For the 4th & 11th & 18th July

Service on the 4th July will begin at 11am.
(followed by a shared lunch)

READINGS:
Isaiah 66:10-14 Rejoice with Jerusalem
Galatians 6:7-16 Do good to all
Luke 10:1-11,16-20 Jesus sends out the seventy

Service on the 11th July will begin at 8.30am.

READINGS:
Deuteronomy 30:9-14 A call to obey God whose word is very near
Colossians 1:1-14 Paul's thanksgiving and prayer
Luke 10:25-37 The parable of the good Samaritan

Service on the 18th July will begin at 11am.

READINGS:
Genesis 18:1-10a A son promised to old Abraham and Sarah
Colossians 1:15-28 The supremacy of Christ; Paul a servant
Luke 10:38-42 Jesus visits Mary and Martha

For Sunday 27th June, 8.30am

Oops, I did it again! No, I'm not promoting Britney Spears' ditties, I'm apologising for neglecting the blog again for the last month or so. But knowing that I'm forgiven by grace through faith in Christ our Lord, I'm not going to dwell on my failings!

Instead I'm going to tell you to come along and receive this same gift at worship this Sunday which will begin at 8.30am.

We will commemorate the Presentation of the Augsburg Confession - the central document of our Lutheran Confessions and one of the clearest expositions of the true Christian faith ever penned.

Fight the good fight of the faith. Take hold of the eternal life to which you were called when you made your good confession in the presence of many witnesses. In the sight of God, who gives life to everything, and of Christ Jesus, who while testifying before Pontius Pilate made the good confession, I charge you to keep this command without spot or blame until the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ, which God will bring about in his own time—God, the blessed and only Ruler, the King of kings and Lord of lords, who alone is immortal and who lives in unapproachable light, whom no one has seen or can see. To him be honour and might forever. Amen.
1 Timothy 6:12-16

God's peace,
Pastor Matt

For Sunday 30th May

This Sunday we have planned a parish service which will take place at the home of Roger and Lyn Reid, a place known as Moroco West Station, approximately 25 km east of Mathoura. Service will begin at approximately 10.30am - but please be flexible as we have a couple of bus loads coming from Shepparton.

A light lunch will be provided after the service.

If you would like directions or more info, please give me a call on 5821 5206.

Hope to see you there.

God bless,
Pastor Matt

They're all here...finally!

Melania's sister, brother in law and nephews and nieces finally arrived this morning, landing in Melbourne at 5.05am. At last this family which has been separated for 17 years can start to make a life together again. Thanks to all those who have supported them and are continuing to do so in so many ways.




The quality of this video is not the best due to some problems converting it, but you get the idea.

God bless,
Pastor Matt

For Sunday 16th May - 11am

SEVENTH SUNDAY OF EASTER

Acts 1:12–26
Revelation 22:1–6 (7–11) 12–20
John 17:20–26

Jesus Is with Us in His Holy Christian Church

On the night when He was betrayed, Jesus interceded for His Church--for His apostles and all who believe in Him through their word--that all of His disciples “may become perfectly one” in the Father and the Son (John 17:21–23). For Jesus became flesh and dwells among us in order to reveal the Father and His name, to share with us the glory of His righteousness, and to bring us to the Father in Himself. As the Father loved the Son from “before the foundation of the world” (John 17:24), so He loves the whole world (John 17:23, 26). Through the apostolic witness to the baptism, cross, and resurrection of Jesus (Acts 1:21–22), the Lord gathers His disciples throughout the world “with one accord,” as one body in Christ (Acts 1:14). And so with one voice and by one Spirit, His Bride prays, “Come!” (Rev. 22:17). And He comes to us. He gives us “the water of life without price” to wash our robes and quench our thirst (Rev. 22:17); and he feeds us from “the tree of life with its twelve kinds of fruit” (Rev. 22:2).

from http://www.lcms.org/pages/internal.asp?NavID=16736

Service will begin at 11am

A joyful reunion

Melania is reunited with her mother after 17 years of separation!

Melania's brother and sister were only babies when she was separated from them. The younger two boys were not even born - so it was a reunion and an introduction!

For Sunday 9th May - 8.30am

In order to ensure I'm keeping up with posting, I thought I'd publish next Sunday's service times without too much comment this week!

Service next Sunday will begin at 8.30am.

Here are the readings for your preparation:

Acts 16:9-15 Paul takes the good news to Philippi
Revelation 21:10,22 - 22:5 The new Jerusalem
John 14:23-29 'I am going to the Father'

God's blessing on your week,
Pastor Matt