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Included in this issue … Sunday 5th September 2021 15th Sunday after Pentecost

Acknowledgement of the p.3

Wangal people of the Eora Nation

Parish Pantry p.5

Donations and Bequests p.6

Where are they now? P.8

The COVID-19 check-in card - p.11

Available from the RMS

Christian leaders urge Morrison p.12

to take more Afghan refugees - By

Michael Koziol and James Massola

$200,000 for St Matthews – p.14

Windsor’s oldest church gets

refresh thanks to generous donation

And Much More...

During this lockdown period we cannot meet together, but we

want to stay in contact with everyone. We are sending out the

newsletter, orders of service and a message from Fr James to

everyone who has access to the internet. These electronic mail

outs are sent out each Friday afternoon. For those of you who do

not have access to the internet we are sending out copies of the

newsletter, service sheets and Fr James’ message by post also

on Fridays.

If you know anyone who is missing out please contact us in the

office 97474327 or by office email as on the back of the

Newsletter so they can be included.

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who I

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First Aid

Name badges

Name badges help make St Paul’s an

inclusive community. If you need a new

name badge, fill in the form inside the

pew sheet, send it to the parish office,

and one will be made and left in church

for you.

Toilets

Toilets are available at the entrance to

the parish hall, which is located behind

the church.

First aid kits are located on the wall of

the kitchen in the Large Hall behind

the church and in the choir vestry.

Ask a member of the clergy or anyone

who’s wearing a name badge. We’re

here to help.

Still got questions?

Things you may

need to know

In case we

need to evacuate

As you take your place in your pew,

please make yourself aware of the route

to the nearest emergency exit. Should

there be a fire, leave quickly, turn right,

and assemble by the roundabout on

Burwood Road.

Getting inside

People needing wheelchair access can

enter St Paul’s most conveniently by the

door at the base of the belltower.

Switch it to silent !

Please turn your mobile phone off or on

to silent before the service starts. It’ll

save you much embarrassment later on.

Children are welcome

at St Paul’s

Children are welcome in church at any

service. There is a selection of

children’s books and toys at the back of

the church near the font and there are

also kids’ activity sheets and pencils

available at the back of the church

where the pew sheets and prayer books

are.

Children’s Church runs during Term

Time. Meet at the back of the church at

the beginning of the 9.30am Eucharist.

Please feel free to bring your children to

the altar rail to receive a blessing, or to

receive Communion if they have been

admitted to the sacrament.

Photos

Please do not take photos

inside the church or during the services

of worship without permission.

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Acknowledgement of the Wangal people of the Eora

Nation We acknowledge the traditional custodians of the land upon which we

meet, the Wangal People of the Eora Nation, and pay our respects to

their elders, past, present, and emerging; and we pray that God will

unite us all in the knowledge of his Son, in whom all things were created,

in heaven and on earth.

Welcome! We are glad that you have found us! We affirm that through God’s redeeming love for all, we are one in

Christ. We respect the inherent and valuable contributions each mem-

ber makes to the Body of Christ. We celebrate our diversity and recog-

nize the sacred worth and dignity of all persons of any age, gender,

gender identity, gender expression, race, ethnic origin, economic

reality, family status, sexual orientation, diverse ability, or social status.

We believe that through Christ we are being included and welcomed

by God and one another. As we journey towards inclusion, we proclaim

this welcome to all God’s people, especially to those who have known

the pain of exclusion and discrimination within the church, affirming that

no one is excluded or condemned. We invite all persons to journey with

us as we discover the call of God on our lives through the ministries of

St. Paul’s Anglican Church, Burwood. To that end, St. Paul’s Anglican

Church commits to the welcome and inclusion of all persons as chil-

dren of God and declares itself to be a welcoming community of faith.

Bible Readings Year B Bible Readings

at today’s Eucharist for next Sunday

Proverbs 22.1-2,8-9,22-23 The First Reading Proverbs 1.20-33

Ps 125 The Psalm Ps 19

James 2.1-10 (11-13) 14-17 The Epistle James 2.18-26

Mark 7.24-37 The Gospel Mark 8.27-38

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PARISH PANTRY

Remember if you include the receipt we can claim back the money that

you have spent. This is proving very successful.

Most in need each week are long life milk, cereal and spam.

Parish Pantry is open on Tuesdays and Thursdays from

9.30am-11.30am.

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Donations and Bequests

Over the years the parish has benefited from the generosity of

parishioners, not only when they have been active members of the

parish, but also at the time of their death. Parishioners are invited to

remember the parish in their wills by making a bequest as a thank

offering to God and to ensure that generations to come will enjoy

worship and fellowship in well maintained buildings.

Those wishing to make a bequest are invited to do so using these

or a similar form of words: " I bequeath the sum of $............ to the

Rector and Wardens of the Anglican parish of St Paul, Burwood, to be

used at their absolute discretion for the charitable purposes of the

parish."

Donations with Tax Deductibility - National Trust

Account If you would like to make a donation to the Parish for the upkeep and

maintenance of the Heritage building it can be done through the

National Trust.

Cheques can be made out to:

National Trust of Australia (NSW) St Paul’s Anglican Church Burwood

Or

Direct Credit to the above name with bank account details:

Westpac

BSB: 032-044

Account number: 742 926

Branch: 275 George Street Sydney NSW

Please contact Pam for more details or place a donation in an

envelope and label with National Trust donation and include your

name for your receipt and an address to post it to. Thank you.

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For General & Offertory

Donations

please use this account

details:

Account Name: St Pauls Anglican

Church

BSB: 032 062

Account #: 250028

For Parish Pantry

AND For Community Choir

Donations

please use this account

details:

Account Name: Parish Pantry

BSB: 032 062

Account #: 812238

Please clearly mark whether it is for

the Parish Pantry or the

Community Choir.

Thank you for your generosity.

Offertory -

Collection given at St Paul’s

this week and other donations:

On line giving:$1465

Parish Pantry: $1,005

TOTAL OF GIVING:$2470

Thank you for responding to God’s

generous love.

Official Logo for NSW Volunteer Referral Service

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Where are They Now?

With our Lunchtime Recitals currently on hold, we have contacted some of our

former recitalists asking them to share their thoughts and experiences of life

as a musician during this lockdown period. Beginning in September, we will

be sharing a new response each fortnight.

The week’s response is from A/Professor Goetz Richter, a long-time supporter

of our Recital Series. His response is below, followed by the list of his students

who have played over the past few years. We have included the respective re-

cital programs so that you can recall their past performances.

We look forward to when we can resume our lunchtime recitals in person.

Sheryl Southwood OAM David Russell

Recital Convenor Director of Music

Goetz Richter AM

Dear Sheryl and David.

Many thanks for reaching out and reminding us how important live musical

performance is to our life and our spirit. The Conservatorium has naturally

suspended its face-to-face work with students, although, there is still limited

access to the building which means students who have trouble practicing at

home for various reasons, are able to do so. Restrictions such as the ones we

are facing at the moment are quite challenging for musicians – however, there

are also opportunities here. In my work with students, I emphasise the chance

to practice with more focus and time, to fill gaps of repertoire or technical de-

velopment purposefully, to rebuild motivation in an autonomous way and to

work on artistic creativity, which is always about intent and clear imagination.

This is a time when we can remind ourselves that reactivity, urgency and panic

have no place in art and music making and that it is our work and the strength

of our spirit that makes it so.

So, there is lots of good work we can do and are doing. We meet regularly –

around twice a week on Zoom. Students build their own online practice groups

and we share videos of performances and discussion. There have been some

great successes from all students and so much positive work towards

strengthening our skills for a return to live music making.

We really appreciate that you are thinking of us and thank you for all your sup-

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port. I have forwarded the letter to some relevant students who have per-

formed at St Paul’s in the past and encouraged them to respond.

Thank you for staying in touch and I look forward to hearing music in St Paul’s

at the first opportunity.

All best wishes to you and all of the St Paul’s Church and Community.

Yours

Goetz

Dr. Goetz Richter AM

A/Professor Violin, Sydney Conservatorium of Music

Students of A/Prof Goetz Richter Performance Dates

19 March 2019 2 Violin soloists and Piano

Nicole Kim Violin Mozart: Sonata in B-flat major K 454

Emily Watson Violin Tchaikovsky: First movement from

Violin Concerto in D major Op35

Paul Cheung Accompanist

18 June 2019 2 String Quartets

20 August 2019 Alumni students Violin and Piano

Catherine Jang Violin Mendelssohn: String Quartet in A minor Op 13

Claudia Norton

Foley

Violin

Benjamin Tao Viola

Angela Shin ‘Cello

Natalie Mavridis Violin Borodin: Notturno - Finale from Quartet in D major

Megan Yang Violin

Michaela Hah Viola

Reena Oh ‘Cello

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Ye Jin Min – Violin, Doctoral candidate at Yale University USA

Alexander Yau – Piano, Masters Candidate at the Juilliard School of Music

USA, awarded May 2020

Fauré: Romance for Violin and Piano in B flat major Op 28

Franck: Sonata for Violin and Piano in A major

15 October 2019 4 violin soloists and pianist

17 March 2020 4 violin soloists and pianist arc

h

Nicole Kim

Natalie Mav-

ridis

David Carreon

Jia Gu

Violin Ysaÿe: Solo Sonata No 2

Violin Mozart: Allegro from Violin Concerto in D Major K 218

Violin Beethoven: Larghetto from Violin Concerto in D major

Op 61

Violin Vieuxtemps: Second and third movements from Violin

Concerto in A minor

Ying Ho Accompanist

David

Carreon

Violin Beethoven: Final movement from Violin Concerto in D

Major Op 61

Jessica Ma Violin Wieniawski: First and second movements from Violin

Concerto Op 22

Benjamin

Tao

Jia Gu

Paula Lu

Viola Stamitz: First movement from Viola Concerto in D major

Op1

Violin Wieniawski: Caprice Op 18 No 2 in E flat major

Accompanist

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11 May 2021 Fourth Year Students 3 violin and I viola soloists and pianist

Benjamin Tao Viola J S Bach: Allemande from Suite No 6

for solo Viola

Claudia Norton-Foley Violin Mendelssohn: 1st movement from

Violin Concert in E minor Op 64

Marta Davis Violin Prokofiev: Andantino from Violin

Concerto No 1 in D major OP 19

Jia Gu Violin Tchaikovsky: Andante form Violin

Concerto in D major Op 35

Catherine Jang Violin Mendelssohn: 3rd movement from

Violin Concert in E minor Op 64

Paul Cheung Accompanist

The COVID-19 check-in card - Available from the RMS

The COVID-19 check-in card provides a quicker, alternative electronic

check-in method for customers without a smartphone.

The COVID-19 check-in card is a hard copy card with a unique QR code that

contains a customer’s registered contact details.

Customers can present their card for scanning at participating businesses to

electronically check

Customers who register for a COVID-19 check-in card can present their card

and have it scanned by a business as an alternative electronic check-in

method.

When a business scans the QR code on the card, the customer’s registered

contact details automatically populate in the unique Service NSW business

online webform.

The customer’s check-in information is directly available for NSW Health’s

contact tracing team in the event of a positive COVID-19 case.

AT THIS STAGE ST PAUL’S IS NOT ABLE TO SCAN THIS CARD BUT WE HOPE

TO BE ABLE TO DO THIS SOON

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Christian leaders urge Morrison to take more Afghan

refugees - By Michael Koziol and James Massola Christian leaders have called on Prime Minister Scott Morrison to accept

more refugees from Taliban-controlled Afghanistan and offer permanent

protection to the Afghan asylum seekers already in Australia.

Sydney’s Anglican Archbishop Kanishka Raffel said Australia should re-

spond as generously to the unfolding crisis in Afghanistan as it did to the

Tiananmen Square massacre and Syrian civil war.

“Opening up your heart and your home and responding to the transpar-

ent needs of people - it is Christian, but it is a feature of human compas-

sion,” he said.

“We went to Afghanistan to secure the freedom of Afghan people, and

now we need to bring as many as we can, as generously as we can, so

that they can share our freedom.”

Archbishop Raffel said such generosity would reduce the need for peo-

ple to make dangerous boat journeys exploited by people smugglers,

“but refugee status in the end is not assessed by mode of transport”.

In a letter to Prime Minister Scott Morrison on Thursday, Catholic

Archbishop of Brisbane Mark Coleridge, president of the Australian

Catholic Bishops Conference, called for Australia to take at least 20,000

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We pray that all fathers will be nurtured and sustained by the indwell-

ing of God's Holy Spirit and that, sensing God's love for them, they

might nurture and care for their families and for all those with whom

they share Father’s Day.

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refugees from Afghanistan, the same number as Canada.

Mr Morrison has so far committed to allocating 3000 places within Aus-

tralia’s existing refugee program for people fleeing Afghanistan in the

next 10 months, but said that was “a floor, not a ceiling”. Archbishop Co-

leridge said it was “a substantial commitment, but more is needed”.

On Saturday, the government confirmed more than 80 people were evacu-

ated from Kabul in a third Australian Defence Force rescue mission, tak-

ing the total number of evacuees to more than 240 people. The flight in-

cluded Australian citizens, permanent residents, visa holders, locally en-

gaged employees including interpreters and New Zealand citizens.

Employment Minister Stuart Robert, who served in the ADF for 12 years,

said the situation in Kabul was difficult, uncertain and dangerous but

“we’ll continue to work on getting the remainder out”.

Liberal MP John Alexander has called for a special intake of an extra

12,000 Afghan refugees above the annual refugee quota, but Mr Robert

would not be drawn on that proposal.

Last week Mr Morrison also confirmed Afghans who came here by boat

and were in the Australian community on temporary protection visas

would not be asked to return to Afghanistan but would not be offered per-

manent residency.

“That will not change, I want to be very clear about that,” he said. “I want

to send a very clear message to people smugglers in the region that noth-

ing’s changed. I will not give you a product to sell and take advantage of

people’s misery. My government won’t do it.”

Bishop Vincent Long, who chairs the Catholic Bishops Commission for So-

cial Justice, Mission and Service, said Australia should not only give those

Afghan asylum seekers permanent protection but support family reunion

applications so that their loved ones - who were in “grave danger” - could

come to Australia.

“We need to support Afghans, and we need to live up to our international

obligations, and also live up to our status as a prosperous society, one

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with a courageous past that welcomed previous waves of refugees,”

Bishop Long said.

“The pandemic has incidentally made us realise that we are only as

strong as our weakest link. Our solidarity with, and support for, the

suffering Afghan people are essential for a long-term peace and

flourishing of the whole human family.”

Archbishop Raffel agreed those asylum seekers should urgently be

given permanent residency. “I’m very supportive of the idea that they

should be allowed to stay here [and] we should bring some certainty to

that,” he said.

A spokesperson for Australian Christian Churches, a network of

Pentecostal churches, said: “The ACC believes we should do everything

we can in Australia to help assist those fleeing for their lives in

Afghanistan.”

$200,000 for St Matthews – Windsor’s oldest church gets

refresh thanks to generous donation Just under a hundred years ago, a young girl and her family went to live

in Windsor’s grand St Matthews Church Rectory.

They had fallen on hard times and in a moment of church grace, the Rev-

erend Jenkyn recognised this, allowed the family to move in, and settled

himself for some years at the Hawkesbury Hotel.

There’s no word on how the Reverend found living in the drinking estab-

lishment during a period when Windsor was considered unruly and

very much a frontier town, but the Campbell family moved in to the Rec-

tory and stayed there until 1936, so it can’t have been too bad for the

man of God.

That moment – quite a long moment really – of Church Grace made its

mark on that young girl, leading to Lorna Campbell’s lifelong devotion

to St Matthews.

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When she grew up, Lorna was the church’s choir mistress for many years

and even when she handed that baton over she could often be found ar-

ranging fresh flowers in the church.

And when it came time to depart this world aged just over 100, Lorna

well and truly paid that debt she felt to St Matthews with a bequest of

$150,000, a gift which is allowing a $200,000 renovation of some of the

church’s most striking features.

“Lorna Campbell was a leading light in the restoration of the church pre-

cinct stables in about 2000,” current Rector Chris Jones told the Post,

“and without her generous gift we just wouldn’t have been able to do the

work we need now. We would have been in fundraising mode and it

would have taken some focus off our ministry work, so it’s gratefully

received.”

The church was able to get a $95,000 government grant which was con-

tingent on the church matching it, so Lorna’s bequest worked perfectly.

All up they will have $220,000 to spend on the much-needed work.

We’re very grateful to a number of people who have helped along the

way with the grant process,” said Rev Jones, who thanked Macquarie MP

Susan Templeman, State MP Robyn Preston, members of Hawkesbury

Council’s Heritage committee, and Deputy Mayor Mary Lyons-Buckett

who wrote a letter of support, praising Rev Jones’s commitment and ded-

ication to St Matthews.

Some $20,000 of the funding will go on tree work and guttering, two of

the church’s tower windows will cost $40,000 each to repair and while

that is going on, some $20,000 worth of scaffolding will need to be erect-

ed.

The money will also go towards a new front fence for the 1825 Rectory –

making it similar to the period-sympathetic one that used to be there -

and that will cost $17,000 for the hardwood alone and even that is below

the $50,000 that would have been the cost of an exact rebuild which Rec-

tor Jones calls, “the Rolls-Royce option.”

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“The work includes:

• Restoration of the two remaining original windows in the St Matthews

Bell Tower, for safety and weatherproofing of the building. This fol-

lows earlier attempted measures that have now failed.

• Rectory front fence – after fully painting the exterior of the Rectory in

2018 a new fence will be built which will enhances and support the

iconic nature of the Rectory frontage and its importance to the

Hawkesbury.

• Repair of the stonewall in Greenway Crescent with the addition of a

palisade fence.

• Replacement of guttering and drainage at the stables.

• Tree trimming to protect the fabric of the precinct and to enhance

visibility of the assets.

• Replacement hardwood fencing to aid in the security of the site.

“Our heritage architect would like to redo the Rectory fence to some-

thing akin to photos going back 120 years,” says Rev Jones. “but that’s a

hard sell because it would be expensive, but we also understand the de-

sire to get it back to how it originally was, but we would like to do it as

economically as possible. So we got Richmond Mens Shed to price the

wood if we used good quality hardwood and they came in at $17,000 for

the wood alone, but that’s a better figure than the one originally quoted

and we can probably live with that.

“We have quite a small congregation but we have these really big build-

ings which we are responsible for and when I first came we reactivated

our National Trust appeal so we can receive donations which are quaran-

tined from the ministry, so there is separation. Some people will want to

give because of the church’s history but not have any interest in the min-

istry. If we can draw money like that it helps the congregation because

we don’t have to stump up the money to try and maintain the buildings.

“These types of restoration works are always expensive,” says Rector

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Jones, “but what we have here in Windsor is a unique piece of Georgian

architecture and along with the graveyard dating from the earliest days of

the colony, we have something very special.”

Indeed we have. The oldest government-built church in Australia dates

from its 1817 foundation stone by Australia’s most feted Governor and the

man literally responsible for putting Windsor on the map, Lachlan Mac-

quarie.

And from England in 1822 came gifts for the new church from King

George IV no less. A clock, a silver paten – a plate used for holding the

bread during the Communion and sometimes as a cover for the chalice –

a silver chalice, a bell for the tower which is still there, and a clock which

is also still in place, though currently turned off because it needs a bit of

a service to keep proper time.

In a uniquely Australian nod to colonial history, St Matthews - affection-

ately known as St Matts to locals - was designed by the great Francis

Greenway, who was transported to Australia as a convict in the First Fleet

following his fine artwork designing forged English banknotes. That

ability to look at the finer details and put them to paper saw Greenway

become the colony’s premier architect. Perhaps sometimes crime does

pay…

The original church was actually built by architect and builder Henry

Kitchen, the commission signed off by Macquarie in June 1817 with a re-

quired build time of 18 months. Unfortunately before the building was

finished it was considered poor quality and was taken back down to the

foundations before eventually being unveiled in its current form.

Enter Mr Greenway who modified the original design and oversaw the St

Matts we see today, built by ex-military captain William Cox and his team

of mostly convict builders who constructed several other fine buildings

in Windsor.

Interestingly, Sydney’s Hyde Park Barracks – one of Greenway’s keynote

achievements - was also convict-built around the same time.

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Another interesting fact is, bricks which were considered not quite up to

the expected grade for the church were taken up the road to make the

walls for the Macquarie Arms public house and hotel.

Inside it’s a simple enough church with seating for 250, though these

days the congregation is smaller than it would have been a century ago,

only swelling substantially when it comes to major Christian events like

Easter and Christmas, or for weddings and some funerals.

But it is also – importantly – and always has been, a centre, a sanctuary,

for the community in times of despair or emergency.

In the most recent floods back in March, St Matts was a haven for several

locals who had been forced from their homes by rising waters, and it was

also a centre for relief staff and community organisations who came to

help. As usual its doors were opened and everyone was welcome.

From the Rectory - which we got a tour of thanks to Reverend Chris - one

of the large upstairs landing windows frames a beautiful view towards the

river which hasn’t changed much since the early Colonial days.

“During the latest floods it was just like a sea out there all the way to

Freemans Reach, “ said Reverend Jones, and it’s a view which has bare-

ly changed over the last 200 years.

Paul Caleo, who took the pictures for this piece, and who’s a mine of in-

formation about Windsor’s history, told us in those early Colonial days

the local Aboriginals warned the newcomers from across the seas how

dangerous the river could be.

“They told settlers at Pitt Town it wasn’t a good place to set up but they

ignored them, ignored that local knowledge, and of course come the

floods they lost everything, some of them even their lives.”

The church is surrounded by one of the earliest Colonial-era graveyards

where many of the area’s European pioneers found their last resting

place, as did local Aboriginal people too.

Andrew Thompson – after whom Thompson Square is named – came to

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Australia as a convict but rose to

become the local magistrate – it

could only happen in Australia

where convicts were given tickets

of leave after contributing to the

growing colony.

Thompson was the first burial in

the new graveyard in 1810 and his

monument was placed on the grave

by Governor Macquarie himself in

1813 – they were firm friends.

There are also graves for the Kable

family. Henry, Susannah and baby

Henry came over on the ship

Friendship and the couple were

among those first married in the

new colony on February 10 1788 by

the Reverend Richard Johnson.

Henry Kable was a successful mer-

chant in the colony and the family

graves lie alongside other well-

known ex-convicts who became

pillars of the community. In all,

there are more than 25 graves to

First Fleeters at St Matthews.

The graves have also been visited

by current Prime Minister Scott

Morrison whose staff called one

summer day in 2019 asking if the

PM could visit.

The Rector was in shorts and t-shirt

ready for a trip to the beach with

his family but it didn’t seem to

phase the PM, said Rector Jones.

“He spent quite a bit of private

time there with his family. He came

with his wife and two daughters

and laid some flowers and he had-

n’t seen the grave before of William

and Keisha Roberts. I think he said

she was a fifth great grandmother.

“He’d done his Australia Day

speech in Canberra in the morning

and made mention of them so I

think he was flying to Richmond for

an event at Governor Phillip Park

and so he was passing through, so I

got a photo of me there with my

shorts and shirt out alongside the

Prime Minister.”

That’s the thing about St Matts -

grand though it may appear, this

iconic church is for everyone, who-

ever they may be, past, present and

future.

A really big thank-you to Windsor's

Paul Caleo for not only taking all of

the most excellent pictures but

alongside Rev Jones being such a

fount of knowledge about the

church, the graveyard and Wind-

sor's history.

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The 55th session of the General Assembly of the United Nations designated 21 September as

International Day of Peace To celebrate this day you are invited

to join an online Interfaith Prayer

Service On Tuesday 21 September

2021 at 2pm on Zoom

https://uca-nswact.zoom.us/

j/96010303812

Occasional address: Rev. Simon

Hansford, the Moderator of the Unit-

ing Church in Australia NSW & ACT

Synod.

Prayer on behalf the Uniting Church

in Australia: Rev Sharon Hollis, the

President of the National Assembly

of the Uniting Church in Australia.

Religious leaders from Aboriginal,

Bahai, Brahmakumaris, Buddhist,

Christian, Hindu, Islamic, Jain, Jewish,

Mandaean, Sikh, Sufi and Zoroastrian

communities will offer prayers for

peace. There will be opportunity to

light a candle for Peace during the

service. So please keep a candle and

matchbox ready.

For further information contact Rev.

Dr. Manas Ghosh on 0429 892 548 or

email: revmanasghosh@gmail.com

St Paul’s Coat of Arm

Shield — The Shield of Faith which St Paul exhorts us to carry (Ephesians 6:16)

Pallium — The shield is in three sections using the heraldic charge of a Pall or

Pallium, a symbol traditionally associated with an ecclesiastical vest-

ment.

The three sections represent the Holy Trinity.

“Faith, Hope, Love” — These are the three Theological Virtues taken from St Paul’s

Letter to the Corinthians (1 Corinthians 13:13):

“And now faith, hope and love abide, these three; and the greatest of these is love.”

Dove — Symbolising the Holy Spirit and Peace

Cross — The symbol of our Faith

Book and Sword — The symbols of St Paul

Colour Red — Liturgical colour for Martyrs (Paul); The Holy Spirit (Fire); and the

Blood of Christ

Colour Blue — Representing the Water of Life (Baptism) and the liturgical colour for

Mary Mother of our Lord

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Proverbs 22.1-2, 22.8-9, 22.22-23;

Psalm 125;

either James 2.1-10, 14-17 or James 2.1-

17; Mark 7.24-37

James warns us all today that we need to have

a faith that is living and active – with the out-

ward sign of doing good for others. It’s com-

pletely useless to have enough faith to move a mountain without backing

it up with practical help for others. That practical help is love made visi-

ble and points towards the one who is Love made visible, Jesus Christ

our Lord.

Pray that your faith will not be sluggish or dead, but alive, active, and

transformative.

Give thanks for the work and witness of the Anglican Alliance for Devel-

opment, Relief and Advocacy.

Text: Robert McLean ABM’s Partnerships Coordinator© Anglican Board

of Mission, 2021

PROPOSED COMMUNITY CHOIR DATES 2021

Choir resumes: as soon as the pandemic allows

School Holidays: 18th September - 4th October (Choir Break)

Choir resumes: 6th October

Final Community Family Advent Concert: Friday 3rd December

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Father God, whose love for us knows no bounds, hear the prayers of your

children for the world and the church.

We pray that the church will have the courage to translate faith into

action and to be a voice of compassion and wisdom in the unfolding

humanitarian disaster resulting from the situation in Afghanistan. Guide

all the faithful to answer the abundant needs in the world today. We

continue to pray for our parish as it responds to needs in our own

community and we give thanks for the volunteers who continue to work

in our parish pantry.

Merciful father: hear our prayer.

We give thanks for the waters of the earth, the sea and its abundant life,

the rivers, lakes and streams that bring refreshment and sustain the land.

Make us careful stewards of this rich resource.

Merciful father: hear our prayer.

We pray for the peace of the world and the safety of its people. We

particularly bring before you the situation in the Middle East and

Afghanistan. We pray for wise decision making by all concerned parties.

We pray also for those displaced by current events and pray that the

leaders of all nations will work together to alleviate the pain and

suffering.

Merciful father: hear our prayer.

On this Fathers’ day, we pray for all fathers, grandfathers and foster

fathers. Support and guide them as they undertake the nurture and care

of their children and grandchildren. We pray for fathers separated from

their children. Particularly at this time, we pray for fathers who are

unable to protect their children in war zones and as they flee the conflict

and for those whose children have been lost. In our own community, we

pray for fathers who are unemployed or under employed as they seek to

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provide for their children, and for all agencies that seek to assist them.

Merciful father: hear our prayer.

We pray for all who are lonely or unloved, for those who mourn and

those who comfort them. We pray for all those in need, especially for

Joyce Bannister; Anthony Browne; Fabian Browne; John Burns; June

Cameron; Grace Mao-Jing; Enid Kell, Carol Kroger, Fr. Shenouda

Mansour, Lola Marr; David Morgan; Graham Norman; Alister & Sally

Palmer; Marcus; Michelle Phillips; Sylvia; Diane Smith; Margaret

Stephenson; Daphne Storey; Jean Storey; Susie; Geoff Voller and Bob

Woods. We pray for their carers, medical staff and families.

Merciful father: hear our prayer.

We pray for those whom we have loved and lost but for a while. We give

thanks for the lives of Jacqui Nolan, Maree Dunne and John Browne. Rest

eternal grant unto them O Lord and let light perpetual shine upon them.

We pray too for Irene Young, Laurence Bell, Evan Greenwood, Hilda

Kelly, Linda Lane, Bruce Durham, Joyce Mack, Ilma Sheather, Karl

Middleton, Alan Richardson and others who have their year’s mind at

this time. Grant that we with them and all the saints may be brought to a

joyful resurrection and the fulfilment of your kingdom.

Almighty God, you have promised to hear our prayers. Grant that what

we have asked in faith we may by your grace receive, through Jesus

Christ our Lord. Amen

The Week Ahead...

Commemorations noted by the lectionary this week –

Wednesday 8th September – Birth of Mary, Mother of the Lord

Sunday 11th September - Mother Esther CHN, founder of the Community of the

Holy Name, Melbourne (d.1931)

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Phone 9747 4327

Post PO Box 530, Burwood, NSW 1805

Website www.stpaulsburwood.org.au

Rector Fr James Collins OAM

rector@stpaulsburwood.org.au

Senior Assistant Priest Fr Michael Deasey OAM

Honorary Priest Fr Jim Pettigrew

Lay Minister Ms Rosemary King

Director of Music Mr David Russell

Parish Organist Michael Deasey FRSCM

Organ Scholar Bailey Yeates

Captain of the Bell Tower Mrs Pam Brock

Sacristan Mr Brian Luhr OAM OGS

Rector’s Warden Dr Jane Carrick – 0418 399 664

People’s Wardens Mrs Elizabeth Griffiths – 8033 3113

Mrs Pam Brock – 9747 3619

Office Secretary Mrs Caroline Badra (9.30am –2.30pm Tues- Frid)

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