Rev's Review

Spring has nearly sprung!  It will be a time of renewal and fresh beginnings, new life awakening.  This is how we think as Christians.  It doesn’t need to be spring for us to have a new beginning each day.  Spring also heralds in hay fever at least for me.  As most of you know my favourite season is Autumn.  But onward we travel for new adventures. So much happens at Cobram AGS.  Being in the classroom and yard is where I witness staff and students communicating, laughing and getting to know one another better.

The Bishop's Winter Appeal 

The Bishop’s Winter Appeal, has once again seen the students rally to this great cause.  We have a stage full of food, toiletries, blankets, hats, socks and items all destined for helping people in own community. This will be dispatched ASAP. Thank you to all who contributed in any way.  The ‘Sleep Out’ was successful on many levels. Uncomfortable for one night, but imagine this was your life every night!  The funds raised from the ‘Sleep Out’ and the ‘Out of Uniform Day’ ($1443.95) will be put into the Welfare Dept of the Parish.  This money will be used for actively feeding the hungry.

Many think you have to be homeless to be poor.  This is not true.  We now have what is termed the ‘Working Poor’, where there is an income coming into the family, but the cost of living is higher therefore financial stress is increasing within these families at a fast rate.   Our church, can be very busy after hours and on weekends, with people wanting to access emergency relief, until agencies reopen to assist.  Jesus said “feed the hungry give water to the thirsty”.  This is the point of the Gospel, to go in peace and love and serve the Lord.

Below are students preparing emergency relief bags, and one section of goods waiting to be delivered.

Year 10 R.A.V.E Community Service.

Year 10 this term, are completing their community service at a number of venues in Cobram.  One of the venues is St Margaret’s.  Students have been busy bagging supplies for emergency relief and sorting for the St Aidan’s Op Shop (which is in Main Str Strathmerton, look at FB page for St Aidan’s Op Shop. The afternoons so far have seen us all muck in and our ‘jobs’ are done in good time.  It is also a chance to get to know students better, in a relaxed atmosphere.

Messy Church 

Messy Church is held on the 3rd Sunday of the month between 4.30pm & 6.30pm, St Margaret’s Hall Cobram.  It is a multigenerational (babies to 100+) church, which sees families and adults worshiping and having fun together in all our messiness, both within our own lives and that of that of the church. 

We have activities set to a theme, designed for all age groups.  We have worship and praise in the church, then a 2 course dinner at NO cost.  Everyone is welcome. You do not have to be Anglican. Let me know if you would like some more information  to come along next month.