Posts by Rohan Pryor
31 August 2025: Pentecost 12: Frontier Services Sunday
Psalm 9 6:11-12 11 Let the heavens rejoice, let the earth be glad; let the sea resound, and all that is in it. 12 Let the fields be jubilant, and everything in them;…
Read More17 April – Easter Day – Isaiah 65:17-25, Psalm 118:1-2, 14-24, Acts 10:34-43, Luke 24:1-12
Easter Day Here again we have choices amongst readings. Why might we choose a particular pathway through them: our personal preference, the needs of those who may be present, prayerful…
Read MoreCOVID-19 update: 3-day lockdown for the South; No gatherings for worship; Sunday worship options online
Based on public health advice, the Tasmanian Government has just announced a 3-day snap lockdown for southern Tasmania, from 6:00pm Friday (15/10) for 3 days to 6:00pm Monday (18/10), subject…
Read MoreApril 25th – Easter 4 – John 10:11-18
If there is one image associated with the Christian faith which has found an enduring and endearing place in the collective life of the church for centuries, it is the…
Read MoreApril 18th 2021 – Easter 3 – Luke 24: 36b – 48
The disciples are huddling together and have just heard Simon’s account of his walk with Cleopas to Emmaus, and how a stranger had started walking and talking with them. He…
Read MoreApril 11th 2021 – Easter 2 – John 20:19-31
Imagine how it must have been for Mary, weeping outside the tomb, to then look into the tomb and see two angels sitting where the body of Jesus had been…
Read MorePalm Sunday – 28 March 2021
Palm Sunday Gospel Reading Mark 11:1-11 11:1 When they were approaching Jerusalem, at Bethphage and Bethany, near the Mount of Olives, he sent two of his disciples 11:2 and…
Read More5th Sunday in Lent – March 21 2021
John 12:20-33 12:20 Now among those who went up to worship at the festival were some Greeks. 12:21 They came to Philip, who was from Bethsaida in Galilee, and said…
Read More4rd Sunday in Lent – March 14 2021
Based on a reflection by Karoline Lewis (Professor and the Marbury E. Anderson Chair of Biblical Preaching, Luther Seminary, Saint Paul, Minnesota) John 3:14-21 3:14 And just as Moses lifted…
Read MoreNational Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children’s Day: 4 August 2020
All children deserve to thrive and fulfill their potential. National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children’s Day (Children’s Day) is our national day dedicated to celebrating our children, and is…
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