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Treasure Claim the power you embody - the light and life and love of Jesus - and let it flow with great generosity and authority through your own hands, through your own eyes, through your own mind, through your own words. The world is dying to know it. Br. Curtis Almquist SSJE

An Australian Lectionary 2018 $12.00 each - If you are interested in obtaining a copy

for your own use, labelled envelopes and an order sheet are in each church.

LAST CHANCE TO ORDER TODAY.

ANTI-POVERTY WEEK 15–21 OCTOBER 2017 Last week at Synod , I was impressed to hear the Dean of the Cathedral, The Very Rev’d Peter Catt mention how safe the homeless feel when they sleep in the grounds of the Cathedral. I was also moved to see on the steps of St Martins’ House near the front doors, two large plastic boxes labelled ‘towels & toiletries’ and ‘blankets’ which were there obviously for the use of the homeless.

Compassion in action! Anti-Poverty Week 15-21 October is a week where all Australians are encouraged to organise or take part in an activity aiming to highlight or overcome issues of poverty and hardship here in Australia or overseas. For our Parish Anti-Poverty Week project this year (until the end of October), we have decided to gather donations of personal care items for members of our community who are in need. The Maleny Neighbourhood Centre (MNC) have suggested that these items be grouped as male and female and they will distribute these items on our behalf. Suggestions for donations are: disposable razors, shaving cream, soap, toothbrush, toothpaste, deodorant, shampoo/conditioner, disposable wipes, combs and toiletry bags/zip lock bags. Rev’d Jeanette

Grand Opening of the

(formerly known as Maleny Chemmart) Shop 1/25 Maple Street Maleny

Proceeds from BBQ & raffles to go to the Parish. Please support the Parish by coming along on the day.

Thursday 19 October from 11:30am till 1:30pm

Open Garden Saturday 7th October Times: 2:00 - 4:00pm Where: 4 Koala Court, Witta

Susan Myring is generously opening up her garden for the afternoon. Entry by donation and all proceeds to Maleny Anglican Parish for Administration Assistance Fund. All are welcome

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Our vision is to

“Love one another as Jesus loves us”

Our mission is to

Obey Jesus’ commandment,

“Love one another as I have loved you.” John 15:12

18th Sunday after Pentecost 8 October 2017

Generous God,

whose hand is open

to fill all things living

with plenteousness:

make us ever thankful for

your goodness, and grant that we,

remembering the account

that we must one day give,

may be faithful stewards

of your bounty;

through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Amen.

WELCOME to our worship today.

Please invite someone to join you and stay for fellowship and refreshment

after the Service

TODAY’S SERVICES

Services: Celebrants: St Mary’s Montville 7:30am Rev’d Jeanette Jamieson

St George’s Maleny 9:00am Rev’d Jeanette Jamieson

St Luke’s Kenilworth 9:00am Rev’d Kaye Pitman

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Readings for next Sunday 15 October:

Nineteenth Sunday after Pentecost Exodus 32.1-14 Psalm 106.1-6, 20-24 Philippians 4.1-9 Matthew 22.1-14

Readings for Sunday 22 October:

St Luke’s Patronal Festival Jeremiah 8.22-9.3 Psalm 145.10-18 2 Timothy 4-9-17a Luke 10.1-9

The Sentence of the Day: Forgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead, let us press on toward the goal for the prize of the heavenly call of God in Christ Jesus. Philippians 2.13b-14

Prayer of the Day: Almighty God, your Son Jesus was the stone rejected by the builders, and, by your doing, he has been made the chief cornerstone: grant that, by the power of his Spirit working in us, we may become living stones built up into your dwelling place, a temple holy and acceptable to you; through Jesus Christ, our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.

A READING FROM THE BOOK OF EXODUS CHAPTER 20 VERSES 1-4, 7-9, 12-20 Then God spoke all these words: I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery; you shall have no other gods before me. You shall not make for yourself an idol, whether in the form of anything that is in heaven above, or that is on the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth. You shall not make wrongful use of the name of the Lord your God, for the Lord will not acquit anyone who misuses his name. Remember the sabbath day, and keep it holy. Six days you shall labour and do all your work. Honour your father and your mother, so that your days may be long in the land that the Lord your God is giving you. You shall not murder. You shall not commit adultery. You shall not steal. You shall not bear false witness against your neighbour. You shall not covet your neighbour’s house; you shall not covet your neighbour’s wife, or male or female slave, or ox, or donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbour. When all the people witnessed the thunder and lightning, the sound of the trumpet, and the mountain smoking, they were afraid and trembled and stood at a distance, and said to Moses, ‘You speak to us, and we will listen; but do not let God speak to us, or we will die.’ Moses said to the people, ‘Do not be afraid; for God has come only to test you and to put the fear of him upon you so that you do not sin.’

HEAR THE WORD OF THE LORD THANKS BE TO GOD

Psalm 19 We say alternate verses The heavens declare the glory of God: and the firmament proclaims his handiwork; One day tells it to another: and night to night communicates knowledge. There is no speech or language: nor are their voices heard;

READINGS FOR THE DAY

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PARISH OFFICE 2 Walkers Drive (PO Box 265) Maleny Qld. 4552

Office Hours: 9:00 am - 1:00pm Wednesdays and Thursdays

Ph. 5499 9130 Email: angmaleny@westnet.com.au Website: malenyanglicanparish.com.au

Parish Priest: Rev’d Jeanette Jamieson - 0429 073 262

Church Wardens Jim Atkinson Ph: 5494 3064 email: jimako4@bigpond.com June Allison Ph: 5435 2941 email: jeallisona@gmail.com Jocelyn Bannister Ph: 5442 9207 email: jbannister@iprimus.com.au

District Warden Montville Carole Phillips 5445 7839

Parish Minute Secretary Parish Hon Treasurer Margaret Walker 5494 2028 Susan Myring 5494 4153

Retired Priests: The Rev’d Derek Barrett, The Rev’d Kaye Pitman, The Very Rev’d Chris Whittall

Prayer Chain Co-ordinators: Kenilworth: Yvonne Riedel 5446 0458 Montville: Margaret Young 5445 7550 Maleny: Patricia Jackson 5494 2583

Pastoral Care Co-ordinators:

Kenilworth: Shirley Moreland 5446 0171 Montville: Carole Phillips 5445 7839

Parish Mission Secretary: Gillian Whittall

Memorial Garden Contact: Carol Egan 0412 749 638

St George’s Memorial Wall Contact: Parish Office 5499 9130

Upcoming Events - Tuesday 10 October 10:00am Ladies Guild - Maleny Tuesday 10 October 1:00pm Parish Council Meeting - Maleny Wednesday 18 October 9:30am Friends & Neighbours Service - Maleny Wednesday 18 October 7:00pm Cursillo Meeting - Maleny Thursday 19 October 11:30am-1:30pm Fundraiser-Star Discount Chemist Opening Sunday 22 October St Luke’s Patronal Festival Tuesday 24 October 11:00am Erowal Aged Care Facility Maleny Service Saturday 27 October 3:00pm Wedding at Tiffany’s Sunday 05 November 9:00am Baptism at St George’s Maleny Saturday 11 November 2:00pm Wedding - St Mary’s Montville

Tuesday 14 November 10:00am Ladies Guild - Maleny Tuesday 14 November 1:00pm Parish Council Meeting - Montville Wednesday 15 November 7:00pm Cursillo Meeting - Maleny Tuesday 28 November 11:00am Erowal Aged Care Facility Maleny Service

Christmas Services 2017

Christmas Eve - Sunday 24 December No morning Services

4:00pm..Kenilworth 7:00pm Maleny 9:00pm Montville

Christmas Day - Monday 25 December 7:30am Montville 9:00am Maleny 9:00am Kenilworth

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We ask your prayers:

• For peace and justice in the world: we pray particularly for those parts of the world that are in the news this week

• For The Diocese of St Albans - (Canterbury, England): †Alan Smith St Albans - Bedford - (Canterbury, England): †Richard Atkinson St Albans - Hertford - (Canterbury, England): †Michael Beasley • For The Diocese of Bunbury: †Allan Ewing; Clergy and People • For The Parish of Boonah-Harrisville: Helen Paget, Ted Dunglison, Miriam

Nyrene, Robert Paget • For Churchwardens, Parish Councillors, Parish Nominators and Synod

Representatives • For Matthew Flinders Anglican College: Principal - Stuart Meade; Chair of College

Council - Evan Gilbert; Chaplain - Lizzie Gaitskell; members of College Council • For people who are sick, in body, mind or spirit, for those whom we have listed in our

bulletin, and for those known to us personally. • Remembering the faithful departed & all those whose years mind occurs at this time.

Within our Parish

Maleny: Roger Byrne, Mabel Crosby, Finn Jones /Amelie and Margaret Drake

Montville: Christine Long and Robert Weber

The Anglican Parish of Maleny in the Diocese of Brisbane is committed to protecting your privacy. The people on the list of the sick have personally requested prayers.

‘Going For Growth’ - A prayer for the Anglican Church Southern Queensland

Living God, creator, redeemer, strengthener: enliven, guide and strengthen your Church in all you send us to do. By your Holy Spirit enable us to grow - in faith, in service, in generous giving; and add to your Church new disciples that your saving, reconciling, recreating work may go forward, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

PARISH OFFICE DONATIONS

To assist you with your planned giving for office expenses, labelled envelopes have been

placed at the front door of each church for you to use for your donation before putting in

the offering plate. Office photocopy paper – 2 reams of Reflex brand paper - $10.00

One hour of administrative assistance - $25.50

Monthly photocopier charges contribution - $50.00

Many thanks for your generous support. Rev’d Jeanette

FOOD PANTRY - NEIGHBOURHOOD CENTRE: October’s request : TOMATO SOUP

Spirituality and Ageing Seminar Sunday 29 October, 2-4 pm, St Mark’s Anglican Church, Buderim

What does ageing mean in your everyday life? Join guest speaker Professor Simon Briggs, Uni-versity of Melbourne, as he explores topics including the different storylines available to us as we age, the value of spirituality as we grow older, vulnerability as a common human experience, and the role of community as we age. Download the event flyer at http://anglicanchurchsq.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/Flyer_spirituality_ageing_event.pdf

Deadline for Pew Sheet Items - Items for the pew sheet need to be at the office by

Tuesday afternoon. Items can be sent via parish email or hand written notes.

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Yet their sound has gone out through all the world: and their words to the ends of the earth. There he has pitched a tent for the sun: which comes out as a bridegroom from his chamber, and rejoices like a strong man to run his course. Its rising is at one end of the heavens, and its circuit to their farthest bound: and nothing is hidden from its heat. The law of the Lord is perfect, reviving the soul: the command is the Lord is true, and makes wise the simple. The precepts of the Lord are right, and rejoice the heart: the commandment of the Lord is pure, and gives light to the eyes. The fear of the Lord is clean, and endures for ever: the judgements of the Lord are unchanging, and righteous every one. More to be desired are they than gold, even much fine gold: sweeter also than honey, than the honey that drips from the comb. Moreover, by them is your servant taught: and in keeping them there is great reward. Who can know their own unwitting sins?: O cleanse me from my secret faults. Keep your servant also from presumptuous sins, lest they get the mastery over me: so I shall be clean, and innocent of great offence. May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in your sight: O Lord, my strength and my redeemer.

A READING FROM BOOK OF PHILIPPIANS CHAPTER 3: VERSES 4b-14

If anyone else has reason to be confident in the flesh, I have more: circumcised on the eighth day, a member of the people of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew born of Hebrews; as to the law, a Pharisee; as to zeal, a persecutor of the church; as to righteousness under the law, blameless. Yet whatever gains I had, these I have come to regard as loss because of Christ. More than that, I regard everything as loss because of the surpassing value of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I have suffered the loss of all things, and I regard them as rubbish, in order that I may gain Christ and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own that comes from the law, but one that comes through faith in Christ, the righteousness from God based on faith. I want to know Christ and the power of his resurrection and the sharing of his sufferings by becoming like him in his death, if somehow I may attain the resurrection from the dead. Not that I have already obtained this or have already reached the goal; but I press on to make it my own, because Christ Jesus has made me his own. Beloved, I do not consider that I have made it my own; but this one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead, I press on towards the goal for the prize of the heavenly call of God in Christ Jesus.

HEAR THE WORD OF THE LORD THANKS BE TO GOD

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Rev’d Derek Barrett’s Commentary on the Readings:

THE GOSPEL OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST ACCORDING TO MATTHEW CHAPTER 21 BEGINNING AT THE 33RD VERSE ‘Listen to another parable. There was a landowner who planted a vineyard, put a fence around it, dug a wine press in it, and built a watch-tower. Then he leased it to tenants and went to another country. When the harvest time had come, he sent his slaves to the tenants to collect his produce. But the tenants seized his slaves and beat one, killed another, and stoned another. Again he sent other slaves, more than the first; and they treated them in the same way. Finally he sent his son to them, saying, “They will respect my son.” But when the tenants saw the son, they said to themselves, “This is the heir; come, let us kill him and get his inheritance.” So they seized him, threw him out of the vineyard, and killed him. Now when the owner of the vineyard comes, what will he do to those tenants?’ They said to him, ‘He will put those wretches to a miserable death, and lease the vineyard to other tenants who will give him the produce at the harvest time.’ Jesus said to them, ‘Have you never read in the scriptures: “The stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone; this was the Lord’s doing, and it is amazing in our eyes”? Therefore I tell you, the kingdom of God will be taken away from you and given to a people that produces the fruits of the kingdom. The one who falls on this stone will be broken to pieces; and it will crush anyone on whom it falls.’ When the chief priests and the Pharisees heard his parables, they realized that he was speaking about them. They wanted to arrest him, but they feared the crowds, because they regarded him as a prophet.

FOR THE GOSPEL OF THE LORD PRAISE TO YOU LORD JESUS CHRIST

Philippians 3 This lovely letter inspired the writing of the much-loved anthem, “Rejoice in the Lord always, and again I say rejoice”. There is very little discord or disharmony in the first recorded apostolic letter, probably because it was too early in the piece for either to occur. Of course there is controversy because the infant church of Philippi has been attacked and opposed by Jewish-Christians whose views contradict what Paul had taught them. It is presumable that most active Christians sustain their thoughts, prayers and actions because they wish to be in a proper and loving relationship with the Almighty, just as our Jewish ancestors believed that the only way “to be on God’s side” was to observe the Mosaic Law. We come back to the essential teaching of the original apostles that our connection with Him is assured because of the saving acts of The Son in death and resurrection.

Matthew 21 verses 33-46 Because the lectionary missed out verses one to twenty-two, we may have overlooked the fact that the evangelist is now relating what he believed happened

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when Jesus and His disciples left Jericho and arrived at long last in the Capital, namely the events we were celebrating as long ago as Palm Sunday. We are faced with the problem of how one evangelist has worked over another evangelist’s version of “the good news”, and it will be helpful if some time soon we take the trouble to compare what Mark first wrote about Jesus’ story which began, “A man planted a vineyard” (Mk.12 v.1 ff.). We must also face the possibility that it was the early church who interpreted the allegory as though it was used by Jesus in this context. “Matthew” does what most oriental writers did when sorting out their material. Here he is faced with a whole raft of Jesus’ teaching material which the Master used on more than one occasion. The evangelists were not historians but teachers of other evangelists. Jesus’ parables were not usually allegorical, but if this one is, there is no point in pressing the details.

Psalm 19 There are four themes in this ancient song. We must think of the one hundred and fifty compositions not as written or even spoken theological essays but as lyrics to be sung. First we sing to the One who made everything good and who has made Himself known to us through what we can perceive of His “handiwork”. Secondly we sing of our recognition and appreciation of the sustainability and orderliness of natural phenomena as in night following day, spring leading into summer, neither haphazardly nor erratically, but everything always orderly and dependable. We call them the laws of nature. Psalm 119 has innumerable variations on this theme. In third place we are invited to join and to augment the author in his references to his personal beliefs. He is not concerned with what other people can, can’t, will, won’t believe, that is their business. He is a deeply religious person and our faith will deepen as we stand alongside him and join him in singing the song. Finally there is a period of introspection, sorrow for misdeeds and wrong interior thoughts. It is a prayer that the mind, the heart and the mouth will be as one. The song comes to an end and we ask the Almighty, “Lord hear and accept our prayer, Amen”.

Rev’d Derek Barrett’s Commentary on the Readings:

SYNOD - Address by The Most Reverend Dr Phillip Aspinall to the

First Session of the 79th Synod - There will be a copy on the front table of each

Church available for parishioners to borrow and return.

SAMARITAN’S PURSE APPEAL Packing will take place in the St George's Hall on -

Friday 20th October from 8:30am onwards and all are welcome to come along & lend a hand. Shoes Boxes (A4 size) are needed. Donations towards freight costs will be much appreciated. Thank you Ruth