15 October Bulletin
The Anglican Parish of Tamborine Mountain
15th October 2023
Twentieth Sunday after Pentecost
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 our God for whom we have waited;
let us be glad and rejoice in his salvation.
Isaiah 25.9
Collect of the Day
Saving and healing God,
you have promised
that those who have died with Christ shall live with him:
grant us grace to be continually thankful for all you have done for us,
and in that thankfulness
to be eager to serve and live for others,
so that we and all your children may rejoice in your salvation;
through Jesus Christ our Lord,
who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever. Amen.
Liturgy: via PowerPoint + APBA Colour – Green
Readings:
Exodus 32.1-4; Psalm 106.1-6,20-24; Philippians 4.1-9; Matthew 22.1-14
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.
A note from Helen
When Moses stays up the mountain with God for an extended time, the people of Israel become anxious and start to fear he will never return. While they know Moses is with God, this God who delivered them from slavery now feels distant and abstract. So they satisfy their anxiety by making for themselves a ‘god’ they can control, they can see; a god that will be where they want when they want it. Their behaviour causes divine displeasure, and the God of Exodus wants to destroy them, but Moses pleads for ‘one more chance’ for them. And while this seems ‘a million miles’ from us today, we may still exhibit similar behaviours. When life starts to get tough, we abandon ‘God’ and find ‘things’ to give us comfort. When God feels ‘distant’ from us and we are unsure God is really on our side, maybe the one who moved is us. When God does not answer our prayers in the way we want, we feel like God doesn’t care for us, or that God didn’t hear us anyway, so we abandon God and turn to ‘secular’ attractions which give us the answers we want. We may say that God is important in our lives, but many things, many activities, are given more priority than our connection with God. To be whole, our values and behaviours need to speak the same language. Having ‘God’ as the most important thing in my life could be a matter of life and death, spiritually, emotionally, and physically.
NOTICES
Stewardship Thought
What does ‘living in the way of Christ’ mean for us/you?
Safe Work Month 1-31 October
Safe Work Month, a Qld Government WorkSafe campaign, is held nationally each year in October. The Anglican Church Southern Queensland theme for Safe Work Month this year is:
think safe - work safe - be safe - 365 days a year.
Everyone’s perception of health and safety can differ -
· What does health and safety look like to you in our parish?
· Why is health and safety important to you?
· What have you implemented, or contributed to, in our parish within the last 12 months towards health and safety?
· Keeping in mind the last point about educating ourselves with relevant and up-to-date information, who has heard of the new term Psychosocial Hazards in WHS legislation?
Hymns
Introit 420 Holy Spirit go before us
Gradual 465 Father in heaven
Offertory 599 Take my life and let it be
Missional 106 Now thank we all our God
Intercessions – prepared by Jan A
Loving God, we praise you and acknowledge you as Lord of our lives. We thank you for the rhythm of the changing seasons reflecting your care and provision for all your creation. Help us to be faithful and loving stewards of our world.
For your love and goodness, we give you thanks, O God.
Loving God, thankyou that you always keep your promises. You have promised that all who trust in you will share in the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ. We pray that we may stand firm in our faith as we show your love and understanding to one another. Strengthen those who guide us in this time. We pray for Archbishop-elect Jeremy, Bishop John, Reverend Helen and those retired clergy in our congregations who continue to daily serve you and your people. Centre our hearts on your teachings to lead us forward in your will. May the Holy Spirit be alive in our hearts and minds each day.
For your love and goodness, we give you thanks, O God.
Loving God, you know the heart and needs of each person. We pray for all those in areas of conflict in the world. Hear their cries for help we beg and guide the peacemakers to reach a peaceful solution. Guide and equip each of us to show your love and concern for each one in our local community. Help us to be still and hear your voice guiding us. We thank you Father God that in caring for those in need we may be a witness for your love. We thank you for all those who work with children and their families each week in our parish and community activities.
For your love and goodness, we give you thanks, O God.
Loving God, as you weep with those who weep and are in need we pray especially for all who are physically sick or suffering. Give physical and spiritual strength to those who care for them. Use each of us, we pray, to ease the burdens of those around us. Centre our thoughts on you, dear God and fill us with your peace which passes all understanding.
For your love and goodness, we give you thanks, O God.
Loving God, we thank you for the lives which have been lived to your honour and glory, for those who have witnessed of your infinite love and now are with you for eternity. We pray for your comfort to be with the families of those whose yearly remembrance occurs at this time. We thank you for the sure and certain knowledge that in your time we will join with those who have gone before us to praise and worship you forever.
For your love and goodness, we give you thanks, O God.
Pray for Archbishop-elect Jeremy – Rev’d. Helen)
You are our God: Father, Son and Holy Spirit. Grant that what we have asked for in faith we may by your grace receive, through Jesus Christ Our Lord. Amen
Year’s Mind Anniversaries this month
Phil Oldenburg, Dawn Page.
October Retiring Collection: Turning Canungra Pink
Started in 2010, Turning Canungra Pink has become a month-long festival of fundraising and awareness of all types of cancer. This event was started by a local business owner, herself a breast cancer survivor. Funds raised are donated 50% to Cancer Council Queensland and 50% to Pink Assist, a fund used to provide support to local people with cancer. In 2022 a record amount of $84,385 was raised
Tamborine Mountain Scarecrow Festival.
Do you have any suggestions for what our Scarecrow could be. We would like to continue the ‘season of creation’ theme. Come join us in making our scarecrow on Wednesday 25 Oct. Share your suggestions with Kristy or Helen.
Emergency Relief @ St George’s
Bank Details for EFT BSB 704-901 Acc. No 00015232
Upcoming Events
Saturday 21st October Bushstroll 9.00am
Sunday 22nd October Parish Council Meeting 11.30
Wednesday 25th October St George’s Scarecrow construction
Saturday 4th November Working Bee de Voil Room (note change of date)
WEEKLY EVENTS:
Footsteps Sun 10.00am@ St George’s
Roslyn Lodge 1st/3rd Mon 10.30am
Little Lukies Mon 3:00pm @ St Luke’s
Meditation Tue 9.30am @ St George’s
Wally Wombat Club Wed 9.30am @ St Georges
Bible Study Wed 11.00am@ St Luke’s (in recess)
Friday Bible Study Fri 10:00am Fortnightly. (1st & 3rd)
PARISH DIRECTORY
Priest-in-Charge Rev’d Helen Paget 0492 488 330
Helen.Paget@anglicanchurchsq.org.au
Churchwarden Delma McCrea 07 5545 1856 delma.mccrea@live.com
Churchwarden Peta Tierney 0413 258 332 peta.tierney@hotmail.com
Priests with Permission to Officiate:
The Rev’d John Corner, The Ven Allan Paulsen
Parish Office
Phone: 5545 2919 Monday to Friday 9.30-2.30
Email: tamborinemountain@anglicanchurchsq.org.au
Website: https://tamborinemtandcanungraanglican.com
Parish Bank Details: BSB 704-901 Account No. 00000450
Readings for Next Week Twenty-First Sunday after Pentecost
Exodus 33.12-23; Psalm 99; 1 Thessalonians 1.1-10; Matthew 25.15-33