Gratitude, Prayer and Service

Thank you to everyone who donated food towards our Harvest Festival collection!

We were able to fill almost 70 boxes with non-perishable food. This was taken to St John’s Anglican Church, Darlinghurst, and will be distributed through the Anglicare Welfare Program that operates from there. I spoke to one of the staff members at St Johns’ who said that they have people coming into their offices almost every day looking for food. He went on to tell me about a man in his 50s in between jobs and not having any income. He spoke of an elderly woman who had just come out of St Vincent’s hospital post-surgery that had no food at home and no one to look after her. And then there were the large number of lonely, underprivileged and marginalised that have been doing it tough for years. There is a great need in our city to help the most vulnerable in the most simplest of ways. We have such a great opportunity due to our location to be involved in our local community and connect with those less fortunate!

SCEGGS Prayer Network

Being in such a large and diverse community, there are always a variety of issues that concern us and also a huge amount of things we can be thankful for. We currently have a network of people that consistently pray for our community and other specific issues. If you would like to be part of that network please let me know and I will add you to the list of people that receive our occasional prayer letter via email. If you ever have any concerns that you may like prayer for please let me know as well. We also have a prayer meeting at the end of each term which is open to any parent, old girl, staff member or friend that would like to be involved.

Volunteer opportunities for mums

Last week I met with the manager of Lou’s Place (a day refuge for women in Kings Cross) to talk about some possible opportunities for us to be involved in. A number of the programs suggested needed some volunteer help from other women, particularly mothers. There are programs to help women subject to domestic violence and the issues surrounding such damage and despair. There is also a program called “Always Mum” which aims to help those mothers that may have had to give up their children to care outside of the home. It offers support and mentoring around ways for mothers to stay connected to their children and develop good parenting skills. If anyone is interested in being involved as a volunteer please either contact myself or the Lou’s Place manager Nicole Yade.

Garry Lee-Lindsay
Chaplain