~ Congregations in the Cudgegong Cluster staying

connected with each other and the community ~

Mudgee, Gulgong, Dunedoo

Rylstone, Kandos, Ilford, Running Stream

I heard it on...

C O N T A C T I N F O R M A T I O N

PO Box 388 Mudgee 2850 PO Box 112 Rylstone2849 www.mudgeerylstoneuniting.org.au OR

The Uniting Church in Australia

Term 2 ~ 2016 Macquarie Darling Presbytery ~ NSW/ACT Synod

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O God, you search me and you know me, all my thoughts lie open to your gaze.

When I walk or lie down you are before me

ever the maker and keeper of my ways.

You know my resting and my rising. You discern my purpose from afar

and with love everlasting you besiege me. In every moment of life and death you are.

Before a word is on my tongue Lord, You have known its meaning

through and through. You are with me beyond my understanding, God of my present, my past and future too.

Although your Spirit is upon me, still I search for shelter from your light.

There is nowhere on earth I can escape you, even the darkness is radiant in your sight.

For you created me and shaped me, gave me life within my mother’s womb. For the wonder of who I am, I praise you

safe in your hands all creation is made new.

Once upon a time, all the colours in the world started to quarrel: each claimed that she was the best, the most important, the most useful, the favourite.

“Clearly I am the most important. I am the sign of life and of hope. I was chosen for grass, trees, leaves – without me all the animals

would die. Look out over the countryside and you will see that I am in the majority.”

“You only think about the earth, but consider the sky and the sea. It is water that is the basis of life and this is drawn up by the clouds from the blue sea. The sky gives space and peace and serenity. Without my peace you would all be nothing but busybodies.”

“You are all so serious. I bring laughter, gaiety and warmth into the world. The sun is yellow, the moon is yellow, the

stars are yellow. Every time you look at a sunflower the whole world starts to smile. Without me there would be no fun.”

“I am the colour of health and strength. I may be scarce but I am precious for I serve the inner needs of human life. I carry all the most important vitamins. Think of carrots and pumpkins, oranges, mangoes and paw paws. I don’t hang around all the time, but when I fill the sky at sunrise and sunset, my beauty is so striking that no one gives another thought of any of you.”

“I am the ruler of you all, blood, life’s blood. I am the colour of danger and of bravery. I am willing to fight for

a cause. I bring fire in the blood. Without me the earth would be empty as the moon. I am the colour of passion

and of love; the red rose, poinsettia and poppy.”

He was very tall and he spoke with great pomp. “I am the colour of royalty and power. Kings, chiefs and bishops have always chosen me for I am a sign of authority and wisdom. People do not question me – they listen and obey.”

“Think of me. I am the colour of silence. You hardly notice me but without me, you all become superficial. I represent

thought and reflection, twilight and deep waters. You need me for balance and contrast, for prayer and inner peace.”

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And so the colours went on boasting, each convinced that they were the best. Their quarrelling became louder and louder. Suddenly there was a startling flash of brilliant white lightening; thunder rolled and boomed. Rain started to pour down relentlessly. The colours all crouched

down in fear, drawing close to one another for comfort.

The Rain spoke: “You foolish colours, fighting amongst yourselves, each trying to dominate the rest.

Do you not know that God made you all? Each for a special purpose, unique and different. God loves you all. God wants you all. Join hands with one another and come with me.

“God will stretch you across the sky in a great bow of colour, as a reminder that God loves you all and that you can live together in peace

~ a promise that He is with you ~ a sign of hope for tomorrow ~ And so whenever God uses good rain to wash the world, God puts the rainbow

in the sky, and when we see it, let us remember to appreciate one another.

“the corporate act of worship is arguably the most profound contact individuals will have with the local church.”

On the 18 June we will be holding a workshop at Mudgee, for all in the

Cudgegong Cluster, looking at ‘Excellence in Worship’.

The purpose of developing benchmarks of excellence is not to standardise

worship or to encourage conformity to any single style. Health in worship does

not imply that one style is better than another. It does, however, indicate that

there are some basic principles that can help us diagnose the health of our

worship regardless of the style.

This workshop is open to anyone who would like to attend. We won’t be looking

at introducing anything new but rather looking at what we already do and asking if

there are ways we can do it better. A couple of weeks before the workshop there

will be some simple questionnaires for people to fill out at Sunday worship. It

doesn’t matter if it’s your first visit to the church or if you have been coming for 50

years we want to have input from as many people as possible.

Date: Saturday 18 June

Place: Mudgee Uniting Church

Who for: Anyone and everyone in the Cluster

Times: 10am-12noon ~ Workshop

12-1pm ~ Lunch and socialising

BYO lunch ~ tea, coffee, slices provided

1-2pm ~ Moving forward and planning

If you have any questions give Greg Smith a call on 0429 916 191

We’re planning a Family Movie Night at Mudgee on Saturday 21 May, 7pm with a light supper. Just come along, share with friends and relax in style with jaffas, raisin toast & hot chocolate! Bring a bean bag for the

floor or enjoy the comfort of a nice, soft chair. Invite a friend ~ if you need transport, let us know ~ and all are welcome!

And our movie is... ‘Red Dog’

Lots of things are happening in the garden out the back of

Mudgee Uniting Church. Weeding; pruning workshops with

Tamara Bowman; mulching and fertilising; planting and watering;

building frames and signs .... and so much more.

As the new term begins, our opening times will be:

Mondays 12-3pm

Fridays 9.30am-12.30pm

‘Kids in the Garden’, a fun time for little ones and their parents

or carers to learn and play, will run every second Monday

beginning 9 May and 23 May from 10am-12noon.

We welcome all and any interested members of the Mudgee

community to join the garden and share in its growth; meet new

people and develop the garden space and our skills as we connect

together.

If you are keen to learn about gardening or looking for a chance

to get involved in a healthy and active community group – then

why not come along and have a look around?

To find out more, contact us via Facebook OR email mudgeeunitinggarden@gmail.com OR

call Angela 0412 159 591

WEEKLY on

MONDAYS

Mudgee Community Garden 12-3pm ~ Just come along ~ weed, dig, plant and enjoy a social and active time with friends. Contact Angela Middleton 0412 159 591

Mudgee Uniting Playgroup 10am-12noon on alternate Mondays from 2 May. An exciting new venture. Contacts: Angela Middleton 0412 159 591 & Tiana Bailey 0438 203 900

‘Kids in the Garden’ 10am-12noon on alternate Mondays from 9 May for little ones and their parents/carers. Contact Angela Middleton 0412 159 591

WEEKLY on

TUESDAYS

Special Religious Education in Schools Elizabeth Merz, Merilyn Mosher and Julia Stone from the Rylstone Congregation teach SRE at Rylstone and Kandos Public Schools each Tuesday. Your prayer support is always appreciated. Contact Elizabeth Merz 6379.6292 OR oakville@techternatives.com

WEEKLY on

WEDNESDAYS

Pop-In Playgroup ~ 10am-12noon at Rylstone Uniting Church Hall During school term Refreshments available/gold coin donation

For children, mums, dads, grandparents, carers!

Contact Chris Hunt 6379.0730 OR white.rock@bigpond.com Special Religious Education in Schools Each Wednesday Karen Paine from the Mudgee Congregation teaches SRE at Cudgegong Valley and Mudgee Public Schools. Please pray for Karen as she shares God’s love to the children in her care. For more info contact Karen on 6372.3653

‘Nitter Natter’ at Mudgee Uniting Church Hall 2-4pm Heaps of fun, chit-chat and lots of knitting, as well as

opportunity to meet new friends. If you don’t know how to knit, the ladies will teach you! More info. Vera Langshaw 6372.7249 OR Sharon Impson 0439 414 955.

MONTHLY ON

WEDNESDAYS

‘Let’s Chat ~ tough issues for a faith community’ A chance to talk about concerns we have in our community and in the wider world. Term 2 dates: 25 May; 29 June; 27 July ~ 7pm in the Mudgee Church. If you have a topic you’d like to discuss, please let us know. All are welcome! More info. Greg Smith 0429 916 191 OR revgregsmith@hotmail.com

WEEKLY ON

FRIDAYS

Mudgee Community Garden 9.30am-12.30pm For anyone, friendly, active, rewarding and fun. Just come along! Contact Angela Middleton 0412 159 591

MONTHLY ON

SUNDAYS

Crossroads Christian Fellowship On the 1st Sunday of each month from 6-8pm in the Mudgee Uniting Church Hall, Crossroads meets to support people with disabilities, their families, friends and carers. They enjoy food, fun, worship & fellowship. More info. Judy Blackman 6372.2187

ONCE A TERM ON

wednesday

Mudgee Wednesday 8 June at Rajarani Indian Restaurant in Church Street, 6.30pm for all blokes!! Exhilarating company and excellent food. Contact Rob 0408 426 414 or Peter 0403 151 590

ONCE A TERM ON

Thursday

For all the girls in Mudgee, 23 June, 6.30pm at The Lawson Park Hotel. No preparation, no cooking, no washing up ~ Just time to sit and chat with friends. Contact Lynne 0402 948 514

Pop-In Playgroup at Rylstone

Uniting Church Hall each

Wednesday @ 10am is a not to be

missed event by all the children,

mums, grandparents, carers &

friends from around the region.

Chris Hunt kindly sent these

photos of the children enjoying

their Easter Egg Hunt. Brings

back lots of memories...

PIPG in February No, there’s not a ‘break

& enter’ into the Rylstone Hall.

Elizabeth got locked out and had to render

some assistance from a rather nimble

bystander. Never a dull moment at

Pop-In Playgroup!!

Pop-In

Playgroup

– a great

place to belong!

We prayerfully remember the Lewis family of Gulgong as they mourn the loss

of Don recently.

We give thanks to God for Don’s life, his dedication, love and service and the contributions he has made to the life

of the Church and the Gulgong community of which he was a life-long resident.

God’s blessings and our love are sent to Don’s wife Edyth and all the family

at this sad time.

During the month of April, we said farewell to Viola & Doug Watt of the Mudgee Congregation

as they made the move to Alstonville on the north coast of NSW to be closer to family.

Viola & Doug have been in Mudgee 20 years and previously in Armidale for 30 years when they

moved from India to Australia with their children. We have treasured their presence amongst us

and pray God’s blessings as they establish their home in new surroundings.

Here is a photo of the final Wollemi Voices Community

Choir practice before Leigh & Graeme Gardiner moved to Springwood Uniting Church.

The Choir was an integral part of the Rylstone/Kandos

community and sang beautifully at many events.

We remember with thanks the commitment and leadership of Leigh &

Graeme of the Wollemi Voices Community Choir.

May: Sam Bryant, Eva Mitchell, Denise Wood, Jenna Benjamin, Jayne Eastburn, Neva Lilley, Merilyn Mosher.

June: Rob Barton, Angela Middleton, Greg Smith, John Lewis, Chris Stephens, Barbara Seaman, Mavis Tomkins (100 this year ~ well done Mavis!), Gary Wood, Jim Hunt, Robin Johnston, Patricia Keech, Rod Lord, Brigita Murray, Julia Tierney, Thomas Werner, Sophie Werner.

July: Michele Barton, Jennice Danson, Colin Hughes, Edyth Lewis, Marie Miller, Gary Benjamin.

Congratulations, love and best wishes to Mavis Tomkins from Mudgee who turns

100 years young in June. Mavis still lives at home, receives the

quarterly Grapevine and often drops us a line. We give thanks to God for her long life and the many roads she has travelled in that

time. Happy, Happy Birthday Mavis!!!

Congratulations to grandparents again, Sharon & Dave Impson from the Mudgee Congregation on the birth of grandchild

number 8 ~ Braxton.

My name is Pamela May Lowe, formerly Slater. My father, in his wisdom, named me after a racehorse that happened to take his fancy. Later on he likened me to another racehorse called Bernborough, but I didn’t live up to expectations – my legs were too short. Looking back, my father had a very strong influence on my life. He immigrated to Australia at age 8, together with his parents and 8 children. They settled on a farm outside Kyogle. My mother was born in Charters Towers Queensland. During the depression, my grandfather moved his family of 4 to Kyogle where they ran a bakery and cafe. Mum & Dad were very musical and met during an Eisteddfod. They married in 1936, she was 18 and Dad 22. Dad was a lay preacher and was selected by the Minister, Rev Claughton to take up a scholarship at Hawkesbury College. I was born in 1938 soon after he gained a job at Norco Butter Factory in Dunoon (near Lismore). We moved to Nimbin during this time as he was in a protected industry which meant that he didn’t enlist until 1942 after the Japanese entered the war. This seems to be a long dialogue about my father, but it is all relevant to who I am. By this time I had a little brother followed by another brother in 1941 then Jean in 1943. During this time the church was the centre of all our lives. Without Dad, Mum was fairly destitute. She tried living on the farm, however when Jean was due she went by train to live with her parents at Mascot. My grandfather by this time had a bakery at Darlinghurst. I started school in Mascot. That wasn’t a success so grandfather rented out an empty bike shop in the main street of Kyogle. We were settled there until the end of the war. Dad fought in New Guinea at Shaggy Ridge and then in a training capacity in North Queensland. He didn’t have a job to go to and 4 dependent children. He suffered what is now called post traumatic stress syndrome. The Army transferred him to the Department of Agriculture in Tamworth. They also opened up an army camp in Woolomal (on the Nyngan Road, 3 miles out of Tamworth). We were given the camp hospital to live in. Each hut was joined by a ramp. At this stage, Dad rejected his faith and never again preached a sermon or went to church. We had virtually nothing, but in a sense had a wonderful freedom. We were there for 3 years. We went to school in Tamworth. Dad bought an old Dodge car and we thought it was wonderful. Sunday School didn’t happen. However, I had just turned 11. Dad had a big promotion to Sydney Department of Agriculture. As well we had the opportunity of a housing commission place in Bankstown. I went to 6th grade, but halfway through the year, I found it very hard to adjust and suffered from a great lack of confidence. However, I was very studious and did well and sat for the intermediate examinations and badly wanted to continue at school to do the leaving. For reasons best known to them, my parents disregarded my wishes, and at 14, through my father’s influence, I started doing secretarial work in a leading wool buyers office in the city. What a makeover!! I had my plaits cut off. Mum made me some new clothes and I no longer had lace-up shoes. I had an income (had to pay rent) and I became very frugal with what was left. I worked hard and expected nothing but the best from my efforts. While I was there we worked Saturday mornings and I was on a train that crashed at Sydenham. I experienced a miracle that day.

...is Pam Lowe from the

Mudgee Congregation

I was in a wooden carriage, standing up and holding on to a rail. The wood and glass came down on me. I was not injured in any way. At this time I started to go to church at Punchbowl Methodist. I was welcomed by boys and girls of the same age and made many friends. However, I was still very shy. Mum wanted me to do a dressmaking course at Belmore Tech which I did for the full 3 years and spent most of my Saturday afternoons making clothes etc seeking perfection. My friend Sylvia had a boyfriend who would pick us up from tech. He had a mate called Geoffrey who came with him. From then on we became ‘an item’ until we married both aged 25 in 1962. I continued to be a member of the Church Choir, Comrades and in winter, rang a long lunch on Sundays which was a great success. Things at home were not good. Dad drank more and gambled. Mum was deprived of an income – no pensions, only endowment. From then on I had an abhorrence to alcohol and gambling. Up to this stage I was bought up to strictly adhere to The 10 Commandments. Jesus Christ hadn’t become real to me. But he never let me go and slowly changed me. Geoff and I built a home at North Rocks behind The Kings School. After 11 years I left work, travelling was becoming too much. I then became a Secretary to the Head of Le Tourneau Westinghouse Earth Moving, a company which was building the M2 motorway (moving mountains)! I left there in 1964, expecting our first child Stephen in 1965. He was followed over the next 10 years by David, Graeme and Elizabeth. I became a member of the North Rocks Uniting Church. They started a little preschool (nothing like the current preschools). It was a service provided by the church run by a parents’ committee. I stayed off and on working over the next 20 years, doing different courses in child care along the way. I left at 62 years. I had several other jobs, especially as a result of the 1983 depression. Geoff was out of work. I did quite a bit of market research which took a lot of courage as I still lacked confidence. We stayed at North Rocks until all the children married. During this time I had several encounters with the Lord. I was continually changing, becoming wiser, patient, accepting and above all, more forgiving. Our move to North Arm Cove was our bid to get away from the city. Whilst there we were blessed with 14 grandchildren. We remain a close family, although distance on their part and age on ours, started to make things harder. I became very involved with the Karuah Uniting Church – an older congregation, not wanting to change. Change became necessary when the kitchen was not safe. Our little committee spent the next 8 years fighting the bureaucracy of the Church Council and lack of money. But we never stopped cooking cakes and making jam for stalls. The new hall and church was opened, fully funded as an encouragement to the Aboriginal community and the expanding population of Karuah. A wonderful answer to prayer. Ill health meant we needed to sell up and move to a drier, more centralised township environment. We chose Mudgee mainly because walking was flat, it was a drier climate, and our eldest son and his family were prepared to be our support. We still battle health problems – as well as age. We have found healing, welcome and friendship among the folk of Mudgee Uniting Church for which we are ever praising God!

Thank you Pam for sharing your story with us.

Pam’s story continues

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Mudgee and Rylstone Uniting Churches sent bags of winter clothes and bedding to the House of Welcome in Sydney to help asylum seekers and refugees get through the winter. Most asylum seekers supported by the House of Welcome are on visas that permit them to live in the community but do not allow them to work and earn money to purchase clothing and other essential goods. Greg Smith from the Mudgee Congregation was able to transport these donations last week. There may be further opportunities to donate goods to this centre, so watch this space in the future.

Thank you to everyone at the churches and in

the community for their support.

Thank you for every minute of your time and every cent you give to our Church so that we can continue to represent God in our region and provide a place that people can come to experience community and worship and discover more about God. Over the last few months our expenditure has exceeded our income as we carried out necessary work at the rental house in Burgundy Road Mudgee and at the Church in Mudgee. This has resulted in us eating into our reserves. That work is completed now and as of the Anzac Day weekend, a new family has moved into Burgundy Road. We also have new tenants in 5 & 7 Willem Place Mudgee and this will provide us with an income of around $1,000 per week. However, we need to continue to prayerfully consider our own giving as the costs of maintaining buildings as well as insurance and other requirements is increasing each year and our offerings have fallen behind budget. There are a couple of schemes within Uniting Financial Resources (who operate as our bank) that can assist in giving to our church. ‘Giving Direct’ allows you to set up a regular direct debit that is deposited anonymously into our account OR if you have money to invest and are willing to forgo the interest as part of your giving, the ‘Self Help Scheme’ allows that interest to be paid to our Church (at a higher than normal rate). Also we have Weekly Offering Envelopes available for you to use and these should be located in the foyer of your Church.

May our generous God continue to richly bless you in every way and may you be filled with the joy of the Lord.

Will Paine ~ treasurer@mudgeerylstoneuniting.org.au

An update from the

Cluster Treasurer ~ Will Paine

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EXPLORING CONFLICT IN THE MIDDLE EAST These observations come from a lecture and question and answer session held at Pitt Street Uniting Church and run by Eremos. The speakers were Dr Julian Droogan, a senior lecturer at the Centre for Policing, Intelligence and Counter terrorism at Macquarie University; and Iman Afroz Ali, an Islamic Scholar who is a founding member of The Australian Religious Response to Climate Change and the recipient of the International Ambassador for Peace Award and is an Australian Ambassador for the Charter for Compassion. The talk centred around IS (Islamic State) known also as ISIL, Daesh and ISIS; whether the conflict is based in ‘religion’ and whether there is room for a ‘religious’ or faith based solution.

Is IS a ‘state’? IS has state like qualities. It has regional governance, is attempting to carve out territory and has groups of supporters elsewhere who are willing to act out its values. It has a relationship with other states (Syria and Iraq where it trades black market oil).

Is IS Islamic? It identifies as Islamic but the vast majority of Muslims reject this. They do not follow Muslim teachings and do not follow Muslim laws.

Both speakers said that it was not a religious conflict. Several factors were suggested as being part of the cause of the rise of this group. This is a war over resources in the Middle East. There is a regional power struggle between various groups. Dictatorship type states have also contributed to the instability of the area. People who have been displaced, who feel they have no identity, who are marginalised, who see no hope of finding work or being able to support a family tend to flock to IS. Through IS grievances are given legitimisation. When people lose security there tends to be a sectarian response. Old enmities are revived. The conflicts in Israel and Palestine, the Afghan and Iraq war, the Arab winter, and the African repositioning have all contributed to the rise of IS. So… Solutions and Responses? Responses need to be varied and carefully thought out. The aim of IS in the west is to create fear, confusion and disintegration which often leads to an over response. We all need to be engaged.

There needs to be a military response but it needs to come from the Middle East, not the West.

Responsible speech is needed from everyone.

International civic interest is vital.

Non proliferation of weapons is necessary.

A reassessing of the GDP economic as a model needs to be looked at.

Religion and spirituality can inform us of the way we behave towards others.

Is a Spiritual revival possible?

The power of compassion.

Preserving faith in all communities. A vacuum is dangerous and nihilistic.

The power of inclusivity.

The power of the love of God.

The audience consisted of Christian and Muslim people across all age groups. The question and answer session was lively, passionate, reasoned and wanting to know how we can help especially in our own communities. Both speakers emphasised the importance of compassion, being informed, prayer and speaking out against ‘hate’ speech and recognising that we all have to go ‘to the point of suffering’ to begin to understand this conflict. I was interested that Afroz Ali was the one who said this. It seems to be a very Christian precept. Many of us felt heartened by the afternoon in being able to explore such a difficult issue and one which affects all of us in an atmosphere of acceptance and solidarity.

Thank you to Jorie Ryan from the Mudgee Congregation for attending this lecture and communicating this important information to us.

A one-off event not to be missed in 2016

Who’s invited: Everyone in the Cluster!

When: Friday 16-Sunday 18 September

Where: At Michele & Rob Barton’s home

What is it: A Church Camp! Mark the date in your diary. The Committee so far is:

It’s low cost; family friendly; Michele & Rob Barton,

close to home (Gulgong); Lynne Waller, Karen

accepting of day & weekend Paine, Peter Bryant ~ but

campers; and it’s going to be we would welcome others

absolutely fabulous!!! Have a think about it, but

Why would you miss it? don’t take too long!

Flesh Wounds by Richard Glover

Well known Australian radio personality and journalist writing about growing

up with what seemed to me the most awful parents, the book cover

repeats the words sad, funny, wonderful, hilarious, Australian Seinfeld,

wickedly funny. I have to confess I found only one word applicable and that

was sad, very sad.

For starters the unusual way he was conceived, then the

invented family history by his mother, the alcoholic father,

which considering the coldness of the mother was almost

understandable. Then there was the weird stepfather

originally Richard's high school teacher.

Not what I would call a normal person between any of them. The

loneliness of this boy, the neglect, seemingly waste of these self absorbed

parents lives. Richard says he is left with wounds but just

flesh wounds. In my opinion, not an easy read, but a brave man's story.

Thank you to Chris Hunt from Rylstone Congregation for this book review.

Many folk watch the ABC’s Gardening Australia with Costa on Sundays and other times during the week. Elizabeth & Kel Merz’s daughter, Natalie is the Principal at Glen Alice School and recently Costa made a visit to Glen Alice, Kandos, Rylstone and Lue Primary and High Schools ahead of the Kandos Garden Fair. The children at Glen Alice School proudly showed Costa their gardens, chooks and other projects demonstrating what they are achieving as a small school in a small community. That they

won first place at the Easter Show in 2015 is a reflection that you can achieve anything, even if you are small. Costa had breakfast with the children made with eggs from their chooks and checked out their reuse and recycle program when he saw how they used an old fridge for a worm farm and compost. Well done Natalie and the students at Glen Alice Primary School!!

Southern Cudgegong Congregation Lay Ministry Team

meets Thursday 12 May at Rylstone Uniting @ 9.30am.

The Macquarie Darling Presbytery will next meet at

Wellington Uniting Church on Saturday 28 May.

Denise Wood is our Presbytery Rep. Any concerns and

points of praise and joy can be given to Denise to pass on at Presbytery.

On Sunday 15 May, St John’s Anglican Church in Mudgee celebrates their

175th Anniversary with a Hymnfest beginning at 2.30pm. All are welcome.

Cudgegong Cluster Committee next meets on Tuesday 12 July, 3pm at

Rylstone Uniting Hall. This Committee meets quarterly during the year and

comprises Max Mosher, Elizabeth Merz, Kel Merz, Greg Smith, Rob Waller,

Karen Paine, Will Paine.

Sunday 31 July will be set aside for a Cluster Gathering at Rylstone with

worship and lunch, beginning at 10am. It’s always a great time together, so

mark the date and come along. If you need transport, just ask.

Membership Rolls & Contact Directory

During May, letters will go out to people on our Cluster Membership

Directory so that we may update our rolls and produce an up-to-date

Cluster Name/Phone/Email Directory. Please return these as soon as

you can to Lynne Waller for the Mudgee/Gulgong/Dunedoo end and Chris Hunt for the

Rylstone/Ilford/Kandos/Running Stream end so that the process can begin. For privacy

reasons, please sign and date the form contained within the letter.

Cudgegong Cluster Worship Plan ~ May, June, July 2016

Mudgee Uniting Church: Rylstone Uniting Church: Worship: Every Sunday @ 9.30am Worship: Every Sunday @ 9.30am

Holy Communion: 1st & 3rd Sunday of each month Every 4th Sunday, alternating with St James Anglican

Morning Tea: Every Sunday Holy Communion: 2nd Sunday of each month

Morning tea: Every Sunday

Running Stream Union Church: 2.30pm 3rd Sunday of each month ~ Holy Communion bi-monthly

Date Place Worship Leader Music Stewards Morning Tea May 1 Mudgee (HC) Rob Barton Denise Vera/Rob Lynne

May 8 Mudgee Karen & Will Paine Ruth Michele/Adrian Angela

May 15 Pentecost Mudgee (HC) Karen Paine Jorie Vera/Brian Melanie

May 22 Trinity Mudgee Angela Middleton Denise Rob/Michele Sue

May 29 Mudgee Greg Smith/Melanie Freud. Denise Adrian/Brian Vera

June 5 Mudgee (HC) Peter Bryant Ruth Vera/Rob Michele

June 12 Mudgee Betty Stroud Denise Brian/Adrian Denise

June 19 Mudgee (HC) Will Paine Denise Michele/Vera Karen

June 26 Mudgee Denise Wood - Adrian/Brian Melanie

July 3 Mudgee (HC) Worship with a Difference

TEAM

Denise Michele/Adrian Vera

July 10 Mudgee Melanie Freudenstein Ruth Rob/Vera Sue

July 17 Mudgee (HC) Lynne Waller Denise Brian/Adrian Karen

July 24 Mudgee Peter Bryant - Vera/Rob Denise

July 31 CLUSTER WORSHIP @ RYLSTONE, 10AM & LUNCH FOLLOWS

Date Place Leaders May 1 Rylstone (HC) Note change in day for HC Merilyn Mosher ‘No frills worship’

May 8 Rylstone Robin Johnston and Jayne Eastburn

May 15 Pentecost Rylstone

Running Stream (HC) 2.30pm

Julia Stone

Denise Wood

May 22 Trinity Rylstone 9.00am Joint with Anglicans @ St James

May 29 Rylstone 9.30am Richard Mayes

June 5 Rylstone Will Paine ‘No frills worship’

June 12 Rylstone (HC) Greg Smith

June 19 Rylstone

Running Stream 2.30pm

Elizabeth Merz

Rod Lord

June 26 Rylstone 9.30am Merilyn Mosher – Joint with Anglicans

@ Uniting

July 3 Rylstone Elizabeth Merz ‘No frills worship’

July 10 Rylstone (HC) Merilyn Mosher

July 17 Rylstone

Running Stream (HC) 2.30pm

Richard Mayes

Will Paine

July 24 Rylstone 9.00am Joint with Anglicans @ St James

July 31 CLUSTER WORSHIP @ RYLSTONE, 10AM & LUNCH FOLLOWS

Until next time... take care and may God’s peace

be with you.

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