News from the Parish for this week

PATRONAL FESTIVAL
Thanks to all who helped with the Patronal Festival Lunch setting-up, supplying and serving food, and clearing up afterwards, and also thank you to everyone who took part.

The Autumn Raffle was drawn at the lunch and the winners were: Linda Boyd, T. Ryan and the Kennedy family.

Did you mistakenly take home the wrong pair of salad servers? Margaret Payne is missing a pair of stainless steel and glass servers. Please contact Margaret on 9849 0827 if they went home with you by mistake.

PARISH OUTREACH PROGRAM
It is hoped that all Parishioners, although living very busy and committed lives, will volunteer at least once a month to be a welcoming presence in the front office of St Peter's, from 11.00 am to 2.00 pm, two on duty together.

We look forward to a long list of names of volunteers — don't leave it to the next person.

Please help to fulfil this outreach into the community.

PARISH FETE AT ST PETER'S — 16 WEEKS TO GO!!!!
The Parish Fete at St Peter's will be held on Saturday 25 October, 2008, from 9.00 am to 2.00 pm. Please note this in your diaries now!

This is a reminder that the next meeting of all those interested in the management of the fete, will take place on Thursday 10 July, at 7.00 pm in the Undercroft.

At this meeting will be progress reports on car
parking, application of permits, stall holders, signs, hall layout. Concerning the major raffle: if anyone has an item that could be a prize in the raffle, please let Phil Dooley know. The raffle so far has (or will have) a holiday at the beach, two hampers, exercise bike, gents watch, ferry trip. Another quality prize would be nice.

Please check those once-loved possessions and decide whether to hand them over to KK's, collectables, Steptoe. Please do not donate furniture (too heavy), or electrical goods (by order from above). If you do have either you wish to dispose of, please consider selling through EBay or the Trading Post, and giving the takings to the fete.

If you cannot come to the meeting, but have suggestions (or questions), then please get in touch with Laurie Smale (9890 3224), Margaret or Phil Dooley (9890 9141).

HEALING MINISTRY SERVICE
The Parish will commence a monthly "Healing Ministry Service" at St Peter's on the fourth Tuesday of each month, commencing 22 July, at 6.00 pm. This will be a time for 'intentional prayer' for the sick as well as a time for people to have the ministry of 'laying on of hands' and/or 'anointing'. The service will take no more than an hour. Parishioners are encouraged to attend and support this ministry.

NAME TAGS
Anyone who would like a new name tag should place their name on the sheet at the back of St Peter’s. All ordered name tags are now in the rack. 

DIALOGUE WITH THE VICAR
The Parish website at www.anglicansboxhill.org.au now has the facility for parishioners to comment on, and to argue with, viewpoints expressed by our Vicar, just click on Vicar’s Blog and you will be able to reply or comment.

You will be required to register with ‘Google’ and this is a simple task and free of charge. Your comments will then appear on the ‘blog’ for all to see.

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20-May - ACO - Rome welcomes New Director for Anglican Centre

In the splendour of the Church of Santa Maria Sopa Minerva, Rome, the Very Revd David Richardson, former Dean of Melbourne, (Australia) was installed and blessed as the new Director of the Anglican Centre in Rome (ACR) on 7May 2008. He also will serve as the Archbishop of Canterbury's personal representative to the Holy See (The Vatican and the Pope).

19-May - Myanmar - Archbishop of Myanmar Issues Statement

On Saturday 17 May 2008, it was Day 14 after Cyclone Nargis first struck Myanmar. Its winds, which reached up to a maximum of 190km/h, first hit the low-lying Delta region (Ayeyawardy Division) of south-western Myanmar adjoining the Bay of Bengal on Friday 2 May 2008 and then ploughed through the hinterland during the course of Saturday 3 May 2008 in a north-easterly direction until it reached Yangon (Yangon Division)

19-May - ACO - Ecumenical - Anglican - Lutheran International Commission Communique

The Third Anglican – Lutheran International Commission (ALIC) held its third meeting at Chennai, India, between 28 April and 5 May 2008, under the co-chairmanship of the Most Reverend Fred Hiltz, Primate of Canada, and of Reverend Dr. Cameron Harder, Lutheran Theological Seminary, Saskatoon, Canada, in the absence of Bishop Thomas Nyiwé, Cameroon, who was unable to attend.

15-May - ACO - Ecumenical - The Anglican Old Catholic International Co-ordinating Council - Communique

The Anglican - Old Catholic International Co-ordinating Council (AOCICC) met in Schloss Beuggen, Germany, from 14 to 18 April 2008. The Council welcomed the new Old Catholic Co-chair, the Rt Revd Joachim Vobbe (who also served as the Co-chair from 1998 to 2003), and the new Old Catholic member, the Revd Henriette Crüwell, both appointed by the Old Catholic International Bishops’ Conference (IBC).