PROFILE—SUE POLLEY

Sue was born in Geelong where her parents had a mixed farm at Connewarre. She has one brother. They lived on the farm until she was 17. Sue attended Connewarre Primary School and then Oberon High School when it first opened. After Oberon Sue went onto to Nursing at Geelong Hospital Nursing School in 1970. Sue retires from Nursing at Geelong at the end on May after 46 years of service—mostly all full-time. Sue was in charge of a ward at one stage of her career and comments how so much has changed within the hospital—buildings, names, processes

and approach to nursing care. She will be glad to finish but will miss the special patients and colleagues. She commented how the nurses used to play tricks on some of the patients especially the young men in the orthopaedic ward who were there for many months.

Sue originally attended Connewarre Presbyterian Church (which is now part of the Barwon Heads Airport), then the Salvation Army in Geelong when she was working lots of shift work. She came to Drysdale in 2003 just before Rev Peter Cannon started. Sue has son Nathan and daughter-in-law Huyen living with her (although Huyen is in Vietnam waiting for her new visa). Sue helps lead services at Worship @ 9 as part of Graeme’s Team and assists in the kitchen for mainly music. She likes working in the garden and doing family history research.

She attends church because she always believed it was important. Now she thinks it helps her to become more aware of the spirituality of the bible story.

RETREAT

A great success with sessions by Rev Sue Withers, Rev Temukisa, Lynda Smith and Wayne Myers and worship services by Lorraine and David Hughes and Rev Temukisa.

This was the tenth retreat for Drysdale and the first for the Linked Congregations of Bellarine.

Plenty of food—don’t ask about the flooding of the kitchen (is Wayne getting forgetful?).

DUC

MAY/JUNE 2017 APOLOGY for no May Grapevine so this issue

covers both May and June.

W@9 KITCHEN COUNTING MAY 28 Jenni’s Team Val JUN 4 Graeme’s Team Colleen 11 Jenni’s Team Sue Polley 18 Wayne’s Team Margo 25 Denise’s Team Glenda

Web site: http://drysdale.unitingchurch.org.au

Our Vision—Reaching out with God’s love and care

MAY John Macgillivray 2 May Margaret Freemantle 3 May Wendy Allott 4 May Margaret Jeffrey 15 May Norm Cheale 17 May Tom Allott 22 May 7 Carol Spivey 23 May Sue Polley 25 May Rev Temukisa 25 May Pam Love 29 May Val Lestrange 31 May JUNE Vicki Wills 10 Jun Renee Colley 13 Jun Grant George 18 Jun Glenda Vuillermin 18 Jun Riley Taylor 28 Jun 17 John Bradie 30 Jun

FLOWERS Wilma Mansell Pat Handley Val Place Merrilyn Lloyd Margaret Freemantle

28 May—9.00 am Rev Temukisa

(Graeme’s Team assisting)

10.45 am Rev Temukisa

4 Jun—9..00 am Rev Temukisa HC

(Denise’s Team assisting)

10.45 am Rev Temukisa HC

11 Jun—9.00 am Wayne’s Team

10.45 am Rev David

Walker

5.00 Messy Church

18 Jun— 9.00 am Jenni’s Team

10.45 am Jenni’s Team

25 Jun—9.00 am Rev Temukisa

(Wayne’s Team assisting)

10.45 am Rev Temukisa

10.45 KITCHEN WELCOME READING ELDER/PRAYERS MAY 28 Val & Audrey Brenda Pat JUN 4 Irene & Bob Brenda Pat Ken 11 Brenda & Melva Marg Macg Harvey John Macg 18 Marguerite & Alma Marg Macg W@9 Bob S / W@9 25 Margaret & Tony Ken Win Pat

MESSY CHURCH

The 11 June Messy Church has the theme of Women of the Bible. Will it be Mary, Martha, Eve, Hannah, Lydia, Salome, Sarah, Jael, Esther, Dorcas or one of the many other women that are included?

SPECIAL BIRTHDAYS

Congratulations to Margaret Jeffrey who celebrated her 90th birthday in May.

Our special birthdays tea is on Sunday 4 June at 6.00 pm at the Clifton Springs Golf Club.

CONGRATULATIONS

To Sue Polley who retires at the end of May from Geelong Hospital after 46 years. When Wayne was visiting in the hospital there was Sue’s photo in the lift inviting all

Extravagant Love –Nola Hill- CWCI

(Christian Women Communicating Inter-national)

Nola Hill was the Guest Speaker at a re-cent CWCI morning tea at Church of Christ in Ocean Grove attended by 40 women of all ages and stages of life.

Nola read us a children’s book about the love of a father and spoke about the hu-man experience of a loving father but also those fathers who did not meet family expectations in many ways, maybe they were distant, off somewhere working or just not active in our lives.

She reminded us that our Heavenly Father is always present and available to us. Ro-mans 8:15 refers to ‘Abba, Father’ and that we are God’s children.

Jen Davis blessed us with her singing of ‘I Walked in the Garden’. Before Jen started she shared with the group of her cancer, which may restrict her singing in the fu-ture. Her voice was strong and beautiful.

Nola went on to say we are created for the garden, God wants us to live in the garden as we read in Genesis.

Our greatest need as a human is to be loved. The character and nature of Father God is one of loving us. Nola went on to say that God has chosen us, appointed us to be His. He has a plan for our lives. Ephesians 2:10,’We are His masterpiece, made in His image’.

Do not be discouraged in times of ill health ,spiritual inadequacy, financial or emotional difficulties, maybe stop and give yourself a hug. Life has its ups and downs but this Father remains.

In finishing Nola asked us to pour out our extravagant love on the lives of other people by just being you.

Lynda Smith Drysdale KYB