ANDERSON ROAD

A seasonal paper from Holy Apostles Church, Sunshine.

Winter 2017.

Inside:
Letter from Fr Philip
and Getting more out of the Bible
Silver Jubilee
Sherry in the Atrium
New website
Benetas in Church

Holy Apostles Church, Sunshine. 100 Anderson Road, Sunshine, Victoria, 3020, Australia

ANDERSON ROAD
A SEASONAL PAPER FROM
HOLY APOSTLES CHURCH
This is the first edition of
Anderson Road and hopefully it
will become a regular and
growing feature of our
communication in the Parish. The
next edition will be our Spring
one in October.
If you have items to include
in the next copy please let Father
Philip have them by late
September.
It would be good to have
photos of events which take place
in the parish as well, so please
also include these if you can.
Benetas in Church
On Tuesday 11th July the Ladies from
Benetas Day Respite, who meet at Holy
Apostles, spent time in Church to look
around and learn more about the
building. With music playing, candles
and incense burning, they enjoyed
finding out more about our wonderful
worship space. The time concluded
with a blessing before they invited
Father Philip back to enjoy Roast
Turkey for their Christmas in July!
Anderson Road
From Father Philip
The Apostles said to the Lord increase our faith! (Luke 17:15).
These words greet visitors to our new website. Words which we
ourselves could very easily say to Our Lord. Increase our faith!
As a parish community it is vital that we look at opportunities to
increase our faith just as much as reaching out in mission. Already
we have new opportunities to worship and build our faith. On the
fourth Thursday of every month we now have Holy Hour at 6.00
pm. In this time of worship we spend time in the presence of Jesus
in the Blessed Sacrament of the Altar. We join in saying Evening
Prayer and have a time of silent prayer, finally receiving the
blessing of Jesus in the Sacrament. For those who are able to stay
on we continue with a joyful sharing of food and drink in the
atrium. The next ones will be on the 27th July, 24th August and
28th September.
We have also started a series of study groups. Instead of having a
Bible Study on the same day and the same time throughout the
year, we are going to hold short bursts of groups, changing days
and times to enable different people to join in. Our first series was
a course led (via video) by the Archbishop of Canterbury on
Getting more out of the Bible. It was a good introduction to
enable us to think about why we have such courses and what we
hope to gain from them.
For those on Facebook you may notice over the next few weeks
that I have started to live stream Morning and Evening Prayer
sometimes when I am in Church, as well as the mid-week Mass. In
this way I hope that those who are housebound (not just from our
own parish) may take part in the worship of the Church.
Our new website provides a welcome portal for the online visitor.
Our rationalising the times of Sunday Mass (8.00 am, 10.00 am and
12 Noon Dinka every Sunday) makes it easier to make an invitation
to people to come and see and, we hope, increase their faith.
Father Philip
Email: vicar@holyapostles.org.au Telephone: 03 9311 6594
 BLESSING OF A NEW DOOR
No, we dont have new doors at the
Church, but we do have a new
doorway! In June Fr Philip blessed
our new website and all those who
will come through it. Despite much
searching, he could not find a formal
blessing of a website, but it seemed
appropriate to adapt the blessing of
a Church door, as a website is often
the first entry many people make
into a Church today.
If you have not checked out the
website it is well worth a visit. It
includes a video message from Fr
Philip as well as basic details about
who we are and what we do
(especially Anglicare Victoria,
Benetas and our Op Shop).
Designed to be simple to use and
not weighed down with too much
information, we hope it gives an
introduction to our Church and
invites people to Come and see!
www.holyapostles.org.au
ENTERPRISE MANAGEMENT SERVICES
Wednesday 5th July saw the Silver Jubilee of Father Philips Ordination to
the Priesthood. Father Philip was ordained Deacon on the 29th June 1991
(the Solemnity of Saint Peter and Saint Paul) in Salisbury Cathedral,
England. A year later on the 5th July he was ordained priest.
It is a tradition that on each anniversary a priest says a Mass in
thanksgiving. The Collect Prayer which is provided says: Holy Father, who,
by no merit of my own, chose me for communion with the eternal
priesthood of your Christ and for the ministry of your Church, grant that I
may be an ardent yet gentle preacher of the Gospel and a faithful steward
of your mysteries. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and
reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever.
Amen.
Understandably it was not possible for people from Fr Philips former
placements in the UK and in Hong Kong to be present. However the
Church was full with parishioners from: Holy Apostles; Fitzroy and Benalla
as well as: people from Merri Outreach Support Services Ltd and the
Council of Christians and Jews Victoria (Fr Philip is on the Board of both);
the Order of St Lazarus of Jerusalem; the Society of the Holy Cross; St
Pauls Cathedral; the Diocese of Wangaratta and the Diocese of The
Murray; Benetas and Anglicare Victoria.
The preacher was Bishop Lindsay Urwin OGS, who is the Vicar of Christ
Church, Brunswick. Bishop Lindsay has known Fr Philip before Fr Philip
was ordained and before Lindsay was a Bishop!
With friends present from the Council of Christians and Jews, Fr Philip had
arranged a Champagne Kosher reception in the atrium afterwards. The
evening continued with wonderful food, delightful Champagne and
excellent conversation.
More photos can be found on the parish website
www.holyapostles.org.au (go to the Photo Album in the menu).
Anderson Road
Put Wednesday 2nd August in your diary!
At 5.15 pm come along and join Fr Philip
for Sherry in the Atrium (or a soft drink or
wine if you prefer!) For those who come
earlier you can join in Evening Prayer at
5.00 pm.
Over a glass of Sherry there will be
an opportunity to talk about what is going
on in the world and how we, as Christians,
can respond to things or how we might
begin to think about things.
This may be a regular event on the
first Wednesday of each month, but only if
you come along and make it worthwhile!
We will be finished by 6.30 pm at the
latest. All are welcome. Why not invite
friends who are associated to the Church
and even those who are not even
connected to the Church?

Anderson Road

HOLY APOSTLES CHURCH

100 Anderson Road, Sunshine
Victoria 3020
Australia
www.holyapostles.org.au

SUNDAYS:
8.00 am MASS (English)
10.00 am SUNG MASS (English)
12.00 pm SUNG MASS (Dinka) Photos pgs 1, 2 and 3 James Banko Photography
Anderson Road is Holy Apostles Church
ABN 84 527 530 544