9th January Bulletin
The Anglican Parish of Tamborine Mountain
PARISH BULLETIN
9nd January 2022
The Epiphany of Our Lord
Sentence
Arise, shine; for your light has come,
and the glory of the Lord has risen upon you. Isaiah 60.1
Collect
Eternal God,
who by a star led Magi to the worship of your Son:
guide the nations of the earth by your light,
that the whole world may see your glory;
through Jesus Christ our Lord,
who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever. Amen.
Introit TIS 314 As with gladness, men of old
Gradual: TIS 447 Lord, your almighty word
Offertory: TIS 309 Angels from the realms of glory
Communion TIS 497 Let all mortal flesh keep silence
Missional: TIS 454 Worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness
Liturgy: via PowerPoint + APBA Colour – White
Readings: Isaiah 60.1-6; Ps 72.1-7, 10-14; Ephesians 3.1-12; Matthew 2.1-12
Fr Peter writes:
On 6th January Christians celebrate the visit of some wise men from the East to the infant Jesus. The only Biblical reference to this event is Matthew chapter 2. We call it Epiphany. We are celebrating this today.
God revealed Jesus’ birth to these men in a foreign country. They were not Jews so the revelation was outside the Jewish community. It was through their study of the stars. We could say, through their science. They were motivated to visit and worship the child.
If we read the whole of the chapter, we see the consequences of this visit. Herod kills all the male children in Bethlehem and the surrounding district who were 2 years old or younger and Jesus and his family fled into Egypt as refugees, remaining there until Herod died.
God communicates with us in any number of ways. If we get the message we can choose to respond to it or neglect it. If we respond, there may be unforeseen consequences and it may affect others too.
There is evil in the world because people make evil choices.
Mary and Joseph protected Jesus from Herod by fleeing to Egypt.
Let us remember that Jesus and his family were refugees
Refugees need protection and a safe haven but for some reason this is often not given to millions of refugees in the world today. It is not given in our country either even when they have been declared refugees by the UN. We detain them for years on end at great expense. What do you think a Christian response would be?
Yours in the household of God. Peter+
Child Protection Training
All parishioners who hold Blue Cards for their roles in church activities are required to undertake ACSQ Child Protection Training every three years. The next date this will be run for a group in the parish is Saturday 15th January, 9.30am at St Luke’s. Alternately you can work through the training online at Child Protection Policy Training — Anglican Church Southern Queensland (anglicanchurchsq.org.au) . Should you choose to do the training online please forward you certificate to the parish office on completion.
Labyrinth Message
This week's labyrinth message for you to "walk with" is : In this New Year, what will you do with your Epiphany( ies) ? [ Literally " moment (s)of sudden Divine revelation" ]
The Epiphany Gospel contains 2 different reactions. The Wise Men received the revelation of the incarnation …then these unlikely Gentiles from afar followed and accepted that invitation .. whilst King Herod upon hearing the "good news" cowed in fear of loss of power and judgement .. then reacted with the massacre of the innocents to remove a potential rival. May we all recognise our Epiphanies as they unfold in 2022 and, like the wise ones, say "yes" and follow them.. even if sometimes we are challenged by them and don't know where they may lead. I wonder what the story would have been if Herod had reacted out of Love and not Fear ? [Acknowledgement to Fr Richard James for this insight sourced form his recent Epiphany sermon at St Matthew's Anglican Holland Park]
Prayers of the people Prepared by Anne
Today the wise men knelt before our Saviour. Let us also kneel to worship him with great joy, and to make our prayers to his heavenly Father.
Heavenly Father, the wise men came from the east to worship your Son: grant to Christians everywhere a true spirit of adoration.
Lord of glory…..hear our prayer.
Heavenly Father, your Son is the King of kings and Lord of lords; grant an abundance of peace to your world.
Lord of glory …….hear our prayer.
Heavenly Father, we entrust to you the families and communities affected by Omicron wherever they may be. We pray especially for health care workers, that you may guide and protect them, and in the midst of this, keep us strong in faith, hope and love. Grant us the courage and perseverance to be good neighbours.
Lord of glory…….hear our prayer.
Heavenly Father, your Son was rich, yet for our sakes he became poor; show your love for the poor and powerless, and strengthen those who suffer or who are sick, especially we pray for……..............help them to know your presence.
Lord of glory ……hear our prayer.
Heavenly Father, the wise men presented to your Son gold, incense and myrrh; accept the gifts we bring, and the offering of our hearts at the beginning of this new year.
Lord of glory…….hear our prayer.
Heavenly Father, you are the King of heaven, the hope of all who trust in you; give to the faithful departed the wonders of your salvation. Let us try to have courage and trust the example of the wise men to follow our guiding lights.
Lord of glory……hear our prayer.
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:
Jean Dunlop, Jean Jenyns
Meditation - a weekly thought
Choose a peaceful spot, and a word or mantra, light a candle, lay a leaf
or flower. Sit down, back straight, head up if possible, eyes softly closed, hands rest apart in your lap. Breathe in...Ma-ra...breathing out...na-tha (Maranatha means ‘come Lord’)
Australia Day
Due to changing circumstances and the spread of Covid-19 in our area, Australia Day celebrations have been regrettably cancelled.
Reports for AGM#2
Reports for the AGM#2 are requested to be forwarded to the parish office by Tuesday 1st February so they can be distributed on Sunday 6th February, one week prior to the meeting.
January Retiring Collection:
School Chaplaincy Mount Tamborine and Canungra
On behalf of chaplaincy, thank you for your ongoing support.
I request your prayers for school chaplaincy on the Mountain and at Canungra. The current situation is that two of the four schools have decided to no longer use the government grant funds to support chaplaincy and new chaplains are needed for the two other schools, St Bernard's and Canungra. We do pray that it may be possible to provide some chaplaincy input to the other two schools.
Also because of Covid the chaplaincy committee has been very much depleted.
If you would like to meet fortnightly for a couple of hours of prayer for a while, then monthly, in an ongoing way please see me. I will also be asking for this support from other churches. Rev John LCC(Local Chaplaincy Committee) Chair
Emergency Relief Fundraiser Stall - Saturday 12th February
Time for planning and potting to support the first stall for this year.
Freebies
Gisela has new 510/511 Canon printer inks combination pack to give away.
Parish Finances
Offertory Income December Year-to-date
Actual $5,426 $66,901
Budget $5,250 $63,000
REGULAR HAPPENING, SMALL GROUPS & DATE CLAIMERS
DGS Atrium/Footsteps Sun 9.20am @ St George’s In Recess
Little Lukies Mon 3:00pm @ St Luke’s In Recess
Meditation Tue 8:00am @ St George’s In Recess
Bible Study Wed 1.30pm @ St Luke’s In Recess
Emergency Relief Weekly @ St George’s by appt.
Friday Bible Study 1st/3rd Fri 10:00am In Recess
Evening Service Sat 5:00pm @ St George’s
Parish Directory
Locum Priest Fr Peter Moore 0429 679 011 peter.moore@anglicanchurchsq.org.au
Churchwarden Delma McCrae 07 5545 1856 delma.mccrea@live com
Churchwarden Peta Tierney 04 1325 8332 peta.tierney@hotmail.com
Churchwarden Roy van Litsenborgh 07 5545 3032
Priests with Permission to Officiate:
The Rev’d John Corner, The Ven Allan Paulsen
Parish Office
Phone: 5545 2919 Thursday & Friday; Email: tamborinemountain@anglicanchurchsq.org.au
Parish Bank Details: BSB 704-901 Account No. 00000450
Emergency Relief Bank Details: BSB 704-901 Account No. 00015232
Parish Nominators
Anne King 5543 4249 gullygumfarm7@bigpond.com
Peta Tierney 0413 258 332 peta.tierney@hotmail.com
John Noble 5545 4022 noblejw@bigpond.net.au
Readings for Next Week 16th January 2021 Second Sunday after Epiphany
Isaiah 62.1-5; Ps 36.5-10; I Corinthians 12.1-11; John 2.1-11