Sunday 14 April, 2024

EASTER 3

Sunday 14th April

Easter 3 (W)

John's Gospel 14. The Samaritan Woman

[1] Acts 3:12-20 [2] P salm 4

[3] John 4:1-20 [4] John 4:21-42 (NIV)

Saturday: Emu Park 8:30am Rob (HC) ● Yeppoon 6:00pm Rob (HC)

Sunday: Yeppoon 7:30am Rob (HC) ● 9:30am Rob (Baptism)

Sunday 21st April

Easter 4 (W)

John's Gospel 15. The royal official’s son

[1] Acts 4:5-12 [2] P salm 2 3

[3] 1 John 3:16-24 [4] John 4:43-54 (NIV)

Saturday: Emu Park 8:30am John (HC Rob) ● Yeppoon 6:00pm John (MP)

Sunday: Yeppoon 7:30am John (HC Rob) ● 9:30am John (Baptism)

Sunday 28th April

Easter 5 (W)

COMBINED PARISH SERVICE with the Parish AGM

[1] Acts 8:26-40 [2] Psalm 22:26-32

[3] 1 John 4:7-21 [4] John 15:1-8 (NIV)

Sunday: Yeppoon 9:00am Rob (HC)

Sunday 5th May

Easter 6 (W)

Sermon Series: TBA

[1] Acts 10:44-48 [2] P salm 98

[3] 1 John 5:1-12 [4] John 15:9-17 (NIV)

Saturday: Emu Park 8:30am Rob (HC) ● Yeppoon 6:00pm Rob (HC)

Sunday: Yeppoon 7:30am Rob (HC) ● 9:30am Rob (HC)

Chaplaincy Cake and Craft fundraising meeting is now on Tuesday 16/4 at 4pm at Cafe 63, Yeppoon. N.B. This is a change of date.

Saturday night dinner 20/4 after 6pm Church - Rob will order pizza (& you can still BYO food).

ANZAC Day Services Thursday 25/4 in Emu Park and Yeppoon (more details below).

MEN’S LUNCH: Saturday 27/4 at 11:30am at The Waterline, Rosslyn Bay Marina.

PARISH AGM

Sunday 28th April at 9am.

It is a Combined Parish Service at St. James.

Below is a letter from Laura regarding a significant change to our Parish’s financial situation. For those who are new to the parish, I thought some context would be helpful.

In 2022 one of our parishioners put forward the idea of refinancing our loan (thanks John!). As a Parish we should be very thankful that we have paid off so much of the loan in such a short time, and this would capitalise on all our hard work.

Two years later, even though our debt is quite small compared to the value of our building, we have found it difficult to move our loan.

So, the Bishop and Registrar have worked together to offer us a new way forward. An even better way. If we use all our bequests and reserves to pay off as much of the loan as we can, the Diocese will take on the small balance of our loan.

This will help us in a number of ways.

We will reduce the loan amount and therefore reduce our monthly interest payments. (Our Treasurer likes this advantage.)
This releases money that we currently cannot access (such as the Ada Aiken bequest) and puts it to better use.
This gives us better control of our loan, allowing us to slow down our repayments at a time when our weekly offerings are not quite as much as we need.

As you will have seen in our Parish Council minutes we have prayed and waited patiently for this day, and God has answered our prayers. So, we can be thankful that things are finally moving.

While all our bequests and cash reserves will be used to pay down the loan, the projects Parish Council have committed to, will still proceed as planned. This includes our lighting, cabling, guttering, electrical work, broken fence and leaking roof at Emu Park. And in Yeppoon, any money given in the last month for our Easter Projects.

Dear Parishioners,

It is the intention of Parish Council to seek permission from Bishop in Council next Tuesday, 16 April to refinance the mortgage for St James Church. Following advice from the Registrar, it is proposed that Parish Council approve the use of the remaining money in the Aida Aiken estate and the money currently being held by ANFIN to pay down as much of our current loan as we can. The residual amount on the mortgage will then be taken over by the Diocese at a much-reduced interest rate.

Please keep your Parish and Diocesan leaders in your prayers at this important time, and give thanks to God for his continuing faithfulness towards us.

If you have any questions or concerns about this proposal, please contact a member of Parish Council at your earliest convenience.

Kind regards,

Laura Kann

(Parish Warden)

We are Livestreaming our Yeppoon Church Services on Saturdays at 6pm and Sundays at 7:30am. They can be viewed on our Facebook page and our YouTube channel. Search for Keppel Anglican on either facebook.com or youtube.com

WHAT'S ON IN APRIL

*** School holidays 29/3 – 14/4

Kids CONNECT, YOUTH LINKT & some CONNECT groups

are in recess. ***

MONDAY 1

2pm CONNECT Monday

TUESDAY 2

WEDNESDAY 3

THURSDAY 4

FRIDAY 5

10:30am CARV Service (High Care) (HC)
1:30pm CONNECT CARV (HC)

SATURDAY 6

7:30am Working Bee, St. James
8:30am Emu Park Traditional Service
6pm Yeppoon Contemporary Service
& Dinner after this service.

SUNDAY 7

7:30am Yeppoon Traditional Service
9:30am Yeppoon Family Service

MONDAY 8

10am Mothers’ Union Lady Day at St Paul’s Cathedral, Rockhampton
2pm CONNECT Monday

TUESDAY 9

WEDNESDAY 10

10am Safe Ministry Training with Jen Hercott at St James

THURSDAY 11

FRIDAY 12

SATURDAY 13

8:30am Emu Park Traditional Service
12 noon Ladies Lunch at The Rocks, 3 Lagoon Pl, Yeppoon
6pm Yeppoon Contemporary Service

SUNDAY 14

7:30am Yeppoon Traditional Service
9:30am Yeppoon Family Service (Baptism)

*** School holidays end / Term 2 begins 15/4.

Kids CONNECT, YOUTH LINKT & CONNECT groups

start again. ***

MONDAY 15

2pm CONNECT Monday
7pm Parish Council

TUESDAY 16

4pm Chaplaincy Cake and Craft fundraising meeting at Cafe 63, Yeppoon. N.B. This is a change of date.
5:30pm Bishop-in-Council Meeting

WEDNESDAY 17

9am CONNECT Emu Park
12pm Diocesan Clergy Prayer Meeting
After School > 4:45pm Kids CONNECT
5-6:30pm YOUTH LINKT
7:30pm CONNECT Wednes.Nite

THURSDAY 18

9.30am Mothers’ Union Branch meeting at St. James
7:30pm CONNECT Thursday

FRIDAY 19

SATURDAY 20

8:30am Emu Park Traditional Service
6pm Yeppoon Contemporary Service
& Dinner after this service

SUNDAY 21

7:30am Yeppoon Traditional Service
9:30am Yeppoon Family Service & Kids Church (Baptism)

MONDAY 22

2pm CONNECT Monday
7pm CONNECT Mon.Nite

TUESDAY 23

WEDNESDAY 24

9am CONNECT Emu Park
After School > 4:45pm Kids CONNECT
5-6:30pm YOUTH LINKT
7:30pm CONNECT Wednes.Nite

THURSDAY 25

ANZAC DAY

EMU PARK

5:30am Emu Park Dawn Service at Anzac Court
8:30am ANZAC Day March from the Pine Beach Hotel followed by the Main Service at Emu Park RSL.

YEPPOON

5:30am Dawn Service on the Yeppoon Foreshore
9:30am: March from Yeppoon Railway Station to the Cenotaph, Beaman Park followed by the 10am Commemorative Service at the Cenotaph.

7:30pm CONNECT Thursday

FRIDAY 26

1:30pm CONNECT Friday

SATURDAY 27

11:30am Men's Lunch, The Waterline

SUNDAY 28

AGM Today

9:00am Yeppoon Combined Parish Service & Kids Church

MONDAY 29

2pm CONNECT Monday
7pm CONNECT Mon.Nite

TUESDAY 30

COMING UP IN MAY

SATURDAY 18th May: Social afternoon for Youth Linkt (meeting before our Saturday evening church).

SUNDAY 19th May: PENTECOST SUNDAY

2024 Parish AGM

Sunday 28/4

9am Combined Parish Service at St. James, Yeppoon

Dates:

7/4 Nomination forms available
14/4 AGM Reports due
21/4 Nominations close
27/4 Electoral Roll closes

THE PARISH ELECTORAL ROLL

The electoral rolls are in our churches.

1st - Working Bee at St. James & 6pm dinner

2nd - Ladies Lunch

3rd - 6pm dinner (starting 20/4)

4th - Men's Lunch

5th - Off!

John 4:1-42

The Woman at the Well

Jesus gives an Old Testament history lesson.

1. Jesus the Historian: You can’t have the New Testament without the Old. (vv.1-12)

2. Jesus the Prophet: Cannot be ignored. (vv.15-24)

3. Jesus the Messiah: The Saviour of the whole world. (vv.25-42)

Rob Stanley

13 & 14 April, 2024

The Third Sunday of Easter

Sentence:

Turn to God so that your sins may be wiped out, so that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord. Acts 3:19–20

Prayer of the Day:

Lord of life, by submitting to death, you conquered the grave; by being lifted upon the cross, you draw all peoples to you; by being raised from the dead, you restore to humanity all that was lost through sin: be with us in your risen power, that in word and deed we may proclaim the marvellous mystery of death and resurrection. For all praise is yours, now and throughout eternity. Amen.

Prayer of the Week:

Lord of life, by submitting to death, you conquered the grave; by being lifted upon the cross, you draw all peoples to you; by being raised from the dead, you restore to humanity all that was lost through sin: be with us in your risen power, that in word and deed we may proclaim the marvellous mystery of death and resurrection. For all praise is yours, now and throughout eternity. Amen.

Bill Carmichael, Mary Peacock, Marcus Belot, June Waymouth,

John, Rebecca van Diem, Fay & Arthur Weston, Max Bragg,

Betty & Des McLucas, Thomas Oates, Candice Wall,

Lesley Richards, Mavis Johnston, Rachel Belot,

Graham McCamley, Stephen, Iris Barlow, Ivy Rendell,

Loye Hewitt, Rae Goody and her daughter Stacey,

Marzley, Jan Haworth, Ian Buckley,

Evelyn Vickery and her cousin Brian and his wife Marion,

Danny Daffey, Viv Deane and family, Stephen and Sandra Brady,

Pat Krenske, Joy Manning, Doug and Sylvia Belot, Sam and Aleisha,

Suzanne’s granddaughter Georgia and friend’s son Coulton,

John Minto, Lyn Oliver and her son Alex, Lorraine Veach,

Kenneth Shaw, Pamela Durre,

Jenny Archer’s grandson Harry and his family,

Beryl (Bette’s sister), Noel (Tracey’s brother),

Bismarck, and Harley.

Please pray for our Parish Council:

Parish Wardens: Lyndall Anderson, Laura Kann (Chair)

Parish Councillors: Jane Bacon, Graham Black,

Sharyn Black (Treasurer), Allison Leech, John Minto,

Rob Stanley, Lorraine Veach

What's on in our parish ...

At the last LCC (Local Chaplaincy Committee) meeting (20/03/24), it was proposed to have a Cake and Craft stall at Bunnings on Saturday, 18 May, 2024. This date is not available and Saturday, 25 May was suggested but no confirmation so far.

An informal meeting to discuss this fundraiser is now on Tuesday 16 April, 4pm at Cafe 63, Yeppoon. (N.B. This is a change of date.)