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THE MESSENGER
CARLSRUHE – SADDLEWORTH LUTHERAN PARISH
St John’s Carlsruhe Pastor Leon Rosenberg
42 Belvidere Road
St Matthew’s Riverton SADDLEWORTH SA 5413
Trinity Ph/Fax 8847
Black 4429
Springs
Zion Saddleworth Mob 0402 439 334
Email leonrosenberg55@gmail.com
March/April 2019
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About eight days after Jesus said this, he took Peter, John and James with him and went
up onto a mountain to pray. 29 As he was praying, the appearance of his face changed, and
his clothes became as bright as a flash of lightning. 30 Two men, Moses and Elijah, appeared
in glorious splendor, talking
with Jesus. 31 They spoke
about his departure, which
he was about to bring to
fulfillment at Jerusalem.
32
Peter and his companions
were very sleepy, but when
they became fully awake,
they saw his glory and the
two men standing with
him. 33 As the men were
leaving Jesus, Peter said to
him, “Master, it is good for
us to be here. Let us put up
three shelters—one for
you, one for Moses and one for Elijah.” (He did not know what he was saying.)
34
While he was speaking, a cloud appeared and covered them, and they were afraid as they
entered the cloud. 35 A voice came from the cloud, saying, “This is my Son, whom I have
chosen; listen to him.” 36 When the voice had spoken, they found that Jesus was alone. The
disciples kept this to themselves and did not tell anyone at that time what they had seen.
(Luke 9:28-36)
For the depths of growth.
Have you ever wondered why Jesus showed ‘his glory’ to those three disciples?
Could it be that they were about to enter a very difficult time as they accompanied
Jesus to Jerusalem, putting it the words of this Gospel reading (for The Transfiguration) “hisdeparture, which he was about to bring to fulfillment at Jerusalem” or as we usually put it,
Jesus’ suffering and death.
They needed to experience the height of Jesus’ glory so they could appreciate the
depth of his shame.
They needed to be strengthened to enter this time of their own testing alongside
Jesus.
God needed to get their attention, so they could be assured that what Jesus was
about to go through was indeed part of His plan.
Transfiguration is not only the climax of the season of Epiphany – the season of light:
God revealing who Jesus really is, it is also preparing up for that dark season of Lent: where
out of love for us, Jesus went through the shame of suffering and death.
Lent is also a time of our testing and our growth. (This year as are using the Seven
Deadly Sins/The Seven Virtues for this).
It is all part of God’s plan.
It is a good reminder that God’s plan for our life is not always to be seeing glory-
going through good times but He may be giving us good times to prepare us for the depths
of growth that comes in the darker times of life.
Pastor Leon
What is pastor doing this year?
As I have said in the past I love to operate in ‘seasons’.
This year they roughly align with the months.
January, as I stated in the first Bulletin of the year was when I did a lot of
administration: set the 2018 records in order, write my 2018 AGM report and prepare
‘The Journey 2019’ as well as being open to receive invitations ‘to pop in’.
In February I visited at least 20 homes with the question, “What can the Church do
to help you?” It was an enlightening exercise from which I could share at the
congregational AGMs.
March/April is for the most part Lent and Easter with midweek Lenten service as
well as the Sunday worship to prepare. I plan to use more regularly the congregational
offices (at the back of Riverton church and Carlsruhe church) to be more assessable, as well
as the Adelaide office (on Thursdays).
Pastor LeonWhat came out of our Parish AGM?
Wow! Riverton Lutheran Church looked full for this year’s Parish AGM on the 10th
February- just as it did when I was installed about 4 years ago! With nearly 50% more in
attendance than last year!
It was a calm meeting ….. but what came out of it?
We are presenting a proposal back to Balaklava Parish that our leadership came up
with, of sharing 20% of our pastor with that parish (which equates to about a Sunday a
month for worship and a half a day a week). This had come from their request for pastoral
assistance which we have been considering for the last 6 months.
And in the course of our discussion, a number of interesting views were presented.
These are a few that caught my attention:
Whether they accept the proposal or not, we should get to know Balaklava Parish
better and to this end have a few fellowship events with them in the coming year.
A shared arrangement with Balaklava Parish could be a means to revitalizing our
youth scene because Balaklava community has a strong ecumenical youth group.
What can we be doing personally to encourage those people who used to worship
regularly to do so again? We wouldn’t have such a need to have to respond to
Balaklava’s request if those people were worshipping regularly.
Why don’t we see any need for a lay-worker working, alongside our pastor in our
parish? Are our goals/vision/ appreciation of the needs of our community too low?
Meetings such as our Parish AGM can be ways in which God opens our eyes- the
possibilities of what could be doing.
May He open your hearts as well, so that you have the desire and confidence to do
these things that God is showing us.
Pastor LeonLENT 2019: The Seven Deadly Sins/The Seven Virtues.
Lent is a good opportunity to examine ourselves, so as to allow God, by His Holy Spirit to
lead us to repentance and to replace any wrong attitudes we have with a more God-
pleasing ones, motivated by Christ’s suffering and death for us.
A couple of years ago we used The Ten Commandments as ‘God’s Good Gifts’ for this
purpose. It was very familiar to many of us because we were taught at Confirmation to use
The Ten Commandments to examine ourselves in preparation for Holy Communion.
Last Lent we used The Fruit of the Spirit (of Galatians 5:22, 23) to do the same thing.
In both of these Lenten seasons, I had developed a wooden disk (a ‘Handy Prayer Help’
H.P.H.) to assists us in the process and as a reminder to do this.
This year I have developed another disk. It is based on the
Seven Deadly Sins.
I have used the standard list (there are others) of “The Seven
Deadly Sins” of pride, greed, lust, envy, gluttony, wrath, sloth.
The Seven Deadly Sins originated with the ‘desert-fathers’.
They thought of them as evil thoughts or spirits. They became an
established teaching of the Church and in 590AD Pope Gregory 1
came up with this standard list.
I have wood burnt these Seven Deadly Sins on one side and
burnt the Seven Virtues- which are the positive side to those poor
attitudes of the Seven Deadly Sins, on the other.
The Seven Deadly Sins The Seven Virtues
Pride Humility
Greed Liberality
Lust Chastity
Envy Kindness
Gluttony Abstinence
Wrath Patience
Sloth Diligence
I used planks from pallets to prepare these but have also used 5ply and 7ply for all who
would like the H.P.H. in that format. They will be available from me during Lent.
During Lent I plan to base our mid-week Lenten service (Wednesday evening’s
devotions) on each of the Seven Deadly Sins and the Sundays in Lent on each of the Seven
Virtues and continue this into the Easter weekend in accordance with the schedule below.1. Ash Wednesday 6th March Pride at Saddleworth
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2. Wed 13 Sloth at Riverton
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3. Wed 20 Wrath at Carlsruhe
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4. Wed 27 Gluttony and Greed at Saddleworth
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5. Wed 3 April Lust at Riverton
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6. Wed 10 April Envy at Carlsruhe
As you can imagine the Wednesday addresses will have many allusions to Jesus’ passion,
as we do during such a series.
1st Sunday in Lent (10th March) Humility
2nd Sunday in Lent (17th March) Diligence
3rd Sunday in Lent (24th March) Patience
4th Sunday in Lent (31st March) Abstinence and Liberality
5th Sunday in Lent (7th April) Chastity
Palm Sunday (14th April) Humility (2)
Maundy Thursday (18th April) Kindness at Riverton
Good Friday (19th April) Love at Carlsruhe and Saddleworth
Easter (21st April) Joy
Of course, every address will be based on God’s Word and not just the tradition of the
Church.
I pray that this Lent will be a time of self-examination, enlightenment and renewal for
you.
Have a blessed Lent.
Pastor Leon
Manse Loan Account
Please prayerfully consider the manse loan as giving has
stalled. The current balance sits between $12-13,000.
If every member gave around $130 this year, the debt
could be cleared, and interest no longer would accrue.
Manse Loan Account
Please consider making a donation to the manse
loan, no matter how small:
LLL Account 132851L1
Or BSB 704942 Account 100737692
Or NGR 12617112Parish News
Our sincere sympathy to the Schutz and Venning families on the loss of their grandson,
nephew and cousin Dylan in Esperance in late January. Our thoughts and prayers are with
Michael, Heather and family who were once members of our faith family. May God be with
you all at this very sad time.
Riverton
Best wishes to Maxine Weckert who recently celebrated her 80th birthday with family
Todd Griffiths also celebrated his 21st birthday recently after having a holiday in
Canada with his brother Dylan.
Get well wishes to Grant Griffiths and also to Bev Schoenberg, both have had recent
surgery.
Best wishes to Maureen Atkins in her recovery from a fall
Saddleworth
Congratulations to Frances Herrmann who received Year 8 Dux at Faith for 2018
Carlsruhe
Best wishes to John Faint who has celebrated his 70th birthday recently
Congratulations to Caleb Schwartz who received Year 9 Boys Dux at Faith for 2018.
Congratulations to Georgina Eckermann who received Year 9 Dux at RDHS for Year 9.
Good luck to Lydia Schwartz (Yr 8) and Milly Schwartz (Yr 7) who have begun their
High School journey at Faith and Chloe Eckermann who has begun at Riverton High.
Best wishes to Rachel Schutz who began her primary school journey at St Johns,
Eudunda.
We welcome Jonathon home after his 2 years working away in WA.
LECTORS - March
DATE Carlsruhe Riverton Saddleworth
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3 March Judy Hollamby L Griffiths Phil Neumann
10th March Patt Schwartz Emma Schulz
17th March Belinda Nichols A Behn Ross Roocke
24th March Heidi Kruse D Przibilla Jack Packer
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31 March Parish Service
LECTORS - April
DATE Carlsruhe Riverton Saddleworth
7th April Caleb Schwartz Steve Gooden
14th April Heather Faint D Schwarz
21st April Lydia Schwartz K Griffiths Jill Behn
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28 April Judy Hollamby S Griffiths Greg SchmaalService Times – March 2019
2019 Carlsruhe Riverton Saddleworth Readings
3rd March Psalm 99
Transfiguration 9.30am 9.00am 10.30am Exodus 34:29-35 The shining face of Moses
Sunday Reading Preaching HC 2 Corinthians 3:12 - 4:2 We reflect the glory of the Lord
White Luke 9:28-36 (37-43) The transfiguration of Jesus
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6 March 7.30pm
Ash Wednesday Preaching
10th March Psalm 91:1,2,9-16
1st Sunday 10.30am With 9.00am Deuteronomy 26:1-11 Thank-offering for the mighty acts of God
In Lent HC Saddleworth Preaching Romans 10:8b-13 The Christian confession: Jesus is Lord
Violet Luke 4:1-13 Jesus tempted
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13 March 7.30pm
Lent Service Preaching
17th March Psalm 27
2nd Sunday 9.00am 10.30am 9.00am Genesis 15:1-12,17,18 God's covenant with Abram
In Lent Preaching HC Reading Philippians 3:17 - 4:1 Be what you are: citizens of heaven
Violet Luke 13:31-35 Jesus' sorrow over Jerusalem
20th March 7.30pm
Lent Service Preaching
24th March Psalm 63:1-8
3rd Sunday 9.30am 9.00am 10.30am Isaiah 55:1-9 Come to the Lord, who is merciful
In Lent Reading Preaching HC 1 Corinthians 10:1-13 Do not take God's grace for granted
Violet Luke 13:1-9 Repent or die!
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27 March 7.30pm
Lent Service Preaching
31st March Psalm 32
4th Sunday PARISH SERVICE Joshua 5:9-12 The Passover at Gilgal, in the promised land
In Lent 9.30am 2 Corinthians 5:16-21 In Christ the new has come
Violet Riverton Uniting Luke 15:1-3,11b-32 The parable of the lost son
March Lectors Listed on previous page.Service Times – April 2019
2019 Carlsruhe Riverton Saddleworth Readings
3rd April 7.30pm
Lenten Service Preaching
7th April Psalm 126
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5 Sunday 10.30am With 9.00am Isaiah 43:16-21 God promises a new deliverance for his people
In Lent HC Saddleworth Preaching Philippians 3:4b-14 Already righteous but not yet perfect
Violet John 12:1-8 Mary anoints Jesus at Bethany
10th April 7.30pm
Lent Service Preacing
14th April Psalm 118:1,2,19-29
Palm Sunday 9.00am 10.30am 9.00am Isaiah 50:4-9a The obedience of the Lord's servant
Preaching HC Reading Philippians 2:5-11 Christ - obedient servant and exalted Lord
Violet Luke 19:28-40 Jesus' triumphal entry into Jerusalem
18th April Psalm 116:1,2, 12-19
Maundy 7.30pm Exodus 12:1-4(5-10)11-14 The institution of the Passover
Thursday HC 1 Corinthians 11:23-26 The institution of the Lord's supper
Bare John 13:1-17,31b-35 Jesus washes his disciples' feet
19th April Psalm 22
Good Friday 9.00am With 10.30am Isaiah 52:13 - 53:12 The Suffering Servant of God (fourth 'Servant Song')
Preaching Saddleworth Preaching Hebrews 10:16-25 Jesus, our priest and sacrifice
Black John 18:1 - 19:42 The passion according to St John
21st April Psalm 118:1,2,14-24
Easter 10.00am 6.30am 8.30am Acts 10:34-43 Summary of Jesus' life and ministry
Sunday HC Peters Hill HC 1 Corinthians 15:19-26 Christ is the first to rise from death
White HC John 20:1-18 Mary finds the tomb empty and Jesus appears to her
28th April Psalm 118:14-29 or Psalm 150
2nd Sunday 9.30am 9.00am 10.30am Acts 5:27-32 The apostles boldly proclaim Jesus' resurrection
Of Easter Reading Preaching HC Revelation 1:4-8 Every eye will see the Lord
White John 20:19-31 Thomas sees the risen Christ and believes
April Lectors Listed on previous page.You can also read
