16th June Bulletin
The Anglican Parish of Tamborine Mountain
16 June 2024
Fourth Sunday after Pentecost
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
In Christ, God was reconciling the world to himself,
not counting their trespasses against them,
and entrusting the message of reconciliation to us.
2 Corinthians 5:19
Collect
Lord,
we beseech you to keep your family,
the Church,
in continual godliness,
that through your protection
it may be free from all adversities,
and devoutly given to serve you in good works,
to the glory of your name;
through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
Liturgy: via PowerPoint + APBA Colour – Green
Readings: 1 Samuel 15:34 –16:13; Psalm 20; 2 Corinthians 5:6-10, 5:14-17; Mark 4:26-34
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………….454 Worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness
Gradual……….647 Comfort comfort
Offertory……...745 Seek ye first
Missional……..545 Shout for joy
Intercessions - prepared by John Noble
In our prayers today, let us first thank God for the wonders of the creation in which we live and for all the forms of life with which we are surrounded. May we always work to preserve all this beauty and the resources we use for those who will come after us.
Lord, in your mercy... Hear our prayer.
We thank God for the peace and prosperity in which we life here in Australia and pray for all who are suffering in areas of conflict, particularly in the Ukraine, Gaza, the Sudan and Myanmar. We pray for all those whose familiar and comfortable homes have been destroyed and they now have nowhere to call home except a tent in a refugee camp. We pray for all who work to bring comfort and relief to refugees and for all who are engaged in efforts to bring peace which will be acceptable to the warring sides.
Lord, in your mercy... Hear our prayer.
We pray for our church and for all our leaders who are faced with increasing moves towards more secular states, with many who prefer to ignore all the positive influences and achievements which the church has brought here and to other parts of the world.
We pray for our Archbishop Jeremy, our Bishop John , our priest Helen and for all who work to keep our church running.
Lord, in your mercy... Hear our prayer.
We thank God for our health and strength and pray for all who work in places of healing and treatment. We remember all those who care for those who can no longer look after themselves, either at home or in residential care, and today we pray especially for.....
Lord, in your mercy... Hear our prayer.
We pray for our local communities, on the Mountain and around Canungra, and for all who work to provide us with the services which we take for granted, in shops, offices, local government and schools. We pray for the homeless, and all families affected by domestic violence, and for those who help them.
Lord, in your mercy... Hear our prayer.
We see and hear so much about protests being held here in Australia and other countries, and we pray that everyone will accept the views and opinions of those with whom they disagree, and that violence, intimidation and discrimination must always be avoided.
Lord, in your mercy... Hear our prayer.
We thank God for the lives of those whom have been influential in our lives but are no longer with us, particularly…
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
Year’s Mind Anniversaries this month: Brian Lyne
A note from Helen
Our Psalm this morning starts with a prayer common to many of us. ‘God give me the desire of my heart and make all my plans succeed. May the Lord grant all my requests’. Not a bad prayer but, thankfully, God does not give us much of what we ask for. As the psalmist qualifies and deepens his thought ‘some trust in chariots and some in horses, but we trust in the name of the Lord our God’. It is better to trust in God’s love than the raw power of chariots and horses. And then when we look at Saul –we are told in the days of Saul there was constant war with the Philistines. History did not run according to Saul’s desires and Samuel deposed him and anointed a very unlikely successor. At God’s behest, Samuel chose this ‘handsome and ruddy’ son of Jesse, David, because God sees things differently to the way we see things and does the unexpected. Today’s readings challenge us to see and live life from God’s perspective, and in doing so we may well find that God works in ways that surprise us.
NOTICES:
2024 Season of Creation Art and Photography Exhibition
OPEN CALL For Photographers, Writers, and Artists!
The theme for Season of Creation this year is "To hope and act with creation" and the symbol "The first fruits of hope", inspired by Romans 8:19-25. Accepted artworks are to be displayed at St John's Cathedral, Brisbane throughout September to celebrate the Season of Creation. Upload your creations at www.fb.com/QCEnvNet or email to admin@qct.org.au. Artworks can be posted or delivered to Queensland Churches Together. Please email admin@qct.org.au or call 07 3369 6792 to arrange delivery.
Photos and artworks should be submitted by 5th August 2024.
Parish Council Meeting
The Parish Council is meeting today (June 16), after Church at 11:15 am.
No 4pm Service June 22
Due to Rev’d Helen attending Synod, there will be no 4pm Service at St George’s on Saturday, June 22nd.
Chappy Fundraising Dinner – Save the Date!
Monday 29th of July at 6pm is the Annual Chappy fundraising Dinner. Come along and support the chappies and our own Chappy Jodie Wooden. CMS dining room QCCC, Beacon Rd Tamborine Mountain.
If you can donate a gift, suitable for a balloon lucky number prize, please give it to Rae in John’s absence.
PARISH STROLL
We will once again be ‘taking a stroll’ around our community. 9am, Monday July 1 we will be ‘strolling’ up and down Main Street and finishing with a good ‘cuppa’. We will all gather at the Anzac memorial to start strolling up to Vinnies then cross over and come back to Mountain Brew for a coffee.
ROSSINI Petite Messe Solenelle @ St Peter’s in Southport
The Coolamon Singers will be presenting this music extravaganza in Southport on Saturday June 29, at 2:30pm. We are planning a ‘group booking’ for the parish. Cost is $27/$22, please indicate your desire to go on the sheet at the front of the church by tomorrow - June 17.
Recycling Opportunities
The Caring for Creation Team have positioned boxes at both churches for: mobile phones, spectacles, smaller batteries, printer toner cartridges, plastic bottle caps and blister packs.
Treasurer’s Report April 2024
Parish Financial Summary April YTD Budget YTD
Total income $11,088 $47,109 $37,888
- Includes offerings $8,484 $30,040 $24,680
Total expenditure $13,393 $53,847 $62,086
June Retiring Collection: Discipleship of the Good Shepherd
DGS in Africa is currently focussed on two major works. The setting up of two centres, in Tanzania and western Kenya, to translate all of the DGS material into Swahili. Swahili is spoken by about 200 million people, so translation will open the children’s work up to many more children. The other big work is setting up toddler atriums in large churches in Nairobi, Kenya as a precursor to doing similar startups in the slum areas. The funding need is for second-hand laptops to initiate translation and to do online training. Blessings John
Emergency Relief @ St George’s
Bank Details for EFT BSB 704-901 Acc. No 00015232
UPCOMING EVENTS
Sunday June 16 Parish Council Meeting 11:15am @ St G’s
Fri 21-Sun 23 June Synod 2024
Saturday June 29 Rossini 2:30pm @ St Peter’s in Southport
Sunday June 30 Child Protection Training
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 (Mt Tamborine)
SLAngers Fri 5:00pm Fortnightly
PARISH DIRECTORY
Priest-in-Charge: Rev’d Helen Paget
M: 0492 488 330 E: Helen.Paget@anglicanchurchsq.org.au
Churchwarden: Peta Tierney
M: 0413 258 332 E: peta.tierney@hotmail.com
Priests with Permission to Officiate:
The Rev’d John Corner, The Ven Allan Paulsen
Parish Office:
Phone: (07) 5545 2919 Monday to Friday 9.30am-2.30pm
Email: tamborinemountain@anglicanchurchsq.org.au
Website: https://tamborinemtandcanungraanglican.com
Parish Bank Details: BSB 704-901 Account No. 00000450
Readings for Next Week Fifth Sunday after Pentecost – Green
1 Samuel 17:32-49; Psalm 9:9-20; 2 Corinthians 6:1-13; Mark 4:35-41