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Our meeting on May 26 was most enjoyable. Two new members were inducted into the Club namely Jean Courtnay and Glenyse Stockdale. President Betty Smith welcomed them and presented them with their badges. Congratulations Jean and Glenyse, it’s always great when new members join our Club. Our Member behind the Badge was Pat Ibbott who told us of her forbears and childhood and how she, by chance, met her husband! Quite a love story and still going strong to this day! The members were quite enthralled by her story. Well done Pat!

The guest speaker was Simone Carkeek, a Podiatrist from Southern Health. Simone spoke on all aspects concerning Feet! When explained so clearly and proficiently by someone such as Simone, there certainly is a lot to learn! Simone explained how important it is to care for your feet, to have them attended to regularly, as often they can indicate that something is occurring in your body that is not yet apparent. Betty Durston thanked Simone on behalf of the Club.

Our luncheon on May 19 was attended by 15 members. We went to Kyabram to Café Three 620, and enjoyed a wonderful lunch in a great atmosphere.

Our Club is a happy one, with many interesting, friendly people, so if you would like further information, please contact our President Betty Smith on 0408 329 686; you will be warmly welcomed.

Barb Halliwell

QUIZ answers

I only half heard you.

Charlie was an old orchardist from Harcourt when I knew him. It was the early 1970s and the Whitlam Labor Government was in power and colour TV had just been introduced to Australia. Charlie didn’t have any truck with either, but he was a stalwart of the local church and made up for his limited education with sheer confidence and a deep faith. He reminded me of what I think Jesus’ disciple Peter might have been like; the first to put his hand up, the first to speak, his confidence driven by a keen sense of his leadership role and a desire to help. But sometimes he was blissfully unaware of what he did not know, or the mayhem he left in his wake.

Charlie loved to read the Bible in church and aware that people could easily get bored he liked to read loudly, with expression and fast. I remember one time he was reading from the prophet Amos and the passage had a lengthy list of rhetorical threats of against various peoples who had abandoned their religious duties. It had a recurring phrase before each judgement; “For three transgressions of Israel, and for four, I will not revoke the punishment…” Charlie in his enthusiasm and his rapid-fire delivery, completely changed the sense of the reading by omitting the word ‘not’ from each line. I thought the first missed word wouldn’t matter too much, but as each pronouncement followed with the missing ‘not’ I was in a dilemma as to how I was going to preach my sermon without drawing attention to Charlie’s mistake and embarrassing him. Suffice to say, it was an interesting message!

I like to think that Charlie was so taken with the gospel of forgiveness, that he couldn’t hear such a negative, judgemental vision of God.

We humans need to be fully loved. On the one hand we know that you cannot be fully loved unless you are fully known. But we’re all at least a little bit scared that if we were to be fully known, others may not love us. Better, we think, to be unloved because we are misunderstood than because we are understood! It’s why so much of our social interactions are marked more by defensive pretence than by the open vulnerability. It’s easy to be misunderstood, misheard, or have people project their biases unto us. How often do we fail to hear what someone says because we think we know what they are going to say, and filter their words through our past experience of them, their past mistakes and our own expectations?

I’ve been running some studies on trauma. They explore how trauma, and the transformation of that trauma, helped form and shape the early church. We’ve looked at key events in the Easter and post Easter story, learning about contemporary understandings of trauma and reflecting on the big and small traumas in our own lives and the life of our churches.

The Christian Church was born through trauma. The disciples and broader group of followers who had gathered around Jesus suffered a traumatic experience with his death. The Christian church and the writings of the New Testament arose out of this experience. They speak to catastrophic human trauma. But it is trauma transformed. Trauma with the hope of healing.

To a large extent the healing from the trauma came about through better understanding some of the teachings of Jesus that the disciple’s mis-heard or filtered through their own expectations. More than once in the gospel stories Jesus takes his disciples to task for their inability to hear what he is saying, “Do you still not perceive or understand? Are your hearts hardened? Do you have eyes, and fail to see? Do you have ears, and fail to hear?” (Mark 8:17-18)

Likewise, repeatedly in the post -resurrection stories Jesus says things like this: “These are my words that I spoke to you while I was still with you—that everything written about me in the law of Moses, the prophets, and the psalms must be fulfilled.’ Then he opened their minds to understand the scriptures.”

(Luke 24: 44-45)

Modern trauma research calls this process ‘reframing’. The essential idea is that the frame through which a person views a situation determines their point-of-view. When that frame is shifted, the meaning changes, enabling thinking and behaviour to change along with it.

Soren Kierkegaard the Danish philosopher and theologian said, "Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards." We can often only make sense of the events, joys, misfortunes, and struggles of our lives as we look back, sometimes many years later.

As his time with his disciples was ending, Jesus said to his followers “I still have many things to say to you, but you cannot bear them now. When the Spirit of truth comes, he will guide you into all the truth.” (John 16:12-13) May we have ears to hear each other’s stories and to hear God’s word of grace to us all. This is the gospel and it’s good news.

Brian Spencer, Minister, Tatura Uniting Church

1c – Golf

2a – Pacific Ocean

3d

4b

Femur

88 keys

5c – Ferdinand Magellan

6a

Develop the atomic bomb

7b – Euclid

8b – Africa

9d – Descartes

10c – George VI

Scoring.

0–2. Struggle Street. What a wonderful attitude to life you must have. I’m sure nothing much worries you or upsets you as you sail along on a wave of blissful ignorance. A little knowledge is a dangerous thing so perhaps you should have a T-shirt printed to warn others.

3-5. Bland Street. You’re just another face in the faceless crowd. Mediocre, unexceptional, average, beige, I think Bland Street says all we need to know about you. Unfortunately, Facebook is not a great source of actual knowledge otherwise you’d be genius level.

6-7. Above Average (sort of). I wouldn’t get carried away with any over the top celebrations. Just stand in the street and look at the passing cavalcade of life. That’s who you’re slightly better than. Still, you do deserve a pat on the back for rising above the riff-raff.

8-9. Smarty Pants. Well done! You obviously paid attention at school and have been reading widely ever since. Those people with a score less than yours will no doubt whine that you had a couple of lucky guesses. The correct term should be educated guesses.

10. Genius. All ten correct? Really? You should either buy a Tattslotto ticket while your luck is still in or you really are a certified genius. If that’s the case, shouldn’t you be out saving the world?

Enquiries:

Beryl Cross 0428266356

Brian Spencer 0400274482

Rodney Cwa

At State Conference in Melbourne recently, Janette gave her report as outgoing Co Catering Committee Chairman. As part of the State Catering committee Janette baked and boxed the 6,000 Anzac biscuits ordered for the horse races held to commemorate Anzac. As of the Conference, Mandy Perkins is the new Group President for Goulburn Valley West Group and Janette Mason is Group Secretary. Mandy was voted in as Group President at our Group Conference in February but officially takes over after the State Conference.

At our May meeting, a report from Robyn Fennell on our country of study, Malaysia, outlined the importance of tea. It is part of the Malaysian Food Heritage and was introduced by the Chinese traders. Many varieties such as herbal and fruit are produced in the Cameron Highlands. Teh Tairk is a special variety served in tea houses throughout the country.

Guest Speaker – Lois Orr. “How to Trace Family History” Lois has been interested in family history for about 40 years. She likened it to a giant jig saw puzzle. ‘Initially information was passed on via ‘snail mail’ Letters to Miranda could be helpful in finding a contact. Lois gave a number of tips to start the journey. – Join a family history group, record the source of the information and family stories ‘take with a grain of salt’. Sensitive information is best kept a secret if the individual involved is still alive. Trove (Digitized Newspapers) is a good source for family news. A very interesting and informative address. Mandy thanked Lois for her address and presented her with a small gift in appreciation of her time.

Our June meeting was held at the Tatura Museum, where we were very impressed with the range and quality of the displays and enjoyed an informative short film about life in the internment camps. We were especially intrigued by two recent additions: a knitted bedspread and a lace collar. Next meeting July 14th, 1:30 at the bowling club.

In June, our juniors were knitting, with the assistance of Lyn, Loraine, Beatrice and Shirley. Beatrice

Tatura Community House

Thank you to all our Biggest Morning Tea guests and their generous donations! We served Devonshire Tea with yummy scones to 50 guests who put on their most creative hat to win one of our prizes. We raised $500 for the Cancer Council and are very grateful to all donors and our wonderful volunteers Janice, Jenny, Jen, Liz, Cheryl, Jacob, Iris and Bev. We also managed to fill in all our reception volunteer positions and welcome two new volunteers to the team:

Annabelle Dunn – Annabelle has joined us to help out on Wednesdays and Fridays, mostly at reception, but she will also be helping us to process Power Saving Bonus applications for community members.

Emine Duran – Emine has been coming to the community house for years and is involved in several activities and has now taken to volunteering on Wednesday afternoons. Emine will help out at reception, but also with our backyard herb garden.

So, if you see Annabelle or Emine around the Community House please say hello and make them feel welcome.

THE MONSTER IS BACK!!!!

After a hiatus of two years, we are very pleased to announce that the Monster Garage Sale is back this year on Saturday, 10th September. Registrations for your garage will cost $25 and will be open from the 11th July! Go to tatcom.vic.edu.au, give us a call 5824 1315 or pop in Monday to Friday from 9:00 am to 3:00 pm. Maps for the garage sale will be available at the community house at 8:00 am sharp on the day.

What’s On

High Tea @ Olive & Vine – A great Tatura Community House tradition at a new location! We invite you to bring some friends and dine in elegance while savouring an assortment of treats made specially for you. Please ring the community house to book your spot 5824 1315.

When: Tuesday, 16th August 10:30 am at Olive & Vine, 115 Hogan Street, Tatura

Cost: $15 per person

Digital Essentials – Level 1 with Nadine. A great class to understand the basics of technology, including different digital devices and their functionality! Slow and steady in this class, starting Wednesday, 13th July at 10:00 am. Ten three-hour sessions, cost $130, concession $103. Call us to book a spot in this beginners’ class.

Youth Games Club – Take a break from video games and have some fun with non-digital games like Uno, Spot It!, Trivial Pursuit, Yahtzee and whichever games you like to bring along! Kids and teens ages 8 to 18 are welcome for some after school fun. Mondays during school term from 4:00 to 5:30 pm. Come along and give it a try!

Learn English- Do you or someone you know need help with written or conversational English? Join John and his small group to improve your English language and writing skills. Learn English is run on Wednesdays during school terms. Give us a call to book your place.

Justice of the Peace – Do you need some documents witnessed? We now have a JP on site to certify and sign your documents. The JP will be available every Monday 10:00am-12:00pm.

Please check out our website www.tatcom.vic.edu.au for our complete term program.

Gv Tree Group

Melaleuca Linariifolia

This Melaleuca species is more commonly known as Snow in Summer of Flax-leafed Paperbark. It is an evergreen small to medium tree growing to about 10 meters. It has a strong deep root system and dense canopy spreading almost as wide as it does high. For these reasons it makes a great windbreak and can be grown in rows or as part of a diverse habitat planting. Its bark is papery and can peel off in sheets as with many of the paperbarks. It is typically found along waterways and in wetter areas. It can handle temporarily wet or waterlogged environments but has adapted to grow well in most soil types and environments. It is reasonably frost and drought tolerant. Undoubtedly the trees best feature is the mass of creamy/white flowers that cover the whole tree in late spring and summer, giving rise to the name ‘snow in summer’. This attracts numerous insects and birds and gives off a pleasant smell.

Another common paperbark is M.Stypheloides, (Prickly Paperbark). As from the name this is prickly to touch whereas the M.Linariifolia is much gentler on the skin.

We have some end of season specials on at the moment so if you’re after a bargain come in and see us.

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Indoor Bowls

Tatura Bowls Club's indoor carpet bowlers had a clean sweep of the Goulburn Valley Indoor Bias Bowls Association Pairs competition when both the Ladies entry of Freda Clement(S) and Frances Britten along with the Men’s entry of Keith Smith(S) and Laurie Nicholson won the GV Pairs competition. Smith made it two years in a row with his win in this event as he won last year with Ken Cornell as his partner. The Goulburn Valley Mixed Pairs event also involved some Tatura club success when Mooroopna's John Stokes combined with Tatura's Frances Britten.

Indoor Bowls Notice: Social bowls have been changed from Thursday to Wednesdays from 7pm. All are welcome to attend.

John Crilly

Proprietor - Glenn McPherson