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This Week’s Diary Monday 11th June— St Barnabas, Apostle & Martyr

Tuesday 12th June—

Wednesday 13th June— St Antony of Padua, missionary & preacher (d1231)

10.00am

11.00am 11.00am

7.00pm

Holy Eucharist—Christ Church Hamilton followed by Morning Tea—Meeting Room Communions—The Birches Communions—Eventide Home Communions Mothers’ Union Dinner—Commercial Hotel

Thursday 14th June —

9.00am 3.00pm

Pew Sheet Preparation—Parish Office Men’s Coffee—Tosca Browns

Friday 15th June— Evelyn Underhill, spiritual writer (d1941)

Saturday 16th June—

6.00pm Vigil Eucharist — Christ Church Hamilton

Sunday 17th June—Third Sunday after Pentecost

9.00am 10.30am

5.00pm

Holy Eucharist—St Mark’s Cavendish Sung Eucharist—Christ Church Hamilton Followed by Morning Tea in the Canon Julien Centre Holy Eucharist– St Mary’s Dunkeld

Daily Prayers in the Lady Chapel at Christ Church Hamilton (Monday to Saturday)

8.30am 5.00pm

Morning Prayer Evening Prayer

Dates for your Diary

Sunday 29th July

Parish Annual General Meeting—Canon Julien Centre

St Mary’s

Dunkeld

St Peter’s

Glenthompson

St Mark’s

Cavendish

All Saints’

Penshurst

Christ Church

Hamilton

Anglican Parish of Hamilton

THIRD SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST 10th June, 2018

In today’s Gospel the scribes makes reference to ‘Beelzebul’ suggesting rather derogatorily that Jesus comes from evil of has evil intent. Once again we see these leaders displaying a negative human trait—if you can’t win the argument then demean the person opposing you! But, as Jesus points out, their condemnation of him makes no logical sense.

What about this name that they use? Beelzebub or Beelzebul is a name derived from a Philistine god, formerly worshipped in Ekron, and later adopted by some Abrahamic religions as a given name to a major demon. The name Beelzebub is associated with the Canaanite god Baal.

Beelzebul is sometimes another name for the Devil, similar to Satan. In one understanding, Beelzebul is translated literally as "lord of the flies" It was long ago suggested that there was a relationship between the Philistine god, and cults of flies - referring to a view of them as pests, feasting on all things foul and unpleasant. In the "Testament of Solomon", a writing from the 1st century AD which picked up popular Jewish mythology, Beelzebul appears as

prince of the demons and says that he was formerly a leading heavenly angel. Seemingly, Beelzebul here is synonymous with Lucifer. Beelzebul claims to cause destruction through tyrants, to cause demons to be worshipped among men, to excite priests to lust, to cause jealousies in cities and murders, and to bring on war.

So, this name as it is used in today’s Gospel represents everything that is opposite to God’s intention and desire for humanity; everthing that is opposite to Jesus’ teaching about forgiveness and love.

Like all of these things it is useful to understand them but we should not focus on evil or that which represents evil. Rather, we should focus on Jesus and his saving love for all humanity. This is the will of God that enables us to be brothers and sisters of Christ!

Your friend and priest,

Fr Donald+

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Sunday Worship

Sentence of Scripture: Mark 3.34–35

Whoever does the will of God is my brother and my sister and my mother.

Prayer of the Day (Collect):

Almighty God, give us such a vision of your purpose, and such an assurance of your love and power, that we may ever hold fast the hope which is in Jesus Christ our Lord; who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.

First Reading: Genesis 3.8-15

They heard the sound of the Lord God walking in the garden at the time of the evening breeze, and the man and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the Lord God among the trees of the garden. But the Lord God called to the man, and said to him, ‘Where are you?’ He said, ‘I heard the sound of you in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked; and I hid myself.’ He said, ‘Who told you that you were naked? Have you eaten from the tree of which I commanded you not to eat?’ The man said, ‘The woman whom you gave to be with me, she gave me fruit from the tree, and I ate.’ Then the Lord God said to the woman, ‘What is this that you have done?’ The woman said, ‘The serpent tricked me, and I ate.’ The Lord God said to the serpent, ‘Because you have done this, cursed are you among all animals and among all wild creatures; upon your belly you shall go, and dust you shall eat all the days of your life. I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and hers; he will strike your head, and you will strike his heel.’

Hear the word of the Lord.

Thanks be to God.

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Parish Directory

Parish Website: www.hamiltonanglican.org.au

The Venerable

Donald Kirk

Rector of Hamilton and Archdeacon of the South West

03 5571 1317 (Rectory & Office) 0419 280 838 (Mobile) rector@hamiltonanglican.org.au

The Reverend

Marjorie Keeble

Honorary Deacon Assistant 03 5571 1060 (Home) 0408 586 854 (Mobile)

PARISH OFFICE 9.00am-12.00pm Thursdays & Fridays

03 5571 1317 (Office & Rectory) office@hamiltonanglican.org.au

Church

Wardens

Gavin Wallis Jason Tonissen (vacancy)

03 5571 2581 03 5573 4540

Parish News

Bible Reading Challenge

Bishop +Garry has challenged everyone in the Diocese to read the Bible daily in the month of June. Booklets available now!

Mothers’ Union Dinner

This Wednesday evening, 7.00pm at the Commercial Hotel. Contact Jannie Ryan if you wish to attend.

Annual General Meeting

The Annual General Meeting for the congregations of the five Churches in the Anglican Parish of Hamilton will be held on Sunday 29th July at 11.30am in the Canon Julien Centre following a 10.330am Parish Sung Eucharist at Christ Church Hamilton.

Further details will be published in the Pew Bulletin each week.

Please mark you diaries now and plan to attend the AGM!

Invitation from the Abbey

Sr Raphael OSB, Sister Superior of St Mark’s Abbey Camperdown warmly invites all who are interested to attend the feast of the Holy Father Benedict on 11th July aty 11.30am followed by a light luncheon. RSVP by 5th July to benabbey@dodo.com.au

Refugee Week

The Baulkham Hills African Ladies Troupe will be shown at the Kantor PAC, Hamilton & Alexandra College on Sunday 17th June at 2 pm. Tickets $20 include afternoon tea. Contact Marjorie 5571 1060

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For our Prayers this Week

For the Sick and in need

Phil Reid, Nell, Jenny Peters, Len Peters, Lorraine Griffiths,

Brian Lacy, Moira Armstrong, Stephen, Adrian Stephens (priest), Andrew,

Posie, Eddie, Ian, Ru, Tamsin Wesley

For those who have died

For those whose Year’s Mind we remember

Sarah Looker Herbert Salter Dorothy Ferrier Thomas Slater Edward Peterson Clara Frencham Jade Allan Stella Brumley

John Lean Myra Mayfield Victor Aldridge Richard Evans Maud Rees James Crane David Black David Ratcliffe

Arthur Harvey Jack Pinkerton Edward Creasey Douglas Rankin Alfred Tatlock Raymond Smith Caroline White Audrey Penfold Claude Hubbard

For the wider Church and its ministry

• The Most Rev’d Francisco Moreno Presiding Bishop of La Iglesia Anglicana de Mexico & Bishop of Northern Mexico.

• Melbourne: Philip Freier, Philip Huggins, Genieve Blackwell, Brad Billings and Paul Barker.

• Buninyong: Mark Schnerring Springmount: Ryan Bennett

• Kandum

• Our Premier and State Parliament

St Peter’s Day at Glenthompson

6.00pm Friday 29th June 2018

Come and join us for a Service of Light

and Prayer at the End of the Day

followed by Supper

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Psalm 130

1) Out of the depths have I called to you, O Lord: Lord, hear my voice;

2) O let your ears consider well: the voice of my supplication.

3) If you, Lord, should note what we do wrong: who then, O Lord, could stand?

4) But there is forgiveness with you: so that you shall be feared.

5) I wait for the Lord, my soul waits for him: and in his word is my hope.

6) My soul looks for the Lord: more than watchmen for the morning, more, I say, than watchmen for the morning.

7) O Israel, trust in the Lord, for with the Lord there is mercy: and with him is ample redemption.

8) He will redeem Israel: from the multitude of their sins.

Second Reading: 2 Corinthians 4.13 - 5.1

But just as we have the same spirit of faith that is in accordance with scripture—‘I believed, and so I spoke’—we also believe, and so we speak, because we know that the one who raised the Lord Jesus will raise us also with Jesus, and will bring us with you into his presence. Yes, everything is for your sake, so that grace, as it extends to more and more people, may increase thanksgiving, to the glory of God. So we do not lose heart. Even though our outer nature is wasting away, our inner nature is being renewed day by day. For this slight momentary affliction is preparing us for an eternal weight of glory beyond all measure, because we look not at what can be seen but at what cannot be seen; for what can be seen is temporary, but what cannot be seen is eternal. For we know that if the earthly tent we live in is destroyed, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.

Hear the word of the Lord.

Thanks be to God.

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Gospel Acclamation:

Alleluia! Alleluia! Now the ruler of the world will be driven out, says the Lord; and when I am lifted up from the earth, I will draw everyone to myself. Alleluia!

The Holy Gospel: Mark 3.20-35

The Lord bewith you.

And also with you.

The Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to Mark.

Glory to you, Lord Jesus Christ.

Then Jesus went home; and the crowd came together again, so that they could not even eat. When his family heard it, they went out to restrain him, for people were saying, ‘He has gone out of his mind.’ And the scribes who came down from Jerusalem said, ‘He has Beelzebul, and by the ruler of the demons he casts out demons.’ And he called them to him, and spoke to them in parables, ‘How can Satan cast out Satan? If a kingdom is divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand. And if a house is divided against itself, that house will not be able to stand. And if Satan has risen up against himself and is divided, he cannot stand, but his end has come. But no one can enter a strong man’s house and plunder his property without first tying up the strong man; then indeed the house can be plundered. ‘Truly I tell you, people will be forgiven for their sins and whatever blasphemies they utter; but whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit can never have forgiveness, but is guilty of an eternal sin’— for they had said, ‘He has an unclean spirit.’ Then his mother and his brothers came; and standing outside, they sent to him and called him. A crowd was sitting around him; and they said to him, ‘Your mother and your brothers and sisters are outside, asking for you.’ And he replied, ‘Who are my mother and my brothers?’ And looking at those who sat around him, he said, ‘Here are my mother and my brothers! Whoever does the will of God is my brother and sister and mother.’

This is the Gospel of the Lord.

Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ.

Today’s Hymns

226 — 177 — 328 — 576

Happy Birthday to Ryan Hilsdon from all the Parish family as he celebrates his special day this Tuesday (12th)

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We believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, the giver of life, who proceeds from the Father and the Son, who with the Father and the Son is worshipped and glorified, who has spoken through the prophets.

Having proclaimed our belief in God as Father and God as Son we now proclaim our belief in the third person of the Holy Trinity—the Holy Spirit.

It is easy for us as Christians to concentrate on God revealed to us in Jesus and forget this important work of the Holy Spirit. In the creation story in Genesis “In the beginning … a wind from God swept over the face of the waters.” [Gen 1.1-2] This ‘wind’ is the Spirit as the Hebrew word for Spirit is also the word for wind and breath. Again, in the creation story “the Lord God formed man from the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and the man became a living being.” [Gen 2.7] It is the Spirit of God within us that is the gift of life.

When we are Baptized as Christians and become members of the Body of Christ (the Church) we participate in “the new life that God gives us through the Holy Spirit.” [APBA p.51] This Spirit is the gift of God the Father, the ‘Advocate’ promised by Jesus who will be with us for ever.

There is an issue here that was one of the causes of the first split within the Christian Church, the Great Schism of 1054 between eastern and western Christianity. Prior to this time the clause in the Creed read “who proceeds

from the Father, who with the Father and the Son is worshipped and glorified, …” This makes sense of what Jesus says in John’s Gospel “When the Advocate comes, whom I will send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth who comes from the Father, he will testify on my behalf.” [John 15.26] The extra words that say the Spirit “proceeds from the Father and the Son” were added to the Roman Rite in the 11th Century. This was based on the fact that on the day of his resurrection Jesus “breathed on [the disciples] and said to them, ‘Receive the Holy Spirit.” [John 20.22] and so it was argued that the Spirit proceeds from both. This question is still debated to this day. We Anglicans are inheritors of the western tradition of Christianity so the Creed we say includes these words but there are those within our Church who question their continued use.

Regardless of the debate about this what is clear is the Holy Spirit is God, and therefore “is worshipped and glorified” in the same way as the other two persons of the Trinity.

The final part of this clause that says the Spirit “has spoken through the prophets.” reminds us that the Holy Spirit is the source of divine inspiration in the hearts and lives of all God’s faithful people. Not only was the Spirit instrumental in the work of the Old Testament prophets foretelling the work of Jesus as Messiah but that same Spirit continues to work within us, within the Church, to lead and guide us in the way of Christ.

The Creeds