Thank you to everyone involved - on the parish team and in the wider community.

The count for the Dural District Anglican Churches food drive stood at 12,314 on Sunday night in the parish packing room where we gathered with Cherrybrook Anglican for a short church service. This result is about 2,000 items more than last year, and over 1,000 more than the target we'd set for this year. An excellent response and a great help to Anglicare and the families they assist during the challenging Winter months.

We are thankful to God for this result, and express our appreciation for the widespread community support for this initiative, now in its 5th year. Non-perishable food can still be donated by placing it in the collection boxes outside St Jude's Dural, St Columb's Arcadia and Christ Church Kenthurst until Monday 23 June 2008.