Don’s Blog
How embarrassing! This morning I was riding my
bike and a woman, jogging, and pushing a pusher with a small child in it,
passed me. How embarrassing. I was going up a small rise at the time and once I
passed the crest of the rise I took off and sailed passed her….. but I am still
feeling a little embarrassed.
I heard good reports regarding Rev Isobelle
Shortreed as the preacher in my absence last week. I know there were a couple
of ‘hiccups’ but only to be expected for a newbie.
I do know that Isobelle loved being at Wesley. She
thoroughly enjoyed the experience of worship, felt very welcome and is looking
forward to more.
A number of us attended ‘Summer Spirit’ last weekend, the main speakers
being Prof David Tacey, Lucy Moore.
Professor Tacey gave us great information and food
for thought around the topic of Spirituality in an Australian Context. I did
manage to film the last session so if you are interested let me know.
On the Sunday morning Lucy Moore led the worship
service and gave us a hands on experience of “Messy Church”. I thoroughly
enjoyed the experience and if I were staying longer would introduce some of the
concepts at Wesley. Basically it was a way of including everyone in the worship
experience rather than just people sitting in pews. If you are interested ask
me about the ‘Prayer Stations’ and the ‘journey of life road’ down the isle of
the church. I loved it and would love to be involved more. I received very
favourable comments regarding my interview with David Tacey, so I came away
from the weekend feeling it was one of our better Summer Spirits.
This Sunday morning there will be two aspects of
our service that will be a little different. Firstly we will be receiving and
acknowledging a gift of a painting. Titled ‘The Resurrection’ and painted by
Janice Bell it was originally given to Rev Tom and Ros Wilson. For many years
it hung in Tom’s office. Now Tom and Ros are offering it to us. I am sure you
will be please with it and all we need to do is find a place for it.
Secondly, as part of the ‘Lent Event’ I will be interviewing
my son Philip. You may remember that Philip and my daughter Heather, and her
two children, travelled to India in October/November last year as part of an
exposure trip organised by UnitingWorld. In India they saw first hand how the
church was working with those being ‘trafficked’ into prostitution and slavery.
I met with Philip last night to go over our conversation and I am sure you will
be moved by what he has to say.
This week I continued my round of visiting artists
and wish I could pass on all the conversations held so far, suffice to say that
I will be telling the stories during the Stations exhibition. As always the
artists have delved into their own faith journeys and will be offering us some
amazing works.
Can
I start the process of asking you to think about being a volunteer for our exhibition?
There are two kind of volunteers needed and they are:
1. PRESENCE GUIDES - those who can be there
to keep a watchful eye on the artworks and the people who wander through the
exhibition. They will open and close the building and generally keep a
count on how many people come through the doors.
2. TOUR GUIDES - those who would like to
be tour guides, willing to take people around the exhibition and be involved in
conversations that arise from that experience. There will be a training
time for these volunteers led by our Curator Catherine Czerw, at Wesley
at 3pm on Thursday 21st March.
The Exhibition will
be open from 9am till 5pm from Saturday 23rd March though to Monday
1st April 2013. So we can start preparing rosters and look to
fill any gaps, we would appreciate knowing people’s availability as soon as
possible. Please let the UCIC office know via
judym@ucic.org.au or phone 6103 4222 if
you would like to be involved and in which capacity.
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A special event is happening at Wesley Church this
coming Wednesday 27 February, 5.30pm - 7.30pm. A Sundowner is being held with
special guest author Robin de Crespigny. Robin wrote the book 'The People Smuggler'
which tells of one man's epic story of trying to find a safe place in
the world. This event is a joint effort of Synod, Social Justice Board and
UCIC. If you are free I think you will find it worthwhile to attend.
If you are wanting to attend can you RSVP to eira.claption@wa.uca.org.au
Thanks for reading and I look forward to seeing
you soon.
From your minister
Don
Sunday 24th February 2013
8.30am Discussion
Group Continuing our discussion around John Dominic Crossan’s DVD the
Challenge of Jesus.
10.00am Morning
Worship: The Transfiguration
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