{"id":3385,"date":"2020-07-03T17:09:00","date_gmt":"2020-07-03T07:09:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.leighmoorunitingchurch.org.au\/?p=3385"},"modified":"2020-07-03T17:09:29","modified_gmt":"2020-07-03T07:09:29","slug":"fridays-email-03-07-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.leighmoorunitingchurch.org.au\/?p=3385","title":{"rendered":"Friday’s Email 03-07-2020"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

Here is this week’s sermon-a more cheerful topic, you will be relieved to know!<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Yesterday I noticed 2 tawny frogmouths in one of our trees.\u00a0 That gave me a lift.\u00a0 They don’t appear to be there today, but they are good at hiding.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Update on folk:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Margaret Knott: is improving.\u00a0 Had an appt today, but I haven’t spoken to her since then.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Fredrica and Alan: Fredica has an appointment with the surgeon in Tuesday, so we will know more then.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Alan: blood tests on Monday, chemotherapy on Wednesday.\u00a0 A big week for them both.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Jean and Jacqui Rayner: Jacqui is improving, recuperating at a friend’s house.\u00a0 Jean will be going to Eltham to stay with another daughter this weekend.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

John Wallace phoned me today to let me know that his sister, Joy Pollard, is palliative, and not expected to last many more days.\u00a0 He would like prayers for himself, and for Joy.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

I also need to let you know that my husband, David, had a fall outside our front gate yesterday afternoon, and is now in hospital with a broken right hip.\u00a0 Surgery will happen tomorrow morning.\u00a0 Today is a dialysis day, and that takes priority. The ambulance took him to Epworth, which is where he goes for dialysis.\u00a0 The ambulance officers were so caring and attentive.\u00a0 So please include David in your prayers.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Books:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Quite a number of suggestions.\u00a0 Here are other people’s favourites, or ones that they love\/been inspired by:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

From Robyn Daley:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

‘The first I learnt about after watching Oprah years ago, a young boy she had on her program wrote<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Heartsongs\u00a0 by Mattie Stepanek. It’s a poetry book he wrote since the age of 3yrs till he passed away from Muscular Dystrophy aged 12. A boy genius with such insight and an inspiration.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

This book I found at a Church fete\u00a0\u00a0 “No music by request” A Portrait of the Gorman Family. It’s the story of Pierre and his parents and their struggle when he was born deaf early in the 1920’s. They brought teaching of speech to the deaf to Melbourne from France and Pierre was the first deaf student to attend Melbourne Grammar at primary level. He went on to University and did public speaking.’<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

From Janet Soo:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

’10 of my favourites would include – in no particular order A.A.MILNE. When we were very young. W.S.GILBERT. The Savoy Operas. (Was my mother\u2019s copy given to her by her father) A.M.SMITH. The No.1 Ladies\u2019 Detective Agency. (Plus many in the series) K.SENOH. A Boy called H.(A childhood in Wartime Japan) N.MAZARI & R.HILLMAN The Rugmaker of Mazar-e-Sharif. S.MACABOY. What flower is that? M.HADDON. The curious incident of the dog in the night-time. D.MICHIE. The Dalai Lama\u2019s cat. S.MAUGHAM Of Human bondage. and…..The Victorian Readers,especially Grade 2 which has The Hobbyahs!’ In later emails, Janet wanted to also include the Concise Oxford Dictionary,<\/em> and The Famous Five.<\/em> From Peter Byrne:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Dirt Music, Tim Winton.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Gilead, Marilynne Robinson.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

A Fortunate Life, A.B. Facey<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

A Brief History of Time, Stephen Hawking.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Church Dogmatics, Karl Barth (still uncompleted)<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

My Brother Jack, George Johnstone<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

The Turning, Tim Winton\u00a0 (short stories).<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Confessions, St.Augustine.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

The Caine Mutiny, Herman Wouk.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

The Magic Faraway Tree, Enid Blyton (favourite from childhood, along with the “Borrowers” series, by Mary Norton)<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

So-lots of suggestions there.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

In the book The Shadows of the Wind<\/em>, by Carlos Ruiz Zafon, one of the characters says: ‘Every book…has a soul.\u00a0 The soul of the person who wrote it and of those who read it and lived and dreamed with it.\u00a0 Every time a book changes hands, every time someone runs his eyes down its pages, its spirit grows and strengthens.’<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

I used to love going into second-hand bookshops and finding books with people’s names on them, perhaps with a message from someone if the book had been a gift to them.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

If we want to apply favourites to the Bible-which is your favourite book of the Bible\/portion of Scripture\/verse(s)?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Quotes:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

‘True love begins when nothing is looked for in return.’-Antoine De Saint-Exupery<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

(drat!\u00a0 He wrote another of my favourite books-which I didn’t list-The Little Prince<\/em>)<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

‘Nature itself is God’s first, oldest, and clearest scripture.’<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

-Richard Rohr)<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Here is a link to a youtube clip I keep meaning to send-then forget to.\u00a0 Some of you may already have seen it.\u00a0 Andrea Bocelli on Easter Sunday.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=80arlwyX0bk<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Here is an email from Joy Blamires-it has all the information about Tom Pink’s funeral:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Hi there my Leighmoor friends,<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

I am plodding along getting to know my congregation at Mornington, thank you for your friendship and support, I look forward to catching up face to face when that is feasible. You heard earlier in the week of the death of Tom Pink who worshipped at Wickham Road in days gone by. His wife Betty and the family had some special time with him at home over the past 6 weeks, and he passed away peacefully at Frankston Palliative\u00a0Care Hospital last Sunday. These are the details for Thanksgiving Service for Tom Pink on Tuesday<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

At this time of COVID restrictions funerals continue to face strong restrictions which adds to the sadness of all. Therefore there will be a \u201cprivate\u201d Thanksgiving Service on Tuesday July 7th at 11am. A few people will represent the various groups Tom\u00a0has been involved with over the years. Geoff and Jan are taking Shirley Edwards down for the funeral and they will represent Tom’s time at Wickham Road church. However anyone else who knew Tom is welcome to view the Service which will be streamed online by the funeral directors (Tobin Brothers- Mt Martha). The link is below:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

http:\/\/tobin.5stream.com\/webcast\/54570<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Looking forward to seeing you\u00a0all again when we can,<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Joy<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Well, I think that is enough to keep you going.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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

Barbara Allen<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Hello Faith Pals, Here is this week’s sermon-a more cheerful topic, you will be relieved to know! Yesterday I noticed 2 tawny frogmouths in one of our trees.\u00a0 That gave me a lift.\u00a0 They don’t appear to be there today, but they are good at hiding. Update on folk: Margaret Knott: is improving.\u00a0 Had an appt today, but I haven’t spoken to her since then. Fredrica and Alan: Fredica has an appointment with the surgeon in Tuesday, so we will know more then. Alan: blood tests on Monday, chemotherapy on Wednesday.\u00a0 A big week for them both. Jean and Jacqui Rayner: Jacqui is improving, recuperating at a friend’s house.\u00a0 Jean will be going to Eltham to stay with another daughter this weekend. John Wallace phoned me today to let me know that his sister, Joy Pollard, is palliative, and not expected to last many more days.\u00a0 He would like prayers for himself, and for Joy. I also need to let you know that my husband, David, had a fall outside our front gate yesterday afternoon, and is now in hospital with a broken right hip.\u00a0 Surgery will happen tomorrow morning.\u00a0 Today is a dialysis day, and that takes priority. The ambulance took him to Epworth, which is where he goes for dialysis.\u00a0 The ambulance officers were so caring and attentive.\u00a0 So please include David in your prayers. Books: Quite a number of suggestions.\u00a0 Here are other people’s favourites, or ones that they love\/been inspired by: From Robyn Daley: ‘The first I learnt about after watching Oprah years ago, a young boy she had on her program wrote Heartsongs\u00a0 by Mattie Stepanek. It’s a poetry book he wrote since the age of 3yrs till he passed away from Muscular Dystrophy aged 12. A boy genius with such insight and an inspiration. This book I found at a Church fete\u00a0\u00a0 “No music by request” A Portrait of the Gorman Family. It’s the story of Pierre and his parents and their struggle when he was born deaf early in the 1920’s. They brought teaching of speech to the deaf to Melbourne from France and Pierre was the first deaf student to attend Melbourne Grammar at primary level. He went on to University and did public speaking.’ From Janet Soo: ’10 of my favourites would include – in no particular order A.A.MILNE. When we were very young. W.S.GILBERT. The Savoy Operas. (Was my mother\u2019s copy given to her by her father) A.M.SMITH. The No.1 Ladies\u2019 Detective Agency. (Plus many in the series) K.SENOH. A Boy called H.(A childhood in Wartime Japan) N.MAZARI & R.HILLMAN The Rugmaker of Mazar-e-Sharif. S.MACABOY. What flower is that? M.HADDON. The curious incident of the dog in the night-time. D.MICHIE. The Dalai Lama\u2019s cat. S.MAUGHAM Of Human bondage. and…..The Victorian Readers,especially Grade 2 which has The Hobbyahs!’ In later emails, Janet wanted to also include the Concise Oxford Dictionary, and The Famous Five. From Peter Byrne: Dirt Music, Tim Winton. Gilead, Marilynne Robinson. A Fortunate Life, A.B. Facey A Brief History of Time, Stephen Hawking. Church Dogmatics, Karl Barth (still uncompleted) My Brother Jack, George Johnstone The Turning, Tim Winton\u00a0 (short stories). Confessions, St.Augustine. The Caine Mutiny, Herman Wouk. The Magic Faraway Tree, Enid Blyton (favourite from childhood, along with the “Borrowers” series, by Mary Norton) So-lots of suggestions there. In the book The Shadows of the Wind, by Carlos Ruiz Zafon, one of the characters says: ‘Every book…has a soul.\u00a0 The soul of the person who wrote it and of those who read it and lived and dreamed with it.\u00a0 Every time a book changes hands, every time someone runs his eyes down its pages, its spirit grows and strengthens.’ I used to love going into second-hand bookshops and finding books with people’s names on them, perhaps with a message from someone if the book had been a gift to them. If we want to apply favourites to the Bible-which is your favourite book of the Bible\/portion of Scripture\/verse(s)? Quotes: ‘True love begins when nothing is looked for in return.’-Antoine De Saint-Exupery (drat!\u00a0 He wrote another of my favourite books-which I didn’t list-The Little Prince) ‘Nature itself is God’s first, oldest, and clearest scripture.’ -Richard Rohr) Here is a link to a youtube clip I keep meaning to send-then forget to.\u00a0 Some of you may already have seen it.\u00a0 Andrea Bocelli on Easter Sunday. https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=80arlwyX0bk Here is an email from Joy Blamires-it has all the information about Tom Pink’s funeral: Hi there my Leighmoor friends, I am plodding along getting to know my congregation at Mornington, thank you for your friendship and support, I look forward to catching up face to face when that is feasible. You heard earlier in the week of the death of Tom Pink who worshipped at Wickham Road in days gone by. His wife Betty and the family had some special time with him at home over the past 6 weeks, and he passed away peacefully at Frankston Palliative\u00a0Care Hospital last Sunday. These are the details for Thanksgiving Service for Tom Pink on Tuesday At this time of COVID restrictions funerals continue to face strong restrictions which adds to the sadness of all. Therefore there will be a \u201cprivate\u201d Thanksgiving Service on Tuesday July 7th at 11am. A few people will represent the various groups Tom\u00a0has been involved with over the years. Geoff and Jan are taking Shirley Edwards down for the funeral and they will represent Tom’s time at Wickham Road church. However anyone else who knew Tom is welcome to view the Service which will be streamed online by the funeral directors (Tobin Brothers- Mt Martha). The link is below: http:\/\/tobin.5stream.com\/webcast\/54570 Looking forward to seeing you\u00a0all again when we can, Joy Well, I think that is enough to keep you going. Blessings and love Barbara Allen<\/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-3385","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, Here is this week’s sermon-a more cheerful topic, you will be relieved to know! 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