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Readings from NRSV Used with Permission

Date 16-7-17 23-7-17

Sixth Sunday after Pentecost Seventh Sunday after Pentecost

Colour Green Green

Theme Parable of the Sower Parable of the Weeds

Readings Genesis 25.19-34 Genesis 28.10-19a

Psalm 119.105-112 Psalm 139.1-11, 23-24

Romans 8.1-11 Romans 8.12-25

Matthew 13.1-9, 18-23 Matthew 13.24-30, 36-43

Roster 7.00am 9.00am 700am 9.00am

Worship Leader Rev Jane Mitchell Rev Jane Mitchell Rev Jane Mitchell Rev Jane Mitchell

Preacher Rev Jane Mitchell Rev Jane Mitchell Rev Jane Mitchell Rev Jane Mitchell

LA Leader Nammie White Dianne Bocquee Julie Elliker Carol Booth

LA Server Ross Dinnar Pat Thorne Ross Dinnar Allan Berry

Greeter - Kerry Tovey John Drinkwater Rhonda Nelson

Sidesperson Ossie/James Russ Daly James Sloan Ian Nelson

Reader 1 Ross Dinnar - Nammie White Kathy Carter

Reader 2 Michael Po Saw Pat Thorne Rosemary Kake Sandra Pearn

Intercessor Ross Dinnar - Nammie White Pat Thorne

Offertory Ossie/James Russ Daly James Sloan Ian Nelson

Robyn Brodie Ian Nelson John Drinkwater Kathy Carter

Chapel Prayers - Rhonda Nelson Margurita Smethurst Pat Thorne

Morning Tea Lina Drinkwater Jeanie Fraser Volunteer replace Kay Jenny/Ruth

Music Leader Ross Dinnar Glenn Rehbein Ross Dinnar Ruth Bullock

IT Operator Nammie White Ian Nelson Adrian Scott Chris Thillainathan

Counting Ian Nelson Dianne Bocquee

S.School Yahweh Youth

Kerry/Jenny Rhonda

Kerry/Jenny Rhonda

Retirement Village Ministry

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Sunday, July 16, 2017 Sixth Sunday after Pentecost

Special Communion Bread is available for people who have gluten intolerance - see Rev’d Jane.

Rector: Rev’d Jane Mitchell 3273 7169 0438 184 148 Assistant Priest: Rev’d Morris Rangiwai 0449 557 351 Parish Secretary: Kerry Tovey Office Phone 3273 7169 Email: office@algesteranglican.org.au Fax: 3273 7189

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Contacts Details

CLERGY

Rev'd Jane Mitchell 3273.7169 0438 184 148 rector@algesteranglican.org.au Rev’d Morris Rangiwai 0449 557 351

PARISH COUNCIL MEMBERSHIP - 2017

Dianne Bocquée Churchwarden 3800 5984

Ruth Bullock Parish Councillor 0402 039 995

Russ Daly Parish Councillor 0407 641 969 Ross Dinnar Churchwarden 3297 5287

Joan Harvey Churchwarden 3372 7496 Parish Treasurer Rhonda Nelson Parish Councillor 0412 720 016 Synod Rep Ian Nelson Parish Councillor 0402 321 419 Synod Rep

Kerry Tovey Parish Councillor 3800 7120

PARISH MINISTRY CONTACTS

Cursillo Dianne Bocquée 3800 5984 Home Communions Parish Office 3273 7169 Home Groups Parish Office 3273 7169 KYB - Know Your Bible Jan Tully 3341 5267

Ladies’ Group Jane Mitchell 0438 184 148 Mainly Music Jenny Bullock 3800 4651

Men’s Group Hugh Everton 0412 091 479

MU Australia Pat Thorne 3805 5219 Prayer Ministry Parish Office 3273 7169 Sunday School Parish Office 3273 7169

Service Times CHURCH OF THE HOLY SPIRIT

362 Algester Road, Algester

HOLY COMMUNION

Sundays 7.00am & 9.00am

SUNDAY SCHOOL & YAHWEH YOUTH

Sundays during 9.00am worship

Baptisms, Weddings and Pastoral Services by arrangement

Pastoral Care & Home Communions

Rev'd Jane Mitchell 0438 184 148

Cazna Gardens Retirement Village 465 Hellawell Road, Sunnybank Hills

1st Sunday each month 10.30am

Carrington Retirement Village 16 Blairmount Street, Parkinson

2nd Sunday each month 10.30am

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Pray for the World Various sports have been on the radar often over the past week: cricket; tennis; boxing; and our Nation: cycling and rugby. We pray for the integrity of all sports people; coaches and managers and all responsible for the welfare and promotion of sport. We thank you for all the enjoyment we gain from all aspects of sports. Pray for the Church: The Diocese of Ontario - (Ontario, Canada): Bp George Lindsey Russell Bruce Coadjutor Bishop - (Ontario, Canada): Bp Michael Oulton The Diocese of Newcastle: Bp Peter Stuart - Administrator; Clergy and People Our Diocese: The Parish of Jandowae: John Pryce-Davies - visiting Locum Inala Careforce The Glennie School: Head of School - Kim Cohen; Chaplain - Kate Powell; Chair of

School Council - Elizabeth Gillam; members of School Council Our Parish: We ask that this Parish is able to seek out points of connection with the community and show a welcoming face and an open heart to those with whom we draw alongside. May our Parish Council and all involved in God’s ministry in this parish be continually guided and strengthened by God in all they do. We pray for God’s blessing on Tyrell Andrew Hall and his parents and godparents on the occasion of his baptism today. Mission Agency: Anglican Aid Abroad

As we pray for those in need …

Joan, Ken & David Fehring; Joyce & Mark Wessels; Barry, Nicole & Val; Les [Mitch]; George Crooks; Joy Sleigh; Keitha D’Arcy; Avian; Margaret Turnbull; Colin Baker; Pat Hetherington; Shannon; Keren Lee Tripp; Mattias; Geoff; Tear; Gordon; Lorraine; Audrey; Nancy; Paul; Mary; Anthony, Sharon; Hannah & Andy; Jodie; Ossie & family

(This list will be refreshed every 3 months)

As we remember the faithful departed: Rae Brown

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Karawatha 10th Annual Charity Golf Day

Friday 28 July 2017

$110 per player

SUPPORTING OUR SCHOOL CHAPLAINS

ONE more player needed, male or female. Please contact James Sloan 0412 649 896

Thank you so much to those who responded to our request for photocopy paper. Our stocks are now

looking very healthy!

PATHWAYS PROGRAM and P.C. Meeting Tuesday 18 July

This programme will be

presented at the July Parish

Council Meeting, at the

earlier time of 6.00pm.

For those wishing to attend,

pizzas will be served from

5.30pm onwards.

This presentation is open to

all who have a passion for the

ministry of this parish.

MEN’S GROUP

V8 Super Cars

Saturday 29 July

We will be car-pooling from the church,

8.30 for 9am.

Ticket prices range from $45-$55 and

the money is to be paid by Sunday 16

July.

Contact Hugh for further details on

0412 091 479

SUNDAY 30 JULY

This was originally

advertised as an

8am Combined

Family Church.

However we are

now having a

7am Service and a

9am Family Church

Service.

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W.I.S.H - What’s In Store Here Sunday July 16, 2017

Today …. 7.00am Holy Communion 9.00am Holy Communion Sunday School/Yahweh Youth resume for Term 3 Baptism of Tyrell Andrew Hall 5.00pm Sunday Evening Worship

Forthcoming Events Tuesday, July 18 6.00pm Parish Council - see pg,6 Friday, July 21 10.00am Mainly Music Friday, July 28 1.30pm Meeting in the Hall of proposed Men’s Shed Saturday, July 29 Men’s Group: Qld Raceway V8’s Sunday, July 30 9.00am Family Church Saturday, August 19 8.00am Ladies Breakfast Saturday, 16 September MU Fashion Parade Friday-Sunday 22-24 September SYNOD Weekend

JULY MISSION

Anglican Aid Abroad [AAA]

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PRAYER AND READINGS

of the Lord. And the Lord said to her, ‘Two nations are in your womb, and two peoples born of you shall be divided; one shall be stronger than the other, the elder shall serve the younger.’ When her time to give birth was at hand, there were twins in her womb. The first came out red, all his body like a hairy mantle; so they named him Esau. Afterwards his brother came out, with his hand gripping Esau’s heel; so he was named Jacob. Isaac was sixty years old when she bore them. When the boys grew up, Esau was a skilful hunter, a man of the field, while Jacob was a quiet man, living in tents. Isaac loved Esau, because he was fond of game; but Rebekah loved Jacob. Once when Jacob was cooking a stew, Esau came in from the field, and he was famished. Esau said to Jacob, ‘Let me eat some of that red stuff, for I am famished!’ (Therefore he was called Edom.) Jacob said, ‘First sell me your birthright.’ Esau said, ‘I am about to die; of what use is a birthright to me?’ Jacob said, ‘Swear to me first.’ So he swore to him, and sold his birthright to Jacob. Then Jacob gave Esau bread and lentil stew, and he ate and drank, and rose and went his way. Thus Esau despised his birthright. Hear the word of the Lord Thanks be to God A READING FROM THE BOOK OF PSALMS:

Psalm 119.105-112 105 Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path. 106 I have sworn an oath and confirmed it, to observe your righteous ordinances. 107 I am severely afflicted; give me life, O Lord, according to your word.

THEME: PARABLE OF THE SOWER SENTENCE: The words you have spoken are spirit and life, O Lord; you have the words of eternal life.

John 6.63, 68 OUR PARISH PRAYER: Heavenly Father, help us to grow in love, faith and obedience as we discover meaning and direction for

today and hope for tomorrow through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. PRAYER OF THE DAY: Bountiful God, we thank you for planting in us the seed of your word: by your Holy Spirit, help us to receive it with joy, and to live according to it, that we may grow in faith and hope and love; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen. A READING FROM GENESIS, CHAPTER 25, VERSES 19-34: These are the descendants of Isaac, Abraham’s son: Abraham was the father of Isaac, and Isaac was forty years old when he married Rebekah, daughter of Bethuel the Aramean of Paddan-aram, sister of Laban the Aramean. Isaac prayed to the Lord for his wife, because she was barren; and the Lord granted his prayer, and his wife Rebekah conceived. The children struggled together within her; and she said, ‘If it is to be this way, why do I live?’* So she went to inquire

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JULY 16, 2017– SIXTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST

108 Accept my offerings of praise, O Lord, and teach me your ordinances. 109 I hold my life in my hand continually, but I do not forget your law. 110 The wicked have laid a snare for me, but I do not stray from your precepts. 111 Your decrees are my heritage for ever; they are the joy of my heart. 112 I incline my heart to perform your statutes, for ever, to the end. A READING FROM THE LETTER OF PAUL TO THE ROMANS, CHAPTER 8, VERSES 1-11: There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has set you free from the law of sin and of death. For God has done what the law, weakened by the flesh, could not do: by sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and to deal with sin, he condemned sin in the flesh, so that the just requirement of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not according to the flesh but according to the Spirit. For those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit set their minds on the things of the Spirit. To set the mind on the flesh is death, but to set the mind on the Spirit is life and peace. For this reason the mind that is set on the flesh is hostile to God; it does not submit to God’s law—indeed it cannot, and those who are in the flesh cannot please God. But you are not in the flesh; you are in the Spirit, since the Spirit of God dwells in you. Anyone who does not have the Spirit of Christ does not belong to him. But if Christ is in you, though the body is dead because of sin, the Spirit is life because of righteousness. If the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, he who raised Christ from the dead will give life to your mortal bodies also through his Spirit that dwells in you. Hear the word of the Lord Thanks be to God

THE GOSPEL OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST ACCORDING TO MATTHEW, CHAPTER 13, VERSES 1-9, 18-23:

Glory to you Lord Jesus Christ

That same day Jesus went out of the house and sat beside the lake. Such great crowds gathered around him that he got into a boat and sat there, while the whole crowd stood on the beach. And he told them many things in parables, saying: ‘Listen! A sower went out to sow. And as he sowed, some seeds fell on the path, and the birds came and ate them up. Other seeds fell on rocky ground, where they did not have much soil, and they sprang up quickly, since they had no depth of soil. But when the sun rose, they were scorched; and since they had no root, they withered away. Other seeds fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up and choked them. Other seeds fell on good soil and brought forth grain, some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty. Let anyone with ears listen!’ ‘Hear then the parable of the sower. When anyone hears the word of the kingdom and does not understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away what is sown in the heart; this is what was sown on the path. As for what was sown on rocky ground, this is the one who hears the word and immediately receives it with joy; yet such a person has no root, but endures only for a while, and when trouble or persecution arises on account of the word, that person immediately falls away. As for what was sown among thorns, this is the one who hears the word, but the cares of the world and the lure of wealth choke the word, and it yields nothing. But as for what was sown on good soil, this is the one who hears the word and understands it, who indeed bears fruit and yields, in one case a hundredfold, in another sixty, and in another thirty.’ This is the Gospel of the Lord Praise to you Lord Jesus Christ