Don’t forget, 7:30pm Friday at The Blue Gum hotel. Let Chris know if you are coming so he can confirm numbers!

The 2012 St John’s Uniting Church Antiques Fair will be held on the weekend of 13-15th July. Please watch this space for more information COMING SOON!

If you’d like an electronic copy of the Lent Event Journey Guide, a series of studies and reflections for Lent, you can download one in word or pdf format…

Steve Biddulph will be speaking on the subject of ‘Raising Girls” at Gordon Uniting Church on Monday and Tuesday 19th and 20th of March. Anyone who is interested can book online at http://www.trybooking.com/BDIC. Quite a number of parents from Playjays and The Growing Place will be going, so if you do book let us know, and maybe we’ll see you there!

Ignite the Flame Arts Festival is being celebrated at St Johns this year with a space to hear stories and contemplate. Godly Play in conjunction with Sacred Space is running from 13th-14th April. All are welcome and the event is free! Bookings for numbers must be made if you wish to attend a Godly Play session. For online bookings, click ‘here‘!

Twelve Cartophiles started the walk on Saturday, but a rather reduced number finished.
The weather was delightful when we gathered at Woolwich ferry wharf for the short trip across to Greenwich and the start of the walk.  Michael, Gabriel, Annie, James and Kit backed up from the last week’s rogaine with stalwart Cartophiles Sue, Aida and Doug.  They were joined by new Cartophiles Kaaren, Rachel, Tertius and Amanda.
With Kit and Doug navigating we should have simply followed the well-documented course, but somehow we took several accidental shortcuts that reduced the walk to 12 km instead of the planned 15½ km.  Well, …

I really can’t recommend The Turramurra Passion Play highly enough. The Play is an interactive and slightly modern interpretation of the Easter story, performed in and around the grounds of Turramurra Uniting Church. Based primarily on Luke’s Gospel from The Message translation, the play was first performed in 1999, and has developed over the following years. There are seven performances, from 23 March to 4 April. It’s free, but bookings are essential. Check out www.turramurrapassion.org.au for full details and to book.

The Cartophiles entered three teams in the NSW Rogaining Association’s 2012 Metrogaine, called The Baygaine.  This 6 hour event pitted 125 teams (about 300 competitors) in a find-your-own-route hunt for control sites throughout Sydney’s Inner West.
Our family team, Michael and 7yo Gabriel, stuck with the adults for the first three checkpoints, then went their own way to lunch at Birkenhead Point.  They covered about 15km and scored 900 points.  The two adult teams, Annie & James and Adam & Kit, stuck together for the full six hours, travelling 23½km and scoring 1350 points.  Unfortunately, they never made their lunch date …

Our next service for The Growing Place is this coming Sunday 11th February at 4pm. But we’re doing something a little DIFFERENT! We’re going to do a little bushwalking and then have our service in the National Park. It’s a great opportunity to reflect on God’s creation and enjoy a bit of the great outdoors.
We’re meeting at the start of the Gibberagong Track, at the north end of Grosvenor St, North Wahroonga. Park anywhere on the street.
Click here for link to map.
Pack a picnic dinner for your kids and bring along some wine and nibbles for the grown ups. We …

The Cartophiles bushwalking workshop scheduled for February 25th  is cancelled.
The workshop may be rescheduled in the future if there is sufficient demand.  It is aimed at hikers who want to start walks that include overnight camping, and discusses some of the ‘hundred little dodges’ that will enable them to get maximum enjoyment out of the experience.
The workshop is free and is open to anyone, irrespective of age.  There is no requirement to be a member of the Cartophiles Bushwalking Club or to commit to joining the club.
The workshop covers what to carry, what to wear, footwear pros and cons, …