15th October 2017

19 Pentecost Confirmation

Single Heart: Straight Mind

Welcome to St Petri this

morning. The Holy Spirit

gathers us in the

presence of Christ in this

place. We thank God for

each other and his voice

we receive in heart and

mind today. We are glad

you are here!

There is a battle going

on for hearts and minds

of our young people.

Today we acknowledge

this for six young people

affirming their faith in

God; Father, Son and

Spirit and their families.

Everyone, good or bad,

wants the hearts and

minds of young people.

From Apple to

McDonalds, to TAFE,

School, University,

sporting clubs and

community groups,

young people are

sought after because

they carry the future with

them.

All these competing

voices aimed at

capturing the heart and

mind of young people

make life for a teenager

or young adult hard to

navigate.

We pray that for these

young people, their

families and all of us of

every age that, any

confusion, insecurity,

fear, disconnection or

pain would be replaced

by that great gift of faith

in Jesus – JOY. Not fickle

happy feelings, or us

trying to make our heart

single focussed on God

or our mind straight and

true, but joy that comes

from his single heart of

love and straight mind

that gave us everything

of himself in the cross.

4 Rejoice in the Lord

always. I will say it again:

rejoice!

(Philippians 4:4)

Pastor Adrian Kitson

This Week at St Petri Sunday 15th October Readings: Isaiah 25:1-9, Philippians 4:1-9, Matthew 22:1-14 8.30 am Worship - Holy Communion (H2H Confirmation Class affirm their faith) 10.30 am Worship - Service of the Word

Monday 16th October 10.00 am Setting up for Anti-Poverty week event in the St Petri Hall Please bring in any donations of clothes today. Any help appreciated.

Tuesday 17th October Anti Poverty Week event in St Petri Hall 7.00 pm REACT Leaders meeting in the Board Room

Thursday 19th October 1.30 pm Shoebox packing 6.30 pm Choir Practice for 150 Celebration St Petri Hall

Friday 20th October 1.00 pm Cards & games in the Meeting Room - All Welcome!

Saturday 21st October 9.30 am Open Garden at Ian & Margaret Rosenzweig’s - Bible Society - close at 4pm

Sunday 22nd October 8.30 am Worship - Service of the Word Followed directly by meeting and vote 10.30 am Worship - Holy Communion Followed directly by meeting and vote

Vote on proposal to Re-develop Church building See note on page 10 where you will find additional information

12.00 noon Lunch - Barnabas fund gathering in St Petri Hall (Please bring a plate to share) 1.30 pm Barnabas Meeting commences (see ad on page 5)

Coffee & Friendship Group Will resume Tuesday 24th October when we will do part 3 of the Luther Studies. All welcome to join us! 9.30 am St Petri Hall Our group will be helping out with the Anti-poverty week set-up on 16th October and help on the 17th as able.

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Pastor Adrian Kitson pastor@stpetri.org.au Greg Schubert chair@stpetri.org.au Peter Lange businessmanager@stpetri.org.au Sue Vogt familycentre@stpetri.org.au Sharon Green childyouthfamily@stpetri.org.au The Cottage cottage@stpetri.org.au St Petri Lutheran Church

Website stpetri.org.au

Office Rosie & Libby admin@st petri.org.au 21 Second Street, Nuriootpa

Phone 08 8562 1011

Nuriootpa Lutheran Parish St Petri, Ebenezer, Neukirch, Holy Trinity (and Strait Gate)

PARISH SERVICE TIMES - Sunday 22nd October

Holy Trinity & Strait Gate 9.00 am Worship (Traditional) combined at Holy Trinity

Ebenezer 10.00 am Lay Reading

Neukirch 10.30 am Worship (Modern) with Holy Communion

St Petri 8.30 am Worship - service of the Word 10.30 am Worship - Holy Communion

PARISH OFFICE

Krieg House 21 Second Street Nuriootpa P: 8562 1011 F: 8562 4315 E: admin@nuriparish.org OFFICE HOURS Mon-Fri 9am-5pm

Closed for Lunch 12.30 pm - 1.30 pm

Open Sunday morning 9.30 am - 10.15 am

• Saturday 21st October Open Garden 9.30 am-4pm at Margaret & Ian Rosenzweig’s Bible Society Fundraiser

• Sunday 22nd October 12 noon lunch | 1.30 pm Barnabas Presentation, St Petri

• Monday 23rd October Cottage Committee AGM 7.30 pm at the Cottage

• Saturday 28th October 2pm Reformation 500 Concert - Barossa Arts & Convention Centre

• Sunday 29th October Barossa Combined Reformation 500th Anniversary Worship 10.30 am Barossa Arts & Convention Centre.

• Monday 30th October St Petri Lutheran Community Housing Association Nuriootpa Notice of Annual General Meeting 4.30 pm in the Board room

• St Petri - 150th Anniversary of St Petri 10th - 12th November celebration weekend

Parish Diary Dates

Barossa Green Team Fundraiser Barossa Green Team are running a raffle to raise funds to help them at the schoolies week-end in Victor Harbor. Money raised will go towards providing food, respite and a safe environment for the young people at schoolies festival. Tickets are $2 or (3 for $5) or (7 for $10) Raffle drawn on 2nd November To buy tickets please see Sarah Rohrlach or the office.

Twilight in the Barossa - a fundraising concert for HeartKids Featuring Eleanor Blythman - vocals, Scott Angove and Steve Kaesler - Grand organ. Saturday 21st October at 5.30 pm at the Barossa Regional Gallery, Tanunda. Hosted by Kiwanis Club of the Barossa Tickets $25 adults $20 concession $10 students Ring Chris 0428 337 132 or email ejleske@gmail.com

An afternoon with the Nuriootpa Town Band Sunday 22nd October 2pm - 4.30 pm at Nuriootpa Soldiers Memorial Hall Afternoon of music featuring Nuriootpa Town Band and ensembles including the Faith Lutheran College Jazz Ensemble and the Nuriootpa High School Senior Ensemble. BYO nibbles and drinks. Tea and coffee available. Adults: $20, secondary students & concession $15, primary students and children free. Tickets available from Des Nitschke and Kym Dutschke.

Reformation @ Redeemer ‘2017’ Do you have children or grandchildren at Redeemer? (or just a heart for the children at your school?) Do you have an ability to cook cupcakes? Are you willing to work with a band of other like-minded people to be part of a special Reformation commemorative idea to help celebrate 500 years since the Reformation? If the answer is yes, then I am seeking you ☺ Please contact Nathan Schultz at Redeemer (email: nschultz@redeemer.sa.edu.au or Ph. 0408223365) if you would like to be involved in this Reformation treat for the children. Cooking day will likely be Wednesday or Thursday October 25/ 26th October. Distribution to the children will take place on Friday 27th October. Thanks in anticipation, Nathan Schultz (Spiritual Development Coordinator @ Redeemer)

Morning & afternoon Tea Trading Table

$7 entry (u18 free)

Bible Society Fundraiser

Flickering Flame: cultural transformation and the death of

Christianity in the West

Barnabas Fund Meeting: Barossa Valley

Sunday October 22, St Petri Lutheran Church

Lunch, 12 noon Please bring a plate to share

Sunday October 22, 1.30pm Barnabas Fund meeting

Topic Flickering Flame: cultural transformation and the death of Christianity

in the West

St Petri Lutheran Church, 21 Second St, Nuriootpa 8562 1011

Open community meeting – All welcome

Lutheran Community Care anti-poverty week event looking for donations of pre-loved and in good condition Ladies, Men’s and Children’s clothing. Please bring to St Petri Hall on set-up day, Monday 16th October. Only taking clothing this year, not furniture or other goods and wares. Need help setting up Mon 16th October 10am-4pm. If you can help just turn up. On Tuesday - the actual day of the event Helen Walker (LCC) would be happy to have extra help tidying tables, etc. if you are able. (just let Helen know on the Monday) Lutheran Community Care, Nuriootpa PH: 8562 2688

The Cottage Christian Book & Gifts Shop 47 Murray Street

Nuriootpa SA 5355 PH: 08 8562 4631

cottage@stpetri.org.au

Cottage Committee AGM

Monday 23rd October 7.30pm, at the Cottage

The Cottage Committee will be holding their AGM. This is an opportunity to join the committee and be apart of this great community outreach ministry. If this is something you would like to do, please don’t hesitate to contact Heather Kurtz or Kate Alexander for more details.

500th Anniversary of the Reformation

“Reformation 500 Concert: The Martin Luther Story” Saturday 28th October 2pm Barossa Arts & Convention Centre Langbein Theatre.

Tanunda Town Band, Valley Voices Choir and narration by Barossa Pastors - a world premiere of music for brass band and choir by Barossa composer, Dr Shelley Spencer. The Pastors will tell the dramatic story of Martin Luther, a rebellious monk who triggered the Reformation 500 years ago. Sing along to some of Luther’s hymns as you delve into the story of the Reformation. Concert tickets $20 available through Barossa Arts and Convention Centre 8561 4299

Saturday 28th October Concert Sunday 29th October Worship

Worship service with Holy Communion for the whole Valley Lutheran Community

Christmas Hampers - Lutheran Community Care If anyone would like to help with setup, pack up hampers and greet people receiving hampers, please contact LCC to pick up volunteer application forms. The Parish office also has copies of these. Any help would be appreciated.

Also, congregations are asked to focus their donation on specific items: Ebenezer — Jam/Honey/Vegemite/Peanut Paste St Petri — Pasta/Rice/tinned ham/tuna Strait Gate – Long Life Milk Holy Trinity — Pasta Sauce Neukirch – Cereals (Neukirch ask for donations and someone purchases them at good price) Any non-perishable items would be appreciated as well as toys. In by Sun 3rd December

If you know of someone who would benefit from receiving a hamper, please let us know at the office and we can pass this on to Lutheran Community Care.

REFORMATION WEEKEND EVENTS

Creche Helpers Needed

If you have free time on a Wednesday morning During the school term 8.30 am—12 noon and would like to help out, please contact Sue Vogt 0429 070 074.

LLL Interest Rate Change notice Advice has been given that effective 1 October 2017, the interest rate on at-call Saving Accounts is now 2.25%. LLL thanks depositors for their ongoing support of the LLL through LLL Savings Accouns, and thank God for the partnership this provides “together in mission”.

150th Anniversary of St Petri 10-12 November 2017

Tickets are now available for the 150th Anniversary Official Dinner

Vine Inn, Nuriootpa 6.30 pm Friday 10th November 2017

Cost: $35.00 per person

The evening will feature the launch of St Petri 1867-2017. 150 Years of Sharing the Love and Hope of Jesus in Nuriootpa, a 100 page history of our church. There will be a special guest speaker, a short film and door prizes. The dinner will be a set menu main course and dessert. Gluten-free and vegetarian options are available. Please advise staff of your dietary requirements when booking your ticket.

Bookings with payment may be made at: The Office - Cash or cheque payment only The Cottage - EFTPOS or cash payment available. Please bring your ticket on the night

You are also invited to indicate your interest in attending our Wine, Cheese and Heritage Night, St Petri Hall 7pm on Saturday 11th November

The evening will be an informal gathering including light refreshments, an historical display and historic film footage, including the film shot at the recreation of the first service. Donations towards costs of the evening may be made at the door. Please fill in the sign up sheet at the Cottage or the Office to help our food team with catering.

HELP WANTED We are seeking photographers to assist with taking photos at the 8.30 and 10.30 am services on Sun 12th Nov. Please let the Office know if you are interested.

Operation Christmas Child Shoeboxes

Shoe-box packing is re-scheduled for Thursday 19th October St Petri Hall from 1.30 pm - 3.00 pm You may like to bring hygiene items like soap, face washers, combs and toothbrushes to add to the boxes. Thank you - Val Petering

Please have packed boxes in by end of October at very latest

ST PETRI LUTHERAN CHURCH

SHARING THE LOVE AND HOPE OF JESUS FOR 150 YEARS

150th Anniversary Celebrations 10-12 November 2017

We welcome all members and friends to join us as we celebrate our 150th birthday. We have a big weekend planned, with events to suit all ages. Please find the details overleaf. We look forward to seeing you there!

St Petri Lutheran Church, 21 Second St, Nuriootpa. Pastor Adrian Kitson Ph. 8562 1011, email admin@stpetri.org.au or visit www.stpetri.org.au

FRIDAY 10TH NOVEMBER

Official Anniversary Dinner and Launch of ‘Building on the Rock. Celebrating 150 years of St Petri Lutheran Church, Nuriootpa’. 6.30 pm at the Vine Inn, Nuriootpa. Enjoy a two-course meal, tea & coffee. Entertainment will include a short documentary, book launch and a guest speaker. $35 per person. Please pre-purchase tickets from the Church Office or The Cottage. Cash or cheque at the Office. EFTPOS available at The Cottage. SATURDAY 11TH NOVEMBER

Wine, Cheese and Heritage Evening Come and join us at St Petri Hall for a relaxed, informal evening with delicious nibbles, a display of photos and memorabilia, and short films including footage from the recent re-enactment of the first service in 1849. Entry is free. Donations at the door to cover costs would be appreciated. Please indicate your interest at the Office or The Cottage to assist us with catering. SUNDAY 12TH NOVEMBER

8.30am & 10.30am Thanksgiving Services with Holy Communion Featuring St Petri Brass and a Celebration Choir as well as the LCA Unity Candle and special guests. St Petri Community “Sunday School Picnic” 12 noon—4.00 pm on the grounds of Coulthard House. People of all ages are welcome to a pooled lunch, old-fashioned games, races and a slice of Anniversary yeast cake… A fun-filled event for the whole family and a chance to chat and catch up with friends. Please bring folding chairs and a plate of food to share.

Building Redevelopment The Motion to be put to the meeting on Sunday 22nd October

That St Petri Lutheran Church Inc. redevelop the existing Church building by extending the north and south sides, creating an easy access drop-off zone, and replace the pews with chairs, as outlined on Page 12 of the “St Petri Lutheran Church - Building to Serve Our Community” booklet.

This means that the Northern extension, toilets and the Sanctuary on the Southern side of the church will be built. The pews will be replaced by chairs which will enable the church to be used in a variety of ways, facing East, South or any other configuration of chairs for Messy Church meetings and so on. The existing Eastern Sanctuary will retain the Altar, pulpit, font, lectern and other furniture and fittings presently there. A new set of Sanctuary furniture will be made from the pews for the Southern Sanctuary. This will provide maximum flexibility within the building. Also included is the Southern extension which includes more spacious, modern and functional areas for Pastors, Pastoral Assistants, Admin Staff, Business Manager, Parish Nurses, Child Youth & Family Co-ordinator, Volunteers as well as room for a variety of other uses.

Further, a drop off and pick up area to the West (front) of the church will provide easy access for funerals and weddings as well as for delivering people for church.

The meeting will be held immediately after the 8.30 am and 10.30 am services.

Voting slips can be collected in the foyer of the church before worship and immediately after worship. Only communicant members 16 years and older may vote. Completed votes shall be placed in the ballot boxes on departure.

Friday 3rd November Shed Happens Venue to be advised 6.30 pm - 9.30 pm

BBQ Cost $10 — BYO drinks & chairs

Bring your mates for a great night out!

More info: Wayne Rohrlach 8562 1911 Greg Schubert 8562 2163 or Viv Fiebiger 8562 3636

Ministry of St Petri Lutheran Church, Nuriootpa

Men’s night out

If you require transport, you can phone: Ian Rosenzweig 0427 097 719

Newspaper Recycling Another load of papers were taken away by Wayne Rohrlach’s truck on Sunday 8th October. Thanks to John, Mark and Steven Leschke, Stuart, Ben & Daniel Roennfeldt, Peter Serena & Zarlee Lange and Wayne Rohrlach for helping to load the papers. Proceeds from the sale of the newspaper supports our Youth Ministry. Lots of room in the shed, so keep you old newspapers coming in.

We pray ...

• May God’s compassion be for the people who live in the Sonoma Valley and Napa Valley areas of California where fires have been destroying houses, work places, whole towns. We pray for those who have lost loved ones.

• Father God we ask you that in your love, you send your Holy Spirit to your people. At this time, open the minds and hearts of your church to hear and heed your word.

• We pray for God’s protection and blessing on Brian & Marie Mibus as they travel overseas for an extended period of time.

• God’s blessings on our young people: Ella Rothe, Amber Perry, Abby Materne, Joshua Knights, Sarah Zadow and Sharni Hoffmann who confirm their faith today. We ask God’s Spirit to live in all of our young folk as they study in schools and universities and work - as they learn, make friends and make choices. We pray that God would guide and guard their hearts and minds.

• We celebrate with Johnathon Edwards who will be 21 years old on Monday. God’s richest blessings.

• We pray for God’s healing and peace for those of our church family who are ill, facing medical treatment or recovering from surgery - and those who care for them: Audrey Gersch, Rosemary Lange, Margaret Kleinig, Stella Schulz (Tanunda Hospital), Trevor Angel, Rosemary Angel and Joan Leahy.

• We pray for members of our church family: Phil, Libby, John & Tom KRAHLING, David & Helen McARTHUR, Dean & Colleen NITSCHKE, Bert SCHULTZ, Trevor RUEDIGER, Michelle HOFFMANN, Glen & Dulcie SCHILLER, and Rodney & Judith ROSENZWEIG.

Church Membership Directory

The new long awaited membership directory is now out. You can pick up a

copy from the church office and if you could give a $2 donation to cover

photocopy costs, this would be appreciated. Please dispose of your old

directories carefully (you can bring them in to the office for us to shed if you

like). We also ask that you keep in mind that these directories are for our

members and guest members only.

Many thanks to Helen Walker for much time spent in updating records so that

this can be as up-to-date as possible.

Book of Reports AGM - Sunday 26th November

Leaders please have your St Petri reports written and emailed or dropped in

to the office by Wednesday 25th October. Thank you J

Nuriootpa Lutheran Parish Meeting, held on Thursday 12th October. Thank

you to all who attended this meeting. The outcome was that all 5

congregations: St Johns, Dutton - Immanuel, Truro - St Thomas, Stockwell -

Immanuel, Light Pass & Strait Gate Light Pass were accepted into the

Nuriootpa Lutheran Parish.

Messy Church number eight was on Friday 6th October in St Petri Hall. Let me share a few special highlights from the day. We are continually overwhelmed by people the Lord is bringing through our Messy Church doors. I’m really not sure why we are surprised, as we are joined by many people from our church in prayer, asking God to bring people to us. And he does…but it still amazes us! On this occasion we had 85 participants and with this our hall was filled with an atmosphere of excitement, enthusiasm and expectation. Our outdoor area in the church office carpark was also well used with a hive of activities available to enjoy – and we were so thankful for the good weather on the day.

Our theme ‘Noah’s Ark – God’s promise’ was explored as our Celebration team told the story of Noah’s Ark. They had some amazing props including a large wooden Noah’s Ark and even Noah appeared! As the story was shared, the message came through that God was true to His promise and had given Noah and his family a new start after the flood. With this, God promised to never again flood the earth and gave the rainbow as a sign of His promise. The message included that God gives us all a new start. He is true to His promises for us and He promises that we can live forever with Him if we trust and follow Him. The children all enjoyed our action song called ‘Our God is A Great Big God’ and we loved having one young Messy Church participant bravely come forward to help lead the actions. We are excited to help our young people grow, as they become more involved at Messy Church.

Our regional Messy Church Coordinator Jenny Carver came to visit on Messy Church day and she shared an observation with me about the afternoon that I must share. Jenny told me that she thought our Messy church team of volunteers were just amazing. She saw their ability to relate to our families, their passion in serving and the huge effort they were putting in. So, I say thank you to all of our volunteers at Messy Church. The volunteers that are seen and unseen. We have many helpers in upfront roles, but many behind the scenes. Thank you for all you do.

Lastly, I thank the many folk who prayed for our Messy Church. Whether you joined us in prayer from home or work at 11.15am on that Friday, or if you prayed throughout the week, thank you. Prayer is vital, because it is not by our might or power, but by the spirit of God that hearts will be moved and changed forever. Please keep Messy Church in your prayers. This ministry is growing rapidly and we need to think big with God about the vision that He has for us in this ministry. We don’t want to be limited in vision, but we want to do the Lord’s will. So, please join us in praying for His will to be done. May we have the ears to hear Him and hearts to obey.

Sharon Green - Child Youth and Family Ministry

Confirmation photo here

Confirmation Class & leaders 2017: Pastor Adrian, Sharon Green, Amber Perry, Abby Materne, Sharni Hoffmann, Sarah Zadow, Ella Rothe, Joshua Knights, Lyn Albrecht & Phil Krahling