Welcome to the Parish of Modbury and Golden Grove

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When God Calls, God Goes With Us

What does it mean to respond faithfully when God calls us to something we feel ill-equipped to do?

This Sunday’s readings bring together three very different people who find themselves confronted by God’s call. Moses encounters God in the burning bush and immediatelyasks, “Who am I that I should go?” He feels inadequate for the task God is placing before him. Peter, in the Gospel, has just recognised Jesus as the Messiah, but cannot accept that the

Messiah’s path will involve suffering and the cross. Paul, meanwhile, describes what following Christ looks like in the ordinary circumstances of daily life: genuine love, hospitality, patience, generosity, forgiveness and a refusal to repay evil with evil.  Together, these readings remind us that Christian vocation rarely begins with a sense that we are perfectly prepared or completely capable. God does not call us because we are enough.

God calls us, accompanies us and transforms us.  Nor does following God necessarily lead us along an easy or successful path. Sometimes the

way of faithfulness involves sacrifice, uncertainty, disappointment or simply continuing to love when loving is difficult.  Yet the promise given to Moses remains at the heart of Christian discipleship: “I will be with you.”

The question for us, then, may not be “Am I enough?” or “Will this be easy?” Instead, we are invited to ask: Where is God calling me to follow, and can I trust that God will be  with me?

Faithfulness is not measured by success or ease, but by our willingness to follow God's call,  trust God's presence and continue to love when the way becomes difficult

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Usual weekly services and activities:

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Sunday:        Holy Communion 8.00 am

                       Holy Communion 10am

Monday:       Bible Study 10.00 am 

Tuesday:       Holy Communion 8.30 am

                        Community Garden 9.30 am

                        Christian meditation 9;30-10am alternate Tuesday from

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Wednesday: Bible Study 10.00 am

                        Fortnightly Foodbank   10.00 am

Thursday:      Holy Communion 10.00 am

Friday:            Community Garden 9.30 am

                        

 

1st Tuesday of the month Community Garden BBQ 11.30 am

1st and 3rd Sunday of the month Bari Service 11.30 am

2nd Thursday of the month Men's Group 7.30 pm

1st Friday of the month "Come as You Are" - Women's Fellowship 10-12 ​

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