BOYCOTT
FITZROY CREDIT UNION.
BOYCOTT
FITZROY CREDIT UNION.
Supposedly Fitzroy & Carlton Credit Union in Brunswick St Fitzroy (Melbourne's 1st suburb) treats its 4000+ Members with respect. That's R-E-S-P-E-C-T !!!!!!!!!!
Yet they are charging poor people $2.00 per month for the priveledge of banking with them. Regardless of how often the account is used!! (The fees started in July 2009 and many people only realised on receipt of the 6-monthly Statement in December!)
This is outrageous and points to bad management. Many financial institutions are in fact winding back fees.
Caveat Emptor. Buyer beware. Don't pay bank fees, especially if you're poor.. For example, open a low-income Concession/Basic Account. Financial institutions should NOT charge fees. Especially when Australian funds are generally GUARANTEED by the Federal government and bank profits are rising.
Other banking organisations are bending over backwards for consumers. Online accounts offer handsome interest rates. (Deposits and withdrawals must be made through the normal 'everyday' account.) They are convenient too.
The best online account at present (as at early 2010) is MEMBERS EQUITY (Me) Bank which returns 4.85% per annum. (Term deposit, 3 months, 5.75%pa.) Deposits and withdrawals via accounts of other banks, which may charge a fee, eg 20 cents. i've heard the Uniting Church has a Development Fund which returns 4.25%. These rates are not just 3-month rates. If you can lock your money ($5000+) away for at least 3 months, the Sandhurst Trustees Investment Fund pay a variable rate of over 5%). The Bendigo Bank subsidiary only lends money on first mortgages. Just apply at your local Bendigo Bank Community Bank. (That way, the local Community will also benefit.).
The Commonwealth Bank is probably the worst for paying interest. CBA doesn't need to care about paying interest. It's got loads of money just sitting in cheque accounts. Don't go near them.
BOYCOTT FITZROY CREDIT UNION.
BOYCOTT FITZROY CREDIT UNION.
BOYCOTT FITZROY CREDIT UNION.
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Thursday, January 28, 2010
Wednesday, October 7, 2009
More on trendy H1N1 Swine Flu Jabs
FEAR is a FANTASTIC motivator.
Most advertising plays on it. One doesn't want to be left behind or caught short.
Get those widgets now. Don't leave home without your Afghanistan Express card. You do have to keep up with the Joneses, you know. Find a husband/wife online. Drink Cocaine Cola. Or Cocaine Mineral Water.
(you'd be surprised what they own. They even have pink-themed bottles when their radioactive Mineral Water probably causes Breast Cancer! Meanwhile, 5 percent of Cocaine Cola is sold by McCancer's who may also be carcinogenic.) Wear labels, not clothes. Drink coffee, drink alcohol like everybody else. YOU DESERVE IT, DON'T YOU?? Of course, all human beings by definition simply must have mobile (cell) 'phones. The Mobile 'Phone megaIndustry sees $$$$$ - not cancers. (Here's a good cell phone website) More radiation flooding the Earth. More rare metals from central Africa (Support Congo, Zimbabwe Nazism.) More waste, more pollution.
Consumers, whatever you do, don't be left behind . . . .
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Well, if you've been hanging out with pigs recently, Earth's drug companies & governments need YOU. This is GFC STIMULUS - a real shot in the arm! Have we got a deal for you!!!The 2009 H1N1 virus (aka Swine Flu) vaccination is the latest in FEAR campaigns involving global public health marketing. It plays on fear, on 'keeping up with the Joneses' & loss of individual thought.
It plays on making fat cats out of medical/ pharmaceutical/ public health professionals. (Some poor souls have to go to international conferences on public health, cancer, etc in the Bahamas/near golf courses/near Disneyland!!!)
Firstly, here's some propoganda:
||||| from the CDC (Centers for Disease Control)
||||| from the Armageddonish PANIC from the Australian government
By the way . . .
Did you know many hundreds of thousands die in Western hospitals annually from conditions UNRELATED to the condition for which they were admitted. Golden staph and other infections, operating theatre mistakes, misdiagnoses, overmedication, oversedation, poor supervision of junior staff . . .
in-Hospital Deaths from medical errors - Medical News (US)
Hospital infections kill more than AIDS+ breast cancer+ cars - RID (US)
Costs of hospital infection - RID (US)
The next asbestos - RID (US)
The hospital of death - The Independent (UK)
Meet Australia's freewheeling'Dr Death' - The Age (Aust)
Australian Chelmsford Private Hospital (Dr Bailey) scandal - Wikipedia
British Dr Harold Shippman - BBC (UK)
With the latest scare, ie the H1N1 vaccination, do you know OR CARE
what they want to put into YOUR / YOUR FAMILY'S VEINS??
How about mercury and Bird Flu (H5N1) virus for starters?
Surely you've got the time to worry about this????
So here are some links to THINK about:
Up-to-the-minute global News on H1N1 (Swine Flu) vaccine - infowars (US)
Why many Americans are wary - Christian Science Monitor (US)
Link to paralysis - Centre for Globalisation Research (Canada)
"The declaration by WHO of Phase 6 “Pandemic Level” global health emergency was a political decision which had no relation to any proven “virus threat.” It had to do at the least with a multibillion dollar injection of hyper-profits into the coffers of a tiny handful of global vaccine giants—GlaxoSmithKline, Roche (Gilead Science Inc), Baxter Labs, Novartis, Sanofi Pasteur and a few elite other drug giants."
Nasal spray (Flu-Mist) contains live H1N1 virus - infowars (US)
Vaccine rushed through safety checks (also see Comment re US Military) - Times (UK)
Links with nerve disease. Effects, esp. on children, unknown - Mercola (UK)
How to make a swine flu vaccine - BBC (UK)
Friday, October 2, 2009
SOS - Internet Scammers
The Golden Internet Rule: If things look too good to be true, they very probably ARE!!!
There are Internet Scammers out there - and some players look very genuine.
Their email skills range from amateurish to sophisticated.
Many just want to waste your time and computer bandwidth. Don't forward 'chain' mails, eg sending this to 20 people will guarantee you wealth or an answer to a prayer. Don't just mindlessly forward emails to others without testing the credibility. It'll make you look like an ass (ie donkey). Once, a young lady forwarded an email. It was so lovely.
ooo, beautiful. ooo, coo. You know, lion lying down with the lamb. In this heartstringy photographic email, we were told that a tiger had given birth to cubs and they sadly died. Searching round for substitute sucklers was of course difficult but some bright spark decided piglets were the answer. So the story went. Most people don't have time to check sources let alone have SPIRITS OF DISCERNMENT. So we just ooo,coo - especially if our friends have (innocently) sent us the email. However, i knew about http://www.snopes.com/ and other urban legend (false information becomes true if it's repeated enough). The case is one of Asian animal exploitation/ by intermingling species. You know the human ooo, coo factor.
Daliy Mail uncovers 'porkies'
Treat 'Nigerian letters' with amusement and delete them quickly. They purport to be from Africa and/or refugee camps and, as with all beggars, emotion is used as a bait. They state that the sender's late father/cousin was a rogue general, Field Marshall or bank executive who stole millions of $$ from an African bank (or the odd government). The problem is that the money is in cheque form & that's where you, the very fortunate email recipient, comes in. The money, for some reason, can only be cashed at a foreign bank. Now if you would kindly give your bank details, you can share in 50% of the loot. As time goes by, the kind foreigners are milked for more funds, eg bribing the odd corrupt official. Once i received an email telling me that an African with my name had left me a money mountain. (Glad it wasn't me who died.)
www.snopes.com
www.scamorama.org
www.scamorama.com/mccrackin_podmc.html Famed anti-scammer Dr Phil McCrackin
The next type of fraud doesn't appeal to the recipient's greed so much as his desire to belong to someone special. This is where serious $$ are made. Talkin' Mafia here. Men are baited by 'women' who systematically fall in love with them after a few emails. Usually, you will find these women on free Internet matchmaking websites. Give Russian and Ukraninan women a wide berth. Here's how 'they' work. You answer their ad. They write back in very stilted English. At this stage, they will give you their personal e-address so as to avoid the (numbered) source computer of their scamming operation (which they then can electronically alter. Dazzling photographs, often of Russian models/celebrities, are sent to appeal to men. After say 6 emails from the old USSR, the $$ requests start to flow. Money for visas, money for computer, money for airline tickets... One brazen scammer group wanted money so 'her' mother could go to Mocow airport to farewell her dear daughter. There was a well-planned silence in her e-mails. Then came the 'sad' news. The 'mother' had had a heart attack at the airport - and went to God. Now, could the man please send money for the funeral???
E-letters are sent out by the hundred. By just pressing a button, scammers can translate their Russian language letter - into English, or Japanese, or Freench or whatever - and viceversa. Such is their confidence in Western males, many scammers use the same email address for their raids. Only a few men will complain so as not to look stupid.
http://www.russian-scammers.com
http://www.datingnmore.com/fraud/scam_email.htm Scammers' e-addresses
http://www.british-filipino.com/Filipinaforyou.html Notorious Philipinas
Received an email from someone who has hijacked someone's legitimate email address. It was my second such email. In both cases the false 'sender' had to leave the country at short notice. Both are impersonal. Both mention Western Union. The first was to Virginia MobusNelson at URBAN SEED http://urbanseed.org/ . Both would have large Address Lists. Christopher is from the Swiss-based group INITIATIVES FOR CHANGE http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Initiatives_of_Change .
Beware!!! Here is the text:
Hello, How are you doing? hope all is well with you, i am sorry that i didn't inform you about my traveling to England for a Seminar.
I need a financial favor from you as soon as you receive this e-mail because i misplaced my wallet on my way to the hotel where my money,and other valuable things were kept i will like you to assist me with a loan urgently. I need the sum of $2,800 to sort-out my hotel bills and get myself back home.
Sorry to bother you i will appreciate whatever you can afford to help me with and that would be very much appreciated.I will of course pay back every penny within a reasonable period of time.
Please kindly help me to send the money through Western Union Money Transfer using the details below:
Name :Chris james Address : 212 Cromwell Road Zip code: SW5 OSW State: London Country : England
Please send me the money transfer control number with details used in sending it once you have it sent. I will be glad if you can find it in your heart to help a friend in need.
Your reply will be greatly appreciated.
Chris
There are Internet Scammers out there - and some players look very genuine.
Their email skills range from amateurish to sophisticated.
Whatever,
insert the sender's email address
or a few lines from the suspect email
into a Search Engine.
Many just want to waste your time and computer bandwidth. Don't forward 'chain' mails, eg sending this to 20 people will guarantee you wealth or an answer to a prayer. Don't just mindlessly forward emails to others without testing the credibility. It'll make you look like an ass (ie donkey). Once, a young lady forwarded an email. It was so lovely.
ooo, beautiful. ooo, coo. You know, lion lying down with the lamb. In this heartstringy photographic email, we were told that a tiger had given birth to cubs and they sadly died. Searching round for substitute sucklers was of course difficult but some bright spark decided piglets were the answer. So the story went. Most people don't have time to check sources let alone have SPIRITS OF DISCERNMENT. So we just ooo,coo - especially if our friends have (innocently) sent us the email. However, i knew about http://www.snopes.com/ and other urban legend (false information becomes true if it's repeated enough). The case is one of Asian animal exploitation/ by intermingling species. You know the human ooo, coo factor.
Daliy Mail uncovers 'porkies'
Treat 'Nigerian letters' with amusement and delete them quickly. They purport to be from Africa and/or refugee camps and, as with all beggars, emotion is used as a bait. They state that the sender's late father/cousin was a rogue general, Field Marshall or bank executive who stole millions of $$ from an African bank (or the odd government). The problem is that the money is in cheque form & that's where you, the very fortunate email recipient, comes in. The money, for some reason, can only be cashed at a foreign bank. Now if you would kindly give your bank details, you can share in 50% of the loot. As time goes by, the kind foreigners are milked for more funds, eg bribing the odd corrupt official. Once i received an email telling me that an African with my name had left me a money mountain. (Glad it wasn't me who died.)
www.snopes.com
www.scamorama.org
www.scamorama.com/mccrackin_podmc.html Famed anti-scammer Dr Phil McCrackin
The next type of fraud doesn't appeal to the recipient's greed so much as his desire to belong to someone special. This is where serious $$ are made. Talkin' Mafia here. Men are baited by 'women' who systematically fall in love with them after a few emails. Usually, you will find these women on free Internet matchmaking websites. Give Russian and Ukraninan women a wide berth. Here's how 'they' work. You answer their ad. They write back in very stilted English. At this stage, they will give you their personal e-address so as to avoid the (numbered) source computer of their scamming operation (which they then can electronically alter. Dazzling photographs, often of Russian models/celebrities, are sent to appeal to men. After say 6 emails from the old USSR, the $$ requests start to flow. Money for visas, money for computer, money for airline tickets... One brazen scammer group wanted money so 'her' mother could go to Mocow airport to farewell her dear daughter. There was a well-planned silence in her e-mails. Then came the 'sad' news. The 'mother' had had a heart attack at the airport - and went to God. Now, could the man please send money for the funeral???
E-letters are sent out by the hundred. By just pressing a button, scammers can translate their Russian language letter - into English, or Japanese, or Freench or whatever - and viceversa. Such is their confidence in Western males, many scammers use the same email address for their raids. Only a few men will complain so as not to look stupid.
http://www.russian-scammers.com
http://www.datingnmore.com/fraud/scam_email.htm Scammers' e-addresses
http://www.british-filipino.com/Filipinaforyou.html Notorious Philipinas
Received an email from someone who has hijacked someone's legitimate email address. It was my second such email. In both cases the false 'sender' had to leave the country at short notice. Both are impersonal. Both mention Western Union. The first was to Virginia MobusNelson at URBAN SEED http://urbanseed.org/ . Both would have large Address Lists. Christopher is from the Swiss-based group INITIATIVES FOR CHANGE http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Initiatives_of_Change .
Beware!!! Here is the text:
Hello, How are you doing? hope all is well with you, i am sorry that i didn't inform you about my traveling to England for a Seminar.
I need a financial favor from you as soon as you receive this e-mail because i misplaced my wallet on my way to the hotel where my money,and other valuable things were kept i will like you to assist me with a loan urgently. I need the sum of $2,800 to sort-out my hotel bills and get myself back home.
Sorry to bother you i will appreciate whatever you can afford to help me with and that would be very much appreciated.I will of course pay back every penny within a reasonable period of time.
Please kindly help me to send the money through Western Union Money Transfer using the details below:
Name :Chris james Address : 212 Cromwell Road Zip code: SW5 OSW State: London Country : England
Please send me the money transfer control number with details used in sending it once you have it sent. I will be glad if you can find it in your heart to help a friend in need.
Your reply will be greatly appreciated.
Chris
Friday, September 25, 2009
Swine Flu Vaccination Hoax?
Received this from truthwarrior.
It's definitely dangerous/politicallyINcorrect to think.
What do you make of this?
!!!! Check out !!!!
INFOWARS/ ALEX JONES www.infowars.com
RENSE MEDICAL WARNING www.rense.com/general87/scam.htm
FOXNEWS video www.youtube.com/watch?v=WJoCDqVXgRI
KEVIN MUHAMMED www.kamuhammad.net
!!URGENT!!
MAKE THIS VIRAL!! (ie, EVERYWHERE)
The Planned SWINE FLU Vaccinations are due to start this week.
VACCINE CONTENTS:
WEAPONISED SWINE FLU from a variety of strains
taken from medical Labs
across the US and Europe.
DO NOT - repeat - DO NOT be IMMUNISED!!
Check out
INFOWARS/ ALEX JONES www.infowars.com
RENSE MEDICAL WARNING www.rense.com/general87/scam.htm
FOXNEWS video www.youtube.com/watch?v=WJoCDqVXgRI
KEVIN MUHAMMED www.kamuhammad.net
Don't Believe Me - Check It ALL Out YOURSELF and Tell Everyone!!!
Download & Listen to their most recent mp3's.
P-L-E-A-S-E-! Don't Believe the Lies the Media and Politicians are
spreading. The Truth is out there & covered on the above sites (and
heaps of others too).
DO NOT TAKE THIS VACCINE!
Spread the News To Everyone you Know, Everyone you Meet.
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
vaccine_doorhanger_front_.gif
79K View Download
It's definitely dangerous/politicallyINcorrect to think.
What do you make of this?
!!!! Check out !!!!
INFOWARS/ ALEX JONES www.infowars.com
RENSE MEDICAL WARNING www.rense.com/general87/scam.htm
FOXNEWS video www.youtube.com/watch?v=WJoCDqVXgRI
KEVIN MUHAMMED www.kamuhammad.net
!!URGENT!!
MAKE THIS VIRAL!! (ie, EVERYWHERE)
The Planned SWINE FLU Vaccinations are due to start this week.
VACCINE CONTENTS:
WEAPONISED SWINE FLU from a variety of strains
taken from medical Labs
across the US and Europe.
DO NOT - repeat - DO NOT be IMMUNISED!!
Check out
INFOWARS/ ALEX JONES www.infowars.com
RENSE MEDICAL WARNING www.rense.com/general87/scam.htm
FOXNEWS video www.youtube.com/watch?v=WJoCDqVXgRI
KEVIN MUHAMMED www.kamuhammad.net
Don't Believe Me - Check It ALL Out YOURSELF and Tell Everyone!!!
Download & Listen to their most recent mp3's.
P-L-E-A-S-E-! Don't Believe the Lies the Media and Politicians are
spreading. The Truth is out there & covered on the above sites (and
heaps of others too).
DO NOT TAKE THIS VACCINE!
Spread the News To Everyone you Know, Everyone you Meet.
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
vaccine_doorhanger_front_.gif
79K View Download
Wednesday, July 22, 2009
Anna's Church is TINY *and* COOL
Anna's Church isn't large. No way. Average attendance over a month is 17.
In fact, the Church, near Camberwell Junction, gateway to Melbourne's traditional Bible Belt, is tiny. Sadly, as parishioners went to Heaven, noone came to replace them.
Ecologically, small churches/gatherings yield a reduced Church carbon footprint. They offer people a real chance to contribute to a local church community & wider
Bio-region (Ched Myers'idea). Large and mega- churches tend to suck people (and cars) away from local areas. PLEASE COMMENT ON YOUR EXPERIENCES ....
Being smaller means being more like a a warts-and-all family. Lack of anonymity. Nowhere to hide from people who might 'press one's buttons'. The 'Bigger-/Mega- is Beautiful' syndromes have changed the worship landscape. Attenders are drawn citywide with huge carparks a sad environmental reality. Mega churches refuse to lessen dependence on private transport eg by chartering buses to Church. Meanwhile, at the poorer end of the spectrum, Church buildings are sold and converted into apartments, pancake parlours and worse. (That's if they survive the wrecker!) One recent local example of people experiencing 'Closure Trauma' is St Matthew's Anglican (Ashburton).
Other closures & struggles::
Cleveland, Ohio Rochester, NY
Blue Mountains, NSW Yorkshire, UK
Cape Choral Church of Christ, Florida [land-rich, income poor]
Russian Chuch (Holy Trinity) Closure Order
"Redundant" UK Churches for sale
But your Worship Place (& Integrity) can be saved::
(Love)Churches!
Parish Building History/Protection (UK)
[famous] Holy Trinity, Brompton (built 1820s)
INSPIRED!! - A Future for Historic Places of Worship
i'm sure the denominational bigwigs at the Church of Christ want to get rid of the million-dollar corner property. There is lots of 'development' and loss of history in the general area of Boroondara and Camberwell Junction due to pro-development State Governments. Apparently there was a move to merge VISION with Surrey Hills (The Avenue) Church of Christ in recent times.
Recently, a man spoke at 'Anna's Church'. He was "understudy" to Sydney celebrity, Melbourne-born Rev Gordon Moyes at Cheltenham Church of Christ.
Gordon Moyes, previously Wesley City Mission leader and now NSW CDP/Independent politician, used to have a segment on his Sydney radio programme. He would finish by saying that such-and-such "happened at a little Church in Cheltenham" (seaside Melbourne).
History amazes me.
At Vision Church of Christ (aka 'Anna's Church') i do basic eco-gardening. i'm not a denominational Churchperson, but the is near Riversdale Station on the corner of Riversdale Road & Aird Street is special. There is a monthly Friendship Circle and a twice-monthly Bible Study wih John Santoro. Honesty to oneself comes to the fore. There are No stiff-upper-lips. Can't afford to be in a Church which has seen better days.
Vision (previously Camberwell Church of Christ) is one of the smallest Churches of Christ in Victoria. The biggest - a monster in comparison! - is Careforce (previously Mt Evelyn Christian Fellowship).
New people are most welcome because YOU WILL certainly make a difference. (I guarantee it!!). Melbournians, have no fear of going to 'Anna's Church'!!!
If you know any people learning or speaking KOREAN, Pastor Joyce organises a the Korean language Immanuel Church at 1pm on Sundays.
Where??? 620 Riversdale Road, Camberwell (Aird Street corner)
Railway: catch Alamein line (need to change at Camberwell Station)
Tramway: catch Wattle Park (#70) tram to stop #44
In fact, the Church, near Camberwell Junction, gateway to Melbourne's traditional Bible Belt, is tiny. Sadly, as parishioners went to Heaven, noone came to replace them.
Ecologically, small churches/gatherings yield a reduced Church carbon footprint. They offer people a real chance to contribute to a local church community & wider
Bio-region (Ched Myers'idea). Large and mega- churches tend to suck people (and cars) away from local areas. PLEASE COMMENT ON YOUR EXPERIENCES ....
Being smaller means being more like a a warts-and-all family. Lack of anonymity. Nowhere to hide from people who might 'press one's buttons'. The 'Bigger-/Mega- is Beautiful' syndromes have changed the worship landscape. Attenders are drawn citywide with huge carparks a sad environmental reality. Mega churches refuse to lessen dependence on private transport eg by chartering buses to Church. Meanwhile, at the poorer end of the spectrum, Church buildings are sold and converted into apartments, pancake parlours and worse. (That's if they survive the wrecker!) One recent local example of people experiencing 'Closure Trauma' is St Matthew's Anglican (Ashburton).
Other closures & struggles::
Cleveland, Ohio Rochester, NY
Blue Mountains, NSW Yorkshire, UK
Cape Choral Church of Christ, Florida [land-rich, income poor]
Russian Chuch (Holy Trinity) Closure Order
"Redundant" UK Churches for sale
But your Worship Place (& Integrity) can be saved::
(Love)Churches!
Parish Building History/Protection (UK)
[famous] Holy Trinity, Brompton (built 1820s)
INSPIRED!! - A Future for Historic Places of Worship
i'm sure the denominational bigwigs at the Church of Christ want to get rid of the million-dollar corner property. There is lots of 'development' and loss of history in the general area of Boroondara and Camberwell Junction due to pro-development State Governments. Apparently there was a move to merge VISION with Surrey Hills (The Avenue) Church of Christ in recent times.
Recently, a man spoke at 'Anna's Church'. He was "understudy" to Sydney celebrity, Melbourne-born Rev Gordon Moyes at Cheltenham Church of Christ.
Gordon Moyes, previously Wesley City Mission leader and now NSW CDP/Independent politician, used to have a segment on his Sydney radio programme. He would finish by saying that such-and-such "happened at a little Church in Cheltenham" (seaside Melbourne).
History amazes me.
At Vision Church of Christ (aka 'Anna's Church') i do basic eco-gardening. i'm not a denominational Churchperson, but the is near Riversdale Station on the corner of Riversdale Road & Aird Street is special. There is a monthly Friendship Circle and a twice-monthly Bible Study wih John Santoro. Honesty to oneself comes to the fore. There are No stiff-upper-lips. Can't afford to be in a Church which has seen better days.
Vision (previously Camberwell Church of Christ) is one of the smallest Churches of Christ in Victoria. The biggest - a monster in comparison! - is Careforce (previously Mt Evelyn Christian Fellowship).
New people are most welcome because YOU WILL certainly make a difference. (I guarantee it!!). Melbournians, have no fear of going to 'Anna's Church'!!!
If you know any people learning or speaking KOREAN, Pastor Joyce organises a the Korean language Immanuel Church at 1pm on Sundays.
VISION CHURCH MELWAYS 60 B1
When??? Sundays, 10AMWhere??? 620 Riversdale Road, Camberwell (Aird Street corner)
Railway: catch Alamein line (need to change at Camberwell Station)
Tramway: catch Wattle Park (#70) tram to stop #44
Thursday, July 16, 2009
Case Study: Will John & Nella buy 2nd car ??
John & Nella
are leaders at the pro-marginalised Church of Hope in inner Melbourne. Under Conrad & Marian Fenton, COH also does outreach work in King's Cross and India. John, Nella and baby Noah live 32km (20miles) south of Melbourne at Werribee.
i first met John at pro-rich kid
Christ Church Hawthorn (inner Melbourne church semi-plant by St Hilary's, Kew). They met on the COH Flinders Street evangelism team. John was called to get rid of his possessions and LIVE on Melbourne CBD streets. Nobody could believe the transformation from comfort zone Sunday nights on CCH pews. He now wore simple clothes and sandals a la Franciscans founder St Francis_of_Assisi (b 1181). John's story is at
Selleverything-Givetothepoor-FollowMe
John starts work at the Werribee landfill tip at 2.30AM and they've been searching for a used car so "Nella can do shopping, etc." Free Vicroads data showed many chosen vehicles had been involved in collisions. (Salesmen often lied.)
John and Nella, i'm sad that you think you need a 2nd car. Maybe there's pressure from Nella's family. What the world needs now is another car on the road. More greenhouse gases. More global warming... What happened to self-restraint??
As for me, i have bent over to pick up others' cans, bottles and waste for decades. i could have had a great time joining the hedonism around me.
i have seen Churches and Churchpeople at the forefront of the 'THROW AWAY', CAR-HAPPY society. i could have just been another passive Church attender. i too could have bought a car and this and that... i could have my ears tickled by sermons which NEVER warned people about their destructiveness to Creation.
are leaders at the pro-marginalised Church of Hope in inner Melbourne. Under Conrad & Marian Fenton, COH also does outreach work in King's Cross and India. John, Nella and baby Noah live 32km (20miles) south of Melbourne at Werribee.
i first met John at pro-rich kid
Christ Church Hawthorn (inner Melbourne church semi-plant by St Hilary's, Kew). They met on the COH Flinders Street evangelism team. John was called to get rid of his possessions and LIVE on Melbourne CBD streets. Nobody could believe the transformation from comfort zone Sunday nights on CCH pews. He now wore simple clothes and sandals a la Franciscans founder St Francis_of_Assisi (b 1181). John's story is at
Selleverything-Givetothepoor-FollowMe
John starts work at the Werribee landfill tip at 2.30AM and they've been searching for a used car so "Nella can do shopping, etc." Free Vicroads data showed many chosen vehicles had been involved in collisions. (Salesmen often lied.)
John and Nella, i'm sad that you think you need a 2nd car. Maybe there's pressure from Nella's family. What the world needs now is another car on the road. More greenhouse gases. More global warming... What happened to self-restraint??
As for me, i have bent over to pick up others' cans, bottles and waste for decades. i could have had a great time joining the hedonism around me.
i have seen Churches and Churchpeople at the forefront of the 'THROW AWAY', CAR-HAPPY society. i could have just been another passive Church attender. i too could have bought a car and this and that... i could have my ears tickled by sermons which NEVER warned people about their destructiveness to Creation.
Well, what do YOU think?
Leave a Comment below, or email me at econow7 (at)gmail.com
Sunday, July 12, 2009
Junk mail leading to junk people?
Do you have a "No junk mail" sticker on your letterbox?
You can even be creative & use a texta. If you have a Post Box, you can ask the Post Office to ban unaddressed mail. Simple!!
You will be saving paper, chemicals, bleaches, animal habitat, inks, bucketloads of electricity, gas (to dry inks on glossy paper), print machines, plastic packaging, animal habitat, fungus habitat transportation ...
You'll also make your life less stressful and consumeristic
For NO JUNK MAIL stickers, try Friends of the Earth. Get some for your friends too.
In America & Canada there are moves to delete one's address from mailing lists
You can even be creative & use a texta. If you have a Post Box, you can ask the Post Office to ban unaddressed mail. Simple!!
You will be saving paper, chemicals, bleaches, animal habitat, inks, bucketloads of electricity, gas (to dry inks on glossy paper), print machines, plastic packaging, animal habitat, fungus habitat transportation ...
You'll also make your life less stressful and consumeristic
For NO JUNK MAIL stickers, try Friends of the Earth. Get some for your friends too.
In America & Canada there are moves to delete one's address from mailing lists
Junk isn't the only thing to live for. Really!
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