9th April Bulletin

14 Apr

Written By Sonya Gubbins

The Anglican Parish of Tamborine Mountain

9th April 2023

Easter Day

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

This is the day that the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it.

Luke 24.34; Psalm 118.24

Collect

Glorious Lord of life,

by the mighty resurrection of your Son

you overcame the old order of sin and death

to make all things new in him:

grant that we,

who celebrate with joy Christ’s rising from the dead

may be raised from the death of sin

to the life of righteousness;

through him who lives and reigns with you

and the Holy Spirit,

one God, now and for ever. Amen.

Liturgy: via PowerPoint + APBA Colour – White

Readings:

Acts 10.34-43; Hymn to the Risen Christ; Colossians 3.1-4; Matthew 28.1-10

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

“Let him easter in us, be a dayspring to the dimness of us,

be a crimson-cresseted east…”

Gerard Manly-Hopkins, “The Wreck of the Deutschland”

Gerard Manly-Hopkins, in this poem, uses “Easter” as a verb, “Let him Easter in us.” It is a prayer that God may be a kind of daybreak in our darkened lives; that God may be a “crimson-cresseted east,” a brazier that burns crimson-hot amidst our cold. “Easter” as a verb is a wonderful way of thinking about resurrection: a truth that must be lived as much as it is believed. We have all ‘journeyed’ to this celebration of the mysteries of the resurrection, may Christ continue to “Easter in you”, that you will know resurrection life in all its fulness.

NOTICES…

Mission Action Planning will be taking place in the next couple of weeks, St Luke’s (22 April) and St George’s (20 May). This planning session will take on a ‘new form’ in that I will be using ‘World Café’ and ‘Open Space Technology’ where all the agenda items are set by you, the plans and future directions are yours, and then those plans/hopes/dreams will be taken to parish council for confirmation and approval. This is your parish; these are your plans. If you are unable to attend, you can still give us your thoughts, just by responding to the invitation which will be sent out in the 2 weeks prior to the meetings. That means, Canungra invitation is in the pew sheet this week.

Bishop John’s ‘Walk the Walk’ Bishop John had a great visit with us and he was pleased to meet those who joined us for the Chrism Eucharist, and for Morning Prayer on Wednesday, and he thanks you for your welcome and hospitality. When I dropped him off down the mountain, he was joined in his walking by a member of the Jimboomba congregation, and I have seen photos of his walk from Algester to Sunnybank where he walked with members of both parishes.

Candidates for Confirmation

Please pray for Cy and Sophia who are preparing for Confirmation.

Hymns Easter Day

Introit TiS 362 Jesus Christ is risen today

Gradual TiS 339 O sacred head sore wounded

Offertory

St George’s TiS 395 Alleluia Christ is Risen

St Luke’s TiS 393 Christ is alive, with joy we sing

Missional

St George’s TiS 400 Holy Spirit, enter in

St Luke’s TiS 382 Now the green blade rises

This week’ Intercessions: inspired by David Adams (Radiance of His Glory)

Alleluia to our God, praise and thanksgiving for life and life eternal.

Alleluia to our Lord Jesus Christ, conqueror of death and hell.

Alleluia to Christ, the gateway to life everlasting.

Father, Son and Holy Spirit, we praise you for your life-giving and life-renewing powers, this glorious day and evermore.

Blessed are you, Lord God our Father, by whose power our Lord Jesus Christ is risen from the dead. We rejoice and celebrate that he who was dead is alive, that he who was buried is risen. Death is conquered, we are free, Christ has won the victory. Lord, make us aware of the presence of the Risen Christ in our lives. Let the church proclaim the good news, ‘He is risen!’ In the power of the risen Lord, let us lead people out of darkness into light.