5th November 2017 All Saints In Memoriam

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1 5th November 2017 All Saints In Memoriam Welcome to St Petri this morning. It is good to be gathered not only with those we can see but also with the great cloud of witnesses that surround us and urge us on to remain faithful to the Lord Jesus Christ. It is All Saints Day and we, by God s grace in Jesus, received by faith are all saints! This morning we catch a glimpse of those starling images of God s life beyond our human experience as told by the Apostle John in his Revelation. We hear of the Lamb of God seated in glorious light among a community of people from every conceivable place and of every human race. This Lamb of God who has taken away the sin of the world by his own sacrificial death and glorious resurrection to life, is now the shepherd of this vast timeless community. The Sheep has become the Shepherd! But what of us and what of now? I, with others, stood around a grave this week. We watch the coffin of a loved one lower into the grave and as usual, were prompted by this to ponder our own life, death, experience and future. Ponder these things today. They are important to ponder on All Saints Day. But please do so with this truth of the resurrected Lamb who sprung up from this grave who is now our shepherd. Join the full throng, wake, harp and psalter and song today, for it is so much better when the grave is not final. Peace, Pastor Adrian

2 This Week at St Petri Sunday 5th November (In Memoriam) Readings: Revelation 7:9-17, 1John 3:1-3, Matthew 5: am Worship with Holy Communion am Worship with Holy Communion This year again during both worship times we will have an opportunity to remember loved ones who have passed away and light a candle in their memory, with the assurance that those who have died believing in Jesus as their Saviour will now be with Him. Monday 6th November 5.30 pm H2H Confirmation, St Petri Hall Tuesday 7th November 9.30 am Coffee & Friendship in St Petri Hall Part 3 of the Luther Studies - All welcome to attend! Wednesday 8th November 1.30 pm Ladies Guild - Welcome to our AGM where we will select our Executive Ladies who have the privilege of serving in Thank you to all out-going members for a job well done. Relax and enjoy viewing a DVD :Nuri Revisited: to celebrate St Petri s 150th Anniversary. Please bring your honey biscuits for Christmas Cheer. These will be packed on Wednesday 15th November in the Board Room 1.30 pm New gifts for children in need at Christmas will be collected for Hand in Hand & Lutheran Community Care. Thursday 9th November 6.30 pm Choir Practice for 150 Celebration St Petri Church Friday 10thNovember 9.30 am HoOt Playgroup, St Petri Hall 6.30 pm 150 Anniversary Dinner at the Vine Inn (tickets need to be pre-purchased by Monday 6th November at the absolute latest) Saturday 11th November 1.00 pm Band practice in the church 4.30 pm Brass practice in the church 7.30 pm Wine, Cheese & Heritage night Sunday 12th November 8.00 am Choir practice 8.30 am Worship with Holy Communion am Choir practice am Worship with Holy Communion Next Week Friday 17th November - React Celebrate Last React Gathering

3 Nuriootpa Lutheran Parish St Petri, Ebenezer, Neukirch, Holy Trinity (and Strait Gate) PARISH SERVICE TIMES - Sunday 12th November Holy Trinity & Strait Gate 9.00 am Worship - Modern Combined at Strait Gate Ebenezer am Worship - Modern Neukirch am Lay Reading St Petri 150 Celebrations 8.30 am Worship with Holy Communion am Worship with Holy Communion PARISH OFFICE Krieg House 21 Second Street Nuriootpa P: F: E: admin@nuriparish.org OFFICE HOURS Mon-Fri 9am-5pm Closed for Lunch pm pm Open Sunday morning 9.30 am am Parish Diary Dates Friday 10th November - HoOt Playgroup, St Petri Hall St Petri - 150th Anniversary of St Petri 10th - 12th November celebration weekend Friday 10th November pm Dinner at the Vine Inn (pre-purchase ticket event) Saturday 11th November - 7pm Wine and Cheese & Heritage Evening Sunday 12th November am & 10.30am worship with Holy Communion & old fashioned picnic on November - SA/NT Pastors Retreat at Nunyara Belair Sunday 19th November - Recharge Youth Service 6.30 pm start Strait Gate Lutheran Church, Light Pass Road, Light Pass Come along for energetic praise - Hang with friends. Recharge is for youth, young families and all young at heart. Sunday 26th November - Annual General Meeting St Petri Sunday 17th December Christmas on the Green, next to Bank SA, Main St Nuriootpa 7.00 pm

4 St Petri Lutheran Church is a well-established congregation in the Barossa Valley, committed to the mission of sharing the love and hope of Jesus in the community. We are currently seeking applications for the following position. Hand in Hand Co-ordinator Hand in Hand Family Centre (HHFC), St Petri Nuriootpa. Lutheran Church of Australia (LCA), Level hours per week. Salary Packaging is available A prime focus in the co-ordination of the HHFC is the planning and administering of programmes for strengthening of families. To achieve this requires recruitment, training, supervision and support of volunteers to fulfil the vision of the ministry, and reflect the love and hope of Jesus Christ. For a role description and further information: admin@stpetri.org.au Tel: Rosie or Libby Applications to: Jacqui Will, Secretary Hand in Hand Management Team via to: fallwill8@bigpond.com Applications close: 5pm, December 8 th Position to commence: March 5 th 2018, or by negotiation. Spin Camp registrations now open 9-12 January for young people in years 4-6 (in 2017) at Camp Kedron, Barmera. Registrations close December 17th. Visit Samaritan s Purse Shoeboxes 2017 The shoeboxes are all in and we thank the many generous folk from our whole community for donating. Les Schmaal has made a huge contribution to this project by making over 9,000 strong and attractive boxes. He started this mission work about 9 years ago and is still cheerfully making them. We thank God that 1,600,000 children world-wide become Christians each year through this ministry. Would you like to be involved in the Christmas Nativity? Christmas on the Green Sunday 17th December 7pm Looking for Children, youth and adults to be involved in the Christmas Nativity. No line learning, just dressing up and acting. If you are keen to be involved, please contact Sharon Green at St Petri or childyouthfamily@stpetri.org.au

5 Redeemer On Friday the 27 th October the Redeemer school community celebrated the 500 th anniversary of Luther s nailing of his 95 Theses to the church door at Wittenberg. Our Reformation celebrations began with Worship in the morning and also included the eating of cupcakes at recess followed by a Longest Lutheran Lunch event out on the oval at lunchtime. On behalf of the Redeemer school community we would like to thank all of the volunteers who came and helped make and decorate the cupcakes for all of us on Thursday 26 th at St. Petri Hall. They were delicious and certainly helped spread the message and significance of the events of the Reformation with our community. A tremendous example of our local church family working with our school community in intergenerational mission. Again, thank you Nathan Schultz (Spiritual Development Redeemer)

6 Reformation Concert - Reformation Sunday Worship

7 Reformation Sunday Worship

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9 BRANCHING OUT Friday 24th November 7pm St Petri Church Hall, 21 Second St Nuriootpa Mini Market Lots of unique gift ideas Wood burning, Natural home made products, Soy candles, Jewellery, Children s clothing, Christian Gifts, Paper Crafts Cash sales and orders taken on the night Champagne, drinks & nibbles on arrival Girls Night Out 8 yrs to 80+ For more info contact: Kaylene Rohrlach Women s Ministry of St Petri for all who want to come! Christmas Hampers - Lutheran Community Care If anyone would like to help with setup, pack up hampers and greet people receiving hampers, please contact LCC to pick up volunteer application forms. The Parish office also has copies of these. Any help would be appreciated. Any non-perishable items would be appreciated as well as toys. In by Sun 3rd December If you know of someone who would benefit from receiving a hamper, please let us know at the office and we can pass this on to Lutheran Community Care. Movie Night - The Shack Join us Sunday 12th November for The Shack. Based on The New York Times best-selling novel, The Shack takes us on a father s transformative spiritual journey. After a family tragedy, Mack spirals into a crisis of faith, and questions God s existence and life s purpose. Mack is unable to move on, until he gets a mysterious invitation to an abandoned shack. There, God reveals Himself in the form of three strangers led by Papa. Still just $5 which gets you popcorn and a drink as well as this great movie pm - Holy Trinity Hall. All Welcome! Friday 1st December Shed Happens Venue to be advised 6.30 pm pm BBQ Cost $10 BYO drinks & chairs Bring your mates for a great night out! More info: Wayne Rohrlach Greg Schubert or Viv Fiebiger Ministry of St Petri Lutheran Church, Nuriootpa If you require transport, you can phone: Ian Rosenzweig Men s night out

10 MISSING STATUE OF CHRIST The old St Petri Church, which was demolished in the 1960's, had a white statue of Christ on the altar for several decades. As part of our 150th celebrations, we would love to find the statue. It was probably about 40cm high (18 inches) Do you know what happened to it? Its last known location was on the altar in the Sunday School rooms in the late 1970's, as shown in the photo. Did it get broken? Did someone take it home for safe-keeping? Please phone Luke Rothe , or see the office staff, if you have any information. The Tanunda Liedertafel (1850) 69th Kaffee Abend, Tanunda Show Hall Friday 10th November The banjo Girl, Stuart Jones, Trumpet, Compere Brian Gilbertson Swing & Tonic Enquiries: Colin Reuter, Trevor Irrgang, Kevin Lange, Kevin Klemm, Viv Fiebiger

11 We pray... We pray for God s peace and comfort for all who have lost loved ones. May he draw close those facing sadness and loss and wrap them in his arms of love and compassion. We pray for our young ones facing exams help them recall what they have learnt. Give them your peace. We celebrate with Kevin and Gladys Materne 60 years Wedding Anniversary May God continue to bless and keep them.. We give thanks to God for Les Schmaal, who was 97 on 4th November. He has been a great blessing in making the many beautiful boxes for Operation Christmas Child. A special 50th birthday blessing for Peter May whose birthday was on 2nd November. We pray for God s healing and peace for those of our church family who are ill, facing medical treatment or recovering from surgery - and those who care for them: Audrey Gersch, Kelvyn Prescott, Norm Rosenzweig, Mary Hampel, Ewen McLean, Colin Burgemeister, Rosemary Lange, Stella Schulz (at Trevu House, Gawler now) Rosemary Angel and Joan Leahy. We pray for members of our church family: Ruth & Jim RICHARDS (Jim is now in Barossa Village), Brian & Rita Schulz, Brett & Nicole ALSOP & family, Steve ANGEL, Delray PUMPA, Delwin, Katie, Keanu & Lexis ROHRLACH, Kym, Vicki, Keegan, Haylee & Landon SCHUTZ. NEEDS FOR MESSY CHURCH - Next one 8th December Old Christmas cards, egg cartons or any scrapbooking papers would be appreciated, thanks. Office Rosie & Libby admin@stpetri.org.au 21 Second Street, Nuriootpa Phone Pastor Adrian Kitson Greg Schubert Peter Lange Sue Vogt Sharon Green The Cottage f Website pastor@stpetri.org.au chair@stpetri.org.au businessmanager@stpetri.org.au familycentre@stpetri.org.au childyouthfamily@stpetri.org.au cottage@stpetri.org.au St Petri Lutheran Church stpetri.org.au Help St Petri Meet the Target - Pasta, Rice, Family Sized Tinned Ham or Tuna LUTHERAN COMMUNITY CARE Christmas Hampers If you are able to donate, just pop them in the trolley in the church foyer or bring into the office please! Well over 300 hampers were packed by LCC - we don t expect we can donate that many, but let s see how many we can! Donations in by Wednesday 6th December please TOTAL 34

12 I am looking forward to next weekend s 150 th Anniversary celebrations. I feel that it is such a privilege to be part of this long St Petri story. It is a good story. As a result of serving for a mere six years out of one hundred and fifty, and reading the new, soon to be available, short history of St Petri, I reckon that St Petri has always embraced the times and adapted to try and serve this community. Sometimes this has taken a long time but eventually this congregation seems to get there. As a result, the story of faithful, creative, energetic mission and ministry as a larger congregation continues on. It will be a great weekend! Soon we will be on that familiar journey to Christmas and sing those Advent songs and pray those Advent prayers again. This Christmas is a little tricky because Christmas Day is on a Monday, as is New Year s Eve. We have adapted our worship schedule to try and not wear people out. You will notice a Combined Service for Christmas Day and the Sunday before New Year s Day. However, we have also tried to deal with a heart-breaking problem we have seen happen for at least three out of the last six years parents with children either coming to the Christmas Eve Service, seeing that it is full and then leaving to go elsewhere because there is literally nowhere to sit, or hearing that some of them don t even consider coming to their own church for Christmas Eve because they know what it is like. They do not want to get to church forty minutes prior to worship and manage young children for that long, and then have to keep doing that for the hour that the actual Service takes! You will notice that we have two services on Christmas Eve this year. They at 5.30 pm and 7.30 pm and they are simply repeated, with blended music in both. This is the year you might like to assure families you know that they will be able to arrive just prior to the Service and be able to sit somewhere and enjoy being together at Christmas at St Petri. The Book of Reports available now for our upcoming AGM on November 26 will make for good reading. Grab a copy and enjoy finding out what we have been up to and what the future may hold. The Spirit of God is leading us. We are better together as Jesus co-workers in mission! In his Peace Pastor Adrian