View from my Window

A few weeks ago, we looked out the back window of the Parish Office building to see trucks, diggers, and workmen dismantling St Joseph’s School’s Junior Unit play area. Last year we saw the construction of their new Kindy and now it looks like the Junior School outdoor area is having a revamp. We look forward with interest to see what’s in store for the young ones. The children in our schools are very fortunate to have leaders who want the best for their students in all areas of learning.

Hour of Power

The Youth Ministry Team held their first Hour of Power in July, an hour of praise and worship in the presence of the Blessed Sacrament. This will become a monthly feature on our worship calendar. The young ones and all who were present enjoyed moments of beautiful singing, silence, and prayer. Even with restrictions the Hour was well attended. We are thankful for our Youth Ministry co-ordinators, Lizzie and Maddie, who are doing great things in an effort to draw young people to God.

Their four Youth groups are also coming along. They have learnt that it’s not about quantity (numbers) but quality. Young ones are making youth group part of their weekly calendar. Chaos for the upper primary-aged children, is living up to its name. The Shalom Youth are meeting in the lunch time, happy to listen to cool music, play games and talk about school life. Blaze High School group meet every Friday and Salt, Young Adults, every Wednesday evening. I hear this week they took gnomes for a walk through our CBD on a “Gnome Your Bible Scavenger Hunt” where the clues were taken from scripture. Gnomes appeared near “living water” and “light of the world.” Sounds like a lot of fun and relationship-building are happening amongst the younger set.

The Summit 1

Fr Peter his invited all parishioners to the first of a series of Summit Meetings to be held at Shalom College on Saturday, 29th August from 9.00am to 11.00am. At this meeting, Craig Farmer, who has been facilitating our Revitalisation project to address the future of our Parish, would like to hear the response of parishioners to the initial stages of the project. It is hoped that most parishioners will attend. We look at where we have come from and identify the significant changes that have shaped our present and would hold us in good stead for the future.

Anne Sheehan