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Anglican Parish of Hamilton

Locality: Hamilton, Victoria

Phone: +61 3 5571 1317

Address: 22 Gray Street 3300 Hamilton, VIC, Australia

Website: http://www.anglican.org.au/

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22.01.2022 Sunday Eucharist at Christchurch Hamilton

22.01.2022 SOME THOUGHTS ABOUT OUR FETE Due to COVID our Fete might well be a bit different this year. We could abandon it completely and just go for next year. We could encourage folk if they were able to give a similar amount to what they gave /contributed last year. and / or have an internet auction ... and / or things that are not listed above and which Fr. David has not thought of. He would encourage your wisdom and feedback about this. We do need to be sensitive to those businesses that have had a ghastly year. Please offer your wisdom by the end of the month See more

20.01.2022 A whinge about whinging. One of the reasons I really like the Old Testament lesson is that it rings true. It sounds authentic. In just one of the stories the Israelites are trudging through the wilderness and they are having a bit of a whinge. This is not the first time or the last time they grumble. They whinge about the lack of bread, they complain about the lack of meat, Moses goes up the mountain to pray and he is gone far too long. Today the complaint is water. More spe...Continue reading

20.01.2022 Sorry for the silence. We will try again on Sunday. Sigh!

20.01.2022 https://youtu.be/sX3t_DBJ8ZU

18.01.2022 These are the folk you nominated to be on Parish Council. There are exactly the right number so they are duly elected. Great choices people! Stewart Otton (Rector's warden) Claire Hilsdon (People's warden) Peter Walsgott (People's warden) Graeme Mustow, Jenny Rankin, Tony Roe, Jannie Ryan &... Gavin Wallis. Elisabeth Cumming & Earlene Gellert Caroline Mills Maree West Observers Jason Tonisson, Liz Nichol, Nicole Kerr, Craig Everingham Parish Nominators.. Hoorah. The following people have kindly said that they would be thrilled to become parish nominators in case Fr. David doesn't make it out from underneath the no. 9 bus. Stewart Otton, Gavin Wallis and Betty Lacy. Supplementaries are David Hilsdon and Sue Mustow See more

18.01.2022 A Reflection on the New Guinea Martyrs Today's story begins at Westminster abbey in London. Over the west door of the abbey there are statues of 20th century martyrs. Martin Luther King Junior, Oscar Romero and Dietrich Bonhoffer are some of the more well known martyrs. One that you may not have heard of is a gentleman Lucian Tapiedi. Lucian was born in 1921 or 1922, on the north coast of Papua New Guinea. He was taught at mission schools and in 1939, he entered St Aidans...Continue reading

17.01.2022 Meet Vic the vigneron Let me tell you this morning's parable with a slightly different twist. Vic the owner of the vineyard has done this little ritual of employing people each day to go to his vineyard for 32 years now. The ones that are up and about and eagerly looking for work at 7:30am he cheerfully employs and they have never let him down. But not everyone is quite like that. The next wave when he goes out looking for employees will do the work, but they stop and yak h...Continue reading

17.01.2022 Morning Prayer at Christchurch Hamilton

16.01.2022 Of the tough gig we call forgiveness I hope that it might be helpful if I retold today's parable in a slightly different way.A chap is in debt to the king to the tune of ten thousand talents. Ill call him Andy. Andy is your typical blue collar, working class man and lived in pre COVID times. For helping to put up the scaffolding so that the roof on the synagogue can be fixed, he gets 1 denarius a day. 6000 denarius equals 1 talent. Andy owes the King 10,000 talents. So it ...Continue reading

16.01.2022 Of things ethereal Today I would like to offer you a personal story. It happened a long time ago, about 32 years to be exact. Jeanine was pregnant with our 2nd child and we were enjoying our first born Stephanie. We were in the parish of Timboon which had St. Jude as it’s patron. St. Jude is the Patron saint of hopeless cases, or more politely ‘things almost despaired of’. Stephanie was diagnosed with a rare, very nasty form of childhood cancer and at that point and even for... some time after her death, despair engulfed us. And while there were many, many tears and engulfing anguish, here we are after all these years thinking of Stephanie fondly, asking her prayers and looking forward to that day when we see her and rejoice with her once again. In all that time Mother Mary was and is a powerful person praying for us; for she too knows what it is to outlive a child. Her only child. In all that time St. Jude patron of things despaired of, of hopeless cases, was also praying for us. For we are never completely without hope. It certainly feels like it and we can’t grasp hope, measure it out, take some for breakfast. Hope does not work like that. Hope and faith and prayer are those ethereal realities that we can only glimpse in the rearview mirror of time. Surer than you read these words friend, St. Jude prays for us, Mother Mary prays for us and Stephanie prays for us. And we join with them when we come to the altar, joining our prayers with them in the Alleluia song of the resurrection. See more

15.01.2022 https://youtu.be/MrWcWLnWm0I

14.01.2022 RIP our AGM. Well a decision had to be made and to ensure the safety of everyone, I think it would be best not to have a formal gathering called an AGM. At the very best we MIGHT have been able to have 10 people gather. I would like to take this opportunity to say a very Hearty Thank you to all those who have supported and encouraged and submitted reports and nominated and seconded and got their forms In and so much more that I am not aware of. It really has been inspiring t...o see all this hard work go on despite the most gruelling of circumstances. So... we need to adopt thIs years budget and the minutes from last years AGM. Copies of both are in the Annual reports or can be delivered to your mailbox. (Contact Fr. David / postie /priestly guy) To make it really easy ... if you would NOT have smiled upon last years minutes or this years budget please contact Lofty aka the parish secretary by October 11th. Thank you everyone! Well try again in 2021. See more

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13.01.2022 A reflection for Christ the KingThe usual path for the intrepid preacher for today is to encourage the patient listener to reach out and care for those who are less fortunate and at this point in history there are plenty of them.In the gospel reading these are the stranger, those in prison, the hungry and the thirsty. And the punch line for this very fine homily is when The Master points to that reality which we lose sight of so very easily.Whatever you do for the least of t...Continue reading

12.01.2022 Of fogged up glasses Have you noticed that when you are wearing a mask your glasses fog up? This makes selecting the right papadums at the supermarket an extremely ambitious project. I squint, wriggle my glasses, adjust the mask and try not to breathe too heavily. Its going to take me a little while to get used to this.But this business of seeing things and yet not seeing them has always been so. We see people, but we dont See them. We see a situation, but we have no idea ...of the complexities and chemistry that make it what it is. A happy school yard of raucous children appears as one thing, but we never know what is going on inside each student, their family background or the frazzled teacher in the corner who's trying to keep it all together. This murky vision also applies to the really big picture. Every so often we glimpse something that we cannot explain. Two people kiss and fall in love. The pursuant sense of vocation that will not go away, the sure and certain knowledge that we are mysteriously loved, warts and all.It's a bit like our developing perception of the people and world as we mature. Trust evaporates, budgets and tax become bull-nosed realities. People arent always as forgiving as Mum and Dad, or as well behaved.In time I shall not have to wear a mask, my glasses wont fog up and I shall see clearly again. My mate Paul put it all like this. When I was a child, I spoke like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. For now we see in a mirror dimly, but then face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall understand fully, even as I have been fully understood. See more

12.01.2022 The parable of the chocolate frog The other day I went to buy bread at the supermarket. But on the way through the checkout a chocolate frog winked at me, seduced me and before you could say Do you have a loyalty card the delectable beast was mine. I tore off the wrapper with a wicked cackle of glee. Bah ha ha! I went to put the helpless little thing in my mouth and.. oh dear. It was only then that I realised that I had my mask on. How naive and forgetful I was. While I hop...e that my faux pas went unnoticed, it felt like the whole world saw my blunder. There are many lessons here. There is the obvious one about gluttony and did I really need the chocolate frog to make a nutritious balanced diet? There is a lesson about patience. Would it have done me any harm to wait until I got home? There is a lesson that my blooper is really a first world problem. Much like a stolen car or a phone is a first world problem. But dig a little deeper friends, there is a lesson here about developing helpful habits. This is particularly difficult when we swiftly have to adapt, change and develop new patterns of behaviour in order to look after the most vulnerable in our community. Its about discipline. Its doing the new habit even when the novelty has worn off and nothing much seems to be happening. Its about doing the new habit especially when we dont want to do it. But then it's not about the chocolate frog or me; it is always about the other person and it must always be about Him. See more

12.01.2022 https://youtu.be/osB4im6Ae8s

11.01.2022 Morning Prayer at Christchurch Hamilton

10.01.2022 Mass for the Martyrs of Papua New Guinea

10.01.2022 Mass for Remembrance Day

09.01.2022 Fr. Davids musings It had been a day. You know the sort of thing. Time and circumstance had played their tricks and what had seemed straightforward and uncomplicated had been mangled by the unforeseen. Then what should have been a delicious conversation went horridly awry because well because, I was not listening to what was being said. Sure I heard the words alright, but I didnt hear what was really being communicated. I missed the cues and innuendo. It wasnt the first t...ime and I am sure that it wont be the last. Now this has probably never happened to you dear reader, but I offer you my little tale of woe to make sure that the chances are limited and the damage minimised. As I apologised, and reflected over the carnage I stumbled upon this question. How is it that in an age where communication is easier, that the gentle art of sharing information seems so utterly fraught with danger? Perhaps this is especially so when an image or images are shared. We gawp at the TV when they warn us that the following images may be confronting. Why is that? Do we really thrill to the image of the grizzly and macabre. And who is that decides that this image will be shown and not that one. This story will make it over the line to be included and while that one will never see the light of day? In our hurly burly rush about world, where quantity is often put before quality, it's easy to miss the fine detail that is crucial. So we look, but we dont always See and we seldom just Gaze and Adore. We speak, but we arent always clear about what we want to share. We listen, but we dont always Hear. See more

08.01.2022 Sunday morning mass at Christchurch Hamilton

07.01.2022 https://youtu.be/mqcaeX7OAMM

07.01.2022 Midweek mass at Christchurch Hamilton. Welcome

05.01.2022 The message of the masks Pretty ones, masculine ones, darlick ones, feminine ones, nondescript ones, hospital ones, funny ones, dotty ones, bandana ones. They are prolific and colourful. They are good for us and very good for others. Yes, it is true that they hide a bit of us and we dont see everything; but can I put it to you that this has been true well before Monday 3rd of August 2020. There are parts of us that always lie hidden from others. Things that we consciously ch...oose not to expose to the world. An unfortunate past, a pregnancy, the secret that a friend has shared with us. These are the things that should lie hidden and not be unmasked. But there are other things that perhaps should come to light and be revealed for the greater good of all. The gift of compassion, a quirky sense of humour, a talent that we seldom use. Tears also come under this very wide heading. Why is it that we feel so embarrassed and apologetic about something that is so very natural, normal, healthy and healing? Perhaps the message of the masks is to tighten our resolve to keep hidden that which needs to stay hidden and has been entrusted to us as a great privilege. But also to show forth those God given gifts that we are supposed to share, enjoy and reveal to a world that aches to see them. And maybe if, behind the masks we glimpse something of beauty in another, then we ought to be the agent of encouragement. To foster opportunities where that gift might be utilised for the healing and enhancement of all. To draw forth these hidden gifts which are not always obvious. The willing ear, the compassionate heart, the prayer that is offered in secret, the loyalty of friendship. The mask that says I care about your health and I care about you. See more

04.01.2022 https://youtu.be/lroCYYo9cjE

02.01.2022 Welcome to Midweek mass at Christchurch Hamilton

02.01.2022 The results of the poll for the time of the Saturday night vigil mass. Thank you very much to all who participated! 5:00pm all year round 4 Households 6:00pm all year round 2 Households 5:00pm non daylight saving time / 6:00pm daylight saving time 8 Households ... Our first 6:00pm in daylight saving time will be Saturday 10th of October. See more

01.01.2022 Morning Prayer at Christchurch Hamilton