{"id":3548,"date":"2020-09-25T12:02:22","date_gmt":"2020-09-25T02:02:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.leighmoorunitingchurch.org.au\/?p=3548"},"modified":"2020-09-25T12:02:22","modified_gmt":"2020-09-25T02:02:22","slug":"friday-email-25-09-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.leighmoorunitingchurch.org.au\/?p=3548","title":{"rendered":"Friday Email 25-09-2020"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

The blessing of rain.\u00a0 When the roof doesn’t leak!\u00a0 I know that Alan and Fredrica have moved into Quest for a few days because of plastering work on the ceilings.\u00a0 After 3 attempts, our leaking roof is now fixed and I can enjoy, once again, the sound of rain on colourbond!\u00a0 Reminds me of the story in the Gospels of the crippled man being lowered on his stretcher through the roof to be set in front of Jesus.\u00a0 (Luke 5:19, Mark 2:4)\u00a0 In Mark it says that they removed the roof and dug.\u00a0 In Jesus’ day,\u00a0 they were flat roofs, made of beams.\u00a0 Mud clay (like today’s cement) with clay tiles in between the earth.\u00a0 It was not an easy thing to make a hole in the roof-in Mark it says ‘they removed the roof…and dug…’ .\u00a0 It was major demolition work, it took some effort to tear up the roof.\u00a0 In Luke’s account it talks about removing the tiles, but in Mark-it is digging through!\u00a0 Now, Jesus didn’t say, “Do you know you have destroyed a roof?” or “Haven’t you heard about using a door?” No, he saw their faith, and their lives were changed forever.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

I read two comments about this passage, which I thought worth sharing: <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

‘Do you have friends who would tear off a roof for you?’<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Another one, equally challenging, is a statement for the church: ‘It’s never been done that way before.’<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

That is a thought to hold on to, as you prepare for the next phase of ministry.\u00a0 Just because something hasn’t been done that way before, doesn’t mean it is not worth attempting, or embracing.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Now, some of you have shared some of your favourite pieces of music.\u00a0 I will compile a list WHEN I GET SOME MORE.\u00a0 (did you get the hint?) <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Brenda send me this this morning.\u00a0 Beautiful!\u00a0 Brenda said it has been around for awhile. Well..so have most of us…it is still beautiful to watch! Andrea Bocelli, voice of an angel!\u00a0 He was diagnosed with congenital glaucoma when he was just\u00a0 5 months old, and became completely blind at age 12, following a soccer accident. Watch this clip and pray along with his rendition of The Lord’s Prayer:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

https:\/\/gloria.tv\/?language=P9tZ8xVKoXVn4e3o1NykVavHR&post=e43KLmR1DsMm1DCTibL3zfaeF<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Now, other home work.\u00a0 Favourite music (type, or songs) AND next Sunday is the Feast of St Francis\/World Animal Day.\u00a0 If we had been meeting in church we would have had some others joining us (with Church Council approval beforehand, of course!).\u00a0 So…if you want to share a story\/memory etc of a pet companion, or mention your favourite animals, please do so.\u00a0 I have already had one response to this, but I would like more please. Last Tuesday (22nd) was World Rhinoceros Day.\u00a0 I hope you celebrated!\u00a0 <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

I watched a program during the week, about the treasures of the British Library.\u00a0 One of the treasures was a map drawn by David Livingstone, one of the most popular British heroes of the late 19th century. A name many of us have known from childhood! Not only was Livingstone a medical missionary and explorer, he was a passionate advocate of anti-slavery.\u00a0 <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

In 1866 he set out to find the source of the River Nile, but when nothing was heard from him, journalist Henry Morton Stanley\u00a0 was commissioned in 1869 to find the explorer.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Livingstone, it must be said, had an ulterior motive for seeking the Nile’s source.\u00a0 Geographical accomplishments took second place to his passionate desire for ending the East African Arab-Swahili slave trade.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

He is reported to have said: “The Nile sources are valuable only as a means of opening my mouth with power among men. It is this power with which I hope to remedy an immense evil.” <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

In fact, he never did find the source. <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Pushing through what is now Stanley was to finally encounter him in the town of Ujiji on the shores of Lake Tanganyika in 1871.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Livingstone was\u00a0 thin, ill and weak \u2013 and surrounded by a possibly unfriendly tribe.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

‘As I advanced towards him,’ says\u00a0 Stanley, ‘I noticed he was pale, looking wearied, had a grey beard, wore a bluish cap with a faded gold band round it, had on a red-sleeved waistcoat and a pair of grey tweed trousers.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

‘I would have run to him, only I was a coward in the presence of such a mob, \u2013 would have embraced him, only he being an Englishman, I did not know how he would receive me; so I did what cowardice and false pride suggested was the best thing \u2013 walked deliberately to him, took off my hat and said:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

‘Dr Livingstone, I presume?’<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

‘Yes,’ said he, with a kind smile, lifting his cap slightly.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

I replace my hat on my head, and he puts on his cap, and we both grasp hands, and then I say aloud:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

‘I thank God, Doctor, I have been permitted to see you.’<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

He answers: ‘I feel thankful that I am here to welcome you.’<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

The words became famous partly because of their humour: apart from Livingstone there was no white man around for hundreds of miles. <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

(some of this was edited from https:\/\/www.onthisday.com\/articles\/dr-livingstone-i-presume<\/a>)<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Now, I will mention more about Henry Morton Stanley on Monday!\u00a0 I will keep you guessing.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

News: please continue to pray for our ill ones.\u00a0 Alan will be having more blood tests and chemotherapy next week, so please keep Alan and Fredrica and family in your prayers. Fredrica’s hand is improving, but slowly.\u00a0 They are both coping with the integrated diet!\u00a0 Well done!\u00a0 Rohini and Jaya need prayer as well.\u00a0 John \u00a0is now home from hospital.\u00a0 Please keep Russell and Joan \u00a0in your prayers too.\u00a0 And\u00a0 families with young children.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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

I will close with a prayer that was in our Presbytery newsletter, submitted by Presbytery minister, Duncan Macleod:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Prayer of Dedication
Even our best intentions
can be stumbling blocks.
Yet you can redeem even
our half-hearted attempts,
our half-baked schemes,
our well-meaning failures.
Take our flawed faith
and our incomplete gifts
and transform them
for the sake of
your complete love,
your more-excellent path,
your upside-down kingdom
in your grace-filled name
we pray.
Amen
(From\u00a0Spill the Beans<\/i>, Issue 36)

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

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

Hello Faith Pals, The blessing of rain.\u00a0 When the roof doesn’t leak!\u00a0 I know that Alan and Fredrica have moved into Quest for a few days because of plastering work on the ceilings.\u00a0 After 3 attempts, our leaking roof is now fixed and I can enjoy, once again, the sound of rain on colourbond!\u00a0 Reminds me of the story in the Gospels of the crippled man being lowered on his stretcher through the roof to be set in front of Jesus.\u00a0 (Luke 5:19, Mark 2:4)\u00a0 In Mark it says that they removed the roof and dug.\u00a0 In Jesus’ day,\u00a0 they were flat roofs, made of beams.\u00a0 Mud clay (like today’s cement) with clay tiles in between the earth.\u00a0 It was not an easy thing to make a hole in the roof-in Mark it says ‘they removed the roof…and dug…’ .\u00a0 It was major demolition work, it took some effort to tear up the roof.\u00a0 In Luke’s account it talks about removing the tiles, but in Mark-it is digging through!\u00a0 Now, Jesus didn’t say, “Do you know you have destroyed a roof?” or “Haven’t you heard about using a door?” No, he saw their faith, and their lives were changed forever. I read two comments about this passage, which I thought worth sharing: ‘Do you have friends who would tear off a roof for you?’ Another one, equally challenging, is a statement for the church: ‘It’s never been done that way before.’ That is a thought to hold on to, as you prepare for the next phase of ministry.\u00a0 Just because something hasn’t been done that way before, doesn’t mean it is not worth attempting, or embracing. Now, some of you have shared some of your favourite pieces of music.\u00a0 I will compile a list WHEN I GET SOME MORE.\u00a0 (did you get the hint?) Brenda send me this this morning.\u00a0 Beautiful!\u00a0 Brenda said it has been around for awhile. Well..so have most of us…it is still beautiful to watch! Andrea Bocelli, voice of an angel!\u00a0 He was diagnosed with congenital glaucoma when he was just\u00a0 5 months old, and became completely blind at age 12, following a soccer accident. Watch this clip and pray along with his rendition of The Lord’s Prayer: https:\/\/gloria.tv\/?language=P9tZ8xVKoXVn4e3o1NykVavHR&post=e43KLmR1DsMm1DCTibL3zfaeF Now, other home work.\u00a0 Favourite music (type, or songs) AND next Sunday is the Feast of St Francis\/World Animal Day.\u00a0 If we had been meeting in church we would have had some others joining us (with Church Council approval beforehand, of course!).\u00a0 So…if you want to share a story\/memory etc of a pet companion, or mention your favourite animals, please do so.\u00a0 I have already had one response to this, but I would like more please. Last Tuesday (22nd) was World Rhinoceros Day.\u00a0 I hope you celebrated!\u00a0 I watched a program during the week, about the treasures of the British Library.\u00a0 One of the treasures was a map drawn by David Livingstone, one of the most popular British heroes of the late 19th century. A name many of us have known from childhood! Not only was Livingstone a medical missionary and explorer, he was a passionate advocate of anti-slavery.\u00a0 In 1866 he set out to find the source of the River Nile, but when nothing was heard from him, journalist Henry Morton Stanley\u00a0 was commissioned in 1869 to find the explorer. Livingstone, it must be said, had an ulterior motive for seeking the Nile’s source.\u00a0 Geographical accomplishments took second place to his passionate desire for ending the East African Arab-Swahili slave trade. He is reported to have said: “The Nile sources are valuable only as a means of opening my mouth with power among men. It is this power with which I hope to remedy an immense evil.” In fact, he never did find the source. Pushing through what is now Stanley was to finally encounter him in the town of Ujiji on the shores of Lake Tanganyika in 1871. Livingstone was\u00a0 thin, ill and weak \u2013 and surrounded by a possibly unfriendly tribe. ‘As I advanced towards him,’ says\u00a0 Stanley, ‘I noticed he was pale, looking wearied, had a grey beard, wore a bluish cap with a faded gold band round it, had on a red-sleeved waistcoat and a pair of grey tweed trousers. ‘I would have run to him, only I was a coward in the presence of such a mob, \u2013 would have embraced him, only he being an Englishman, I did not know how he would receive me; so I did what cowardice and false pride suggested was the best thing \u2013 walked deliberately to him, took off my hat and said: ‘Dr Livingstone, I presume?’ ‘Yes,’ said he, with a kind smile, lifting his cap slightly. I replace my hat on my head, and he puts on his cap, and we both grasp hands, and then I say aloud: ‘I thank God, Doctor, I have been permitted to see you.’ He answers: ‘I feel thankful that I am here to welcome you.’ The words became famous partly because of their humour: apart from Livingstone there was no white man around for hundreds of miles. (some of this was edited from https:\/\/www.onthisday.com\/articles\/dr-livingstone-i-presume) Now, I will mention more about Henry Morton Stanley on Monday!\u00a0 I will keep you guessing. News: please continue to pray for our ill ones.\u00a0 Alan will be having more blood tests and chemotherapy next week, so please keep Alan and Fredrica and family in your prayers. Fredrica’s hand is improving, but slowly.\u00a0 They are both coping with the integrated diet!\u00a0 Well done!\u00a0 Rohini and Jaya need prayer as well.\u00a0 John \u00a0is now home from hospital.\u00a0 Please keep Russell and Joan \u00a0in your prayers too.\u00a0 And\u00a0 families with young children. Well, I think that is enough to read. I will close with a prayer that was in our Presbytery newsletter, submitted by Presbytery minister, Duncan Macleod: Prayer of DedicationEven our best intentionscan be stumbling blocks.Yet you can redeem evenour half-hearted attempts,our half-baked schemes,our well-meaning failures.Take our flawed faithand our 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