Chatty Cafe - Wednesday’s 9.30-11.30am during School term @ Lyndoch Church Hall, 7 Margaret St Lyndoch. Brought to you by Lutheran Care/Community Connections.
Craft Group - meets every Thursday in Church Hall, 9.30am-12 noon. Everyone welcome to join in. Please contact Margaret Wallace 0437060719 for more information.
Safe Church – Child Safe Information
#6 Our reporting and complaints system is child focused. Our congregation has a reporting and complaints process that has a clear focus on child safety, is accessible to children, and is clear regarding roles and responsibilities.
Reporting
If you experience abuse or witness poor behaviour from anyone working for, or connected with the church, or you believe that someone else is at risk, it is important that you let the LCANZ know. Phone: 1800 644 628 – Email: complaints@lca.org.au – m: (text only) 0438 320 218
SBLC Child Safe/SMO Coordinators
Bethany/Tabor - Marilyn Mensforth - bethanytaborsccoord@gmail.com
SUNDAY 27 JULY 2025
Bethany 10:30am HC Pastor Ken Pfitzner
Grace-St Paul’s 9:00am
Langmeil no services
Lyndoch 10:30am HC Pastor Gus Schutz
Tabor 9:00am HC Pastor Ken Pfitzner
BIBLE READINGS
The First Reading: Hosea 1:2-10 Hosea’s wife and children OR
Genesis 18:20-32 Abraham pleads for Sodom
Psalm 85 or Psalm 138
The Second Reading: Colossians 2:6-15,16-19 Not philosophy or legalism, but Christ
The Gospel: Luke 11:1-13 Jesus’ teaching on prayer
Bethany/Tabor Notices: email to bethanytanunda@gmail.com by 2:00pm Wednesday.
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LUTHERAN CARE UPDATE
Thank you so much for the donations during June, they have been amazing!
For the month of July, we are needing Pasta Sauce, Toothpaste, Small bags of Sugar, Bars of individually wrapped soaps
From July 1st we have a collection point in the Barossa Co-op Mall for our Winter Appeal, please share with your friends.
The collection point open for a month.
This is the biggest food drive that we hold each year in the Barossa and these donated items are greatly appreciated.
Thank you for helping us to help others.
Tuesday Lunch Bunch at the Hub. 11:30am-1:30pm, Tuesday 22nd July.
Come and enjoy a simple meal and some chat in a warm, welcoming space. All welcome.
If you would like to volunteer or donate food, please call 8563 3478 or pop into The Hub for a chat.
SALA at the Hub Exhibition Opening
Friday 1st August 2025 5pm to 7pm
Come along and browse through this year's exhibition of our local Artists.
All Welcome.
by Emma Strelan
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Lord, who may dwell in your sacred tent? Who may live on your holy mountain? (Psalm 15:1)
Read Psalm 15
During a recent youth camp that I helped organise, the theme was ‘The House of the Lord’. It was a great opportunity to spend time thinking about what it means to dwell with God and ask: Who is welcome in God’s house/our places of worship? The answer we wanted the youth to take home is that everyone is welcome!
However, today’s reading from Psalms asks us to consider: What are the requirements for being in the holy places of God? Or perhaps it could be reworded to: What makes someone a worthy or good worshipper?
To sum up the hefty list of attributes the psalmist details as requirements for someone who may dwell with God: honesty, integrity, right-doing, sacrifice and selflessness.
I think this provides a good challenge, but not to those who have never been to church and are questioning whether they would be allowed inside to sit with the ‘holy’ people. Instead, I think this psalm is addressed to those for whom worshipping in God’s house is a regular occurrence – to those of us who show up to church every Sunday because we believe we do have a place there (perhaps even a specific pew).
The psalmist challenges us to consider whether our actions outside of our place of regular worship reflect the God that we experience inside our times of worship. Are we truly honouring God with our minds and bodies and through our interactions with others during the week as well?
This psalm makes it clear that God’s holy presence demands a certain level of virtue, but we know we don’t fit the criteria of deserving to dwell with God. In the past, priests had to cleanse themselves with sacrifices to enter God’s presence. But since Jesus, we have a new way of meeting God, a new temple. Because of Jesus’ sacrifice, we are holy and blameless in God’s sight.
As recipients of his cleansing sacrifice, Jesus invites us to walk in the way of one who dwells with God. Our challenge now is to be who we are.
I encourage you to read through Psalm 15 today (it’s only five verses!) and ask the Holy Spirit to show you where you have not been reflecting the goodness of your Lord and Saviour to others. Perhaps ask yourself: What can I do today to honour what (we’re reminded every Sunday) God does for us?
Gracious God, thank you that we don’t have to meet any criteria to be in your holy presence. Forgive us when we worship you on Sunday but walk in a different direction on Monday. Show us how we can welcome more people into your house to experience the love you have shown us. Amen.
Emma Strelan works part-time as a content producer with Lutheran Media and part-time as a freelance videographer around Adelaide. You’ll often find her rummaging through op shops or dreaming of her next camping trip or outdoor adventure. She feels blessed that her current work combines two of her biggest passions – creative media and exploring faith – and hopes the projects she works on will have a positive impact on others.