He was officially installed as the licensed priest in charge at the service of Induction and Licensing presided over by the Anglican Bishop of Wangaratta, The Right Reverend Clarence Edgar Bester.
The celebration was the occasion not only of the induction, but recognition and welcome of the new priest in charge of the Anglican parish.
Area Dean Reverend Andre’ Du Plooy assisted the bishop in the ceremony and the Dean of Wangaratta’s Holy Trinity Cathedral, the Very Reverend Ken Goodger, preached the sermon based on the day’s Bible readings and also assisted the bishop in his duties.
Hymns of praise, prayers and the Renewal of Baptismal vows were shared with the congregation and Holy Communion was served after the symbols of ministry were bestowed on Reverend Pennington by the bishop. They included a new Bible, Anglican Prayer Book, Priests stole, vessel of water, bread and wine, holy oil, parish roll and keys, a book of statutes, a bowl and towel and a basket of wine and gifts of the community.
Rev Du Plooy welcomed Rev Pennington to the diocesan clergy and church wardens Jenny Moran and Ernie Lewin welcomed him and his wife Jen on behalf of the three centres’ congregations.
A fellowship dinner was held in the Christ Church hall after the ceremony where guests could congratulate the newest Anglican priest in charge in the district.
Reverend Pennington can be contacted for church matters on 0477 921 111.
CHURCH NEWS
Ecumenical
Prayer Options Unified for Rain (POUR service) will be held at St John’s Anglican Church Nagambie on Friday, February 4, at noon. BYO lunch.
An ecumenical Lenten discussion group has been organised by the Catholic church folk starting on Thursday, March 3. There will be six weeks of one-hour sessions from 11am at St Malachy’s Catholic church Nagambie. Booklets will be available. Details from Sally Fyfield at Nagambie or Fr Tony Hill at Euroa.
St Malachy’s in Nagambie will hold an International World day of Prayer service on Friday, March 4.
Anglican
Sunday services at Seymour and Nagambie and the fifth Sunday of the month at Avenel. For information, phone Rev Richard Pennington on 0477 921 111.
Catholic
For information about Rosary and Mass at St Malachy’s Nagambie, phone parish priest Fr Tony Hill on 0439 033 029 or the parish contact in Nagambie on 0400 476 416.
Uniting Church
Services are at 9am Sundays at Avenel. For Seymour service times, phone Rev John Payne on 0408 176 754.
Presbyterian
Nagambie folk join with Seymour folk at St Andrews Seymour or at the Yea church. For information, phone Bill Day on 5794 2070 or 0429 933 116.
SENIOR CITIZENS
Our second week of activities saw the girls play straight bowls seriously with a hard-fought battle.
The competition was so fierce there was no clear winner.
For a variety of reasons there were no cards played this week.
There was a much bigger attendance at carpet bowls but they still decided to continue with practice matches with no scoring.
Some exceptional bowls occurred during the afternoon with a lot of fun included.
A big get well to those members who are still unwell.
Please don’t forget our first general meeting on February 7 at 2pm.
If you need help to attend, please phone Bill on 0421 359 699 or John on 0484 644 474.
As this is our first meeting for the year, we have a lot to plan for the year ahead and we look forward to your input.
February birthday wishes go out to Eileen Bowdidge, Margaret Ridington, Ruth Humphreys and Trish Wray.
Just for fun
Three older ladies were discussing the trials of getting older.
"Sometimes I catch myself with a jar of mayonnaise in my hand in front of the refrigerator and I can’t remember whether to put it away or start making a sandwich,“ the first woman says.
“Yes,” the second lady chimes in. “Sometimes I find myself on the landing of the stairs and can’t remember whether I was on my way up or on my way down.“
"Well, I'm sure glad I don’t have that problem, knock on wood,“ the third one responds as she raps her knuckles on the table, then stands. ”That must be the door. I'll get it.“
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Two men are sitting in a bar drinking.
The first man notices two old men across the bar. He points to them. “That’s us in about 10 years,“ he says to his friend.
His friend looks up. “That’s us now," he says. ”Because that’s a mirror.“
