W ELCOME TO ST PAUL’S. We are

glad that you have come to

worship God with us today. If

you are a visitor from another parish, or

worshipping with us for the first time,

please introduce yourself to our parish

priest, Fr James Collins, or to anyone

wearing a name badge, over a cup of tea or

coffee in the parish hall after the service.

You’ll find it behind the church.

Sung Eucharist – 8.00am

Palm Procession & Parish Eucharist – 9.30am

(with reading of the passion Gospel)

LENTEN STUDY – Reflections on the Gospel 3

Readings – Session Seven

Leadership Lessons From A Humble Pope 5

RIP Malcolm Fraser 8

Happy Birthday David Hull! 11

Bus Trip 12

Hand in Hand with Jesus 14

Duties of Church Wardens & Parish 19

Counsellors

Name badges help make St Paul’s an

inclusive community. If you need a new

name badge, fill in the form on the

inside back cover, send it to the parish

office, and one will be made and left in

church for you.

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.

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.

People needing wheelchair access can

enter St Paul’s most conveniently by the

door at the base of the belltower.

Please turn your mobile phone off or on

to silent before the service starts. It’ll

save you much embarrassment later on.

Kids 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.

Good Friday and Easter Day take us to the climax of Jesus’ story. When

the last Sunday of Lent is celebrated not as Palm Sunday, but Passion

Sunday, the lectionary turns to Mark’s account. On Good Friday we

have John’s account. On Easter Day we may choose either Mark’s or

John’s version. Despite a level of diversity between the two authors

there is a common thread and both are creative reflections on historical

reality.

That reality is best understood as an exercise of raw pragmatic power.

Like many totalitarian regimes the Romans brutally suppressed dissent,

especially when they sensed that a movement planned or proclaimed

an end to their reign. Niceties of careful analysis of such movements

was too much to ask; so summary assessments sufficed. Crucifixions

were common to deter dissent. Jesus was accused of wanting to be a

Jewish king, an aspiration espoused by others in the period, and it was

deemed sufficient to remove him as leader for the movement to die out.

How could you claim that God’s kingdom/empire was at hand to re-

place Rome’s and not be picked up Rome’s radar? Life was cheap. Law

and order, keeping the peace, was something Rome was proud of.

Some key temple authorities apparently went along with it, perhaps

as John earlier reports, in the belief that singling out dissenters was a

way of warding off full scale suppression, such as would occur four dec-

ades later when they destroyed the temple (11:48-50).

What was supposed to snuff the movement out instead set in motion a

positive explosion of profound reflections – from seeing Jesus as just

like the innocent sufferers of the psalms or the persecuted prophets, to

being like a temple sacrifice himself to set people right with God for all

time. What triggered such creativity was the reported experiences of

Peter and others, including women (1 Cor 15:3-5;Mark 16:l; Luke 24:34;

John 20:11-18), that they knew Jesus was alive, most dramatically set in

narrative by the various stories which tell of an empty tomb. So Jesus

was not “a flop”, but rather embodied God’s truth, indeed, as faith

would affirm, met us as God in human flesh.

Reflect … on the callousness which almost incidentally “tidied away”

Jesus as an irritant. Talk about other such acts by totalitarian regimes.

Share experiences or knowledge you have of people who have been

silenced by authorities.

What is it about Jesus’ execution that makes us put a cross at the centre

of our worship? Why is it not a symbol of hopelessness and defeat? Is it

now too hard because it is now just part of our décor?

Does Easter mean we consign Jesus’ earthly ministry to history or does

it mean we take it as our pattern for today? Does Easter mean his life

was an exception in the life of God or a revelation of the way God is?

How can God still be a suffering God?

Can you find a symbol or symbols which represent key elements of the

story – brokenness and renewal – from your garden, from history, or

contemporary experience – to share with a wider group.

Daylight savings ends next Saturday night/Sunday

morning (that is, the morning of Easter Day).

Do not forget to put the clocks back one hour!

Enjoy an extra hour in bed!

Since his election 18 months ago,

Pope Francis has won widespread

acclaim from inside the Catholic

Church and beyond. Indeed, at a

time when the world’s leaders have

generally been found wanting he

has shown what an effective leader

can do. He has reinvigorated an

organization under attack on a

variety of fronts and in so doing in-

spired many others, including those

with no links with the church at all.

Moreover, he has done it while

abandoning much of the pomp and

ceremony associated with his

predecessors and indeed many

other leaders.

It says a lot about his appeal that a

book recently published by the

American Management Associa-

tion, Lead With Humility: 12 Leader-

ship Lessons from Pope Francis, is

written, not by a devout Catholic

but by a Jewish writer who is best

known for his books about the man-

agement style of long-time General

Electric boss Jack Welch. But then

the author, Jeffrey A. Krames, points

out in his prologue that – as the son

of Holocaust survivors – he sees

Pope Francis as “the twenty-first

century’s answer to the twentieth

century’s most malevolent mass

murderer”. Krames is also alive to

the irony of the chronicler of the

successes of one of the most

handsomely rewarded business

executives ever now turning his

hand to the pronouncements of a

man who is especially focused on

reducing the imbalance in wealth

between the richest and the

poorest. But he insists that Welch

and Pope Francis would agree on

the principle that one of the

hallmarks of any leader is how he

or she leads by example.

Here, then are those lessons.

Lead with Humility. Pope Francis

believes that humility is a

particularly powerful leadership

quality. Business leaders can

emulate him through such means as

abandoning their corner office for a

cubicle alongside other employees

and ending excessive spending on

lavish lunches and other corporate

perks.

Smell Like Your Flock. This is a

much-quoted Pope Francis

directive that means immersing

yourself in whatever group you are

leading. The Pope was known as

“The Bishop of the Slums” for the

time he spent in Buenos Aires’

poorest districts and business

leaders can apply the principle

through such practices as

Managing By Walking Around and

spending time really getting to

know employees.

Who Am I To Judge? Just as Pope

Francis says he does not see it as

his role to judge those different

from others, so business leaders

should – instead of judging their

employees – listen to them, assess

them and focus on their strengths.

Don’t Change – Reinvent. Pope

Francis has sought to move the

Catholic Church away from its

fixation with dated ideology.

Business leaders need to do the

same by keeping their

organizations relevant, maintaining

the greater good by getting rid of

people who do not espouse the

values of the business and

focusing on reducing bureaucracy.

Make Inclusion a Top Priority.

The Pope has stressed the

importance of open dialogue and

communication, and in industry

leaders can take a similar line by

including employees in decision

making.

Avoid Insularity. Pope Francis has

always made it clear that he does

not think he can achieve every-

thing on his own. In fact, he took

the unprecedented step after he

was elected of asking the crowds

gathered to greet him to pray for

him. Among the ways that business

leaders can avoid insularity are by

looking outside the organization to

see if things can be done

differently and seeking advice

from outsiders as well as ensuring

that people in different

departments understand what

their colleagues elsewhere

contribute.

Choose Pragmatism over

Ideology. This is perhaps the

oddest lesson to be gleaned from a

church leader. But looking at

things and deciding on what to do

on their individual merits is at the

heart of the Pope’s approach. For

business people, this means

embracing the real world rather

than lamenting one that has passed

and being prepared to try new

ideas and approaches.

Employ the Optics of

Decision Making. For all his

professed humility and

championing of the underdog,

Pope Francis has become an

accomplished practitioner of

organizational politics. He knows

that how leaders decide is as

important as what they decide.

Many effective business leaders

know this too. The decision-making

process can be improved through

such means as always making a

priority of people decisions, not

rushing key decisions and taking

care to make decisions that

advance the leader’s strategy.

Run Your Organization Like a

Field Hospital. Pope Francis sees

a key role for the Catholic Church

in “healing the wounds and

warming the hearts” of the faithful.

This is an encapsulation of his

belief that the church should be

involved in the nitty-gritty of

people’s lives. And business

leaders can follow the approach

through ensuring employees spend

time on the front line – with

customers, potential customers and

suppliers; encouraging managers

to be available for those for whom

they are responsible; and

decentralizing decision making.

Live on the Frontier. Pope Francis

urges not just his clergy but all

people to widen their experiences

by spending “time walking on the

periphery” so that they understand

the reality of other people’s lives

and so avoid the risk of being

“abstract ideologists or

fundamentalists”. Business leaders

need to do the same – and also

encourage their employees to

follow suit.

Confront Adversity Head-

on. Pope Francis went through

many struggles on his way to the

top of his church. Business people,

too, can learn to turn adversity into

an advantage. Doing this requires

confronting adversity head-on

rather than pretending it is not

there.

Pay Attention to Non-

customers. From the start of his

period of office, Pope Francis

demonstrated a willingness to

reach out beyond church goers. As

Krames writes, “He wants to bring

people closer to God regardless of

religion, race and sexual prefer-

ence.” Business leaders should

have a similar goal. Without

forgetting existing customers, they

must reach out to outsiders – what

the management thinker Peter

Drucker called noncustomers – in

order to be successful. Pope

Francis has sought to do this by

embracing social media. Business

leaders could do worse than follow

suit.

Malcolm Fraser was Australia's 22nd

Prime Minister, leading the nation from

November 1975 to March 1983.

He was an Oxford graduate and a grazi-

er when he won the Victorian seat of

Wannon for the Liberal Party in Decem-

ber 1955. Entering politics aged just 25,

he was the youngest member of the

22nd parliament. His first ten years were

spent as a backbencher in the Menzies

Government but when Harold Holt be-

came prime minister in 1966, Mr Fraser

was appointed as Minister for the Army.

He also served as a minister in the gov-

ernments of John Gorton and William McMahon.

When the Labor Party won office in December 1972 under the leader-

ship of Gough Whitlam, Mr Fraser sat on the Opposition benches for the

first time. Looking to reassert Liberal principles and provide the Liberal

Party with a new sense of purpose and direction, he stood for leader in a

ballot in March 1975, defeating Billy Snedden to become Leader of the

Opposition.

Mr Fraser was appointed as caretaker Prime Minister on 11 November

1975, after Governor-General Sir John Kerr dismissed the Whitlam Gov-

ernment. The Fraser Coalition government won office a month later with

the largest landslide of any federal election.

The Liberal and National Country Party Coalition remained in office,

winning strong majorities in both the 1975 and 1977 elections and a third

term in 1980, until defeated by Labor under Bob Hawke in 1983.

Prime Minister Fraser was influen-

tial in changing Australian rela-

tions abroad, both within the Com-

monwealth and with the countries

of East and Southeast Asia. He was

an adamant opponent of apartheid

and a strong supporter of reform in

South Africa. He also played a

prominent part in the Common-

wealth's efforts to establish an

independent Zimbabwe. His

government supported strong

defence spending and reinforced

Australia's diplomatic and trade

relations with the countries in our

region, viewing defence and

foreign policy as key means of

forestalling the advance of

Communism.

Though economic rationalism was

debated during his term of office,

the Fraser government pursued

more traditional approaches to

financial management and fiscal

policy.

In the years of the Fraser

Government a significant piece of

legislation for Indigenous people,

the Aboriginal Land Rights Act

(NT) 1976, was passed. The posi-

tion of Commonwealth Ombuds-

man was established in 1977 and

Australia's first Freedom of

Information law was enacted in

1981. The same year, the

government passed the Human

Rights Commission Act and

established the Human Rights

Commission.

The Fraser government revitalized

Australia's immigration program,

bringing migrants from Asian

countries, including nearly 56,000

Vietnamese refugees. Over 2000

'boat people' were granted entry.

The immigration program focused

on resettlement and

'multiculturalism' with the Institute

of Multicultural Affairs being set

up in 1978.

Mr Fraser resigned from parlia-

ment on 31 March 1983 and, within

two years, had become a key

figure in Australia's international

and diplomatic relations.

Notably, he was Co-Chairman of

the Commonwealth Committee of

Eminent Persons against Apartheid

which was formed to encourage a

process of dialogue and reform in

South Africa in 1985-86 and in 1989

he was appointed Chairman of the

United Nations Committee on

African Commodity Problems

which reported to Secretary-

General de Cuellar in June 1990.

In 1987 Mr Fraser formed CARE Australia as part of the international

CARE network of humanitarian aid organisations. He was chairman from

1987 until 2002. He was also president of CARE International from 1990

to 1995, and its vice president for the next four years.

In 1996, he was appointed by the Howard government as Special

Envoy to lobby in support of Australia's candidacy for a permanent seat

on the United Nations Security Council. He visited Zimbabwe and

Ghana and attended the Heads of Government Meeting of the Organisa-

tion of African Unity (OAU) in Cameroon.

Mr Fraser led a Commonwealth election observer mission to

Pakistan in 1997, to observe the national elections which followed the

dismissal of Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto's government.

In 1999 he was appointed as the government's special envoy to

Yugoslavia to seek the release from a Yugoslav prison of two CARE

Australia workers, eventually securing their release later that year. Mr

Fraser then worked with Nelson Mandela, Kofi Annan, and Finnish

President Martti Ahtisaari to free a third CARE worker still in prison.

In recognition of the legislative record of his government in

Indigenous land rights, as well as his personal commitment for all of his

public and private life to anti-racism, Aboriginal reconciliation and

minority rights, Mr Fraser was awarded Australia's Human Rights Medal

in 2000 for his contribution to the advancement of human rights in

Australia and internationally. Mr Fraser has been a Member of the

InterAction Council for Former Heads of Government since its

inauguration in 1983 and is currently its Chairman.

In 2002 Mr Fraser published his book Common Ground - Issues that

should bind and not divide us.

Mr Fraser died on the 20th March 2015.

Our warmest best wishes to David Hull who is celebrating his 90th

birthday at this time. Many happy returns and every blessing for you!

Tickets are now available $2 each or 3 for $5.

The prizes for the Mother's Day raffle are as follows:

Sunbeam multi blender; Hand quilted table centre piece; Ambrosia

bone china High Tea teapot with tea cup & saucer; Basket of toiletries;

Recycled aluminium Greek dish

It is the practice of the Church to observe the solemnity of the Day

which is a time of fasting and abstinence.

May our Lord Jesus Christ, Who for us was scourged and bore the heavy

burden of the Cross and was crucified, bless us and keep us now and

evermore. Amen.

Our last playgroup for this term will be on Monday March 20.

Playgroup will start again on Monday April 20. Thank you for coming

along this term.

We would also like to say a big thank you to the St John Of God Hospital

at Burwood, which has given us a donation of $300 towards our

equipment. – Angela and Jude

Last Children’s Church for this term is today, Sunday 29 March. It will

start again on Sunday 26th of April. Happy Easter to all!

It certainly was a “Tour with a Difference” when 36 parishioners and

friends visited very different places of worship on our latest bus trip.

We were warmly greeted at the Lakemba Mosque and given a tour and a

very interesting talk on the history and culture of the Muslim community.

This was followed by a lovely morning tea supplied by the Mosque.

Our next stop was St Anthony and St Paul Coptic Christian Church at

Guildford. Once again, we were given a warm welcome to this unusual

and ornate Church and found its origins and history fascinating. We were

extremely spoilt with a splendid lunch provided by the Church ladies.

St Paul’s Catholic Church, Guildford was our next call and it is the home

to more than 4000 Catholics in the area.

On to Linnwood Hall which could only be viewed from the outside. Built

by George MCredie in 1891 it has had a varied past having been used as

a Truant School for boys and later a residential home to female State

Wards. It is now owned by the Heritage Office and managed in

partnership with Holroyd City Council.

Our last call was to St Mary’s Anglican Church, Guildford which has

undergone many changes and is now a very modern Church with a very

enthusiastic Rector. Its history was told to us by a parishioner who had

done the research for their centenary celebrations in 2014.

We had a great day all thanks to the research, organisation and hard work

done, as always, by Pam Brock. Thank you Pam!

– By Doreen Harland

Decorating the church ready for our Easter celebrations is always a joy. If

you would like to come along to help, we will start at 9am on Saturday in

the vestry. All flowers are provided but if you have spare greenery in the

garden feel free to bring it. Enjoying the company of others always

makes this an enjoyable task. We hope you might like to come along and

join us.

Please return the ABM Lenten Envelopes by Easter Day.

Over the coming weeks the grounds will be having a make-over. This

isn't the full grounds re-development, which is still in the planning

process, but rather the make-over will be an opportunity to make the

grounds safer (particularly the driveway) and more attractive.

There will be some inconvenience through the course of the make-over

but the outcome will be wonderful.

It is very exciting that we can undertake this work and we thank God for

the kind benefactor who is funding it.

We give thanks to God for the beautiful new kneelers in the Church. We

thank God for both the gift and the givers especially for the family that

have just completed 15 new kneelers with more to come.

We hope that other Parishioners will take the time to make new

kneelers as our old ones are decrepit. But we need more people to

donate to the project if we are to reach our target of 250 by the end of the

year.

Please speak to Rosemary King if you are interested in making

kneelers so that we can replace all of the old kneelers.

Do you have a kneeler that you have started but you just feel

overwhelmed by, or you have no idea where you are going to find the

time to finish it? Don’t despair we have people who would love to

finish it off for you. Just bring it in and give it to Rosemary who will

reallocate it to a “finisher”.

Everyone will be acknowledged for their contribution.

Thank you to Judith Laurence for creating the magnificent Holy Week

and Easter activity pack Hand in Hand with Jesus.

It is a beautiful activity pack full of terrific ideas and activities and we

pray that it will be a blessing to our children and to their families

reminding us all that Easter isn't about bunnies.

Please take one of each of your children, grandchildren, nieces or

nephews.

On Wednesday, 11th March, 2015, Mark Fisher handed over the key to

the Chamber Organ to Fr James. This marked the completion of the

restoration and re-building of the Walcker organ. The fervent desire of

our dear friend, Peter, has been fulfilled. For many years, he and Mark

had discussed the extension of this organ, which resided in his home,

"Carlisle", at Glenorie. Mark has honoured Peter's wishes. He has toiled

many hours to achieve what is the testimony to Peter's love of the organ

and his love of Church music and all that it represents.

For Mark, it has been a task on an unprecedented scale. Relocating the

organ from Glenorie to Mark's workshop, thence the South Transept of

St Paul's has taken much organising. A new case was required for the

rear of the organ; this complements the existing façade and the pipes

echo those of the Davidson organ in more modest way. We congratulate

and thank Mark for his labour of love.

A most generous benefactor has made this possible. We honour this

gift and give thanks for it. We hope Peter would be happy with the

outcome! How fortunate we are to be able to share something so dear

to Peter.

A service of Blessing and Dedication of the Chapel of Our Lady and the

Walcker organ will be held on Trinity Sunday the 31st of May at 3pm

with refreshments in the main hall afterwards.

The second part of the acknowledgement of the organ’s restoration and

rebuilding will become part of the RSCM Evensong on Friday 21st Au-

gust and will be our choir’s celebration of Peter’s Chamber Organ. It

will be played during the service and I will choose music suitable for

choir and chamber organ.

Sheryl Southwood

Director of Music

On Sunday 22 March, $1759.35 was given to the collections at St Paul’s.

The following donation was also received:

Nungalinya – $30

Jerusalem (S. Matthew’s) – $100

Parish Pantry – $10.00

Thank you for responding to God’s generous

love.

ABM has launched an emergency appeal to help those affected by

Cyclone Pam, which struck Vanuatu over the weekend causing death,

widespread devastation and leaving thousands of people homeless.

One of the most powerful and fiercest in living memory, the Category 5

cyclone has caused major damage to infrastructure and levelled trees

and houses across the nation. Communication with Vanuatu has been

cut off due to the severe winds and rains. The United Nations has now

confirmed 24 deaths with the number expected to rise sharply as

communication is re-established with areas outside Port Villa, the

capital city.

ABM is anxiously waiting to hear news from our Vanuatu partner, the

Anglican Church of Melanesia, and also our Vanuatu Program Officer

who is stranded there.

We aim to raise $100,000 through this appeal to provide

emergency relief to the many displaced people who are in urgent

need of food, shelter and clean water.

For more details on the appeal, please visit our website.

Yours in mission,

Christopher Brooks

Communications & Fundraising Manager

The great gift of Easter is hope - Christian hope which makes us have that

confidence in God, in his ultimate triumph, and in his goodness and love,

which nothing can shake.

Bail Hume (1923-1999)

Clergyman

There will be a Confirmation on

the 24th of May, Pentecost Sun-

day. Our Regional Bishop, Bish-

op Robert Forsyth, will be

joining us for both Services on

that day.

At the 9.30 am Service, we

already have several adult and

adolescent candidates who will

be Confirmed. Please pray for our

candidates that God will:

Increase in them the spirit of

wisdom and understanding,

The spirit of discernment and

inner strength,

The spirit of knowledge and

true godliness,

And fill them with wonder

and awe at your presence,

Through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Amen.

If you would like to be

Confirmed or Received into the

Anglican Communion then please

speak with Fr. James, Rosemary,

or Michael.

I rise today

with the power of God to pilot me,

God's strength to sustain me,

God's wisdom to guide me,

God's eye to look ahead for me,

God's ear to hear me,

God's word to speak for me,

God's hand to protect me,

God's way before me,

God's shield to defend me,

God's host to deliver me,

from snares of devils,

from evil temptations,

from nature's failings,

from all who wish to harm me,

far or near,

alone and in a crowd.

How do the churchwardens make decisions?

Ideally, the decision-making process will include all three

churchwardens acting unanimously. If one churchwarden is unable to be

consulted, or does not agree with the others on a particular issue, a

decision may still be made by the remaining two churchwardens.

Can the churchwardens ask other people to help them?

Although the churchwardens are responsible for various functions, they

can arrange for other persons to perform some of these functions on

their behalf. In particular, if one of the churchwardens is not prepared to

act as treasurer, they may appoint another person to act as treasurer

with the approval of the minister.

The churchwardens’ ability to delegate the performance of some of

their responsibilities to others is important, particularly in larger

churches.

Parish Councillors

What is the composition of the parish council?

The parish council is usually made up of:

• the minister;

• the churchwardens of the principal or only church of the parish;

three, six or nine persons elected by the annual vestry meeting;

and

one person appointed by the minister for each three persons to be

elected by the annual vestry meeting.

For parishes with more than one church, the parish council usually also

includes one churchwarden from each branch church.

What if there is only one church in my parish and the annual ves-

try meeting decides not to have a parish council?

In this case, the responsibilities of the parish council are exercised by

the minister and churchwardens.

Who can become a parish councillor?

You can become a parish councillor if you are:

• a parishioner of a church in the parish; and

• at least 18 years of age; and

• a communicant member of the Anglican Church of Australia.

No later than 7 days after becoming a parish councillor you must make

this declaration:

“I declare that I am a communicant member of the Anglican Church of

Australia and am not a prohibited person within the meaning of the Child

Protection (Prohibited Employment) Act 1998.”

When do you cease to be a parish councillor?

You are a parish councillor until your successor is elected or appointed

at the next annual vestry meeting.

However you will cease to be a parish councillor before that time if

you:

• die; or

• resign; or

• become an insolvent under administration; or

• become mentally ill or otherwise incapable; or

become a prohibited person as defined by the Child Protection

(Prohibited Employment) Act 1998; or

fail to make the declaration above before or within seven days af-

ter becoming a parish councillor.

What are the responsibilities of the parish council?

The main responsibilities of the parish council are set out in the Church

Administration Ordinance 1990.

They include:

fixing the stipend of the minister and (with the minister’s consent)

the stipend or salary of any curate, catechist, deaconess or lay

worker of the parish;

determining how expenses of the parish are to be apportioned

among the churches of the parish;

• conferring with the minister in the initiation, conduct and

development of church work and making recommendations on

ministry within the parish;

• consulting on any measure or project that is likely to affect the

general interests of the parish;

• keeping minutes of the parish council’s meetings;

• directing the expenditure or investment policy of any of the

parish’s surplus funds;

• appointing a qualified person to fill any vacancy in the position of

auditor of the statements and accounts of the churchwardens;

• making donations for patriotic or charitable purposes or for the

purposes of a Christian mission society whether local or foreign,

Anglican or non-Anglican; and

• authorising payments and determining matters of policy in the

control of the funds and property of each church in the parish. It is

important to note that churchwardens exercise their

responsibilities in respect of funds and property subject to parish

council’s authority in these areas.

Much of the chocolate that finds its way into our shops and homes is

made with cocoa from Cote d’Ivoire plantations that use trafficked

children. They are kidnapped or their families are tricked, forced to

work in the cocoa plantations from an early age, for long hours, in dan-

gerous working conditions, without any possibility of attending school.

A global movement has begun to change this. The movement tackles

poverty and empowers producers who are doing the right thing. Farm-

ers operating with Fairtrade Certification, Rainforest Alliance or UTZ

Certified are engaging in good labour practices. Join the movement this

Easter. Choose certified Traffik-Free chocolate, support the farmers and

STOP THE TRAFFIK.

Our activists often have difficulty purchasing Traffik-Free chocolate. This

year we are asking Coles and Woolworths supermarkets to double their

product range for 2016 (they order shortly after Easter 2015) and we are

thanking those stores such as Aldi and Haigh’s for giving us an excellent

selection. To order cards to take to the supermarket managers please go

to www.stopthetraffik.com.au

Brand/Store Products Availability

Aldi Aldi’s entire Easter private label

range is UTZ Certified, their

range includes:

• Dairy Fine

• Choceur

• Moser Roth

• Specially Selected

For full list of products see:

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Aldi Stores www.aldi.com.au/en/

Brand/Store Products Availability

Cadbury

Green & Black

Fairtrade Certified: • Green & Black’s Dark Gift Box 180g • Green & Black’s Milk Gift Box 180g • Cadbury Dairy Milk Egg 65g

At selected stores

Chocolatier

Australia

Fairtrade Certified: 3 Milk Bunnies and Mini

Eggs 80 Fairtrade Cocoa Program: • Milk and Dark Chocolate

Eggs100g

David Jones, Oxfam, Coles and Woolworths www.chocolatier.com.au

Coles Fairtrade Certified: • Chocolatier Milk & Dark Chocolate Eggs 100g Fairtrade Cocoa Program: • Coles Milk Chocolate Bunny 100g UTZ Certified: • Belgian Egg with Salted Caramel Pralines 230g • Belgian Mini Eggs 3 Pack 70g

Coles Supermarkets www.coles.com.au NB: not all products may be available in all stores

Haigh’s 100% of Haigh’s made Easter range uses UTZ Certified cocoa.

Haigh’s stores: Adelaide, Melbourne, & Sydney Order online: haighschoclates.com.au 1300 HAIGHS (1300 424 447) orders@haighs.com.au

Heart of

Chocolate

Stocks a wide range of Fairtrade Easter Products by Divine. For a full product list and list of suppliers please go to: http://bit.ly/16UHOyT

Also available at some IGA’s, University Stores and Co-ops, Leo’s Fine Food and wine.

Brand/Store Products Availability

Woolworths Fairtrade Cocoa Program: • Chocolatier Milk or Dark Chocolate Eggs 100g UTZ Certified: • Woolworth Gold Giant Milk Chocolate Bunny 900g • Woolworths Gold Milk Chocolate Bunny 170g • Woolworths Gold Belgian Dark Chocolate with Almonds & Cranberries 195g • Woolworths Gold Belgian Dark Chocolate with Buderim Ginger 185g • Woolworths Gold Belgian Milk Chocolate with Salted Caramel 185g

Woolworths Supermarkets www.woolworths. com.au/wps/wcm/ connect/website/tools/ store+locator Not all products may be available in all stores.

Palm Sunday –

Isaiah 50.4-9a; Psalm 31.9-18;

Philippians 2.5-11;

Mark 14.1-15.27 or Mark 15.1-39 (40-47)

Christian humility is a strength not a weakness.

The paradoxical power of humility is revealed in Jesus’ humble birth,

his rejection of popularity, his washing of the disciples’ feet, his entry to

Jerusalem on a donkey, his behavior before his accusers and his death

on the cross.

• Pray that the Spirit will strengthen us to overcome our rebellious

pride and give God the honour and glory due to him.

• Pray for the Iglesia Filipina Independiente, the Philippine

Independent Church, giving thanks for the work they do to further

God’s mission in the world.

Text: Dorothy Thorpe, Diocese of Willochra © Anglican Board of

Thank you to everyone who has responded so

generously to our plea for help.

Please continue to support the pantry by

bringing in suitable foods, particularly com-

plete meals and boxes of cereal.

Thank you!

The Stations of the Cross Exhibition

will be held at the McGlade

Gallery, Strathfield, Australian Cath-

olic University (Gate 3, 25A Barker

Road, Strathfield) from Sunday 29

March 2015 until Saturday 18 April

2015.

Gallery Hours: Mon – Sat, 11am-

4pm.

Opening Palm Sunday : 29th March

2015 with a curator’s tour at 2pm.

Opening speaker: Associate Prof

Ross Steele AM, OLH

This year the Chrism Eucharist will

be held at St James’ Church, King

Street, Sydney on Tuesday 31

March at 11am. Bishop Rob For-

syth will preside. A general invita-

tion is extended to clergy and pa-

rishioners to attend.

All clergy and lay ministers are in-

vited to robe and renew their vows

at this service. The colour is white.

The oils will be available after the

service for decanting into parish

stocks.

A light lunch will be served in the

St James’ Hall following the service.

Please distribute this information

widely. It would be helpful if you

could RSVP to Dianne@sjks.org.au

if attending, so that we might have a

rough indication of numbers for ca-

tering purposes.

On April 3rd, a unique, simple

Good Friday and Anzac Evensong

(based on the BCP) will be held at

the historic Old St Thomas Chapel,

Narellan, during the “last hour of

the Passion”, from 2 pm to 3 pm.

It will commemorate both the Cal-

vary of Jesus and the Calvaries of

those who have died in war. Believ-

ers and half-believers and anyone

at all will be welcome. There will

be poetry rather than proselytising,

and songs rather than a sermon,

with time for reflection and remem-

brance, and the opportunity to light

candles and to listen to the silence.

The voluntary collection will be for

Christian refugees in Iraq (where

Australian troops are stationed at

present), given through our Episcopal (Anglican) Church to the

Chaldean Catholic Church for its ministry there.

In a letter to local Campbelltown and Camden newspapers I have

noted that I’d be glad to hear from any who could help with the

readings, and from anyone able to accompany the singing with a

key-board or other instrument.)

(Some may not have received an email in which I noted that $700 was

given at the Anzac Centenary commemoration at S.James’s, King Street,

on March 7th, for ministry in another part of the Middle East, the work

of the Episcopal Church’s Al Ahli Hospital in Gaza. Many thanks to all

who contributed towards that.

There will be an Anzac Centenary Choral Evensong at St James’s on

Sunday, April 26th at 3 pm. The preacher will be Chaplain Katie

Inches-Ogden, Command Chaplain to Forces Command.)

The Old St Thomas Chapel was the Parish Church of Narellan. It was

sold in very poor condition to a delightful couple who from their own

resources, without any outside help, restored it, bought back original

pews and had other pews made in the same form, and who provide it

for religious and civil ceremonies. For many years we have had

Evensong there on Good Friday, no charge ever being made, a service

organised because there was no afternoon services in the town on

Good Friday, S.Peter’s Parish Church having replaced an afternoon

service with a parish barbecue. (A new Anglican church was built

elsewhere in Narellan.) The Narellan pioneer graveyard was also sold

by the Diocese, I understand to a Canberra funeral director who

subsequently sold it to Muslims. It is now used for Muslim burials alt-

hough access is allowed to those who have family members or friends

buried there. Such is life (and death and life).

With kind regards,

John Bunyan

Holy Monday, 30 March 7.00pm Holy Communion in the Chapel

Holy Tuesday, 31 March 7.00pm Holy Communion in the Chapel

Holy Wednesday, 1 April 10.30am Holy Communion in the Chapel

7.00pm Holy Communion in the Chapel

Maundy Thursday, 2 April 7.00pm Sung Eucharist

Good Friday, 3 April 9.00am Liturgy of the Lord’s Death

Holy Saturday, 4 April 9.00am Preparation of church for Easter

Easter Day, 5 April 8.00am Sung Festival Eucharist

9.30am Festival Choral Eucharist

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Pray for the Anglican Church –

for Justin, Archbishop of Canterbury;

Phillip, Primate of Australia; Glenn,

Archbishop of Sydney; Robert, our

Regional Bishop; and for all the

bishops, priests, deacons and

Religious of the Anglican Communion.

In the Anglican Cycle of Prayer we

are asked to pray today for the peace

of Jerusalem. All glory, laud and

honor, To Thee, Redeemer, King, To

Whom the lips of children Made

sweet hosannas ring. We pray for the

diocese of Jerusalem - (Jerusalem &

Middle East), for its Bishop, The Rt

Revd Suheil Dawani and for his

clergy and all his people.

Pray Pray for Fr James, and for all

the clergy in the parish as well as for

their spouses. May God bless them

and their ministries and may we

support them as they work among us

in Christ’s name.

Pray for St Paul’s: God of mercy,

strengthen us to help shape a parish

where diversity is a source of

enrichment, compassion is common,

life’s poetry realized, suffering

lightened through sharing, justice

attended, joy pervasive, hope lived,

the hum of the universe heard, and

together with you and each other we

build what is beautiful, true, worthy of

your generosity to us, an echo of your

kingdom. Amen. (Ted Loder)

‘Pray for, St Matthew’s, Zababdeh,

(West Bank, Palestinian

Territorries), our Anglican

Communion Partner: We

remember especially their Parish

Priest, Fr Saleem Dawani, and his

ministry in the parish. We remember

also Jameel Maher, who acts as the St

Matthew’s partnership link person

with us. May both our parishes be

blessed by the link we are

establishing.

Pray for the Church’s mission:

Lord Jesus Christ, you stretched out

your arms of love on the hard wood of

the cross that everyone might come

within the reach of your saving

embrace: So clothe us in your Spirit

that we, reaching forth our hands in

love, may bring those who do not

know you to the knowledge and love

of you; for the honour of your name.

Amen. (Author unknown)

Pray for our Children’s Church:

The Lord said, ‘Let the little children

come to me and do not forbid them

for such is the kingdom of heaven’.

Bless, Lord, your children who now

stand before you in prayer. Help

them to understand the depth of

your love.

We pray also for all the teachers

of our Children’s Church. May our

teachers be enabled to teach and

train your children and help them to

grow spiritually.

O Lord, bless our Children's Church

and all its future endeavours, that

through it we may glorify you with

your Father and the Holy Spirit, now,

always and forever. Amen.

Pray for peace: Lead me from death

to life, from falsehood to truth; lead

me from despair to hope, from fear to

trust; lead me from hate to love, from

war to peace.

Let peace fill our hearts, our world,

our universe.

Pray for all in need, remembering

especially this week all those who

are distressed. May the light of

God’s love warm their hearts and

May His Holy Spirit be their

comforter.

Pray for the sick and their carers:

Anthony; Joyce Bannister; Barry

Brandy; John Burns; June Cameron;

(Sir) John Carrick; (Lady) Angela

Carrick; Pauline Cepak; Chris;

Coralie; Beth Davidge; Hilary Davies;

Leah Delacruz; Manish Dhakal; Dave

Ernst; Glenyce; Joyce Gorman; Greg;

Fr Brian Harker; George and Joyce

Harvey; Mary Harvey; Margaret

Hayes; Betty Howie; Janene; Trevor

Jenkins; Jenny Johnston; Kerry; Sandra

Macleod-Miller; Lis Mannix; May;

Bishop Ken Mason, Bruce May; Gae

McMillan; Barbara Moreton; Ian

Murray; Tas Murray; Susan Oddie;

Pippa Oddie; Alister Palmer; Bishop

Ian Palmer; Paul Phillips; Deidre Reid;

Heather Robbins-Hayllar; Joanne

Roberts, Jenny Rorich; Julie Scott; Fr

Ron Silarsah; Patricia Sedgman;

Marguerite Sheffield; Tony Sheffield;

Stephanie; Susan; John Telek; Pauline

Thomas; Viola; Mike Wall; Lynne West;

Megan West; Bill Whittle; Valma

Woolfrey

In love and charity remember the

recently departed,especially, the

Rt. Hon. Malcolm Fraser and Gen.

Eva Burrows that God may grant

them a place of refreshment, light and

peace. Pray, too, for Ronald John

Mallett, Cherie Annetet Snell,

Gwenith Alice Millicent Whitehead, &

Charles Walter Spare and for any

others whose year’s mind falls around

this time.

Rest eternal grant unto her O Lord, and

let light perpetual shine upon them!

Phone 9747 4327

Fax 9747 0513

Post PO Box 530, Burwood, NSW 1805

Website www.stpaulsburwood.org.au

Rector Fr James Collins

rector@stpaulsburwood.anglican.asn.au

Office Secretary Mrs Caroline Badra

(9.30am to 2.30pm, Tuesday to Friday)

office@stpaulsburwood.anglican.asn.au

Lay Minister Ms Rosemary King

Student Minister Dr Michael Sutton

Rector’s Warden Mr Alan Melrose – 9799 2891

People’s Wardens Mrs Elizabeth Griffiths – 8033 3113

Mrs Pam Brock – 9747 3619

Priests in the Parish Fr Jim Pettigrew

Director of Music Mrs Sheryl Southwood

Organist Mr Edwin Taylor

Morning Prayer will be held in the side chapel Monday – Friday at 7.30am this

week.

A Eucharist with prayers for healing will be held in the side chapel on

Wednesday at 10.30am.

Commemorations noted by the lectionary this week –

Monday 14 April – Holy Monday

Tuesday 15 April – Holy Tuesday

Wednesday 16 April – Holy Wednesday

Thursday 17 April – Maundy Thursday

Friday 18 April – Good Friday

Saturday 19 April – Holy Saturday