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April 22nd, 2018
“Love In Truth and Action”
Sentence: “I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep”. John 10:11
Collect: Loving Shepherd, hold us close and care for us each day. Lead us, guide us, challenge us, that we might form a more faithful community that journeys in your way. Amen.
Readings: Acts 4:5-12
1 John 3:16-24
John 10:11-18
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WHAT’S ON THIS WEEK…
Today Sunday 22 Apr 8.00am Holy Communion
10.00am Holy Communion
Wednesday 25 Apr 6.00am ANZAC Day Dawn Service assemble at RSA Carpark at 5.45am
10.00am ANZAC Day Parade assemble at Howie Park
10.30am Service in Events Centre
Please note: no 10am Weds Church Service!
Friday 27 Apr 12 noon Midday Prayer & Meditation
1.00pm Baptism class
Sunday 29 Apr 8.00am Holy Communion
10.00am Holy Communion
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“Love In Truth and Action”
Sentence: “I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep”. John 10:11
Collect: Loving Shepherd, hold us close and care for us each day. Lead us, guide us, challenge us, that we might form a more faithful community that journeys in your way. Amen.
Readings: Acts 4:5-12
1 John 3:16-24
John 10:11-18
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WHAT’S ON THIS WEEK…
Today Sunday 22 Apr 8.00am Holy Communion
10.00am Holy Communion
Wednesday 25 Apr 6.00am ANZAC Day Dawn Service assemble at RSA Carpark at 5.45am
10.00am ANZAC Day Parade assemble at Howie Park
10.30am Service in Events Centre
Please note: no 10am Weds Church Service!
Friday 27 Apr 12 noon Midday Prayer & Meditation
1.00pm Baptism class
Sunday 29 Apr 8.00am Holy Communion
10.00am Holy Communion
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Thank-you for your regular donations—your receipts are at back of the church and giving envelopes are available there too.
Also funds for the veranda roof have past the $1000 mark!!!! Target is $1850. Over half way. Thanks so much for all who have given .....
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Also funds for the veranda roof have past the $1000 mark!!!! Target is $1850. Over half way. Thanks so much for all who have given .....
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REGULAR EVENTS
Tuesday 9.30am Rhythm and Dance
Wednesday 6.00pm Community Meals on the first Wednesday of the month
Thursday 9.30am Selwyn Care
11.15am Choir Practice
12.30pm Community prayer
Friday 8.30am-noon Op-shop - Always needs good clothes
9.30am-noon Cuppa and chat
12 noon Midday Prayer followed by Silent Prayer
3pm-4.30pm KFCC (Kids Friday Church Club)
1st Saturday each month - Devonshire Teas, Carboot sales and Op-Shop open from 8.30am
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Tuesday 9.30am Rhythm and Dance
Wednesday 6.00pm Community Meals on the first Wednesday of the month
Thursday 9.30am Selwyn Care
11.15am Choir Practice
12.30pm Community prayer
Friday 8.30am-noon Op-shop - Always needs good clothes
9.30am-noon Cuppa and chat
12 noon Midday Prayer followed by Silent Prayer
3pm-4.30pm KFCC (Kids Friday Church Club)
1st Saturday each month - Devonshire Teas, Carboot sales and Op-Shop open from 8.30am
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Focus...
The biblical image of shepherd – used to describe both God and Jesus – is one of steadfast love and faithfulness. The focus text and psalm invite us to imagine God’s ultimate care for humankind through the essential qualities of a good shepherd: caring, rescuing, feeding, protecting, and guiding. Such love enfolds us as we journey as disciples of the Risen One.
The shepherd metaphor has continuing power. It still invites God’s children to wonder about the ultimate love and care that God extends, and how Jesus was living the way of God. Some churches observe today as Good Shepherd Sunday. Through today’s good shepherd passages, we can connect God’s ultimate care with the love of Christ, who loves in “truth and action.”
When and where do you hear the voice of the Good Shepherd?
To what is the shepherd calling you and your church?
The scripture readings this week encourage us to open our hearts to a new truth. In Acts, those who are responsible for the arrest and death of Jesus are faced with the new truth that salvation is always at hand through the power of the Holy Spirit. 1 John implores us to “love, not in word or speech, but in truth and action.” The gospel tells of a shepherd who looks outside his own fold, who lays down his life, not only for those in his care but those outside of it also. Jesus understood the call on his life to be absolute. We know that for Jesus, as in the parable of the lost sheep in Luke 15:3–7, every individual is supremely significant. That is how community is made, with each of us being valued for our own unique insights and ways of being.
As we continue to celebrate Easter good news that everyone of us can live restored and renewed lives, we also begin to understand something of what it costs to refuse to treat anyone as less than someone in whom God is present because God surely is.
How will you, in worship, learning, and serving this week challenge one another to loving in truth and action?
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The biblical image of shepherd – used to describe both God and Jesus – is one of steadfast love and faithfulness. The focus text and psalm invite us to imagine God’s ultimate care for humankind through the essential qualities of a good shepherd: caring, rescuing, feeding, protecting, and guiding. Such love enfolds us as we journey as disciples of the Risen One.
The shepherd metaphor has continuing power. It still invites God’s children to wonder about the ultimate love and care that God extends, and how Jesus was living the way of God. Some churches observe today as Good Shepherd Sunday. Through today’s good shepherd passages, we can connect God’s ultimate care with the love of Christ, who loves in “truth and action.”
When and where do you hear the voice of the Good Shepherd?
To what is the shepherd calling you and your church?
The scripture readings this week encourage us to open our hearts to a new truth. In Acts, those who are responsible for the arrest and death of Jesus are faced with the new truth that salvation is always at hand through the power of the Holy Spirit. 1 John implores us to “love, not in word or speech, but in truth and action.” The gospel tells of a shepherd who looks outside his own fold, who lays down his life, not only for those in his care but those outside of it also. Jesus understood the call on his life to be absolute. We know that for Jesus, as in the parable of the lost sheep in Luke 15:3–7, every individual is supremely significant. That is how community is made, with each of us being valued for our own unique insights and ways of being.
As we continue to celebrate Easter good news that everyone of us can live restored and renewed lives, we also begin to understand something of what it costs to refuse to treat anyone as less than someone in whom God is present because God surely is.
How will you, in worship, learning, and serving this week challenge one another to loving in truth and action?
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Specific Prayers for this week
- Pray for KFCC - for Deacon Mary and Bryan and all the children, especially as they are on holiday this week
- We pray for peace in the Middle East especially in Syria. We pray for the Nations to talk rather than destroy!
- Pray for comfort and healing for those in sorrow, need, sickness or any other trouble. May God bless them and give them his peace.
- Pray for those who mourn a loved one especially the Larsen and Swney families.
