Weekly Notices

7 & 14 April 2024

Welcome and thank you for worshiping with us today

 

Sunday Services:

7 April:             7:45am Salamander Bay        Rev Glenys Biddle

                           9.30am    Salamander Bay        Rev Glenys Biddle

14 April:           7:45am Salamander Bay        Rev Glenys Biddle

                           9.30am    Salamander Bay        Rev Glenys Biddle

 

Lectionary Readings:

Second Sunday of Easter – 7 April

- Acts 4:32-35
- Psalm 133
- 1 John 1:1-2:2

- John 20:19-31

Third Sunday of Easter – 14 April - Acts 3:12-19
- Psalm 4
- 1 John 3:1-7

- Luke 24:36b-48

Fourth Sunday of Easter – 21 April - Acts 4:5-12
- Psalm 23
- 1 John 3:16-24

- John 10:11-18

 

Pastoral Care: If you, or anyone you know, needs pastoral care, please phone Rev Glenys Biddle 4982 0436 or Pastor Lorraine Fenemore 4982 2905 (0408 423 881)

 

Advance notice: the Hunter Presbytery Gathering will be held here on Thursday 29 August. Guest Speaker will be our new Moderator Rev. Faaimata Havea-Filiau for details contact Carolyn Hayman

 

 

We acknowledge the traditional owners and custodians of the land

on which we stand.

We pay our respects to them and for their care of the land.

May we walk gently and respectfully upon the land.

 


Port Harmony Open Rehearsal   Wednesday 24 April at 5.30pm in Activities Centre. Port Harmony choir would like to invite the members of our church to a special rehearsal. This will be an informal evening of popular music and will give some insight into how the choir learns and prepares their music for concerts. Supper will follow about 6.30pm. The choir asks a gold coin donation at the door. All welcome. Please RSVP to Andrea (0431199843) for catering purposes.

 

Games Group: now meets at 1pm on Mondays. Games played are Scrabble and Yahtzee, great fun!  A cuppa will be provided and a small donation would be welcome. Contact Sandra Ainsworth 0429 439 451

 

Al-Anon meets each Wednesday at 11:30-1:00 via Zoom on 8266 576 8631 using passcode 505974.  We also meet face to face at Port Stephens Uniting Church on the first and third Wednesdays of each month at 11:30-1:00. For further information contact Sandra Ainsworth 0429 439 451.

 

A Quiche, Salad and Dessert Lunch will be held on 21 April for Anzac Day

Gluten free quiche will be available. If you don’t eat quiche please let us know.  

Cost will be $7.00  Denise and Andrea will organise an Anzac Day activity to keep you entertained between morning tea and lunch. For catering purposes please let Chelsea know if you will be there.

 

Church Facebook Page:  type Uniting Church Port Stephens into the search bar top of Facebook page.  Administrator: Chelsea McMahon.  Have you looked?  Please consider making content available.  Speak to Chelsea.

Newsletter: Information can be sent to Margaret at wddandmy@hotmail.com or Wendy at justdoit@digido.net. Next newsletter will be prepared by Margaret.  Please send notices by noon Wednesday 17 April 2024.  Would you like to receive the newsletter by email, please contact Wendy or Margaret by email (addresses above)

 

Ongoing Prayer for Members of our Congregation: June F, Greg, Arthur & Lorraine, Graeme, Joy, Rosemary, Ruth McL, Verlie and Walter

 

Ongoing Prayer for Members of the Wider Community: Jenny N, Beryl M, Alison G, Alison B, Alison R, Annette P, Graham K, Nicky C, Neil I and Glennise V.

For privacy reasons, it is important to have permission for us to publish any names.

 

Morning Tea Roster:                                 Announcements:

7 April:  Cheryl & Diana                               7 April:  Jill

14 April:  Mary & Denise                              14 April:  Gillian

21 April:  Chelsea & Mary                            21 April:  Sandra

 

Church Cleaning Roster:                          Welcoming Roster:

13 April:  Malcolm                                       April: Dianna & Helen

20 April:  Barry & Sandy

27 April: Mary

Evacuation Plan for Salamander Bay Church is located on the south east wall of the Foyer