16 February Bulletin

The Anglican Parish of Tamborine Mountain
16 February 2025

Sixth Sunday After Epiphany

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

Blessed are you when people hate you on account of the Son of man. Rejoice and leap for joy, for behold, your reward is great in heaven. Luke 6:23

Collect

Righteous God,

you challenge the powers that rule this world

and you show favour to the oppressed:

instil in us a true sense of justice,

that we may discern the signs of your kingdom

and strive for right to prevail;

for the sake of Jesus Christ our Lord,

who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,

one God, for ever and ever.

Amen.

Readings: Jeremiah 17:5-10; Psalm 1; 1 Corinthians 15:12-20; Luke 6:17-26

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

Intercessions:  prepared by Peta Tierney

Creator God, you have made the marvellous earth and all the wonders of the universe. Help us to respect your gifts of life, and ecosystems and landscapes. Help us to be good stewards of your gifts of water and arable land. Soften the hearts of those who would exploit your gifts for their own greed and arrogance, and those who brutalise human and animal life. We pray for those caught up in wars and conflicts, and in natural disasters. We give thanks for those who bring help and relief from suffering.

Mercifully accept our prayers; because in our weakness we can do nothing good without you.

Father God, you sent your only son to live and work amongst us, to experience all what we do, both joy and sorrow, riches and hardship, friendship and violence. You know the pain and fear some feel. We pray for all who need your love and guidance. We pray especially for … and for any others known to us whom we name aloud or in the silence of our hearts…

Mercifully accept our prayers; because in our weakness we can do nothing good without you.

Eternal God, you sent your son Jesus to teach your people your new commandment,’ to love one another as I love you’.  Bless those who gather in Jesus’ name and try to live lives according to his will. Bless Archbishop Jeremy, Bishop John and Reverend Helen and all in our parish as we care for your church through our various tasks and for one another.

Mercifully accept our prayers; because in our weakness we can do nothing good without you.

Comforter God, you know the pain of suffering and death. Hear us when we cry out in pain and question death. You comfort those who grieve. We are comforted to know you have a place for each of us with you in heaven when our time on earth is done. We remember with love the faithful departed and those whose year’s mind occurs at this time.

Mercifully accept our prayers; because in our weakness we can do nothing good without you.

Year’s Mind Anniversaries this month: Royston Colebourne, Ces Fritz, Myrtle Hollings, Clare Hunnybun, Christine Parker

Hymns

Introit………………179    Praise with joy the world’s creator (St Luke’s)

                               647    Comfort, Comfort (St George’s)

Gradual……….......246    Christ is the world’s light

Offertory…….........717    Give thanks with a grateful heart (St Luke’s)

                               607    Make me a channel of your peace (St G’s)

Missional………….560    All my hope on God is founded

Pew Reflection

Both the Jeremiah reading and our Psalm provide us with wisdom literature in the form of poetry.  Jeremiah compares the blessed man and the cursed man to desert conditions.  The blessed man, those who trust in God, lives like a well-watered, deeply rooted tree by the river while the cursed man, those who depend on human powers, lives like a dried-up shrub languishing in a salt flat.  And the Psalm continues these comparisons.  It tells us those who choose the path of life are ‘trees planted by streams of water’, and the wicked are ‘chaff that the wind blows away’. The choice is ours to make, which do you choose?

NOTICES:

SAVE THE DATE: 7 March World Day of Prayer

Friday March 7 at 9:30am – The World Day of Prayer will be held at the Salvation Army site HW 95, McDonnell Road (entrance opposite Contour Road) Eagle Heights. 

PALM CROSSES. 

Ash Wednesday is only a few weeks away, if you no longer need your old palm cross from last year, could you please bring them in so they can be burned for use on Ash Wednesday.

ASH WEDNESDAY

Wednesday March 5 is Ash Wednesday. Services will be held at St George’s on Tamborine Mountain at 8am and at St Luke’s in Canungra at 10am.

Hope25 Lenten Studies 2025 is designed to inspire contemplation of the hope we have in Jesus as we journey through the Lenten season towards the joyous celebration of his resurrection on Easter Day.

Books are $10 each. Contact Rev’d Helen.

Treasurer’s Report December 2024
Parish Financial Summary
Total income
Dec $14,531 - Includes offerings $7,936
YTD $137,674 - Includes offering $82,318
Budget YTD $113,064 - Includes offering $74,040

Total expenditure
December $13,623
YTD $159,196
Budget YTD $165,752

December Retiring Collection for Christmas Bowl Appeal donation $456

February Retiring Collection: Bush Ministry Fund

The Bush Ministry Fund (BMF) was established in 1998. The aim of BMF is to maintain a caring ministry to families who live in towns and on properties in rural and remote areas. Through these grants clergy can visit any property and are available to offer care and spiritual support, not only to Anglicans, but to anybody who seeks assistance in the community.

Emergency Relief @ St George’s 

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

UPCOMING EVENTS

Sun 16 Feb             AGM#2 11:30 @ St George’s and Parish Council

Tues 4 March          Shrove Tuesday - pancakes @St Luke’s 3pm

Wed 5 March           Ash Wednesday - 8am St George’s, 10am St Luke’s

Fri 7 March             World Day of Prayer

WEEKLY EVENTS

Footsteps                    Sun      10:00am@ St George’s

Wally Wombat Club     Sun      10:00am @ St George’s

Roslyn Lodge              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 (restarts Feb 19)

Friday Bible Study       Fri        10:00am Fortnightly (Mt Tamborine)

SLAngers                     Tue      4:00pm Fortnightly 1st & 3rd  

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

Parish Office: Phone (07) 5545 2919  M: 0492 488 330

Email:  tamborinemountain@anglicanchurchsq.org.au

Website: https://tamborinemountain.anglicanchurchsq.org.au/ OR https://canungra.anglicanchurchsq.org.au/

Parish Bank Details:  BSB 704-901 Account No. 0000045

Readings for Next Week

23 February 2025, Seventh Sunday After Epiphany – Green

Genesis 45:3-11,15; Psalm 37:1-11,40-41; 1 Corinthians 15:35-50;

Luke 6:27-38