Together Sharing Christ’s Love   Welcome to: Redeemer, Macalister St Mark’s, Dalby Liturgical Colour: White The Epiphany of our Lord is celebrated on 6 January. Today is the first Sunday after the festival of the Epiphany.  The word Epiphany means a sudden or great realization or revelation and it is celebrated as the first appearance of Christ to the Gentiles, when the Magi (Wise men) came to worship him.  In the Lutheran church, this season runs from the day of Epiphany unt

Together Sharing Christ’s Love   Welcome to: Redeemer, Macalister St Mark’s, Dalby Liturgical Colour: White This Sunday may be celebrated as Epiphany Sunday, if the festival of Epiphany is not observed on 6 January.      ST MARK’S GUIDING PRINCIPLES Christ Centred    Spirit Guided       Inclusive Encouraging Discipleship               Witnessing to the Gospel       This week at Redeemer, Macalister (Yr C) : Readings  – Jeremiah 31:7-14; Ephesians 1:3-14; John 1:10-18; Worship

Together Sharing Christ’s Love   Welcome to: Redeemer, Macalister St Mark’s, Dalby Liturgical Colour: White In some traditions, this Sunday is called 'The Festival of the Holy Family'.  The gospel reading for the day reflects something of Jesus' own family.     ST MARK’S GUIDING PRINCIPLES Christ Centred    Spirit Guided       Inclusive Encouraging Discipleship               Witnessing to the Gospel        This week at Redeemer, Macalister (Yr C) : Readings  – Isaiah 63:7-9;

Together Sharing Christ’s Love   Welcome to: Redeemer, Macalister St Mark’s, Dalby Liturgical Colour: Violet / Blue Happy New Church Year! Advent begins with the First Sunday of Advent, at the end of November or the beginning of December.  This is the beginning of the church year.  There are always four Sundays of Advent, before Christmas, whether Christmas day falls on a weekday or a Sunday.  The word ‘advent’ means ‘coming’.  During this time we look forward to our Lord’s c

Together Sharing Christ’s Love   Welcome to: Redeemer, Macalister St Mark’s, Dalby Liturgical Colour: Violet / Blue Happy New Church Year! Advent begins with the First Sunday of Advent, at the end of November or the beginning of December.  This is the beginning of the church year.  There are always four Sundays of Advent, before Christmas, whether Christmas day falls on a weekday or a Sunday.  The word ‘advent’ means ‘coming’.  During this time we look forward to our Lord’s c

Together Sharing Christ’s Love   Welcome to: Redeemer, Macalister St Mark’s, Dalby Liturgical Colour: Violet / Blue Happy New Church Year! Advent begins with the First Sunday of Advent, at the end of November or the beginning of December.  This is the beginning of the church year.  There are always four Sundays of Advent, before Christmas, whether Christmas day falls on a weekday or a Sunday.  The word ‘advent’ means ‘coming’.  During this time we look forward to our Lord’s c

Together Sharing Christ’s Love   Welcome to: Redeemer, Macalister St Mark’s, Dalby Liturgical Colour: Violet / Blue Happy New Church Year! Advent begins with the First Sunday of Advent, at the end of November or the beginning of December.  This is the beginning of the church year.  There are always four Sundays of Advent, before Christmas, whether Christmas day falls on a weekday or a Sunday.  The word ‘advent’ means ‘coming’.  During this time we look forward to our Lord’s c

Together Sharing Christ’s Love   Welcome to: Redeemer, Macalister St Mark’s, Dalby Liturgical Colour: Green The ‘Last Sunday of the Church Year’ may be seen as a day when the focus is on God’s ‘fulfilment’ of his judgment and salvation. For us Christians, this is at the same time the ‘fulfilment’ of the hope to which we were called at our baptism.       ST MARK’S GUIDING PRINCIPLES Christ Centred    Spirit Guided       Inclusive Encouraging Discipleship               Witnessi

Together Sharing Christ’s Love   Welcome to: Redeemer, Macalister St Mark’s, Dalby Liturgical Colour: Green The Sundays after Pentecost (known as the "non-festival" season of the Church Year) are the Sundays in which we concentrate on the growth of the Church. They begin with Trinity Sunday, and ends with "Christ the King" Sunday, where we focus on the end times, and the second coming of our Lord Jesus. The Gospel lessons for this season concentrate on the teaching and minist

Together Sharing Christ’s Love   Welcome to: Redeemer, Macalister St Mark’s, Dalby Liturgical Colour: Green The Sundays after Pentecost (known as the "non-festival" season of the Church Year) are the Sundays in which we concentrate on the growth of the Church. They begin with Trinity Sunday, and ends with "Christ the King" Sunday, where we focus on the end times, and the second coming of our Lord Jesus. The Gospel lessons for this season concentrate on the teaching and minist

Together Sharing Christ’s Love   Welcome to: Redeemer, Macalister St Mark’s, Dalby Liturgical Colour: White 'The custom of commemorating all of the martyrs of the church on a single day goes back at least to the third century. In modern practice, All Saints' Day commemorates not only all the martyrs but all the people of God, living and dead, who form the mystical body of Christ. The feast is, in effect, a feast of the church.'     ST MARK’S GUIDING PRINCIPLES Christ Centred 

Together Sharing Christ’s Love   Welcome to: Redeemer, Macalister St Mark’s, Dalby Liturgical Colour: Red 'This is the anniversary of Luther's posting of his 95 theses concerning the sale of indulgences.  In the sixteenth century various dates were suggested in various places for an annual commemoration of the reform of the church.  The Thirty Years War disrupted these observances and provoked anti-Roman sentiment.  In 1667, Elector John George II of Saxony re-established the

Together Sharing Christ’s Love   Welcome to: Redeemer, Macalister St Mark’s, Dalby Liturgical Colour: Green The Sundays after Pentecost (known as the "non-festival" season of the Church Year) are the Sundays in which we concentrate on the growth of the Church. They begin with Trinity Sunday, and ends with "Christ the King" Sunday, where we focus on the end times, and the second coming of our Lord Jesus. The Gospel lessons for this season concentrate on the teaching and minist

Together Sharing Christ’s Love   Welcome to: Redeemer, Macalister St Mark’s, Dalby Liturgical Colour: Green The Sundays after Pentecost...

Together Sharing Christ’s Love   Welcome to: Redeemer, Macalister St Mark’s, Dalby Liturgical Colour: Green The Sundays after Pentecost...

Together Sharing Christ’s Love   Welcome to: Redeemer, Macalister St Mark’s, Dalby Liturgical Colour: Green The Sundays after Pentecost...

Together Sharing Christ’s Love   Welcome to: Redeemer, Macalister St Mark’s, Dalby   Liturgical Colour: Green The Sundays after Pentecost...

Together Sharing Christ’s Love   Welcome to: Redeemer, Macalister St Mark’s, Dalby Liturgical Colour: Green The Sundays after Pentecost...

Together Sharing Christ’s Love   Welcome to: Redeemer, Macalister St Mark’s, Dalby Liturgical Colour: Green The Sundays after Pentecost...

Together Sharing Christ’s Love   Welcome to: Redeemer, Macalister St Mark’s, Dalby Liturgical Colour: Green The Sundays after Pentecost...