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th July 2020
Please forward contributions for Parsnips to Andrea Bridge at [email protected]
www.anglican-stlucia.org
Parish Office: 3870 8887 email: [email protected]
UPCOMING SERVICES & EVENTS
CHRIST CHURCH ST LUCIA |SUNDAY
2nd
AUGUST 2020 | 5.30PM
Fr. Michael will be conducting a simple Taizé service on Sundays in the church starting on 2nd
August 2020.
Together our intention will be to pray, contemplate
and let the Holy Spirit move us to listen for and respond to God’s call on our lives.
Because of the COVID-19 regulations we are limited to having a maximum of 40 people registered
to attend each service.
Attendance will be organised by “booking” for this weekly service by emailing the Parish Office
before 9.00AM on the Monday before each Sunday service.
You must not apply to or attend services if, in the last 14 days, you have:
Have COVID-19, or are awaiting results from being tested for COVID-19.
Been overseas, or in a declared Coronavirus “Hot Spot”.
Shown any cold or flu-like symptoms.
Been in contact with anyone showing signs of the Coronavirus, e.g. fever, dry cough or a
sore throat.
Nobody should feel obliged to attend this service. It is understood that many people within our faith
community may feel apprehensive about taking part in larger physical gatherings and indeed we
encourage any parishioners who are at a greater risk of infection to exercise due caution by staying
at home.
If you would like more information please contact the Parish Office via email at [email protected]
or phone 3870 8887.
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While public worship at Christ Church remains on
hold until the 2nd August, the online weekly
service of Prayer, Praise and Proclamation
continues to be available to watch on
The most recent recorded service can be
viewed on our website at
https://www.anglican-stlucia.org/recordings/ and the companion service booklet is available to
download from this same page.
Previous recorded services are also available to view at
https://www.anglican-stlucia.org/recordings-archive/ or at our YOU TUBE Channel
MISSION & MINISTRY
Fr. Michael has taken another car-load of hearty, healthy
and nutritious meals down to the Holy Trinity Church (in
Fortitude Valley) this week.
We seem to be producing more meals than ever! So to
our crew of wonderful cooks, THANK YOU for your
ongoing support of this mission.
When dropping off your meals - if the fridge (closest to the kitchen door) is full, please use the
second fridge at the end of the kitchen – as there is always space available.
If you require more food containers or labels – please pop into the Parish Office.
For more information/ or if you would like to know how you can help - please call the Parish Office
on 3870 8887 or email [email protected]
SEA SUNDAY | Sunday 30th
August| 3pm |
Sea farer Centre – Port of brisbane
A Sea Sunday service will be held on Sunday 30 August, 3 pm at the Brisbane
Seafarers Centre (2 Seafarers Street, Port of Brisbane, QLD, 4178).
Sea Sunday is a chance for all our supporters to celebrate seafarers together
and raise money to support our vital work. Having taken place every July for 160 years, Sea Sunday is
the biggest event on the Mission to Seafarers calendar, with the usual focus being a church service.
All are welcome. Please RSVP as numbers are limited: email [email protected].
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Want to support Bush Ministry Fund (BMF)?
They are raffling off a beautiful quilt
Tickets are $2 each and can be purchased online
using a Credit or Debit Card.
Click Here to Purchase Raffle Tickets
You will be required to provide the following
details:
Customer Name: Adding the word “QUILT” after
your name will ensure raffle tickets are
allocated to you.
Email Address & Telephone Number:
Due to the current Covid restrictions, the lucky
winner will be drawn at a date to be advised.
Please contact Helen on (07) 4639 1875 with any queries.
SPIRITUALITY AND EDUCATION
Celebrating 10 years of GROWing in 2020
Covid won’t stop us encouraging each other to
keep growing and keep going by fixing our
thoughts on Jesus.
Tune in now to ‘GROW Chats 2020’ — for short
interviews with local Christian women. Each Saturday
from May 23rd to September 5th we’ll release chats
about a chapter of the Bible (Hebrews Chapters 1-4),
prayer, songs, books and life in Christ.
GROW Chats 2020 is for all women everywhere. Listen while you walk, work or rest.
Then chat to someone at home, church or next door about what you hear.
You can subscribe to the GROW Chats 2020 podcast on your favourite podcast app via these links
Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Spotify Anchor Podcasts RSS Feed
Pace | A contemplative community of peace and prayer
https://pacecommunity.org.au/
Inspired by the ancient tradition of Christian mysticism, Pace (pronounced par chay) is a
contemplative spiritual community for all who seek a place of peace.
Pace (par chay), Italian for ‘peace’, was the focus of the life and ministry of St Francis of
Assisi. As a contemplative mystic, Francis sought to serve as an agent for peace, an
itinerant teacher and friend to all. Pace (par chay) seeks to emulate his example where
each member of our community is a seeker, exploring the spiritual life through Spiritual Formation and the
Pace (par chay) Virtues, Values and Vision.
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Pace| Going Deeper Resources The spiritual life is all about going deeper, but how and where do we begin?
The team at Pace (par chay) have collated a huge collection of podcasts, websites, books, movies and apps
to get you started.
The 'going deeper' resources can be read or listened to at home, at work, or on the train.
Keen to learn more about Pace and the contemplative life but not sure where to start?
Register today for Pace’s upcoming Living A Contemplative Presence series.
We’ll offer it online very soon and again in person in coming months.
We are both a physical and digital community seeking to accompany others as they explore the spiritual
life. For more information please see their website, email [email protected] or phone (07)
3396 2746.
Ways to worship and stay connected – while physical distancing:
1. Wednesday Morning Prayer | Join Archbishop Phillip Aspinall as he leads Morning Prayer each
Wednesday. The Morning Prayer videos are available Wednesday morning each week on YOU TUBE.
2. The Anglican Church Southern Queensland (ACSQ) website – lists of parishes who are providing live
streaming or recorded services, click https://anglicanchurchsq.org.au/livestream/
3. Christ Church St Lucia most recent recorded service, or catch-up on previous services via our website
anglican-stlucia.org/recordings-archive/ .
4. Trinity College Cambridge Virtual Evensong:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCn7d1iCH8cbdKfgFqueckig
5. ABC Classic FM 106.1FM - For the God who sings with Stephen Watkins | Sundays 10pm-midnight or
on demand: https://www.abc.net.au/classic/programs/for-the-god-who-sings/
6. Anglican Focus – The fortnightly, Anglican e-news magazine that allows you to keep up to
date with Parish, Episcopal, school, Anglicare, St Francis College, Sunday Devotions and
ministry news. To SUBSCRIBE , click on the link anglicanfocus.org.au/subscribe/
7. The Wednesday Weekly - Receive general information and announcements for our Diocesan
community. To subscribe click on the link'Wednesday Weekly' or visit
https://anglicanfocus.org.au/wednesday-weekly/
8. FACE BOOK - Stay connected by receiving Facebook updates for both Christ Church and ACSQ by
'liking' ACSQ Facebook, and the Christ Church Facebook pages.
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9. Epray Daily – This easy to install free app is available through this link Epray Daily or click on the
appropriate App Store. Android device users – if it requires a code please use 9999.
10. In Quires and Places - On Sunday afternoons at 4pm on 4MBS Classic Music FM 103.7 radio station -
a program of glorious, sacred music, arranged and presented by John Hawkins.
11. ABC TV | Songs of Praise on Sunday morning at 11.30AM - a BBC Television
programme that presents Christian hymns sung in churches from around the UK.
COMPASS on Sunday night at 6.30pm – exploring the interface between religion and life as
experienced by individuals and communities - including ordinary Australians, public leaders,
religious thinkers and philosophers. If you miss an episode of either show you can catch-up
using the ABC i-view platform.
PARISH NEWS
Congratulations to our very own Emily Cox who was officially
appointed a Member of the Order of Australia, at Government House,
earlier this month.
Emily was awarded the AM
(announced in the
Australia Day honours
list) for
"For significant service
to the performing arts
through choral music”.
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I think we can all give a loud and proud “Hear-Hear” to Emily in
recognition this wonderful achievement award. We are very lucky indeed
to have her as a part of the christ church family.
Please pray for:
Anni & Ferdinand
Caitlin Jarman
Julia Gwenda
Darrel †David
Marianne Derek
Jane
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We still have a few copies of the 10th edition of LANDSCAPES
available at the Parish Office. You can grab a copy
by:-
Collecting from the Parish office during
business hours; or
Have a copy posted out (a $3 donation
appreciated to cover the cost, if possible);
or
Have a PDF emailed directly to your inbox – for you to
enjoy or to share with others.
Please contact Andrea in the parish office to arrange your copy
either via email at [email protected] or phone 3870 8887.
BACH Organ Recital – by Christopher Wrench
from Christ Church St Lucia
This online YOU TUBE event
is to mark the 270th Anniversary
of the death of J.S. Bach.
The performance can be accessed
via the RECORDINGS page
https://www.anglican-stlucia.org/recordings/
by the middle of next week (w/c 27/7/20)
The next Parsnips publishing date is Friday 7th August, if you have any news, information or pictures
you would like to share please email Andrea in the Parish office at [email protected] by
Wednesday 5th August. Thank you.
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The St Lucia community garden located at Lex Ord Park South (next to
the St Lucia Golf Club) is now under construction in association with the
Brisbane City Council and the St Lucia Community Association.
If you would like more information about the garden or would like to be
involved – please contact Councillor James Mackay’s office at 70 Station
Rd, Indooroopilly or phone 3407 0005 or email
IN MEMORIUM
Dorothy Kelaart & Grenfell Windsor
(25/7)
Rosamund Chandler, Geoff Clarke and
Douglas Stein (26/7)
George Withnall (27/7)
Edna Jenkins, George Jenkins, James
Warner & Stephen Temple-Watts (28/7)
Isobel Hewitt, George Timberlake &
Colin Gunn (29/7)
Gladys Conroy (30/7)
Dick Hudson, Ismena Ward and
Aileen Joseph (31/7)
Mary Campbell & Grant Rose (1/8)
Aleid Steller (2/8)
Marion Specht, Richard Bradshaw,
Brenda Hancock (3/8)
Beryl Glad and Hugh McCall (4/8)
Bruce Buckham and
Allan Duckworth (6/8),
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AROUND THE DIOCESE & BEYOND
It’s hard to capture the impact of ongoing drought with words. Photos of
dusty paddocks and dying stock help to tell the story, as do the lined
faces of primary producers…most of who
have done everything right in managing
their land. But when the rains don’t
come, and the dams and tanks slowly
empty…it grinds people down. How to pay
the bills; repay the bank loans; pay the
school fees; buy the fuel? says Bishop
Cam Venables, as he updates us on the
BMF’s vital work.
Grants made through the Archbishop’s Emergency (Drought) Relief
Appeal have made a difference to many. Dispersed through local
businesses, such as pharmacies via ‘FarmAssist’, and community centres,
the donations have certainly made a significant difference to the back
pockets, health and morale of many in the Western Region. Not only have
donations helped pay some bills, they have reminded communities in the
west that they are supported by Anglicans in the city and on the coast.
The Bush Ministry Fund (BMF) is another key way that people partner with
communities in the bush because it is through BMF grant subsidies that
clergy, like Steffan van Munster, Rick Gummow, Terry Frewin and Daniel
Sitaram, have shared life and ministry with rural communities
experiencing drought. BMF subsidies also help to support the itinerant
ministries of clergy like Geoff Reeder and Di Murphy who have driven from
the coast for years to bring encouragement and prayer to communities in
the Quilpie District.
When Western Region communities are struggling with drought, debt, and
even significant fires, Christian faith and ministry give people hope.
When churches are open for worship, people gather for prayer and
teaching, and when a priest visits people in their homes there is an
opportunity to share the burden of the challenges being faced.
I’m very thankful to God for those parishes, schools, and individuals who
partner with communities in the bush via the Bush Ministry Fund. Through
their visits, phone calls, fundraising, prayer, and many acts of
generosity, in God’s grace, they make a world of difference.
People often assume that the BMF and BCA are the same organisation, so I
think it’s worth noting that the Bush Ministry Fund (BMF) is quite
different to the Bush Church Aid Society (BCA). BCA is a national
Anglican organisation based in Sydney which supports ministry in many
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places across Australia. However, the BCA supports no rural ministry or
parishes in our Diocese. Though it has more than $15,000,000 in financial
reserves, BCA has significant annual costs (including staff, advertising,
and rent) so that only 28 per cent of donations received are dispersed to
support rural ministry (BCA, 2015 Annual Report).
In contrast to the BCA, which does not support rural ministry in the
Anglican Church Southern Queensland, the BMF only supports rural ministry
in parishes of our Diocese and gives at least 98 per cent of all money
donated to support rural ministry. This is possible because the Diocese
provides administrative and financial support without charge, and it is
such a blessing to have this support.
Please pray for all rural and remote communities in our Western Region,
particularly those who are supported in some way by the BMF. If you, like
me, are already supporting the BMF, please keep giving…in the knowledge
that this is used by God to bless the lives of others.
But, if you are not yet supporting and would like to find out more,
please call Helen Briffa at the Western Region Office on (07) 4639 1875
or email her at [email protected]
To donate online please use the link
https://anglicanchurchsq.org.au/giving/bush-ministry-fund/
Source : Anglican Focus
St Mary’s Times Square,
New York.
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Thinking of giving to the Parish
Via Internet banking-
Please use the Parish account details
Account Name: Christ Church St Lucia
Account Number: 00 00 04 40
BSB: 704 901
(Please enter all the zeros)
Or, you can donate through
ANFIN’s BPOINT payment portal
Just click on the link – Donate to your Church
THANK YOU - For your ongoing support of Christ
Church St Lucia
The next Parsnips publishing date is Friday 7th August, if you have any news, information or pictures
you would like to share please email Andrea in the Parish office at [email protected] by
Wednesday 5th August. Thank you.
