{"id":205,"date":"2014-03-31T12:52:45","date_gmt":"2014-03-31T02:52:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.anglicanswanhill.com.au\/?p=205"},"modified":"2014-03-31T13:36:57","modified_gmt":"2014-03-31T03:36:57","slug":"harvest-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.anglicanswanhill.com.au\/?p=205","title":{"rendered":"Harvest Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"

With Mothering Sunday falling on a fifth Sunday there were so many possibilites for the day that it was difficult to decide what to include; so we did it all. The men of the parish \"Mothering1\"<\/a>provided breakfast for the women.\u00a0 There was cereal, juice, tea, coffee, toast and pancakes, with toppings of berries, jams, caramelised figs, yoghurt and cream.\u00a0 It was a banquet full of life and health and colour.\"Mothering4\"<\/a><\/p>\n

The men arrived early and our pancakes were handmade on the barbeque.<\/p>\n

One of our parishioners Donna Salathiel, director of The Wellbeing Path, was our guest speaker, sharing her journey and encouraging us in our wellness.<\/p>\n

After breakfast we continued with our Harvest Festival Service.\u00a0 Pews were decorated with wheat stalks and the altar was surrounded with fruit and vegetables, the \"Mothering3\"<\/a>large and the small as well as greens and herbs.\u00a0 After the great thanksgiving for the fruits of creation, non perisables were donated to St Luke’s.\u00a0 At morning tea, the rest of the produce were available for purchase at Emily’s Fruit and Vegi Stall.\u00a0\u00a0 The proceeds also went to St Luke’s.<\/p>\n

The traditional Simnel Cake was prepared by Mrs Maggie Williams.<\/p>\n

Wonderfully refreshed by these Refreshment Sunday activities we are ready to continue on our Lenten journey towards Easter.<\/p>\n

It was generally agreed, that perhaps with the \"Mothering2\"<\/a> exception of Emily, the greatest fun of the morning was had by Rev Denis’ breakfast chefs.<\/p>\n

Rev. Jan Harper<\/p>\n

Photos Jon Roberts<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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