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ANGLICAN PARISH OF ATWELL/SUCCESS THE CHURCH OF THE TRANSFIGURATION
Sunday Bulletin Twenty-second Sunday after Pentecost – 12th October 2008 |
Wedding RSVP
One of the big items that need to be considered when arranging a wedding is the catering. How many guests are coming, what the menu is to be and how much per head are all questions that need to be addressed before the wedding can be properly organised. As well, there is the sending of invitations early enough so that people can make plans to attend and to reply, so that the host knows that they are actually coming to the event. It can be a source of joy when those invited accept and go out of their way to be at the wedding. Equally it can be a source of sadness that some of those invited choose not to attend or find it too hard to arrange for the time to be able to be present.
The example of a wedding and of inviting guests would have been as relevant in Jesus’ time as it is today. He used such a setting to speak about his call for people to follow him and to be Christians, thus doing the will of God. In the wedding example Jesus gave, nearly all the invited guests found that they could not come; they all had valid excuses but in the end they were not going to come. The master of ceremonies then opened the invitation to everyone, no matter how well they knew the couple getting married. That it was the king who gave a wedding banquet for his son makes it easy to see what the story is about. Here God is the King and Jesus is the son and all are invited to the banquet. To be accepted into the feast, however, was firstly to be dressed in the right clothing, that is properly prepared, and secondly, to accept the invitation without making excuses, no matter how genuine they may be.
Fr Clive
Sentence
This is our God for whom we have waited; let us be glad and rejoice in his salvation. Isaiah 25.9
Prayer of the Day
Saving and healing God, you have promised that those who have died with Christ shall live with him: grant us grace to be continually thankful for all you have done for us, and in that thankfulness to be eager to serve and live for others, so that we and all your children may rejoice in your salvation; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.
First Reading: Exodus 32:1-14
When the people saw that Moses delayed to come down from the mountain, the people gathered around Aaron, and said to him, “Come, make gods for us, who shall go before us; as for this Moses, the man who brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we do not know what has become of him.” Aaron said to them, “Take off the gold rings that are on the ears of your wives, your sons, and your daughters, and bring them to me.” So all the people took off the gold rings from their ears, and brought them to Aaron. He took the gold from them, formed it in a mold, and cast an image of a calf; and they said, “These are your gods, O Israel, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt!” When Aaron saw this, he built an altar before it; and Aaron made proclamation and said, “Tomorrow shall be a festival to the Lord.” They rose early the next day, and offered burnt offerings and brought sacrifices of well-being; and the people sat down to eat and drink, and rose up to revel. The Lord said to Moses, “Go down at once! Your people, whom you brought up out of the land of Egypt, have acted perversely; they have been quick to turn aside from the way that I commanded them; they have cast for themselves an image of a calf, and have worshiped it and sacrificed to it, and said, ‘These are your gods, O Israel, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt!’ “ The Lord said to Moses, “I have seen this people, how stiff-necked they are. Now let me alone, so that my wrath may burn hot against them and I may consume them; and of you I will make a great nation.” But Moses implored the Lord his God, and said, “O Lord, why does your wrath burn hot against your people, whom you brought out of the land of Egypt with great power and with a mighty hand? Why should the Egyptians say, ‘It was with evil intent that he brought them out to kill them in the mountains, and to consume them from the face of the earth’? Turn from your fierce wrath; change your mind and do not bring disaster on your people. Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, your servants, how you swore to them by your own self, saying to them, ‘I will multiply your descendants like the stars of heaven, and all this land that I have promised I will give to your descendants, and they shall inherit it forever.’ “ And the Lord changed his mind about the disaster that he planned to bring on his people.
Psalm 106: 3-6, 20-24
3 Blessed are those who act according to justice:
who at all times do the right.
4 Remember me, O Lord, when you visit your people with your favour:
and come to me also with your salvation,
5 That I may see the prosperity of your chosen:
that I may rejoice with the rejoicing of your people, and exult with those
who are your own.
6 We have sinned like our ancestors:
we have acted perversely and done wrong.
and flame devoured the ungodly.
20 At Horeb they made themselves a calf:
and bowed down in worship to an image.
21 And so they exchanged the glory of God:
for the likeness of an ox that eats hay.
22 They forgot God who was their saviour:
that had done such great things in Egypt,
23 Who had worked his wonders in the land of Ham:
and his terrible deeds at the Red Sea.
24 Therefore he thought to destroy them:
had not Moses his servant stood before him in the breach,
to turn away his wrath from destroying them.
Second Reading: Philippians 4:1-9
Therefore, my brothers and sisters, whom I love and long for, my joy and crown, stand firm in the Lord in this way, my beloved.
I urge Euodia and I urge Syntyche to be of the same mind in the Lord. Yes, and I ask you also, my loyal companion, help these women, for they have struggled beside me in the work of the gospel, together with Clement and the rest of my co-workers, whose names are in the book of life. Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, Rejoice. Let your gentleness be known to everyone. The Lord is near. Do not worry about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus. Finally, beloved, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is pleasing, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence and if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things. Keep on doing the things that you have learned and received and heard and seen in me, and the God of peace will be with you.
Gospel: Matthew 22:1-14
Once more Jesus spoke to them in parables, saying: “The kingdom of heaven may be compared to a king who gave a wedding banquet for his son. He sent his slaves to call those who had been invited to the wedding banquet, but they would not come. Again he sent other slaves, saying, ‘Tell those who have been invited: Look, I have prepared my dinner, my oxen and my fat calves have been slaughtered, and everything is ready; come to the wedding banquet.’ But they made light of it and went away, one to his farm, another to his business, while the rest seized his slaves, mistreated them, and killed them. The king was enraged. He sent his troops, destroyed those murderers, and burned their city. Then he said to his slaves, ‘The wedding is ready, but those invited were not worthy. Go therefore into the main streets, and invite everyone you find to the wedding banquet.’ Those slaves went out into the streets and gathered all whom they found, both good and bad; so the wedding hall was filled with guests. “But when the king came in to see the guests, he noticed a man there who was not wearing a wedding robe, and he said to him, ‘Friend, how did you get in here without a wedding robe?’ And he was speechless. Then the king said to the attendants, ‘Bind him hand and foot, and throw him into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’ For many are called, but few are chosen.”
Intercessions
This Parish: Fr Clive, Diane and new growth.
Diocese: Archbishop Roger Herft, Bp Kay Goldsworthy.
Parish of Yokine, clergy & people.
Province: Parishes of Mullewa and Australind.
Australian Church: Primate, Phillip Aspinall, Diocese of Ballarat, Bp Michael Hough clergy & people.
Anglican Communion: The Church of West Africa.
Those in need: Murray Blore and his family, Riley, Debbie, Andy and Jade Calmeyer, Derek, Yvette.
NOTICES
Today: We welcome Revd Karen Lewis to preside and preach.
Please stay for a cuppa after the service.
Synod; Fri pm, Sat, Sun 10th – 12th October
Priest’s day away from Parish Duties is Monday.
Readings Next Sunday, Twenty-third Sunday after Pentecost ST LUKE (R),
19 October 08
Jer 8:22-9:3; Psalm 145:10-18, 20-24; 2 Tim 4:9-17a; Luke 10:1-9
Anglican Parish of Atwell/Success,
Harvest Lakes Community Centre Aurora Drive, Atwell,
(next to Harmony Primary School).
Parish Web site: http://transfig.wordpress.com/
Services: Eucharist Each Sunday 5pm
(Frank Prendergast House, once each 4 weeks, 11am)
Priest in Charge: Fr. Clive McCallum Ph: 040 911 2079
Email: cdlc44@bigpond.com
Churchwardens: Gill King Ph: 0421 188 793
Neville Matheson Ph: 0419 046 811
Church Office: (answering machine) Ph: 9417 2480
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