Glenmore Gazette

February 2010

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Glenmore Park Anglican Church

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At Glenmore Park Anglican Church, we believe there is more to life. Real life can be found by knowing our great God through a real relationship with his Son, Jesus Christ.
Church on Sunday
8.30am & 10.15am
An informal hour of worshipping our great God together followed by morning tea. Children join us for the first part of the service before going to their own excellent program.
Church @ 5
A relaxed service with a coffee break & a great kids’ program running at the same time.
Night Church at 7
Another informal hour to meet together & worship our great God followed by supper. Our youth take an active part in this service.
Activities for the young
Creche–Sundays:8.30am, 10.15am, 5pm. Children aged 0–4 years, minded in a caring & fun environment, while the parents are in Church.
Kids’ Church – Sundays 8.30am, 10.15am, 5pm
Kids aged 4–11 years. Fun activities to learn about God from the bible.
Junior Jivers – Tuesdays & Fridays 10am. An activity playgroup for mums, toddlers & preschoolers.
Launch Kids Club – Thursdays 4.30–6pm Fun, games, food & bible talks for children in Kindy to Year 6.
Youth
Velocity Youth Groups – Fridays: Yrs 7–8, 6–8pm, Yrs 9-12, 8-9.30pm & hang till 10pm
Then on Sundays: Yrs 7–8, 8.30am, 10.15am Yrs 9–12, 5pm
Young Adults
With events, Bible studies, weekends away & other great stuff, young adults activities are a great chance to meet with others your own age.
Adults
Christianity Explained is a four session course, clearly setting out what a Christian believes. Connect groups meet every night of the week, looking at what the Bible says & getting to know others. There are Womens, Mens and mixed groups.
Wednesday Ladies Group – 9.30am
An informal morning tea and learning from the bible with a special children’s program, plus special coffee mornings, guest speakers, lunches & more.
Men’s Ministry
Regular breakfasts, dinners, golf, footy nights and more.
Women’s Craft Groups – Wed 7.30pm, Thurs 10am
Make some great crafts & get to know others over tea & coffee. Children minded during the morning group.
Seniors Group For 55+ retirees.
Other activities
“For more information, please ring Rev John Lavender on 4733 1635.”
www.glenmorepark.anglican.asn.au

Photographer’s Win

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Local resident Natalie Howe has been a professional photographer for six years and has just won first prize in the 2009 International Aperture Awards, the world’s most prestigious on line competition, for best wedding photo which was the photo shopped image of three flower girls curled up asleep at a local wedding.
Natalie takes many of her photos in her home studio and loves capturing expressions on children’s faces. She also loves natural and creative photos outside and often uses the Glenmore Park waterways as the back grounds for local weddings without having to travel far.

Winning Costume

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Stephanie Ornelas won the prestigious Textiles award with a Fairy Costume suitable for the Wizard of Oz fairy inspired by a school production of the Wizard of Oz. The quality of the meticulously completed folio was as important as the product. The costume demonstrated diverse skills in fabric manipulation
Over two thousand students submitted Textile articles and only 49 were chosen to be displayed in Sydney and to be part of a travelling exhibition of regional NSW.
This is a fantastic achievement and reflects Stephanie’s hard work and her teacher Mrs Melissa Mills’ guidance and expertise.

New Child and Family Centre

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The new building going up on the corner of Glenmore Park Way and Blue Hills Drive is the new Glenmore Park Child and Family Centre currently being constructed for Penrith Council by Denham’s Construction. The centre will provide a number of new services for the community. There will be a 50 place childcare centre for children from age 0-6 years; community meeting rooms for community groups and where programs for families with children can be offered; professional community consulting rooms where practitioners can offer sessions to the local community such a speech therapy, occupational therapy, counselling, massage and natural health; an all-abilities adventure playground; a café and outdoor seating and a community gathering space
The Centre will be open for business in January 2010 and council staff are looking forward to welcoming Glenmore Park residents into this new community facility.
Council is currently taking expressions of interest for use of the various spaces in the building. If you are interested in finding out more please go to www.penrithcity.nsw.gov.au and click on the Glenmore Park Child and Family Centre link on the front page.
If you would like to enquire about enrolling in the Children’s Centre phone 4732 7836 to request more information.

Padro Pio Catholic church open

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The new Catholic church for Glenmore Park, next to Bethany Catholic Primary School on William Howell Drive, is finally open for all Masses. It has taken the local parishioners many years to have this dream come to fruition.
The official opening of the church will be by Bishop Manning on Sunday 14th February at 11am and everyone is welcome.

Glenmore Park Girls are winners!

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The recent Miss Penrith competition proved Glenmore Park has some great talent. Both the Miss Penrith and the Junior Miss Penrith were won by local girls.The Miss Penrith winner is 17-year-old Laura Archibald, a student at Penrith Christian School. Laura has only lived in Glenmore Park for a year and loves it. “I find everyone very friendly and all the houses are so modern and nice. I want to go to uni and study business or marketing. Winning the June Dally Watkins modelling course is great and will give me more confidence” she said.
10-year-old Alyssa Licastro is a student at Bethany School and has lived in Glenmore Park for most of her life.Winning the title of Junior Miss Penrith and the June Dally Watkins junior model course is very exciting and she will learn grooming, deportment and the tricks of the modelling trade.
Congratulations to both girls.
Gold for Aimee
Another winning young lady from Glenmore Park is year 12 student Aimee Maurer. Aimee has recently achieved her Gold Duke of Edinburgh Award. She had to carry out many hours of community work as well as rigourous physical activities and challenges. Well done Aimee.

December 2009

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Community Meeting

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A community meeting to discuss the proposed shopping centre development will be held on Tuesday December 1 at the Glenmore Park Community Centre at 6.30pm.

Watch Out For Snakes

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Snakes are around again and further to last month’s information, the Fire Brigade are now trained to respond to snakes and all wildlife and will be able to attend more quickly than contacting WIRES.
If you feel threatened or really need help, telephone Regentville 4733 6851 or Warragamba Fire Brigade 4774 1222 or 000 as an alternative.
The Red belly black snake is common locally but is quick to retreat when encountered. It is venomous but fatalities are rare. The Eastern brown snake is venomous and dangerous and will defend itself if it feels threatened. Do not attempt to kill snakes as this is when people get bitten. All native snakes are protected in NSW and it is illegal to harm them. Leave it alone and watch where it goes. Keep the dog and cat contained.
Tips to help keep snakes from your yard:

Don’t stack wood near the house
Keep the grass short
Keep animal water dishes inside or in a cleared area and don’t leave uneaten food in dishes
Always wear garden gloves whilst gardening and long pants in long grass
If you keep birds, clean up seed and fruit to stop rodents from visiting
If you have a pond you may get a visit from a snake, just watch where it goes, do not get in its way
If you should encounter a snake just stop and stand still
Boxes should be off the ground in sheds, as they make nice homes for snakes’ favorite food, rodents!

Snakes may not have ears but they pick up vibrations so stomp those feet if you are going into a shed or barn.
Kids may come across snakes when riding their push bike along tracks; they need to wear enclosed shoes and long pants as the snake won’t pick up vibrations from the rubber tyres.
If you are bitten by a snake, you do not need to kill it for identification as the hospital has a kit that can do it.
If you feel threatened by a snake in your house or your dog or cat have injured a snake or lizards you can contact the NSW Fire Brigade. Regentville is the nearest, 4733 6851, or phone 000. WIRES, the Wildlife Information Rescue and Education Service, can also be contacted on 4754 2946.