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Sunday January 29: Epiphany 4
Sentence:
What does the Lord require of you but to do justice, and to
love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God? Micah 6:8
Prayer of the week:
Living God,
in Christ you make all things new:
transform the poverty of our nature
by the riches of your grace,
and in the renewal of our lives
make known your glory;
through Jesus Christ our Lord,
who is alive and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever. Amen
Readings for Today
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Please follow along in your Pew Bible.
1st Reading
Micah 6:1-8
757
Psalm
15
234
2nd Reading
1 Corinthians 1:18-31
926
Gospel
Matthew 5:1-12
785
We extend a very warm welcome
to everyone attending our services today.
You are invited to remain after the 9.30 am and
11.00 am services to join with us for a cup of tea
or coffee in the Church Hall
Vicar : Reverend Andrew Smith
PO Box 148 Kalorama, 3766
Parish Phone 9728 6353
Email: [email protected]
Andrew is available every day except Friday
St. Michael & All Angels Mt. Dandenong Rd. Kalorama
St. Matthew’s Monash Ave. Olinda
www.lightinthehills.org.au
Dates for the Diary.
THANK YOU
A massive, massive big thank you to everyone who worked so hard at the
working bees at St Matthew’s and the Vicarage last Saturday.
Thank you also to those who helped assemble the new chairs for St
Michael’s Hall last Sunday.
Today Please join us for lunch after the service at St
Michael’s as we celebrate Andrew’s ‘significant’ Birthday.
Please note that both the 8am Sunday Service at St Michael’s and
the Wednesday Communion at St Matthew’s
recommence this week.
Tuesday January 31st 11am. Christian Meditation Group at St
Michael’s Hall
Sunday February 5th. 6pm Healing Service at St Michael’s
Monday 6th of February 10am. Light in the Hills Art Group meet at
St Michael’s Hall
Tuesday 7th February 10am. Marmadukes commences for the
year at 10am at St Matthew’s
Tuesday 7th of February 8pm Parish Council at St Michael’s Hall
Thursday February 8th Bible Study at Brunch
Saturday 18th February 8am. Men’s fellowship breakfast at
St Michael’s Hall
Hills Deanery new Area Dean
Following the retirement of the Revd Trevor Filewood from
the Parish of Wandin Seville, Andrew has been appointed by
the Bishop as the new Area Dean for the Hills Deanery.
Autumn Fair.
This year’s Autumn Fair will be on Saturday March the 20th. Please keep this date free in
your diaries. If you are able to help out or have any suggestions please speak to
Andrew Smith 9728 6353 or Janet Rowe 9728 1125.
Total Fire Ban Policy
Please note our Parish Bushfire Policy means that on days of
Total Fire Ban there will be
No Services held in our Churches.
During the fire season we encourage our Parishioners and any Visitors to the
mountain to be prayerful and vigilant and to take every measure to remain
safe. We would also encourage you to have a practiced bushfire plan and to put
it in place on days of Total Fire Ban.
For those wishing to attend worship on Total Fire Ban days the Anglican
parish of St Paul's Boronia has extended an open invitation for us to come
and worship with them.
Sunday services at St Paul' are as follows;
8am Worship Service A traditional and reflective Anglican Holy Communion
Service, using the Prayer Book.
10am Worship Service A contemporary style of worship including a children's
message and fortnightly Communion.
St Paul's Boronia is located at 273 Dorset Road Boronia 3155
next to Mc Donald's Melways Ref K8 Ph Office Tel: 9761 1797
http://www.stpaulsboronia.com/
Until I made the mistake of asking doctor Google what this word meant I never realised
what a complicated abused and misused word it actually is. Ask most people what it means
and they will probably tell you that is has something to do with happiness. To be blessed the
world tells us is to have a problem free life with little or no problems and plenty of good friends
and stuff to help make life more enjoyable. Blessed people are happy people.
In the “Sermon on the Mount” in Matthew 5, Jesus turns all of this on it’s head. Each beatitude begins with the Greek word, makarios, which is usually translated "blessed" or "happy."
"Blessed" is preferable because of its religious connotations––blessedness is a gift of God.
We use "happy" more broadly––often in ways that contradict the Beatitudes––in ways that
celebrate our power or the satisfaction of our appetites. To be truly blessed however means
to be looked on with favour, to be chosen by God, consecrated, set apart or made Holy.
While it’s not wrong to associate happiness with being blessed, it becomes a much richer
word when we discover that being happy is not a condition of being blessed. Jesus words
make so much more sense when we understand them in this way;
‘Blessed are the poor in spirit, ‘Blessed are those who mourn, ‘Blessed are the meek,
‘Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, ‘Blessed are the merciful,
‘Blessed are the pure in heart, ‘Blessed are the peacemakers, ‘Blessed are those who are
persecuted for righteousness’ sake, ‘Blessed are you when people revile you and persecute
you and utter all kinds of evil against you falsely on my account.
The good news is that as God’s chosen people we are in fact truly blessed regardless of
our situation or circumstances. Why not take some time over the coming days, to reflect on
each of the beatitudes in Matthew 5, and then give thanks to God that he has chosen you.
Till next time. Andrew
Prayer for healing is offered after each Sunday morning service.
At St. Michael’s come forward to the Communion rail
and at St. Matthew’s come to the front pew.
You are welcome to seek prayer for yourself and others.
World: Pray for all those who work for the peace of our world.
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Pray for the homeless and all those sheltering in refugee
camps and especially those affected by extreme weather conditions.
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Pray for the peace of Jerusalem.
Local: Pray for those affected by terrible tragedy that took place in the
Burke Street Mall last week. Pray for all those still recover
ing from their injuries and for the families of those who lost
loved ones
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Pray for our local CFA Volunteers and for God’s protection for
our community this bushfire season.
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Pray for the staff and students of our local schools as they
commence the new school year.
Parish Pray for the ministry and outreach of Marmadukes as it starts
up for another year. Pray for Janet and the other volunteers
and their work in this vital outreach to our community.
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Pray for the appointment of our new Parish Youth Worker.
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Pray for families facing difficulty and hardship at this time.
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Pray about the life and mission of our Parish for the year ahead.
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Pray for our parish council as it meets on the 7th of Feb
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Pray for all those suffering from sickness, sorrow or any other
need including; Ron, Robert, Kate, Guy, Pam, Henry, Kirstie,
Ellen and Maggie.
Birthday’s: 29/1 Quinn Roberts, 1/2 Pat Waldron, 2/2 Phil Heading,
6/2 Sylvia Crellin
Anniversaries: 29/1 Jean Jeeves, 30/1 Ena Thurley, 31/1 Lillian Stewart, 2/2
Marjorie Barber, 3/2 Doris Allwright, Herbert McManus, John Spicer,
4/2 Joan Ward.
The Coming Week
Sun 29
10.30am
Combined service of Holy Communion at St Michael’s
followed by lunch
Tuesday 31
11am
Christian Meditation at St Matthew’s
Wed 1
10am
Holy Communion St Matthew’s
Sun 5
Epiphany 5
8am
9.30am
11am
6pm
BCP Holy Communion and Breakfast at St Michael’s
Holy Communion & Sunday School at St Matthew’s Holy
Morning Prayer at St Michael’s
Healing Service
Epiphany 4
Readings for February 5 Epiphany 5
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1st Reading
Isaiah 58:1-12
600
Psalm
112
344
2nd Reading
1Corinthians 2:1-13
927
Gospel
Matthew 5:13-20
785
Pew Sheets Notices
If you have any notices for the pew
sheet please email them to
Andrew’s attention : Midday Thursday [email protected]
Like to hear a missed
sermon?
Listen at home to past sermons on
our website
www.lightinthehills.org.au
OFFERINGS
One of the best ways of supporting the life and mission of our church
is by setting up a direct debit with the Anglican Development Fund.
ADF Planned Giving is the preferred method of giving directly, as it is
completely anonymous. You can choose to give out of any bank
account or credit card, and can give on a weekly, fortnightly or monthly basis. You also receive a book of tickets to put into the collection
plate each week. Details of how to do this are available from the
back of each church or you can contact the ADF direct.
Prayer Ministry Prayer requests to: Wendy Berry or
email:
[email protected]
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If you would like to join our group of intercessors please email Wendy Berry and let
her know you would like your name added to the list.
Bible Study Groups
(Starting again soon)
Thursday
10am Bible Study at Brunch. All welcome.
Ph. Andrew 9728 6353
7.45 pm
Younger Women every 2nd Thurs.
Contact Marina on 0407 326 263
There are also opportunities for new groups this year
including; a group for training new group leaders, and
a group for men.
CONTACTS
David Gerrand
Peter Heading
Steve Westoby
0490529728
97510020
97512751
Pastoral Care
Contacts
Glenys Taylor
Jean Speagle
Valerie Barras
9755 3594
9728 1337
9728 2397
Sunday School
Yo Heading
9751 1639
Church Wardens