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Newsletter online

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prophet DanielOur March 2014 parish newsletter is a mixture of articles, reports, notices, and a concise schedule of services for the next three months.* If you don’t receive this by post or email – or you’ve lost/deleted yours – read on! Take a look at the main menu at the top of the page and you will see we have added a new page: ‘Newsletter’. Here you can view the latest newsletter as a pdf or print it if you prefer.

*Occasionally the service schedule is changed, so it will pay to check the ‘Church Services’ page on this site or the Link sheet handed out each Sunday in church.

Science and spirit

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mkuvhXzAmgiDS_4LuSIVTVQOn the marvellous (and advert-free) brainpickings.org site, Maria Popova reviews a book about the spiritual inspiration that drives major, meaningful scientific discovery: From Galileo to Gell-Mann…

Popova’s fascinating—and beautifully illustrated—review is excellent reading. She writes:

“What profound element of the human condition could compel us again and again to seek to transcend our human confines and pierce the mystery of the universe?  Continue reading →

Our new deacon

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ImageWelcome Llewellyn!

Rev’d Llewellyn Smith is part of the clergy team caring for both the Amberley parish and the Woodend-Pegasus parish. Many people from both parishes were delighted to attend his ordination on Saturday 4th May, where he was made a Deacon.

Llewellyn and his family—wife Cheryl and two teenaged children— are from South Africa. They have other family members in New Zealand and have been settled here for some years.

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What is this site about?

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The Anglican Parish of Amberley, incorporating St Pauls’ church in Leithfield, and Holy Innocents church in Amberley, is finally venturing into cyberspace. Information about our church services, meetings, and social events will be posted here, along with commentary designed to give readers a sense of our parish life and to help build community. It’s a start!