28th January Bulletin

24 Jan

Written By Sonya Gubbins

The Anglican Parish of Tamborine Mountain

28th January 2024

Fourth Sunday after Epiphany

St. George’s, Tamborine Mountain

2 Dapsang Drive, Tamborine Mountain

Sunday: 10.00am Eucharist & 4.00 pm Eucharist

St. Luke’s, Canungra

15-21 Kidston Street, Canungra

Sunday: 8.00am 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

Jesus went about all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues and proclaiming the good news of the kingdom, and curing every disease and every sickness. Matthew 9.35

Collect of the Day

God of compassion, you have shown us in Christ

that your love is never ending:

enable us both to love you with all our heart

and to love one another as Christ loved us.

Grant this through our Lord Jesus Christ,

who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit,

one God, for ever and ever. Amen.

Prayer for Australia Day

We bless you, God of the universe, for this land,

for its contrasts of landscape and climate,

for its abundance of wealth and opportunity.

We bless you for our history, with all its struggles in adversity,

its courage and hope.

Give us in our diversity tolerance and respect for each other

and a passionate commitment to justice for all.

Bless us so that we might be a blessing to others.

We ask this through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Liturgy: via PowerPoint + APBA Colour – Green

Readings: Deuteronomy 18.15-20; Psalm 111; 1 Corinthians 8.1-13; Mark 1.21-28

We acknowledge and pay our respects to the Wanggeriburra people of the Yugambeh language region, 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

The Deuteronomy reading this week raises a difficult, but urgent question. How can we know when a message has (not!) been spoken by the Lord? History shows us crusades, genocide, forced conversions, holy wars, witch hunts, suicide bombings, apartheid, and lots more, all justified and sanctioned by the church, and claiming God’s support. So, we ask again, how can we know? We have to ‘test the spirits’, (1 John 4:1). A false prophet is characterised by presumption, degradation, dehumanisation and detestable practices. The true prophet is marked by circumspection and compassion, and fosters human health and wholeness. There is a cacophony of voices (religious and otherwise) out there, and hearing what God is saying to us demands that we distinguish between the signal and the noise. We must test the spirits.

NOTICES

4pm Service returns to Saturday.

In response to requests and feedback, the 4pm service will now return to Saturday afternoons from Sat 27 January.

AGM#2 Reports

If you are responsible for a group in the parish that would normally have a report included in the combined Report to the AGM now is the time to start typing. Please email your report to the office by COB Thursday 1st February.

Footsteps Working Bee

Thank you to all of those who assisted with

making new materials for the 2024 Footsteps Program.

A note to all our wonderful bakers: We will be having our annual fundraiser for Emergency Relief Feb.10. We are advertising it in the local papers as Valentine’s Day themed. If possible, do add something appropriate to your contribution. Thank you, Gisela.

Lenten Study

During Lent, studies will be held at St Luke’s on Wednesdays at 11am, and at Gisela’s on Fridays at 10am. If these times do not suit and you would like to participate in a Lenten study, please talk to Helen.

Ash Wednesday On Wed 14 February a service of Imposition of Ashes will be held at 8am at St. Luke’s and 10am at St. George’s.

Pantry The pantry’s at St Luke’s and St George’s would gratefully accept any donation of non-perishable food items/groceries you can donate. They can be left in the ‘pavillion’ at St Luke’s or in the church basket at St George’s.

Hymns

Introit 158 God has spoken by his prohets

Gradual 738 Shout to the Lord

Offertory 427 Lord your word abiding

Missional 246 Christ is the world’s light, he and no other

Intercessions – prepared by Peta

We give you thanks and praise, dear Father for your gift of your son Jesus. We pray for your love and guidance as we try to live our lives according to your will.

Praise the Lord!