HOLY WEEK/EASTER SERVICES IN THE WARRNAMBOOL LUTHERAN PARISH

MAUNDY THURSDAY

HAWKESDALE, SERVICE WITH HOLY COMMUNION, 7.30PM

GOOD FRIDAY

WARRNAMBOOL, SERVICE OF READINGS, RESPONSES AND MEDITATION, 9.00AM

GOOD FRIDAY

AYRFORD, SERVICE OF READINGS, RESPONSES AND MEDITATION, 11.30AM

EASTER DAY

WARRNAMBOOL, SERVICE WITH HOLY COMMUNION 9AM

EASTER DAY

HAWKESDALE, SERVICE OF THE WORD, 9AM

EASTER DAY

AYRFORD, SERVICE WITH HOLY COMMUNION, 11.30AM

Palm Sunday

Services on the 24th March 2013

Warrnambool 9.00am Service with Holy Communion
Hawkesdale 11.00am Service with Holy Communion

What we have here is probably what was known as a "Hypantesis," which was a victory parade in honour of rulers as they made their way in triumphant procession into their home town after winning a glorious victory.  Astonishing about the hypantesis described in the Gospel (Luke 19:29-40) is the person in whose honour the victory parade was being held: not the emperor, not the king, not the procurator, but the most unlikely person, with no special honour and no muilitary escort. Yet the masses of people, moving out of the city to greet him, placed amazing hopes in him and greeted this festal pilgrim openly as the King of Israel.

Services for Sunday the 17th March (The fifth Sunday in Lent)

Warrnambool 9.00am Service of the Word

Hawkesdale 9.00am Service of the Word

Ayrford 11.30am Service with Holy Communion

"Notes on the throw away society" is the theme of this Sunday's sermon in Warrnambool, based on Philippians 3:7,8 (taken from the second reading for the day).  We are pretty good at deciding what is to be kept and what is to be thrown away when it comes to everyday items.  We are not, for example, going to take the sausages purchased at the supermarket and thrown them in the bin and place the wrapping in which the sausages came on the barbecue! If you are having a spring clean, however, it can sometimes be a bit trickier, because opinions vary as to which items should be kept and which ones thrown away.  Things become even more complicated when you think about life's values and philosophies and beliefs. How do you decide what is of value in these areas and what can confidently be discarded? The Apostle Paul gives some good advice.

 

Midweek Lenten Service

To be held in Warrnambool on Wednesday the 13th March, our midweek lenten service will this week continue the series, "Only Jesus" and will be based on the theme "Only Jesus could challenge us to move mountains" (Matthew 21:18-22).  The service will this week be led by Pastor Bill Fry of the Hamilton Parish.

Program for Trinity Music

“Music is a means of breaking down barriers - of bringing all people together.”

American blues musician Duke Ellington

The following is the program for Trinity Music, this Saturday night.
Further information can be found here.

                            

Sonia & Jenny Gellert (vocal duet)	“Go Forth With a Song” by Sally. K. Albrecht & Jay Althouse Accompanied by Janine Lyons on piano
	“I’ll Fly Away” trad African – Arranged by H Luderman Accompanied by Ben Croft on guitar
Lois Croft- pipe organ	“Arrival Of The Queen Of Sheba” from ‘Solomon’ by G F Handel
Rachel Collins- guitar, piano and vocals	“Lions Roar” by First Aid Kit Accompanied by Heidi Gass on guitar
	“Hurricane” by Ms-Mr
Libby Gass- piano	“A misty morning” by E. Milne
Bruce Noske – harmonica	“Danny Boy” trad Irish
	“Medley including – You Are My Sunshine, My Bonnie Lass & Wooden Heart”
Heidi Gass- piano & vocals – original compositions	“Time” & “By firelight”
Trinity Choir Accompanied by Lynne Appelt on piano	“Do Lord” by trad American arranged by J Ylvisaker “Never By Might” by K Nystedt & S Therkelsen “In Christ Alone” by K Getty & S Townend                   “My Peace I Give” by Robin Mann
Sonia Gellert- pipe organ	“A Mighty Fortress” by Martin Luther
Ben Croft- original compositions included	Instrumental guitar – accompanied by Sonia Gellert on piano
	Slow Waltzes on Reel-pipes – accompanied by Heidi Gass on guitar
	Jigs and Hornpipes on bagpipes
Sonia Gellert – piano solo	“Alley Cat” by Frank Bjorn
Trinity choir	“Be Still My Soul” by Jean Sibelius Accompanied by Lois Croft on piano
Lois Croft – pipe organ	“Rigaudon” by Andre Campra

Midweek Lenten Service, Wednesday the 13th March 2013

The next parish midweek lenten service is in Warrnambool on the 13th at 7.30

Leading this service will be Pastor Bill Fry, of the Hamilton Parish.

Under the overall theme, "Only Jesus," Pastor Fry's topic, based on Matthew 21:18-22, will be: "Only Jesus could challenge us to move mountains."

Services for Sunday the 10th March 2013, The Fourth Sunday in Lent

Hawkesdale 9.00am Service with Holy Communion
Warrnambool 11.00am Service with Holy Communion

READINGS:  II Corinthians 5:16-21
                        Luke 15:11-32

Sermon Text, Luke 15:11-32

As they read this parable, many are inclined to dwell exclusively on the relationship between human beings.  If we take this parable only as a lesson in how human beings are to behave toward each other, we are then missing entirely, one hundred percent, absolutely and completely, the real point of the whole thing.  Why is it so often so hard for people to get it right, that this parable is about the father and the son (or, perhaps better, about the father and the two sons)?  It is about our relationship – yours and mine - with God.  Is it even thinkable that our broken relationship with God could be healed when, in a corresponding situation among human beings, you would never be able to even dream about the possibility of reconciliation? These are some of the matters we shall be taking up for consideration during this Sunday's sermon.