The Diocese of Wangaratta

with Broadford, Pyalong & Tallarook

Tenth Sunday after Pentecost - 28th

The Anglican Parish of Kilmore

July 2013

Hymns: 367, 754, 607, 465

Introit Hymn Blessed be God: Father, Son and Holy Spirit. Blessed be God's kingdom, now and forever. We are the body of Christ. His Spirit is with us. The peace of the Lord be always with you. And also with you. All may exchange a sign of peace.

The Liturgy continues on page 119 Green Prayer Book

SENTENCE: When we cry, Abba, Father! it is the Spirit of God bearing witness with our spirit that we are children of God. Romans 8.15, 16

THE COLLECT: Provident Father, with the prayer your Son taught us always on our lips, we ask, we seek, we knock at your door: help us so to seek that we may truly find, so to ask that we may joyfully receive, and so to knock that the door of mercy may be opened for us; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit one God, now and forever. Amen.

FIRST READING
A reading from the prophet Hosea

Hosea 1.2-10

When the Lord began to speak through Hosea, the Lord said to him, Go, marry a promiscuous woman and have children with her, for like an adulterous wife this land is guilty of unfaithfulness to the Lord . So he married Gomer daughter of Diblaim, and she conceived and bore him a son. Then the Lord said to Hosea, Call him Jezreel, because I will soon punish the house of Jehu for the massacre at Jezreel, and I will put an end to the kingdom of Israel. In that day I will break Israels bow in the Valley of Jezreel. Gomer conceived again and gave birth to a daughter. Then the Lord said to Hosea, Call her Lo-Ruhamah (which means not loved), for I will no longer show love to Israel, that I should at all forgive them. Yet I will show love to Judah; and I will save them not by bow, sword or battle, or by horses and horsemen, but I, the Lord their God, will save them. After she had weaned Lo-Ruhamah, Gomer had another son. Then the Lord said, Call him Lo-Ammi (which means not my people), for you are not my people, and I am not your God. Yet the Israelites will be like the sand on the seashore, which cannot be measured or counted. In the place where it was said to them, You are not my people, they will be called children of the living God. Hear what the Spirit is saying to the Church. RESPONSORIAL PSALM Response: Show us, O Lord, your mercy Thanks be to God. Psalm 85

Lord, you were gracious to your land; you restored the fortunes of Jacob. You forgave the offence of your people and covered all their sins. You laid aside all your fury and turned from your wrathful indignation..........................R Restore us again, O God our Saviour, and let your anger cease from us. Will you be displeased with us for ever? Will you stretch out your wrath from one generation to another?

Will you not give us life again, that your people may rejoice in you? Show us your mercy, O Lord, and grant us your salvation............................................................R I will listen to what the Lord God will say, for he shall speak peace to his people and to the faithful, that they turn not again to folly. Truly, his salvation is near to those who fear him, that his glory may dwell in our land. Mercy and truth are met together, righteousness and peace have kissed each other;........................R Truth shall spring up from the earth and righteousness look down from heaven. The Lord will indeed give all that is good, and our land will yield its increase. Righteousness shall go before him and direct his steps in the way..........................................................R SECOND READING Colossians 2.6-15

A reading from the letter to the Colossians So then, just as you received Christ Jesus as Lord, continue to live your lives in him, rooted and built up in him, strengthened in the faith as you were taught, and overflowing with thankfulness. See to it that no one takes you captive through hollow and deceptive philosophy, which depends on human tradition and the elemental spiritual forces of this world rather than on Christ. For in Christ all the fulness of the Deity lives in bodily form, and in Christ you have been brought to fulness. He is the head over every power and authority. In him you were also circumcised with a circumcision not performed by human hands. Your whole self ruled by the flesh was put off when you were circumcised by Christ, having been buried with him in baptism, in which you were also raised with him through your faith in the working of God, who raised him from the dead. When you were dead in your sins and in the uncircumcision of your flesh, God made you alive with Christ. He forgave us all our sins, having cancelled the charge of our legal indebtedness, which stood against us and condemned us; he has taken it away, nailing it to the cross. And having disarmed the powers and authorities, he made a public spectacle of them, triumphing over them by the cross. Hear what the Spirit is saying to the Church. Thanks be to God.

GOSPEL ACCLAMATION Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia! Ask, and it will be given you; search and | you will find; knock, and the door will be o- | pened to you. Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia!

GOSPEL

A reading from the holy gospel according to Luke Glory to you, Lord Jesus Christ.

Luke 11.1-13

Jesus was praying in a certain place, and after he had finished, one of his disciples said to him, Lord, teach us to pray, as John taught his disciples. He said to them, When you pray, say:Father, hallowed be your name. Your kingdom come. Give us each day our daily bread. And forgive us our sins, for we ourselves forgive everyone indebted to us. And do not bring us to the time of trial. And he said to them, Suppose one of you has a friend, and you go to him at midnight and say to him, Friend, lend me three loaves of bread; for a friend of mine has arrived, and I have nothing to set before him. And he answers from within, Do not bother me; the door has already been locked, and my children are with me in bed; I cannot get up and give you anything. I tell you, even though he will not get up and give him anything because he is his friend, at least because of his persistence he will get up and give him whatever he needs. So I say to you, Ask, and it will be given to you; search, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened for you. For everyone who asks receives, and everyone who searches finds, and for everyone who knocks, the door will be opened. Is there anyone among you who, if your child asks for a fish, will give a snake instead of a fish? Or if the child asks for an egg, will give a scorpion? If you then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will the heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him! For the Gospel of the Lord. Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ. THE PRAYERS OF THE FAITHFUL Father in heaven, in your goodness you pour out on your people all that they need, and satisfy those who persist in prayer. Make us bold in asking, thankful in receiving, tireless in seeking, and joyful in finding, that we may always proclaim your coming kingdom and do your will on earth as in heaven. Lord hear our prayer. Heavenly Father as we pour out our hearts to you for this world, for all its people with many and changing needs, we pray daily bread for the millions of your children in dire need, this very day. Your kingdom come O God, your will be done in us O Lord. Heavenly Father, we yearn for violence to cease, and for justice and peace to become real in every community, for hope for those who flee seeking safety. Your kingdom come O God, your will be done in us O Lord. Heavenly Father, we give thanks for those who show us how to knock, and who support us as we seek you, we pray for your Church, for our Bishop John, for our parish and for who all of our congregations. Your kingdom come O God, your will be done in us O Lord. Heavenly Father we want the resources of the land sea and air to be used more prudently, so that our grandchildren, and theirs, may have a good inheritance and enjoy

its bounty; work in us and our leaders integrity and decency so that all with fair distribution of the this lands wealth. Your kingdom come O God, your will be done in us O Lord. Heavenly Father, we desire poverty and homelessness to be abolished, we pray all the unemployed and all who work in degrading professions; for those anxious about their future. Your kingdom come O God, your will be done in us O Lord. Heavenly Father, we covet a society where the youth are not corrupted, and the elderly not neglected. where the sick are made whole, the desperate given hope, and the dying comforted, work in us hearts of compassion for all in need. Your kingdom come O God, your will be done in us O Lord. Heavenly Father we seek your grace for all who have requested prayer, for those on our hearts, and for ourselves. Your kingdom come O God, your will be done in us O Lord. Heavenly Father, we yearn to rest our souls in your sacred presence, we pray for those who have gone before us, for the recently departed, for Joyce Brown, and those who years minds occurs this week. Rest eternal grant to them O Lord; and let light perpetual shine upon them. Heavenly Father, your son taught us the way to you is in the prayer that says it all and so we pray as we ought; Our Father .... [pg 124] Request for prayer from: Heather Turnbull, Chris Schafer, David Flower, Glen Turnbull, Tom Scrivens, Ted Evans, Darren Winfield, Norma Hedley, Keith Jenkins, Justin Quigg, Kelly Quigg, Karen Goodger, Michael Farrell, David and Jenny Parsons. (Anyone wishing to add a person to the Parish prayer list please make sure the person is happy to be named and then contact Fr Kim.) Years mind: Today we remember before God those whose anniversary of death occurs this week: 29th Francis Ryland; 30th Linda Speirs; 31st Win Hix, Eric Cowley; 1st August Ethel Winnell, Bernard Cheasley; 3rd Leslie Hungerford, Joyce Glanville. Saints Days and Holy Days: Mon 29th Mary and Martha of Bethany; Tue 30th William Wilberforce, social reformer (d. 1833); Wed 31st Joseph of Arimathea, Ignatius of Loyola, priest, founder of the Society of Jesus (d. 1556); Thu 1st Holy men and women of the Old Testament.

Reflections on the Readings

In this passage from Hosea, the prophet gives us an amazingly strong and provocative image of experiencing God's disappointment in the chosen people, who had been so unfaithful to God's covenant in that they have followed foreign gods. The passage is written in the typical format of a prophecy of punishment, but with a symbolic twist. God tells Hosea to marry a whore so he can experience how God feels. The symbolic nature of this story is emphasized in the naming of the children of the marriage. Jezeel, which literally means El Sows, has been the sight of a number of battles for Israel. So now God says this time the bow of Israel will be broken on that battlefield. The second child, Lo-ruhamah, meaning No Pity or Mercy, will be weaned before the third child, Lo-ammi, meaning Not My People or Nobody, is born. So the story of Hosea marriage could be thought of in this way. God has married Godself to a people who have been about as faithful as a whore and they produce children who will be destroyed, not be given any mercy, and become not God's people. Yet, after this powerful and imaginative prophecy of destruction, the last two verses say it will all be OK for Israel will still have countless number of people to be called "Children of the Living God." Psalm 85 is a good psalm to pair with the Hosea reading because even in the midst of judgment, God's mercy is triumphant. In the Gospel Luke centers on the concept of prayer, and like the Epistle passage, it is a teachable moment for the followers of Jesus. for he goes straight to a specific prayer to be used by his disciples. I think what the passage tells us more than anything is that prayer is relationship. A relationship with God that takes time, energy, and mutual love. The English word "hallow" means to sanctify, make holy, make sacred, ... to set someone or something apart. In the opening stanza God is commanded to "hallow" meaning reveal the personhood of God. What follows are 4 things God can then do in order to demonstrate the honour of Gods reputation and name: Come, Give, Forgive, and Protect. The two stories that follow the prayer emphasize the need for continual and focused communication with the Divine Presence. Neither story relies on the faithful or grace-filled nature of God, but on the common sense of the hearer. Then follows two stories; on on persevering in finding connection with the Divine, the second story states the obvious about God and Gods will for us is to have what we need to grow in faith. Sometimes the verses 9-12 have been used to put forward the idea of God as a vending machine in the sky. Put in the prayer, get what you want. However, verse 13 makes it clear what we are to ask and what we will get is the Holy Spirit and the indwelling of God's presence. This then lures us into a new reality of healing and possibility that is to be the aim of our communication with God, i.e. our prayer. There is nothing else that is needed for this Christ-life we are living - revelation, direction, daily provision, forgiveness and protection all given through the Holy Spirit. Adapted from Mary Ricketts (2013) http://processandfaith.org/

A warm welcome to all our visitors, please join us for coffee or tea after the service.
Church 4 Kids 5pm - 6.30pm Clegy Conference Monday - Thursday this week - Pastoral issues please contact the Wardens. Direct Debit Offerings: Parish Account details: CBA Account Name Kilmore Anglican Parish. BSB 063-698. Account Number 1018 4649. Church 4 Kids: Our monthly Church 4 Kids meets this Sunday. If you would like to help out in this important ministry to young people, please contact Fr Kim, Caroline or Nerrida. Our programme includes story time, games, activities, songs, prayer time and BBQ. Assistance with any part of the programme would be gratefully accepted. Church 4 Kids is for Primary Age children and under - please spread the word to family members, friends and neighbours. To all our grandparents in the parish - why not bring your grandchildren along??? Helpers for Parish Op Shop: We are in urgent need of more volunteers to help in the Op Shop on Friday afternoons and Saturday mornings. The Parish relies heavily on our Op Shop to keep the Parish afloat financially, as well as giving a great ministry to the wider community. It would be a shame if the Op Shop were to close on some occasions due to lack of helpers. If you can assist in any way to go on the rosters, please contact Dianne Dixon or Jenny Pearson (Op Shop Committee). Thank you. Giving Envelopes: Our current Giving Envelopes started just three weeks ago but there are still many sets available at the back of the churches. If you currently don't use Direct Debit for your weekly offering, then please consider using the Giving Envelopes. This not only helps keep our Offertory giving regular but also assists when we are away. It is imperative for our parish budget to have a regular weekly income. If you haven't taken a set in the past, please consider taking a set today. Parish Directory: Last chance this week to fill in your name and address for the 2013 Parish Directory. Please contact Caroline if you have any concerns about this. If there are less names than the 2011 edition, then it won't be worth reprinting. Heaters for Christ Church: As many have experienced, Christ Church would have to be one of the coldest buildings in the parish. Sadly we don't have the money to put heating in this year and we are aware that this is keeping people away. If you have a small heater you wish to bring along each week, please feel free to do so. Piva House: Piva House in Broadford (the old Rectory) is available for rent. It has been newly renovated and situated in the main street of Broadford. If you or anyone you knows wishes to rent locally please contact Fr Kim or John Patterson. Key Register: Parish Council are updating the Key Register of all keys to parish buildings. If you currently have keys to Christ Church, Church House, St Matthew's,

Notices

Gavan Hall, St Stephen's or The Church of the Transfiguration, please contact one of the wardens. Sharner Mitchell will be co-ordinating this. Morning Teas: To assist the parish finances in a small way, we are asking for donations of tea, coffee (both instant and ground), sugar and milk for our Sunday Morning Teas. Currently this gets put on the parish account. This is a small way in which parishioners (and maybe those who are unable to help on any rosters) can assist with our budgeting.

Fifth week of July Monday 29th - Thursday 1st August Clergy Conference Thursday 1st 10.00am Morning Prayer St Matthews 10.00am Eucharist Willowmeade 3.00pm Eucharist Caladenia 4.00pm Eucharist Dianella Friday 2nd Aug 10.00am 4.00pm Op Shop Church House Saturday 3rd 10.00am 12noon Op Shop Church House Next Sunday: 4th August: Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost Hosea 11.1-11; Ps 107.1-9,43; Colossians 3.1-11; Luke 12. 13-21 Christ Church 9am Sung Eucharist St Matthews 11am Holy Eucharist St Stephens 11am Morning Prayer Transfiguration 3 pm Holy Eucharist 1st Wed of the month: Building and Maintenance Committee Meeting 7.30pm Christ Church (unless otherwise notified) 3rd Tues of the month: St Matthews Friendship Group. Gavan Hall 1.30pm for fellowship & afternoon tea; contact Edie Simpson for details ph. 5784 1246. rd 3 Wed of the month: Parish Council Meeting, 7.30 pm venue TBA 4th Thurs of month: Christ Church Friendship Group 7.30pm contact Beris Hannam ph. 5723 9737 for program details 3rd Friday of month: Parish BBQ - 6.30pm. See Notices for details th 4 Sunday of month: Church 4 Kids 5-6.30pm @ Christ Church

Parish life this week

Parish Diary

Parish Clergy:

Rector Fr Kim Benton 9 Union Street Kilmore 3764 Ph 5782 1155 m 0407569343 [email protected] Priest (PTO) Fr John Young 9/40 Powlett Street Broadford 3658 Ph 5784 2224

PO Box 289 Kilmore 3764 www.anglicankilmore.org.au