Petrie Square
15th April : Easter Eve
6.30pm: Lighting of Paschal Candle and Renewal of Baptismal vows.
16th April : Easter Day
8am: Eucharist. 10am: Sung Eucharist 10.30am Cross cultural service at TGS chapel (The service is in English )
Penitential Eucharist every Wednesday at 11.00am during Lent Stations of the Cross. every Friday lunchtime 12.30pm during Lent 1
Update on Parish Centre by Alan Wilson I write this on the evening of February 15th. The tender process for the Parish Centre closed at 5.00pm this afternoon. All six of the builders we approached have responded. Our architect, Atelier Wagner, will undertake a thorough review of the tenders and the Parish Building Committee and Diocese will confer when this has been done. Based only on the raw total figures provided by the builders, we have one quote which is close to the revised project estimate provided by our Quantity Surveyor, one which is substantially above the figure, and four in a tight cluster around the mid-point between these two quotes. Atelier Wagner’s preliminary view is that with negotiation and some adjustment to the specification, we should achieve an acceptable price point and be able to enter into a contract. We have a lot of work to do before we get to contract, but we are undoubtedly on the path to seeing construction underway! More good news is that CitiPower has reached a decision over the electricity
supply to the Parish Centre. They were originally proposing a sub-station arrangement (~$120,000 cost to us) but have now decided that we can be supplied by a “pillar” in the area behind the Church, at a cost of ~$12,000. This is a great outcome, not only in terms of the significantly lower cost but also in the reduced footprint required around the installation.
LED. This will be a major exercise requiring moving the pews, so timing needs to be carefully thought through to minimise disruption to services.
The scheduled replacement of the switchboard in the Jubilee Hall has been postponed until a later date, as further investigation with the power disconnected showed that this is a more complex job than the electricians expected.
Of interest is the forthcoming auction of the ‘car park’ block which we sold in August 2015. Our buyer has had plans drawn for six townhouses and has permits in place. This is up for auction in early March. If the new buyer starts building at the same time we do it is going to be very busy in our little patch of Kew!
The roof works on the Church are about to start. The roofer has trial fitted one of the new external vents (all 20 on the roof are being replaced) and will be back on site shortly to begin work in earnest. The Church will be scaffolded Other works that have progressed since section by section.The roofers are likely the last report in December include the to be with us for some time, as they are moving of the electricity meter in the rebuilding a significant part of the roof Church to a (regulation compliant) above the chancel. The roof work is also external location, the installation of a being paid for from the National Trust new switchboard in the Church, and a Appeal, so thanks to everyone who has small amount of rewiring. These electri- donated. These critical maintenance cal works have been paid for from the tasks would not be possible without National Trust Appeal. your generosity.
We are also now beginning to plan for the conversion of the Church lighting to
Bequests
Please remember on Sunday to bring a contribution towards the food collection for Anglicare to support the great work they do in the community.
Holy Trinity has been very fortunate over the years with the bequests it has received from parishioners. A bequest is an instruction within your Will that reserves part of your estate for a particular beneficiary. Bequests are an important source of funding for entities like us, and everyone in the Parish should consider whether they might make a provision for Holy Trinity in their Will. Leaving a bequest is one of the most personal ways you can support the Parish; and if you desire can be made for a specific purpose. Such a gift will be of special importance to the Parish regardless of the value involved. No one is going to approach you and ask if you will become a Benefactor! Rather, should you wish to have a confidential discussion, please call Vicar’s Warden Alan Wilson on 0414 470 460.
St Stephen the first Christian martyr by Irene Shorthouse Because St Stephen’s Day is celebrated on 26th December it often seems to get overlooked in all the Christmas happenings. I did not have room to write about him in the Advent /Christmas issue so, belatedly, here he is now.
The apostles, pleading they already had too many responsibilities, instructed the community to select seven deacons to carry out this community service. They were chosen and ordained, and Stephen was the best known of the seven,
St. Stephen was the first Christian mar- An excellent orator he was recognised tyr His full tory is in chapters 6 and 7 of as a man with special gifts as an The Acts of the Apostles. evangelist. He engaged in religious discussions with the Jews at synagogues His name is Greek, He was a Hellenin Jerusalem. His preaching and teachist—a foreign-born Jew who spoke ing style was so effective that many Greek. He lived in Jerusalem and had Jews became worried about his success become a Christian. The Hellenists, who in getting converts. were a minority in the Christian community, complained that the care of their He was accused of blasphemy and made elderly widows was being neglected. to stand trial before the Sanhedrin—the
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supreme council and tribunal of the Jews led by a High Priest, with religious, civil, and criminal jurisdiction. At his trial he spoke of the mercies God had shown the children of Israel, and the ungrateful way in which they had repaid Him, by murdering Him, even though his coming had been foretold by Moses. The angry crown dragged him out of the court and he was stoned to death, according to the law at that time. He died forgiving and praying for his executioners. St Paul witnessed the stoning. It is believed he died in the year 36CE.
The Vicar’s Letter Dear Parishioners, I think anyone who has tried to teach a class or talk to a group has experienced something like this. You have your presentation all worked out. Then as you begin, there is always this one student, this one character who interrupts you and begs to differ with what you have to say. “BUT, what about this? What about that?” At first you may be pleased that there is actually someone who is paying attention and is giving what you have to say some thought, even if they beg to differ with you. But the interruptions persist. Their questions become an irritation. Suddenly what you thought you had under control is rapidly becoming chaos. Likewise, many of us think we have Easter all worked out and everything is under our control. Then we miss the fact that this day is essentially a celebration of the unexpected, unnatural, and uncontrollable. Today is God’s great “nevertheless,” “however,” “on the other hand,” “to the contrary notwithstanding” ... to a life we thought was well planned and under our control. Isn’t it interesting how most in this world prefer to call this day “Easter” and not “The Resurrection Of Our Lord”? You are not going to be able to go into the local supermarket and buy “Resurrection Of Our Lord Chocolate Rabbits.” There are no “Resurrection Of Our Lord Sales” for this week. The name “Easter” comes from a name used by the ancient nature religions to refer to the season of Spring in the Northern Hemisphere. As a result, our society finds it easy to celebrate this day with eggs and bunnies and flowers, all those symbols of new life that everyone can understand in Autumn?
For much of the church’s history there have been those who have tried to make the Christian faith less offensive by reinterpreting the resurrection of Christ to make it easier to swallow. Some ask, “Is it really necessary to believe that Easter took place to be a Christian?” After all, most Australians believe they will live on automatically after death in some shape or form. Why add the unnecessary baggage of belief that Christ was raised from the dead? And that story of the empty tomb? Was that not just a symbol that the writers of the gospels made up to affirm the fact that love is stronger than hate and life stronger than death? Is it really necessary to believe in the bodily resurrection of our Lord? Is not resurrection impossible from the point of view of modern science? So is not the New Testament story of the empty tomb simply a symbol of the continuing spiritual presence of Jesus whom the disciples felt to be with them after he died? Surely that is just a pre-scientific belief that we can now discard as primitive and superstitious! If it happened, fine. So this wonderful event happened in the distant past but it does not have anything to do with how we live our lives now. Maybe it assures us that when we die, we will go to heaven. But in as far as this world goes and how to survive in this dog-eat-dog world now, it is a nice thought but ultimately irrelevant. Saint Paul in I Corinthians 15:19-26 has a different point of view. If Christ has not been raised from the dead, if we have only hoped in Christ and his body is still dead in the grave somewhere, then we ought to be pitied for being such naive fools. Then we are still stuck with our sin. Then we are doomed to the cemetery with no hope of life ever being anything else than dog-eat-dog, grab all you can, eat, drink, and be merry for tomorrow we die ... and that’s it. But ... and what a BIG BUT it is. It is God’s big but, God’s protest against this world as it is. It is God’s way of reversing the inevitable: irreversible and inexorable. “But,” says Paul, “in fact Christ has been raised from the dead!” The ironclad law of cause and effect, the ironclad law created by God himself, “that the wages of sin is death,” has been broken and shattered by the resurrection of Christ. And as a result, the world is different. Now we can be the ones who raise our hands and ask those embarrassing questions of those who thought they ran the world. Now when the rest of the world assumes that you only go around once in the life so grab all you can, that you get what you pay for and there is mercy for no one, we can beg to differ. We can join Paul in declaring, “BUT ... Christ has been raised from the dead.” A new kind of world has now begun! The terrible Victorian Bush Fires of 2009 exemplified the ability of people to overcome adversity which was well observed in a report to the Victorian Government: “Community recovery after the February 2009 Victorian bushfires: a rapid review An Evidence Check Review brokered by the Sax Institute for the Victorian Government Department of Health.” In this document it saw occasionally the real value of faith based communities in assisting the healing process and I encourage you to read it. However I found this whole document overall disregarding toward Christianity. On the other hand, maybe the writers were genuinely puzzled by the phenomenon of vibrant Christian faith in the face of tragedy. The rebuilding and resurrection of Kinglake Anglican Church from the ashes with local community support, business donations from local builders and BHP into a beautiful new church symbolises what can be done and is a testament to many individual acts of faith in response to that devastation. But ... and what a BIG BUT it is ... Jesus lives! He is not to be found among the dead artefacts and dusty memories of history. He is alive! He is here now ready to greet you in the waters of the font and the bread and wine. You may have difficulty believing ... not just the resurrection of our Lord but how God can continue to love us in the midst of the mess that is our life. But you read this because you knew that here you would once again hear that unnatural, unexpected BUT. You read longing to hear that this world and our life are not inexorably, irreversibly, and inevitably bound for death. And we were not disappointed. “BUT ... in fact Christ has been raised from the dead!” There is only one way to respond to that good news. For the last six weeks we haven’t been able to shout it, let alone say it. But ... because of God’s BIG BUT, we can. Let us say it. Let us shout it: Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Easter Greetings, Fr Robert
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Clergy stress and burnout by Leonie Bird who is currently undertaking post graduate research into clergy stress and burnout in two major religious denominations.
The 2017 February edition of The Melbourne Anglican featured an article dealing with the growing phenomena of the bullying of clergy. There is ample research evidence that supports the views expressed in this article. It is no exaggeration to say that parish ministry may place parish vicars in an unsafe system of work. They are in the category of workers who are “at serious risk” of workplace injury through stress and burnout. The number of priests who are forced to withdraw from ministry due to stress and burnout is dramatically increasing. There is credible evidence that unremitting exposure to intrusive, unrealistic criticism and expectations by parishes generally and zealous critical parishioners, in particular, constitutes and unacceptable workplace risk to |ministers and priests.
a core component.\ A growing amount of empirical research reveals that clergy across religious orientations and geographical locations report poor work related psychological health, with clergy burnout recognised as an increasingly prevalent problem. As long ago as 1979, in a ground breaking study ‘The Plight of Australian Clergy’ Norman Blaikie examined the phenomena of clergy stress and burnout
He reported that adverse features of ordained ministry included being time poor, experiencing role conflict, difficulties with setting priorities together with general lack of control over their work situations. Consequently some clergy were forced to work contrary to their own ideals or aspirations and were often required to become a “Jack-of-all Trades”. Some were forced to run a It is acknowledged that work related stress is a growing problem throughout parish without adequate administrative support with conflicting roles of pastor, the world arising from increased preacher, and social reformer. The demand for services, work intensification, downsizing and outsourcing. This respective unrealistic demands and growing workplace phenomena adverse- expectations by parishioners and family members created tensions between ly affects the health and wellbeing of working with people and the clergy’s employees and the productivity of organisations. For Australian churches a application of their faith to life. large and growing proportion of Occupational stress is a critical issue for ordained clergy is subject to formally religious workers generally and there is diagnosed burnout, stress and withan ever expanding body of empirical drawal from ministry. The reality of research into occupational stress of this ordained clergy experience is that there nature with a focus on the concept of is clear evidence of serious personal risk “burnout”. In the book ’Burnout in to the mental and physical wellbeing Church Leaders’ Kaldor and Bullpit inherent in any pastoral carer vocation. found that a significant number of sen“Burnout” is defined as “a work related ior Australian ministers/pastors/priests condition comprising three symptom in Anglican and Protestant congregaclusters including emotional exhaustion, tions are suffering severe burnout and depersonalisation, and a reduced sense are at risk of leaving the ministry. of personal accomplishment” It is a Kaldor and Bullpit submit that their constellation of work related symptoms results may constitute the “tip of the with emotional exhaustion recognised as iceberg” and suggest that “as many as
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Irene’s joke
Baptisms Emerson Brooklyn Hill Alice Joy Thondan.
A man living in New Jersey had just bought a new mobile home and learned that he had to pick it up from the other side of New York and drive it all the way back. He realised that to do so he would have to pass right through Manhattan, a very serious driving risk, especially with a slow mobile home.
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So he decided to pop up to Manhattan and ask someone when would be the best time to travel without getting his new acquisition demolished. The first person he came across was a local policeman and he knew he could do no better. When asked, the policeman replied that a Sunday would be the best time to
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10,000 people have left full time ordained congregation ministry across Australia”. In a study of 1000 Australian religious workers serving in Australia and overseas, Bickerton and others reported in 2013, that “serving the Lord” in Australia involves concurrent significant work stress with high levels of job satisfaction. In 2001 it has been estimated that “in Australia about quarter of church leaders are experiencing burnout as an extreme or significant issue whilst around half are all potential candidates for burnout”. Maureen Minor, a leading Australian expert in clergy stress and burnout has stated ” the consequences of burnout can be devastating, and include poor physical health, reduced job performance, higher turnover intentions, conflicts with colleagues, declining professional commitment, reduced self esteem, and poorer overall life satisfaction. In 2009 researchers (Schaefer and Jacobson) found that there are twelve common causes of burnout including, unrealistic parish expectations, unsafe work/life balance, multi-task complexity, conflict between theological focus and financial imperatives, personal financial pressures, counter cultural work demands, inherent ambiguity associated with volunteer organisations, ongoing physical stress and fatigue. Every Anglican congregation and parish should seriously examine its culture, organisation and administration to realistically assess whether the role of vicar involves an unacceptable risk of personal injury to its incumbent vicar.
travel at about 7.00a.m. "Why that time?" the man asked. "Well," replied the policeman, " All the Jews are playing golf and all the Catholics are at Mass" "But what about the Protestants?" “Oh, they are all asleep at that time of a Sunday morning." Taking the policeman's advice he set out and was travelling through Manhattan at about 7.00 a.m. when WHAM! his mobile home was smashed from the rear. He got out, surveyed the damage and then found the other driver was a Seventh Day Adventist late for work!
IN MEMORIAM JOAN EDWARDS “A Compassionate Life” By Leonie Bird
Joan Edwards died on 2nd February 2017 after suffering a severe stroke. For more than 70 years she had been a long serving faithful member of the Holy Trinity congregation. On Sunday 12th February 2017 a service was conducted to commemorate and celebrate Joan’s life of faithful service to her family, the Anglican church and the community at large. The commemorative open air Anglican service was held at Warrac Stud – the property of Wayne and Rachel Huydak (nee Edwards) at Seville in the Yarra Valley. In a simple service, conducted according to Joan’s express wishes, her ashes were interred at the foot of a tree overlooking the Yarra Valley. The service was attended by a large number of family friends and fellow parishioners. Joan was born in Kew on 10th September 1933 and lived with her parents and sister Gwen Brown at 36 Hartington Street East Kew. She attended East Kew primary school and completed her secondary education at Box Hill Technical School becoming qualified as a typist and stenographer. Joan and her sister were the daughters of Olive Louise Robinson and Gregory McLaren who themselves were members of the Holy Trinity parish. George McLaren had been the superintendent at the Holy Trinity Sunday School. Both Joan and her sister Gwen attended that Sunday school. Joan later taught at the Sunday school and she eventually become its superintendent. For many years Joan regularly attended the Holy Trinity Saturday evening service, making a particular effort to welcome newcomers to the parish. At some time George served on the Holy Trinity vestry. Joan met George Edwards in the early 1960’s. They were married at Holy Trinity in 1969 on All Saints Day and lived in Box Hill. They had two children (Rachel and Paul) who were baptised at Holy Trinity. They have four loving grandchildren. They had been married for 47 years. Joan’s life was marked by an exemplary dedication to voluntary community service. She and George dedicated themselves to serve a number of organisations including St Paul’s Kew, the Talking Newspaper, and the Box Hill Hospital Cancer Support Group. She was a member of the AMSU (Retired Members Division). (George having been a metalworker) More recently she was a member of the Yarra Valley Probus Club and the “Yarra Valley Pink Ladies” raising resources to support women suffering from cancer in the Yarra Valley region. She also undertook tasks at St Pauls Anglican Church in Seville before her health started to decline. She was awarded the Centenary Medal and the Caroline Chisolm Award for services to the community in the electorate of Chisholm. In all her life’s work for family, friends and charitable causes Joan lived her theology of loving God and loving others as she herself would wish to be loved. Her legacy stands as an example to us of what life could be like, lived as a one of God’s faithful servants. Her legacy of love, compassion, and enduring faith remains as an inspiration to all those whose lives she touched and particularly the parishioners of Holy Trinity Kew.
PHILIP HADWEN 8-9-1965 ~ 26-1-2017 The Address by the Rev’d Robert Newton at the Memorial Service on 8th February 2017. We give thanks for the life of Philip Hadwen and offer our prayers and condolences to family, carers and friends at this time. In his book No Man is an Island (1) Thomas Merton made the thought provoking comment that we do not live more fully merely by doing more, seeing more, tasting more, experiencing more. What some of us need to discover is that we will not begin to live more fully until we have the courage to do and see and taste and experience much less. So easily we divide the world into people with a disability and people like ourselves. Is it fear which is at the root of such a tendency? In recent years, thank God, there has been a welcome discovery of the value of the people with a disability in our society, of their inestimable value as people, of their real contribution to our community and perhaps of the distinctive message which they have for all of us. Certainly Philip was one such person by his presence. Philip was a faithful member of Holy Trinity Kew accompanied by his mother Dorothy faithfully Sunday after Sunday and it was clear that the beauty of our worship was working at deep level for him. At our recent Nine Lessons and Carols service for Christmas I am told he was transfixed in his gaze upon the choir and organ for over an hour—what was running through his mind we will never know, suffice to say “Worshipping the Lord in the Beauty of Holiness” profoundly attracted and affected him. People with a disability show us that we cannot judge people by outward appearances and their material contribution to society. I think especially of St Paul who had his thorn in the flesh (epilepsy? malaria?). Not surprisingly he begged the Lord to take it away from him but he received the answer: 'My grace is sufficient for you, for in weakness power reaches perfection' (2 Cor 12:9). 'In the evening of life,' said St Augustine, 'we are judged on love.' We do not choose our talents, our disabilities, our temperaments. But rather each person is chosen in God's love to show aspects of his love to the world, to grow and to help others grow towards the perfection of love. Paul saw the whole universe and not just people as imperfect, as groaning towards a fulfilment of love which will give meaning to everything which we now suffer. Philip reminds us that no person is an island, that people need each other, need opportunities to serve others. We help one another even by giving people opportunities to serve us, to show love to us. As the blind poet Milton realised, we also can serve God who only stand and wait. 1) No Man is an Island, Thomas Merton, Shambala Library 1955 p.122
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EASTER SONG © Dierdre Baker
Crosses mean wrong But this cross righted wrong The wrong that wrung the heart of Jesus long ago The wrong that wrings the heart of each of us today The wrong that bent the head of Eve and Adam too The wrong of Martha who chose chores before her Lord The wrong of Peter when his Lord he thrice foreswore The wrong of Judas when he sold his Lord for gold The wrong of Thomas with his faith confused by doubts And oh how often have I also gone this way and chosen pride and self or bent my head and doubted long or put gold first and God foresworn leaving his gracious presence for such small excuse? But then I turn towards that supper room and climb the hill of bitter loss and see the glory of that saving cross in the bright radiance of His empty tomb.
Music making at Holy Trinity by Stephen Kerr, Director of Music The choir continues to progress well and we are always keen to welcome new members! This year we will add some more sung elements during the service, such as the Lord’s Prayer. Your feedback is welcome as we try different options. Thank you to everyone involved in supporting the music program throughout 2016 and especially over the Christmas season. The annual Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols was again a success, with a big choir announcing the Christmas season enthusiastically before a full congregation. The preparations for the carols service take much effort from the choristers, with a confident and joyous sound the result.
We are finally ready to order the new set of robes for the choir, having taken all measurements and having found a supplier. We look forward to these being ready for the choir to wear soon!
On March 13 at 3:15pm, the Kew Philharmonic Chamber Choir will present a choral evensong at Holy Trinity, led by Rev’d Robert Holland. This will be the final stop in a Kew Festival day of spirituality. All are welcome to attend the evensong. The setting, psalm and anthem will be by Purcell. If you are On Christmas Eve, the choral sound was also interested in attending the spiritualprovided by an excellent choir of sing- ity day around Kew, you need to book at ers who sang some beautiful Christmas kewfestival.org (10-4pm, FREE, lunch choral works by Skempton, Praetorius, provided) Cleobury and Warlock. It was great to have some of the HTK choir augmented Looking forward to exploring new ideas during 2017 and a great year of by special guests including cathedral music making at HTK! choristers.
New Anglicare Supporters’ Network by Marg Kelly
Did you know that Anglicare Victoria is the largest provider of social welfare in Victoria and larger than the Salvation Army? Anglicare Victoria is active in promoting change, especially with regard to the youth justice problem, and to solving the homeless challenge. A recent rent affordability snapshot by Anglicare Victoria shows that spaces in corridors of a house are being advertised as rental sleeping areas. In Melbourne even these types of ‘rentals of last resort’ are unaffordable for single people, particularly those on income support. The Homeless Support Services Unit serves meals to homeless people and offers emergency food and clothing,
phone cards, washing and showering facilities plus referrals to other areas of need. Anglicare has many programs to help families in crisis. Some examples are Parentzone programs in r egional Victoria – parents learn new skills and strategies to enable them to parent more effectively. This quote is from the December 2016 Newsletter IMAGINE – Sita came to Anglicare Victoria because she wanted to “stop showing her anger with the kids” and she confided she had been shouting and smacking her children when they would not follow instructions. Through the Parentzone group program, Sita learnt new skills and strategies to deal with her own feelings, which led to a more calm and consistent approach when dealing with her children. She began using family meetings, rules, consequences and praise as positive parenting tactics. Sita’s evaluation of the program left her “really impressed” and she stopped resorting to the “shouting, anger and smacking”, which in turn made her relationship with her children closer. The Boys Will be Men and Peaceful Warriors Programs mentor socially disadvantaged boys, and guide them through adolescence.
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Financial counselling pr ovides fr ee confidential assistance to Victorians in financial difficulty. Victims of crime can obtain many form of support including counselling, advocacy, court support and practical help. While these programs are Government funded, to be really effective they rely on donations. Do you often feel helpless to do anything to help those in need? There are already some people at Holy Trinity interested in being part of a local Anglicare Supporters’ Network. If you are interested in learning more about such a group please come along when we meet over a cup of coffee. We will publish details of this first meeting in the pew sheet so keep your eyes open or ring me for details, see number later. We would like to raise some money for Anglicare while having enjoyable and interesting times that will allow us to foster community in the HTK family. We will be open to all ideas so please put your thinking cap on. If you are interested (no obligation) please contact me, Margaret Kelly, at margric5@bigpond.com. or on 0447 282 062 or speak to Father Robert.
Reports from around the world compiled by Blake Shorthouse Church of England ministers could work beyond the age of 70 to ease recruitment crisis
Perth sex abuse reparations to cost diocese more than AUD $1 million Anglican On-line 28 January 2017: The Telegraph 12 February 2017: Perth Now states 'Child sex abuse is exSenior Church of England ministers look pected to cost the Anglican diocese of set to be allowed to work beyond 70, as Perth more than $1 million over just its ruling body votes on the issue for the three years.' first time amid concerns about a shortage The Archbishop of Perth, the Rt Rev’d of clergy. Roger Herft, has admitted his lacklustre The Anglican Church faces a recruitresponse to a sex abuse scandal while ment crisis as hundreds of ministers are the bishop of Newcastle, the ABC due to retire over the next decade and reports. Given this, a lawyer from there is not enough younger staff to reNewcastle who was himself a victim of place them. the scandal, Peter Kelso, has called upon Herft to give up his pension as a sign of A vote on the new rules, due to take repentance. place on Tuesday at the Church of England synod, will come after the Australian Anglican leaders 'feel Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin silenced' by their church about Welby, addresses the meeting on same-sex marriage Monday. Anglicans On-line 18 January 2017. Buzz-feed reports on the submission by In most cases, bishops, deans, archdeaDr Muriel Porter to Australia's Senate cons and residentiary canons currently inquiry into marriage equality. She says face compulsory retirement at 70, but the new rules will allow them to contin- most ordinary Anglicans have no problem with same-sex marriage, and that ue for longer. progressive Anglican leaders feel Bishops and deans would have to get silenced on the issue. Her comments are permission from an archbishop to conin stark contrast to a submission from tinue, who would assess whether they the Anglican Diocese of Sydney, written would still be able to perform the role by Reverend Dr Michael Stead, which after age 70. Senior ministers would be says the proposed exemptions do not go able to continue in post to age 75, while far enough and are “manifestly insuffithose in junior roles could carry on for cient” to protect religious freedom. even longer. Christians urged to take part in Last year, the Church said that 25per carbon fast during Lent cent of clergy were due to retire in the Anglican Communion News Service : next five to 10 years, and not enough February 10, 2017: younger ministers were available to fill The chair of the Anglican Communion roles. Environmental Network (ACEN), the St Peter’s Basilica to host Anglican Bishop of Swaziland, Ellinah WamukoEvensong for the first time ya, is inviting people to take part in a Anglicans On-line 7 February 2017: “carbon fast” during Lent – to examine The Catholic Herald reports regarding their daily actions and reflect on how the first Anglican Evensong to be held at they impact the environment: “We are of St Peter's Basilica. In conjunction with the earth, we are dust, if the earth birthed the Anglican Centre in Rome, the Choir us so let us look after her, and reduce our of Merton College, Oxford will sing the carbon foot print to ensure continued service led by the Most Rev’d David life” he said. Moxon, the Archbishop of Canterbury's Carbon fast campaigns are designed so Representative to the Holy See and that, over Lent, people can take small Director of the Anglican Centre in Rome steps to reduce carbon dioxide output with Archbishop Arthur Roche, the with the hope of helping the environSecretary of the Congregation for ment and bringing the world one step Divine Worship and the Discipline of the closer to a sustainable existence. Green Sacraments at the Vatican preaching. Anglicans have produced a guide with daily actions for use in Lent; from buySydney Anglican Church rife with ing organically grown food to eating less abuse, recent synod acknowledges meat to unplugging appliances, the daily Anglicans On-line 29 January 2017: actions are suggested to help slow the he Daily Telegraph (Sydney) reports a damage to God’s creation. Cycling to 'shocking admission' by the Diocese of Sydney that domestic abuse is rife within work, using a watering can rather than a sprinkler, and fixing leaks at home are its ranks. At the recent synod, a also included on the Green Anglicans motion was passed that acknowledged domestic abuse as a major problem with- calendar. in the church. He urges people to form groups in their churches to discuss the following key
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themes over the weeks of Lent: “simplify our lives / food and forests / energy and transportation/ conserve water / reduce, re-use, recycle.” Virginia congregation honors slaves who built church, offers ‘gratitude and repentance’ David Paulsen 17 February 2017: The congregation of Falls Church Virginia predates the Revolutionary War and worships in a church built in 1769. It was designed by James Wren, an architect whose name can be found on a plaque embedded in the brick walkway leading up to the church door. And, the church was built by skilled but enslaved laborers – a longtime omission in the church’s history that recently was corrected with a second plaque honoring those slaves and offering “gratitude and repentance.” Unholy Trinity conference, Chicago, Illinois Episcopal digital network 1 /12/2016. Registration is now open for “Unholy Trinity: the Intersection of Racism, Poverty and Gun Violence” a conference sponsored by Bishops United Against Gun Violence on April 20-22, 2017 at the Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago. The conference will feature a “threenote” panel of African-American leaders offering perspectives on poverty, racism and gun violence and include Bible study focused on the conference themes and a public liturgy. Episcopal Church Sues Trump Administration Over Travel Ban Heard on ‘All things Considered’ (USA) 20 February 2017: A church in Washington state is suing the federal government for preventing it from practicing its faith. The Episcopal diocese says the refugee ban stops them from welcoming strangers in need. Church in Seattle commemorates 75th anniversary of imprisonment of Japanese Americans episcopalcafe.com 20 February 2017: Yesterday, marked the 75th anniversary of the signing of Executive Order 9066 by Franklin D. Roosevelt, which led to the internment of hundreds of thousands of Japanese Americans during WWII. St Peter’s Episcopal Church in Seattle is an historically Japanese American congregation, and has been holding a series of events to commemorate the anniversary. The events have included lectures, a taiko concert, and a viewing of George Takei’s musical, Allegiance, based on his own memories of being placed in a camp as a child.
Holy Trinity Anglican Church Cnr High & Pakington Streets, Kew P.O. Box 37, Kew, Vic 3101 www.holytrinitykew.org.au email: office@holytrinitykew.org.au
Vicar The Reverend Robert Newton Ph: 9855 0630 0408 012 165 email vicar@holytrinitykew.org.au
Associate Clergy The Reverend Rick Cheung The Reverend Helen Granowski The Reverend Robert Holland
Parish Chaplain Pam Hughes Ph: 0418 328 313
Theological Student Leonie Bird
Church Office Mrs Brenda Forman P.O. Box 37, Kew, 3101 Telephone: 9853 7158 Monday to Friday 9—12
Churchwardens David Harkin Ph: 0433 446 183 Alan Wilson Ph: 0414 470 460 Marcus Pandy Ph: 9817 2163
Treasurer Dinesh Warnakulasuriya Contact through church office
Director of Music & Organist Stephen Kerr
Authorised Lay Ministers Leonie Bird Jane Sullivan Andrea Sherko Michael Wong
All the above persons can be contacted through the Parish Office.
If undeliverable, return to: Holy Trinity Anglican Church Cnr. High & Pakington Streets, Kew, 3101
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Services at Holy Trinity WEDNESDAY 11.00am—Eucharist SATURDAY 6.00pm—Eucharist SUNDAY 8.00am—Eucharist SUNDAY 10.00am—Sung Eucharist 10.00am—Family Ministry In the hall, in church on 1st Sunday The Noon Hour: 12noon to 1.00pm Tuesday to Thursday. Healing Service: 11.30am fourth Sunday At Trinity Grammar School Chapel: SUNDAY 10.30am Bilingual Service
EDITOR: Irene Shorthouse Ph: 9882 1692 Email: ireneshorthouse @iprimus.com.au I hope you all enjoyed the colour Christmas edition of Trinity Times. Sadly it will not become a feature of this or future editions as the cost would be too great. It was accidental—I printed it as I had always done, not knowing that the new photocopier I was using for the first time needed a specific instruction regarding colour (the old machine had no colour facility). I went and did other things and didn’t notice until the printing was finished. A big thank you once more to all the people who help me in various ways. I think we will soon see the begin-
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ning of the major works needed to build our new parish centre. We must be patient and bear with the disruption and inconveniences believing that it will all be worthwhile when we see, and can use, our new facilities. Is there anyone out there who would be interested in learning more about preparing Trinity Times with a view to taking over as editor? I have no specific time in mind for giving up as editor but I have been doing it for more than 20 years and am feeling stale. Please talk to me, without obligation, to find out more about what is involved. I would give you all the help I can. Please come forward and bring the new ideas it needs.