10 July 2020 Connections - swac.church

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The Wounds of Humanity (part one)SCOTT GOODE

In 1 Peter 2:24 the Apostle uses a metaphor to describe thestory of salvation: "By His (Christ's) wounds you have beenhealed." The Bible invites each of us to a knowledge of selfas wounded, for the claim of healing presupposes that weare in fact wounded creatures in need of divine treatment. Inwhat way are we wounded? Aspects of existence are tragic.That there is world hunger, natural disasters and pandemicsare all indications to us that what we experience is less thanit ought to be. CS Lewis writes in The Problem of Pain: "painwould be no problem, unless, side by side with our dailyexperience of this painful world, we had received what wethink a good assurance that ultimate reality is righteous andloving." In other words, to even acknowledge tragedy andpain presupposes a prior conception of how things ought tobe. Where does this 'ought' come from? The Bible invites usto see that this 'ought' comes from a loving and righteous creator whom we haverejected. The result forus is that we arewounded and in need ofdivine healing. I willexplore in the weeks tocome how Christ'swounds bring us thishealing.


Grant Bell's Induction as Rector of St John'sSCOTT GOODE

On Tuesday 7th July the Rev Dr Grant Bell was inducted as theRector of St John's Wagga Wagga. We wish Grant and Leslie (andPippa) all the best as they move into the Rectory this weekend andtake up parish responsibilities. We are so pleased for theirpartnership in ministry and look forward to ongoing friendship andgospel work in the years ahead.

Know Your Bible studiesELISABETH HOLLAND

During the past months of restrictions KYB has notdisappeared. Far from it. Did you know there are two KYBgroups? One group is led by Margaret Spencer and theother by me, Elisabeth Holland. Margaret’s group has beenkeeping in touch with one another throughout recent weeksand are planning to meet up as a whole group, from nextweek. My group have been meeting in pairs & onetriplet, first of all through Skype or phone conversations andthen, when rules allowed us to, we have been meeting faceto face in pairs. This is a bit of a different dynamic to awhole group but it has also been very good.

We will commence Term 3 all together again with the OldTestament book of Nehemiah on Tuesdays @ 2pm duringschool term. If you are interested in joining KYB – contactElisabeth on 0448 921 152

What is KYB :'keep young and

beautiful'?Maybe 'keep your

balance'?!No, even better

still it'sKnow Your Bible!


Our former MTSChildrens and Youthworker Amy Warren

and Adam Martinhave announced their

engagement.Congratulations!

Chaplaincy Firewood JEREMY POLKINGHORNE

Jeremy is selling a trailer load of quality redwood fire wood toraise funds for Chaplaincy and Wellbeing out at LadysmithPublic School. Please contact him on 0402 598 568 if youwould like to purchase some.

What is MOCLAM?NARELLE COSIER

Nick & Kysha partner with MOCLAM - Moore Collegein Latin America.The goal of MOCLAM is to make accessible, yet high quality,theological education available to Spanish speakersthroughout Ibero-America. They offer an undergraduateprogram consisting of 18 subjects, which have afocus in biblical studies. MOCLAM provides bible collegecorrespondence courses. There are 18 individual subjectswith 3 levels of achievement – Preliminary, Intermediate andTheological Certificate.In 2019, over 700 students studied with MOCLAM completing900 courses. There are currently over 250 students studyingwith MOCLAM across a range of countries includingArgentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica,Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Mexico, Nicaragua,Panama, Peru, and Spain.


For inclusion in theparish prayers for

those in need pleaseemail

[email protected]

Contact Anne Floodto join the

prayer chain

Thank You from Nat Goode

Giving thanks for the life of Rob GrintonRob passed away peacefully at Calvary Hospital onSaturday 4th July. He will be greatly missed by Mavisand their two daughters, Jane and Ann, and theirfamilies. Rob, along with his family have been part of theSt Paul's family for almost 60 years. A private familyfuneral will take place on Friday 10th July and you areinvited to view the service via livestream from 1:30pm:

funeralsofwaggawagga.com.au/services

Given the restrictions around COVID-19 it is not possiblefor the funeral to be public.

Mavis Grinton and family as they grieve the loss of Rob.

COVID-19 as Victoria copes with a spike of cases.

School holidays, families and teachers.

Tilly Harris and family as they undergo further medicalinvestigation.

Assist us mercifully, O Lord, in these our supplications andprayers; and so guide your servants towards the attainment ofeverlasting salvation that , among the changes and chances ofthis mortal life, we may always be defended by your graciousand ready help; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

For Your Prayers

Dear Church Family, I just wanted to personally thankyou for the many cards, messages, flowers, gifts andmeals which you have blessed me/us with over theselast several weeks, as I have been recovering fromsurgery. And thank you especially for your prayers! Whata wonderful blessing it is to belong to such a supportiveand caring community, and I am thankful to God for eachone of you! With love and gratitude, Nat x.

Please keep all the SWAC families

in your prayers over the next two

weeks while school holidays are happening.

Journey through Mark's GospelBIBLE READING GUIDE

SATURDAY

MONDAY

TUESDAY

WEDNESDAY

THURSDAY

FRIDAY


Mark 14:1-11

Mark 14:12-26

Mark 14:27-31

Mark 14:32-42

Mark 14:43-52

Mark 14:53-65

Psalm 93

Psalm 50:7-11

Psalm 48:1-8

Psalm 94:8-15

Psalm 102:18-22

Psalm 32:1-6

Daily devotion from J.C. Ryle's devotional commentary on Mark please go to:

https://sites.google.com/view/swacresources/resources-home

Kids ACTion NewsMATT BAILEY

Kids Online this week saw a new character introduced into ournews feature looking at Paul's story in Acts - did you see 'TheWeekly Beakley Weather Wall with Tom Beakley'?! If you missed it, you can check it out on youtube below!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eeAHGt9_EqY


We will need a realspirit of flexibility aswe ask our members

to commit to achurch service

which may be at atime different to

what we are used to.

Returning to GatheringWith the easing of restriction in NSW from 1st July we arenow planning on how to return to our church gatherings. It isnot simple. Social distancing means that our churches willonly cater for approximately one third of their usual capacity.We will also have hand washing stations, contact tracing, andcleaning protocols to follow. Our practices within our serviceswill need to change including no congregational singing.Given this complexity I am talking to the staff and parishcouncil about a gradual return to gathering (both worshipservices and ministries) in the coming weeks and months.This week the St Alban's Wednesday congregation metsuccessfully and we had such a wonderful time together. Theweekend services are more complicated with managingcapacity so will need more thorough planning and likely moreduplication of services. This will mean that we will need a realspirit of flexibility as we ask our members to commit to achurch service which may be at a time different to what weare used to. I will advise more details in coming weeks.Moreover, with the rising cases in Victoria we need to beprepared that the NSW government may well restrict ourgatherings again.

SCOTT GOODE

St Paul's Building ProgressSCOTT GOODE

The toilet and hall refurbishment has progressed well over thelast six weeks and we hope it will be completed by the end ofJuly. This week the bathrooms will be tiled and next week thepainting will begin. The project remains largely on budget and welook forward to new bathrooms, extensive storage and a newmeeting room.

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