Date: 31st May 2009
Time: 8:45am church or 10am church

St Mark’s Malabar is joining millions of other Australians in supporting the The Cancer Council’s Biggest Morning Tea, and you are invited to join us. There will be a church service followed by morning tea. Please come along to either our traditional service at 8:45am or family service at 10am. Please let us know which service you can attend (phone us on 02 9311 0309 or drop us an email).

Facts about Cancer in Australia…
• 1 in 2 men and 1 in 3 women will develop cancer before the age of 85.
• An estimated 111,000 new cases of cancer will be diagnosed in Australia in 2009.*
• Cancer is the leading cause of death in Australia – more than 42,000 people are expected to
die from cancer this year.
• The survival rate for many common cancers has increased by more than 30 per cent in the
past two decades.
• Cancer costs $2.7 billion in direct health system costs (5.7% of total healthcare expenditure)
^*About 434,000 cases of non‐melanoma skin cancer (the most frequently occurring cancer in Australia, but the least life‐threatening) are also diagnosed each year.