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PARISH WEEKLY NEWSLETTER 19 APRIL 2015

“Christ Appears to the Disciples at the Table after the Resurrection” A Panel from the Maesta Altarpiece of Siena, by Duccio, di Buoninsegna, d. 1319

Excerpt from LUKE 24:36B-48: A WELCOMING TABLE An article in the Huffington Post by Henry B. Brinton, dated 18 April 2012. The first thing that Jesus says to his frightened disciples on Easter evening is "Peace be with you" (Luke 24:36). These words are addressed to all of the gathered disciples including Peter, who had denied him (Luke 22:54-62). To prove that he is really alive and anxious to resume his table fellowship with them, Jesus asks for some

food and eats a piece of broiled fish in their presence (Luke 24:38-43). Then Jesus tells them, "Everything written about me in the law of Moses, the prophets and the psalms must be fulfilled." He opens their minds to understand the Scriptures, and says to them that what was written has come true -- the Messiah has suffered and risen from the dead, and now "repentance and forgiveness of sins is to be proclaimed in his name to all nations, beginning from Jerusalem" (Luke 45-47). Jesus intends to widen the circle of inclusion, and the good news is that many Christians across the theological spectrum are following in his footsteps today.

For the complete article, go to http://www.huffingtonpost.com/henry-g-brinton/luke-24-36b-48-a-welcoming-table_b_1434373.html

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Between 2014 and 2018 Australia will commemorate the Anzac Centenary, marking 100 years since our nation’s involvement in the First World War.

For more information see http://www.anzaccentenary.gov.au/anzac_centenary/index.htm

The ANZAC memorials also remind us of the struggle for peace, an on-going process – please see in this issue of Exalted - the Passion for Peace events commencing Monday 27th April.

ANZAC BISCUITS

In support of the Defence Services Chaplains and the Bible Society Australia “Their Sacrifice Campaign”, ANZAC biscuits will be on sale at the Parish Centre after Church services next Sunday. If you would like to be involved in baking, you are very welcome to participate at Friday Morning Cuppa next week.

BASIC RECIPE TO ENJOY!

Ingredients: 1 cup plain flour 1 cup rolled oats 1 cup brown sugar 1/2 cup coconut 125 g butter 2 tbs golden syrup 1 tbsp. water 1/2 tsp bicarbonate of soda

Sift the flour into a bowl. Add the sugar, rolled oats and coconut.

Melt the butter in a saucepan and add the golden syrup and water.

Stir the bicarbonate of soda into the liquid mixture.

Add the liquid to the dry ingredients and mix thoroughly.

Place small balls of mixture on a greased tray and bake at 175C for 15-20 minutes.

Biscuits will harden when cool. (Gluten free flour may be substituted for a gluten-free variety). CES PUBLIC FORUM: Speaker: Dr Ken

Crispin QC. Topic: “The war on drugs - noble cause or tragic debacle?” Forum Chair: Rev’d Dr

Thorwald Lorenzen. At Australian Centre for Christianity and Culture, 7.30 pm Tuesday 21 April. Donation: $5. Supper provided. Contact: Robyn Coghlan 6254 0487. This forum will continue CES theme for 2015 which is: “Equity and the Human Family”. Dr Ken Crispin QC is a retired barrister, Queen's Counsel, ACT Director of Public Prosecutions, Chairman of the Bar Association, Supreme Court judge and President of the ACT Court of Appeal. He appeared for a number of high-profile defendants, including Lindy and Michael Chamberlain, and chaired the ACT Law Reform Commission between 1996 and 2006. In his spare time, Dr Crispin has completed a PhD in ethics and written three books, numerous articles on law and ethics, and the libretto for an opera.

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In 2010 Dr Crispin QC said : “You look at people who have a long history of drug addiction and they will, inevitably, be driven to keep committing crimes whilst ever they're drug addicted. What they really need is to whole-heartedly embrace a rehabilitation program. ...They are not going to get that in prison... .” Forum Chair: CES President, Rev’d. Dr. Thorwald Lorenzen Time and Date: 7.30 pm, Tuesday 21 April 2015 Venue: The Australian Centre for Christianity and Culture, Corner of Kings Ave and Blackall St, Barton . The CES (Christians for an Ethical Society) is a local ecumenical Christian community organization seeking to bring issues of social justice into the public forum. Further information on the CES can be found at www.ces.org.au . PASSION FOR PEACE

A Passion for Peace is a community oratorio that we are creating for premiere performances by 100–200

singers in April 2015. It is inspired by 1300 women who gathered in The Hague from 12 warring and neutral nations at the end of April 1915 for the International Congress of Women, while Australian and New Zealand soldiers were in the first heartsick week of the eight-month Gallipoli campaign. We will perform A Passion for Peace as part of a five-day peace festival at the Albert Hall which will coincide with the centenary congress of the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF) at The Hague in the same week.

The festival incorporates premiere performances of a new community choral work in oratorio style, A Passion for Peace, by Canberra composer Glenda Cloughley, which celebrates the centenary of the International Congress of Women — a remarkable, but largely forgotten, peace congress held at The Hague at the end of April 1915 with over 1200 women from warring and neutral countries. The resolutions of this remarkable congress informed the formation of the League of Nations (later the UN), and the International Court of Justice, and are still reverberating in international law today. See our website for more information about this project.

Festival for Peace will be held from 28 April to 2 May 2015 at Albert Hall, Canberra. When: 27 April to 1 May 2015 Where: The Albert Hall, Yarralumla For more information or to purchase tickets: http://apassionforpeace.weebly.com FESTIVAL FOR PEACE 28 April – 2 May 2015, Albert Hall, Canberra presented by: A Chorus of Women

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featuring: world premiere performances of A Passion for Peace by Glenda Cloughley At the end of April, Canberra’s community women’s chorus, A Chorus of Women, will bring a fresh, life-enhancing perspective to First World War commemorations in a Festival for Peace with music, forums, workshops, displays and events for children. The festival is inspired by over 1200 women from 12 warring and neutral nations who met in The Hague for the only peace conference of the First World War. This International Congress of Women – held during the same week as the Anzacs’ Gallipoli landings in April 1915 –passed visionary resolutions aimed at ending the war and establishing permanent peace. Their resolutions subsequently informed the establishment of the League of Nations and the International Court of Justice, as well as heralding other advances in international human rights law. The centrepiece of the festival will be premiere performances of A Passion for Peace, a community choral and dramatic work in oratorio style by Canberra composer Glenda Cloughley. The work is inspired by the moral courage, love and creative action of the women 100 years ago, as well as present day hopes for the future of our children and grandchildren. Musical direction will be by Johanna McBride and performers will include A Chorus of Women, Arawang Primary School choir and a number of Canberra’s well-known soloists and instrumentalists. The oratorio performances are supported by the ACT Government through an artsACT grant. All welcome. For full program and to buy tickets see www.chorusofwomen.org

‘Peace is not merely an absence of war. Peace is the nurture of human life.’ Jane Addams, president of the 1915 International Congress of Women THE ANNUAL KARINYA HOUSE MOTHER’S DAY BALL is being held on Friday 8 May

2015 at the Canberra Southern Cross Club in Woden. The evening will commence with pre-dinner drinks and canapés at 6:30pm

and will include a two-course meal, live entertainment, raffles and auctions. The Mother’s Day Ball will raise valuable funds in support of Karinya’s exciting new Purpose Built Facility. Tickets are $100 per head. For further information or to reserve and pay for tickets, please contact Jackie Gallagher on 0438 442 297 or via email at jackie.gallagher@karinyahouse.asn.au. DISCUSSION PANEL: THE CHALLENGES OF EQUALITY FOR WOMEN AND GIRLS IN OUR CHURCHES

The Philadelphia Gender, Gospel and Global Justice Conference is a significant event to bring

people together to challenge global discrimination against women in the Roman Catholic Church to be held 18th-20th September 2015. We are fundraising to assist women from developing countries to attend this Conference. We are holding a special fundraising event: A Panel Discussion on Thursday 14th May 6pm-7.30pm at the Australian Centre for Christianity and Culture (ACCC) Barton. This Discussion Panel will be of interest to 'anyone who cares about women and girls equality', any person non-religious, lapsed or practising. Come and listen to our panel

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discuss the challenges of equality for women and girls in our Churches.

BISHOP'S CATHEDRAL

CONVENTION 2015

Jesus saves people, not for heaven but to help God's kingdom happen on earth. As

disciples we are not only called to live out God's marvellous story in the world but given everything needed for the job. So come along and discover your true identity as one of Jesus' disciples and how you might participate in God's wonderful mission today. The convention's speaker is Dr Alison Morgan. Alison works as a thinker and writer for ReSource, a Church of England charity commissioned in 2004 by the Archbishop of Canterbury, and dedicated to serving the church in renewal and mission. Alison is a member of the Archbishops’ College of Evangelists. She works widely in the UK in teaching and training, and she is also the editor and director of ReSource’s discipleship programme for Africa which is used in 15 countries. Alison has a PhD from Cambridge University and has worked alongside her husband Roger in parish ministry while writing a number of books, including The Wild Gospel (Monarch 2004) and its sequel The Word on the Wind:

renewing confidence in the gospel (Monarch 2011). PROGRAM FRIDAY 15 MAY 2015: Registration 4-6pm Inaugural Bishop Barlow lecture by Dr Stuart Piggin. PROGRAM SATURDAY MAY 16 Registration 7-8.30am Rev Dr Alison Morgan sessions 9am - 3.15pm. Bishop Stuart sent some additional information this week: Beloved in Christ, There are exactly 5 weeks left to register for our Cathedral Convention (details below). Hundreds have signed up already and I am looking forward to a very full Cathedral....I trust you are too! On the Friday evening May 15th – as an adjunct to the Convention – I have organised the inaugural Bishop Barlow Lecture. With worship, refreshments, bookstall and fellowship, this aspect of the programme will run from 7.00pm-9.00pm. There is NO CHARGE for the lecture though an offering will be received. Even if some people may not be able to attend the Saturday Convention with Dr Alison Morgan, do please set aside Friday night for the Barlow Lecture. I am also aware that a great many people are unfamiliar with the remarkable ministry of Dr Christopher Barlow – the centenary of whose death we mark this very year - and in whose honour (and name) the lecture is held. To this end, I have attached above

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(with permission from the author) a splendid article – published this week in the April Anglican Historical Society Journal. (This has been included with our mail out this week) Would you to set aside half an hour to carefully read this piece? Barlow had foibles to be sure (as the essayist rightly notes) yet he was a pioneer leader and evangelist whose epitaph on the Communion Table in our Cathedral is something to which all pastors aspire, ‘He loved his people and they loved him’. Our inaugural Bishop Barlow lecturer is Dr Stuart Piggin. Do please read more about Stuart here http://www.cte.mq.edu.au/staff/associate_professor_stuart_piggin/ Stuart’s topic – one that I invited him to consider and present is - 'Times of Refreshing': Christian Revival in Rural Australia. Dr Piggin has written extensively in this area both for the academy and for popular reading. For a sense of his style and emphases do refer to this piece - https://renewaljournal.wordpress.com/nowhere/local-revivals-in-australia-by-stuart-piggin/ TALKS ON KINGDOM LIFESTYLES with Julie Mustard, Bethel Church, Redding, California US. North Belconnen Baptist is delighted to host a series of sessions focused on "Kingdom Lifestyles" with special guest Julie Mustard. Prior to moving to Redding, Ca, Julie engaged in a range of ministry and life

experiences including starting an orphanage in Kenya, Africa, writing books and curriculum, directing missions camps all over the world, and teaching high school English. She is passionate about healthy relationships, people walking in the fullness of their identity in Christ, and has a heart to see people transformed inside and out in order to become the leaders and releasers of the Kingdom that God designed them to be. Along with serving several Bethel pastors as a freelance writer/editor, Julie works for Bethel Church in the Global Legacy Department and for Igniting Hope Ministries as an associate to Steve Backlund. Julie is the author of several books including: Crucial Moments, Orphan No Longer, and contributing author to Voices of Revival. 22nd & 23rd May Fri night @ 7.30pm Sat morning @ 9.30am Sat night @ 7.30pm North Belconnen Baptist Church Chomley Court Evatt, ACT 2617 AUTUMN QUIET DAY, Saturday 23 May

2015, 9.30am to 4pm at St Mark’s. Autumn is a time for harvest, and for letting go.

Come, rest, reflect, be refreshed, let your soul breathe. Take time out from busy lives to pray, and meditate in the Christian tradition. You are invited to travel with God on a journey of discovery. Bring your own lunch to eat at your leisure. Morning and afternoon tea provided. The day will be led by Susanna Pain, Anglican priest, spiritual director and Retreat leader. St Mark’s National Theological Centre, 15 Blackall St, Barton. Donation $30. RSVP Essential:

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Susanna Pain ph 0418 637 469 email susanna.pain@gmail.com TAIZÉ PRAYER RETREAT ST CLEMENT’S

MONASTERY GALONG TAIZÉ RETREAT at St Clement’s Monastery, Galong 29-31 May

2015 led by Richard White from St Clement’s. The retreat centres on the prayer, music and tradition of the Taizé community in France. The ecumenical and inclusive monastic community has strong appeal to people searching for a style of prayer centred on music, silence and community. Cost: $300 ensuite, $260 standard (shared facilities). Fully catered Friday night to Sunday lunch. Only 80 minutes’ drive from Canberra, St Clement’s is set on 800 acres in picturesque, tranquil surroundings. Come, rest a while and experience! This is an ecumenical event organised by the Canberra Taizé group, comprised of members of Uniting Church, Catholic, Anglican and other Christian churches – everyone is welcome. For more information and to book, phone 0263805222 or e-mail info@stclement.com.au ST MARY IN THE VALLEY EVENTS FOR YOUR DIARY: • Parish Council Saturday 2 May, 8am. • Community Fair planning meeting

Monday 4 May 2015 7pm, Parish Centre • Women’s Breakfast Saturday 8 May

2015, 8am. • Tuggeranong Homestead Markets Stall

for Sunday 10 May 2015 • Film Buffs Saturday 16 May 2015

• Church Picnic and walk, Sunday 17 May 2015

• Parish Working Bee Saturday 23 May 2015

Pentecost Sunday 24 May 2015

Trinity Sunday 31 May 2015 and Welcome Lunch

Mission Sunday BCA 31 May 2015. Parish Mission focus for month of May 2015.

Parish Council Saturday 6 June, 8am

Waitoto Choir “O what love” performance Saturday 6 June 2015 -

7th – 14th July NAIDOC Week (advised by Archdeacon Karen Kime)

Film Buffs, Saturday 20 June 2015

Parish Council Saturday 4 July, 8am

Film Buffs Saturday 18 July 2015

“Winter Warmer” social night TBA July

Parish Council Saturday 1 August, 8am

Film Buffs Saturday 15 August 2015

Patronal Festival & lunch, Sunday 16 August 2015

Creating Safe Ministries workshop Monday 31 August, 9.30 am -3.30 pm.

Creating Safe Ministries refresher course Tuesday 1 September, 6.30 pm – 9.30 pm

Parish Council Saturday 5 September, 8am

Parish Working Bee Saturday 5 September 2015

Women’s Breakfast Saturday 12 September 2015, 8am.

Film Buffs Saturday 19 September 2015

St Michael and All the Angels, Tuesday 29 September 2015

Film Buffs Saturday 17 October 2015

All Saints Sunday 1 November 2015, Connect 2 Church, and Welcome Lunch

Parish Council Saturday 7 November, 8am

Parish Working Bee 14 November 2015

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Church Picnic and walk Sunday 15 November 2015

St Edmund’s Day 20 November 2015 (St Edmund’s Tharwa regular Sunday service 22 November).

Community Fair 2015 21 November

Christmas Decorating, Friday 27 November 2015.

Parish Council Saturday 5 December, 8am

Thank you morning tea for volunteers Sunday 6 December

Sunday Kid’s Club graduation Sunday 13 December 2015

Parish Centre anniversary and carols Sunday 13 or 20 December 2015

Calwell Community Carols, Friday 18 December 2015, 6pm?

ALSO CHECK REGULAR SCHEDULED EVENTS (SEE PEW SHEET)

Would you like to book in an event? Please fill out an Event Risk Management Declaration Form (to be found under the health and safety notice board) and it will go to Parish Council for approval.

Where shall we walk and picnic on Sunday 17 May 2015? What a lovely thing to do after the Bishop’s Cathedral Convention! Your suggestions for the next Parish Picnic and Walk would be very welcome. Please contact smiv@smiv.org with your suggestions

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Australian Quaker National Peace and Legislation Committee ANZAC CONVERSATIONS:

FORGOTTEN VOICES

The first in a series of conversations to commemorate the impact of World War I on all Australians

O PETER STANLEY

A military historian ponders what and who is forgotten and how we approach the centenary of Gallipoli

Prof. Peter Stanley, of UNSW Canberra, is one of Australia's leading military-social historians and a specialist on the Great War (World War I). A few weeks before the forthcoming

centenary of the invasion of Gallipoli Peter will reflect on groups included or excluded in the in the anniversary, and invite discussion about how we might respond.

CHLOE MASON

World War I: Quaker witness to peace and nonviolence Chloe Mason, a member of The Religious Society of Friends in Australia who is very involved in developing the travelling exhibition of Quakers witness to World War I

which will be launched in Canberra during the afternoon. SUNDAY 12 APRIL 2015, 2:00PM-5:00PM

FRIENDS MEETING HOUSE CORNER OF BENT AND CONDAMINE STREETS,

TURNER Refreshments provided

For further details and to register your interest in this or future

Conversations, please email QPLC@quakers.org.au

This project has received funding under the Anzac Centenary Local Grants Program.

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