Burrumbuttock Lutheran Parish Jindera, Burrumbuttock, Bethel & Gerogery Congregations

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1 Burrumbuttock Lutheran Parish Jindera, Burrumbuttock, Bethel & Gerogery Congregations Weekly Bulletin 7 April 2013 Prayer for today Almighty God, we have celebrated the festival of our Lord s resurrection. Lead us, by your goodness, to bear its fruits in our lives. We ask this through your Son, Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. Amen. Second Sunday of Easter Readings for today Acts 9:1-6, Revelation 5:11-14, John 21:1-19 PASTOR IAN, PARISH CENTRE HOURS Wednesday 10am to 2.00pm PASTOR IAN KOTZUR AH: MB: ikotzur@bigpond.net.au During and AH available on mobile or home phone PARISH PRAYER CHAIN CO-ORDINATORS Ross & Sharon Severin, , PARISH MENS MINISTRY CO-ORDINATOR Meet 1st Friday monthly, Rod Frohling PARISH OFFICE: Parish Administrator Joanne Knobel AH: MB: WED 9.30am to 3.00pm FRIDAY 9.30am to 3.00pm burrumbuttockparish@gmail.com PARISH YOUTH TEAM Brent & April Piltz Brent: April:

2 MARCH/APRIL SERVICE TIMES DETAILS April 7th Acts 5:27-32 Revelation 1:4-8 John 20:19-31 April 14th Acts 9:1-6 Revelation 5:11-14 John 21:1-19 April 21st Acts 9:36-43 Revelation 7:9-17 John 10:22-30 Bethlehem 9am HC Pr Haydn Gerogery 11am HC Pr Haydn Bethel 9am Lee McDonald Chapel 10:30am Brad Salzke Children going to Jindera Hostel Burrum 9 am HC Pr Ian Gerogery 11am Brad Salzke Bethlehem 9am Ian Pertzel Chapel 10:30am HC Pr Ian Bethel 11 am HC Pr Ian Gerogery 9am Paul Jarick Bethlehem 9 am HC Pr Ian Chapel 10:30am Brent Piltz IAN ON HOLIDAYS ALL WEEK Gerogery lunch after service KIDZ BIZZ CLUB Burrum, Church Picnic, games after service! Bethel, Cafe Church, lunch afterwards April 28th Acts 11:1-18 Revelation 21:1-6 John 13:31-35 Burrum 11am Craig Severin Gerogery 9am HC Pr Ian Bethlehem 9am Ray Jarick Chapel 10:30am HC Pr Ian YOUTH & FAMILY SERVICE, CHAPEL May 5th Acts 16:9-15 Revelation 21:10&22-22:5 John 14:23-29 May 12th Acts 16:16-34 Revelation 22:12-14,16,17,20,21. John 17:20-26 May 19th Acts 2:1-21 Romans 8:14-17 John 14:8-17 May 26th Proverbs 8: Bethel 9 am Myrna Frohling Gerogery 11am HC Pr Ian Bethlehem 9am HC Pr Ian Chapel 10:30am Ross Severin Burrum 9 am Brent Piltz Gerogery 11am Ross Friedrich Bethlehem 9 am Dennis Hicks Chapel 10:30am Brent Piltz Bethel 11am Paul Jarick Gerogery 9 am Lee McDonald Bethlehem 9 am Ray Jarick Chapel 10:30am Rob Bradbury Burrum 11am HC Pr Haydn Gerogery 9am HC Pr Ian Bethlehem 9am HC Pr Haydn Gerogery lunch after service KIDZ BIZZ CLUB Pr Ian in Adelaide MOTHERS DAY Pr Ian in Adelaide Bethel, Cafe Church, lunch afterwards YOUTH & FAMILY SERVICE, CHAPEL

3 Prayer Requests; Pray for Confirmation class students Marieke Hoelscher, Zoe Viedt, Rachel Habermann, Kieran Salzke, Joshua O Connor, Patrick Salzke, Casey McPherson. Pavlina Vaccaro (teacher at St. John s) for improved health. Betty Anderson who is in hospital, pray for improved health. Mrs Piltz who is still in hospital. Ask God for his peace and comfort. 4 th Thursday 2.00pm Aged Care Chapel service Bethel/Gerogery Ladies Fellowship, Tuesday 2nd April. Meet at Gerogery Church Hall 11.45am. Please bring lunch to share. Guest speaker, Pam Peters. Parish Elders/Pastoral/Deacons/Pastoral Assistants Meeting, Tuesday 9th April, 7.30pm, Parish Office. Endless Praise, Friday 12th April, St. John s Primary School. See inside for details Burrumbuttock/KIDZ BIZZ Church Picnic and Fun Day - Sunday 14th April after the 11am service. Sausage sizzle available, bring a salad to share! Holy Cross Women s Fellowship, Wednesday 17th April, 9.30am at Myrna Frohling s home. For bible study, please read chapter 8 of Cast of Characters (Women who washed Jesus Feet ). Potting Day bring pots and cuttings to pot up plants for sale. Finger Food for lunch. LUTHERAN WOMEN OF AUSTRALIA CONVENTION Immanuel College, 18 & 19 April 2013 Come and worship, information & fellowship Guest speaker Judy Grande, Robin and Dorthoy Mann, Rev John Hoopmann Dedication of Quilts for Charity

4 SUNDAY 14TH APRIL Next Kidz Bizz Club Sunday after the service in pre-school CHURCH PICNIC Join your new friends in a BBQ sausage sizzle (provided), byo salad to share, slice/cake to share LOADS OF GAMES FOR THE KIDS AND ADULTS Call Ang or Jo

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7 Prayer points That each of us may share with others our joy in Christ s resurrection Delegates preparation for the Convention of Synod Our Church partners in Papua New Guinea and South East Asia That the Church s lay workers may continue to be a blessing to the Church On a personal note, my wife and I have been blessed to have a third grandchild. A little girl called Kate who, born prematurely, continues to need extra oxygen to help her breathe for life. When it comes to our life with the Risen Lord Jesus, the apostle Peter s question Lord to whom can we go? You have the words of eternal life John 6:68 is gifted to us. Inspired and Inspiring God s Word enables us to Grow and Go as is the emphasis for our Church under the tagline of Where Love Comes to Life. The Holy Spirit builds us up in our faith and we become witnesses of eternal life in Christ. Soon we will welcome guests to our Church. Pastor Erik Trovall from the Lutheran Church- Canada will exchange pastorates with Pastor David Wear of Hamilton, Victoria, for the next few months. We welcome Pastor Erik and his family. The President of the Lutheran Church-Canada, Rev Dr Robert Bugbee, will be our guest for the upcoming General Pastors Conference and Convention of Synod, April Rev Dr Greg Seltz and his wife Marie will be here for the 175th celebration for Lutherans in Australia on Sunday 21 April at the Adelaide Entertainment Centre. Alive!175 is a daylong celebration you will not want to miss. Dr Seltz, the Lutheran Hour Ministries international speaker, will be the preacher for that celebration. From our partner churches in South East Asia our guests for the week will be Rev Wenge, Bishop of ELC-PNG; Rev Dr William Chang, Lutheran World Federation (LWF) Area Secretary for Asia; Rev Willem Simarmata, Bishop of the Huria Kristen Batak Protestan (HKBP) Indonesia; and Mr Ridwin Purba, Education Secretary for the LWF Indonesia National Committee. We pray for safe travel and a productive time for them as they bless us with their presence. We certainly trust that you have made your plans to take the opportunity to celebrate as a Church in Worship and an afternoon presentation on 21 April. Please see below for more important information on matters before Synod for the whole Church, particularly Synod delegates. THE LUTHERAN Along with the usual PowerPoint slide and pew-bulletin inserts, The Lutheran team is now producing a YouTube clip to assist you in promoting each edition. Please use the April one to promote The Lutheran in your congregations: This clip, together with all the other promotional materials, is available for download from The Lutheran website: Annual renewals will be posted out shortly, so please use every opportunity to bring our multi-award-winning magazine to the attention of your people. Remember, too, that the March edition is available as an app, and the April one is due for release before Easter or just after. Check at itunes. MEN S SHED MINISTRY AT AUSTRALIAN LUTHERAN COLLEGE Ian 'Watto' Watson, a leader in men's shed ministry and author of Every bloke s a champion even you, will be giving a public lecture at Australian Lutheran College on Wednesday, 1 May 2013 at 12pm. All are welcome to attend this event. To learn more about Ian and shed ministry, visit lca.org.au/shed-night or

8 AUSTRALIAN CENTRE FOR CHRISITANITY AND CULTURE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Charles Sturt University s Australian Centre for Christianity and Culture (ACC&C) is looking for a new Executive Director to take over from Professor James Haire who retires from the position later in The ACC&C is looking to appoint an Executive Director with a proven record and recognition in a Christian denomination, a commitment to ecumenical, interfaith and reconciliation dialogues. For a copy of the position description and criteria please contact Larissa Helbig at the National Office, larissa.helbig@lca.org.au or HERMANNSBURG GENERAL STORE POSITIONS VACANT Do you want to work as a baker and kitchen hand, drive a truck, sell clothes, do administration, be a mentor and train aboriginal store workers, do accounting, do building maintenance if so there is a job for you. The Finke River Mission of the Lutheran Church of Australia is currently seeking expressions of interest for several permanent and casual workers at the Hermannsburg General Store, Northern Territory. No qualifications or experience required. Hermannsburg is an aboriginal NTER Community Growth Town 130 km west of Alice Springs with a population of about 1000 people including 50 or so visiting staff who are involved in the historical precinct, school, police station, clinic, council and other enterprises. The Hermannsburg General Store actively trains and employs local aboriginal staff. Queries regarding the roles, community life, accommodation, etc are to be directed to the Manager Selwyn Kloeden , frmstore@bigpond.com or the Finance Secretary Stephen Hoffmann stephen.hoffmann@lca.org.au TABLETALK A new LCA web-based forum, called TableTalk, has been launched. Table Talk has been set up to with a view to encouraging hearty and respectful dialogue on theological, cultural, social and bioethical issues and current affairs. It is expected that contributors will be people who support the ethos of the Lutheran Church of Australia and who will listen respectfully to the discussion, so that they might learn from each other, encourage and support each other in their faith journeys, and grow together as the people of God. To read posts you will need to register as a subscriber. To register, go to and click on Register. Once you have registered and logged in, don't forget to click on Subscribe forum under the forums you would like to follow. You will then be notified by whenever new posts are added to these forums. TableTalk is moderated and subscribers are expected to adhere to the forum s Terms of Use. Views expressed will not necessarily represent the official position of the LCA, its pastors, lay workers, officers, councils, boards, commissions or committees. After you have registered you can go to at any time to login and follow, and contribute to, discussions. A number of forums have already been set up in TableTalk with the aim of promoting questions, comments and discussion. These include - Same-sex Marriage - Women s Ordination - Worship - Social and Bioethical Questions - Royal Commission into Child Abuse - Proposals to General Convention - The Lutheran feature stories and letters to the editor If you have ideas for improving how TableTalk is being used, or for new forums please add a post to the TABLETALK Suggestions forum.