THE BIG TABLE
The AnglicareSA Annual Service is held at a different Anglican Church each year and is an opportunity for both AnglicareSA staff and the wider community to come together for a church service to reflect on the work AnglicareSA does and its link back to the church community. This years’ service was configured around our values, and in order to demonstrate Servant Leadership, participants washed one another's feet following Jesus' example in washing his disciples' feet (John 13:1-17). Feet washing is a symbolic representation of our role in serving Anglicarers as servant leaders. It's reminiscent of Pope Francis washing the feet of refugees, including Muslims, Hindus and Copts, in March this year and it's a powerful symbol of serving one another as well as the people we serve.
A newly formed musical group – whose participants have suffered through homelessness, drug abuse and mental illness – has successfully recorded a musical performance CD. The performers, who have no previous musical training, reside at Ian George Court in Brompton, AnglicareSA’s exceptional needs residential aged care facility. They have participated in a therapeutic musical program since September 2015 and their recently recorded CD has just been launched. Ms Shirley Essex, Acting Site Manager at Ian George Court, said that the group, known as Gabi’s Angels and the Wise Men, performed for the first time at the facility’s 2015 Christmas party. “After receiving feedback from our residents, Ian George Court staff created a tailored music program to provide an opportunity for expression, connection and UNLIKELY ARTISTS LAUNCHCD E very month, AnglicareSA and St Aidan’s Payneham Anglican Church partner to host a morning tea called The Big Table. The morning tea provides an opportunity for AnglicareSA clients, parishioners and the community to come together in a welcoming, social environment to share stories and experiences in a casual setting and participate in an engaging activity. AnglicareSA’s deepening relationship and partnership with the Parish through The Big Table also led to the AnglicareSA Annual Service being held at St Aidan's Church, Payneham on 7 July.
purpose,” Ms Essex said. “The outcomes have been inspiring and breathtaking.
“The Music Coordinator, Ms Gabrielle Hyde-Neary, coordinates group and individual sessions and enables passive and active program involvement according to the individual needs of each resident. “We try to find ways to make our residents feel safe and included. For many Ian George Court residents, the staff and fellow residents become their new family,” Ms Essex explained. Joyce, a resident since February and a member of the singing group designed the CD cover artwork. CDs are available through Ian George Court (Ph 8348 2000) in lieu of a $10 donation, with all money raised invested back into the music program to purchase instruments and equipment.
The Supporter Spring 2016 — page 7
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