Dear All,
Please note the following 10 announcements and reminders:
1.Weekly Spiritual Message
Spiritual message of the week by Father Anthony:
The Same Holy Spirit who was in Fr Bishoy Kamel is also in us. If we allow the Holy Spirit the freedom to work in us – we can live lives like what we read in the following story:
” Father Pishoy Kamel used to always take a particular route from his house to the church on foot and there was a boy (who was not Christian) who lived in one of the houses he would pass on the way to church. This boy would always shout words of insult at Father Pishoy and mock him from the balcony and often he would add to his insults by throwing orange peel at Father Pishoy.
It was open to Father Pishoy to change his route to the church very easily but he continued to walk the same route knowing that the boy would be there every time to throw insults at him and sometimes the orange peel.
Despite the harsh words which were thrown at Father Pishoy, he would not get upset by what was said or shout back at the boy. Instead he would smile and thank God that He had allowed him “to partake in Christ’s sufferings” (1 Pet 4:13).
One day as he was going to the church Father Pishoy noticed that the boy did not appear in the balcony to throw the usual abuse and orange peel at him, so on his return from the church he passed by the house where the boy lived and knocked on the door to find out from his mother that the boy was in poor health and sick in bed.
So he asked if he could be permitted to see him and the mother let him in. He then went to the boy’s bedroom where he sat with him and spoke to him warmly and with the genuine love of one speaking to a close friend.
He told him how much he had missed seeing him, and how he hoped he would get better soon and that he should leave him to rest so that he can get better, and then Father Pishoy said, “If you will permit me I have a present for you. I know how much you like them.”
And then with his warm smile he produced the present for the boy. It was a bag full of oranges.
The boy never said a bad word to Father Pishoy again.”
2. Servants Camp affecting some services this Saturday 6/4 and Sunday 7/4
Kids services are cancelled this weekend (Sat 6/4 & Sun 7/4).
This includes Sunday school, Choir, drama, library etc, as servants will be at the church servant’s camp.
Please note that the Sunday liturgies will be running as normal for:
– The Kids KG – Year 4 (St Wanas church),
– Years 5 & 6 (St. Habib Guirgis)
– High school (Church hall)
3. Parking Issues – Station Street, Arncliffe
Please see images below. No vehicles are to park in front of these gates at any point in time. The driveways are being used day and night.
Unfortunately, we had an issue at 5:40am on Thursday (4/4) morning.
