Weekly Newsletter

Anglican Parish of Quamby

29th September 2024

Nineteenth Sunday After Pentecost

Our Parish Mission Statement:

To know Christ and

To Make Him Known

Three Churches united as one Parish.

 Bringing Gods love

to the Meander Valley

Clergyand Parish Contacts

Priest In Charge: ReverendPaul Hobby0437 108 394

Email:frpaul@virtual.net.au

Parish Email:quambyparish@gmail.com

Web Page:www.quambyparish.org

YouTube:https://www.youtube.com/@quambyanglicanparish

Facebook Site:www.facebook.com/AnglicanParishOfQuamby

Parish TreasurerMrs. Jane Dent 6397 3184

Parish WardensMrs. Heather Stewart 0419 208 139

Mr. Rob Menzie 0417 931 619

Anglican Diocese of Tasmania Website: http://anglicantas.org.au/

Pew Sheet: If you wish to have the pew sheet emailed each week contact Rob by email: robert.menzie57@bigpond.com or phone 0417 931 619

Parish Bank Account Details

We welcome direct deposits into our bank account if you find it easier than the traditional envelope giving. Our account is: Commonwealth Bank of Australia: Parish of Quamby BSB 067013

Account number 10039025.Please include your name as a reference.

Heads Up

The Parish will once again be catering for the November Long Weekend Steam up at Westbury.

We will shortly be contacting you regarding help or donations for the weekend.

Upcoming Services

Saturday 5th October 11am Blessing of the Pets, Carrick.

Sunday 6th October 9.30am St. Mary’s, Hagley

Sunday 13th October 9.30am St. Andrew’s, Westbury

Sunday 20th October 9.30am St. Mary’s, Hagley

Parish News and Events

· Samaritan’s Purse, operation Christmas child. We now have a stock of boxes for people to collect and fill for this worthy cause. They are available at rear of the church.

· Blessing of the Pets. This year we will be celebrating the Blessing of the Pets at St. Andrew’s, Carrick on Saturday 5th October at 11am followed by a free sausage sizzle.

· Food Drive. Westbury Community Health are welcoming non-perishable food items with a long use by date. Sanitary items are also required, leave them at any of churches.

· Quamby Kid’s Club. The Kid’s club will next meet again next school term.

· Bishops training event. Look Forward, run the race with perseverance. The guest speaker is Simon Smart from the Centre for Public Christianity. It is on in Launceston on October 26th. Book through anglicantas.org.au/bishops-training-event, or see Rev Paul if you want to attend.

· Christianity Explored The dates we have set are as follows: October 16th, 23rd and 30th all at 5.30pm in St.Andrew’s, hall at Westbury. Please see Rev Paul for more details.

· Trivia night. There will be a trivia night to support the Chaplaincy at Westbury Primary School on Friday 25th October with a BBQ from 5.30pm until 6.30pm, followed by the Trivia at 6.30pm. Cost is $10 per person with under 13 years old free. Can we make up a table of 6 or 8 people from Quamby Parish?? To register contact Rebecca Poulton on 0408 558 236.

· Parish Council Members. We will be meeting with Joel Kettleton on Tuesday 1st October at 2.30pm in the hall at Westbury.

· Parish Council Meeting. The next Parish Council meeting will be Tuesday 15th October at 2.30pm in the hall at Westbury.

Today’s Service Details

All service details are copyright to Broughton Publishing Limited printed from epray® which is a registered trademark of Broughton Publishing Pty Ltd. The Anglican Parish of Quamby holds EPray licence number AUS01 50121L 2330V5 The Scripture contained herein is from the New Revised Standard Version of the Bible. Copyright © 1989 National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.

Hymn 147To God be the Glory

Let us praise the Lord!

The Lord’s name be praised!

Sentence of the Day

Salt is good; but if salt has lost its saltiness, how can it be seasoned? Have salt in yourselves, and be at peace with one another. Mark 9.50

The Collect of the Day

O God, your Son has taught us that those who give a cup of water in his name

will not lose their reward: open our eyes to see those who are in need, and teach us to set no store by riches and earthly rewards, so that, in surrendering

ourselves to serve you in your children, we may labour for the treasure that endures; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen

The HOPE25 Collect

God of Hope, you call on us to be your witnesses in this uncertain world; by your Spirit awaken in us a true vision of your kingdom, a greater certainty of our salvation, and a deeper dedication to your service; that through our words and actions the same Spirit may bring many who are lost to be found,

and for them to celebrate the hope that we can only have in Jesus Christ,

in whose name we pray. Amen

A reading from Esther beginning to read at chapter 7 verse 1

7 1 So the king and Haman went in to feast with Queen Esther. 2 On the second day, as they were drinking wine, the king again said to Esther, ‘What is your petition, Queen Esther? It shall be granted you. And what is your request? Even to the half of my kingdom, it shall be fulfilled.’ 3 Then Queen Esther answered, ‘If I have won your favour, O king, and if it pleases the king, let my life be given me—that is my petition—and the lives of my people—that is my request. 4 For we have been sold, I and my people, to be destroyed, to be killed, and to be annihilated. If we had been sold merely as slaves, men and women, I would have held my peace; but no enemy can compensate for this damage to the king.’ 5 Then King Ahasuerus said to Queen Esther, ‘Who is he, and where is he, who has presumed to do this?’ 6 Esther said, ‘A foe and enemy, this wicked Haman!’ Then Haman was terrified before the king and the queen. 9 Then Harbona, one of the eunuchs in attendance on the king, said, ‘Look, the very gallows that Haman has prepared for Mordecai, whose word saved the king, stands at Haman’s house, fifty cubits high.’ And the king said, ‘Hang him on that.’ 10 So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then the anger of the king abated. 9 20 Mordecai recorded these things, and sent letters to all the Jews who were in all the provinces of King Ahasuerus, both near and far, 21 enjoining them that they should keep the fourteenth day of the month Adar and also the fifteenth day of the same month, year by year, 22 as the days on which the Jews gained relief from their enemies, and as the month that had been turned for them from sorrow into gladness and from mourning into a holiday; that they should make them days of feasting and gladness, days for sending gifts of food to one another and presents to the poor.

Psalm 124

1 If the Lord had not been on our side,

now may Israel say:

if the Lord had not been on our side,

when our enemies rose against us,

2 Then they would have swallowed us alive:

when their anger was kindled against us.

3 Then the waters would have overwhelmed us,

and the torrent gone over us:

the raging waters would have gone clean over us.

4 But praised be the Lord:

who has not given us as a prey to their teeth.

5 We have escaped like a bird from the snare of the fowler:

the snare is broken, and we have gone free.

6 Our help is in the name of the Lord:

who has made heaven and earth.

Glory to God; Father, Son, and Holy Spirit;
as in the beginning, so now, and for ever. Amen.

A reading from James beginning to read at chapter 5 verse 12

12 Above all, my beloved, do not swear, either by heaven or by earth or by any other oath, but let your ‘Yes’ be yes and your ‘No’ be no, so that you may not fall under condemnation. 13 Are any among you suffering? They should pray. Are any cheerful? They should sing songs of praise. 14 Are any among you sick? They should call for the elders of the church and have them pray over them, anointing them with oil in the name of the Lord. 15 The prayer of faith will save the sick, and the Lord will raise them up; and anyone who has

committed sins will be forgiven. 16 Therefore confess your sins to one another, and pray for one another, so that you may be healed. The prayer of the

righteous is powerful and effective. 17 Elijah was a human being like us, and he prayed fervently that it might not rain, and for three years and six months it did not rain on the earth. 18 Then he prayed again, and the heaven gave rain and the earth yielded its harvest. 19 My brothers and sisters, if anyone among you

wanders from the truth and is brought back by another, 20 you should know that whoever brings back a sinner from wandering will save the sinner’s soul from death and will cover a multitude of sins.

May your word dwell in us.And bear much fruit to your glory

Hymn 675 Shine Jesus Shine

The Gospel according to Mark beginning to read at chapter 9 verse 38

38 John said to him, ‘Teacher, we saw someone casting out demons in your name, and we tried to stop him, because he was not following us.’ 39 But Jesus said, ‘Do not stop him; for no one who does a deed of power in my name will be able soon afterwards to speak evil of me. 40 Whoever is not against us is for us. 41 For truly I tell you, whoever gives you a cup of water to drink because you bear the name of Christ will by no means lose the reward. 42 ‘If any of you put a stumbling-block before one of these little ones who believe in me, it would be better for you if a great millstone were hung around your neck and you were thrown into the sea. 43 If your hand causes you to stumble, cut it off; it is better for you to enter life maimed than to have two hands and to go to hell, to the unquenchable fire. 45 And if your foot causes you to stumble, cut it off; it is better for you to enter life lame than to have two feet and to be thrown into hell. , 47 And if your eye causes you to stumble, tear it out; it is better for you to enter the kingdom of God with one eye than to have two eyes and to be thrown into hell, 48 where their worm never dies, and the fire is never quenched. 49 ‘For everyone will be salted with fire. 50 Salt is good; but if salt has lost its saltiness, how can you season it? Have salt in yourselves, and be at peace with one

another.’

Sermon

Prayers of intercession

Hymn 690Beauty from brokenness

Final Hymn 142Glory be to God the Father

Ordinary Sunday 26 B – Sunday 29 September 2024

Esther 7.1-6, 9-10; 9.20-22; Psalm 124; James 5.12-20; Mark 9.38-50

Jesus encourages us to be aware of our own failings and do something about them rather than look to others’ misdeeds.

We are also encouraged to pray for one another, as a source of healing – for ourself.

• We pray that we do have “salt in ourselves, and be at peace with one another.”

• Give thanks for the work and witness of the Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia

Text: Pamela Davey and the Rev’d Sr Jan Crombie SSA (ABM Board) © Anglican Board of Mission, 2024

Prayer of the Week

O God, you declare your almighty power chiefly in showing mercy and pity: mercifully grant us such a measure of your grace that, running in the way of your commandments, we may obtain your gracious promises, and be made partakers of your heavenly treasure; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Parish Hope25 Prayer

God of Hope As your people, we pray boldly today for an outpouring of your Holy Spirit in the Meander Valley, that through your love, mercy and grace you will grow our ranks, we pray for new families to join our Sunday services and kids club, we pray you will teach us a fresh to love one another, that you will help us to reach the lost and heal the broken-hearted bringing revival here in our own community. Lord, we pray for seven new families in our parish! This we faithfully ask in the name of Jesus Christ, our true hope! Amen.

Scripture Union Chaplaincy Prayer

Heavenly Father, with hearts full of gratitude, we praise you for your steadfast provision and faithfulness over our chaplaincy ministry. We thank you for all of our chaplains, serving in their roles to represent your love and hope in their various communities. Please strengthen and uplift them in their work and may they be a source of blessing to everyone they encounter. Amen.

Lectionary Readings for this Week

Monday:Psalm 72, Joel 2.25-3.8, Colossians 1.1-8

Tuesday:Psalm 74, Joel 3.9-21, Colossians 1.9-20

Wednesday:Psalm 77, Ezra 1, Colossians 1.21-29

Thursday:Psalm 78, Ezra 2.64-3.8, Colossians 2.1-7

Friday:Psalm 80, Ezra 3.9-4.6, Colossians 2.8-15

Saturday:Psalms 82 & 84, Ezra 4.11-5.2, Colossians 2.16-23

Sunday:Job 1.1, 2.1-10, Psalm 26, Hebrews 1.1-4, 2.5-12, Mark 10.2-16

Lord our God, we are your children, who come before you and stand in your presence. Be with us and be our light in all situations of life, in all hardships and grief. Be our light, as you have always been. Reveal your power so that the world may know you as we have come to know you. Give us joyful readiness to persevere until your day comes, for the brightness of your day will shine through all darkness and will end all evil, to the glory of your name. Amen.

Take Time to rest and Relax

When you find yourself saying, ‘I don’t know how much longer I can keep this up,’ you may need to change some of your priorities and adjust your lifestyle. The psalmist said, ‘I praise You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. ...’ (Psalm 139:14). God designed your body to give you warnings when you’re pushing too hard, like an ache here or a pain there. But we ignore these warnings until we become too sick to ignore them any longer. And because we live in the most medicated generation in history, we take prescriptions, pills, and potions hoping that’s the answer. But it’s a short-term cure. We can’t ignore God’s direction to take time to rest and not pay a price for it. Nobody had a greater purpose or a more important mission than Jesus and His disciples. Yet He instructed them to take time out for rest and relaxation (see Mark 6:31). Pastors, is this an area of discipleship you need to practise and teach your people? The church should not keep people so busy that itnegatively affects their health and hurts their family relationships. If you are living an unsustainable life today, stop putting off making the changes you need to make. Don’t wait until something happens, like a health problem or a family problem. Make changes now to live the kind of life God wants you to live. When you live God’s way, you will discover a new level of peace in your life. ‘He makes me lie down in green pastures. He leads me beside still waters.’ (Psalm 23:2)

The Word for Today—Vision Christian Media

Prayer and Praise Points

Pray for:

· Our Parish of Quamby.

· Peace in our world.

· Christians who are daily being persecuted for their faith.

· Favourable weather conditions for our farming community.

· That the Quamby Kids club will continue to grow in 2024 reaching both children and also their families.

· That we as a Parish will be BOLD in reaching out to others with the Gospel building up and being the Church here in Quamby.

· The Diocese of Tasmania and all our Parishes especially several who are searching for new Rectors.

· Bishop Richard and Helen and the Primate of the Anglican Church in Australia, Archbishop Geoffrey Smith. Pray for the Anglican Church worldwide and pray for a united approach from all Dioceses.

· The upcoming Bishop’s training day.

· Our Parish Council members as they consider and act on the many items that affect our Parish.

· Our Federal, State and Local government representatives.

· You and our Church family, our neighbours and our friends.

· The Hope 25 national evangelism project.

· All our Parish Mission Giving.

Praise and thanks for:

· Our farming community and way they support our Parish.

· The outreach from the Quamby Kid’s club to both children and parents.

· Parishioner input to our Hope25 prayer and ideas.

· The helpers and volunteers in our Parish.

Those unwell and in need of our Prayers:

· Reverend Paul, Pat Hobman, Don and Sue Ives, Max Jacobson,Duro “George” Paska, Alan Pearson, Anne Cooney, Isabel Kirk, Dorothy Keygan and David Fielding.

· Sheilagh Beale and all her family and those who cannot join us inWorship due to various reasons, Evelyn Strickland, Shirley Hancox, Gwen Bounday, David and Cheryl Buckingham and Mary Eddington.

· Anyone known to us who are in need of our prayers.

September Prayer Anniversaries

Mary Walker, Stephen Eustace, Mary Cox, Alwynne Boutcher, Bill Smith, Elizabeth Wadley, Dave Trivett, Horace Masters and Kevin Thompson.

Thoughts

· What other people think of me is becoming less and less important; what they think of Jesus because of me is critical. Cliff Richard

· Humility and knowledge in poor clothes excel pride and ignorance in costly attire. William Penn

· Every young man would do well to remember that all successful business stands on the foundation of morality. Henry Ward Beecher

· If your Christianity doesn’t work at home, then it doesn’t work at all. So don’t export it. Unknown

· Don’t fight with God over who is in control. Charles Swindoll

Sunday Funnies

"I've created a new computer that is almost human."

"You mean that it can think, feel and reason just like a human would?"

"No, but when it makes a mistake, it blames it on another computer."

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Boss: You got your hair cut on company time?!

Susie: It grew on company time.

Boss: Not all that hair!

Susie: I didn't get it all cut

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· If you clean a vacuum cleaner, you become a vacuum cleaner.

· The word "nun" is basically just the letter n doing a cartwheel.

A Bible Verse to take home.

‘He makes me lie down in green pastures. He leads me beside still waters.’ Psalm 23:2