“Whoever does not receive the Kingdom of God like a child will never enter it” Mark 10:15
Monthly Newsletter - October 2006
Service Times
1 st October Lay Reading - Bathurst 9.00, Orange 11.008 th October Holy Communion + S/School – Bathurst 9.00, Orange 11.00
15 th October Holy Communion – Bathurst 9.00, Orange 11.00
22 nd October Worship Service + S/School – Bathurst 9.00, Orange 11.00
29 th October Holy Communion – Orange 11.00, Bathurst 5.00pm
Declan Linde, son of Tracy & Michael, will be baptised at Orange at 11:00am on Saturday 7 th October. All members are encouraged to attend.
Memorial to Adele Anderson
A beautiful framed cross stitch work will be dedicated to the memory of Adele on 15 th October during the service at Bathurst . The work was completed by Vibeke Lange and was paid for by Adele’s sister and her family in the USA .
Bathurst Dinner
In October again we have 5 Sundays. The Bathurst Congregation “Reformation Dinner” will be held after evening service on 30 th October. All Parish members are welcome to attend.
Pastor’s Conference & General Synod
Pastor David & Jo will be attending the Pastor’s Conference & General Synod at Toowoomba from 26 th Sep to 6 th October. Jo will attend the Synod as the Parish delegate. They can be contacted on 0427618568.
Daylight Saving
Daylight Saving starts on Saturday night 28 th October – put your clocks forward one hour before you go to bed.
Education for Ministry Course
Pastor will be attending the Education for Ministry Course at Concord House, Rhodes with Pastor Joe Strelan from 9th to 13th October. David & Jo can be contacted on 0427618568.
No Time for Life
"When you pray, say: '... Give us each day our daily bread.'" Luke 11:2-3
The material gifts of God are the means by which we live and love. They are useful and desirable; we cannot live without them. Yet these things are only the provisions for living, not life itself. They are only the means, not the end. They are necessary tools for a job, not the job itself.
Life consists not in an abundance of things, but in an abundance of relationships. We are our brother's keeper. God gives us things to support us in our service to one another. Our primary goal in life is to love people, not gather things.
How easy it is to confuse the means of living with the meaning of life! We can become so busy storing up things for tomorrows that may never come that we have no time today for the needs of people. We can be too busy to listen to our children, too busy to see the needs of our family and friends, and too busy to serve our neighbours. We can be so busy collecting the provisions for living that we have little time left for the main business of life.
So Jesus wisely prompts us to narrow our concern over provisions to the needs of this day and to pray, "Give us today our daily bread" (Matthew 6:11 ). Keep the emphasis where it belongs. "Seek first His kingdom and His righteousness." Trust that "all these things will be given to you as well" (Matthew 6:33 ).
PRAYER: Good Lord, keep us from mistaking the provisions of life for life itself; for Jesus' sake. Amen.