{"id":3261,"date":"2020-04-24T12:46:38","date_gmt":"2020-04-24T02:46:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.leighmoorunitingchurch.org.au\/?p=3261"},"modified":"2020-04-24T13:00:30","modified_gmt":"2020-04-24T03:00:30","slug":"from-barbaras-desk-24-04-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.leighmoorunitingchurch.org.au\/?p=3261","title":{"rendered":"From Barbara’s Desk 24-04-2020"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hello Faith Pals,<\/strong><\/p>\n

I hope you have been able to enjoy some sun-it won’t last!<\/strong><\/p>\n

I have attached Sunday’s sermon and prayers.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Tomorrow is Anzac Day.\u00a0 A solemn day.\u00a0 Do you know about Rev Leonard Kentish?\u00a0 If we had been gathering for church this Sunday I may have told his story.\u00a0 Here it is:<\/strong><\/p>\n

One of the most extraordinary events of World War II was the forced abduction of this Australian clergyman at gunpoint, and his subsequent flight and execution at a Japanese base in 1943.\u00a0 This became known as the \u201cKentish Affair\u201d. \u00a0Reverend Leonard Kentish was the Chairman of the Chairman of the Methodist Northern Australian Mission District in Darwin, and head of the volunteer coastwatchers. The Mission had several buildings on islands in the Arafura Sea, and at regular intervals boats would leave Darwin for these outposts, loaded with supplies and personnel.\u00a0 On 13 January 1943, HMAS Patricia Cam<\/em> left Darwin with stores for a number of outlying missions and stations. At Goulburn Island, it picked up the Reverend Leonard Kentish. He was taking new code books to his missionary staff. <\/strong><\/p>\n

A danger facing the ship was the Japanese reconnaissance floatplanes which operated out of Dobo in the Aru Islands of eastern Indonesian. The floatplanes were armed with two 60-kg bombs and regularly harassed coastal shipping. At 1.00 pm on 22 January, one of the three-seater floatplanes of the 734th Kokatai dived out of the sun and flew low over the ship from stern to stem. It dropped a bomb amidships which went through the cargo hatch and exploded low in the ship. The Patricia Cam<\/em> sank so quickly the men had no opportunity to fight back. In a surprising move, the floatplane landed, threatened the survivors and, at gunpoint, forced Rev. Kentish to board their aircraft. It took off, leaving the survivors to their fate. Mrs. Violet Kentish remained entirely in the dark as to the fate of her husband. \u201cI know that Len is not beyond God\u2019s love and care wherever he may be,\u201d she vainly pleaded to the Minister of the Navy. \u201cBut you will understand because we are only weak humans, the heartache and longing for one we loved so much.\u201d\u00a0 After World War II, she desperately resorted to sending letters to newspaper editors, until an intelligence officer chanced to read one published in the Argus<\/i> and made the necessary inquiries via U.S. Gen. Douglas MacArthur\u2019s staff in Tokyo to unravel the mystery.\u00a0 Investigations in 1946 by the Allied Occupation Force in Japan ascertained Rev Kentish had been kept prisoner on Dobo until 4 May 1943, when he was executed. Sub-Lieutenant Sagejima Mangan was arrested as a war criminal and subsequently hanged in 1948, because he had ordered Kentish\u2019s execution in retaliation for an Allied air raid. Rev Kentish is\u00a0 believed to be the only Australian ever taken prisoner-of-war in home waters.<\/strong><\/p>\n

To close with something uplifting:<\/strong><\/p>\n

“Life isn’t about waiting for the storm to pass. It’s about learning how to dance in the rain.”<\/strong><\/p>\n

and<\/strong><\/p>\n

‘A 24 year old boy, looking out the train\u2019s window shouted\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cDad, look the trees are going behind!\u201d<\/strong><\/div>\n

Dad smiled and a young couple sitting nearby, looked at the 24 year old\u2019s childish behavior with pity, suddenly he again exclaimed\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cDad, look the clouds are running with us!\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

The couple couldn\u2019t resist and said to the old man\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cWhy don\u2019t you take your son to a good doctor?\u201d The old man smiled and said\u2026\u201cI did and we are just coming from the hospital, my son was blind from birth, he just got his eyes today.\u201d <\/strong><\/p>\n

Be careful before we judge!\u00a0 Everyone has his\/her own story.\u00a0 Actually, let’s not <\/i>judge!<\/strong><\/p>\n

‘…and be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ has forgiven you.’<\/strong><\/p>\n

Blessings and love<\/strong><\/p>\n

Barbara<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Hello Faith Pals, I hope you have been able to enjoy some sun-it won’t last! I have attached Sunday’s sermon and prayers. Tomorrow is Anzac Day.\u00a0 A solemn day.\u00a0 Do you know about Rev Leonard Kentish?\u00a0 If we had been gathering for church this Sunday I may have told his story.\u00a0 Here it is: One of the most extraordinary events of World War II was the forced abduction of this Australian clergyman at gunpoint, and his subsequent flight and execution at a Japanese base in 1943.\u00a0 This became known as the \u201cKentish Affair\u201d. \u00a0Reverend Leonard Kentish was the Chairman of the Chairman of the Methodist Northern Australian Mission District in Darwin, and head of the volunteer coastwatchers. The Mission had several buildings on islands in the Arafura Sea, and at regular intervals boats would leave Darwin for these outposts, loaded with supplies and personnel.\u00a0 On 13 January 1943, HMAS Patricia Cam left Darwin with stores for a number of outlying missions and stations. At Goulburn Island, it picked up the Reverend Leonard Kentish. He was taking new code books to his missionary staff. A danger facing the ship was the Japanese reconnaissance floatplanes which operated out of Dobo in the Aru Islands of eastern Indonesian. The floatplanes were armed with two 60-kg bombs and regularly harassed coastal shipping. At 1.00 pm on 22 January, one of the three-seater floatplanes of the 734th Kokatai dived out of the sun and flew low over the ship from stern to stem. It dropped a bomb amidships which went through the cargo hatch and exploded low in the ship. The Patricia Cam sank so quickly the men had no opportunity to fight back. In a surprising move, the floatplane landed, threatened the survivors and, at gunpoint, forced Rev. Kentish to board their aircraft. It took off, leaving the survivors to their fate. Mrs. Violet Kentish remained entirely in the dark as to the fate of her husband. \u201cI know that Len is not beyond God\u2019s love and care wherever he may be,\u201d she vainly pleaded to the Minister of the Navy. \u201cBut you will understand because we are only weak humans, the heartache and longing for one we loved so much.\u201d\u00a0 After World War II, she desperately resorted to sending letters to newspaper editors, until an intelligence officer chanced to read one published in the Argus and made the necessary inquiries via U.S. Gen. Douglas MacArthur\u2019s staff in Tokyo to unravel the mystery.\u00a0 Investigations in 1946 by the Allied Occupation Force in Japan ascertained Rev Kentish had been kept prisoner on Dobo until 4 May 1943, when he was executed. Sub-Lieutenant Sagejima Mangan was arrested as a war criminal and subsequently hanged in 1948, because he had ordered Kentish\u2019s execution in retaliation for an Allied air raid. Rev Kentish is\u00a0 believed to be the only Australian ever taken prisoner-of-war in home waters. To close with something uplifting: “Life isn’t about waiting for the storm to pass. It’s about learning how to dance in the rain.” and ‘A 24 year old boy, looking out the train\u2019s window shouted\u2026 \u201cDad, look the trees are going behind!\u201d Dad smiled and a young couple sitting nearby, looked at the 24 year old\u2019s childish behavior with pity, suddenly he again exclaimed\u2026 \u201cDad, look the clouds are running with us!\u201d The couple couldn\u2019t resist and said to the old man\u2026 \u201cWhy don\u2019t you take your son to a good doctor?\u201d The old man smiled and said\u2026\u201cI did and we are just coming from the hospital, my son was blind from birth, he just got his eyes today.\u201d Be careful before we judge!\u00a0 Everyone has his\/her own story.\u00a0 Actually, let’s not judge! ‘…and be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ has forgiven you.’ Blessings and love Barbara<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3261","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorised"],"rttpg_featured_image_url":null,"rttpg_author":{"display_name":"Leighmoor.Master","author_link":"https:\/\/www.leighmoorunitingchurch.org.au\/author\/leighmoor-master"},"rttpg_comment":0,"rttpg_category":"Other Posts<\/a>","rttpg_excerpt":"Hello Faith Pals, I hope you have been able to enjoy some sun-it won’t last! 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