CONTACT DETAILS

SENIOR PASTORS:

Andrew and Lynette Peters

RECTOR:

The Rev’d Dr. Andrew Peters PhD FAIM

CREATIVE ARTS DIRECTOR:

Lynette Peters MA (Mus)

WARDENS:

Jim Smith (Treasurer)

Vicki Herman

Neil Griffiths

ADDRESS:

203 Flockton Street Everton Park

Mail: PO Box 231, Everton Park 4053

TELEPHONE:

Phone: 3353 2020

Fax: 3353 8877

Emergency Pastoral Care: 0418 775 166

Practical Care: 0408 770 748

Emergency Prayer: 3353 2045

INTERNET:

E-mail: stjudes@tpg.com.au

Website: stjudesep.com.au

SERVICES TUESDAYS:

19th Sep - 9:30 am Communion Service

Followed by Morning Tea

26th Sep - 9.30 am Healing Communion Service

Followed by Morning

FRIDAYS:

7.00 pm Alive & In The House - café service

[1st & 3rd Fridays of the Month]

SUNDAYS:

7.15 am Traditional Services:

17th Sept - Communion Service

24th Sept - Healing Communion Service

9.30 am Contemporary Services:

17th Sept - Communion Service

Followed by Morning Tea

24th Sept - Healing Communion Service

with Kid’s Time and followed by Morning Tea

September-October Calendar

MONDAYS:

7.00 pm - Men’s Study Group

TUESDAYS:

19th Sept - 6.30 pm - Parish Council Planning Session

26th Sept - 7.00 pm - Creative Arts Rehearsal

7th Oct - 7.00 pm - Leadership Workshop

WEDNESDAYS:

9.30 am - Gentle Exercises

10.30 am - Beacon Counseling Ministry

20th Sept - 3.30 pm - BCM Supervisory Seminar

FRIDAYS:

6th Oct - 9.30 am Ladies Study Group

SUNDAYS

17th Sept - 11.45 am plus - Cornerstone Crafting Creations

24th Sept - 12.00 noon - Synod

1st Oct - 9.30 am Service - Annabelle Peters’ Baptism

Welcome to St Jude the Apostle - an Contemporary and Traditional Anglican Church reaching out to all generations at Everton Park

Ian and Thomas Crilly entertained us with a great Father’s Day drama with dad needing to borrow his son’s car and the process and grilling that he went through to get the appropriate approval and the keys. Our Father’s Day gifts this year were great with a nail and screw box filled with

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a variety of chocolates and a small pack of nails. The team that helped put the packs together came up with this old saying that shows that there is more to nails than what you would think:

NAILS:

For the want of a nail the shoe was lost.

For the want of a shoe the horse was lost.

For the want of a horse the knight was lost.

For the want of a Knight the battle was lost.

All for the want of a nail.

The weight of the soccer ball for the

Father’s Day guessing competition was

410 grams. Chandra won it with 420 grams

by a draw vote. Consolation prize goes to

Sam Weaver with 400 grams.

This Sunday 17th September

After the 9.30 am Service’s Morning Tea

Crafting Creations is a time for us to come together around our common interest of craft and

needlework.

BYO: CREATIONS

BYO: LUNCH

PROVIDED: a variety of teas, coffees and

biscuits

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Vestry Joinery:

Due to a lack of funds, work on the Vestry was left

until April this year;

Furniture in the Vestry (prior to 2017) included a

fridge and lounge suite that were specifically do-

nated by some of our families;

The current desk is on loan from Ps Andrew until

we get a new desk;

The joinery (fixtures & fittings) has been pur-

chased and installed through a specific donations

for that type of purpose; and

Due to the hard work of our building team, in in-

stalling the joinery furniture purchased from

Ikea, this room is now providing a perfect venue

for all the purposes noted above.

Original Joinery Plans for Vestry/Sacristy

Original tender plans show the Vestry with robes cup-

boards; cabinet and sink area; overhead cupboards

and desk area. Apart from the desk these works have

now been completed.

Thank you to all those who responded to God’s call to

donate towards the Parish Building works that are part

of the building of our new Church Complex. May God’s

blessing flow back to you multiplied. Jesus said:

Give, and it will be given to you: good measure,

pressed down, shaken together, and running over

will be put into your bosom. For with the same meas-

ure that you use, it will be measured back to you

(Luke 6:38).

Vestry works almost completed

Be Safe at St Jude’s Here at St Jude’s we want all of our members and

guests to be safe from harm. This means:

We don’t protect bullies

Speak up if you don’t feel safe

If anyone, adult or child, makes you feel uncomfortable, frightened or worried, it’s OK to tell someone.

Speak to Ps Andrew, Lynette, Vicki, Kevin, Jimmy or Neil if you feel uncomfortable

Lynette Ps Andrew

Jimmy Neil Vicki & Kevin

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One of the most subtle but quite destructive

emotional and mental habits or sins that we can

have is envy and covetousness. Both relate to what

someone else has, which we think would make us

happy and satisfied in life. The fallacy of course is

that God’s blessing for someone else, that truly

satisfies them, will never give us the same

satisfaction. What will truly bless and satisfy us is

what God has always intended for us to have and

enjoy. Rather than hankering after what God has

given to another, we need to seek God for ourselves

and what He wants to do with our lives and the way

in which He wants to bless us.

“There be three usual causes of

ingratitude upon a benefit received -

envy, pride and covetousness: envy,

looking more at other’s benefits

than our own; pride, looking more at

ourselves than at the benefit;

covetousness, looking more at what

we would have than at what we

have.” - Joseph Hall.

https://www.christianquotes.info/quotes-by-topic/quotes-about-

envy/#axzz4sfD3PgQ7

“Envy is the art of counting the

other fellow’s blessings instead

of your own” - Harold Coffin

https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/keywords/envy.html

Moving ahead with intentionality to grow our church

Over the last five weeks all of our congregations have been working through what we need to be doing to grow each congregation. Each of our congregations has a different perspective and approach to offering to God what is due to Him - our sacrifices of praise and thanks-giving. In addition to this Parish Council has been work-ing to consolidate our planning to enable that growth to occur. As we have done this we have recognised that each congregation has found some significant things to do that will make our services more vibrant and life giving. HEALING PRAYER SERVICES: one common factor in all of our congregations is the introduction of Healing Prayer Services twice a month:

2nd & 4th Sunday of the month is a healing

service at both the 7.15 am & 9.30 am services.

2nd & 4th Tuesday of the month is a healing

service at 9.30 am.

In the process of doing this planning we recognised that it is not simply the pragmatic things that we can do that help, but also attitudes that we hold that increase the potential for us to grow.

Primarily and because it seriously affects God’s actions in our midst we have to make sure our attitudes stay right. Previously we looked at two attitudes that God expects if He is going to grow His church through us:

Humility in pragmatic terms:

Principle one – consider others better than yourself;

Principle two – look not only to your own interests, but also to the interests of others (Philippians 2:1-4).

Unity – where brethren dwell together in unity God sends the blessing – life forever more. (Psalm 100).

In addition there is a process in our lives which is both spiritually orientated and emotionally and mentally driven. From notes written in 2008:

Overcoming an undisciplined spirit – an undisciplined spirit can be a spiritual force from the dark side that undermines the effectiveness of our work and robs us of the fruit of our labours.

We can remove the spiritual force, that has impacted all of us, through prayer in Jesus’ name; but we also need to address the way in which this spiritual force has affected us emotionally and mentally, so that we can break the habits that they have formed in us.

An undisciplined spirit is different to being disorganised;

It causes a lack of order in the midst of chaos;

Jobs become too difficult;

Causes a loss of the sense of the urgent/important;

It can affect our efforts in the following areas:

Timeliness;

Not making the effort – sometimes because of feelings of fatigue;

Adopts an near enough is good enough approach.

Can result in:

The missing, or not giving of, cues;

Missed instructions;

Missed explanations; and

Missed purpose

All of which can deplete the effectives of our endeavours to grow.

Having a disciplined spirit:

A disciplined spirit is different to simply being organised;

Maintains control of the plan in the midst of chaos;

Notes what needs to be achieved in each job;

It discerns and focuses on important things and dispenses with the unimportant and

Maintains processes that have already been established.

Original Tenders:

In 2011 we called for tenders for the new church, once

the sale of the church to BBMA was completed. Five

tenders were submitted, ranging from, $1,296,000 to

$1,680,000 - the lowest of these was almost half a

million dollars over budget. A request for some

reduction in the tender price was met with meagre

response. Some good work by our Architect, Lindsay

Mack from OPUS, produced a possible solution from

the builder with the lowest tenderer who reduced his

quote from $1,296,00 to $840,000. This was a

reduction of $456,000.

Changes to the original tender plans included:

To reduce the costs by this amount we needed to

make a number of reductions which included

adjustments to:

The New Church: Reducing the height of the

church and the roof; changes to the parent’s

lounge, plumbing fixtures, under-croft slab, sound

desk area, sanctuary floor, storm water drainage,

car park lighting, internal ceilings, and the extent

of the electrical work. It also required reducing

the number of toilets from 3 to 1; removing the

covered drop off area; reducing the foyer by 24 sq

metres; removing the kerbing in the car park;

changing the structure of the entrance road and

car park; and paining rather than rendering the

external concrete blocks.

In all these changes both the builders and architects

refused to reduce the size of the worship area.

Parish Responsibility then included:

Air-conditioning - $21,000 (completed in 2012).

Carpet - $23,000 (completed in 2013).

Paths and landscaping (completed between

2012– 2015).

Sewerage mains installation - $66,000 - our

share of the costs (completed in 2013).

Sacristy Joinery - furnishings and fittings for

Sacristy (partly completed in 2013 - with

additional overhead cupboards to be completed

in 2017).

Vestry Joinery - furnishing & fittings for Vestry

(partly completed 2014 - with furnishings and

fixtures in 2017 being almost completed).

Cornerstone Ministry Centre - re-roofing, fascia

painting and external rendering.

Blinds and furniture - including church and foyer

blinds, seating, sanctuary furniture, etc. (2103-2017)

Audio sound and projection systems:

We had to cut the budget for performance lighting,

audio and projection system from $30,000 to $7,000.

To achieve this we had to continue to use the sound

and computer systems from the Buller Street Church,

which are now around 18 years old and are beginning

to give us some real problems. A gift from Nexus Church

enabled us to upgrade the notebook computer that we

use and some new microphones. Our previous

notebook computer, which we use for Alive & in the

House is 14 years old - purchased in 2003.

Vestry:

In the Buller Street Church the Vestry and Sacristy were

the same room behind the sanctuary that served as a

place to keep the robes and communion vessels, etc.

The clergy and LAs would robe, whilst the sacristans

would set up things for Communion. It was about

two-thirds the size of our new Sacristy. The separation

of the two rooms and the location of the Vestry off the

church foyer came from input from Bishop Jonathan

and Fr Colin Roberts.

The current Vestry serves a number of purposes:

Place for Bishops, clergy and now LAs to robe and

prepare for the services;

Place for the Bishops to meet with confirmation

candidates and others before services;

Place for the Rector to mentally and spiritually

prepare before services so that our services can be

inspirational;

Place for the Rector to counsel and chat with

members after the services who need encourage-

ment and support;

Place for small meetings on Sundays and Tuesdays

and other times during the week;

Place for the Rector to pray and prepare materials

during the week.

Over the last six years we have worked to complete

the building of our church complex that included the

new church and renovation of the existing Corner-

stone Ministry Centre (formally Judah). As the original

tenders were some half-a-million dollars over our

budget we had to negotiate with the lowest tenderer

to complete the first stage of the church complex. This

involved removing a number of items from the tender

budget that we would then complete later ourselves

as funds became available.

Parish Council’s Approach to Parish Building Projects:

Parish Council members have spent a lot of time

working on both the new church and the Cornerstone

Ministry Centre and adopted a process of excellence,

where excellence was defined as doing the best that

we can with the resources available to us. In 2009

Parish Council extended this to include two basic

principles for the building work we were doing:

One-step-at-a-time approach - we decided to

do all we could with the resources we currently

had, and take one step at a time in building a

new church complex and renovating the Corner-

stone Ministry centre.

Do each job properly - we decided to wait till

we had the funds to do a job properly, so there

was no need for us, or those following us, to

come back and do it again.

These processes have seen the enclosure of the

carport to create the media/seminar room and the

building of the new church. It has also addressed a

number of the building items removed from the

revised Tender Budget.

Parish Building Projects to date in 2017:

To date we have worked on the following items that

have received specific donations:

Signage - corner sign (completed)

Blinds - for Church and Foyer (completed)

Sacristy - overhead cupboards (still to be com-

pleted)

Vestry - cupboards, sink, overhead cupboards,

desk, robes cupboard and subdued lighting to

enhance counselling and meetings (almost

completed).

Projects being Costed for 2017:

Audio/visual—sound desk and computer set-up

for both the church and Ministry Centre’s media

room;

Church Foyer desk;

Ministry Centre Roof - the roof has now been re-

paired and will need to be re-painted the same

colour as the church;

Ministry Centre Walls rendered and painted; and

Ministry Centre Fascia and gutters repainted

Due to some generous donations from some of

families we have been able to pay the loan payments

from January to July. For the period August to

December we need the following donations:

Loan Payment Due: $ 6,828

Pledged $ 2,356

Still Needed: $ 4,472

Loan Payment Due: $ 6,828

Pledged $ 370

Still Needed: $ 6,458

Over the last couple of months we have had in-

creasing problems with distortion with our micro-

phones. The problem seems to be the 20-year-old

24-channel sound mixer. We are hiring a

16-channel mixer for the next ten days to confirm

that it is the mixer only that is the problem. As

noted later in the Building 2011-2016 report, we

had to reduce the audio/visual tender budget

from $30,000 to $7,000, which meant we

continued to use the old mixer & amplifiers. It is

time to upgrade to the new mixer. 6 3

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An important element of safety management is the reporting of workplace incidents, injuries, near-misses

and hazards. This is a requirement under the WHS legislation and is critical to ensuring a safe workplace for

all workers. Reporting also includes information relating to WHS performance, including the results of WHS

Inspections, Checklists and reviews.

Hazard Reporting

Encourage workers, volunteers, parishioners, contractors and visitors to bring hazards to the attention of

Parish Leaders for risk assessment and corrective action. Completion of the Checklists will assist you in the

identification of workplace hazards and risks. Complete a risk assessment for high risk concerns that are not

easily resolved. Take appropriate action to reduce the safety risk. In some circumstances the above process

may be conducted in consultation with other Parish workers or parishioners to agree a suitable outcome. It

may be necessary to table these reports at your Parish Council or other meetings for further discussion.

Incident Reporting

An incident is a situation or thing which has the potential or has caused an injury or illness (for example, a

slip or fall, equipment failure, etc). When an incident occurs, it should be recorded on the Incident Report

form. Contact the WHS Team through People & Culture Helpdesk and they will assist you in completing the

report. It is good practice to conduct an investigation for all incidents to determine the cause, if any and

identify appropriate actions to prevent a recurrence. Additional records relating to the actions taken should

be kept with the incident report form. Contact the WHS Team where you require assistance or to

recommend procedure changes.

2 . 5 . 2 I N C I D E N T , H A Z A R D A N D W H S R E P O R T I N G

WHS Upgrade Training for 2017 - Members of our Risk Management Team attended the Diocesan

upgrade training seminar for 2017. They were pleased to see that the Diocesan team had done some good

work in reducing the amount of paperwork needing to be done and shortened the induction process for our

staff and ministry teams. We inducted 64 of our team members last year and will inform all team members

of any amendments or improvement to the Workplace Health and Safety regulations and protocols. There

are still some members that need to do this training, which is now been reduced to 15 minutes.

WHS Audit - Ps Andrew and Kevin completed our WHS Audit with the Diocesan Auditor this week. Our

WHS processes were deemed to be in good order, with only some minor but important areas needing

attention.

In addition we are upgrading our WHS manuals and documents to match the Diocsan WHS procedures and

protocols. This includes making sure people have access to forms for incident and hazard reporting. These

are:

Repair Book - Hazard Report Forms - Incident Report Forms

Located in the File draws on the bookcase in the Church Foyer &

the Reception Desk in the Cornerstone Ministry Centre (CMC)