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A HAPPY PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR
Happy Guild Days
Guides commemorative quilt
Wendy B-P joins us for dinner
Guild members and Meadowbank Scouts entertain at New Horizons
Christmas is upon us again when we celebrate the birth of Jesus and hope and pray that the spirit of peace and goodwill that miraculously seems to appear at this time of year, if only for a short time, may one day spread throughout the world in the coming years.
It’s a time for reflection, for memories happy and sad, thoughts of friends no longer with us so, amidst the festivities, let us Look Wide and spare a thought and a prayer for others outside our little world who are not so fortunate in this
Season of Goodwill to All Men.
Guildmaster’s Message
Greetings All,
It’s official – in 2011, the time spans known as months and years have reached the stage of diminishment where they occupy at most one-third of their erstwhile values: why else would we now be obliged to subject our minds to the discipline of Getting Ready for Christmas when clearly it’s only time to be considering our plans for Easter?
However! I believe that undiminished by fleeting years are our attachments and affections for friends and families, which I trust will be manifested as we turn to each other at this season; and I know that undiminished even by our neglect or indifference is the love of God the Father, manifested in the sending of His Son our Lord – the Reason for this Season: may we all turn to Him with joy and appreciation, and may I wish that everyone know the peace and blessings of God through Jesus in Christmas now and evermore.
Yours in Fellowship,
Phyllis Berger, Guildmaster
Ryde St.George’s Guild Meets on the 2nd Wednesday of each month at Addington, 813 Victoria Road, Ryde, commencing at 7.30pm.
The Guild is open to anyone 18 years & over, & visitors are most welcome -
(please let us know, for catering purposes).
ADDINGTON: Next OPEN DAY 19th February 2012 2pm to 4pm.
ALL Visitors Welcome. Enquiries: DORIS Carrall 0425 223 628
We are happy to again welcome our friends from the Salvos to our Christmas Guildhall. We salute the good work of Majors TOPHER & SANDRA Holland and trust our contributions tonight will help with their ministry.
A recent new event at “Addington” was an Art Appraisal Day presented by the Rotary Club of Ryde where members of the public could bring their art and memorabillia to be valued by an expert. This was followed by our November Open Day conducted by the Friends of Addington, just another way we bring the community to historic “Addington”. Why not come and join us?
Intrepid Guildbrothers ventured forth at crack of dawn…or it felt like it….. on Saturday 10th December to our annual Christmas in the Park at PUTNEY. Being prepared we had our wet weather gear ready but there was an unusual light…..someone said it was sunlight!!!! Fellowship, Breakfast AND Sunlight.!!
National Scout & Guide Fellowship of Australia held their Annual General Meeting on 13th November 2011 at Clifford Park Scout Camp in Victoria JOHN Booth and ULRIKE Eichmeyer attended. The NJC Changeover was effected from New South Wales Office Bearers to Victoria for the ensuing three years.
World Conference in 2014 The date has been changed and is now approved by the World Committee as:
6 – 16 OCTOBER, 2014 At Homebush Park.
Guild Contacts:
PHYLLIS Berger, Guildmaster, 9624 5136
email: Phyllber@yahoo.com.au
BRIAN Harris,Chancellor 9808 1016
email: spiderharris@optusnet.com.au
Jamboree Talk
at Guild meeting
Meadowbank Scouts Group Leader Ken “Freckle” Paton will be guest speaker at this Tuesday June 7 St George’s Guild of Sydney meeting at historic “Addington” at 7.30pm. He will give an illustrated address on Meadowbank scouts at the Jamboree in New Zealand.
Inquiries Rusty Russell OAM 9878 2289 or Ulrike Eichmeyer 9807 6666.
ST GEORGE’S GUILD IN SYDNEY GUILDMASTER’S ADDRESS
St George’s Day Festival Guildhall Tuesday April 5, 2011
Tonight is a very special night in the life of the St George’s Guild in Sydney. It’s a time when we remember our beginnings, our present and look forward to and plan our future. As we celebrate our St George’s Festival Guildhall we remember that this is in many ways the most important day in our Guild calendar.
St George’s Day, April 23 to be precise, commemorates the birth of the St George’s Guilds in both Denmark, and internationally, and for us personally in the St George’s Guild in Sydney.
It was on St George’s Day in Copenhagen Denmark that the first ever St George’s Guild was established in 1933 … and it was on St George’s Day April 23 1969 that the first St George’s Guild was born in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia on the other side of the globe. A common thread running through both of those historic meetings, 36 years apart, was the fact that Erik Sjoqvist was present and in command of both of those events.
Erik, or “Shoe” as he is affectionately known in his homeland, was the founder and inspiration of the International Guild movement we now know as the International Scout and Guide Fellowship, or until recently, The International Fellowship of Former Scouts and Guides. Erik was a very active Scout Commissioner in Copenhagen who was a Danish Olympian, representing his country in fencing or sword fighting, and had a large sporting goods business in Copenhagen.
Erik was responsible and at great personal cost and time for establishing the International Fellowship with arranging meetings which eventually realised in Lucerne Switzerland on October 25 1953 The International Fellowship of Former Scouts and Guides. A meeting two years earlier in Geneva was unsuccessful when one of the original invited countries blackballed the idea.
During this time Erik learned English and French languages to enable him to cross the international borders to continue to promote the ideals of Scouting, Guiding and International fellowship and friendship. We can follow Erik’s example by learning other languages and I suggest that at our supper table we should practice a Danish word and toast the memory of Erik Sjoqvist whose portrait has pride of place on the mantelpiece with a hearty SKAAL!
Belonging to an international movement has many advantages and most of us have experienced some of the benefits and pleasures of membership of our International Fellowship by visiting overseas or by welcoming overseas visitors to us here. For instance our Neita has enjoyed the benefits of membership on two overseas occasions in recent times at Guild meetings in the West Indies and in the Mediterranean and she will testify to the enjoyment of those occasions.
I personally have to confess to having met my fate at a Guilds forum meeting in the Australian Alps where I was snowblinded … and haven’t fully recovered yet. Later this year in Como in Italy some of us may have the opportunity of again experiencing international fellowship at the Guilds World Conference where Australia will be making a bid to host the next world conference in Sydney in three years time. Our elder statesman dear Rusty can also testify to the dangers of attending Scouting activities as he met his fate in the same way over 50 years ago and we have his son and heir Kim with us tonight to vouch for that happy union.
Today the Guild movement which started in Copenhagen on St George’s Day 1933 has spread to over 80 countries and hopefully will continue to grow and cover all the countries of the world where Scouting and Guiding exists, and that is almost everywhere with the exception of just three countries today. So this St George’s Day the challenge is to extend our influence and the Guilds by each of us introducing and welcoming a new member to Guild membership in the coming year before St George’s Day 2012.
The baton is now in our hands. Let us continue the race with perseverance and determination and Be Prepared to keep alive our Guilds motto of Once a Scout Always a Scout.
Cheers. Yours in Fellowship, John Booth, -Keep Smiling! ???
Moocooboola Scouts Rally where our Guild members helped with recording and judging
Therese Evald from Denmark visited Sydney Guild March 2011. Therese is the daughter of Jane Evald who visited Australia at about the same age and is still very active in Scouting. Therese stayed with John & Ulrike for about 6 weeks while she attended business college within Granville TAFE. Connery St Vincent’s de Paul by Howard Blair and John Booth on behalf of Sydney Guild Christmas 2010 Reverse Christmas Tree Presentation to Kevin Nelson-Smith and Cathy Connery from St Vincent’s de Paul by Howard Blair and John Booth on behalf of Sydney Guild Christmas 2010 Reverse Christmas Tree.
Howard also presented a cheque for $300.
Presentation to Meadowbank Scouts before leaving for New Zealand
FRIENDS OF ADDINGTON
The last open day Sunday 10th April was a very good day with many people through including the Mayor and the General Manager. The GM got quite interested, hopefully enough to start on some very urgent maintenance jobs.
Historic “Addington” 813 Victoria Road Ryde
John Booth shows Artin Etmekdjian – Mayor City of Ryde, and John Neish, General Manager through Addington.
April open day was changed due to Willandra being open for viewing on 10th April. Future open days for 2011 are: 15 May, 19 June, 17 July, 21 August, 18 September, 16 October and 20 November. Please let Doris / Lyn know if you are available to help on any of these days.
For further information on Friends of Addington contact: Doris Carrall (Mobile) 0425 223 628 or email doriscarrall@live.com.au or Lyn Donald (Mobile) 0402 256 920 or email Charles.donald@optusnet.com.au or check www.weeklytimes.com.au
St George’s Guild of Sydney
GUILD PROGRAM YEAR 2011 - 2012
3 May Guild meeting
7 June Guild meeting
5 July Guildhall
2 Aug Guild meeting
6 Sept Guild meeting
4 Oct International Guildhall
1 Nov Guild meeting
6 Dec Christmas Guildhall
7 Feb BP Guildhall
6 Mar AGM Guild meeting
3 Apr Festival Guildhall
St.George’s Guild of Sydney meets on the 1st Tuesday of each month at historic Addington, 813 Victoria Road, Ryde, commencing at 7.30pm.
The Guild is open to anyone 18 years and over. Visitors are most welcome.
Why not come along for an enjoyable, obligation-free evening!
(Please let us know, for catering purposes).
Contacts: John F Booth, AM, Guildmaster, 9807 6666
Howard Blair, Chancellor, 9798 4060
Ulrike Eichmeyer, Treasurer, 9807 6666
St George’s Guild of Ryde meets on the second Wednesday of every month at 8pm at Addington.
Contacts:
Phyllis Berger Phone 9624 5136 or email Phyllber@yahoo.com.au
Brian Harris, Chancellor Phone 9808 1016 or email spiderharris@optusnet.com.au
Interfel: We welcome your contribution!
Contact Ulrike Eichmeyer 9807 6666 PO Box 123, Ryde NSW 1680
or ulrike@weeklytimes.com.au or doriscarrall@live.com.au
Keeping in touch with the Founder
Young visitors to Gilwell still want to hear about the man and the amazing story of Scouting
GUILDMASTER’S MESSAGE
Greetings All,
Tonight the 2011/12 regimen of St.George’s Guild in Ryde Inc. gets officially under way with the installation/re-installation of elected officers – Guildmaster, Chancellor, and Treasurer - and the appointed positions of Heralds and Mooca Mag Editor: the Guild’s sincerest thanks to all outgoing and incoming personnel… maybe it’s as much to the point to say thanks on behalf of the Guild’s visitors and guests, since, if all the officers stand up at the front, only two Guildbrothers remain in the “audience”… oh, what the heck - let’s declare them Group (Team) Leaders: having the whole Guild as the Guild Council is very efficient!
This reminds me of early times at my old church, when there were just enough members to fill the elected and appointed offices. I had come to that church soon after the death from a car accident of its founding Pastor, and for almost two years it continued under the administration and ministry of its Elders and national leaders, until a North American Pastor was available to become its shepherd, leader, and inspiration. One of his gifts was of building up churches (the people, not the bricks and mortar, although his effectiveness on the former tended to result in the latter becoming necessary), and under his ministry and leadership, the membership of just on 30 grew to a 170-odd united church family which knew that the growth and ‘success’ were due to letting God be God, thanks to the consistent, untiring, living example of its Pastor and his wife.
Being totally realistic about the parallel of my church and my Guild – I am the interim measure until a true leader, with vision, ideas, and energy emerges: I urge everyone to be equally realistic and to seek that person with the gift to nurture and build the Guild.
Yours in Fellowship,
Phyllis Berger, Guildmaster for now.
Ryde St.George’s Guild Meets on the 2nd Wednesday of each month at Addington, 813 Victoria Road, Ryde, commencing at 7.30pm.
The Guild is open to anyone 18 years & over, & visitors are most welcome - (please let us know, for catering purposes).
ADDINGTON: Next OPEN DAY 15th May, 2011. 2pm to 4pm.
ALL Visitors Welcome. Enquiries: DORIS Carrall 0425 223 628
Backpage Banter
WEST RYDE EASTER FAIR Saturday 16th April 2011
Despite rain and disruption due to the construction work in progress we had a good time promoting the St George’s Guild, the Donor program and our Museum at Addington.
Addington was opened specially on April 10th for our traditional tribute to Heritage Week. Willandra was also open and it was a good opportunity to see both these historic houses but unfortunately the weather decided to rain on our parade, again!
SHIPS AHOY!! The majestic ships Queen Mary 2 and Queen Elizabeth graced our harbour recently and members of the Guild hurried to our favourite vantage point at Kirribilli where we were entertained right royally by John and Ullrike. Good food, good wine, good company and a fabulous view of the stately Queens what more could one ask? Except perhaps to dream of a trip aboard ship.
BIG MORNING TEA Thursday, 12th May, 2011 11am to 2pm
Ryde Lions will again be holding this popular community event in the Uniting Church Hall, Pearson Street, Gladesville. $10 per head includes a light lunch—and we know that will be good. Let JUDY Harris know that you will be there.
Guild Contacts:
PHYLLIS Berger, Guildmaster, 9624 5136
email: Phyllber@yahoo.com.au
BRIAN Harris,Chancellor 9808 1016
email: spiderharris@optusnet.com.au
April—May: Happy Birthday Wishes to:
1st Apr. AUDREY Williams
25th Apr. HM Queen Elizabeth II
4th May. PHYLLIS Berger
Happy Wedding Anniversary to
Ted and Alice Painter on 8th May
Cover Photo: Courtesy, An Official History of Scouting ***************************************************
Congratulations to incoming Guild Management
Guildmaster PHYLLIS Berger; Chancellor BRIAN Harris and welcome to new Treasurer JUDY Harris. And to new Appointees.
Special thanks to outgoing Treasurer MARGARET Brummell for an incredible 13 years sterling service. Bravo, Margaret Bravo
Editor: EVA J Maxted, 9878.1887; email: evajmax@me.com
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