Don's Blog
Hi All,
From my Blog last week and after I attended the Sony camera
launch, some readers asked if I ended up buying a new camera. Sadly the answer
at this time is no. One of the items on sale was a Canon lens with a price tag
of $10,000. I thought about buying two of those!
However, it was a good event to go to as I learnt a few
things and met up with a few wedding videographers I knew. I did also learn
about Sony and Canon making a camera that will shoot footage in a format called
4K. The only catch is that they haven’t made the TV sets that will display the
image. Technology is wonderful isn’t it!
This morning my much-anticipated meeting with Sally Morgan,
Professor Bill Loader, Rev Geoff Blyth, and Catherine Czerw will take place. I
am looking forward to the conversation about our Advent Art Exhibition. I hope
to tell you more about this next week.
Our Uniting
Church in the City Church Council met on Monday with a number of significant developments
on the way. There are changes happening at the Trinity School for Seniors with
a new management board being organised. The School has become very successful
over the last few years, with I think around 600 senior students in attendance.
So changes are underway to bring improvements.
We have now
reformed the Mission and Mission committee and the Property and Finance
committee. If you would like to see the names of those involved please look at
the UCIC diary for this week. We congratulate those people who have been appointed
and will pray for them as they carry out their new tasks.
An update on
the Warehouse Café was received and it looks like we are only 4 or 5 weeks away
from the refurbishments being completed and the café reopening again. Christine
and Donald have worked extremely hard to see that it all is happening and I am
looking forward to my first coffee there. So are many of the Shenton Park
community as well
It is now
Budget time and Lynda our Finance and Admin Manager has been very hard at work
preparing the final documents. It is anticipated that the Budget will be
presented at a UCIC congregational meeting in the next month. We will all meet
the new Church Council members as well.
If you are interested in hearing
more about the plight of Asylum seekers you may like to attend a special film
event. The Film “Between the Devil and the deep blue sea is being shown at the Film and Television
Institute Fremantle,
Western Australia on Sunday 24th June at 2.30pm. I
understand it is best to book tickets. Go To : http://www.facebook.com/deepblueseafilm
for more information.
On Monday I
conducted the funeral of Bonnie Chandler, whose 100th birthday party
Kay and I are attending this Saturday. Although Bonnie died last week, it was
her final wish that the party still went ahead. She had done some preparation
for it and didn’t want people to be disappointed. So we will celebrate in her
absence. Bonnie was a much-loved member of the Subiaco Congregation, spending
much of her faith journey at the Derby Road Methodist Church. However, at the
age of 90 she embraced the change that led to the Warehouse Café and
contributed a great deal of time and energy as a suppporter. In the last year
or so she and some of her Subi friends were attending church at Floreat UC. Our
love and prayers go out to her daughter Elaine and Son Graham. She of course
had a huge family of grandchildren and great grandchildren.
Tonight Kay
and I are heading down to Dunsborough for a day’s rest tand recreation tomorrow.
I am looking forward to sitting in front of a warm fire.
Thanks for
reading and I look forward to seeing you soon.
Don Dowling
Minister
Sunday 17th June 20112
8.30am Discussion Group in the Guild Room
10.00am Worship – “Keep your eye on the Harvest A reflection on Mark 4:26-34
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