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Updated
25 March 2023
from
our
Church
Diary |
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March
2023
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Wed
1 |
3.30pm |
Trains in The Shed
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4.30pm |
Choir
Practice New
members very welcome
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Thu
2 |
9.30am |
Craft Group
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9.30am |
Play Group—Thursdays during school terms
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Fri
3 |
2.00pm |
Social
Games
Afternoon
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Sun
5 |
10.00am |
Worship
Service - Rev
Ian Brown
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Wed
8 |
3.30pm |
Trains in The Shed
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4.30pm |
Choir
Practice
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6.30pm |
WOW @ The Downtowner
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Thu
9 |
9.30am |
Craft Group
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9.30am |
Play Group—Thursdays during school terms
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Sun
12 |
10.00am |
Worship
Service - Rev
Ian Brown
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Tue
14 |
7.30pm |
Men's Group
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Wed
15 |
3.30pm |
Trains in The Shed
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4.30pm |
Choir
Practice
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Thu
16 |
9.30am |
Craft Group
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9.30am |
Play Group—Thursdays during school terms
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Sat
18 |
10.00am |
Coffee
at Newmason
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Sun
19 |
10.00am |
Worship
Service - Rev
Ian Brown
Pancake Day - after the
service
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Wed
22 |
3.30pm |
Trains in The Shed
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4.30pm |
Choir
Practice
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Thu
23 |
9.30am |
Craft Group
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9.30am |
Play Group—Thursdays during school terms
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Sun
26 |
10.00am |
Worship
Service - Rev
Ian Brown
Congregational Meeting/AGM
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Wed
29 |
3.30pm |
Trains in The Shed
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4.30pm |
Choir
Practice
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Thu
30 |
9.30am |
Craft Group
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9.30am |
Play Group—Thursdays during school terms
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Games Afternoon - New
date to be decided
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April
2023
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Sun
2 |
10.00am |
Worship
Service - Rev
Ian Brown
Communion /Coin-A-Day / Food
Basket
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Sun
2 |
12
noon |
Raising
of the Cross - Our annual ecumenical Cross
Raising service at the Cenotaph (cnr
Smith & Victoria Sts.)
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Sun
2 |
4.00pm |
Messy
Easter - see
info below
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FEBRUARY 2023 - Link
to CROSSLIGHT
to download PDF or open Flipbook
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Available
in
Print & On-Line

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Using
the flipbook . . .
1.
Hover your mouse pointer over the Fullscreen icon at
bottom right of screen; word "Fullscreen" will
appear, then left click.
Crosslight
- Fullscreen icon
2.
There is a Zoom in/out slider (bottom right of screen) -
you can make print larger and easy to read.
3.
Click arrow/s (mid-way down page edge) to 'turn' page
4.
Hit your ESC key to return to Crosslight Home page.
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PLAY
GROUP 9.30AM
until 11.30AM
EVERY THURSDAY,
during school
terms
Please
let anyone you know who may be needing a chance to bring
their little ones, or grandparents who mind their toddlers
and pre kinder children, to the new play group as they
interact with each other and the children have the
opportunity to play and develop socially, which stimulates
their physical and mental wellbeing. |
Warragul
Uniting Church
Craft
Group meeting
in the Chapel
Every
Thursday @ 9.30am
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Warragul
Uniting Church
Choir
Practice
Every
Wednesday @ 4.30pm
New
members very welcome
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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
An
EVENING meal time of fellowship
with a very friendly group of women
at
The
Downtowner
55 Victoria St Warragul
2nd
Wednesday each month, 6.30pm |
TRAINS
IN THE SHED
Every
Wednesday
@
3.30pm
Enjoy
the friendship, fellowship, laughter, and the interesting
business of
Model Railways. ALL MEN WELCOME |
Coffee
at Newmason
3rd
Saturday each month,
10am
Newmason,
25 Mason St, Warragul |
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Messy
Easter - Sunday April 2 |

On
Sunday April 2nd, 4pm - 6pm
Crafts,
Stories, Fun
ALL
AGES WELCOME
Dinner
and Music
Cost:
Donation
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Easter
Services
Thursday
6th April 7.30pm
Maundy
Thursday Service of the Lords Supper
Friday
7th April 10.00am
Good
Friday Service, Reflections on the cross
Sunday
9th April
6.30am
Easter
Dawn Service at Eric & Margaret Smith's
10.00am
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Easter Day Worship Service
Rev‘d Ian Brown says "Bring a Flower or two
to create our floral Cross." |
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“Coin-A-Day” Don’t forget
to bring your jar of coins Sunday 2nd April and empty it into our
open
wooden Bible for offering to God
during the service.
Jars are available from the foyer table.
Our current projects are:- Frontier Services
High Country Patrol, and Vanuatu.
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If
you would like the Lenten Reflection papers for prayer and
reflection for further study please pick them up from the table
outside the church office. |

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Baw
Baw Combined Churches Food Relief is experiencing
unprecedented demand. |
We
are appealing everyone to buy ONE EXTRA ITEM each time you shop
and bring it along each Sunday.
Food
Relief always need: small tinned fruit, tins of spaghetti, bars of soap,
tins of tuna, two minute noodles, 1kg sugar, 1 kg flour.
Thank
you on behalf of Food Relief |
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Donations can be made through
either of 2 emergency appeals
UC World Mission’s appeal
for Vanuatu
https://donate.unitingworld.org.au/vanuatu-2023-emergency/
National Council of Churches
in Australia’s appeal through Christmas Bowl
https://actforpeace.org.au/
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Thank
you also to those who joined us for the Games afternoon on
Friday 3 March. We had one group playing Scrabble and another group
playing “Boof-head. Off to a good start !!
Please
note - NEXT
Games Afternoon -
New date to be
decided
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No
shortage of games choices -
You are Welcome - visit us on . . . |

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Information — Groups & Activities |
Meets
each Wednesday 3.30pm at our church in the Warragul Train Shed.
Participants enjoy each other's
company as they talk and work on the extensive Model Railway.
Further
information available from the Church Office - (details
Home Page).
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Dedication
of Model Railway
On
7 April 2013, the Church was pleased to welcome June's family
to “The Big Shed” to support her as she unveiled a plaque on
the model railway, gifted to the Church after the passing of June's
husband Don.
The
“Trains in The Shed” now provides much interest, fellowship
and fun for many.
Creative
skills continue to be employed as work on the model railway
progresses. |
See
the Photo Album for Warragul
Train Shed PHOTOS and more! |
Meets
on the Second Tuesday of each month. Engages in a wide variety of activities
including, educational outings, listening to guest speakers, discussing social and community interests;
it is open to
all men.

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The library is
open whenever the building is open. From our library, you may
borrow books, video tapes, DVD's, sound cassettes and CD's, suitable for children, teenagers and
adults.
Our
collection is on a computer data
base. It is easy to search for titles and authors in categories
including Ethics, Biblical History, Christian Living, Other
Religions and Novels.
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Enjoying
craft and conversation in the winter sunshine |
Members
with some of their handcrafts |
Meets weekly on Thursday
at 9.30am to 12 noon (except in January School Holidays).
For ladies who enjoy working on and helping each other in a variety
of handcrafts. This group caters for people
both
in the church and wider community.
Other groups and activities include:- |
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Banner
Making Group - meets occasionally as required;
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Catering Committee - for funerals and other occasions;
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Care Group -
practical assistance as required;
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Pray
for your Church - 8.00am on Wednesdays, wherever you are;
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Know Your Bible
groups operate within our congregation;
For
information
from the Church Office - see
contact
details (left) of Home Page.

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Church Choir
- special occasion |
St Andrew's Uniting Care Kindergarten |
St
Andrews Uniting Care Kindergarten cares for, nurtures and educates
preschoolers in their lead up to school. Address:- 210 Sutton Street
Warragul, Phone:- 5623 2425
Kindergarten
ENTRY from the carpark, at the east end of Warragul Uniting Church building.
Website:
https://earlylearning.unitingvictas.org.au/find-a-service/st-andrews-uniting-care-kindergarten/
For
more information or if you’d like to arrange a visit, call us on 1800
183 103.
Other Groups that meet in our Building |
Alcoholics
Anonymous Australia (AA) - Mondays at
8.00pm. www.aa.org.au
Baw
Baw Region Arthritis Support Group
- meets for exercise classes, a cuppa and a chat each Wednesday, 12noon to 2.30pm. If you are interested or would like to know more,
contact: Madeleine 0410 353 339 or Barbara 5625 4585
Tai
Chi - on Tuesdays at
1pm
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An
elderly Irishman lay dying in his bed. While suffering the agonies of
impending death, he suddenly smelled the aroma of his favourite cheese
scones wafting up the stairs. He gathered his remaining strength, and
lifted himself from the bed.
Leaning
against the wall, he slowly made his way out of the bedroom, and with even
greater effort, gripping the railing with both hands, he crawled
downstairs. With laboured breath, he leaned against the door frame, gazing
into the kitchen.
Were
it not for death's agony, he would have thought himself already in heaven,
for here, spread out upon waxed paper on the kitchen table were dozens of
his favourite cheese scones.
Was
it heaven? Or was it one final act of heroic love from his devoted Irish
wife of sixty years, seeing to it that he left this world a happy man?
Mustering one great final effort, he threw himself towards the table,
landing on his knees in a rumpled posture. His parched lips parted, he
could almost taste the cheese scone before it was in his mouth, seemingly
bringing him back to life.
The
aged and withered hand trembled on its way to the nearest scone at the
edge of the table, when his hand was suddenly smacked with a spatula by
his wife... "Get OUT!" she said, "they're for the
funeral!"
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