3rd March Bulletin
The Anglican Parish of Tamborine Mountain
3rd March 2024
Third Sunday in Lent
St. George’s, Tamborine Mountain
2 Dapsang Drive, Tamborine Mountain
Saturday 4.00pm Eucharist & Sunday: 10.00am 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
The message of the cross is complete absurdity
to those who are headed for ruin,
but to us who are experiencing salvation, it is the power of God.
1 Corinthians 1:18
Collect of the Day
Living Word,
Our Wisdom, Law and Temple,
In whom God’s plans and promises are all fulfilled,
Help us follow you so closely
That all who seek the Way, Truth and Life
Might through us be drawn to You,
Who alone is our eternal hope. Amen.
Liturgy: via PowerPoint + APBA Colour – Purple
Readings:
Exodus 20.1-17; Psalm 19; 1 Corinthians 1.18-25; John 2.13-22
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.
Hymns
Introit 210 O for a thousand tongues to sing
Gradual 187 Let all creation dance (St George’s)
Offertory 473 Community of Christ
Missional 155 How great thou art
Intercessions – prepared by Peta
Heavenly Father, the heavens show your glory and the earth is your marvellous handiwork! We thank you for your amazing gift of the earth and its bounty which sustains us. We pray that all peoples are able to share with justice in this bounty and the resources of the earth, and we pray that all peoples work to honour, protect and sustain your creation.
Heavenly Father, hear our prayer.
We pray for the nations of the world, for leaders and governments, for peoples suffering through war or natural disasters, for those trapped in poverty and despair.
Heavenly Father, hear our prayer.
We pray for your church across the world and here in Australia. We pray for our diocese and parish, for our Archbishop Jeremy, our regional bishop John, our priest Helen and our retired clergy, John and Allan, our school chaplain Jody, our parish and Lenten study leaders, and for one another. We pray for youngsters in our parish starting on their faith journeys and learning to trust in you. Help us to support them and one another and to be generous with our time and talents as we strive to follow you and walk in your footsteps.
Heavenly Father, hear our prayer.
We pray for those struggling with ill health or grief, for those experiencing domestic violence, for those who are lost and rudderless. We pray for young people finding their way. Bring them close to you to feel your love. We pray especially for … and for any known to us whom we name aloud or in the silence of our hearts.
Heavenly Father, hear our prayer.
We give thanks for the faithful departed, for all the saints and the company of heaven who have gone before us. We remember especially those whose year’s mind occurs at this time. We pray for your comforting presence for those who mourn.
Heavenly Father, hear our prayers. Let the words of our mouths and the meditations of our hearts be acceptable to you, O Lord, our rock and our redeemer.
Year’s Mind Anniversaries this month: Christopher Fulcher, Geoff Perkins, Tim Lyne, Matthew Power, Amber Mailer, John Vance
A note from Helen
The ten commandments are not so much about rules as they are about relationships, divine-human relationships. At the core of them is the divine-human covenant, God’s unique relationship with a wilderness people. God’s graceful liberation and deliverance undergirds each of the commandments. God reminds the Hebraic people, and us, that grace requires a response. God’s fidelity calls on our fidelity and relationship with God and with each other. Our fidelity to God is measured by our fidelity to God’s creatures. The commandments provide a framework within which to live our lives.
NOTICES
EASTER SERVICES
Maundy Thursday (28th of March)
St George’s: 6pm for the Pilgrim Supper and
7pm for the Service.
Good Friday (29th of March)
St George’s: 8am Service
St Luke’s: 3pm Ecumenical service.
Easter Sunday (31st of March)
St George’s: 6am Lighting of the New Fire
10am Service
St Luke’s: 8am Eucharist.
Working Bees
St Luke’s: Saturday 9th of March 7:30-9:30am
Morning tea will be provided. John King will be providing a list of tasks if you can help out. Please come along.
St George’s Garden Working-bee: Saturday 9th of March 7:30 - 10:30am
I’m sure you have noticed that the rain has allowed the grass and weeds to go wild in our garden beds. We will be try to get on top of them! Please bring your equipment, mulch if you have, and good humour. Morning tea provided.
St Luke’s Cake Stall
There will be a fundraising cake stall, on Election Day, the16th of March at 8am, outside My Country Escape in Canungra. Baked goodies, plants and other donations are welcome.
St Luke’s Easter Raffle
There will be an Easter Raffle at the St Luke’s Cake Stall, on Election Day, the 16th of March. Donations are much needed - of Easter eggs or anything Eastery that can be added to the basket of goodies being raffled off. Please bring your donations to the Church, prior to the 16th of March.
Treasurer’s Report Jan 2024
Parish Financial Summary
Jan Year-to-date Budget YTD
Total income $11,056 $11,056 $7,297
- Includes offerings $8,517 $8,517 $6,170
Total expenditure $10,929 $10,929 $14,284
March Retiring Collection: ABM’s Lent and Good Friday Appeal
Unfortunately, in many parts of the world, deprivation and vulnerability are not an option, but are the continuing reality of life. We invite you to support the Anglican Board of Ministry’s Lent and Good Friday Appeal, which continues the Lenten tradition of sacrificial giving and compassion. This appeal will help fund nutritional, education and support programs in Gaza, Sri Lanka and Kenya, which aim to improve the health and livelihoods of families, especially children, and those living with a disability.
Emergency Relief @ St George’s
Bank Details for EFT BSB 704-901 Acc. No 00015232
UPCOMING EVENTS
Saturday 9th March Working Bees 7:30am @ St Luke’s and St George’s
Saturday 16th March St Luke’s Cake Stall 8am @ ‘My Country Escape’
WEEKLY EVENTS:
Footsteps Sun 10.00am@ St George’s
Wally Wombat Club Sun 10.00am @ St George’s
Roslyn Lodge 1st/3rd Mon 10.30am
Little Lukies Mon 3:00pm @ St Luke’s
Meditation Tue 9.30am @ St George’s
Bible Study Wed 11.00am@ St Luke’s
Friday Bible Study Fri 10:00am Fortnightly
SLAngers Fri 6:00pm Fortnightly (next on: Fri 23rd Feb)
(St Luke’s Youth Group)
PARISH DIRECTORY
Priest-in-Charge Rev’d Helen Paget 0492 488 330
Helen.Paget@anglicanchurchsq.org.au
Churchwarden Peta Tierney 0413 258 332 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 in Lent
Numbers 21.4-9; Psalm 107.1-3, 17-22; Ephesians 2.1-10; John 3.14-21