All last weekend’s events w
ent off as successfully as did the Royal Wedding, due to good weather.
The Boot Sale maintained its usual great result, Café Church at Lake Boga was a well- received new experience, and the Variety Concert in the Church resulted in donations of $365.00 for Chaplaincy in schools.
Don, John and Joan received birthday blessings and sweets at the 9.30 service, and at least thirty people stayed after the 2.00 pm concert to enjoy afternoon tea in the warmth of the function centre . The church seating was decorated with red ribbons, and lights sparkled in a clever representation of “Holy Fire” as we celebrated the feast of Pentecost, marking the actual “Birthday of the Christian Church”, when after Jesus’ ascension the Holy Spirit was sent as the promised Baptism of Fire, to empower the disciples of the Messiah to bring his message of love throughout the known world.
Those who watched the Royal Wedding may have wondered why it took Bishop Michael Curry 13 minutes to say “All you need is Love”, the gospel message from 2000 years ago, repeated through the ages,( also famously by the Beatles.) Shout if you must, Bishop Michael, but until deaf ears are prepared to listen to the ‘still, small voice of God”, evil will reign.
Tomorrow there will be a service at 10.30 am at “Alcheringa.”
On Sunday the mystery of the Trinity will puzzle us again, in the simplicity of the Creator Spirit (AKA God), his human manifestation, (AKA Jesus the Messiah) and his empowering essence ,( AKA the Holy Spirit of God.) These are the three aspects of the one Being. Jesus said “If you have seen me you have seen the Father.” But he also said “Blessed are those who believe, yet have not seen.”