Moggill - Mt Crosby Anglican Parish

Moggill - Mt Crosby Anglican Parish Moggill - Mt Crosby Anglican Church. Clergy: Reverend Rob Sutherland CSC
Reverend Angela McNeill

28/05/2026

Readings/ Hymns - Trinity Sunday 31 May 2026
Hymns and Readings
1st Reading Exodus 34:1-9 (Moses makes new tablets)
Psalm 8 (APBA p229)
Epistle 2 Corinthians 13:11-13
Gospel Matthew 28:16-20 (Go in the name of the Trinity)
Hymns
Procession 132 Holy, Holy, Holy, Lord God Almighty
Gospel 160 Father all-loving and ruling in majesty
Communion 143 Immortal, invisible, God only wise
Recession 158 God has spoken by his prophets

28/05/2026

Reflection from the Reverend Rob Sutherland CSC 31 May 2026
Dear Friends,
What a wonderful birthday we had for the Holy Spirit. Thank you so much to our children for allowing us all to listen to their ‘children’s talk’ and to learn about the power of the Holy Spirit in each of our lives. God often leads us to insights and understanding through the faith of the young. It is we adults who make complicated, the straightforward messages which God sends to us. God’s Holy Spirit does indeed have the power to blow our church over. God has the power through hail storms to give us a new roof too.
The first Christians and the Early Church were constantly under threat; their very existence threatened by Romans and particularly by Jews living in Roman and Greek cities. Under constant threat for the survival of the church they saw and learned to trust the power of God through the Holy Spirit. Children have little difficulty seeing that God can still, through the Holy Spirit do anything. We adults seem to expect that either someone else, like a diocese or a bishop should fix tings for us or else that we should be able to do things in our own power.
In the Bible, God waits until we are powerless before showing us his power, so that we may know and give God the glory. The power of the Holy Spirit should come with a warning label for the Holy Spirit does God’s work according to God’s plan not our plans.
I continue to be grateful for the work of our Churchwardens and Parish Council. The issues before us are significant; we are not alone; all small Anglican churches are facing similar issues.
This Sunday, Trinity Sunday, we celebrate our God who tells us he is God the Father and God the Son and God the Holy Spirit but together they are just one God.
A better title might be, ‘Who is God really? Sunday’ I am grateful to Angela for offering to preach this week. She get’s the complications and I get even more fun with our children. Last Sunday they (quite rightly) focused on the power of God’s Holy Spirit. I look forward to exploring what God is really like.
My thanks to everyone who helped with Ken Woodall’s funeral on Tuesday. Being able to celebrate life in our church and to also support each other as we grieve is a true expression of our Christian faith and hope and love.
Grace and peace and abundant life,
ROB

23/05/2026

Hymns and Readings
1st Reading Acts 2:1-11 (The Holy Spirit comes)
Psalm 104:26-36 (APBA p330)
Epistle 1 Corinthians 12:1-13 (Many gifts; one Spirit)
Gospel John 20:19-23 (Jesus appears; peace be with you; receive the Holy Spirit)
Hymns
Procession 242 I danced in the morning (Lord of the dance)
Gospel 407 Breathe on me breath of God
Communion 416 Great God your Spirit, like the wind unseen (or 687)
Recession 409 O breath of life, come sweeping through us

23/05/2026

Reflection from the Reverend Rob Sutherland CSC 24 May 2026
Dear Friends,
Pentecost Sunday is when we commemorate and celebrate God’s Holy Spirit coming upon the disciples and their subsequent actions, ‘in the power of the Holy Spirit’. Pentecost Sunday is also called the birth of the Church, so, Happy Birthday to us and to all of the Church of God throughout the world!
On Sunday we will explore what this ‘coming of the Holy Spirit’ means. We have some readings which speak of things 2,000 years ago but what does Pentecost mean for us in 2026 in Moggill?
Birthdays, as well as celebrating our past, should be an opportunity for us to assess both, where we are, and if we are headed in the right direction. God doesn’t tell us his plans for us personally or as a church; we are just called to follow, so this week we will spend some time contemplating what it means and how well we are following God.
My thanks to many, many people but particularly this week to our Parish Council; this thankless role seems to get harder each year – there are more impositions and requirements than ever, just to be a member of Parish Council. We have set ourselves some good challenges and our next meeting will be focused on the new Anglican Church Southern Queensland Child Protection and Safe Ministry procedures.
Following Parish Council, I have had a meeting with Bishop John Roundhill. He has indicated support on the issues that we are facing as a very small church but dealing with our issues is clearly going to be up to us.
Finally, Cyber and Internet Security – please continue to be vigilant; I am aware of some fake, scam emails being sent supposedly from parishioners but which aren’t from who they say. It is easy for criminals to take anyone’s email address – including mine – and to impersonate us. Please be careful!
Grace and peace and abundant life,

ROB

14/05/2026

Readings/ Hymns - Ascension Sunday 17 May 2026
Readings
1st Reading Acts 1:1-11
Psalm 47 (APBA p270)
Epistle 1 Peter 5
Gospel Matthew 28:16-20 (Go and make disciples)
Hymns
Procession 376 I know that my Redeemer lives
Gospel 699 A new commandment x2
Communion 609 May the mind of Christ my saviour
Recession 650 Brother, sister, let me serve you

14/05/2026

Reflection from the Reverend Rob Sutherland CSC 17 May 2026
Ascension Sunday
Ascension – 2026

Dear Friends,
This Sunday we remember and celebrate Jesus’s leaving earth to ascend into heaven. It’s a vital step if we are to accept Jesus’s invitation to each of us from last Sunday that he is leading the way for us to heaven. We each have our favourite Holy Day; for many it’s Christmas or Palm Sunday or Easter and I understand Good Friday and many other days being favourites but for me, Ascension, Jesus leading the way home is my fave.
It’s tempting and easy to see Jesus’s ascending into heaven as the end of God’s work on earth. Jesus’s parting words don’t give us that option, as he leaves, he lays the foundation for the coming of the Holy Spirit of God and commissions the disciples with building God’s church throughout the world.
This Sunday is also Moggill Marathon day. I hope our parish members who are running run well and have a great time – I’m jealous; I miss being able to run! We will miss you but hope you have fun – even in the rain.
I will be closing our carpark from Saturday afternoon until 7:30 am Sunday.
Our Diocese has introduced new Child Protection guidelines, policy and a new handbook. Many of the new requirements are things that we are already doing; most will be quite simple to introduce (we will need notices and to display various documents). Others will require careful consideration and perhaps more training. In addition updated training for all involved will be introduced later this year.
After church on Sunday morning we have a Parish Council Meeting. In addition to the Child Protection measures, I hope this meeting will set our direction for the rest of the year and actually commence work on the issues I mentioned last week. Please pray for our Parish Council.
Sunday the 24th is Pentecost when we celebrate the coming of the Holy Spirit. This is the day we mark as the birthday of the church; I’ll provide more details next week but if you have something red to wear that would be appropriate and perhaps we need cake!
Grace and peace and abundant life,

Rob

09/05/2026

Readings/ Hymns - After Easter 10 May 2026
Readings
1st Reading Acts 7:55-60
Psalm 33:1-5,17-18 (APBA p252)
Epistle 1 Peter 2:11-25
Gospel John 14:1-14 (I am the way and the truth and the life)
Hymns
Procession 579 The blind man sat by the road
Gospel 226 Thou art the way
Communion 535 I am the bread of life
Recession 276 There's a light upon the mountains

09/05/2026

Reflection from the Reverend Rob Sutherland CSC 10 May 2026
Dear Friends,
This week, with the world around us, we have the opportunity to thank our mothers (and grandmothers and even great-grandmothers). The current ‘Mothers’ Day’ may have resulted from a marketing exercise, but let’s not waste a wonderful opportunity; without our mothers, none of us would be here. Thank you, mothers, for your love, care, tears, sleepless nights, worry, hugs, discipline, support, encouragement and the many, many meals that have made us who we are.
Autumn is a time of change and, for our church too, it is a time of change. We have one Sunday of Easter left before we are rapidly into contemplating and celebrating Jesus’s Ascension into Heaven; then Pentecost – the coming of the Holy Spirit – and then Trinity. These coming Sundays mark the end of one church season – perhaps we might consider this the season of Jesus – and the beginning of the season of the Holy Spirit, the Christian Church, and God’s ongoing work. We will celebrate the transitions but it is time for us, as a church, to be getting on with God’s work.
I have work to do in preparation for Synod. I have been asked to consider issues for veterans and families, and issues relating to part-time ministry. We may host a conference or meeting on part-time ministry to look at how God wants us to recruit, prepare, remunerate, support, and educate future part-time ministers.
Within our parish, working with our Parish Council, I am keen to solve our administrative support needs, to comply with the newly released Safe Ministry procedures, and to address the very large ($30,000) hole in our budget.
I am also working with neighbouring parishes to develop a young adults Bible study.
Please pray for God to provide. Please pray for our Parish Council: that God will lead us, and that God will, in his power and for his glory, bless us with and show us his solutions to these challenges, so that we may both praise him and get on with his work.
Rob Law has taken on the role of putting together the next Parish Roster. My thanks to all who read, pray, welcome, count, provide morning tea, serve in the sanctuary, lead children’s ministry, and more. These active contributions are a wonderful expression of who we are; more volunteers are welcome, but if it is time to step back, that is fine too.
Grace and peace and abundant life,
Rob

01/05/2026

Readings/ Hymns - After Easter 3 May 2026

Readings Full Text of Readings is included at the end of GNT

1 st Reading Acts 2:42-47

Psalm 23 (APBA p243)

Epistle 1 Peter

2:1-10 Gospel John 10:1-10 (The Good Shepherd)

Hymns

Procession 145 The king of love my shepherd is

Gospel 430 Your words to me are life and health

Communion 580 Lead us heavenly Father lead us

Recession 659 The Lord is my shepherd and I want to follow

01/05/2026

Reflection from the Reverend Rob Sutherland CSC 3 May 2026
Dear Friends,
Jesus says in the week’s Gospel reading, “I came that they may have life and have it abundantly.” This is not how most of the world around us sees the Christian Church. The world around us appears surprised when we do proclaim God’s life in their world. The response to our church’s ANZAC involvement has been like this. People have been surprised that we are in their world and that we proclaim life and hope in darkness. I had one person after the Brookfield march and service say, “I’m an atheist but I’m so pleased that you prayed to your God for us; I liked your words.” This Sunday Jesus speaks of the safety and protection God offers us within his sheepfold but then also says that he, Jesus, will lead us out into the world. St Peter’s Epistle talks of God building a church of living stones. This is to be, like the sheepfold, a place of safety but also a place from which we proclaim what God has done for us. Last year our Archbishop called on churches to remember our veterans, to welcome them and their families into our churches and for us all to reflect upon the issues of war. Thank you to all who helped us to faithfully do this last Sunday. It is now apparent that God is building us up as a church. St Peter called on the early church, to let go of things that were stopping God individually feeding and collectively building God’s church. What do we need to let go? God is shaking the world around us; are we ready to receive those who are looking for the protection and the abundant life that Jesus is offering? Grace and peace and abundant life,
ROB

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