Sunday 30th November 2008 – 1st Sunday of Advent
Today’s Officiant at is Revd Dr Warren Huffa
WELCOME Please join us for breakfast in the hall after the 8am service or morning tea after the 10am service. At 10am please find all prayers and hymns projected onto the sanctuary walls.
THE PRAYER FOR TODAY Eternal God, through long generations you prepared a way for the coming of your Son, and by your Spirit you still bring light to illumine our paths: renew us in faith and hope that we may welcome Christ to rule our thoughts and claim our love; to whom be glory forever: Amen.
TODAY’S READINGS Isaiah 64:1-9 by Trevor GOSPEL Mark 13:24-37
WARREN’S SERMON NOTES – http://classic-theology-new.blogspot.com/
PLANNED GIVING - Please put your renewed pledges in the offertory plate.
PRAYERS OF THE PEOPLE by The Vandepeer Family
PREPARATION FOR NEXT WEEK’S SERVICE – Isaiah 40:1-11 by Margaret P GOSPEL Mark 1:1-8 INTERCESSIONS by Sue DT
FR RON’S PREPARATION FOR ADVENT READINGS
At 11.30 today and for the next 2 weeks, Fr Ron will be presenting sessions for preparation of the coming week’s services.
PRAYER CIRCLE meets noon on the 2nd Tuesday each month at 36 Penno Parade North
BIBLE STUDY 10am every Wednesday at 378 Main Road Corromandel Valley
HOLY COMMUNION 9.30am every Thursday followed by morning tea in the hall.
PARISH DIRECTORY
We are currently updating the Parish Directory. If you would like to have name and or any of your details included, or you would like changes to your existing entry, please fill a form that is available in the foyer and give it to Warren, Cynthia or Wendy no later than today. If you would like to volunteer to update the database, that would be most appreciated by Wendy.
HELPLINE
Part of being a christian community is supporting each other in times of need. We offer short term delivery of food when required, local transport, phone calls, visits and numerous other types of assistance. It is our way of helping one another quietly and confidentially. Call Caroline or Christie
EVENTS
BISHOP IAN GEORGE’S CHRISTMAS TOUR OF THE ART GALLERY OF SA
SUNDAY 7 DEC 2PM Take this opportunity to approach Christmas through art.
CPR (CARDIO-PULMONARY RESUSCITATION) MONDAY 1ST DECEMBER 10AM – 12ISH
Do you feel confident to administer CPR should a family member or friend collapse and whilst you wait for an ambulance? Would you, like me, like to learn or brush up your skills when Sister Ella Tyler, a well qualified and experienced educator in the CPR method is prepared to come to the church for the reduced rate of $25 each. Be ready should your child or grandchild be involved in a pool mishap this summer. Let Warren or Barbara Corbett know if you wish to be included
ARCHBISHOP’S VISIT & BAPTISM OF KIRBY SUNDAY 14th DECEMBER
POTTING PLANTS....remember our 2009 Church Treasure Market is only months away!
Everyone is looking for “water wise” plants... so when dividing up your favourite plants and succulents,
this Spring, why not pot a few extra so they are well rooted by next March ready for our Treasure
Market Plant Stall in March 2009. For more details speak to Marilyn
BLACKWOOD PAGEANT - FRIDAY 5th DECEMBER Please come along and walk to create a strong Christian presence. Meet at 6 o’clock in Gulfview Road near to Hungry Jacks and look for the Holy Innocents Banner. See Ross for details.
OUTREACH
ANGLICARE CHRISTMAS CARDS
There is a chart pinned up in the foyer on which you can write your name if you wish to order any of Anglicare's cards, which come in packs of ten. Prices $5, $6, $7, $8 and $10 per pack. Pay when you collect. Any queries phone Barbara Corbett 8278 1851.
ANGLICARE ENVELOPES on the table in foyer for donation toward their important work.
HALL BOOKING
Dec 5 St John’s are using the hall from the afternoon into the early evening.
ITEMS FOR NEXT WEEK’S PEW SHEET
Forward to Wendy by 5pm Tuesdays
Thursday, November 27, 2008
Friday, November 21, 2008
Pewsheet Sunday November 23, 2008
Sunday 23rd November 2008 – Christ the King
Today’s Officiant at is Revd Dr Warren Huffa
WELCOME Please join us for breakfast in the hall after the 8am service or morning tea after the 10am service. At 10am please find all prayers and hymns projected onto the sanctuary walls.
THE PRAYER FOR TODAY God of power and love, who raised your Son Jesus from death to life, resplendent in glory to rule over all creation: free the world to rejoice in his peace, to glory in his justice, and to live in his love. Unite the human race in Jesus Christ your Son, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
TODAY’S READINGS Ephesians 1:15-23 by Arndrae GOSPEL Matthew 25:31-46
NOTES FROM WARREN’S BLOG - “The (Theo)illogical Gospel”. The gospel of Jesus stands out against all the 'logics' of the world. In this sense, the gospel is illogical. For example, a king born amongst the dung; a local king (Herod) willing to kill the children of a whole area to snuff out a nobody; the Christ who is a refugee; a Christ who calls sinners to be his disciples; the crucified Christ; and the unity of cross and resurrection, a gospel that never leaves behind the cross of Jesus in favour of his resurrection; a messiah known most easily in history in the form of the hungry and imprisoned. The gospel just doesn't fit our usual perceptions. And this alerts us to the perennial danger for disciples and churches, the temptation to domesticate the gospel (by making it more 'logical' and 'reasonable') because of the discomfort the mismatch provides. The temptation is to either change/ignore bits of the gospel or fib about our humanity (in all its glory and depravity). So how do we prevent this, as much as possible anyway? A couple of points:
• Be suspicious of glib answers. Feeding the poor is not as easy as it sounds in the complexity of life. Yet this is not an excuse for not doing it. The real complexity of human community does not easily yield to immediate solutions very often.
• Be suspicious of glib theology. The kind of thing that slices off aspects of the gospel that don't 'fit'. Examples abound, but the usual targets of this trimming are the bits about peace and justice, and the traditional parts that make Jesus Lord, messiah, Son of God, etc.
• Be honest about your own humanity and our common experience of humanity as we currently experience it. Let's not hide the brokenness, but not wallow in it.
PRAYERS OF THE PEOPLE We pray for those in need especially Anne , Betty and Walter, Janet and Peter, Anna, Joy, Ben , Ros Haysman, Ron , Eric , Dianne , Ben , Phyllis Morecroft, Heather, Juliet, Annie , Ryan Thomas, Baby Harry , Claire S & Bobbie F. We pray for the soul of Valerie Loftes whose years mind occurs at this time.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY to Pat P for today & Sue D-T for Tuesday.
PREPARATION FOR NEXT WEEK’S SERVICE – Isaiah 64 v 1-9 (volunteer reader please) Psalm 80:1-7 & 17-19 GOSPEL Mark 13: 24 – 37 PRAYERS OF THE PEOPLE (volunteer intercessor please).
FR RON’S PREPARATION FOR ADVENT READINGS
On Sunday 30 November, 7 & 14 December, there will be a chance to look at each of the following Sunday’s readings - from about 11.30 for an hour with Canon Ron Keynes. Notes supplied.
PRAYER CIRCLE meets noon on the 2nd Tuesday each month
BIBLE STUDY 10am every Wednesday
HOLY COMMUNION 9.30am every Thursday followed by morning tea in the hall.
PARISH DIRECTORY
Please return your forms to Warren, Cynthia or Wendy no later than 30 November.
HALL BOOKING
Dec 5 St John’s are using the hall from the afternoon into the early evening.
OUTREACH
ANGLICARE CHRISTMAS CARDS
There is a chart pinned up in the foyer on which you can write your name if you wish to order any of Anglicare's cards, which come in packs of ten. Prices $5, $6, $7, $8 and $10 per pack. Pay when you collect. Any queries phone Barbara
ANGLICARE ENVELOPES on the table in foyer for donation toward their important work.
EVENTS
ONE VILLAGE MOVIE NIGHT – AUSTRALIA THE MOVIE FRIDAY 28th NOVEMBER 8.45PM
At the Capri Theatre, Goodwood Tickets $15 Con $12
BRAD’S ORDINATION TO THE DIACONATE SATURDAY 29TH NOVEMBER 10AM
St Peter’s Cathedral. We are asked to bring a plate of food to share.
PLANNED GIVING SUNDAY NOVEMBER 30TH You are invited to hear our hopes for 2009. The presentation at both the 8am and 10am services will expand on the Mission Budget 2009.
BLACKWOOD PAGEANT - FRIDAY 5th DECEMBER Please come along and walk to create a strong Christian presence. Meet at 6 o’clock in Gulfview Road near to Hungry Jacks and look for the Holy Innocents Banner. See Ross for details.
BISHOP IAN GEORGE’S CHRISTMAS TOUR OF THE ART GALLERY OF SA SUNDAY 7 DEC 2PM
CPR (CARDIO-PULMONARY RESUSCITATION) MONDAY 1ST DECEMBER 10AM – 12ISH
Do you feel confident to administer CPR should a familty member or friend collapse and whilst you wait for an ambulance? Would you, like me, like to learn or brush up your skills when Sister Ella Tyler, a well qualified and experienced educator in the CPR method is prepared to come to the church for the reduced rate of $25 each. Be ready should your child or grandchild be involved in a pool mishap this summer. Let Warren or Barbara know if you wish to be included.
VISIT OF ARCHBISHOP AND BAPTISM OF KIRBY HUFFA SUNDAY 14TH DEC
MAKING JAM THIS SUMMER....remember our 2009 Church Treasure Marker is only months away!
Bishop Pierre calls for prayer for Congo today
As you know, the situation in the Democratic Republic of Congo continues to fester. Much is still underreported. In addition to the crisis in the Goma region, there are two areas of rebel activity in Congo which have not hit the news: the Dungu area, in the north, where the Lord's Resistance Army has attacked villages and abducted adults and children in recent weeks, and also the Gety/Aveba/Nyankunde region, close to Bunia, where a new militia group emerged in late September and displaced many people from their homes.
Our Anglican sisters and brothers in those areas have been deeply affected, and are in the forefront of relief efforts and peacemaking.
I am echoing Archbishop Fidèle Dirokpa's call for a day of prayer for peace in the Congo on Sunday 23 November.
You can use the following prayer, if you like, or do your own. O God of peace and abundant life, You call peacemakers your children. Let your Holy Spirit guide and govern all those who are making peace in Congo,and give them success,
So that all your people may have that abundant life promised through your beloved Son, Jesus Christ, who lives and reigns with you and the same Spirit, one God in Holy Trinity. Amen.
Episcopal Relief and Development is sending aid. Please encourage your people to help in any way they can prayer first, but also material help as well. See http://www.er-d.org/ for information on sending direct help.
Here is a short documentary on the underlying issues that have led to what is called "The Third World War." Five million have already died...http://www.mediastorm.org/0022.htm Thank you in advance,+Pierre
PEW SHEET INFO Forward to Wendy by 5pm Tuesdays
Today’s Officiant at is Revd Dr Warren Huffa
WELCOME Please join us for breakfast in the hall after the 8am service or morning tea after the 10am service. At 10am please find all prayers and hymns projected onto the sanctuary walls.
THE PRAYER FOR TODAY God of power and love, who raised your Son Jesus from death to life, resplendent in glory to rule over all creation: free the world to rejoice in his peace, to glory in his justice, and to live in his love. Unite the human race in Jesus Christ your Son, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
TODAY’S READINGS Ephesians 1:15-23 by Arndrae GOSPEL Matthew 25:31-46
NOTES FROM WARREN’S BLOG - “The (Theo)illogical Gospel”. The gospel of Jesus stands out against all the 'logics' of the world. In this sense, the gospel is illogical. For example, a king born amongst the dung; a local king (Herod) willing to kill the children of a whole area to snuff out a nobody; the Christ who is a refugee; a Christ who calls sinners to be his disciples; the crucified Christ; and the unity of cross and resurrection, a gospel that never leaves behind the cross of Jesus in favour of his resurrection; a messiah known most easily in history in the form of the hungry and imprisoned. The gospel just doesn't fit our usual perceptions. And this alerts us to the perennial danger for disciples and churches, the temptation to domesticate the gospel (by making it more 'logical' and 'reasonable') because of the discomfort the mismatch provides. The temptation is to either change/ignore bits of the gospel or fib about our humanity (in all its glory and depravity). So how do we prevent this, as much as possible anyway? A couple of points:
• Be suspicious of glib answers. Feeding the poor is not as easy as it sounds in the complexity of life. Yet this is not an excuse for not doing it. The real complexity of human community does not easily yield to immediate solutions very often.
• Be suspicious of glib theology. The kind of thing that slices off aspects of the gospel that don't 'fit'. Examples abound, but the usual targets of this trimming are the bits about peace and justice, and the traditional parts that make Jesus Lord, messiah, Son of God, etc.
• Be honest about your own humanity and our common experience of humanity as we currently experience it. Let's not hide the brokenness, but not wallow in it.
PRAYERS OF THE PEOPLE We pray for those in need especially Anne , Betty and Walter, Janet and Peter, Anna, Joy, Ben , Ros Haysman, Ron , Eric , Dianne , Ben , Phyllis Morecroft, Heather, Juliet, Annie , Ryan Thomas, Baby Harry , Claire S & Bobbie F. We pray for the soul of Valerie Loftes whose years mind occurs at this time.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY to Pat P for today & Sue D-T for Tuesday.
PREPARATION FOR NEXT WEEK’S SERVICE – Isaiah 64 v 1-9 (volunteer reader please) Psalm 80:1-7 & 17-19 GOSPEL Mark 13: 24 – 37 PRAYERS OF THE PEOPLE (volunteer intercessor please).
FR RON’S PREPARATION FOR ADVENT READINGS
On Sunday 30 November, 7 & 14 December, there will be a chance to look at each of the following Sunday’s readings - from about 11.30 for an hour with Canon Ron Keynes. Notes supplied.
PRAYER CIRCLE meets noon on the 2nd Tuesday each month
BIBLE STUDY 10am every Wednesday
HOLY COMMUNION 9.30am every Thursday followed by morning tea in the hall.
PARISH DIRECTORY
Please return your forms to Warren, Cynthia or Wendy no later than 30 November.
HALL BOOKING
Dec 5 St John’s are using the hall from the afternoon into the early evening.
OUTREACH
ANGLICARE CHRISTMAS CARDS
There is a chart pinned up in the foyer on which you can write your name if you wish to order any of Anglicare's cards, which come in packs of ten. Prices $5, $6, $7, $8 and $10 per pack. Pay when you collect. Any queries phone Barbara
ANGLICARE ENVELOPES on the table in foyer for donation toward their important work.
EVENTS
ONE VILLAGE MOVIE NIGHT – AUSTRALIA THE MOVIE FRIDAY 28th NOVEMBER 8.45PM
At the Capri Theatre, Goodwood Tickets $15 Con $12
BRAD’S ORDINATION TO THE DIACONATE SATURDAY 29TH NOVEMBER 10AM
St Peter’s Cathedral. We are asked to bring a plate of food to share.
PLANNED GIVING SUNDAY NOVEMBER 30TH You are invited to hear our hopes for 2009. The presentation at both the 8am and 10am services will expand on the Mission Budget 2009.
BLACKWOOD PAGEANT - FRIDAY 5th DECEMBER Please come along and walk to create a strong Christian presence. Meet at 6 o’clock in Gulfview Road near to Hungry Jacks and look for the Holy Innocents Banner. See Ross for details.
BISHOP IAN GEORGE’S CHRISTMAS TOUR OF THE ART GALLERY OF SA SUNDAY 7 DEC 2PM
CPR (CARDIO-PULMONARY RESUSCITATION) MONDAY 1ST DECEMBER 10AM – 12ISH
Do you feel confident to administer CPR should a familty member or friend collapse and whilst you wait for an ambulance? Would you, like me, like to learn or brush up your skills when Sister Ella Tyler, a well qualified and experienced educator in the CPR method is prepared to come to the church for the reduced rate of $25 each. Be ready should your child or grandchild be involved in a pool mishap this summer. Let Warren or Barbara know if you wish to be included.
VISIT OF ARCHBISHOP AND BAPTISM OF KIRBY HUFFA SUNDAY 14TH DEC
MAKING JAM THIS SUMMER....remember our 2009 Church Treasure Marker is only months away!
Bishop Pierre calls for prayer for Congo today
As you know, the situation in the Democratic Republic of Congo continues to fester. Much is still underreported. In addition to the crisis in the Goma region, there are two areas of rebel activity in Congo which have not hit the news: the Dungu area, in the north, where the Lord's Resistance Army has attacked villages and abducted adults and children in recent weeks, and also the Gety/Aveba/Nyankunde region, close to Bunia, where a new militia group emerged in late September and displaced many people from their homes.
Our Anglican sisters and brothers in those areas have been deeply affected, and are in the forefront of relief efforts and peacemaking.
I am echoing Archbishop Fidèle Dirokpa's call for a day of prayer for peace in the Congo on Sunday 23 November.
You can use the following prayer, if you like, or do your own. O God of peace and abundant life, You call peacemakers your children. Let your Holy Spirit guide and govern all those who are making peace in Congo,and give them success,
So that all your people may have that abundant life promised through your beloved Son, Jesus Christ, who lives and reigns with you and the same Spirit, one God in Holy Trinity. Amen.
Episcopal Relief and Development is sending aid. Please encourage your people to help in any way they can prayer first, but also material help as well. See http://www.er-d.org/ for information on sending direct help.
Here is a short documentary on the underlying issues that have led to what is called "The Third World War." Five million have already died...http://www.mediastorm.org/0022.htm Thank you in advance,+Pierre
PEW SHEET INFO Forward to Wendy by 5pm Tuesdays
Friday, November 14, 2008
Pewsheet Sunday November 16, 2008
Sunday 16th November 2008 – 27th Sunday after Pentecost
Today’s Officiant at is Revd Dr Warren Huffa
WELCOME Please join us for breakfast in the hall after the 8am service or morning tea after the 10am service. At 10am please find all prayers and hymns projected onto the sanctuary walls.
THE PRAYER FOR TODAY Everliving God, before the earth was formed, and even after it shall cease to be, you are God. Break into our short span of life and show us those things that are eternal, that we may serve your purpose in all we do; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you in unity with the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.
TODAY’S READINGS 1Thess 5:1-11by John F GOSPEL Matt 25:14-30
NOTES FROM WARREN’S BLOG - JESUS, THE SOURCE OF SALVATION
Now, this is perhaps going to sound a little underwhelming, but Jesus is meant to be the source of salvation. "For God has destined us not for wrath but for obtaining salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ." (1Thess 5:9) The logical obverse of this is the possibility of 'wrath', but Christianity does not present salvation and 'wrath' as two equal pathways, one of which must be chosen when you get to the fork in the road. Christianity's hope is that all will be saved. (Rom 5:12-21; 1Tim 2:4) And if we think of this in terms of 'the fork in the road', the two possibilities are not equally weighted. Jesus Christ makes the path to salvation heavily weighted in our favour. The superabundance of God's love in Christ overshadows the estrangement of creation. Could God even save me? Yes, in Christ, even me. (This is the point to start reflection upon sin and salvation, and the possibility of either.) Christ forgave sinners, and, as he pointed out, all sin. (John 8:1-11)
However, this is our hope. It is not a tenet of belief. There is just too much in Scripture (much of it straight from Jesus) and the experience of our own perversity that must leave open the possibility of damnation. For those who pay lip service to Christianity's hope of universal salvation while emphasizing judgment and 'wrath', the shock of the Jesus who calls sinners as disciples (Lk 5:27-28), ate with them (Lk 5:29-31), forgave them (Lk 7:36-50), and told parables about them (Lk 15), needs to sink into the bones once again. And by this I mean deep into ourselves, to know our perversity and the grace that heals, and from there reacquaint ourselves with grace. The superabundance of grace. For those who have forgotten that there remains a fork in the road, it is important to remember Bonhoeffer's teaching about cheap and costly grace.
But what if we were to hang onto our hope that all will be saved, but through costly grace? It seems to me that those who hold to the hope of universal salvation have a tendency toward cheap grace. Let's put our hope in God's power through Christ and the Spirit to change the human heart, and even when the human heart remains cold, let us hope in the Christ who has harrowed hell itself. And in this hope preach and live a costly grace, and still hang onto the hope of St Paul himself.
Therefore just as one man's trespass led to condemnation for all, so one man's act of righteousness leads to justification and life for all. For just as by the one man's disobedience the many were made sinners, so by the one man's obedience the many will be made righteous. (Rom 5:18-19).
PRAYERS OF THE PEOPLE by Margaret Pressley We pray for those in need especially Anne Bills, Betty and Walter, Janet and Peter, Anna, Joy, Ben Ashby, Ros Haysman, Ron Teague, Eric Downes, Dianne Cordes, Ben Forster, Phyllis Morecroft, Heather, Juliet, Annie Tangey, Ryan Thomas, Baby Harry Jones & his family, Claire Staskevicius & Bobbie Forster. Thanks for the healing of Blake Vause, Murray Forster and Annie Tangey. Thanks for the birth of Jamie William Milosevic on 14th October (brother for Mia). We pray for the soul of Mary Barrow, Jane Matthews & Audrey Crouch whose years mind occurs at this time.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY to Bethany for the 17th & Ros for the 19th.
PREPARATION FOR NEXT WEEK’S SERVICE – Ephesians 1:15-23 by Arndrae GOSPEL Matthew 25:31-46
PRAYERS OF THE PEOPLE by Max
FR RON’S PREPARATION FOR ADVENT READINGS
On Sunday 30 November, 7 & 14 December, there will be a chance to look at each of the following Sunday’s readings - from about 11.30 for an hour with Canon Ron . Notes supplied.
PRAYER CIRCLE meets noon on the 2nd Tuesday each month h
BIBLE STUDY 10am every Wednesday
HOLY COMMUNION 9.30am every Thursday followed by morning tea in the hall.
PARISH DIRECTORY
We are currently updating the Parish Directory. If you would like to have name and or any of your details included, or you would like changes to your existing entry, please fill in the form at the back of this edition of the pew sheet or collect a form from the table in the foyer, fill it in and give it to Warren, Cynthia or Wendy no later than 30 November.
HELPLINE
Part of being Christian community together is supporting each other when we need help. From a once-off delivery of food to transport or any other assistance the Helpline is a structured way of us providing this assistance to each other easily and confidentially. So please ring the Helpline coordinators, Iris or Marlene for any assistance at all.
OUTREACH
ABM Joan has a small collection of cards priced at $5.00 and $7.50 per 10 cards. Proceeds from sale for the support of ABM. Some of the cards are illustrated in the back page of "Partners", the ABM magazine which is available on the table in the foyer. The cards will be available for sale AFTER TODAY’S SERVICE.
After the Services on 23/11/08 a plate will be placed in the foyer for donations to be made towards the costs of the Year 7 bags distributed by the Christian Pastoral Support Workers (School Chaplains) to those leaving primary school for high school. They contain information on how to avoid bullying etc. plus some goodies like fruit bars and make the task of going to high school a little easier. All member churches are being asked for a contribution towards the cost. Please give generously.”
EVENTS
MOTHER’S UNTION END OF YEAR LUNCH – THURSDAY 20TH NOVEMBER at 12 noon at the RSL Club Restaurant, 18 Brighton Parade, Blackwood. Enquiries Margaret P
WATCH STATELINE ON ABC FRIDAY 21ST NOVEMBER to find out all about One Village Charity.
CHURCH WORKING BEE / SPRING CLEAN UP
SATURDAY 22nd NOVEMBER 9am-12noon
We need to prepare the court yard for the new paving commencing shortly.
We also need to do a little spring cleaning and with Mitcham Council’s annual hard rubbish collection for Belair the following week what better time to “tidy up or tip it out”! For further details see Marcus after this morning service or call Craig
OUR PATRONAL FESTIVAL (when we celebrate Holy Innocents day)
SUNDAY 23 NOVEMBER
Followed by BBQ lunch. Please put your name on the list in the foyer and bring a salad or sweet. See Mary V for details.
ONE VILLAGE MOVIE NIGHT – AUSTRALIA THE MOVIE
FRIDAY 28th NOVEMBER 8.45PM
At the Capri Theatre, Goodwood Tickets $15 Concession $12 Tickets can be purchased online at www.onevillage.com.au or from Wendy.
PLANNED GIVING SUNDAY NOVEMBER 30TH You are invited to hear our hopes for 2009. The presentation at both the 9am and 10am services will expand on the Mission Budget 2009. Please collect your information pack in the foyer.
BISHOP IAN GEORGE’S CHRISTMAS TOUR OF THE ART GALLERY OF SA
SUNDAY 7 DEC 2PM Take this opportunity to approach Christmas through art.
BLACKWOOD PAGEANT - FRIDAY 1 DECEMBER Please come along and walk to create a strong Christian presence. See Ross for details.
SPRING CLEANING.......remember our 2009 Church Treasure Market is only months away! Yes..... when cleaning and tidying up around your home or out in the shed, remember to put aside those items you think would be suitable for our next Treasure Market Planned for March 2009. For more details please speak to Marilyn
EXCERPT FROM PARISH COUNCIL NOVEMBER MEETING
(full minutes are available for reading on the notice board in the foyer)
RECTORY
John Wilson tabled this month’s report from the Rectory Building Committee
(1.) Signing of the agreement between Diocese and School for sale and purchase of the old Rectory is nearly complete
(2.) The Archbishop has approved the designs for the proposed new building.
(3.) The planning approval process is in train for Mitcham Council/ Heritage/ significant trees/ local residents/ Country Fire Service/ SAWater/ Land Titles.
The Design Committee is working on such issues as water supply, water storage and fire pumps.
CHURCH & HALL BOOKINGS
St John's will be holding the Year 12 end of year exams in our hall from Monday 3 November until Wednesday 19 November 2008.
ITEMS FOR NEXT WEEK’S PEW SHEET
Forward to Wendy by 5pm Tuesdays
Today’s Officiant at is Revd Dr Warren Huffa
WELCOME Please join us for breakfast in the hall after the 8am service or morning tea after the 10am service. At 10am please find all prayers and hymns projected onto the sanctuary walls.
THE PRAYER FOR TODAY Everliving God, before the earth was formed, and even after it shall cease to be, you are God. Break into our short span of life and show us those things that are eternal, that we may serve your purpose in all we do; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you in unity with the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.
TODAY’S READINGS 1Thess 5:1-11by John F GOSPEL Matt 25:14-30
NOTES FROM WARREN’S BLOG - JESUS, THE SOURCE OF SALVATION
Now, this is perhaps going to sound a little underwhelming, but Jesus is meant to be the source of salvation. "For God has destined us not for wrath but for obtaining salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ." (1Thess 5:9) The logical obverse of this is the possibility of 'wrath', but Christianity does not present salvation and 'wrath' as two equal pathways, one of which must be chosen when you get to the fork in the road. Christianity's hope is that all will be saved. (Rom 5:12-21; 1Tim 2:4) And if we think of this in terms of 'the fork in the road', the two possibilities are not equally weighted. Jesus Christ makes the path to salvation heavily weighted in our favour. The superabundance of God's love in Christ overshadows the estrangement of creation. Could God even save me? Yes, in Christ, even me. (This is the point to start reflection upon sin and salvation, and the possibility of either.) Christ forgave sinners, and, as he pointed out, all sin. (John 8:1-11)
However, this is our hope. It is not a tenet of belief. There is just too much in Scripture (much of it straight from Jesus) and the experience of our own perversity that must leave open the possibility of damnation. For those who pay lip service to Christianity's hope of universal salvation while emphasizing judgment and 'wrath', the shock of the Jesus who calls sinners as disciples (Lk 5:27-28), ate with them (Lk 5:29-31), forgave them (Lk 7:36-50), and told parables about them (Lk 15), needs to sink into the bones once again. And by this I mean deep into ourselves, to know our perversity and the grace that heals, and from there reacquaint ourselves with grace. The superabundance of grace. For those who have forgotten that there remains a fork in the road, it is important to remember Bonhoeffer's teaching about cheap and costly grace.
But what if we were to hang onto our hope that all will be saved, but through costly grace? It seems to me that those who hold to the hope of universal salvation have a tendency toward cheap grace. Let's put our hope in God's power through Christ and the Spirit to change the human heart, and even when the human heart remains cold, let us hope in the Christ who has harrowed hell itself. And in this hope preach and live a costly grace, and still hang onto the hope of St Paul himself.
Therefore just as one man's trespass led to condemnation for all, so one man's act of righteousness leads to justification and life for all. For just as by the one man's disobedience the many were made sinners, so by the one man's obedience the many will be made righteous. (Rom 5:18-19).
PRAYERS OF THE PEOPLE by Margaret Pressley We pray for those in need especially Anne Bills, Betty and Walter, Janet and Peter, Anna, Joy, Ben Ashby, Ros Haysman, Ron Teague, Eric Downes, Dianne Cordes, Ben Forster, Phyllis Morecroft, Heather, Juliet, Annie Tangey, Ryan Thomas, Baby Harry Jones & his family, Claire Staskevicius & Bobbie Forster. Thanks for the healing of Blake Vause, Murray Forster and Annie Tangey. Thanks for the birth of Jamie William Milosevic on 14th October (brother for Mia). We pray for the soul of Mary Barrow, Jane Matthews & Audrey Crouch whose years mind occurs at this time.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY to Bethany for the 17th & Ros for the 19th.
PREPARATION FOR NEXT WEEK’S SERVICE – Ephesians 1:15-23 by Arndrae GOSPEL Matthew 25:31-46
PRAYERS OF THE PEOPLE by Max
FR RON’S PREPARATION FOR ADVENT READINGS
On Sunday 30 November, 7 & 14 December, there will be a chance to look at each of the following Sunday’s readings - from about 11.30 for an hour with Canon Ron . Notes supplied.
PRAYER CIRCLE meets noon on the 2nd Tuesday each month h
BIBLE STUDY 10am every Wednesday
HOLY COMMUNION 9.30am every Thursday followed by morning tea in the hall.
PARISH DIRECTORY
We are currently updating the Parish Directory. If you would like to have name and or any of your details included, or you would like changes to your existing entry, please fill in the form at the back of this edition of the pew sheet or collect a form from the table in the foyer, fill it in and give it to Warren, Cynthia or Wendy no later than 30 November.
HELPLINE
Part of being Christian community together is supporting each other when we need help. From a once-off delivery of food to transport or any other assistance the Helpline is a structured way of us providing this assistance to each other easily and confidentially. So please ring the Helpline coordinators, Iris or Marlene for any assistance at all.
OUTREACH
ABM Joan has a small collection of cards priced at $5.00 and $7.50 per 10 cards. Proceeds from sale for the support of ABM. Some of the cards are illustrated in the back page of "Partners", the ABM magazine which is available on the table in the foyer. The cards will be available for sale AFTER TODAY’S SERVICE.
After the Services on 23/11/08 a plate will be placed in the foyer for donations to be made towards the costs of the Year 7 bags distributed by the Christian Pastoral Support Workers (School Chaplains) to those leaving primary school for high school. They contain information on how to avoid bullying etc. plus some goodies like fruit bars and make the task of going to high school a little easier. All member churches are being asked for a contribution towards the cost. Please give generously.”
EVENTS
MOTHER’S UNTION END OF YEAR LUNCH – THURSDAY 20TH NOVEMBER at 12 noon at the RSL Club Restaurant, 18 Brighton Parade, Blackwood. Enquiries Margaret P
WATCH STATELINE ON ABC FRIDAY 21ST NOVEMBER to find out all about One Village Charity.
CHURCH WORKING BEE / SPRING CLEAN UP
SATURDAY 22nd NOVEMBER 9am-12noon
We need to prepare the court yard for the new paving commencing shortly.
We also need to do a little spring cleaning and with Mitcham Council’s annual hard rubbish collection for Belair the following week what better time to “tidy up or tip it out”! For further details see Marcus after this morning service or call Craig
OUR PATRONAL FESTIVAL (when we celebrate Holy Innocents day)
SUNDAY 23 NOVEMBER
Followed by BBQ lunch. Please put your name on the list in the foyer and bring a salad or sweet. See Mary V for details.
ONE VILLAGE MOVIE NIGHT – AUSTRALIA THE MOVIE
FRIDAY 28th NOVEMBER 8.45PM
At the Capri Theatre, Goodwood Tickets $15 Concession $12 Tickets can be purchased online at www.onevillage.com.au or from Wendy.
PLANNED GIVING SUNDAY NOVEMBER 30TH You are invited to hear our hopes for 2009. The presentation at both the 9am and 10am services will expand on the Mission Budget 2009. Please collect your information pack in the foyer.
BISHOP IAN GEORGE’S CHRISTMAS TOUR OF THE ART GALLERY OF SA
SUNDAY 7 DEC 2PM Take this opportunity to approach Christmas through art.
BLACKWOOD PAGEANT - FRIDAY 1 DECEMBER Please come along and walk to create a strong Christian presence. See Ross for details.
SPRING CLEANING.......remember our 2009 Church Treasure Market is only months away! Yes..... when cleaning and tidying up around your home or out in the shed, remember to put aside those items you think would be suitable for our next Treasure Market Planned for March 2009. For more details please speak to Marilyn
EXCERPT FROM PARISH COUNCIL NOVEMBER MEETING
(full minutes are available for reading on the notice board in the foyer)
RECTORY
John Wilson tabled this month’s report from the Rectory Building Committee
(1.) Signing of the agreement between Diocese and School for sale and purchase of the old Rectory is nearly complete
(2.) The Archbishop has approved the designs for the proposed new building.
(3.) The planning approval process is in train for Mitcham Council/ Heritage/ significant trees/ local residents/ Country Fire Service/ SAWater/ Land Titles.
The Design Committee is working on such issues as water supply, water storage and fire pumps.
CHURCH & HALL BOOKINGS
St John's will be holding the Year 12 end of year exams in our hall from Monday 3 November until Wednesday 19 November 2008.
ITEMS FOR NEXT WEEK’S PEW SHEET
Forward to Wendy by 5pm Tuesdays
Friday, November 7, 2008
Pewsheet Sunday October 9, 2008
26th Sunday after Pentecost
Today’s Officiant at is Revd Dr Warren Huffa
WELCOME Please join us for breakfast in the hall after the 8am service or morning tea after the 10am service. At 10am please find all prayers and hymns projected onto the sanctuary walls.
THE PRAYER FOR TODAY Eternal God, you have taught us that the night is far spent and the day is at hand: keep us awake and alert, watching for your kingdom, so that when Christ, the bridegroom, comes we may go out joyfully to meet him, and with him to enter into the marriage feast that you have prepared for all who truly love you; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.
TODAY’S READINGS 1 Thessalonians 4:9-18 by Paul GOSPEL Matthew 25:1-13
NOTES FROM WARREN’S BLOG
It is easy to dismiss apocalyptic in the Bible. Just as easy as it is to think it applies literally. Perhaps there is another way. Take Matt 25:1-13. The parable is, at the very least, enjoining readiness upon the disciples. Be ready for the Son of Man's return. The readiness referred to here is living the life of discipleship. (There is a parallel here between the wise and foolish virgins and the wise and foolish men of Matt 7:24-27, especially vs. 24 - "hears and acts on them".) Be a disciple who hears and acts now. It seems to me that it is very easy in life to forget the urgency of the call to discipleship, and a discipleship that strives to do what Jesus said. Apocalyptic, for all its problems, retains this, and it seems to me that those who take apocalyptic seriously, no matter how repugnant some other aspects of apocalyptic, are much more urgent than the more 'progressive' view of the life of discipleship. The progressives (of which I am one) have a tendency to look at the life of discipleship over an anticipated lifetime. Hardly urgent.
So what is it that we find problematic in apocalyptic? It is bit on the black and white side, over the top interventionist, and bound up in a three tiered universe. The destruction wrought seems a bit excessive to say the least, and the events that bring the End seem so perfectly timed and coordinated. However, let us not mistake the form (the features above) for the content. Some of what I might label the content includes: readiness (as above), God's plan for salvation, the need for evil (yes, evil) to be dealt with, and perhaps most importantly, the coming of God's kingdom is not a nice, smooth development from history to kingdom, but brings with it a massive interruption of things as they are and the usual expectations of the future. It is God's kingdom that comes, and while God may use us and our work now as building blocks of this kingdom, it is entirely new and surprising. The question is, however, can we retain all this content in a new form? (That is, in a non-apocalyptic form?) I remain unconvinced.
.
PREPARATION FOR NEXT WEEK’S SERVICE – Judges 4:1-10 Psalm 123, 1 Thessalonians 5:1-11 by John GOSPEL Matthew 25:14-30 PRAYERS OF THE PEOPLE by Margaret P
FR RON’S PREPARATION FOR ADVENT READINGS
On Sunday 30 November, 7 & 14 December, there will be a chance to look at each of the following Sunday’s readings - from about 11.30 for an hour with Canon Ron . Notes supplied.
PRAYER CIRCLE meets noon on the 2nd Tuesday each month
BIBLE STUDY 10am every Wednesday
HOLY COMMUNION 9.30am every Thursday followed by morning tea in the hall.
PARISH DIRECTORY
We are currently updating the Parish Directory. If you would like to have your details included, or you would like changes to your existing entry, please collect a form from the table in the foyer, fill it in and give it to Warren, Cynthia or Wendy.
HALL BOOKINGS
St John's will be holding the Year 12 end of year exams in our hall from Monday 3 November until Wednesday 19 November 2008. They will be using the hall during the week on each of these days (but not on week-ends). Each day the first exam begins at 9:00AM and concludes by 1:00PM. Afternoon exams begin at 1:30PM and conclude by 5:30PM.
CHURCH BOOKING
St John’s Junior School will be using the church on Wednesday, December 10 for their end of year service.
HELPLINE
Part of being Christian community together is supporting each other when we need help. From a once-off delivery of food to transport or any other assistance the Helpline is a structured way of us providing this assistance to each other easily and confidentially. So please ring the Helpline coordinators, Iris or Marlene (, for any assistance at all.
EVENTS
BISHOP IAN GEORGE’S CHRISTMAS TOUR OF THE ART GALLERY OF SA
ON SUNDAY 7 DECEMBER 2PM Take this opportunity to approach Christmas through art.
ONE VILLAGE MOVIE NIGHT – AUSTRALIA THE MOVIE FRIDAY 28th NOVEMBER 8.45PM
At the Capri Theatre, Goodwood Tickets $15 Concession $12 Tickets can be purchased online at www.onevillage.com.au or from Wendy.
OUTREACH
ABM
Joan has a small collection of cards priced at $5.00 and $7.50 per 10 cards. Proceeds from sale for the support of ABM. Some of the cards are illustrated in the back page of "Partners", the ABM magazine which is available on the table in the foyer. The cards will be available for sale after each service on Sundays 9 and 16 November.
TEAR AUSTRALIA The world’s most useful gift catalogue
Why not give a Christmas gift like Tree Seedlings for $10 or a Rice Bank for $150 to a Village in need. Write to PO Box 164 Blackburn 3130 or call 1800 244 986 or email usefulgifts@tear.org.au to ask for a catalogue or visit their website www.tear.org.au.
WORLD VISION Gifts that change lives
Shop 24/7 at worldvision.com.au/smiles or call 1300 303 440 – Just $6 could buy a chicken.
ANGLICARE TOY APPEAL
Joyce is thrilled with the number of toys already donated but please keep them coming until next Sunday.
ITEMS FOR NEXT WEEK’S PEW SHEET
Forward to Wendy by 5pm Tuesdays
Today’s Officiant at is Revd Dr Warren Huffa
WELCOME Please join us for breakfast in the hall after the 8am service or morning tea after the 10am service. At 10am please find all prayers and hymns projected onto the sanctuary walls.
THE PRAYER FOR TODAY Eternal God, you have taught us that the night is far spent and the day is at hand: keep us awake and alert, watching for your kingdom, so that when Christ, the bridegroom, comes we may go out joyfully to meet him, and with him to enter into the marriage feast that you have prepared for all who truly love you; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.
TODAY’S READINGS 1 Thessalonians 4:9-18 by Paul GOSPEL Matthew 25:1-13
NOTES FROM WARREN’S BLOG
It is easy to dismiss apocalyptic in the Bible. Just as easy as it is to think it applies literally. Perhaps there is another way. Take Matt 25:1-13. The parable is, at the very least, enjoining readiness upon the disciples. Be ready for the Son of Man's return. The readiness referred to here is living the life of discipleship. (There is a parallel here between the wise and foolish virgins and the wise and foolish men of Matt 7:24-27, especially vs. 24 - "hears and acts on them".) Be a disciple who hears and acts now. It seems to me that it is very easy in life to forget the urgency of the call to discipleship, and a discipleship that strives to do what Jesus said. Apocalyptic, for all its problems, retains this, and it seems to me that those who take apocalyptic seriously, no matter how repugnant some other aspects of apocalyptic, are much more urgent than the more 'progressive' view of the life of discipleship. The progressives (of which I am one) have a tendency to look at the life of discipleship over an anticipated lifetime. Hardly urgent.
So what is it that we find problematic in apocalyptic? It is bit on the black and white side, over the top interventionist, and bound up in a three tiered universe. The destruction wrought seems a bit excessive to say the least, and the events that bring the End seem so perfectly timed and coordinated. However, let us not mistake the form (the features above) for the content. Some of what I might label the content includes: readiness (as above), God's plan for salvation, the need for evil (yes, evil) to be dealt with, and perhaps most importantly, the coming of God's kingdom is not a nice, smooth development from history to kingdom, but brings with it a massive interruption of things as they are and the usual expectations of the future. It is God's kingdom that comes, and while God may use us and our work now as building blocks of this kingdom, it is entirely new and surprising. The question is, however, can we retain all this content in a new form? (That is, in a non-apocalyptic form?) I remain unconvinced.
.
PREPARATION FOR NEXT WEEK’S SERVICE – Judges 4:1-10 Psalm 123, 1 Thessalonians 5:1-11 by John GOSPEL Matthew 25:14-30 PRAYERS OF THE PEOPLE by Margaret P
FR RON’S PREPARATION FOR ADVENT READINGS
On Sunday 30 November, 7 & 14 December, there will be a chance to look at each of the following Sunday’s readings - from about 11.30 for an hour with Canon Ron . Notes supplied.
PRAYER CIRCLE meets noon on the 2nd Tuesday each month
BIBLE STUDY 10am every Wednesday
HOLY COMMUNION 9.30am every Thursday followed by morning tea in the hall.
PARISH DIRECTORY
We are currently updating the Parish Directory. If you would like to have your details included, or you would like changes to your existing entry, please collect a form from the table in the foyer, fill it in and give it to Warren, Cynthia or Wendy.
HALL BOOKINGS
St John's will be holding the Year 12 end of year exams in our hall from Monday 3 November until Wednesday 19 November 2008. They will be using the hall during the week on each of these days (but not on week-ends). Each day the first exam begins at 9:00AM and concludes by 1:00PM. Afternoon exams begin at 1:30PM and conclude by 5:30PM.
CHURCH BOOKING
St John’s Junior School will be using the church on Wednesday, December 10 for their end of year service.
HELPLINE
Part of being Christian community together is supporting each other when we need help. From a once-off delivery of food to transport or any other assistance the Helpline is a structured way of us providing this assistance to each other easily and confidentially. So please ring the Helpline coordinators, Iris or Marlene (, for any assistance at all.
EVENTS
BISHOP IAN GEORGE’S CHRISTMAS TOUR OF THE ART GALLERY OF SA
ON SUNDAY 7 DECEMBER 2PM Take this opportunity to approach Christmas through art.
ONE VILLAGE MOVIE NIGHT – AUSTRALIA THE MOVIE FRIDAY 28th NOVEMBER 8.45PM
At the Capri Theatre, Goodwood Tickets $15 Concession $12 Tickets can be purchased online at www.onevillage.com.au or from Wendy.
OUTREACH
ABM
Joan has a small collection of cards priced at $5.00 and $7.50 per 10 cards. Proceeds from sale for the support of ABM. Some of the cards are illustrated in the back page of "Partners", the ABM magazine which is available on the table in the foyer. The cards will be available for sale after each service on Sundays 9 and 16 November.
TEAR AUSTRALIA The world’s most useful gift catalogue
Why not give a Christmas gift like Tree Seedlings for $10 or a Rice Bank for $150 to a Village in need. Write to PO Box 164 Blackburn 3130 or call 1800 244 986 or email usefulgifts@tear.org.au to ask for a catalogue or visit their website www.tear.org.au.
WORLD VISION Gifts that change lives
Shop 24/7 at worldvision.com.au/smiles or call 1300 303 440 – Just $6 could buy a chicken.
ANGLICARE TOY APPEAL
Joyce is thrilled with the number of toys already donated but please keep them coming until next Sunday.
ITEMS FOR NEXT WEEK’S PEW SHEET
Forward to Wendy by 5pm Tuesdays
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