20th August 2023 Bulletin

The Anglican Parish of Tamborine Mountain

20th  August 2023

Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost

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

Thus says the Lord, ‘Maintain justice, and do what is right, for soon my salvation will come, and my deliverance be revealed.’

Isaiah 56.1

Collect of the Day

God of freedom,

you have broken the tyranny of sin

and sent the Spirit of your Son into our hearts:

give us grace to dedicate our freedom to your service,

that all people may know the glorious liberty of the children of God;

through Jesus Christ our Lord,

who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit,

one God, now and for ever. Amen.

Liturgy:  via PowerPoint + APBA   Colour – Green

Readings:

Genesis 45.1-15; Psalm 133; Romans 11.13-32; Matthew 15.21-28

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

Most of us would probably agree we have done things we would like to forget.   And we probably have done things we would like others to forget too.  Sometimes that forgetting is permanent, sometimes those things ‘come back to bite us’, but one lesson our Genesis reading today can teach us is that no matter how much we forget, God will never forget us.  God did not forget Joseph who was sold into slavery.  God did not forget Jacob, father of 12 future nations, who cheated his brother out of his inheritance.  When it appears, there is nothing left to sustain or support us, God is with us.  God works through all the obstacles, challenges, circumstances, and missteps in our lives.  So maybe we could see the obstacles as opportunities to think differently.  Maybe the challenges in our lives could be seen as a chance to build moral or physical muscle to support us.  Maybe reflecting on our missteps will allow us to make better choices in the future.

NOTICES

Rev’d Helen away 21-24 August 2023

Rev’s Helen will be at the Southern Region Clergy Conference during the above dates. Should you have a need to speak to someone urgently please contact one of the Churchwardens – see back page for details.

New Parish Admin

We welcome Marissa to the Parish. Marissa has limited hours, so any requests for admin support have to go through Helen.

Parish Walking Group is restarting.  Monday 11 Sept. 

Interested people are invited to meet at 9am at St George’s for a short stroll ending with coffee at a café in Main Street, then back to St Georges.  More details closer to the date.

Free Trees for Rectory

It’s that time of year – your SRRC rates recently arrived in the mail, along with two free tree vouchers. As we are now attempting to enhance the rectory privacy with a living green screen, a donation of one or both of your free trees to this project would be welcome. We are looking for something evergreen and bushy that will grow to 2-3m in height.

Hymns

Introit            611           God of grace and God of glory

Gradual        693           Come as you are that's how I want you 

Offertory       650           Brother, sister, let me serve you 

Missional      202           I know that my Redeemer 

Intercessions – prepared by Peta

Almighty God, your son Jesus Christ promised that you will hear us when we ask in faith; receive our prayers.

We give thanks for the beauty and abundance of the earth. Give us and all peoples grace to live in harmony with your creation, and wisdom and generosity in our use of its bounty.

God of grace, hear our prayer.

We pray for peace and shared prosperity in our world. Help leaders of all nations put aside selfish ambition and seek to be the instruments of your will for humanity, so that all people can live free from despair, poverty and exclusion. We pray for those around us in need, especially for ..... and for those known to us whom we name aloud or in the silence of our hearts….

God of grace, hear our prayer.

We give thanks for your church and your faithful people throughout the world; strengthen us for your work in the world. We pray for Helen, Bp John and our retired clergy as they minister among us, and the Bush Brotherhood. Bless those who lead us in Bible studies and in Christian meditation and bless the leaders of our children's ministries. We pray for the discernment of our new archbishop…(Helen).

God of grace, hear our prayer.

We give thanks for the faithful departed, all those who have gone before, and who are now with you. We remember your saints in every age and all those whose anniversary falls at this time.

God of grace, hear our prayer.

(Prayer for a new Archbishop – Rev’d Helen.)

Almighty God, we come before you in the assembly of the faithful. You have promised to hear our prayers; grant that what we have asked in faith, we may by your grace receive.

Year’s Mind Anniversaries this month

Dick Jones, Don Newman, Phillip Kahler

Wally Wombat Club

Is hibernating this week, but will be back next week.

August Retiring Collection:  

Religious Instruction Books for Canungra State School

 Emergency Relief @ St George’s  

Bank Details for EFT BSB 704-901 Acc. No 00015232

Upcoming Events

Sunday 20 August        Parish Council meeting 11.30 St George’s

Mon-Thurs 21-24 Aug  Rev’d Helen at Southern Region Conference

Saturday 26th August   St Lukes The Canungra Show

Wednesday 30 August SRRC Cuppa in the Communitea Canungra

WEEKLY EVENTS:

Footsteps                     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  

Wally Wombat Club     Wed      9.30am @ St Georges

Bible Study                  Wed      11.00am@ St Luke’s (in recess)

Friday Bible Study       Fri        10:00am Fortnightly. (1st & 3rd)

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 Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost (Green)

Exodus 1.8-2.10; Psalm 124; Romans 12.1-8; Matthew 16.13-20