Sydney Lutheran Parish we live to connect people with Jesus

02 9331 1822 or 0418 303 406 pastor@stpaulssydney.org

Northern Beaches Redeemer Narraweena

48 Parr Parade Narraweena www.redeemerlutheran.com.au

Sydney City St Paul’s Sydney

3 Stanley St Darlinghurst www.stpaulssydney.org

25 August 2019 — The Sabbath is for freedom Isaiah 58:9b–14; Psalm 103:1–8; Hebrews 12:18–29; Luke 13:10–17

1 September 2019 — Father’s Day — Living the Gospel

Proverbs 25:6-7, Psalm 112, Hebrews 13:1–16, Luke 14:1–14

Everyday Faith There is some significant research that shows that those who are intentional about worshipping God with others every week, not only grow deeper in their relationship with God, but they also help others to do so. Worshipping God weekly, can be a real blessing for us and others when we approach it with a view of growing in our relationship with God and others, and we are open to being blessed, encouraged, equipped and even surprised by God. However, these blessings from God can be quickly diminished when we lose sight of the purpose of worship and instead approach worship as just a routine that must conform to what we like. In today’s reading from Luke 13:10-17, this is what is happening with the Pharisees. They clearly understood the commandment about the Sabbath, but they had lost an understanding of its purpose and instead had elevated it to an idol of what they liked and as a weapon to burden others. Jesus, however, dispels this by reminding them and us that the Sabbath exists so God can serve us with His life of grace. Pastor Richard

Donate to St Paul’s

Thankyou for joining us Pastor Richard and our church would love to meet

you after the service or at another time. Feel free to call him 02 9331 1822.

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The World

• The people of Hong Kong and all who are visiting there;

• The families and friends of those who are either missing or have lost their lives as they attended a Lutheran church centenary celebration in PNG;

• The people of West Papua;

• Lutheran churches in Thailand;

• The growth of Christianity in Italy;

• All Christians who face persecution because of their faith, including in Tunisia.

Australia and New South Wales

• All affected by sexual abuse;

• Thanks for the opportunities to learn and receive an education in Australia;

• NSW Upper House politicians as they consider and debate the Reproductive Health Care Reform Bill;

• The Link Church, Belrose and Narrabeen;

• The Open Door Book Shop, Temora;

• Kaylene McClure, Principal, and the St Paul’s Lutheran School, Henty;

• Queen Elizabeth, Prime Minister Scott Morrison, Premier Gladys Berejiklian, Sydney City Mayor Clover Moore and Northern Beaches Mayor Michael Regan.

Lutheran Church of Australia and New Zealand

• LCA Child Protection Project consultations;

• LCA pastors and lay workers who are attending New Horizon’s later this month;

• All involved in church planting in the LCA;

• Lutheran Tract Mission;

• National Bishop John Henderson, LCA NSW Bishop Robert Bartholomeus and St Paul’s and Redeemer Pastor Richard Schwedes.

Our Congregations

• God’s vision for our ministry and mission in Sydney to become clearer;

• Each of us to be willing to change so God can continue to work effectively through us;

• Redeemer as they undertake Renew Love Life Communities;

• Thanks for Church Council Members: Wes Beh & Seija Roenneberg;

• Those who need God's healing and comfort including Bruce, Nancy and family as they mourn Harold’s passing; Beryl Leske; Wes Beh; Sophie Beh; Mercedes Vetisch; Beulah Briese; Shane Rosenzweig; Sari Kilpinen; Trudy Pahl; the Hammerton/Salomon family; Myriam Rincón; Jacqui Bayliss; Rose Moore; Heidi Nilssen, Gerhard Ulrich, Lynette Pinder, Rhonda Raines, Silvia Neale and family.

Prayer Perspective

The less I pray, the harder it gets; the more I pray, the better it goes.

M. Luther

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What’s on this week

Dates for your diary

Sun 25 10am

10.30am 3pm

Finnish/English Worship Sunday Worship Ethiopian Oromo

@ Redeemer @ St Paul’s @ Liverpool

Pastor Richard

0418 303 406

Mon 26 Aug 7.30pm

7.30pm

Prayers

Women’s CG

@ St Paul’s

@ Waverton

Virginia 0419 637 753

Elaine 0425 337 149

Thurs 29 Aug 7pm Redeemer Renew

Love Life Study

@ Gary and

Brigitte’s

Jarmo 0466 999 062

Sun 1 Sept 9am 10.30am 3pm

Father’s Day

Sunday Worship

Sunday Worship

Ethiopian Oromo

Worship

@ Redeemer @ St Paul’s @ Liverpool

Pastor Richard

0418 303 406

Fri 6 Sept 6.57am Men’s Breakfast @ Milsons Pt Tom 0402 419 159

Sun 15 Sept 5pm St Paul’s Worship 5pm, no 10.30am service due to Sydney Running Festival road closures

Pastor Richard 0418 303 406

Saturday 21 September

St Paul’s annual clean up

Pastor Richard 0418 303 406

Sun 29 Sept 2pm Bible Sunday Sydney Ecumenical Service @ Pitt St Uniting Church Sydney

Pastor Richard 0418 303 406

7-11 Oct Back to Base Secondary School aged camp at Warrambui

www.tpm.org.au

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St Paul’s Sydney Annual Church Clean Day Saturday 21 September 8am to 5pm Come any time Remember many hands make light work!

CONNECT GROUPS IN 2019

Women’s CG Mondays weekly @ Waverton Elaine 0425337149

St Paul’s Prayer G Mondays weekly @ St Paul’s Virginia 0419637753

Redeemer Prayer G

Tuesdays weekly

@ Redeemer

Jarmo 0466999062

Inner West CG Wednesdays Resuming Mid August

@ Drummoyne Virginia 0419637753

Redeemer Connect Group

Thursdays during school term

@ Belrose Brigitte 0407195213

Men’s Brekky Fri fortnightly @ Milsons Point Tom 0402419159

Canterbury CG Sat monthly Resuming late August

@ Canterbury Pastor 0418303406

Back 2 Base Camp for Years 7-11

7-11 Oct Early Bird Rate closes 31/8/19

To book your place www.tpm.org.au

For more information Pastor Richard 0418 303406

Sunday 15 September 2019 Worship St Paul’s 5pm service only no 10.30am worship

due to the road closures for the Sydney Running Festival

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Ethiopian Oromo Lutheran Church - Sydney The Ethiopian Oromo Lutheran Church worships at Living Waters Lutheran Church Liverpool, and holds weekly Bible Studies in Liverpool and close to Sydney CBD. Worship Times 1st, 3rd, 4th and 5th Sundays 3pm. 2nd Sunday 2pm. Support them by: • Praying for them; • Making a one-off donation to their ministry (simply put this in an

envelope marked Ethiopian Oromo Lutheran Church); • Assisting them with children’s ministry.

For more information contact Bikila 0413 206 423

Mongolian Mission in Sydney and Mongolia

Currently God has placed before us an interesting and challenging opportunity to be part of His mission to Mongolian families both in Sydney and in Mongolia. Currently, we hold a monthly Mongolian language Bible study in Canterbury, which has the purpose of both outreaching and equipping the Mongolian community in Sydney. Also, following Pastor Richard’s visit to Mongolia, we have closer links with the Good News Lutheran Church in Ulaanbaatar and its five congregations throughout Mongolia. Nomin, Ouynna and Murun, members of St Paul’s, are also members of the Good News Lutheran Church. Murun’s father, Pastor Sainna, is the pastor. How you can be involved: • Pray for the Mongolian people in Sydney that more would know

Jesus; • Pray for the Good News Lutheran Church and the mission and

ministry they carry out; • Financially support the ministry in Mongolia by making a donation.

To do this place your donation in an envelope marked Mongolia; • Consider being part of a congregational visit to Mongolia in 2021

(TBC). If you would like more information about Mongolia, please speak to Pastor Richard 0418 303 406.

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Visiting or New to St Paul’s or Redeemer • If you are interested in discovering more about St Paul’s or Redeemer

Pastor Richard would love to meet with you. Let him know after the service or call him on 0418 303 406.

• You are welcome to sign up for our regular email news at http://

eepurl.com/cQEfrj

• If you would like to give a donation to our ministry either regularly or

one off visit https://donation.lca.org.au/project?id=P35241

• Visit our web page www.stpaulssydney.org or

www.redeemerlutheran.com.au to discover more about our congregations.

Next Men’s Breakfast Friday 6 September 2019 6.57am Milsons Café, 94 Alfred St Milsons Point

LLL Interest Rate Change

Our congregation has received an ‘LLL Interest Rate Change’ notice advising that effective 1 August 2019, the interest rate on at-call Savings Accounts is 1.75%.

Can you help out… A great way of helping our young people to grow in their relationship with Jesus and each other is to help out with Children’s Ministry.

Currently we are looking to support our Ministry with teachers and helpers. Thank you to Veronica, Rhonda, Amanda, Jimmy and Mercedes for taking the teaching and to Brooke for being an assistant. If you can assist as either a teacher or teaching assistant that would be greatly appreciated. See Veronica, or phone 0416 246 872, for more information about what is involved.

Sydney Churches and the Bible Society of Australia invite you to a Bible Sunday Ecumenical Service

Sunday 29 September @ 2pm, Pitt St Uniting Church.

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Camps & Conferences for 2019 Throughout the year there is a range of camps and conferences that help us grow in our faith: Warrambui 50th Anniversary—4-6 Oct Warrambui Back to Base (Secondary School aged camp) 7-11 October Warrambui Global Leadership Summit 29-30 Oct Sydney

To register for these camps visit www.tpm.org.au

Need a visit or someone to talk to? If you would like a visit, would like Home Communion or need someone to talk to please feel free to call Pastor Richard 02 9331 1822 or one of our Pastoral Assistants: Bruce Arnold (St Paul’s) 0412 365 247 Virginia Milla (St Paul’s) 0419 637 753 Jimmy Hong Ning (St Paul’s) 0412 213 958 René van den Tol (Redeemer) 0404 815 662 Jarmo Roenneberg (Redeemer) 0466 999 062

Serving @ St Paul’s and Redeemer

The church is the living body of Christ, so relies on people serving and helping out. If you are willing and able to serve in any way (see the back of the Bulletin for some of our rostered roles), please contact Pastor Richard or our secretary Ruth. A reminder for those serving that to assist our congregation, visitors and others assisting with worship that you aim to be at church at least 15 minutes before worship begins. It is also important that those serving either on Church Council, as a Pastoral Assistant or have contact with children and youth that they have a current Working with Children’s Check and have completed Safe Place training. For more information on meeting these requirements see Veronica Schwedes 0416 246 872.

Giving In response to His love, God encourages us to give proportionally, regularly and cheerfully. Our local ministry and mission is only possible due to the generosity of people just like you who worship with us. Your financial offerings can be made by placing money on the plate each Sunday and/or through electronic giving.

To give electronically: St Paul’s : BSB 704942 Account: 5397651 Redeemer: BSB 062127 Account: 10019675

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The Privacy Act regulates private sector organisations and the way these organisations handle personal information. The Church is required to comply with this Act. Individuals have a right to know why an organisation is collecting their information, what information it holds about them, how it will use the information, and who else will get the information. A copy of the Privacy Policy of the LCA is available from the LCA website www.lca.org.au Responding to Sexual Abuse Complaints: a confidential service for responding to complaints of sexual abuse/harassment by church employees has been set up. Trained advisors are available. Free Call 1800 644 628 or write to The Supervisor, PO Box 519, Marden SA 5070.

St Paul's Roster

Date Morning Tea/

Flowers Bible Reader

Front Door Welcome Upstairs Welcomer

Holy Communion Parking

Today Jimmy Virginia Tom/Marianne Vincent/Jacqui Bruce

1 Sept. FD Elaine Elaine Amanda/Tom Peter/Andrew

8 Sept Jacqui Grant Andrew/Nicholas L Jacqui/Vincent Matthew

Redeemer Roster

Date Morning Tea/Flowers Vestment Colours Bible Reader Steward

Today Worship with the 10am Finnish Service

Green Thora Ruth

1 Sept. FD Brigitte Green Brigitte Ruth

8 Sept Belinda Green Belinda Ruth

St Paul’s - 3 Stanley Street Darlinghurst PO Box 416 Darlinghurst NSW 1300 www.stpaulssydney.org Pastor Richard Schwedes 0418 303 406

Redeemer - 48 Parr Parade Narraweena PO Box 6157 Narraweena NSW 2099 www.redeemerlutheran.com.au Pastor Richard Schwedes 0418 303 406

Date Kids’ Talk Kids’ Church

Teacher Assistant Computer Sound Security

Today Pastor Mercedes Danny Ian Vincent

1 Sept Amanda Zackary Ian Bruce

8 Sept Jimmy Emilie Ian Vincent

Roster Changes: If you are unable to do your rostered duty on any given Sunday, please make alternative arrangements and let Pastor know 02 9331 1822

St Paul’s Roster Continued

Service Times: Redeemer St Paul’s 9.00am (no morning service on 4th Sunday) 10.30am Sundays including 4th Sunday of the month TBA 2nd Sunday of the month 5pm 10am Finnish Service 4th Sunday of the month

Bulletin Notices: To post notices in the Bulletin, contact Ruth van den Tol - 9476 0373