10th December Bulletin
The Anglican Parish of Tamborine Mountain
10th December 2023
Third Sunday of Advent
St. George’s, Tamborine Mountain St. Luke’s, Canungra
2 Dapsang Drive, 15-21 Kidston Street,
Tamborine Mountain Canungra
Sunday: 10.00am Eucharist Sunday: 8.00am Eucharist
4.00 pm Eucharist
We are a Christian faith community living in the way of Christ accepting and welcoming all in loving service, growing Christ’s future on Earth.
Sentence for the Day
Bind up the broken-hearted, proclaim liberty to the captives and release to the prisoners, proclaim the year of the Lord’s favour, the day of vengeance of our God.
Isaiah 61.1–2
Collect of the Day
Eternal God,
you sent John the Baptist
to prepare the way for the coming of your Son:
grant us wisdom to see your purpose
and openness to hear your will,
that we too may prepare the way for Christ
who is coming in power and glory
to establish his rule of peace and justice;
through Jesus Christ our Judge and our Redeemer,
who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit,
one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
Liturgy: via PowerPoint + APBA Colour – Purple
Readings:
Isaiah 61.1–4, 8–11; Song of Mary.
1 Thessalonians 5.12–28; John 1.6–8, 19–28
We acknowledge and pay our respects to the Wanggeriburra people of the Yugambeh Nation, the traditional owners and ongoing custodians of the land on which we gather, and to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people worshipping with us today.
A note from Helen
On this Sunday of Joy, this Third Sunday of Advent, good news is coming. The world is being transformed by God’s ‘impossible possibilities’. God’s way is emerging in a troubled world. God’s Spirit is upon all people and the vulnerable, the outcast, the lost, will experience healing and hospitality. This is the message of the prophet Isaiah and our Advent hope. Transformation may mean the death of one order and the birth of a new age. That death of the familiar, may be painful. The birth pangs which accompany the birth of a new age may also be painful. This is the message of Mary’s hymn – the social order will be turned upside down so it can again be right side up. Isaiah’s and Mary’s words remind us that justice-seeking can be messy and involve pain for some so that others may be uplifted.
NOTICES
Christmas Service Times
20th December - Carols by Torchlight - St Luke’s 6.30pm
24th December - Christmas Eve Pageant on the Lawn - St George’s 5.00pm
24th December - Midnight Eucharist - St George’s - 11.30pm
25th December - Christmas Eucharist-St Luke’s 8.00am & St George’s-10.00am
Please note: no morning services on Sunday 24th. Talk to Helen if this was going to be your only opportunity for church over Christmas.
AGM 1 December 10
Election of 2024 Parish Council 11am Georgian Room with your morning tea. Please prayerfully consider who you think are being called to serve this parish as either warden, nominator, synod rep or council member.
Christmas Pageant:
You are invited to be a part of the Singing Group/Choir for the Christmas Pageant which will be on Sunday 24 December at 5.00pm at St George’s.
In preparation there will be a rehearsal on each Saturday morning at 8.30am at St George’s between now and Christmas Eve.
Come along and enjoy the Christmas music.
Enter into the Christmas spirit.
Hymns
Introit 152 Joyful, joyful – St Luke’s
643 I want to walk as a child of the light – St George’s
Gradual 590 What a friend we have in Jesus
Offertory 168 For the fruits of all creation – St Luke’s
670 Jesus put this song into our hearts – St George’s
Missional 690 Beauty for brokenness
Year’s Mind Anniversaries this month: Sylvia Tomlinson, Yvonne Cossins, George Curtis, May Finch, Nancy Lovell, Garry Mailer, Beryl Jenyns, Tom Powell, Sylvia Perkins, Raymond Curtis, Vincent Youngman, Jean Jenyns, Wendy Lyne, Robin Keeley
Intercessions – prepared by John N
This is the day that the Lord has made.....Let us rejoice and be glad in it.
As we enter a new Christian year, let us renew our wonder of the natural world which God has given us, and for all the living creatures which share God’s creation. Help us to preserve its beauty and resources for all who will be coming after us.
Lord, in your mercy.....Hear our prayer.
Let us thank God for the peace and prosperity in which we live here in Australia and we pray for all those who are suffering in places where there is conflict and civil strife. Particularly we pray for all who have lost so much in Gaza, the Ukraine, all who have lost family members, their homes and possessions and who have nowhere to call home except a tent in a refugee camp. We pray for all who are working to bring food, water, shelter and medical help for those suffering so much, and we pray that ways may be found to end these conflicts before too much more is lost.
Lord, in your mercy.....Hear our prayer.
We pray for Anglican churches throughout the world and their leaders as they seek ways to spread the Gospel in often difficult and confusing circumstances. We pray for our Archbishop elect Jeremy, our regional bishop John, and our priest Helen, and we pray for our new parish council which will be elected today. We pray for Anglicare and other voluntary organisations which bring relief and help to the homeless and others who are victims of domestic violence at home, unemployment, or unwanted separation from their families.
Lord, in your mercy.....Hear our prayer.
We thank God for our health and strength and pray for all who are suffering from long or short term medical conditions, and we remember all places of healing and treatment and for those who work there, either in hospitals, clinics or at home. We pray for all who care for the elderly and disabled in residential care and for all who give their time to help the carers. Particularly today we pray for..................
Lord, in your mercy.....Hear our prayer.
We give thanks for the lives of those whom we have known but are no longer with us, and today we remember....
Let us say this grace together: Go before us, O Lord, in all our doings with your most gracious favour, and assist us with your continual help, that in all works, begun, continued and ended in you, we may glorify your holy name, and finally by your mercy obtain everlasting life, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen
Prayer for our new Archbishop..
Almighty God, you have promised to hear our prayers, Grant that what we have asked in faith we may by your grace receive, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen
December Retiring Collection: Christmas Bowl Appeal – Act for Peace
Share God’s love so refugees are not forgotten this Christmas.
Since 1949, compassionate Christians like you have followed Rev Frank Byatt’s legacy, coming together each Christmas across Australia and the world to provide safety in exile for people forced from their homes by conflict and disaster. Your gift through the Christmas Bowl will support local partners to meet urgent needs and help create a world where uprooted people have a safe place to belong.
Emergency Relief @ St George’s
Bank Details for EFT BSB 704-901 Acc. No 00015232
UPCOMING EVENTS
Tuesday 12 December Coffee in Canungra 11.00am @ Metz
Wednesday 20 December St Luke’s Carols 6.30pm
Sunday 24 December Christmas Pageant 5pm @ St George’s
Sunday 24 December Midnight service 11.30pm @ St George’s
Monday 25 December Xmas services 8am @ St L & 10am @ St G
Sunday 11 February Parish AGM#2 11.00am @ St George’s
WEEKLY EVENTS:
Footsteps Sun 10.00am@ St George’s (in recess)
Roslyn Lodge 1st/3rd Mon 10.30am
Little Lukies Mon 3:00pm @ St Luke’s (in recess)
Meditation Tue 9.30am @ St George’s
Wally Wombat Club Wed 9.30am @ St Georges (in recess)
Bible Study Wed 11.00am@ St Luke’s (in recess)
Friday Bible Study Fri 10:00am Fortnightly (in recess)
PARISH DIRECTORY
Priest-in-Charge Rev’d Helen Paget 04 9248 8330 helen.paget@anglicanchurchsq.org.au
Churchwarden Delma McCrea 07 5545 1856 delma.mccrea@live.com
Churchwarden Peta Tierney 04 1325 8332 peta.tierney@hotmail.com
Priests with Permission to Officiate:
The Rev’d John Corner, The Ven Allan Paulsen
Parish Office
Phone: 5545 2919 Monday to Friday 9.30-2.30
Email: tamborinemountain@anglicanchurchsq.org.au
Website: https://tamborinemtandcanungraanglican.com
Parish Bank Details: BSB 704-901 Account No. 00000450
Readings for Next Week Fourth Sunday of Advent (Purple)
2 Samuel 7.1-11, 16; Psalm 89.1-4,19-27; Romans 16.25-27; Luke 1.26-38