Farewell Northholm Class of 2018
On Monday 24 September, Year Twelve celebrated their final day at school. They enjoyed a breakfast with their families and members of Staff, House Farewells, led by their Heads of House, and a Valedictory Service attended by all students from Kindergarten through to Year Eleven, their families and Staff. “It is with a sense of […]
Glenorie Public School – What an AMAZING Day!!!
On behalf of the P & C I would like to THANK all the families within the school community and all other visitors to our school that came along in the beautiful sunshine to support our school at the 2018 Country Fair on Sunday 23rd September 2018. It was truly a wonderful community day. The […]
Hills Harmony to perform in the new Pioneer Theatre
Well known Hills songsters, Hills Harmony Chorus have been selected by the Hills Council to perform during the opening season of the Council’s new Pioneer Theatre. This new state-of-the-art theatre is located beneath the Council Library in Castle Hill and is designed to hold an audience of up to 350 people. It can, however, also […]
The Galston Gala 2018 – Finale Animale
The Galston Concerts 2018 series closes Sunday 18 November with the Galston Gala – this year a Finale Animale – to start 2pm in Galston Uniting Church. Featured will be French composer Camille Saint-Saens’ famous Carnival of the Animals, popular with young and not so young as a tuneful collection of clever musical portraits. The […]
CASTLE HILL ART SOCIETY Inc.
KRISTINE BALLARD… ACRYLIC DEMONSTRATION “Colour and Semi Abstraction” Wednesday 7th November 7.30pm Kristine specialises in semi-abstract still life and landscape paintings. She often starts sketching with watercolour then uses either oil or acrylic paints to complete the painting, depending on her surroundings and how indulgent she wants to be with colour.
THE GIFT OF PLEASURE
Over the last couple of months we have looked at two simple but significant principles that wise and wealthy King Solomon discovered were important in enjoying a satisfying and meaningful life: (1) Enjoy the present, and (2) Enjoy people. The third principle he discovered is equally simple yet profound: Enjoy pleasure. The word pleasure can […]
Galston Uniting Church
Ladies Choir In August 2005, fourteen ladies came together at GUC to form a choir. The men’s choir had been singing together for some years and the ladies decided they would also like to worship in this way. Six of the ladies who turned up that night are still singing with the choir. You don’t […]
GOD’S SON LIVING IN OUR WORLD ( A message by Rev. Ed Long.)
When Jesus Christ came into our world, he still remained the Son of God. He could never hide that fact. ( read John 1:14-18 ). Famous people have sometimes tried to travel without letting others know who they are. But often they have been found out possibly by the things they did or said. When […]
Christian like Nanna’s Secret Recipe
We’ve been exploring what is a Christian, using the art of parable. Last couple of months we have spoken of a Christian as a shopping trolley, one that picks and chooses what aspects of faith they will accept, and those they’d prefer not to acknowledge. We spoke of clothing label Christians, try this one on […]
Supermarket Christianity
Many of us are used to having to do the weekly shop. Some are prepared with their shopping list, others (like me) tend to walk in and see what takes our fancy. Supermarkets love my type of shopper … offering all sorts of specials, bundles, eye line height promotions encouraging me to buy more. As […]