1st May Bulletin

14 May

Written By Sonya Gubbins

The Anglican Parish of Tamborine Mountain

PARISH BULLETIN

1st May 2022

The Third Sunday of Easter

Sentence for the Day

To the one seated on the throne and to the Lamb be blessing and honour and glory and might for ever and ever.

Revelation 5.13

Collect

Almighty God,

through your only Son you overcame death

and opened to us the gate of everlasting life:

grant that we who celebrate our Lord’s resurrection,

may, through the renewing power of your Spirit,

rise from the death of sin to the life of righteousness;

through the same Jesus Christ our Lord,

who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit,

one God, now and for ever. Amen.

Today we celebrate the baptism of

Lylah Kylie Radcliffe

Welcome family and friends of Lylah

Liturgy: via PowerPoint + APBA Colour – White

Readings: Acts 9.1-6; Psalm 30; John 18.17-18; 25-27; John 21.1-19

We acknowledge and pay respect to the people of the Yugambeh Language Group,

the traditional custodians of this land on which we gather.

A note from Tom:

It has been a whirlwind few days as we’ve settled into life in the parish!

It was a real joy to begin my ministry here with the commissioning service and I would like to thank all of you who attended that event and welcomed me into our shared church life. It was an even bigger joy to lead Sunday services at St Luke’s and St George’s last Sunday, we have two lovely church buildings here but more importantly we have two congregations who are meeting and worshipping God faithfully and I’m excited to see what God may want to do in these places.

I am starting to settle into a normal routine and here is how you can contact me throughout the week:

Monday to Thursday I am working 9.30am – 2.30pm at the St George’s church office and that’s the best time to contact me. You can call the office number (5545 2919) or email me at tom.hunton@anglicanchurchsq.org.au or pop in and say Hi!

Monday to Thursday I will also be working in the evenings, although this will mostly be out of the office.

Friday will be a regular day off whilst Saturday and Sunday will mainly be devoted to regular, and occasional, services.

Getting an Australian mobile phone has been a long, drawn-out affair (!), I am almost there and as soon as I have one I will publish the number here as that will often be the best way to get hold of me.

Tom

Hymns

Introit – 100 All creatures of our God and King

Gradual – 129 Amazing grace

Offertory – 134 Praise my soul, the King of heaven

Eucharist – 136 There’s a wideness in God’s mercy

Recessional – 132 Holy, Holy, Holy, Lord God almighty

Labyrinth Message

This week's labyrinth message for you to "walk with" is : How do you feel when you meet again for the first time someone whom you have "let down" .. or perhaps even in a sense "betrayed"?

In this week's Gospel, Peter meets the risen Christ … Peter, who denied Jesus 3 times, is invited to reaffirm his love for Jesus 3 times and thereafter is "fully reinstated". I wonder how we react when we meet again those who we have let down [ or may have let us down ]? Perhaps this week we will be given a Divine opportunity to likewise be restored with / restore another .. If we seize this opportunity, I wonder what may be released?

Prayers of the people Prepared by Jan

Creator God, we praise you for a world that is wonderfully made. We thank you for life giving rain that waters our land, for warming sun and fertile soil. Help us to care for all of your creation, for the plants, animals and people as we live our daily lives.