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Special Events
The New Font
This Easter our dreams
for a new Font come true
with the installation of
a great Asian copper
bowl, a bowl like a
Buddhist or Hindu temple
gong hollowed out and
hammered into shape. Containing a significant
amount of fresh water,
this new font reminds us
that life begins for us
who are 90% water
swimming silently in our
mother’s womb.
In this
great parched south land
of the Holy Spirit,
these welcoming waters
sing of thirst quenched,
the thirst unto death of
all living creatures.
In a time of global
warming and climate
change, this font also
charges us with
responsibility for this
and future generations,
especially for the
poorest of the poor who
suffer most as a result
of human greed.
How
fortunate we are in Bob
Whittle, who has
lovingly crafted altar
and lectern and font for
us with his usual
commitment to detail and
quality workmanship. The font is Irene and
Bob’s Easter gift to us,
and we are very
grateful.
In baptism we
die and rise with
Christ, grafted into the
true vine and birthed
into the catholic Church
as daughters and sons of
the Christlike God.
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The Gracious Table
Our parish recipe
book, launched by
Cheryl Herft on
Friday evening, is
available for sale:
$5.00
| Grace Church has asked its parish members to contribute one or two favourite recipes towards the creation of a Parish Recipe Book. Margaret Price has collated the recipes and prepared them into a delightful book that contain a brief note about the provenance of each favourite recipe, and something about why that particular parish member likes to cook and enjoy serving it.
The book contains a selection of recipes submitted by
parishioners in various sections including soups, finger foods, main courses, desserts, cakes, biscuits and slices, and hopefully some handy hints. The idea came about because we have many very good cooks in the parish and morning teas and other social get togethers have generally been pretty special because of the spreads we put on (some churches just have tea and biscuits), so we decided to publish some of the recipes, especially those that many people comment on.
SAUCEY CHOCOLATE PUDDING
Ingredients
1 cup self-raising flour
¾ cup sugar
2 dessertspoons cocoa
½ cup milk
1 tsp vanilla
30g butter (or margarine)
¾ cup brown sugar (firmly packed)
¼ cup extra cocoa
1¾ cups hot water
Method
Sift flower, sugar and cocoa. Make well in centre and gradually stir in combined milk, vanilla and melted butter. Put into lightly greased baking dish. Sift brown sugar and extra cocoa together, then sift over mixture. Pour over hot water. Bake in moderate oven 50 minutes.
Cook’s Comment
This is a homemade version of the self-saucing packet puddings. A must for chocoholics, it is absolutely delicious with cream, ice-cream or custard.
Contributor
Margaret Price
Download this recipe sample here: [.doc] [.pdf]
Also Curried Parsnip Soup [.doc] [.pdf
Lasagne [.doc] [.pdf]
Easy Cheesy Quiche [.doc] [.pdf]
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