Season of Creation Week 4
The Anglican Parish of Tamborine Mountain
24th September 2023
Season of Creation Week 4
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
‘The river of God is full of water’.
Psalm 65:9
Collect of the Day
God, our Creator,
whose glory fills our planet,
help us to discern your vibrant presence among us
and our kin in creation, especially in the rivers,
the streams and waterways of Earth.
Help us empathise with your creatures who are suffering.
Lift our spirits to rejoice with the vibrant world of the rivers.
In the name of Christ,
who reconciles and restores all things in creation. Amen.
Liturgy: via PowerPoint + APBA Colour – Green
Readings:
Genesis 8:20-22; 9:12-17; Psalm 104:27-33; Revelation 22:1-5; Matthew 28:1-10
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
How often do you notice rainbows? But do you know the significance of a rainbow, apart from it showing that the rain has ceased. After the ‘great flood’, God made a covenant with Noah that never again would God send rain enough to destroy every living creature on earth. The rainbow is our guarantee that God ‘has our back’, and the earth will endure and continue to give “seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night”. So if God will forever protect the earth, why won’t we. How many things in our lives do we need to ‘change’ or ‘stop doing’ in order for us to show that we too will ‘protect the earth’.
NOTICES
Ecumenical Blessing of the Pets, St Georges
There will be an outdoor Pet Blessing on Sunday 1st October at St Georges at 4pm. Please bring along your pets or something that reminds you of your pets for this lovely blessing.
Christmas Market Meeting for stall organisers and helpers 8th October
Are invited to attend a meeting after the service in the church to discuss any issues arising and plan the number of tables required for market day. Organiser: Yvonne mobile : 0468 898348
Open Garden Festival 29th & 30th September -The Gate House Pond Hall, 87-91 Beacon Road.
The Presbyterian Church Choir will be performing on the Saturday 30th Sept at 12 noon. As part of the Festivities there will be a small coffee stall being run by some local ladies on both days. A slice of cake and coffee will be $10, cash preferred.
All monies spent will go to the SU Chaplains for the Mountain area. So come along either day and support this worthy cause.
Listen to the Heart
St John's Cathedral is hosting information sessions on the upcoming Referendum in September at the Darnell Room and via Zoom.
Sunday 24th September and 1st October
3.30pm - 4.45pm
Zoom – Rev’d Helen will be screening this in St Georges starting 3:30pm each Sunday.
Year’s Mind Anniversaries this month
Joy Powell, William Harris Wheildon, Laurel Youngman, Riley Aiden Conn.
Hymns
Introit 176 The sounds in God’s world all agree
Gradual 491 Father welcomes
Offertory 152 Joyful, Joyful
Missional 135 All things bright and beautiful
Intercessions – inspired from the Stations of the Cross
We pray that we can meet with compassion our sister mother Earth who sustains all life with air, food, and water.
We adore You, O Christ, and we bless You: because by Your holy cross, You have redeemed the world.
Creator of all things, to You all are beautiful and precious - help us to see creation as You do. Help us to lay aside our differences and embrace each other as sisters and brothers.
We adore You, O Christ, and we bless You: because by Your holy cross, You have redeemed the world.
We pray for those forced to carry the burden of environmental disasters caused by our rampant development. We pray for those who risk their lives to embrace the call of social and climate justice.
We adore You, O Christ, and we bless You: because by Your holy cross, You have redeemed the world.
We pray for our sisters and brothers hidden in the darkness of modern slavery, in factories and homes across the world, forced to work in inhumane conditions and deprived of their freedom.
We adore You, O Christ, and we bless You: because by Your holy cross, You have redeemed the world.
We pray for the leadership of the church in the battle to preserve our planet, Earth. Give us wisdom to be instruments of Your peace and justice.
We adore You, O Christ, and we bless You: because by Your holy cross, You have redeemed the world.
We pray that we may see the face of Jesus in the faces of all those suffering in any way, particularly ……………Help us to be a source of compassion and comfort. Amen.
We adore You, O Christ, and we bless You: because by Your holy cross, You have redeemed the world.
God of life, many of our sisters and brothers risk and lose their lives working to protect this beautiful world You created. May their sacrifice be remembered and honoured by those they serve.
We adore You, O Christ, and we bless You: because by Your holy cross, You have redeemed the world.
(Prayer for Archbishop-Elect – Rev’d Helen)
Accept our prayers through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen..
September Retiring Collection: Little Lukies at St Luke’s, Canungra
Little Lukies is a church-based program run at St Luke’s for primary school aged children every Monday afternoon during the school term. It has been operating since 2019 (with only a few necessary breaks during covid). St Luke’s Guild and Jan Armstrong have resourced this important activity that introduces the children to God and the church. Numbers have risen to up to 20 children weekly. The children are given afternoon tea when they arrive from school. This is followed by a game, a ‘lesson’ in the church and an activity related to the story that is taught each week.
Emergency Relief @ St George’s
Bank Details for EFT BSB 704-901 Acc. No 00015232
Upcoming Events
Sunday 3 Sept – 1 Oct Season of Creation
Friday Fellowship- Friday 29th Sept at St Luke’s 5.00pm
Sunday 1 Oct – Ecumenical Blessing of the Pets, St Georges
WEEKLY EVENTS:
Footsteps Sun 10.00am@ St George’s (in recess)
Roslyn Lodge 1st/3rd Mon 10.30am
Little Lukies Mon 3:00pm @ St Luke’s (in recess)
Meditation Tue 9.30am @ St George’s
Wally Wombat Club Wed 9.30am @ St Georges (in recess)
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 04 9248 8330
Helen.Paget@anglicanchurchsq.org.au
Churchwarden Delma McCrea 07 5545 1856 delma.mccrea@live.com
Churchwarden Peta Tierney 04 1325 8332 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 Feast of St Francis/ Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost
Nehemiah 2:1-8; Psalm 137; Luke 9:57-62; Exodus 17:1-7;
Psalm 78:1-4, 11-16; Philippians 2:1-13; Matthew 21:13-32