14 September Bulletin

13 Sept

The Anglican Parish of Tamborine Mountain
14 September 2025
Season of Creation - Peace with Creation
Fourteenth Sunday After Pentecost

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

I tell you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner who repents. Luke 15:10

Collect

Undaunted you seek the lost,

O God, exultant you bring home the found:

touch our hearts with grateful wonder at the tenderness of your forbearing love; grant us delight in the mercy that has found us; and bring all to rejoice at the feast of forgiven sinners.

We ask this through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God for ever and ever. Amen.

Season of Creation Collect

Lord you call us to be peacemakers; to be people abiding in peaceful habitation.

May our fruitful fields be seen as forests, and your spirit pour upon us so that the righteous may be at peace and the wilderness become a fruitful field.

May your Spirit be poured upon us so we can work together for peace with Creation.

Amen

Readings: Job 39:1-8, 26-30; Psalm 104:14-23;

1 Corinthians 1:10-23; Luke 12:22-31

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.

Pew Reflection:

How often do we ‘blame’ God for bad weather events, for things going wrong in our lives, for world events, and probably for a lot more too. Why do we think that God is doing the ‘wrong thing’ by us just because circumstances don’t go our way. Our readings today revolve around ‘calming the storm’, be it personal angst, or community unrest. Job is challenged by God about who it is that both created and has care of the wild creatures of the world. Paul’s letter to the Corinthians reveals the ‘tension’ of community disharmony when everyone, and no one, wants to be ‘in charge’. And Luke reports Jesus’ message on the importance of trusting God’s provision. We may have concerns about world affairs, about our personal circumstances, about the state of climate change, but all those things are ‘bigger than me’ and worrying about them will not change them, it will only leave me feeling less and less happy. But if I am able to ‘give it over’ to God; to ‘trust’ the God who created the universe that all these things are within God’s ability to manage and care for, then my worrying can be allayed and I can be assured that, although nothing may appear to be changing (quickly) it is being cared for and managed by the only one who can make a difference’.

Intercessions: prepared by Keith Slater

Gracious God, in a world of strife and violence we seek to be bearers of your kingdom of love and compassion.

We pray today for the well-being of your creation. We pray that we as stewards may be sensitively aware of conserving the wonders of your creation.