Waiting....

Hello Everyone,

Pastor John is back 'on deck' and presents the message based on Mark 13: 32-37.
Have you ever wondered what kind of world we're leaving to our children and grandchildren?
Listen as pastor John expands on the Gospel's words of Christ to 'keep watch' because we never know when the Master of our reality will return.

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Illawarra Lutheran Parish
19th November 2006
24th Sunday after Penticost
(2nd last Sunday of the Church Year)

Prayer of the Day

Help us, Lord Jesus Christ, to wait for you, to wish for you and to watch for you, so that when you come again you will find us ready. For you live and reign with the Father and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. Amen.

Prayer Points

• Give thanks for 50 years of marriage for Hans and Annelise W. and continued blessings in their life together.
• Give thanks for God's wonderful love as he welcomes Katrina P. into his family through the waters of baptism this morning.
• Give thanks for 40 years of God's blessing for Kathie V. and her family in Oak Flats.
• Pray for a breaking of the drought and for those most affected by the lack of rain.
• Pray for patient endurance as we wait for the Lord's return.
• Pray for enthusiasm to live as God's children.
• Pray for the staff and students of St Paul's Lutheran College, Walla Walla.
• Pray for those in our community suffering illness or hospitalization: Christine F., Fritz T., Hardy B., Wolfgang G., Max C., Linda F., Horst M. and Harold M.

Todays Readings
Danial 12:1-3
Hebrews 10:11-14
Mark 13:1-8, 32-37

Todays Liturgical colour is
GREEN

Minor Festivals and Colours this Week
None this week

Thought for the Week
"Every increased possession loads us with new weariness."
John Ruskin

Photo credit: 'Station' by Andre Monteiro, Brazil.