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| Special Religious Education In both our primary and high schools, this valuable ministry is always looking for volunteers to help with the teaching load in our 22 primary and five state high schools. Contact Michelle Burns (9896-2514 burns@hnlc.org.au) for more info about training, vacancies in high schools, and Boyette Zapata (r_zapata@exemail.com.au 0433-436574) for primary schools. A richly rewarding ministry! Divorce Care Merrylands Baptist Church hosts a support group, led by a MBC team with experience in divorce and separation and in caring ministry. The course includes videotaped input from experts in important areas of recovery. There's a 13-week cycle commences on Wednesdays, at 7pm - and possibly a day session. Location - the Church's facility, cnr: Memorial Ave and Newman St , Merrylands. Contacts: call Bill 9604 1009, or Linda 9635 9415 The ministry is part of an internationally respected ministry - www.divorcecare.com.au Miscarriage Support Group The group is hosted by Sue & Darren, who experienced a miscarriage in 2005. Sue & Darren attend Merrylands Presbyterian Church. Contact them for greater detail on sdp19@bigpond.net.au or 9633 4259 Holroyd Ministry Development College Now in its sixth year, Holroyd MDC is a short-term ministry expertise development opportunity. Units run for six weeks, Thursday nights, utilising the facilities of Fellowship of Christ, 2/167 Magowar Rd, Girraween. Details are listed at Holroyd Ministry Development College website. For further details, contact Peter Chan (Facilitator) on 0418-456670, or Brian Rensford (Principal) on 9896 2514 (rensford@hnlc.org.au). Community Visitors' and Aged Care Volunteer Helpers' Schemes Pendle Hill Community Visitors' Scheme Lyn Spice is Coordinator of this ministry. They are always looking for volunteers to be available to help meet a growing need for people willing to visit socially isolated, elderly people, especially those living in Aged Care homes. If you can spare some time to help, others will be blessed!! Contact Lyn on lyn.spice@careworks.com.au 9636 7400 0402-348506. Cardinal Gilroy Village Jean Ireland (9632 3144) coordinates a very diverse ministry there among the (several hundred) hostel and self-care residents. If you can help on a regular basis with any of the following, please contact her. companion, nail grooming, bingo calling, drivers, musicians, singers, helpers for morning teas, reading to residents, gardening, etc. Opportunities exist 7 days. The Ministers' Fellowship conducts an extensive chaplaincy in this complex and can work with you to maximise the benefit of your time and involvement. Pastoral Care training program Southern Cross Retirement Centres also conduct a regular Pastoral Care training program for volunteers from local churches, to assist with the care of the elderly in our community. PDF details here. Opportunities exist in their Pastoral Care ministry for Christian volunteers from the combined churches to be a blessing to the elderly. Several long-term volunteers, who trained in this basic course, have stayed on to care for the elderly in a very effective (and appreciated!) way. The courses are regularly run at the Cardinal Gilroy Village offices, Merrylands, usually for 8 weeks, on a Tuesday. Enquiries to Mrs Jean Ireland, (9631-6480 JeanIreland@sch.org.au). Jean is the Pastoral Care coordinator of Southern Cross Retirement centres at Merrylands, Greystanes, and Plumpton, Youth off the Streets Youth Off The Streets supports young Australians as they work to turn their lives around. It is our goal that these young people will leave our care drug free, with a high school education, living skills and a full or part time job in hand. Based on the philosophy that every young person has greatness within, these programs are non-denominational and non-discriminatory. STAY OFF THE STREETS By Monica
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(Parramatta Sun 9/05) Mentor money: Sussan Ley and Father Chris Riley at Merrylands. The Youth Off The Streets program at Merrylands has received additional funding. MP Sussan Ley, Parliamentary Secretary for Children and Youth Affairs, announced the additional funding for the program at an open day. The Department of Family and Community Services is to provide $120,000 each year for four years of mentoring, one of the services that the not-for-profit program organisation provides. Father Chris Riley, CEO and founder of Youth Off The Streets, said the grant showed the Government's recognition of the importance of mentoring to create long-term positive results for disadvantaged youth. The Catholic priest said the money would mean the program would continue to lead the way in developing mentoring with a great impact on the social, emotional and practical development of youth at risk. Father Riley has worked with disadvantaged youth for more than 30 years and believes early intervention can help them keep control of their lives. The recent open day featured tours of three programs. They were Chapel School, which provides a "time out" support initiative to students at risk of being excluded from mainstream school, the Dunlea drug-and-alcohol program, and McIntosh House which has a semi-independent living program. Youth Off the Streets works for the disadvantaged, homelessness, addiction and abuse. The organisation provides valuable services to youth such as supported accommodation, counselling; detoxification, education, outreach and supported residential facilities that help young people to re-establish themselves: Contact details Suzie Messner - Executive Assistant to Father Chris Riley 8332 5004 suziem@youthoffthestreets.com.au
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