Growth
or Grumble?
When you go digging in the Bible you
will discover that one of the purposes God has put us here for is to become
more like his Son Jesus. As his children God wants us to be like his Son. He
wants us to think like Jesus, feel like Jesus and act like Jesus. As we read
through the gospels in the Bible, we see that Jesus was loving, caring,
patient, forgiving and considerate of others. I’m suspect all of us could grow
in each of these character qualities.
So if one of God’s purposes for our
lives is to grow these qualities in us to be more like Jesus, how does he do
it? God grows them by allowing us to go through situations that teach us to use
them. If God wants to grow your capacity to love others, he will place you in a
situation where you have to love someone you find hard to like. It’s pretty
easy to love people who are nice to us and have pleasant personalities. It’s
much harder to love someone who rubs us up the wrong way and we dislike.
If God wants to grow patience in
you, he will allow you to go through times where you have to wait. We do not
learn patience when we are given everything instantly. We learn it as we wait.
God will teach you how to be considerate of others by placing you in a
situation where you need to think about the needs and feelings of others.
Families provide great training grounds for this one. Working with others on a
team is another opportunity.
When God places before us a
situation that may teach us to love, or to be patient, or considerate, we have
choice as to how we can respond. We can grumble and complain about it and fail
to learn anything from it. Or we can see it as an opportunity to grow and
develop. Often we fail to learn valuable character lessons from the challenges
in life because we see the bad things that happen to us more as a curse than a
course on how to become more like Jesus.
The next time life takes a turn for
the worse, instead of grumbling and complaining, why not ask God to show you
what he wants to teach you in this situation? It also helps to ask God to give
you his Spirit so that you can learn the lesson well. You’ll be surprised at
the difference this can make to your attitude and the way you respond. Grumble
or grow, the choice is yours.
Pastor Noel Kluge
Prayer Requests Not
included in this newsletter, but if you would like to view the
current requests, refer to the e-mail that alerted you to this
Newsletter. If you have a prayer request or wish to be covered by
prayer please email churchenquiries@paravista.org.au with your request
This week the message is “Growing our compassion for the
poor” ‘Jesus travelled
through all the towns and villages of that area, teaching in the synagogues and
announcing the Good News about the Kingdom. And he healed every kind of disease
and illness. When he saw the crowds, he had compassion on them because they
were confused and helpless like sheep without a shepherd.’ (Matthew 9:35-36)
Bible Readings: Luke 3:3-16
Kingdom Kids at the 10:30am service for
ages 0-12.
Kingdom Kids is now officially on Holidays.
Our 3 week School Holiday Program continues this Sunday so come along and join
us! At 10:30am services only.
Play Group
Play group is now on holiday for several weeks
and will kick off again on the 18th July. We look forward to seeing you then
Rise UP Dance Fundraiser for the
CMF coming up soon!
Saturday Night 4th August @ 7:30pm
Golden Grove Arts Centre
Incredible night of talent from the best in SA
Tickets are now available from Laura Carson or
the church office for $20. Tickets are numbered and limited so get in quick!
Contact Laura for more info
Laura Carson – Children and Family Team Leader
lcarson@paravista.org.au
8263 5087
FROM THE PASTORAL PADDOCK
CAR PARKING -
WE’VE STILL GOT A GREAT
PROBLEM
Those
attending the 10:30am service AND particularly those operating on Lutheran time
(running a little late) will probably have noticed that getting a car park is a
hassle.
IT CAN BE SOLVED WITH YOUR GRACE
Can I PLEEEEASE respectfully ask you as members to use Mattiskes car
park to free up car parking for visitors and new attendees. Your action of
grace will be a gift of self-sacrificing, gallant and one of unselfish service
and a blessing to visitors and new attendees.
PROBLEM CAN BE
SOLVED!!
Barry Klaer
Pastoral Care &
Fellowship (Hospitality)
NAME BADGES
With the number of new attendees now
coming to our church, it would be gracious, courteous and respectful to them
for each of us to wear our name badges.
Haven’t got a name badge? Or the other is lost?
You can order
your name badge by writing ‘name badge’ on your welcome card.
(Don’t forget to indicate if you want a pin, clip or
magnet backing and your preferred first name – for example James likes to be
known as Jim or Elizabeth likes to be known as Beth)
Cost is $9:50 payable at front office
Barry
Klaer
Pastoral
Care & Fellowship (Integration)
Upcoming Events
IT’S ON AGAIN THIS YEAR
“Yummy Hot
Soup Sunday”
Invite your neighbours and friends to join you
in
A DELICIOUS SELECTION OF PIPING HOT SOUPS WITH
BREAD ROLLS & COCKTAIL FRANKURTS
WHERE? In the hall
WHEN? Sunday 22nd July 2012
TIME? After the 10:30am service
Notice Board
CLEAR CONSCIENCE - courageous living retreat:
Dr Hal Senkbeil, an experienced, faithful
and sensitive United States Lutheran Pastor, lecturer, author and popular
presenter teams with Dr Bev Yahnke, a clinical psychologist, psychology
lecturer, decorated church worker and vibrant presenter to give us insights
from their complementary professions into cutting edge issues that surround us
all in these early years of the twenty first century.
Engaging, easy to understand, informed,
encouraging, spiritual and even life changing are all appropriate ways of
describing the retreat scheduled for St Martins Lutheran Church, Mannum,
South Australia on the weekend of Saturday 18th and Sunday 19th
of August, 2012.
Treat yourself to a recharging, uplifting
weekend away by the Murray River and also enjoy the hospitality and celebration
of fellow Lutheran Christians including a celebration banquet. Rediscover the
rich heritage that we have in our faith and how it can and does make a
difference. Costs have been kept to a minimum. For more information and
enrolment forms visit the Mannum parish website at http://www.mannumlp.org.au/ or phone the parish office on (08) 8569 2863
(leave a message with your contact details if unattended).
Parent education seminar
Paul Dillon is a leading Australian expert in drug and alcohol
education who is engaged by Lutheran secondary Colleges around Australia to
speak to students. For the last couple of years he has spoken to our senior
students about alcohol and drug education. Students appreciate the way he tells
the facts straight, dispelling myths and creating simple and positive
strategies of knowing what to do of how to keep themselves and their friends
safe.
For
the first time, he is holding a work shop for parents and care givers for our
school families. We would also like to open this opportunity to any parents and
caregivers. He will be speaking, amongst other topics about when is the right
time to start talking to children about drugs and how to go about it. It will
provide useful strategies that are respectful and reasonable which leaves the
door open for future discussions. It is on Monday 23 July, 6:30 – 7:30 pm in
the Endeavour Centre.
Disability Awareness Sunday August 5th 2012
Lutheran
Disability Services (LDS) encourage you to consider becoming involved in
running a Disability Awareness Sunday in your church. The aim of the day is to develop your
congregation’s capacity to welcome and include people with a disability in all
aspects of your church life together and to pray for this ministry
Friends of Lutheran Archives meeting. Topic: The joint prayer debate of the 1940s. Speaker: Matthew Bishop, student at Australian
Lutheran College. How did ELCA and UELCA agree to pray together? At Bethlehem
House, Sudholz Place Adelaide on Monday 23 July at 7.30 pm Supper. Gold coin
donation.
Wend/Sorb Society of SA. Topic: Finding Wends in the USA and worldwide. Speaker: Cathy Petersen, organiser of the Iowa
Wends in the USA. At St Andrew’s Lutheran Church Hall, 22 Avenue Rd, Glynde, on
Sunday 29 July at 2pm
Golden Grove Lutheran Primary School and Fellowship
25th Anniversary
Saturday the 25th August
All past staff, students and families are
invited to join us for a night of celebration. More details on our website –
www.goldengrove.sa.edu.au RSVP to Elaine
82826001 / baldock.elaine@goldengrove.sa.edu.au
(see notice board for more details)
From the Office
Education Centre Working Bee, We need you!
What is it? We are
going to clean out the attic and the cupboards in the Education Centre. We will
need to move some heavy items out of the store room and transfer some to tips
and sort the rest.
When is it? Saturday
28th July, 10am -12noon.
Who do we need? We need a
few people who can lift medium to heavy loads. If you are unsure whether you
are physically able to help, contact Emma.
How can you get involved? You can
ring the church office on 8263 5087 and let them know you want to be involved
in the Education Centre clean up.
You
can email Emma at ekluge@paravista.org.au or put a
note in her pigeon hole.
Office closure
The
church office has normally been closed for staff meetings from 9.00am till
10.00am on the last Thursday of each month.
Staff meetings have been changed to 11.30 till 12.30 on the first
Thursday of the month beginning from August.
Notice of closure will be made in the weekly news.
Vacancies
Please check the church
notice board for details of all job vacancies
“To include people with a disability in
Christian Community”
Disability Support Workers required
Casual and
permanent part-time positions available
Are you
interested in working in a supportive Christian environment within a team of
dedicated staff to support adults with a disability to live independent and
fulfilled lives? Some relevant previous experience is desirable but not
necessary. Training will be provided. Driver’s License, First Aid and Police
Clearance essential.
To receive a
copy of the Position Description, or to make a confidential enquiry, please
phone or email. All applications must include a copy of your current CV and the
details of two Referees
136A Wright
Street, Adelaide 5000
8212 7766
admin@ldssa.org.au
The well of God's blessing will never run
dry.
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