Committed to Sharing Jesus 16 th Sunday after Pentecost

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1 Wodonga Lutheran Parish St John s St Mark s Yackandandah Victory Lutheran College Committed to Sharing Jesus 16 th Sunday after Pentecost 8 th /9 th September 2018 Welcome to members, friends & visitors We pray that you feel at home as you worship our Lord Jesus with us. At the end of the service we invite you to please join us for a cuppa and chat. Our Lord s love and peace be with you. Congregation Pastor: Jaswanth Kukatlapalli College Principal: John Thompson 14 Havelock St, Wodonga College Chaplain: Andrew Dewhirst Ph: (02) Drage Rd, Wodonga jaswanth.kukatlapalli@lca.org.au Ph: (02) wodluthp@westnet.com.au reception@vlc.vic.edu.au

2 WELCOME - A note for friends and visitors amongst us. We are glad you are here with us! A quick note about the Lutheran Divine service and what we believe about worship. To us worship isn t so much about what we do, but about what God does. Lutherans believe God is present with us through the Word and Sacraments we receive. In fact, we teach that in the Lutheran Divine Service, God comes to forgive us, to feed us, bless us and send us out into the world. Our Liturgy identifies God s performative work amongst us and as we receive this ministry of the Word and Sacrament we in turn respond to God through, responses, songs, prayers giving our thanks and praise. I am new to a Lutheran Worship Service, so should I go to the front for the Holy Communion or not? We teach that, Holy Communion is the true body and blood of our Lord Jesus Christ given with bread and wine, instituted by Christ himself for Christians to eat and drink. As you come to this sacrament, you come as: a sinner who wants God s forgiveness; a baptised believer who trusts that Jesus died for the forgiveness of sin; a guest who humbly accepts what Jesus gives: His true body and blood with the bread and wine; a witness who gladly joins us in our public confession of the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ our Lord. All who do not commune are still invited to receive an individual blessing. You can communicate your intention of doing so by simply folding your arms across your chest as come forward. If you have any questions about Lutherans Divine service or Holy Communion feel free to check with the Pastor at the end of the service. SERVICE TIMES THIS WEEKEND St John s Wod Sat 6:00pm Trad Form HC Service St Mark s Yack Sun 8:30am Trad Form HC Service St John s Wod Sun 10:30am Trad Form HC Service READINGS Proverbs 22:1,2,8,9,22,23 Justice and generosity better than riches James 2:1-10 (11-13) Faith shown in love Mark 7:24-37 A woman s faith; Jesus heals a deaf mute DAILY BIBLE READINGS Sunday Mark 7:24-37 Thursday Acts 24:24 25:12 Monday Acts 23:12-24 Friday Acts 25:13-27 Tuesday Acts 23:23-35 Saturday Psalm 19 Wednesday Acts 24:1-23

3 PRAYER OF THE CHURCH In our prayers this week: We pray for the following that are in need at this time: Graham ZWECK; Wendy BORGERT; Melva KLEMKE; Marianne WACHTMANN; Kerryn JENNINGS; Frank KELLY; Laurel McRAE; Veronica SEMMLER. Victory Lutheran College Mr Kinning, Mrs Wilson & Mitta 3 Care Group; Students & Staff for Year 9 Rite Journey Camp. Horsham Congregation Pastor Gus Schutz and Elaine; Pastor Geoff Schefe and Rosie. Layworker Lynda Henstridge. Holy Trinity Lutheran College Principal Daniel Weller and Staff. Sunnyside Lutheran Retirement Homes CEO Denise Hooper and Staff. Lutheran Education Victoria, New South Wales and Tasmania Executive Director Julian Denholm; Ian Marks; John Graetz; Graham Huf; Tammy Hughes; Josie Muratore; William Neil; Gary Jewson; Kim Powell. LCA Bishop encourages church to pray for General Synod 2018: Heavenly Father, we thank you for every believers you have gathered in the LCA/NZ. You bind us together as one body in Christ. Thank you for all who serve us in this community, volunteer and paid, lay and ordained. We especially thank you for the many service agencies with which you have blessed us for aged care, for schools, for community care organisations, and for other special forms of ministry. Thousands of people work in these agencies as paid staff, volunteers, chaplains, pastoral carers and contractors. Each is special to you, and their work is a blessing to those whom they serve. When our Synod gathers and considers governance structures that will best help these agencies flourish, help us be wise stewards of your gifts. Help us, above all, to value the gift of the gospel and the opportunity you have given us to do good works that will benefit others. Give us strength and courage to be a blessing to the world and bring the gift of hope into the lives of many. If you have any prayer requests and would like to be prayed for by the congregation, please forward via wodluthp@westnet.com.au or phone (02) to Heather Grealy by 11:00am Thursday morning so it can be included in the weekly bulletin. PARISH COMMUNITY NEWS LONGEST LUTHERAN LUNCH The Longest Lutheran Lunch is an annual event for Lutherans in Australia and New Zealand, usually held on the Sunday closest to Reformation Sunday, 31 October. This year it will follow the 10:00am Parish Service held on Sunday 28 th October 2018 at St John s Lutheran Church. This is an opportunity for people to connect and re-connect with us.

4 SAVERS CORNER Savers Corner wish to thank those people who donated the tip vouchers, these have been invaluable. Many, many thanks! GENERAL PARISH NOTICES Please note: From October the FAMILY Services will commence at 10:00am. Christmas Need co-ordinator to organise and run the Christmas Eve play please. Contact Pastor if you have gift and time to support this parish Christmas Eve event. ST JOHN S LADIES FELLOWSHIP ANNOUNCEMENT The Lutheran Women s Association (LWA) National Convention is being held at Rosehill Gardens Sydney on 30 th September to 2 nd October The LWA executive are encouraging ALL fellowships to consider making contributions to the Convention Offering which they propose go half to Lutheran Media Mission and the other half be divided between Aboriginal Missions in North Queensland, South Australia and Central Australia (unless another suggestion is made to Convention). Our fellowship would like to give our members and friends the opportunity to help by making a donation to this. Please give your donation to our Treasurer Wilma Trabant by September 16 th 2018 so it can be included with our fellowship offering. Thank you...noreen Kelly President and Marie Hill Secretary. PASTORAL CARE TRAINING AT WODONGA If you are involved in Pastoral Care work or if you are interested in Pastoral Care work in the near future, there is good news for you! There is an upcoming training session with Pastor Gordon Wegener. Pastor Gordon serves as District Hospital Chaplain at Lutheran Church of Australia - Victorian District. The Training is scheduled When: Saturday 15 th of September 2018, 10am-2pm. Please bring your own meal. Where: St. John s Lutheran Church, Wodonga. Topics include: listening, story-telling, grief counselling and hospital chaplaincy. RSVP: Pastor Jaswanth Kukatlapalli at jaswanth.kukatlapalli@lca.org.au or contact at Parish Office: on or before Thursday 13 th of September VICTORIA/TASMANIA DISTRICT NEWS CLW 2018 THE QUEST Discovering God s treasure in the adventure of life. Tandara Lutheran Camp HALLS GAP CLW Orange: 1-5 October 2018 Years 7-12 Cost: $295 Contact Emilie-Rae: or clw.admin@lyv.org.au See all the paperwork on the noticeboard

5 PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS TRAINING The following Standards of Ethical Behaviour (Core)/Working with Children and Youth training sessions are scheduled in the District. Melbourne: St John s Lutheran Church Sunday 14 th Oct and Sunday 31 st October 1pm to 3pm. This is a split session, participants need to attend both session. Notice pinned to the noticeboard. GAMES & CARDS CAMP Come and enjoy a relaxing weekend of fun and games, BYO games. When: October 2018 at 6:00pm. Cost: $120p/Adult; Family $270. Where: Tandara Lutheran Camp. Register online before 12 October DISTRICT VOICES Latest District Voices are pinned to the noticeboard. SAVE THE DATE Lutheran Church of Australia VICTORIAN DISTRICT (Including Tasmania) 2019 Convention of Synod February 2019, Hamilton. To be held at The Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd, 12 Thompson St, Hamilton. Registration and further information will be sent later. LCA enews REV DR DAVID STOLZ, who was Vice-President of the LCA from 2001 to 2006 including two years beyond his official retirement and the church s Victorian District President from 1988 to 2004, died on 24 August, aged 79. David was ordained into the ministry of the United Evangelical Lutheran Church of Australia (UELCA) on 20 January 1963 at Toowoomba and served for more than 40 years in ministry, first in the UELCA and then, from 1966, in the Lutheran Church of Australia. WIDER COMMUNITY NEWS COFFEE MORNING INVITATION St Peter s Women s Fellowship are inviting Wodonga Lutheran Parish Ladies to a Coffee Morning with a guest speaker on Wednesday 12 th September 2018 at 10:00am at St Peter s Hall. Cnr Urana Rd and Buchhorn Street Lavington. Cost $7. Please reply by September 2 nd to Marie Hill or directly to Marie Bahr

6 ALBURY-WODONGA BIBLE SOCIETY BRANCH STREET STALL FUND-RAISER When: Thursday, September 13, 2018, from 8.30 am to noon Place: Outside the old Coles in High Street, Wodonga Roster for stall helpers - If your church or any individual member would like to be added to the roster, please turn up on Thursday, September 13, ready to help, and we will add your name to the roster for the future am: Parkland Christian Chapel; Grace Presbyterian am: St John s Anglican; Salvation Army; Emmanuel am: St John s Lutheran; St Stephen s Uniting; Albury Baptist All contributions of baked goods, preserves, plants, handcraft items, good toys and general items could be brought to the street stall during the street stall hours - the earlier the better! In order for us to comply with food laws, all food items should be labelled with a list of ingredients. No fresh cream please - we have no refrigeration. BELGRAVE HEIGHTS CONVENTION ACTIVITIES WOMEN OF INFLUENCE When: 20 October Speaker: Natalie Rosner Cost: $55 pre-registration includes lunch (pensioner/student deduct $10). Registration after 15 October or on the day will not include lunch. Cafe available. Flyer on noticeboard with full information. SONGS OF PRAISE Join us at Songs of Praise 2018 as we celebrate the centenary of the Belgrave Heights Convention on 21 October Time: 2:30pm with pre-programme singing from 2:15pm. Cost: $10 Adult; $5 Concession; $20 Family. Where: Belgrave Heights Convention Centre, 3 Convention Avenue, Belgrave Heights, Melbourne. Flyer on noticeboard. PSALMS FOR SENIORS When: 16 to 18 November 2018 Various costs. See Flyer on noticeboard for full information. PLEASE NOTE: DATE CHANGE FOR HYMN FEST PRAISING GOD IN MUSIC We invite all interested people to attend the Hymn Fest at 2pm Sunday 14 October 2018 at Holy Trinity Anglican Church, Church St. YACKANDANDAH. ADMISSION FREE. Afternoon Tea provided. Supporting refugees to settle in the Albury/Wodonga community. A warm welcome is assured and a most enjoyable afternoon of hymn singing and presentations by the Congolese and Bhutanese communities of Albury/Wodonga is promised. With Thanks - Kris Reif. On behalf of Anglican Parish of Yackandandah/Kiewa.

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8 THIS WEEK: Tuesday 11 Sept 11am-3pm Church Office OPEN Wednesday 12 Sept 8:50am VLC Secondary 9am-1pm Church Office OPEN 10:00am Coffee St Peter s Lavington Thursday 13 Sept 10am to 3pm Savers Corner OPEN 11am-3pm Church Office OPEN 7:30pm M & M Team Sheryl s home Friday 14 Sept 8:50am VLC Primary School 10am to 3pm Savers Corner OPEN + LAST WEEK: 1 September 2018 Congregation Attendance Communion Notes: St John s FAMILY/FATHER S DAY HC Service St Mark s St John s [Sat Eve] Total Attendance: NEXT WEEKEND: 17 h SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST READINGS Sat 6:00pm Wod Celebrate Communion in Song Proverbs 1:20-33 Sun 8:30am Yack Alternative HC Service James 3:1-12 Sun 10:30am Wod Celebrate Communion in Song Mark 8:27-38 ROSTER FOR THIS COMING WEEKEND Communion/Altar WodS 15 th Sept Claire Roennfeldt Wod 16 th Sept Marie Hill/Kaye Walsh Reader WodS 15 th Sept Paul Schirmer Wod 16 th Sept Ingrid Harder Children s Address WodS 15 th Sept Pastor Jaswanth Wod 16 th Sept Pastor Jaswanth PowerPoint WodS 15 th Sept Phill Edwards Wod 16 th Sept Volunteer Usher/Counters WodS 15 th Sept Wiencke Family Wod 16 th Sept Lenore de Garis Church Cleaning Sept 10 th Sept 16 th G & C Roennfeldt & C Elies Mowers Sept 10 th Sept 23 rd Peter Lade & Adrian Gutsche