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W ELCOME TO ST PAUL’S. We are
glad that you have come to
worship God with us today. If
you are a visitor from another parish, or
worshipping with us for the first time,
please introduce yourself to our parish
priest, Fr James Collins, or to anyone
wearing a name badge, over a cup of tea
or coffee in the parish hall after the service.
You’ll find the hall behind the church.
Included in this issue …
Acknowledgement of the Wangal p.3
people of the Eora Nation
Sunday Services p.5
Cooking as prayer p.8
Music at St Paul’s - St Paul’s Choir Calendar p.12
Evensong p.13
Consort 8 concert p.14
Generation COVID P.19-25
And Much More...
Sunday 19th July 2020
Seventh Sunday after Pentecost
8.00am - Eucharist
9.30am - Sung Eucharist
圣公会圣保罗堂欢迎你前来参加我们的英语传
统圣樂圣餐崇拜。
Our parish’s patron is St Paul
the Apostle who was one of
the early Church’s missionary
leaders.
A dynamic preacher, he
visited communities located
around the Mediterranean
Sea and in Asia Minor
proclaiming the good news
of the death and resurrection
of Jesus Christ.
In his first letter to the
Church at Corinth, Paul tells
how he handed on the
tradition of the Last Supper
to them and it is this sacred
meal that we share which
makes us one with Jesus and
with the Church, both living
and departed, today.
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I am
who I
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First Aid
Name badges
Name badges help make St Paul’s an
inclusive community. If you need a new
name badge, fill in the form inside the
pew sheet, send it to the parish office,
and one will be made and left in church
for you.
Toilets
Toilets are available at the entrance to
the parish hall, which is located behind
the church.
First aid kits are located on the wall of
the kitchen in the Large Hall behind
the church and in the choir vestry.
Ask a member of the clergy or anyone
who’s wearing a name badge. We’re
here to help.
Still got questions?
Things you may
In case we
need to evacuate
As you take your place in your pew,
please make yourself aware of the route
to the nearest emergency exit. Should
there be a fire, leave quickly, turn right,
and assemble by the roundabout on
Burwood Road.
Getting inside
People needing wheelchair access can
enter St Paul’s most conveniently by the
door at the base of the belltower.
Switch it to silent !
Please turn your mobile phone off or on
to silent before the service starts. It’ll
save you much embarrassment later on.
Children are
welcome
at St Paul’s
Children are welcome in church at any
service. There is a selection of
children’s books and toys at the back of
the church near the font and there are
also kids’ activity sheets and pencils
available at the back of the church
where the pew sheets and prayer books
are.
Children’s Church runs during Term
Time. Meet at the back of the church at
the beginning of the 9.30am Eucharist.
Please feel free to bring your children to
the altar rail to receive a blessing, or to
receive Communion if they have been
admitted to the sacrament.
Photos
Please do not take photos
inside the church or during the services
of worship without permission.
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Acknowledgment of Country
Acknowledgement of the
Wangal people of the Eora
Nation
We acknowledge the traditional
custodians of the land upon which
we meet. In his wisdom and love,
our heavenly Father gave this
estate to the Wangal people of the
Eora Nation. Upon this land they
met for generations until the
coming of British settlers. As we
continue to learn to live together on
these ancestral lands, we
acknowledge and pay our respects
to their elders, past, present, and
emerging, and we pray that God
will unite us all in the knowledge of
his Son, in whom all things were
created, in heaven and on earth,
whether visible or invisible — for
all things have been created
through him and for him.
Recognising those who have been
custodians of this land is not a
perfunctory gesture, but an
acknowledgement that many have
gone before us and many will come
after us—we are but passing
through. As King David stated some
3,000 years ago:
We are foreigners and strangers in
your sight, as were all our
ancestors; our days on earth are like
a shadow, and there is no abiding.
(1 Chronicles 29:15)
The first inhabitants of this land
were created by God to tend this
land as stewards of his common
grace. With only general revelation
in the created order as their guide,
they were allotted this land ‘that
they should seek God, in the hope
that they might reach out to him and
find him’, as the apostle Paul
declared to his first century
Athenian audience, ‘for in him we
live and move and have our
being’ (Acts 17:27-28).
God says through the prophet
Jeremiah that: “For surely I know the
plans I have for you, says the LORD,
plans for your welfare and not for
harm, to give you a future with
hope.” (Jeremiah 29:11)
Because of the Resurrection of
Jesus Christ our Lord, Christians are
a people of hope and because we
are a people of hope we seek to
work and pray for peace, justice,
and love for all, including God’s
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beautiful creation, and to devote ourselves to seeing God’s kingdom
come on earth as it is in heaven.
We seek to bequeath God’s beautiful creation to future custodians in a
far better state than what we inherited so that creation itself and all
beings may flourish as God intends.
Welcome! We are glad that you have found us!
We affirm that through God’s redeeming love for all, we are one in
Christ. We respect the inherent and valuable contributions each
member makes to the Body of Christ. We celebrate our diversity and
recognize the sacred worth and dignity of all persons of any age,
gender, gender identity, gender expression, race, ethnic origin,
economic reality, family status, sexual orientation, diverse ability, or
social status. We believe that through Christ we are being included and
welcomed by God and one another. As we journey towards inclusion,
we proclaim this welcome to all God’s people, especially to those who
have known the pain of exclusion and discrimination within the church,
affirming that no one is excluded or condemned. We invite all persons
to journey with us as we discover the call of God on our lives through
the ministries of St. Paul’s Anglican Church, Burwood. To that end, St.
Paul’s Anglican Church commits to the welcome and inclusion of all
persons as children of God and declares itself to be a welcoming
community of faith.
Bible Readings Year A Bible Readings
at today’s Eucharist for next Sunday
Genesis 28.10-19a The First Reading Genesis 29.15-28
Ps 139.1-11,23-24 The Psalm Ps 105.1-11
Romans 8.12-25 The Epistle Romans 8.26-39
Matthew 13.24-30 The Gospel Matthew 13.44-58
(31-33) 36-43
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Sunday Services
My Dear Friends,
It was a delight to share our worship of God with you last Sunday.
I am most grateful to each of you for your part in helping to make our
Services so very worshipful and safe.
As of the 1st of July the limit on the number of people allowed to attend
places of worship and religious gatherings has been lifted so that the
number allowed to attend a religious gathering will only be restricted
by the size of the building so long as we observe the one person per
four square metre rule (we can fit 130 people in St. Paul’s on this basis, in
fact).
https://www.nsw.gov.au/covid-19/what-you-can-and-cant-do-under-
rules
Singing is obviously a contested issue. The Choir re-commenced singing
in our Services on Sunday the 5th of July. Congregational singing is not
permitted for the time being but the words will be included in the Order
of Service so that Parishioners can hum the words whilst the Choir sings
the hymns.
The same stringent hygiene and safety protocols that we have been
observing will need to be observed each and every week.
The following measures will be observed to ensure the safety of all who
attend these worship Services:
1. People are quite free to decide not to attend Church or any event as I
don’t want anyone to feel that they must do something against their will
(or if they feel that they might compromise another person’s health –
which is why we have closed down all of our groups).
News from around St Paul’s
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2. All risk management
obligations will be scrupulously
attended to, such as observing
the need for hand washing and
sanitizing, physical distancing,
etc. The Holy Water Stoup has
been emptied.
3. The Greeting of Peace will
involve bowing reverently to
those one is seated close to.
4. Communion will be in two
kinds (the Priest will intinct the
wafers).
5. There will be morning tea in the
Large Hall after the 9.30 a.m.
Service and physical distancing
and hygiene protocols will be
observed.
6. We will fully comply with all
government directives and legal
requirements.
The mid-week Eucharist has
resumed on Wednesdays at 10.30
a.m.
If the situation changes with
reference to the government’s
directives then we will review
matters at that point in time.
With reference to forthcoming
high holy days we will be
observing:
St. James’ Day on Sunday the
26th of July;
There will be a Service of
Evensong at 5.00 p.m. on
Sunday the 2nd of August to
mark the 149th anniversary of
the laying of the foundation
stone of St. Paul’s (on the 29th
of July, 1871);
Mary Mother of Our Lord on
Sunday the 16th of August;
The Octave of St. Bartholo-
mew on Sunday the 30th of
August;
The Octave of St. Matthew on
Sunday the 27th of
September;
The Octave of St. Michael and
All Angels on Sunday the 4th
of October;
St. Luke’s Day on Sunday the
18th of October;
All Saints’ Day on Sunday the
1st of November;
All Souls’ Day on Monday the
2nd of November;
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Christ the King on Sunday the 22nd of November.
We will make plans for Advent and Christmas closer to the time when
we know what we are dealing with in terms of permitted numbers and
space required.
I hold each of you in my prayers every day and I look forward to seeing
you again soon.
With every blessing.
Peace,
James.
Sunday Service Ringing
I have had several people ask me about ringing for the 9.30am Sunday
service. You might have noticed that it is different, you are correct! We
are only able to ring 4 bells instead of the usual 6 – 8 bells due to the 4
square metre with distancing rule. Our tower is just under 4 metres
square so we are unable to have more than 4 people in the tower. We
have been ringing simple things on 4 bells either 2,4,6,8 or 1,3,5,7.
This enables the 1.5 metre distancing. Each ringer uses the same bell
so there is no cross contamination.
The tenor has been rung for all the services that have been held over
the isolation time. I am glad you are enjoying hearing the bells and I
know that it has made the community aware of our presence.
Pam Brock - Tower Captain
Thank You
Thank you for supporting the Trading Table by buying or donating
fresh goods for sale. It has been encouraging with the results making
over $200 for the last 3 weeks. Please keep checking what we have
each week. Tubes of hand sanitizer are still available at $6 a tube or 2
for $10.
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Cooking as Prayer
by parishioner Kerin Brown.
Paul is her husband.
I enjoy cooking. One of the ways I show love to my friends and family is
to cook for them. It is a kind of prayer. When I decide to cook something
for someone, I am thinking of them and praying for them while I peruse
my cookbooks. I think of them and pray for them while I prepare and
cook the food.
Christmas
Christmas preparations begin in September for me, when I steep the
dried fruits in alcohol, ready for the Christmas pudding and cakes. I
make the pudding for Christmas day to be shared with the extended
family. I make cakes to be given as gifts to family members and friends
for Christmas.
I also make jams or chutneys to give to family members – usually some-
thing different each year. So the washing and sterilising of the jars, the
cutting of the fruit, the measuring of ingredients, the simmering on the
stove, the sample tasting are all part of the prayer for the family mem-
bers who I think of and pray for as I cook.
I think and pray not only for those I am cooking for but I remember that
communion of saints who have gone before marked with the sign of faith
and have left the recipes to me: my grandmother’s custard, my mother’s
brandy sauce, Paul’s mother’s Christmas cake, my aunt’s, my cousins’…
Easter
At Easter time we have the same menu each year: my cousin Trish’s
corned beef recipe and her mother’s Egyptian pudding recipe. This
year I made homemade chocolate ducks (they are almost chickens, rep-
resenting new life) from the duck mould my daughter in law gave me at
Christmastime. These are prayers.
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Birthday Parties
When the children were small, I, like all the Australian mothers of that
generation, made a birthday cake from the Australian Women’s Weekly
Birthday Cake Book for each child each birthday. It was a labour of
love. I realise now it was also a prayer. My child and I would pour over
the book to choose a cake, then discuss how the cake would be made,
and plan the party. My child and I would make the cake together and
enjoy decorating it.
For many years our family had a combined birthday lunch for the
young cousins. There was a ritual about the compulsory Pavlova – it
was dressed with fruit, usually by my son Angus, then paraded in to the
family, gazed upon and appreciated by them before anyone was al-
lowed to cut it up. It was a prayer.
Gifts
Over the years I have been given many beautiful gifts by family mem-
bers, friends and students, which I treasure. And EVERYTIME I use
them, I think of the giver and pray for them. My sister in law’s cake
plate (on which we always placed the Pavlova); my ex-husband’s
carved wooden wombat, which I like to use as a table decoration; Paul’s
multifarious little white kitchen bowls; my potter son in law’s home-
made ceramic tea cups and bowls; my daughter’s crocheted red doily;
my mother in law’s Noritake tea set which she purchased as a bargain
in 1941 and gave to us as a wedding gift; Aunt Meg’s cup, saucer and
plate; my Pride and Prejudice mug, given to me by a UK visitor who
stayed with us for a week. Just looking at these objects is an act of
prayer. So having these objects around me– some are everyday things,
some are more delicate and valuable – reminds me of the people I
love. Any real prayer is a call to action. So thinking and praying for
these people leads me to do something more – to text, email or ring
them up, to arrange a meeting, to talk to others about a difficulty, to
look something up, to read something.
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Dinner parties
We love having friends and family over here for meals. It takes quite a
bit of organising to get a group of friends to agree on a date to get to-
gether! Then to plan the theme of the meal, choose recipes – taking in-
to consideration everyone’s particular dietary requirements and prefer-
ences – and a couple of days’ cooking. I always set the table first. For a
dinner party, this means several days before the event. So Paul has to
eat elsewhere and not at the table on days when preparing for a dinner
party. When we came back from England, we had an English dinner
party – steak and ale pies and mushy peas. Heaven! When we came
back from France we had une fete francaise – le cassoulet et le crème
caramel. Tres bien! One of my friends is vegan, so I prepared a vegan
dinner party. Some of the other
guests weren’t that impressed,
but my vegan friend thought it
was wonderful! These are all big
prayers.
Celtic form of continuous
prayer
The Celtic way of prayer was
learnt from the monasteries; it
was from its religious communi-
ties that the people learnt to pray.
As a result they learnt that there
was no separation of praying and
living; praying and working flow
into one another, so that life is to
be punctuated by prayer,
becomes prayer…
Esther de Waal The Celtic Way
of Prayer
Thank you
We are most grateful to everyone
who supports the Parish Pantry with
their time, financially, or by giving
food. Jane and Bob kindly picked up
a supply of food from OzHarvest last
week.
We are most grateful to David and
Owen for tidying up the Choir
Vestry. This is a lovely space with
three beautiful stained glass win-
dows depicting Faith, Hope, and
Love and a quite exceptional set of
two windows depicting the Good
Samaritan. Come and check them
out.
We are also grateful to David & Pam
Priest for fixing up the front door on
the rectory.
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Remembering Margaret Baseley
This Photo was taken two Christmases ago of the parish pantry
volunteers.
Left to Right - Margaret, Nadia, Olga, Yen, Kerin & Margaret Whittaker
Here is Mary Oliver's take on the joy
If you suddenly and unexpectedly feel joy, don’t hesitate. Give in to it.
There are plenty of lives and whole towns destroyed or about to be.
We are not wise, and not very often kind. And much can never be
redeemed.
Still life has some possibility left. Perhaps this is its way of fighting
back, that sometimes something happened better than all the riches
or power in the world.
It could be anything, but very likely you notice it in the instant when
love begins.
Anyway, that’s often the case. Anyway, whatever it is, don’t be afraid of
its plenty.
Joy is not made to be a crumb.
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Please join us for supper after Evensong.
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Donations and Bequests
Over the years the parish has benefited from the generosity of
parishioners, not only when they have been active members of the
parish, but also at the time of their death. Parishioners are invited to
remember the parish in their wills by making a bequest as a thank
offering to God and to ensure that generations to come will enjoy
worship and fellowship in well maintained buildings.
Those wishing to make a bequest are invited to do so using these
or a similar form of words: " I bequeath the sum of $............ to the
Rector and Wardens of the Anglican parish of St Paul, Burwood, to be
used at their absolute discretion for the charitable purposes of the
parish."
Donations with Tax Deductibility
If you would like to make a donation to the Parish for the upkeep and
maintenance of the Heritage building it can be done through the
National Trust.
Cheques can be made out to:
National Trust of Australia (NSW) St Paul’s Anglican Church Burwood
Or
Direct Credit to the above name with bank account details:
Westpac
BSB: 032-044
Account number: 742 926
Branch: 275 George Street Sydney NSW
Please contact Pam for more details or place a donation in an envelope
and label with National Trust donation and include your name for your
receipt and an address to post it to. Thank you.
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Raffle
Raffle tickets are available for purchase $2 each or 3 for $5.
Another popular Tiffany lamp is available as the main prize along with
many others.
Please support this fundraiser as it will not be drawn until we have raised
a reasonable amount.
For General Donations
please use this account
details:
Account Name: St Pauls Anglican
Church
BSB: 032 062
Account #: 250028
For Parish Pantry
AND For Community Choir
Donations
please use this account
details:
Account Name: Parish Pantry
Account
BSB: 032 062
Account #: 812238
Please clearly mark whether it is
for the Parish Pantry or the
Community Choir.
Thank you for your generosity.
Offertory -
Collection given at St Paul’s
from 6th July – 12th July 2020 and
other donations:
≈ Offertory: $2095
≈ Parish Pantry: $2265
TOTAL: $4360
Thank you for responding to God’s
generous love.
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PARISH PANTRY LIST
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Genesis 28.10-19a; Psalm 139.1-11, 23-24;
Romans 8.12-25; Matthew 13.24-30, [31-33], 36-43
We read of Jacob’s dream at Bethel. Once Jacob
woke he said, ‘Surely the Lord is in this place—and
I did not know it!’ How many times have we taken
God’s presence for granted, or worse, ignored the
fact that wherever we are, God is by our side.
Pray that we will discern God’s presence with us hour by hour. Pray
that we will listen to God’s voice.
Give thanks for the Daehan Seong Gong Hoe (대한성공회), the
Anglican Church of Korea.
Text: Robert McLean © Anglican Board of Mission, 2020
READ LEARN AND INWARDLY DIGEST…
Generation COVID
The coronavirus shutdown has hit young Australians hard throwing their
plans and dreams into chaos
- By Sarah Curnow and Ben Knight / ABC Investigations and ABC Victoria
Young Australians are struggling in record numbers to cope with the
anxiety of watching their world turned upside down.
Experts compare the disruption and stress of the coronavirus pandemic
to living through a war, or the Great Depression, but this is a crisis on a
scale most of their parents, and even their grandparents, never had to
face.
It has hit young people the hardest because it comes at such a critical
moment; a time when they’re laying the foundations and making
decisions that will affect the rest of their lives.
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the ABC launched this project, asking young people from around
Australia to share their innermost thoughts, fears — and hopes.
2020 was supposed to be Erin Brown’s big year — nearing the end of
her university degree, and with a job in Spain to look forward to in
October.
It now seems almost certain she won’t be going.
Without a job, she has had to leave Sydney and move back to her
parents’ home on the NSW Central Coast.
Erin Brown is just 20 years old and going through hell — a hell
hundreds of thousands of other young Australians will recognise.
For the past three months, Swinburne University has been tracking an
alarming spike in serious mental health problems among 18 to 25-year
-olds.
Back in March, neuropsychologist Susan Rossell was watching the
evening news, and was deeply worried at the stress levels she was
seeing in the population.
“I thought — this is really going to impact not just the clinical work that
we do, but the research we do,” Professor Rossell says.
“Not only for the next few weeks, but for months and potentially years
afterwards.”
Professor Rossell and her research team dropped the projects they
were working on and began surveying people across the country,
asking about their mental health.
Researchers sent out surveys through their email contact lists, and on
social media, asking recipients to pass it on to as many people as they
could.
More than 6,000 people responded. When the first results came back
in April, researchers immediately saw how bad things were.
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Depression scores for 18 to 25-year-olds were almost four times higher
than usual for the age group. It was nearly as bad for anxiety and stress.
Scores were calculated based on answers to the survey questions, with
higher scores meaning people were reporting higher levels of stress,
depression or anxiety.
“The other group that were particularly affected was people with
pre-existing mental health problems,” Professor Rossell says.
“So, if you’ve got the double whammy of being young, and having a
pre-existing mental health problem, we were really looking at some
clearly quite-extreme numbers.”
As Swinburne was fielding those first results, the ABC started talking to
young people, asking them to record their lives and experiences under
COVID-19.
One of them was 22-year-old university student Alain Nguyen.
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“It’s been chaos,” he said.
“I’m being bombarded by the
news coverage. It’s crazy. It’s like,
‘OK, we get it.’ There’s not much
we can do about it. There’s so
much uncertainty, and lots of
noise.”
He deferred his final course unit
and started applying for
placements that might lead to a
graduate job. It was bruising.
“I got pushed back by around 95
per cent of the companies I
applied for, which was around 20
to 30 companies.
“I spent a while just self-loathing,
curled up in bed, watching videos
all day, and not talking to anyone.
“Part of me was like, ‘What’s the
point of applying this year, or next
year?’ I just felt like my confidence
dipped, the more knockbacks I
got.”
Alain is one of those copping the
“double whammy” that was
worrying Professor Rossell.
He is young, and has pre-existing
depression, anxiety and
autism-spectrum issues.
He tried hard to keep this crisis in
perspective.
“I don’t want to make it a ‘struggle
Olympics’. I mean, my parents are
refugees from the Vietnam War,
and their experience has made
them able to manage going
through COVID much better than I
have,” he says.
Alain has recently started applying
for jobs again, but the competition
is fierce. Two weeks ago, he was
one of 4,100 applicants at one firm.
“I guess my priorities have really
changed — less about enjoying
things, or rewarding myself, to
maintaining myself and hunkering
down. Because I don’t think we’ll
see the full effects on mental health
and employment until next year,”
he says.
By May, as restrictions eased, it
looked like the figures for
depression, anxiety and stress
Swinburne was getting in its
surveys would come down.
And they did — marginally.
But then came the June figures. In
states like Queensland, where
restrictions were lifting, people
were getting noticeably better.
But in places like Victoria, the
numbers were getting worse.
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“We’re very used to seeing a figure of 20 per cent of the people in the
general public having some kind of mental health disorder,” Professor
Rossell says.
“But when we looked at our data, it was looking more like 50 per cent to
55 per cent. That’s an extra 35 per cent of the population.
“These are people that would normally be in hospital. These levels are
really quite extreme.”
Not surprisingly, much of the anxiety being felt by young people we
spoke to was related to uncertainty over the future.
But there was one figure in the results that brought some of the
Swinburne researchers to tears.
In the May and June surveys, they added this question: “In the past four
weeks, did you think you would be better off dead, or wish you were
dead?”
More than 40 per cent of adults under 25 surveyed in June said they had
thought about suicide recently. Source: Swinburne University, 2020
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The first responses were worrying
enough. Twenty-four per cent of
18 to 24-year-olds answered “Yes”.
But the following month, that
jumped to 41 per cent.
“They’re really, really desperate
figures,” Professor Rossell says.
“It tells us that we’ve got a group
of young individuals that are really
not doing so well at home. They’ve
often lost their jobs, they’ve often
lost going to university, they’ve
lost all of their social contact.”
The youth mental health service
Headspace hasn’t seen increases
in suicidal ideation among its
clients since March, but CEO Jason
Trethowan says that doesn’t mean
it isn’t happening in the broader
community.
“Thinking about it doesn’t mean
you are going to go on to complete
suicide. But [what] we want to know
is — who is in that category?”
Headspace has, however, seen a
massive jump in demand for online
and telephone counselling from
young people of between 30 and
40 per cent during the pandemic.
It also analysed the words that
came up in those conversations.
Mentions of ‘coping skills’ rose 86
per cent, while mentions of being
‘overwhelmed’ were up 63 per
cent.
“This is a perfect storm for youth
mental health,” Jason Trethowan
says.
“We do expect an increase in
service demand. The demand was
already there prior to COVID.
“We know that that system is not fit
for purpose for today. What we
need is improved coordination of
services in the community. We want
young people who have an
experience to tell their story
once.”
Even as much of Australia is
opening back up, and social
isolation eases, fears for the future
and going into a recession haven’t
gone away.
“We know that the mental health
impact has a long tail, because the
impacts on people’s lives, on their
employment, on their career
trajectories, often takes time to
unfold,” says Ruth Vine, the newly
appointed Deputy Chief Medical
Officer for Mental Health.
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“Young people don’t have the benefit of having experienced ups and
downs, or seeing things unfold in the world in the way that those of us
with more years behind us have. And so there may be a greater
tendency to react and even to catastrophise. Even to feel, ‘This is it, my
life’s never going to get back together.’”
But Professor Vine says there is a potential upside to living through a
crisis like this.
“It should build resilience, because it should have made us think about
how we do things differently,” she says.
“And to know that you have other mechanisms to cope — and that they
work — is a very important part of building that resilience.”
She has advice for young people who are struggling:
“Carry on your life as normally as you can, and use all those supports
that you normally use. But if they’re not working, if you’re finding that
you’re not sleeping or you’re constantly going back to being very fear-
ful or have very dark thoughts, then tell people. Seek out help and be
confident that there is help out there. And if you don’t like the first per-
son you talk to, go find another one.”
And among their fears and anxieties, there are signs that resilience is
building in the young people who shared their stories with the ABC.
Every one of them expressed hope that the world will be better place
on the other side of the crisis.
“I really hope that it makes us as a society way more compassionate,”
Erin Brown says.
“I think, coming out of this, I would just love to see more support being
offered to people outside our immediate networks… and just for kind-
ness to be the motivating force in all that we do.”
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Antidepressant use increase
in Queensland linked to
COVID-19 pandemic stress,
doctors says
- By Amy Sheehan
There has been a sharp increase in
antidepressant use in Queensland
with doctors reporting more people
needing extra support to get
through the COVID-19 pandemic.
Data from the Pharmaceutical Bene-
fits Scheme has shown the use of the
most commonly prescribed antide-
pressant drugs increased by 10 per
cent between January and May this
year.
The selective serotonin reuptake in-
hibitors, known as SSRI drugs, were
dispensed at Queensland pharma-
cies more than 378,000 times over
the five months — an extra 34,000
boxes of tablets compared to the
same period last year.
Michael Clements from the Australi-
an Medical Association of Queens-
land said that data was reflective of
what GPs saw in the community.
"That's quite a lot of extra new
pills," Dr Clements said.
"A lot of our patients are under
increased stress and increased
mental health burden."
Dr Clements said SSRI drugs
boosted serotonin levels and were a
safe and effective treatment for
people suffering moderate to
severe depressive illness.
"Having the extra serotonin in your
bloodstream will enable you to put
in place some of the other behav-
iours and lifestyle adjustments that
you're going to need to get yourself
out of that pit," he said.
Dr Clements believed the spike in
use could be directly attributed to
the impacts of the pandemic.
"The financial stress, the home-
schooling, worrying about whether
you had a job or, as a business own-
er, whether you could pay your
staff," he said.
"There's an awful lot of reason to be
stressed at the moment," he said.
"Some of my patients who've come
to see me had not experienced a
depressive illness for some years
and had been off tablets for some
years, but they recognised with the
increased stress of COVID they
could see some of those symptoms
coming back."
Sertraline, a common SSRI drug
known under the brand name
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Zoloft, had the most significant
spike in usage.
An additional 28,000 prescriptions
of 50 milligrams and 100mg tablets
were dispensed between January
and May — a 16.95 per cent in-
crease on the same period in 2019.
Pandemic impacts like a natural
disaster
Dr Clements, a Townsville-based
GP, likened the COVID-19 pandem-
ic to that of the Townsville flood dis-
aster last year.
"People are in a bit of shock and a
bit of dismay and adrenaline is run-
ning," he said.
"Those extra stresses can actually
reactivate an underlying depression
that maybe you had control of, or
for some people, it may trigger off
their first episode."
Sunshine Coast psychiatrist
Dhushan Illesinghe believes there
will be a wave of new mental health
cases diagnosed in the next three
to six months.
"We can expect from our experi-
ence that there is likely to be an
exacerbation of symptoms as well
as people who present with
symptoms for the first time after
this," Dr Illesinghe said.
"Judging from other natural disas-
ters, the psychological presenta-
tions can take three to six months."
Dr Illesinghe is director of the
Cooinda Mental Health Service at
Buderim Private Hospital.
"When people experience anxiety
and depression they often think,
'Maybe I'm not strong enough, I
need to pull my socks up, I need to
relax more, or get more sleep or
less work'," Dr Illesinghe said.
"They need to acknowledge it is an
illness that needs treatment and
good food and sunlight are not go-
ing to be enough."
Be aware of early warning signs
Health experts say early warning
signs of depression and anxiety
include lack of sleep, poor diet and
exercise, drinking more alcohol and
withdrawing from social activities.
"For that to move into a new clinical
depression does take time,"
Dr Clements said.
"We certainly believe that it can
take six to 12 months before we ac-
tually start to see a formal diagnosis
take place."
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Dr Illesinghe said anxiety was the most important and recognisable
symptom.
"Anxiety is number one, meaning a feeling of impending doom or
feeling that something terrible is going to happen without knowing what
it is," he said.
Support services in high demand
More than half a million people have visited the online Coronavirus
Mental Wellbeing Support Service(external link) since it was launched
by advocacy group Beyond Blue in April.
Calls to its support services also increased by 60 per cent in April and
31 per cent in May, while more than 800,000 people have engaged in its
online mental health forums.
Chief executive Georgie Harman said people were anxious about
money, job security and the economy.
"People are telling us they're feeling overwhelmed, worried, lonely, con-
cerned about their physical health and the health of friends and loved
ones," Ms Harman said.
"There's no one-size-fits-all answer.
"Different people will need different types of support for their mental
health and wellbeing."
Ms Harman said many people would benefit from reaching out to a
trained mental health professional who could provide the latest infor-
mation about the pandemic and referral options.
Doctors say with the right treatment people can recover and lead a
more active and productive life.
"Very importantly, [effective treatment means] engaging in some kind of
talk-based therapy, as well as healthy lifestyle factors such as making
exercise a part of every day, making healthy diet a part of every day," Dr
Clements said.
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General Synod, Lambeth in
doubt even in 2021, says
new Primate
TMA sits down with new
Anglican Primate Geoff
Smith, Archbishop of
Adelaide
- By Mark Brolly
Australia's new Anglican Primate,
Archbishop Geoff Smith of Ade-
laide, questions whether the de-
ferred meetings of General Synod
and the Lambeth Conference of
the world's Anglican bishops will
go ahead in 2021 but expects both
to be shaped by the health and
economic impacts of COVID-19 if
they do.
But he said the adaptations forced
by coronavirus offered huge
opportunities for Anglicans to ex-
plore how an online Church pres-
ence might work.
Archbishop Smith also said some of
the Church's decision-making gov-
ernance structures "do not assist us
in discussing complex matters",
making the nurturing of relation-
ships very important to avoid frag-
mentation.
He identified two initiatives of his
predecessor as Primate,
Melbourne's Archbishop Philip
Freier, that he wants to follow, as
well as pursuing existing priorities
of his own.
And, in an email interview with
TMA, he revealed that he and his
wife Lynn are beekeepers!
The Brisbane-born Archbishop
succeeded Dr Freier, whose resig-
nation after almost six years as Pri-
mate took effect on 31 March, after
an electronic ballot by the Primatial
Board of Electors in early April.
"Coronavirus has meant that the
start of my time in the role has
been very different to what I had
imagined and just how things will
develop is not at all certain yet,"
Archbishop Smith said.
"Having said that, I think there is a
great deal of goodwill among the
bishops of the Anglican Church of
Australia and a real intent to work
together and work through the
challenges we face. I look forward
to being a part of that.
"Archbishop Freier initiated a cou-
ple of things which I hope will con-
tinue. One of those was a training
program for new bishops, and the
other was an intentional develop-
ing of relationships between
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bishops in the Pacific. I am already
involved in the Council of the
Church of East Asia and I hope to
continue to build relationships with
the church in that part of the world.
Given our autonomous structure, re-
lationships are vital in helping to
keep the Anglican wheels moving
forward together so I hope to con-
tinue to build on those important
relationships."
Asked how General Synod and the
Lambeth Conference might be dif-
ferent in 2021 than they would have
been this year if not postponed due
to coronavirus, Archbishop Smith
replied: "I think there is a question
mark over whether those two gath-
erings will take place in 2021.
There is still a great deal of uncer-
tainty about next year. If Lambeth
happens as an international gather-
ing, many bishops will be attending
whose dioceses have been severely
impacted by COVID-19, with many
deaths, a great deal of illness and
significant economic hardship. I
think if Lambeth happens, it will be
a sombre event with much focus on
those parts of the world that contin-
ue to suffer.
"If General Synod happens next
year as a face-to-face meeting and
if Australia continues to be free or
largely free of COVID-19, I expect
the meeting will be marked by
thanksgiving, but again mindful of
the people who are suffering espe-
cially in an economic sense. That
might prompt the Synod to reflect
on our priorities as a church reflect-
ing the love of God to the world."
Archbishop Smith, asked how well
placed the Anglican Church of Aus-
tralia and the worldwide Anglican
Communion were to respond effec-
tively to secularism in the Western
world, to regain public trust and
confidence after the child sexual
abuse revelations in recent dec-
ades and to deal with contentious
issues such as same-sex marriage,
said there were a variety of circum-
stances ranging from rapid growth
to rapid decline across the Com-
munion.
"In terms of the Western world,
there is no doubt that the influence
of secularism and atheism is strong
and has been building for several
hundred years -- this is not new," he
said.
"The Anglican Church of Australia
faces a long road to regain public
trust due to the influence of secu-
larism and atheism, especially fun-
damentalist atheism, and given the
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revelations of child sexual abuse, which for many people just reinforced
what they already thought about the Church. The way to regain public
trust will be by action, not words. We need to demonstrate the power of
God’s love, not just talk about it, and we need to demonstrate that we are
an organisation which is worthy of public trust.
"The Anglican Church of Australia has been dealing with contentious is-
sues for most of its existence -- this also is not new. Some of our decision
-making governance structures do not assist us in discussing complex
matters and that makes relationships very important. Given the chal-
lenging times we face missionally, we need to work together not allow
ourselves to fragment. My view is that there is goodwill and a desire to
work together, but doing that will require energy, commitment and hard
work."
He said COVID-19 had provided the Church with huge opportunities.
"Clergy and lay leaders have shown significant capacity for rapid
change and creativity. People who are not usually connected with the
worshipping life of the Church have shown they can be interested if the
medium actually works for them. We will need to work through what a
continuing online church presence looks like for the Church because
there does seem an opportunity for that."
Archbishop Smith, who has led Adelaide's Anglicans since 2017, was
born and raised in Brisbane and has two younger sisters.
"We had a very happy and stable household with wider family nearby,"
he said. "There were quite a few families of similar age in our area so the
kids from up and down the road played together. As we grew older, we
played cricket in summer and football (Australian Rules and Rugby
League) in winter."
He was baptised in the Anglican Church when he was two months old
and has been participating ever since.
"Both my parents were committed Anglican Christians, so church was a
major part of our life.
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"Knowing God through Jesus Christ
is a huge privilege, and for me it is
dynamic with a very present expe-
rience of God leading and guiding,
prompting and teaching me. Shar-
ing in God’s vision of the Kingdom
of God gives me purpose and great
hope for the world.
"Anglicanism has a system of bal-
ances which I appreciate. There is a
balance between word and sacra-
ment, between centralised authority
and autonomy, between episcopal
leadership and synodical control,
between word and deed.
"My uncle, who is a priest, asked me
when I was about 15 whether I had
thought of being a priest," Arch-
bishop Smith said. "I said, ‘No, I
want to be a barrister’, but actually
the idea of ordination stayed with
me from that time. I attended a se-
lection conference in Brisbane
when I was 19 and was ordained for
Grafton diocese when I was 23. I
have never regretted being or-
dained so young and have had an
absolutely blessed time as an or-
dained person."
Since ordination, he has served in
ministries ranging from Rector of
Taraka in Papua New Guinea, first
Vicar of the Parochial District of
Sawtell-Bonville in Grafton diocese,
National Director of the Anglican
Board of Mission – Australia and
Bishop of the Southern Region, and
later Registrar, of the Brisbane dio-
cese.
"Each of the contexts I have minis-
tered have contributed to my for-
mation. In my second curacy at Lis-
more, I experienced really extraor-
dinary leadership and team for-
mation from Greg Ezzy, the Rector
of the parish. In PNG, we learned
faith and saw clearly the impact of
culture on Christian expression.
Sawtell and Ballina were wonderful
parish communities of people who
really wanted to reach out and grow
and were prepared to have a go. In
Brisbane, I learned to be a bishop
and the General Manager/Registrar
role enabled me to work with a
group of fantastic lay executives
who taught me a great deal."
Archbishop Smith and his wife Lynn
have two adult children and a
daughter-in-law -- all living in
Brisbane.
In Adelaide, they have two beehives
in their backyard and also relax by
cycling ("on flat terrain", the
Archbishop adds), bushwalking and
exploring South Australia.
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Don’t erase Jesus’s Jewish identity - By Marcus Walker
So when did your family convert to Christianity?’ asked an American
General early on in the occupation of Iraq. ‘About two thousand years
ago,’ replied the Iraqi.
The Middle Eastern culture and context of Christ is something that the
Western Church seems happy to forget. That Jesus was very specifically a
Jew is something we have found even more difficult – as Christianity’s un-
comfortable bouts of anti-Semitism have shown.
It is because of this that the new Archbishop of York’s claim this week in
an interview with the Sunday Times that ‘Jesus was a black man’ is so un-
fortunate.
The plight of Middle Eastern Christians should be a matter of outrage for
the Western Church. Their population has fallen from 20 per cent of the
Middle East to 5 per cent in the past century. 3 million were killed in one
genocide running alongside the collapse of the Ottoman Empire; another
saw Christian populations expelled, exterminated, or forcibly converted
by Isis.
We should be outraged. But we’re not. It has hardly featured in our na-
tional press. There have been no protests. It may be because so much of
this has happened on the back of Western action (especially the Iraq
War). Perhaps it is because Westerners are inclined to think of Christians
as ‘oppressors’ and not ‘oppressed’ in some global hierarchy of privilege.
Whatever the reason, with a few notable exceptions (among whom we
must rank the Archbishop of Canterbury, who has been very strong on
this) Western Christians have been happy to ignore the horrors inflicted
on Christians of the Middle East, and consciously or unconsciously have
furthered the view that Christianity is a Western religion.
Into this complexity comes a heightened awareness of racial disparities,
especially between black and white populations of the United States and
Europe. One of the battlegrounds has been the question of why Jesus is
so often portrayed as ‘white’, sometimes with blond hair and blue eyes.
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This is partly, of course, because of the artistic and theological trend that
sees Jesus (and those around him) painted and carved in the style of the
culture in which they are being honoured – see, for example, the won-
derful 18th century Mughal paintings of an Indian Christ and his mother,
the Italian art of the Renaissance, or the sculptures and paintings coming
out of the various churches of Africa at the moment. It tells the local view-
er that this story is for you and about you. The tragedy is that it can also
do the opposite: many black people have said they felt that the stories
were neither for them, nor about them.
It was in this spirit, I think, that the Archbishop of York said, ‘Jesus was a
black man, and he was born into a persecuted group in an occupied
country.’ The trouble is, it isn’t true. Jesus wasn’t a black man. He wasn’t a
northern European either. He was a Jew. A Jew from the Middle East. And
that is a scandal. The ‘Scandal of Particularity’, as it is called.
It is a scandal that Jesus was born at a particular time in a particular
place among a particular people as a particular sex. It is far easier to be-
lieve in a God who never gets tied down by human specifics. If God is
nothing, God can be anything: God can be white, God can be black, God
can be British (or German or French) and God can cheer us on against
our enemies. God can be trans, or straight, or gay.
But when you rip divinity out of its comfortable atemporality and give it –
give him – a name (something God stoically refused to tell Moses on
Mount Sinai), a family, an education, a station in life, a group of friends,
and, of course, a political world with which he interacted… suddenly he
cannot be all things to all men.
At its best, art that puts Christ in a different context takes us out of our re-
ality and put us into his scene; we become actors in his drama. At its
worst, we end up ripping Christ from his reality and making him an actor
in our drama – national, racial, or personal. The gap between good art
and bad art is a chasm that is almost as deep as that between good the-
ology and bad theology – and takes us to the same place.
The best art, like the best theology, takes the particular and makes it uni-
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versal. We should be able to see ourselves (whoever we are) as Thomas
putting his finger into the side of Christ, or as Matthew being called from
his counting house, or as one of the soldiers pushing the crown of thorns
onto Christ’s bleeding head.
The worst, however, cancels historical fact and replaces it with whichever
passing particularity suits your narrative at the time. It leaves us without
an historical Christ in whom we can (or can’t) believe on his own terms,
and gives us an ever-flexible puppet of our own creation – in which it is-
n’t worth believing whatever the terms. Having removed the Jewish iden-
tity of their Saviour, it’s unsurprising that so many Christians are indiffer-
ent to that of their Jewish neighbours. Having abandoned the Middle
East, you can see why the plight of their Christians can no longer interest
us.
Now is not the time to erase the Middle Eastern Jew from the Christian
story.
More than a year since the Notre-Dame cathedral fire,
authorities have decided how it will be rebuilt
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-07-10/notre-dame-cathedral-spire-restored-original
-state-before-fire/12442168
More than a year since Notre-Dame cathedral lost its gothic spire, roof
and many precious artefacts to an inferno, authorities have finally agreed
on how the centuries-old structure will be rebuilt — just as it was before.
The famous Paris landmark and major tourist attraction was gutted by fire
on April 15, 2019, in a disaster that stunned the nation and the world.
President Emmanuel Macron promised after the fire to rebuild Notre-
Dame within five years.
He also suggested that a contemporary design could be used for the
spire and that it could be rebuilt "even more beautifully than before".
Soon after the fire, French Prime Minister Édouard Philippe launched an
international architectural design competition for the new spire and roof.
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It presented architects with a once-in-a-generation opportunity.
But ideas for a new, modern design for the cathedral were met with out-
rage from those with more traditional views.
Christophe Girard, deputy mayor for culture in Paris, said the Gothic
masterpiece must be painstakingly restored to its former glory.
"Notre Dame is like a very strong lady — beautiful lady — belonging to
the world. She's asking us, the world and our country, 'what can you do for
me and how fast can you repair me?'"
France's chief architect of historical sites, Philippe Villeneuve, insisted
the spire be rebuilt exactly as before.
That drew a strong rebuke from the French army general, who told Mr
Villeneuve in a National Assembly committee meeting to "shut his
mouth".
"As for the chief architect, I have already explained that he should shut
his mouth," General Jean-Louis Georgelin said to gasps of astonishment.
But after months of deliberating, the commission in charge of the deci-
sion announced on Thursday (local time) that the centuries-old cathedral
will be rebuilt just as it was before.
The national heritage and architectural commission have approved plans
to restore the cathedral to its last "complete, coherent and known" state,
including the spire, the restoration body said in a statement.
Church officials hope Notre-Dame will be open for mass by 2024, when
Paris is due to host the Olympic Games.
Restoration work on the cathedral continues, although it was paused
briefly this year during the coronavirus shutdown.
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Pray for the Anglican Church –
for Justin, Archbishop of Canterbury;
Archbishop Geoffrey Smith , newly
elected Primate of Australia;
Glenn, Archbishop of Sydney;
Michael Stead, our Regional Bishop;
and for all the bishops, priests,
deacons and Religious of the
Anglican Communion.
In the Anglican Cycle of Prayer
we are asked to pray for the Diocese
of the Northern Territory (Australia),
For its Bishop, The Rt Revd Dr Greg
Anderson, for the Diocese of Bathurst
(Australia), for its Bishop, The Rt Revd
Mark Calder and for the Diocese of
Kano (Nigeria), for its Bishop, The Rt
Revd Zakka Nyam and for all their
clergy and people.
Pray for Fr James and for
Fr Michael as well as for Helen and
Antonia. May God bless them
and their ministries and may we
support them as they work among us
in Christ’s name.
Pray for St Paul’s: God of mercy,
strengthen us to help shape a parish
where diversity is a source of
enrichment, compassion is common,
life’s poetry realized, suffering
lightened through sharing, justice
attended, joy pervasive, hope lived,
the hum of the universe heard, and
together with you and each other we
build what is beautiful, true, worthy
of your generosity to us, an echo of
your kingdom. Amen. (Ted Loder)
Pray for, St Matthew’s, Zababdeh,
(West Bank, Palestinian
Territorries), our Anglican
Communion Partner: We
remember especially their Parish
Priest, Fr Saleem Dawani, and his
ministry in the parish. We remember
also Jameel Maher, who acts as the St
Matthew’s partnership link person
with us. May both our parishes be
blessed by the link we are
establishing.
Pray for the Church’s mission:
Lord Jesus Christ, you stretched out
your arms of love on the hard wood of
the cross that everyone might come
within the reach of your saving
embrace: So clothe us in your Spirit
that we, reaching forth our hands in
love, may bring those who do not
know you to the knowledge and love
of you; for the honour of your name.
Amen. (Author unknown)
Pray for our Children’s Church:
The Lord said, ‘Let the little children
come to me and do not forbid them
for such is the kingdom of heaven’.
Bless, Lord, your children who now
stand before you in prayer. Help
them to understand the depth of
Pray throughout
the week
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your love.
O Lord, bless our Children's Church
and all its future endeavours, that
through it we may glorify you with
your Father and the Holy Spirit, now,
always and forever. Amen.
Pray for peace: Lead me from death
to life, from falsehood to truth; lead
me from despair to hope, from fear to
trust; lead me from hate to love, from
war to peace.
Let peace fill our hearts, our world,
our universe.
Pray for all in need, we pray
especially for all those countries
around the world where COVID-19
pandemic is present amongst the
poorest communities. May
governments get together so that they
can assist those mostly affected.
Pray for : Alf; Joyce Bannister;
Anne B.; John Burns; Rosemary B. ;
June Cameron; Dallas Cox; Eddy;
Simeon Felt; Anna Felt; Margaret
Hayes; Graeme; Enid Kell; Peter
Kroger; Jessie Langenegger; Lily;
Margaret; Kay McKinnon;
David Morgan; Clive Norton;
Alister & Sally Palmer; Mark Palmer;
Sophie Palmer; Michelle Phillips;
Geoff Riccord; Sarah Sakr; Diane
Smith; Elsa Sorensen; Peter Sorensen;
Margaret Stephenson; Jean Storey;
David Thompson; Geoff Voller; Dora
Whitway; Bob Woods.
In love and charity please
remember the recently departed,
especially Margaret Baseley & Jenny
Bounds that God may grant them a
place of refreshment, light and peace.
Pray, too, for, Esma Pennual Cranley;
Ernest Evans; Herbert Thorburn;
Nancy Conley; Annie McGowan;
Violet Elliott and for any others
whose year’s mind falls around this
time.
Rest eternal grant unto them O Lord,
and let light perpetual shine upon
them!
Services during this week at St Paul’s
Midweek communion is on Wednesdays at 10.30am in the Chapel of our
Lord's Passion.
Commemorations noted by the lectionary this week –
Wednesday 22nd July - Mary Magdalene
Saturday 25th July - James, Apostle & Martyr
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Phone 9747 4327
Post PO Box 530, Burwood, NSW 1805
Website www.stpaulsburwood.org.au
Rector Fr James Collins
Senior Assistant Priest Fr Michael Deasey OAM
Honorary Priest Fr Jim Pettigrew
Lay Minister Ms Rosemary King
Director of Music Mr David Russell
Organ Scholar Bailey Yeates
Rector’s Warden Dr Jane Carrick – 0418 399 664
People’s Wardens Mrs Elizabeth Griffiths – 8033 3113
Mrs Pam Brock – 9747 3619
Office Secretary Mrs Caroline Badra
(9.30am to 2.30pm, Tuesday to Friday)
• Supporting St Paul’s Anglican Church community.
• With 25 years of experience, we can arrange a service that is
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