February - Temple Society Australia

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Templer Record
Published monthly in AUSTRALIA since 1946
(originally “CIRCULAR of the TEMPLE SOCIETY in AUSTRALIA”)
CONTENTS February 2012
REFLECTIONS ................................2
ABC of New Year Suggestions...... 2
Questions to reflect on ................. 2
About the New Year...................... 4
Love Neighbour as Self................. 5
REGIONAL MATTERS ................... 7
Starting or Continuing ................. 7
Temporary TR Editor required .... 8
TGD – New Books ........................ 8
Social Care .................................... 8
MEMBERS AND FRIENDS ......... 10
Birthdays .................................... 10
Birth............................................ 10
New Members............................. 10
Marriages.................................... 10
Wedding Anniversaries ............... 11
New Addresses ............................ 11
Bereavements .............................. 11
Stepping out to end violence ...... 13
Adventsfeier in Bentleigh........... 13
Advent and Christmas in Ba ...... 14
Country Vic Services Survey .......15
SYDNEY......................................... 16
50th Anniversary ..........................17
SOUTH AUSTRALIA .................... 19
YOUTH ..........................................20
Youth Calendar...........................20
2012 Teenage Group Program ...20
Summer Camp Report................20
All Groups Beach Day................. 22
KIDS’ CLUB ..................................22
Upcoming Events ....................... 22
Kids’ Club Camp......................... 23
TTHA .............................................24
NOTICES ....................................... 25
Coming Services ......................... 25
Flower Roster ............................. 25
Community Afternoon Ba .......... 25
Family Service/Lunch Be........... 26
Crafts .......................................... 26
Bentleigh................................ 26
Bayswater............................... 26
Playgroup News ......................... 27
Babysitting/Child minding ........ 27
Looking for Tim Tams ........... 28
Sommerfest ................................ 28
Second-hand Book Sale ......... 29
Be News ...................................... 29
Summer Walk............................. 30
Foster Carers urgently needed....31
Frauenverein Be .........................31
World Day of Prayer....................31
TR Supplement ...........................31
THE HERITAGE PAGES .............32
Ludwig ‘Fritz’ Pfeiffer................. 32
Dozens of languages extinct....... 34
LAWNMOWING ROSTERS .........38
CALENDAR FEBRUARY ..............39
In deutscher Sprache:
Zum Neuen Jahr ...............................4
Nochmal Weihnachtsmann .............6
Südaustralien.................................. 19
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Templer Record 746 – February 2012
REFLECTIONS
ABC OF NEW YEAR SUGGESTIONS
Ask for what you truly want.
B elieve in yourself. Enjoy a
Cuppa in the garden.
D o what you love.
Exercise your body, mind and spirit.
Follow your heart’s desire.
Give more than you receive, especially thanks.
H ave a sense of humour.
I nsist on being yourself.
J oin in more.
K iss and make up.
Love and be loved.
Make new friends.
Nurture your spirit.
Overcome adversity.
P lay more.
Question conformity.
R each for the stars, revere the earth.
Speak with integrity.
Take personal responsibility.
Understand more, judge others less.
Volunteer your time and expertise.
W alk through your fear.
Xperience the moment.
Yearn for grace, and be
Zany once in a while.
Based on a poster seen in a waiting room.
QUESTIONS TO REFLECT ON
We hope that you are feeling rested and restored after the holiday break.
Here are some questions to ponder on your spiritual journey into 2012.
In what areas of my life is serious thought necessary?
Am I ready for new ways to tackle problems?
Have I let go of things (thoughts, attitudes) in my past that are no
longer helpful for my future?
Am I aware of the power I have to create my own future?
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Do I have the self-awareness to distinguish between my intuition and
illusions based on false hopes and desires?
Do I allow myself the freedom to relax and grow?
Do I have the self-discipline to see projects through to their conclusion?
Am I prepared to question the values and belief systems I grew up with?
– The ones I see around me?
Am I able to resist temptations that could lead me to act without
integrity?
Am I ready to take control of my own destiny?
Can I believe in my own reserves of inner strength?
Am I prepared to be patient and persevere to find the right path through
a difficult situation?
Am I afraid of being alone?
Am I aware of the patterns that shape my life and behaviour – and to
change them if they only ever drag me down?
Am I prepared to take responsibility for my actions?
Do I have the courage to move outside my comfort zone and see things
from a different perspective?
Am I ready to acknowledge that I can move on, trusting that it’s OK to
leave people and situations behind if they hinder my spiritual growth?
Do I have a sense of what my true purpose is in life?
Do I manipulate people or situations so I can blame others for my woes?
Can I trust that something positive and better may well emerge out of
present chaos? How can I regain control of my life?
How can I best use my wisdom to inspire others?
Do I know how to be happy?
Do I feel a sense of achievement at reaching a goal?
Do I realise how blessed I am?
Plenty of thought-starters. Perhaps you have the courage to reflect further on
one or two that made you uncomfortable.
All the best in this year 2012!
Herta Uhlherr
Based on questions in Ticket, Passport and Tarot Cards by Linda Marson.
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ZUM NEUEN JAHR
Zwischen dem Alten, zwischen dem Neuen
hier uns zu freuen, schenkt uns das Glück.
Und das Vergangne heißt mit Vertrauen
vorwärts zu schauen, schauen zurück.
(Johann Wolfgang Goethe)
ABOUT THE NEW YEAR
After the festivities of the Christmas days, the last few days of the old year
give us a chance to look back on the past year as well as look forward to the
coming one. The past can teach us to recognise the gentle guidance we
experienced and to look confidently towards the future.
In every year we enjoy happy days as well as sad times, not only in our own
private life but also in the world around us.
Natural disasters brought much suffering to many people, many lost their
lives or their loved ones, but in other places good rains filled the dams for
storing water and gardens, trees and lawns recovered after the long drought.
We could contemplate like this on any day of the year really, because our new
year beginning on the first of January is rather arbitrary. The names of the
four last months in our year point to the fact that once upon a time
September was the seventh month, October the eighth, November the ninth
and December the tenth. At that time, the year started in March – the
beginning of Spring in the northern hemisphere.
In 154 BC, the calendar in the Roman Empire was changed. That year was
shortened by two months which were moved to the beginning of the
following year. There was a good reason for this change. In the Roman
Empire, it was the rule that the two newly elected consuls always took up
their office at the beginning of the year. As consuls they were also the
commanders-in-chief of the army.
Towards the end of the year 154 BC there was unrest in Spain. It was clear
that it would take quite a long time to quell the uprising and would surely not
be completed before the start of the new year. This would have meant that
very soon there would have to be a change in government and the supreme
command of the army. Therefore the beginning of the year was moved from
the first of March forward to the first of January. On this day the new consuls
took over.
Amazingly, it stayed like that, and we still celebrate New Year on the first of
January, because we adopted the Roman calendar.
Strangely, the names of the months were not adjusted to the new calendar.
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Since childhood we have accepted the first of January as the start of a new
year. It is like a milestone in our life. Nobody knows whether it will be her or
his last year on this earth, nobody knows what pain or suffering the year
might bring, but we can choose to be grateful for every joy, every happy day
that may come our way. We can endeavour to brighten the corner where we
are!
Happy New Year!
Hulda Wagner
LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOUR AS YOURSELF
In the December 2011 Warte, Wolfgang Blaich, writing about the greatest
commandment, quotes Hermann Hesse’s comment on the subject:
Man kann den Nächsten weniger lieben als sich selbst. Dann ist man
der Egoist, der Raffer, der Kapitalist. Oder man kann den Nächsten
mehr lieben als sich selbst. Dann ist man ein armer Teufel, voll von
Minderwertigkeitsgefühlen, voll Verlangen, alles zu lieben und doch
voll Ranküne und Plagerei gegen sich selbst, man lebt in einer Hölle,
die man täglich selber heizt.
Dagegen ist das Gleichgewicht der Liebe, das Liebenkönnen, ohne hier
und dort schuldig zu bleiben: diese Liebe zu sich selbst, die doch
niemandem gestohlen ist, diese Liebe zum anderen, die das eigene Ich
doch nicht verkürzt oder vergewaltigt – das Geheimnis des Glücks,
aller Seligkeit ist in diesem Wort enthalten.
You can love your neighbour less than yourself – this makes you an
egotist, a greedy acquisitor, a capitalist.
Or you can love your neighbour more than yourself, which makes you a
poor devil with lack of self-esteem issues, full of the desire to love
everything, yet full of simmering resentment, sabotaging yourself; you
live in a hell you heat up yourself every day.
On the other hand, there is balanced loving, being able to love without
short-changing either side: the love of self which does not deprive
anyone else of love, and the love of another which does not reduce or
violate your own self. It is this that contains the secret of joy, of all
happiness.
Tr. H.U.
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Reader response to the proposed sacking of Santa Claus in a poem on page 8
of the December/January issue.
Eingesparter
Weihnachtsmann? – eine
Antwort von Hanskarl Baldenhofer
Santa redundant? No way!
Weihnachten ohne Weihnachtsmann
ist das ein christlich Leben?
Tot ist die Freude am Geschenk,
am Haben und am Geben.
Christmas without Santa Claus?
Could Christians this way live?
Dead is the joy of getting gifts,
of having and to give.
Wie kann man unsrem
Weihnachtsmann,
trotz allem Fleh’n und Bitten,
aus finanzieller Gründlichkeit
entziehen seinen Schlitten?
How can you!
our Santa Claus!
– despite we plead and pray –
from pure financial thriftiness
deprive him of his sleigh?
Und welcher wahre
Weihnachtsmann,
nach all den vielen Jahren,
statt Schlitten will jetzt lieber
Bahn oder Auto fahren?
What self-respecting
Santa Claus,
gone sledding near and far,
would now in place of sledding
prefer a train or car?
Nun höre, lieber Weihnachtsmann,
man will dich nicht verkohlen,
wenn einer meint er kann das tun,
soll ihn der Teufel holen!
Now listen, dear old Santa Claus,
you’re safe from any mocking.
All people with a different view
deserve the hardest flogging!
Und, liebe Kinder, weit und breit,
ich kann euch ehrlich sagen,
wenn einer streicht den
Weihnachtsmann,
dem geht’s, bei Gott, an’n Kragen!
And all you children far and wide,
to put it all together:
whoever scraps
old Santa Claus,
will get tarred and feathered!
Transl. H.B. & P.H.
EXHIBITION
HAIFA HARBOUR
OPENING 1933
TTHA TEMPLER GALLERY
February to April 2012
All welcome
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REGIONAL MATTERS
STARTING OR CONTINUING
To everyone associated with the TSA, I welcome you to a New Year – an
Olympic year (London in July/August), the Chinese Year of the Dragon and,
for the Temple Society, the one after the 150th.
Whether you have recently started or are continuing your membership, I
hope that we can meet your expectations and provide the sense of
community on which we pride ourselves.
Late last year, a revision of the About Us brochure was completed. In part it
reads, ‘Templers are members of a community based on commonality of
purpose [love God with all your being and love your neighbour as yourself],
values [trust, respect, acceptance] and goals [our common aim is to work
actively and cooperatively towards a fairer and more compassionate
world, in harmony with our environment], while acknowledging that there
is strength in diversity. There is a place for various levels of participation,
and all are encouraged to contribute as best they can. It is through active
involvement that a sense of familiarity, togetherness and belonging
develops.’
As always, we will rely heavily on our members’ commitment, participation,
contribution and connection over the course of 2012. Without it, most of our
initiatives, programs, activities and undertakings would struggle to occur, or
not even take place at all.
Also, from late May 2011, the Templer Think Tank – T3 if you like – came
into being. Initially conducted via Skype, then face-to-face sessions, the
group (of about 6-10) began by focussing on the four Regional Council goals
– Growth in membership, Religious education and development, Raising our
profile in the wider community and Welfare – before trying to identify major
initiatives/directions/projects for further discussion and detailed analysis.
It was felt the TSA as a self-sustaining community (and capable of growth)
should harness this strength. The group would like to make participating
and volunteering a focus for the TSA over this year. From a list of
identified topics, Leadership Programs ranked the highest and, together with
the other seven topics, will form the basis of our ongoing discussions and
recommendations this year.
Let us all embrace our Templer Community and thereby make it grow.
Mark Herrmann, Regional Head
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SEEKING TEMPORARY TR EDITOR
We need someone to fill in as editor this May (for the June TR) and in June
(for the July TR).
Irma is very familiar with layout and formatting, the Youth and Heritage
Sections have sub-editors, Nanne at the Office can help with Notices, so your
task is mainly reading contributions that come in and making sure they are
clearly understandable and in line with Templer values.
Contributions should all be in by the 18th of the month, and a few days later
there is a day at the Office where everything is put together and doublechecked by the editor and Irma; then comes proofreading and the final
formatting.
If you can help, please ring Herta or email [email protected]
Please give it serious thought.
Herta Uhlherr, Editor
TGD – NEW BOOKS
A third volume of Saal discussions on religious texts, from Dr Brigitte
Hoffmann’s work over the last five years, called Gedanken zum Gottesreich
is now out.
The previous titles of Brigitte’s work: Meine Erfahrungen mit der Bibel and
Mein Verständnis von Jesus are still available.
Unterwegs zur Freiheit im Glauben is the TGD’s TS150 impressive Festschrift with many colour pictures.
All these can be obtained at 5 Euros each plus postage, from the TGD Office
in Stuttgart. Perhaps a few can be ordered through the Office.
Ed.
SOCIAL CARE
Dear Friends,
I am writing a few days before Christmas as I will be on annual leave when
this article is due. I hope the new year offers good health, happiness and a
sense of excitement at what it will bring to you and your family. There are
many wonderful events and programs coming up this year, I hope you will
embrace them with enthusiasm and a willingness to try something new. For
me, this is the year for stepping out of my comfort zone. Whilst away, I
intend to try tandem sky-diving (so this may be the last time I write
anything!) and visit some beautiful places in New Zealand. When I return, I
am sure I will be filled with renewed energy, enthusiasm and lots of ideas to
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bring to our community. In the meantime, I ask you to stay safe.
It is important to remember we live in a country where bushfire and other
natural disasters are very real threats to many. If you live in Victoria and
there is a Code Red Extreme Fire Danger day in your area (where you live or
where you are holidaying), you need to have a Fire Plan and be ready to
enact it. The TSA has the Bayswater Facility available for people who need to
evacuate their home on such days and need a safe place to take shelter and
sleep, etc. Please contact the bereavement line if you need access to the hall
for this purpose while I am away. All Elders are aware of this policy and its
procedure, if it needs to be enacted.
Events for 2012 include the Oma and Opa’s Kitchen Program (Bayswater)
which runs from March to June, a Men's Advance up at ILTIS on Mt Buller
in May, ‘MoneyMinded’ workshops on a variety of financial matters for all
ages (Bayswater and Bentleigh) from June until October, the Golden Girls
Pamper Day followed by the Women’s Retreat in August and finally our
Carers Support dinner in October.
More information about each event will be advertised in the coming months
but please note, many of these programs have limited places available and it
is important you book in before the date to avoid disappointment.
The ‘Men's Advance’ will be up at Mt Buller from 18th to 20th May. I
will email out a flier on TSA Online in February or to past attendees, and I
encourage you to invite your mates outside the TSA as well! The price for this
weekend is always reasonable and the guys have lots of fun! Please contact
me for further information.
I will be driving the bus to Bentleigh for the February Frauenverein and we
will leave at 11:10am from our usual place, see page 31.
Telelink has had a rest over the holiday period and is starting up again on
Friday 3rd February at 2:00pm. I look forward to speaking with you all
again. There are still a few places at this meeting time if you are interested in
connecting up with other Templers from around Victoria on the phone each
fortnight. It is a free service.
Freebies/Useful Websites
www.fedsquare.com is a great website showing all of the free and varied
events for all ages that are being held in Federation Square over the school
holidays.
Martina Eaton, Community Care Worker
email: [email protected]
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MEMBERS AND FRIENDS
GEBURTSTAGE – BIRTHDAYS
Wir gratulieren herzlich zum Geburtstag unserer Mitglieder:
Gerlinde Slip
Inge Osarek
Ruth Steller
Helene Zimmermann
Gisela Sawatzky
Irene Severin
Meta Beilharz (101!)
Günter Kuerschner
Fritz Schmelzle
Wally Liebeskind
Walter Noller
und wünschen auch allen hier nicht angeführten Geburtstagskindern alles
Gute und Schöne zum neuen Lebensjahr – Happy Birthday!
BIRTH
James Sebastian Neave
Parents: Rachel née Connop and Peter Neave
Grandson of Birgit Blaich and first great-grandchild of Horst and Irene
Blaich.
NEW MEMBERS
We welcome Peter Imberger, Lisa Lark (née Laemmle), David and
Julie Nicholson, Norbert Sawatzky, Josef Hofmann and Walter
Noller and hope they will feel at home among us.
MARRIAGES
Erin (née Lubitz) and Gary Kemper on 15.10.2011
Antonia Kinder and Darren Strachan had a heart-warming ceremony
on 3.12.2011 in the Templer Chapel, with a surprise at the end – the couple
was, in fact, already married privately in Hawaii on 28.9.2011, but wanted to
pledge their commitment before family and friends and celebrate with them.
Herta Uhlherr officiated.
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WEDDING ANNIVERSARIES
Siegfried and Rosemarie Hahn are celebrating their Diamond Wedding
Anniversary on 9th February.
Waldemar and Rosemarie Beilharz are celebrating their 66th wedding
anniversary on 16th February.
Warm congratulations to all these couples!
NEW ADDRESSES
Kirrily Sydenham
new email: [email protected]
Holger and Tanja Messner
new email: [email protected]
BEREAVEMENTS
My wife, my mother, my daughter, our sister and aunt Anna
(Annemarie) Grendon née Wagner passed away in Warrnambool’s St John of God hospital on Sunday 4.12.2011 in her 60th year.
Thank you to all who were able to attend the funeral service in
Terang.
We were overwhelmed by the many, many phone calls, cards and
visitors we received after our sad loss. Please accept this as our
sincere thanks to everyone who showed us a kindness in any way.
Bob and Sarah Grendon
Luise Wagner with Irene, Helmut, Heinz, Erich, Wolfie, Marg
and Paul with their families
Anna, thank you for all you have given us.
On 5.12.2011, our beloved mother, Omi and Omi Omi, Maria
Feubel née Faig, passed away quietly at TTHA, aged 98.
Our thanks go to Renate Weber for the lovely service, and to Irene
Blaich for her piano accompaniment.
Maria spent a large part of her later life at TTHA and we are grateful
to the staff for the care she received.
Regina Imberger with Diana, Gary and Susan
Margot Fröschle with Kevin, Debi, Connie and Mandy
Iris and Bob Pyne with David, James and Vanessa
and all the extended families.
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Manfred Frank died on 7.12.2011 and is now at peace. He was 88.
Mourning him are:
Lotte Frank née Lippmann, and sons
Ronald with Sandra and Monique,
Reiner with Antonella (in Milan)
and the wider Frank family.
Sincere thanks to Herta Uhlherr who put together a beautiful
memorial service; to the Community volunteers who helped with
refreshments; to those who made donations to the TSA and TTHA in
Manfred’s memory; and to all who attended – thank you for your
cards, calls and support.
Meta Katz, born 7.7.1914 in Haifa, died peacefully in TTHA on
12.12.2011, aged 97. The Katz family was one of the first to move to
Waldheim. WWII took Meta’s fiancé, her brother and a brother-inlaw; she lived with her relatives, the Blaichs and the Wieds, then was
at TTHA for 30 years.
Missing her are
Irene Blaich and Gerda Knaub
and the wider families.
Thank you to the staff at TTHA, to Herta Uhlherr who held the
touching funeral service shortly before Christmas, and to all who
attended.
Tussi Starick née Schmidt, born 2.4.1922 in Haifa, died peacefully
on 17.12.2011 at TTHA, aged 89.
Mourning her passing are
Ingrid Crichton with Isobel and Jamie
Gary Starick and Belinda with Renee and Simon
In Germany, Hildegard Grözinger née Jung died on 13.12.2011 in
Tamm, aged 103. She was originally from Sarona, and until a few
months ago was still active in her house and garden.
Our condolences to all these families
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STEPPING OUT TO END VIOLENCE WALK
Women's Health East Lilydale Lake 1.12.2011
Walkers enjoy a well-earned
rest
Photo Liz Smith
ADVENTSFEIER IN BENTLEIGH
Many thanks to all those who made this year’s event a great success. Our
thoughts were with many from our Community who have lost loved ones or
who have suffered illness over the past 12 months. To see so many people
walk
through
the
doors – and many
unfamiliar but friendly
faces – to join in this
tradition, made all our
efforts worthwhile.
The ladies’ choir sang
beautifully.
We raised more than
$2,000 which will go
into the ‘consolidated
revenue’ of the TSA, to
The Templer Ladies’ Choir perform at the Adventsfeier in Bentleigh assist with the work of
on 4.12.2011 Photos H. Uhlherr
our Care Worker, our
Elders, our Youth
Worker, our property maintenance and all the things that make the Templer
Community so very special.
Please continue to invite friends and family to this annual special event.
Marianne Herrmann, for the Organising Committee
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The Bentleigh Hall was pretty full for the Adventsfeier
ADVENT AND CHRISTMAS in Bayswater
Our Advent evening on 8th December was well attended, the candles
shone, we sang lots of carols, and coffee with Gutsle and conversation were
enjoyed. The program was varied.
Thank you to the many ladies who help make this event happen. We raised
$300 for the good work of the Borromeo Sisters in Jerusalem, who are
always very grateful.
For the Community Christmas on 17th December, the Mem Fox story
Wombat Divine was cleverly adapted by Phuong Breisch and acted out
brilliantly by the enthusiastic children.
Although the 4:00pm Service on Christmas Eve (when it falls on a
Saturday) is awkward for some (but no more so than a 10:15am Service on
Christmas Day) a good number attended – some members love being able to
go to both Bayswater and Bentleigh at Christmas. Again there was much
carol singing. Even though the gospel narratives of the birth of Jesus are
almost certainly not factual – they are stories to illustrate points the authors
wished to emphasise – there is much in the tales that our hearts can relate
to, and we should feel free to enjoy them and what they mean to us in our
own lives.
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Thank you to Dr Rolf Beilharz and to the choir members able to come, also to
Krista Imberger for taking over the conducting from Monika Strasser. It was
good to hear that her mother Martha was doing OK in Shell Harbour (after
breaking her leg).
New Year’s Eve was very hot. Dr Geoff McCallum specially drove up from
Phillip Island to hold the Service. People stayed on afterwards for drinks and
nibbles.
For the Sydney Community’s lovely Christmas service see page 16.
The Christmas Service in Degerloch on 18th December (see January
Warte) was thought up and pulled together in a relatively short time-frame
by young community members living at a distance from each other; it turned
out to be a wonderful event based on the theme of giving.
May our communities long continue to flourish as new people step up to
create memorable communal experiences.
Herta Uhlherr
COUNTRY VICTORIA SERVICES SURVEY
Since 1995 the Templers have been holding services in country Victoria. They
have been held in a variety of venues, private homes, churches, parks, other
halls.
We are currently reviewing the areas in which these are held. Up till now
they have been held in Ballarat and Bendigo for Western Victoria and Cowes
and Tynong for the Gippsland Region. Also in Rupanyup and Tatura.
We would appreciate your feedback on country services and your interest in
these and ask that you spend some time filling out the survey sheet in this
month’s Templer Record or at Sommerfest (forms will be available). The
forms should be returned to the Office by 31st March or placed in the box at
Sommerfest by the PA tent.
This form can also be found online on the Templer website.
Anne Wied, for Welfare & Distant FG
PRESENTATION – Sunday 26th February Be 10:15am
Would parents wishing to have their children presented at the Service in
Bentleigh on 26th February please contact the Office as soon as possible.
Ed.
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SYDNEY
Happy New Year to all in the Sydney Community! I hope that you had a
lovely Christmas and some relaxing time off over the festive season. We are
moving into the business part of the year, with all of its new adventures and
challenges. I hope that we can all find a little more balance, empathy,
courage and compassion for ourselves and those who surround us.
It was nice to hear how much Kirrily Simmer enjoyed being a leader at
summer camp at Cape Otway. She had a ball.
The events of December
seem a long time ago and
I am proud at what we in
Sydney achieved as a
team and as a community.
The
Seniors’
Group wrapped up with
a gemütlich lunch and
afternoon tea at the
Wentworthville Leagues
Club.
Mary and Joseph enter in front of choir
Nativity pageant – kids sing ‘Santa Claus is coming’
Our Family Christmas
Service was beautiful.
Mark Herrmann’s words
reflected on different
interpretations of the
Christ birth story and its
meaning for us today.
The kids delighted us
with their little pageant
and we girls provided
angelic music (well kindof...). Santa was his usual
hit with the kids and
they seemed happy with
their gifts from him.
Finishing with Stollen,
cool drinks and a good
chat made our simple
Christmas
service
a
pretty magical event.
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But the highlight was our 50th anniversary celebration on 27th
November, where 80 to 100 people gathered to celebrate 50 years at our
Meadowbank Church. On the day before, torrential rains made the grassy car
park into a toddlers’ swimming pool – and we were a little concerned as to
where we would put the stalls, kids’ events and a food marquee. Yet
overnight, all had miraculously dried up and our little church shimmered in
the fresh, clean sunlight. Relieved and energised we set up. The organising
group: Loretta Withey, Peter and Bev Leszinsky, Rolf Beck, Emmy
Hoffmann, Martina Eaton and myself launched ourselves into preparing for
the big day.
We had a great celebration and our guests all seemed to find something to
enjoy, from the historical and artistic exhibits and family trees on display, to
the jewellery, toy and craft stalls; kids’ events and jumping castle; historic
photos and delicious traditional food. Thank you to the many helpers who
volunteered to man stalls, cook food, or donated salads, cakes, exhibits or
raffle prizes.
The official ceremony was begun beautifully by our leader, Emmy Hoffmann.
It had many parts: Hartmut Beck's Advent thoughts, my own reflections and
Ilse Birkner's highly entertaining and informative recounting of the Sydney
Community’s
founding
years,
including
the
purchase
and
renovation of this church. Finally,
after watching the Fabric of Society
DVD,
came
the
Leszinskyorchestrated dramatic unveiling of
Sydney's very own copy of the
Melbourne community's amazing
triptych, Fabric of Society – an
Embroidered History of the Templer
Journey. Our esteemed former
leaders, Hartmut Beck and Ilse
Birkner, did the unveiling honours to
enthusiastic clapping from the
An Elder recounts the early days at Meadowbank
crowd. Most people had to have a
closer look at the art work later and
marvelled at its precision, historical content and beauty. A big thankyou to
John Maddock and Mark Herrmann for organising the high-quality digital
images and to Rolf Beck for his diligence in having it printed on canvas,
mounted and transported to the church. It will hang as the feature in the
back hall and be much admired!
Personally, I loved catching up with many people whom I hadn't seen in a
while and eating Kartoffelsalat, Bratwurst, Weißwurst and Kuchen. My kids
loved the activities Martina ran for them and that night there were a few foot
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blisters to deal with after a
day spent jumping on the
jumping castle!
We
of
the
Sydney
Community Focus Group
really
appreciated
the
positive comments about
the food and organisation,
but most of all, we enjoyed
the wonderful atmosphere
on the day that included the
cooperation of so many, the
smiles, the chatter and the
wonderful mood of a large
group of people connecting
and having a great old time.
Unveiling of the triptych
Photos: the Turners
Visitors discuss family trees
Drawing the Tombola Raffle
Coming events for your calendars:
February
Saal: Sunday 5th February at 10:30am, Dr Rolf Beilharz (Duty: Hanni
Steller).
Seniors’ Social Group: Friday 10th February at 12:00 noon at
Blacktown Workers Sports Club, 170 Reservoir Rd, Blacktown.
Weekend Camp at Myall River Camp Ground: 24th to 26th February.
John Barnard is organising this weekend camp 3 hours north of Sydney.
The campsite is divine and already there are a few takers. Family
members should have received an email on the details. Contact me if
you are interested.
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March
Saal: Sunday 4th March at 10:30am, Ingrid Turner (Duty: Nella Kruck).
Seniors’ Social Group: Friday 9th March at 11:30am at Wentworthville Leagues Club.
Ingrid Turner, Sydney Community Development Worker and Elder
Inside the main marquee at the 50th anniversary
Friends chatting about the
exhibits
SOUTH AUSTRALIA
Unsere Adventsfeier fand am 11. Dezember in Tanunda statt. Wir hörten im
Text aus dem Johannes-Evangelium über den blind geborenen Mann. Ist
Krankheit Strafe? Nein, auch Leid und Not lehren uns zu wachsen. Jesus,
das Licht der Welt, lehrt uns, dass Gott Liebe ist. Er selber strahlt in seinem
Leben Liebe aus.
Unsere nächste Andacht ist am 5. Februar wie üblich um 14:00 Uhr in der
St John’s Halle in Tanunda.
Rose Asenstorfer
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YOUTH
YOUTH CALENDAR
Sunday 5th February
Friday 24th February
Sunday 18th March
April school holidays
Friday 27th April
Sunday 20th May
Friday 8th June
Saturday 23rd June
All youth groups beach day
& kayaking
Friday Night Fun – Pool night &
Summer Camp photo night
Sommerfest – 10:00am to
4:00pm Bayswater
Melbourne Comedy Festival show
Friday Night Fun – night games
Trees Adventure high ropes
climbing!
Friday Night Fun – Blue Baboon
at Chadstone
Sonnwendfeier Winter Solstice
bonfire
Sandringham
6:00pm9:00pm
Bayswater
TBC
Bayswater
Belgrave
1:00pm
Chadstone
Bayswater
5:00pm
2012 TEENAGE GROUP PROGRAM
For full details or queries about the 2012 Teenage Group program please
contact:
Susi Richter, Community Youth Coordinator
TG FRIDAY NIGHT FUN! – Friday 24th February
This year TG will be having fun on Friday nights as well as on weekends once
a month!
Our first Friday night will be a Pool and Summer Camp photo night on
24th February. The plan is to go to either the Monash Wave Pool in Glen
Waverley or the NEW Noble Park Aquatic Centre in... you guessed it: Noble
Park!
We’re planning to be at the pool at 6:00pm, finishing up by about 9:00pm.
Transport and venue will be confirmed via email.
SUMMER CAMP 2012 – Report
This year the Summer-campers wrote a whole scrapbook full of bits and
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pieces so I have just taken a few excerpts out to give you an idea of what kind
of fun was had at summer camp!
Camp Highlights
Christine Ruff: I loved spending time away with this fabulous bunch of kids.
Thanks to all of you for making this week so relaxing and enjoyable for us
leaders, and for being the ace kids you are! And at meal times at home, just
remember: elbows and backbones! Thanks, guys – love you all! xox
Brendan Wied: The shipwreck tour was so fun and interesting.
Lachlan Glenk: For some weird reason, last year on camp I said ‘I will sue
Paul one day!’ – That didn’t happen.
Luca Haar: I loved everything so much!
Alex Glenk: Not getting to sleep because we kept on talking and playing
games!
Hugo Richter: My highlight was probably everything. It was so much fun.
Every activity and thing we did was cool, even if it was Frühsport!
Brody Verhagen: I enjoyed everything except morning sport and the
boundary runs.
Kirrily Simmer: My second favourite part of camp was building the epic hole
and pumpkin, but what I enjoyed the most was the games in the evening and
before lunch. I really loved mucking around with all of you kids (and leaders)
– thanks for such a fantastic week! I hope to see all of you next year.
Kelilah Breisch: I enjoyed everything except morning sport! Best leader
award – Paul!
Peter Etherington: My highlight was the kayaking.
Katja Hesse: I enjoyed munching on the great food, all the fun activities and
well... to be honest, my highlight was everything!
Dane Rainbird: My highlight was making it through the week!
Franz Hesse: My highlight was eating a limpet.
Milla Kruse: My favourite part of summer camp was when [camp leader]
Mark took us to the Cape Otway National Park and I got to try the juice from
the middle of the Pigface flower.
Jayme Verhagen: My highlight of camp was the games we played in the
evening, such as charades.
Paul Blaich: My highlight was spending the week with a fun bunch of kids
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and watching them enjoy the activities. Keep up the good work!
Winnie Beilharz: The highlights of camp were Christine’s driving and a good
bunch of kids and leaders!
And to sum it all up, the words that were written on the last page of the scrap
book were composed on the bus on the way home by the kids for the leaders
(to the tune of Danket, danket dem Herrn)
Thank you, thank you, leaders,
You are all so friendly.
We had lots of fun,
With everyone!
The Summer-campers
See photo on page 38; more to come in the March TR.
ALL YOUTH GROUPS BEACH DAY – Sunday 5th February
Bookings and payments will have been finalised by now. This should be a
great day of water fun.
KIDS’ CLUB
UPCOMING EVENTS
All youth groups Beach Day &
Kayaking
Service, Sunday School &
Sunday 12th February
Community Afternoon
Presentation Service & Sunday
School
Sunday 5th February
Sunday 18th March
Sunday 25th March
30th March
to 2nd April 2012
Friday 6th April
Sunday 8th April
Sunday 6th May
Sommerfest
Family Service & Community
Lunch
Kids’ Club camp at The Briars
Outdoor Ed Camp
Good Friday Service & Sunday
School
Easter Sunday Service & Sunday
School
Bike Ride & Picnic at
Cranbourne Botanical Gardens
Sandringham
Bayswater
3:15pm
Bentleigh
10:15am
Bayswater
10:15am
Bentleigh
11:00am
Mt Martha
Bentleigh
10:15am
Bayswater
10:15am
Cranbourne
Sunday 13th May
Mothers’ Day Service & Sunday
School
Sunday 27th May
Service & Sunday School
Sunday 3rd June
Service & Sunday School
Saturday 23rd June
Sunday 24th June
Sonnwendfeier Winter
Solstice Celebration
Founding Day Service & Sunday
School
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Bayswater
10:15am
Bentleigh
10:15am
Bayswater
10:15am
Bayswater
5:00pm
Bentleigh
10:15am
KIDS’ CLUB CAMP – Friday 30th March to Monday 2nd April
It’s on again! Kids’ Club camp at The Briars in Mt Martha is happening on
the first weekend in the April school holidays. Booking forms are now
available.
NOTE: Bookings must be in no later than Monday 19th March!
For info and booking forms contact Susi at [email protected] or call
the Templer Office.
Jasmine Kuerschner
Crispin Beilharz-Smythe
Elian Haar
Nikita Bulach
Anika Jensen
Maxine Kuerschner
Liam Field
Julian Vollmer
Forester Christensen
Jaqui Katz
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TTHA
Dear Friends,
TTHA had a wonderful month in December celebrating our Christmas
events. It is always great to see all the relatives and friends join in the
festivities. January saw the return of residents from holidays and of staff
after taking time off with their families over the Christmas break; all have
come back refreshed and ready for 2012.
TTHA always celebrate Australia Day with the Australian Animal Zoo; our
residents and children enjoy this thoroughly.
TTHA remains at full occupancy and we continue to support our two parent
societies in looking after their communities. We maintain our waiting lists on
a daily basis and are always happy to have enquiries and to provide a tour of
our beautiful facility. Please contact reception on 8720 1333 or myself
directly for further information. Our units are fully occupied, five are
currently under renovation or construction, with residents waiting to move
in; all should be completed by end of March.
TTHA have recently invested in another commercial oven for the kitchen and
new insulated covers for our food service. These have made a significant
difference to how we cook our meals and serve them to our residents. The
feedback from our staff and residents has been very positive and another way
TTHA strives to maintain its high standard of care.
Over the Christmas period we had a visit from the Department of Health
Accreditation Agency who reviewed our Clinical Care and Pain Management.
After a few hours of reviewing our documentation, interviewing staff and
residents, the auditors were delighted with the care we provide to our
residents and said we are doing a fantastic job. In light of this recent audit,
we still maintain that improvement is the best policy and we will continue to
strive to provide the best care for our residents.
We look forward to a wonderful 2012 and wish you all the best for the new
year.
Kind regards,
Natasha Wilkinson, CEO
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NOTICES – BEKANNTMACHUNGEN
COMING SERVICES
Sun
Sun
Sun
5.2. Sy
5.2. TTHA
12.2. S.A.
10:30
10:30
14:00
Sun
12.2. Ba
15:15
Sun
19.2. CV
12:00
Wed 22.2.
Sun
26.2. Be
Fri
2.3.
Sun
4.3. Sy
10:15
10:30
Service
Service
Service Tanunda
Service & Comm. Afternoon & Elders’ Meeting
Phillip Island
Ash Wednesday
Thanksgiving
& Presentation
World Day of Prayer
Thanksgiving
& Presentation
Dr Rolf Beilharz
Harald Ruff
Christa Lingham
Dr Geoff McCallum
Renate Weber
Ingrid Turner
FLOWER ROSTER
Ba
Be
12.2. Community Afternoon – Kristin Wennagel, Brigitte Decker
26.2. Thanksgiving – Heidi Richter
COMMUNITY AFTERNOON – 12th February Bayswater
You are invited to the Service starting at 3:15pm.
Ba-Bo ladies please bring a cake (already cut) to share for afternoon tea
afterwards.
Would the following ladies help set up around 2:15pm and serve tea and
coffee? Minnie Haering, Ingeborg Hanke, Monika Heron, Daniella Horn,
Gerda Knaub, Herrmann: Erika, Kathrine and Monika (Rolf).
If you are unable to come, ask a friend or ring me.
Erika English
COUNTRY VICTORIA PHILLIP ISLAND SERVICE
Our get-together will begin at 12:00 noon with a service at St John’s
Uniting Church on Chapel Street, Cowes (Melway map 634 C1).
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As usual, bring food to share for lunch and afternoon tea in the adjoining
hall. Tea and coffee are supplied. The beach is close by. These gatherings are
always friendly and relaxing – everyone is welcome, including friends. The
collection will go to St John’s.
People wishing to travel in Rosa should book with Nanne at the Office ASAP.
Anne Wied (new leader of Welfare & Distant FG)
FAMILY SERVICE AND COMMUNITY LUNCH
Bentleigh 25th March 11:00am
Keep this date free for an interactive service for children and all the youngat-heart, followed by a communal lunch. Could people attending please bring
a cake to share to round off the meal? Those rostered on will be contacted by
phone.
Nikki Imberger, Renate Beilharz and Dot Ware
CRAFTS
Bentleigh
We will be decorating Easter eggs – blown eggs – on Saturday 18th
February from 1:00pm in the Bentleigh Hall kitchen. This will be an
opportunity to discuss what we will be making over the next 12 months for
the Adventsfeiern in Bentleigh and Bayswater. New people are always
welcome.
For more information, please ring me or email [email protected]
With Sommerfest in March, our next meeting date will be 21st April.
Marianne Herrmann, for the Be Craft Group
Bayswater
A big thankyou to all the craft ladies for tirelessly making so many beautiful
Christmas crafts, especially to those who put in extra effort while I was
recuperating. The Christmas market at TTHA was a great success and we
look forward to more creations in 2012.
We will get together again in early February to sort out what we can do.
Helga Kuerschner, for the Ba Craft Group
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PLAYGROUP NEWS
Thank you Kirrily!
All the children, families and the Templer Community would like to say a big
thank you to Kirrily Sydenham, who, for the past two years, has done a great
job of organising and running a fun-filled and educational playgroup session
each Thursday morning. Children and their parents alike have enjoyed
playing with you and we wish you all the best for all your future adventures.
Welcome to Sharon!
A big welcome to our new Playgroup leader, Sharon Nied. Sharon is also
the leader for the Knox Multiple Birth Association Playgroup and has kindly
agreed to take over the Templer Playgroup reins from Kirrily this year. We
hope that you will enjoy your time ‘playing’ with us and wish you every
success in your new role.
Playgroup and Babies & Toddlers Group
Templer Playgroup would like to invite all families with children aged 2 to
Kindergarten age to come and play with us in 2012!
Likewise our Babies and Toddlers Group would love families with new babies
under the age of 2 years to come along to our relaxed and informal ‘play and
chat’ sessions.
The starting date for both groups is Thursday 9th February and both
groups will again be running at the same time from 9:30am each week at
the Bayswater Hall.
Please contact Susi for all general or enrolment enquiries about either
Playgroup or the Babies and Toddlers Group: [email protected]
TSA BABYSITTING/CHILD MINDING SERVICE
A reminder that we have a TSA Child minding Service – the TIM TAMs.
The Tim Tams are available for babysitting/child minding in both the
Bentleigh/Moorabbin and Knox areas, for Templer families and friends who
may need their services, as well as for any Templer functions where child
minding is needed.
Most of the young people on the list are students, so would be available in
the evening and on weekends until their school year finishes, and then some
may also be available during the day on weekdays as well.
If you need a babysitter on any occasion, or are organising a seminar/
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function/activity where child minding is required, please contact me on the
phone numbers below to discuss your needs. I will then contact the Tim
Tams to see who is available. If one of them is available, I will put them in
touch with the family needing their service and the details are then worked
out between the two.
If you would like more information about the Tim Tams, please feel free to
contact me.
Looking for Tim Tams
Are you aged 16 years or over? Do you like kids?
Would you be interested in joining our TSA Babysitting Group – the Tim
Tams? If the answer is yes, or if you know someone who may answer yes,
then contact me.
Susi Richter (Community Youth Coordinator)
SOMMERFEST
Sommerfest is fast approaching, so we thought we would give you a few
updates, ask for your help and maybe give you a lift.
Entry – will be $10 per car and $2 per walker. This entry fee will include a
show bag and a raffle ticket.
Activity Band – will be available to purchase from the PA tent for those
who wish to participate in the majority of activities on offer. Activity bands
will be $15 per child for the first two children and $10 per child after that.
Lunch and Afternoon Tea – Lunch will once again be available for
purchase this year; afternoon tea, please bring your own. We will also have
the coffee stand available for those who can’t get through the day without a
decent coffee.
Volunteers – As this is a community event, we are looking for volunteers
to assist on the Saturday to set up, on the Sunday, and also to pack up on
Sunday. We have a variety of tasks, and we are looking for volunteers for PA
duties, manning a stand or activity, selling raffle tickets, being on the gate,
face painting or helping in the kitchen or with lunch.
To volunteer for a certain activity and/or a certain time slot, please contact
Emma Sonno at [email protected] Please note that if we do
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not have enough volunteers, some events will not run or, in the worst case,
Sommerfest will be cancelled.
Prizes – We are looking for prizes for our raffle and also for the silent
auction. If you have any prizes to donate, please contact Melissa English at
[email protected]
Stalls – Those who would like to have a stand at Sommerfest, please
contact Christine Wagner at [email protected] to register
your interest.
Rosa – Are you interested in catching Rosa from Bentleigh for
Sommerfest? The bus will leave at 9:15am sharp from Bentleigh and leave
Bayswater at 2:00pm to return to Bentleigh. The cost would be $5 which
includes entry. To register your interest, please contact Emma Sonno at
[email protected]
Check next month’s TR for more information on activities and perhaps a
sneak peek at some of the prizes.
Emma Sonno, on behalf of the Sommerfest Committee
Second-hand Book Sale
Donations of second-hand books (English and German), games and DVDs
are being sought for the Sommerfest second-hand book sale. These can be
left at Tony and Renate’s home.
Renate Beilharz
BENTLEIGH NEWS
Helmut Eppinger waters the Bentleigh tennis courts for the first time with
water pumped from the new water tank (see next page). The 22,000 litre
tank is full and the water flow was excellent. It was pleasing to complete the
project.
A friendly reminder: the Bentleigh Working Bee is on Saturday 24th
March, commencing at 9:00am. Morning tea and lunch provided.
Please contact Peter Ware or Paul Weberruss for further information.
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Tank water is now used on the Bentleigh tennis courts
Photo P. Ware
SUMMER WALK – Saturday 25th February
Arthurs Seat State Park
Time:
10:30am
Distance:
Estimated about 11-14km
Melways Map: 171 D1
How to get there: From Melbourne follow the Mornington Peninsula
Freeway to the Arthur’s Seat turn-off and head up the winding mountain
road. At the top turn right into Purves Road. A short distance from the
corner, turn right into the Seawinds Gardens and park there.
Walk: As it’s summer, I thought that a walk with wonderful beach and bay
views might be just the thing. If it’s hot, we could bring our bathers for a
cooling and refreshing swim in the bay at Dromana at the end of the walk.
We will be joining up a number of short, designated walks in the Arthurs
Seat State Park. We’ll begin with the Arthurs Seat Circuit (1.8km), which
includes the Matthew Flinders Cairn, the Seawinds Gardens, William
Ricketts sculptures, the Indigenous Garden and all the major lookouts. We’ll
then head down to the McKellar Circuit Walk (1km) and continue down to
the Waterfall Gully and the Kings Falls Circuit Walk (also 1km). We’ll be
walking along the Two Bays Walking Track to join up these circuits, which all
up should be about 7km. Upon returning, we’ll certainly enjoy our well
earned afternoon tea.
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Please let me know by phone if you intend to join us for this walk or send an
email to [email protected] On the Saturday I will be available on
my mobile.
Trudi Murray
FOSTER CARERS URGENTLY NEEDED
Do you live in the Knox area? Could you open your home and your heart
to a child in need?
At Anchor Foster Care we provide home based care for children and
young people aged 0 – 18 years who are unable to live at home.
Presently we have more children needing care than foster families who
are able to look after them.
Our carers receive full time support, training and financial assistance.
If you are interested in becoming a foster carer, please phone Anchor
Foster Care on 9801 1999 or email [email protected]
FRAUENVEREIN BENTLEIGH
The FV will resume its monthly meetings on Tuesday 14th February at
12:00 noon. Everyone is warmly invited. Newcomers are always welcome.
Please BYO lunch – tea and coffee is provided. To start the new year, Helga
Jürgensen will give a presentation on her recent travels in Europe. The bus
will depart the TTHA (Sunroom end) at 11:10am.
WORLD DAY OF PRAYER
This year the World Day of Prayer for the Bentleigh area is hosted by
the Salvation Army Bentleigh Community Church 87 Roberts Street
Bentleigh on Friday 2nd March at 10:30am. The service with the theme
'Let justice prevail' has been prepared by the WDP Committee Malaysia.
Everyone is invited and most welcome to attend this service.
TR SUPPLEMENT
This Selection of Heritage Pages, compiled by Horst Blaich, can be
requested from the Office. Because of the work for TS150 last year, this
project was delayed, but is now available. Thank you to Horst and the
Heritage Group for their good work. There will also be some at the halls.
Ed.
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THE HERITAGE PAGES
LUDWIG ‘FRITZ’ PFEIFFER
From Ludwig Pfeiffer, Stories from his Life
by Mrs Ida Hansis née Pfeiffer (†1990)
Ludwig ‘Fritz’ Pfeiffer as a musician
Ludwig Pfeiffer, called Fritz or Onkel
Fritz, was born in Alexandria, Egypt,
on 15 March 1879. His father ran a
bakery there. He wasn’t sure
whether to name his son Fritz or
Ludwig, but eventually chose
Ludwig. His mother called her son
‘Fritzle’ anyway, and that stuck. As a
child, Ludwig thought his proper
name was Fritz. Not until he
received his call-up notice for the
German Imperial Navy (the Pfeiffers
had remained German nationals)
was he told that his name was
Ludwig, not Fritz. On 5 May 1904
he married Maria Wagner in
Haifa. He took over his father’s
bakery in Alexandria.
After WW I internment, he moved
with his wife and children to the
Wagner grandparents in Haifa. In
1939, at the beginning of WW II,
the Templers and other Germans
were interned once again. The
Pfeiffer family was taken to the
Betlehem German settlement,
which had been transformed into
an internment camp surrounded
Ludwig ‘Fritz’ Pfeiffer and his motorbike
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by barbed wire.
Ludwig had taken his motorbike, a Triumph ‘past its triumphs’, with its
homemade sidecar, along with him to the camp. The children had lots of fun
riding up and down the camp road with Onkel Fritz. Most times up to eight
children sat in it or on it, somehow. In nine years of captivity, he always
managed to get petrol, somehow. Not until they had to leave Betlehem in
1948 was the Triumph finally ‘past its triumphs’.
If you look closely, Ludwig ‘Fritz’ Pfeiffer had three vocations. He was a
baker, a piano tuner and a beekeeper. This, however, had not made him rich.
The poor Pfeiffers, however, were rich in other ways, for they offered passing
Germans an open, hospitable house. Many people frequented their house.
Journeymen, even tramps and real down-and-outs found refuge there.
Father Pfeiffer tried to help everyone, no matter who it was. But they had to
work, help with something or other, such as splitting firewood for the baking
ovens. He even paid the return fare to Germany for some.
A Deutschländerin [German newcomer in Palestine] employed as home help
in an English household, regularly came to the Pfeiffers on her day off. It
didn’t take long before up to 15 young people met at the Pfeiffers for coffee
and yeast cake. Onkel Fritz and Tante Maria had an open ear for all kinds of
big and small problems. Ludwig Pfeiffer taught them to play the zither and
the guitar. Some found their life partners in the Pfeiffer house, and when
offspring arrived after the wedding, the Pfeiffers became vice-grandparents.
For breakfast, the Pfeiffer children had to turn up spic and span. Mutterle
read from a tear-off calendar. Father then sat down at the piano for everyone
to sing songs together.
Especially the Sundays remained
unforgettable for Mrs Hansis, as she
writes in her book, such as when the
Pfeiffer family hiked up to Mt Carmel
before dawn to watch the sun ‘get out
of bed’.
In 1948 the Jews raided first the
internment camp of Waldheim, then
that of Betlehem. When the German
internees of Betlehem heard of the
shootings in Waldheim, they fled
with bag and baggage to Nazareth,
which was an Arabic city then.
Pfeiffer’s Triumph with homemade sidecar
Ludwig Pfeiffer stayed behind. When
the Jews entered the camp, a young Israeli attacked Ludwig with a big knife.
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Some of the other Jews were able to hold him back. ‘Leave the old man
alone,’ shouted one of them. The intruders found the guitar on the wall to
their liking, and father Pfeiffer had to play German folksongs for the Jews.
Next day, he and other stragglers were liberated by the British and taken to a
ship in Haifa. The were not safe until the Germans, mostly Templers, were
accommodated in a large tent camp near Famagusta, Cyprus. Six months
later, most of them decided to migrate to Australia. Ludwig Pfeiffer chose to
go to Germany instead, where he arrived in October 1948 in a Lüneburger
Heide refugee camp.
Tr.P.H.
DOZENS OF LANGUAGES EXTINCT
Israel helps Aborigines by Ulrich W. Sahm
Australian Aborigines at a corroboree
The Aborigines once spoke 250 languages, now they are down to just six. To
revive some of them, one researcher counts on help from Israel. Israel, after
all, is experienced in reviving ancient languages.
Israel wants to help the original inhabitants of Australia, the Aborigines, to
revive their extinct languages. To do so they rely on the experience of the
Jews in recreating their Hebrew language that had been ‘dead’ for 2000
years.
Supported and financed by Jewish communities in Australia, Jackie Troy, a
linguist and researcher at Sydney University and herself an Aborigine, was
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invited to Israel to meet with other linguists and researchers. This initiative
was provided by Gilad Zuckermann who, apart from Hebrew and Italian,
commands an additional eleven languages, including Chinese and Japanese.
‘The Australian Aborigines had about 250 languages, of which only about six
can be considered alive, i.e. spoken by people of all age groups,’ says
Zuckermann, ‘not being written languages, they are difficult to reconstruct.’
He contends that it was above all the missionaries who were responsible for
the ‘death’ of the aboriginal languages. The Aborigines were to be turned first
into Christians and then into citizens of the English-speaking British colony
of Australia. To achieve this, the missionaries had the Bible translated into
the languages of the Aborigines. Although their goal was to take away the
Aborigines’ language, they thus documented some of the now extinct
languages and preserved them for posterity.
‘Along with their language, the Aborigines also lost their identity when they
adopted the English language,’ said Troy on Israel Radio, ‘that’s why it is so
important to give them back their old languages. In Israel, I want to find out
how the Jews managed to transform their Hebrew – long used only as sacral
language in divine services – back into a living language, in which an entire
society can feel at home and dream, sing, think and feel.’ Troy herself is an
Aborigine, but has Jewish roots at the same time.
The Bible served as the Basis
Towards the end of the 19th century, Hebrew was revived by Belarus-born
lexicographer Eliezer Ben Jehuda (1858-1921). The language of the Bible and
early Hebrew grammar served him as a basis. Many words had to be newly
invented or readapted. Take the verb ‘to telephone’. Hebrew has many words
consisting of four consonants. For ‘I telephoned’, one says in Hebrew today
‘tilpanti’. This is how the consonants TLFN are processed in Modern
Hebrew, whereby the F becomes a P.
The question which language was to be spoken in the future Jewish state,
today’s Israel, was controversial up into the 1920s. In the early 20th century,
scientists emigrating from Germany actually preferred German as
Kultursprache, while they rejected the not yet properly functioning,
‘artificially’ revived Hebrew. In 1922 Hebrew, along with English and Arabic,
was recognised by the British as an official language of Mandated Palestine.
Even though today every child in Israel can read and understand the Bible,
as well as the 2000-year-old ‘Qumran Rolls’ found near the Dead Sea,
Hebrew kept on developing naturally, absorbing Anglicisms and Arabic
elements on its way. The Academy for Hebrew Language constantly
endeavours to give modern meaning to early Hebrew or biblical words. A
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case in point is the @ of email addresses, first called at as in English, or
Strudel as in Viennese, until the Academy determined that kruchit was to be
made the standard word. ‘It has the root K-R-CH and means ‘wrapped up’.
And just as the Strudel is wrapped up in ‘puff pastry’, we have – thanks to
the biblical root – been able to invent a word for the tiny little package of @,’
said a speaker at the Academy.
‘The extensive experience of the Israelis with reviving biblical Hebrew to a
modern “mother tongue” may also help the Australian Aborigines to
rediscover their lost identity,’ mused Jackie Troy when she visited Israel.
Tr. P.H. (slightly condensed)
The House in Nazareth which contains the ceiling paintings on next page
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Stylised ceiling paintings of Haifa, discovered in a Nazareth house (pictured previous page)
Oriental artist’s impression of Haifa (possibly late 19th century)
Heritage Pages edited by Peter Hornung
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COMMUNITY LAWNMOWING ROSTERS
FEBRUARY
BAYSWATER
BENTLEIGH
5th February
Herbert Schnerring
Heinz Vollmer
19th February
Andy Walch
Manfred Weller
11th March
Hans Wennagel
Erich Waechter
4th February
John Maddock
12th March
Heinz Edelmaier
Ralph Edelmaier
Keys to lawn mowers etc. can be Normal start time is 9:00am. Both
collected from Tony.
lawn mowers can be operated
without a catcher (the preferred
If working on Sunday, try to avoid method). If the grass is too long,
starting machinery before 10:00am to then one of the mowers can have a
comply with Noise Restrictions in the catcher installed.
City of Knox.
Lawnmowing should include the
Secret Garden area (at back of
Tony Beilharz Office). Please don’t put lawn
clippings in Secret Garden area
(green waste bin is now available
To arrange an alternate date or a for lawn clippings).
swap, please contact your partner
Peter Ware
and/or the appropriate member and
Paul Weberruss
arrange the swap directly.
KIDS AT SUMMER CAMP – January 2012 (see report on page 20)
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FEBRUARY 2012 CALENDAR OF EVENTS
1
Wed
2
Thur
3
Fri
4
Sat
5
SUN
6
Mon
7
Tue
8
Wed
9
Thur
Telelink 14:00
Service TTHA 10:30; Service Sy 10:30; All Youth Beach Day Sandringham
Playgroup, Babies and Toddlers start 9:30
10
Fri
11
Sat
12
SUN
13
Mon
14
Tue
15
Wed
16
Thur
Playgroup, Babies and Toddlers 9:30
17
Fri
Telelink 14:00
18
Sat
Craft Be 13:00
19
SUN
CV Service Phillip Island 12:00
20
Mon
21
Tue
22
Wed
23
Thur
Playgroup, Babies and Toddlers 9:30
24
Fri
TG Friday Night Folly Ba
25
Sat
Summer Walk 10:30
26
SUN
Thanksgiving & Presentation Service + SS Be 10:15
27
Mon
28
Tue
29
Wed
March 2012
4
SUN
New Moon
RC Be 19:30
Service Tanunda 14:00; Service Ba + SS 15:15 + Community Afternoon +
Elders’ Meeting
Ladies’ afternoon Be 12:00
Thanksgiving & Presentation Service Sy 10:30; Knox Festival
Full Moon

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