Meeting Room Heating
The Meeting Room urgently needs new heating to provide a
comfortable venue for church members and other users in the
coming colder months and we are seeking donations from
congregation members towards the $3200 the new unit will
cost. If you can help please contact Lynda in the office. 6248
0282.
Travel Club Farewell
The St. Margaret’s Travel Club, which had undertaken over 50 tours
since its quiet beginning in 1993, has been discontinued.
Some of the tours undertaken previously were modest one day visits to
places of interest locally, but the vast majority were to areas much further
afield. Think of The Great Ocean Road & the Grampians, the Kimberley, the
Flinders Ranges, Western Australia in the wild flower season, the NSW North
Coast, the Central West, Norfolk Island, the wine regions of Corowa and
Rutherglen, Tasmania, a Murray River Cruise, Lord Howe Island, and even
New Zealand – twice. They’d been to them all, and many more. Some trips
were over two weeks in duration but the most popular ones in later times had
been those of 4 or 5 days, staying in the same motel each night and doing
day trips each day.
There is no doubt that the most outstanding aspect of the club was the
fellowship, the goodwill and the friendliness of all the travelers. Many new
friendships have been forged, even one marriage! They had many
wonderfully happy and enjoyable trips. It was a friendship club as much as a
travel club. There were no age barriers to membership but seniors clearly
predominated. Most members had some connection with a church, but not
all. It was a very ecumenical club; usually three or four and sometimes five
denominations were represented on a tour.
St Margaret's News
15
May 2017