21 September Bulletin
The Anglican Parish of Tamborine Mountain
21 September 2025
Season of Creation - Peace with Creation
Fifteenth 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
You know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though he was rich, yet for your sake he became poor, so that by his poverty you might become rich. 2 Corinthians 8:9
Collect
O God,
you are rich in love for your people:
show us the treasure that endures and, when we are tempted by greed,
call us back into your service
and make us worthy to be entrusted with the wealth that never fails.
We ask this through your Son,
our Lord Jesus Christ,
who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one 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: Jeremiah 8:18-9:1; Psalm 79:1-9; 1 Timothy 2:1-10; Luke 16:1-13
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.
Hymns (Numbers refer to Together In Song)
Introit…………231 At the name of Jesus
Gradual………657 God of freedom, God of justice
Offertory……. 168 For the fruits of all creation
Missional…….672 Lord of earth and all creation
Intercessions: In this Season of Creation, we offer the Thanksgiving for Australia, written by Rev’d Canon Aunty Lenore Parker, Anglican Diocese of Grafton, and Yaegl Elder, Maclean, NSW.
Loving, Creator God, we pray for those who need our prayers, especially ... and for those known to us whom we name aloud or in the silence of our hearts...
Lord, in your mercy, hear our prayer.
We remember with love those whose year's mind occurs at this time...and those who mourn.
Lord, in your mercy, hear our prayer.
God of Holy Dreaming, Great Creator Spirit,
from the dawn of creation
you have given your children
the good things of Mother Earth.
You spoke and the gum tree grew.
In the vast desert and dense forest,
and in cities at the water’s edge,
Creation sings your praise.
Your presence endures
as the rock at the heart of our Land.
When Jesus hung on the tree
you heard the cries of all your people
and became one with your wounded ones:
the convicts, the hunted, the dispossessed.
The sunrise of your Son coloured the earth anew,
and bathed it in glorious hope.
In Jesus we have been reconciled to you,
to each other and to your whole creation.
Lead us on, Great Spirit,
as we gather from the four corners of the earth;
enable us to walk together in trust
from the hurt and shame of the past
into the full day which has dawned in Jesus Christ.
Amen
Year’s Mind Anniversaries this month: Joy Powell, William Harris Wheildon, Laurel Youngman, Riley Aiden Conn
Pew Reflection:
Our readings do not give us much room for joy. Jeremiah appears to be the ‘public griever’, lamenting the state of the nation and unsure if restoration is even possible. Timothy invites us to pray for our political leaders, and sometimes we may struggle to do this easily. Our well-being and the well-being of the planet depend on the spiritual conversion of our leaders. Luke challenges us in many ways. This passage invites us to examine our conscience on the personal and political level and challenges us to see our political decisions in light of our spiritual commitments. We lament, and we have much for which to be grateful. Lamentation and gratitude have to co-exist. Repentance is possible, but only when it comes from seeing our largess from God’s perspective and not that of self-interest.
Ask Around: Where and when have you felt 'transcendence' - a sense of something beyond ordinary, everyday experience?
NOTICES:
St Luke’s Street Stall: Thank-You!
Thank-you to all of those who helped to bake, set-up, support or serve to contribute to the success of the St Luke’s Street Stall on Saturday. Your efforts are very greatly appreciated. 😊
Parish Council Meeting: Today!
Parish Council Meeting 11:15 am at St George’s.
Coffee with Friends: Meeting at Spice of Life Tuesday Sept 23
We are meeting at Spice of Life Café on Main St, Tamborine Mtn, for Coffee with Friends, this Tuesday at 10:30am. All are Welcome! 😊
2026 Australian Lectionary and Anglican Church Calendars:
Order now! If you are interested in ordering a 2026 Lectionary or Calendar, please put your name down on the sheet at the entrance to the Church: $20 each.
ART EXHIBIT AND CAFÉ:
St George’s Fri 26, Sat 27, Sun 28th September
Amazing Art on display and available to buy. 10:00am – 4:00pm.
Note: Café will be Saturday only. Please come along and tell your friends! Reminder: If you have any cut flowers or potted plants, would you please bring them to the church on the 25th (Thursday) so that we can decorate the church.
Pet Blessing Services: Sunday October 5
Bring your pets for a blessing on Sunday October 5! 8am at Canungra and 3pm on Tamborine Mountain.
Treasurer’s Report July 2025
Parish Financial Summary
Total income
July $9,336- Includes offerings $7,989
YTD $74,590- Includes offering $47,109
Budget YTD $72,362- Includes offering $45,500
Total expenditure
June $21,937
YTD $109,628
Budget YTD $111,561
July Retiring Collection – AusNep $382.45
September Retiring Collection:
Religious Instruction Books for Tamborine Mtn State School. RI books are used each week in lessons given by volunteers from churches in the area.
The books are of a high standard and students take them home once completed.
Emergency Relief @ St George’s
Bank Details for EFT BSB 704-901 Acc. No 00015232
UPCOMING EVENTS
Tue 23 Sep Coffee with Friends at Spice of Life Cafe 10:30a.m.
26, 27,28 Sep Springtime on the Mountain Art Exhibit and Café
Sun 5 Oct Pet Blessing 8am Canungra, 3pm Tamborine Mtn
11-24 Oct Rev’d Helen on Leave
WEEKLY EVENTS
Footsteps Sun 10:00am@ St George’s - in recess
Wally Wombat Club Sun 10:00am @ St George’s - in recess
Roslyn Lodge Mon 10:30am - in recess
Little Lukies Mon 3:00pm @ St Luke’s - in recess
Meditation Tue 9:30am @ St George’s
Bible Study Wed 11:00am@ St Luke’s
Friday Bible Study Fri 10:00am Fortnightly (Mt Tamborine)
SLAngers Mon 4:00pm – 5:30pm - in recess
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
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. 00000450
Readings for Next Week: (Season of Creation 4)
Sixteenth Sunday After Pentecost, Sunday September 28, 2025 (Green)
Jeremiah 32:1-3a, 6-15; Psalm 91:1-6, 14-16; 1Timothy 6:6-19; Luke 16:19-31