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UKRAINE CRISIS
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Garden
Tidy-up
Saturday Morning
25 June from 10am Come
along - help us keep our church gardens looking great!
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Warragul
Uniting Church
Men's
Group next meeting
2nd
Tuesday each month @ 7.30pm
Open to all men in WUC (and
friends) so whether you’ve been a regular member over the
years or have never attended you are most welcome to join us.
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All
women welcome
We
have changed from
an evening to a daytime meal
Enjoy
a Lunch-time meal time of fellowship
with a very friendly group of women
at
The Downtowner,55
Victoria St Warragul
2nd
Wednesday each month, 12.30pm
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Pentecost Sunday (June 5)
was
the first of our
Messy Churches,
but watch out for exciting developments
in the coming weeks and months.
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News
from our Church Council |
At
the last meeting held on Wednesday 15th June, many items
were discussed and these are the items agreed on:-
1.
Air purifiers: we have been researching the need for air
purifiers in both the worship area and activities area given
the ongoing threat of Covid and influenza viruses. Science
shows that the danger of contracting a virus in an enclosed
area is lessened if the air is being filtered with an
appropriate system. This does not exclude the need to
maintain social distancing, and for those concerned, wearing
a mask, but it does add to the safety of the congregation.
As an administrative body, church council has a duty of care
to the people using the church premises in addition to
providing a safer area for those concerned about viruses and
allergies. The council agreed to purchase three
purifiers that will be adequate for the area required. These
purifiers cost $2517 and have now arrived. They should be up
and running by the next Sunday service.
2.
Vanuatu:
the council received a request from the Sharm Foundation for
a donation of $2,000 to provide for desk and chairs plus
library refurbishment in Vanuatu. The donation will go via
Warragul Rotary where it will be matched with
dollar-for-dollar grants. These funds come directly from the
monthly coin donation. Big thanks to the congregation.
3.
Finances: The Treasurer, Stan, reported that we are running
around $6,000 below budget while the property manager, John,
reported that the cost of keeping the building in shape is
increasing each year. John also told us that the heater in
the hallway, near the kitchen, needed a new flue kit. The
cost of assessing this (that is, to get a quote) would be
over $1,000 with the actual repair cost unknown. The council
decided to decommission the heater at this stage. So, costs
are going up and income is going down. If you can help at
all it would be most appreciated.
4.
Office staff: after many years of service to the church,
both Heather and Zandra will be retiring in the near future.
It’s time to reassess our office needs and the opening
times as we move into the future. The vacant position will
be advertised first in our church newsletter once we have
sorted out our requirements.
David
(Chairperson)
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From
ABC Gippsland facebook, 21
May 2022
The
Election Day BBQs are still sizzling across
Gippsland!
At
the polling booth at Warragul Uniting Church, in the
seat of Monash, they’re raising funds for Act for
Peace, to help those affected by the invasion of
Ukraine.
Judy,
Geoff, Meryl and Bruce are manning the BBQ this
afternoon.
“We
decided that on a democracy day, it would be a
really good idea to stand up for democracy in
Ukraine as well,” Geoff said.
They’re
keeping it simple with a sausage in a piece of
bread, with the option of adding onion.
“We
even give people the opportunity to say whether they
want the onion on the bottom or the onion on the
top… we’re very democratic!”
They
expect to serve 300 sausage sandwiches by the time
polls close at 6pm.
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Warmest
Greetings,
As
the winds of change blow an icy arrival to the season of
winter and we think about more indoor plans than outside ones,
we are grateful that our Ukraine – Act for Peace fundraiser
was blessed with sunshine. A chilly start found
some alternate uses for the warmth of the BBQ, but we were
also blessed with a warm reception from most people going by
and a very generous response from the community. More
snags had to be bought, and the amount cleared was over a
$1,000. It was also a great chance to show the church at work
serving the community and inviting others to join us in
helping to care where it’s so desperately needed.

Thanks
to all who planned and played a part!
The
next opportunity for us to engage with the wider community,
doing something to promote understanding and reconciliation
with our first nations community. As it’s winter, we
have planned a warm Sunday afternoon, in the church, to see a
movie about Bob Randall, aboriginal elder and stolen
generations member talking about his life and the
Pitjantjatjara concept of care and interconnectedness known as
Kanyini. There’s more information on the flyer (below),
but please join us for an approachable and warm-hearted story,
some afternoon tea and fellowship.
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It’s
a great chance to invite others and spread the really
important message.
As
some things in our church life continue normally, and
some others struggle with numbers and we look to the future
and new beginnings, it’s all in the context of our ongoing
pandemic.
We
need to keep on looking after ourselves and one another.
Staying home when not too well, letting someone else take on
our task when we aren’t 100%. Keeping in touch and
helping out where we can are hugely important too in caring
for each other. In warmer times, we’ve had a couple of
windows open in church to help with airflow. It’s one
of the ’highly recommended’ measures for public spaces to
reduce the risk of spreading airborne infection.
Open
windows are not so welcome in winter.
We
are fortunate to enjoy a great heating system to keep us warm.
It also recirculates the air inside, so the next thing to help
us in this will be investing in some air-purifiers. The
aim of these is to clear the air we breath, taking out 99% of
viruses, as well as dust, pollens etc. It seems a little
strange to be writing about this as part of the life of the
church, but we can see it as another way we care for each
other and provide a safe place for us to gather for worship
and fellowship. Changes in the air in more ways than
one!
God
give us the grace to keep embracing the changes we need to
make to care for each other, the new things we need to adapt
to and the opportunities each of them brings!
Grace
and peace. Ian
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Have
you ever wondered what happens when you bring your used
postage stamps to church?? The
Office staff here at Warragul post or deliver the stamps
you bring to church to “Sammy Stamp”, a Uniting
Church fundraising group of volunteers. |
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Due
to the continued support of church and community groups.
Despite the pandemic, 2021 was another year of good sales
results. Thanks to the helpers from the pool of about 25
volunteers who meet at 15 Black St. Brighton, to trim, sort and sell
stamps, thereby raising funds to support many worthy causes such as
these:-
Chaplaincy
ministry at Bendigo Hospital, Christmas Bowl Food vouchers for
mental health clients, Clean water and toilets PNG & Solomon
Islands, Frontier Services for bush chaplains, Swan Hill Uniting
Church for “welcome nights” for refugees
These
are just a sample of the beneficiaries of funds raised.
Total of
grants since 1977 is $1,070,693.
So
please continue to save your used stamps.
St Andrews Kindergarten Pie Drive |

Our
St Andrews Kindergarten is running a pie drive to raise funds, and
pie order forms are available from the Church and the kindergarten.
Orders
need to be to the kinder by July 28th.
Link
to CROSSLIGHT (for a PDF download)
https://crosslight.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/202206-CROSS-JUNE-2022-FLIPBOOK.pdf
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