25 September 2022
10:00 | 
Posted by
Dr Platts |
The Sunday School have been busy learning about harvest and had consumed what they had made (I hear that Fr Chris said he hadn't been eating chips). But here is a photo of them with potatoes and other fruits from the hedgerows.
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This week we also said goodbye to Michael Roope whos funeral on Friday morning was followed in the afternoon by a service of thanksgiving for his life. Here are some of the lovely flowers from that service which were still in the church on Sunday for every one to enjoy.
Jeremiah 32:1-3a, 6-15
A reading from the book of the prophet Jeremiah.
The word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord
in the tenth year of King Zedekiah of Judah,
which was the eighteenth year of Nebuchadrezzar.
At that time the army of the king of Babylon was besieging Jerusalem,
and the prophet Jeremiah was confined in the court of the guard
that was in the palace of the king of Judah,
where King Zedekiah of Judah had confined him.
Jeremiah said,
The word of the Lord came to me:
Hanamel son of your uncle Shallum is going to come to you and say,
‘Buy my field that is at Anathoth,
for the right of redemption by purchase is yours.’
Then my cousin Hanamel came to me in the court of the guard,
in accordance with the word of the Lord, and said to me,
‘Buy my field that is at Anathoth in the land of Benjamin,
for the right of possession and redemption is yours;
buy it for yourself.’
Then I knew that this was the word of the Lord.
And I bought the field at Anathoth from my cousin Hanamel,
and weighed out the money to him,
seventeen shekels of silver.
I signed the deed, sealed it,
got witnesses, and weighed the money on scales.
Then I took the sealed deed of purchase,
containing the terms and conditions,
and the open copy;
12and I gave the deed of purchase to Baruch son of Neriah son of Mahseiah,
in the presence of my cousin Hanamel,
in the presence of the witnesses who signed the deed of purchase,
and in the presence of all the Judeans who were sitting in the court of the guard.
In their presence I charged Baruch, saying,
Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel:
Take these deeds, both this sealed deed of purchase and this open deed,
and put them in an earthenware jar, in order that they may last for a long time.
For thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel:
Houses and fields and vineyards shall again be bought in this land.
1 Timothy 6:6-19
A reading from the first letter of Paul to Timothy.
There is great gain in godliness combined with contentment;
for we brought nothing into the world,
so that we can take nothing out of it;
but if we have food and clothing,
we will be content with these.
But those who want to be rich fall into temptation
and are trapped by many senseless and harmful desires
that plunge people into ruin and destruction.
For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil,
and in their eagerness to be rich some have wandered away from the faith
and pierced themselves with many pains.
But as for you, man of God, shun all this;
pursue righteousness, godliness, faith,
love, endurance, gentleness.
Fight the good fight of the faith;
take hold of the eternal life, to which you were called
and for which you made the good confession
in the presence of many witnesses.
In the presence of God, who gives life to all things,
and of Christ Jesus,
who in his testimony before Pontius Pilate made the good confession,
I charge you to keep the commandment without spot or blame
until the manifestation of our Lord Jesus Christ,
which he will bring about at the right time—
he who is the blessed and only Sovereign,
the King of kings and Lord of lords.
It is he alone who has immortality
and dwells in unapproachable light,
whom no one has ever seen or can see;
to him be honour and eternal dominion. Amen.
As for those who in the present age are rich,
command them not to be haughty,
or to set their hopes on the uncertainty of riches,
but rather on God who richly provides us with everything for our enjoyment.
They are to do good,
to be rich in good works,
generous, and ready to share,
thus storing up for themselves
the treasure of a good foundation for the future,
so that they may take hold of the life that really is life.
Luke 16:19-31
Hear the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to Like.
Jesus told this parable,
to those among the Pharisees who loved money:
‘There was a rich man who was dressed in purple and fine linen
and who feasted sumptuously every day.
And at his gate lay a poor man named Lazarus, covered with sores,
who longed to satisfy his hunger
with what fell from the rich man’s table;
even the dogs would come and lick his sores.
The poor man died
and was carried away by the angels to be with Abraham.
The rich man also died and was buried.
In Hades, where he was being tormented,
he looked up and saw Abraham far away
with Lazarus by his side.
He called out,
“Father Abraham, have mercy on me,
and send Lazarus to dip the tip of his finger in water
and cool my tongue;
for I am in agony in these flames.”
But Abraham said,
“Child, remember that during your lifetime
you received your good things,
and Lazarus in like manner evil things;
but now he is comforted here,
and you are in agony.
Besides all this,
between you and us a great chasm has been fixed,
so that those who might want to pass from here to you
cannot do so,
and no one can cross from there to us.”
The man who had been rich said,
“Then, father, I beg you to send him to my father’s house—
for I have five brothers—
that he may warn them,
so that they will not also come into this place of torment.”
Abraham replied,
“They have Moses and the prophets;
they should listen to them.”
He said,
“No, father Abraham;
but if someone goes to them from the dead,
they will repent.”
Abraham said to him,
“If they do not listen to Moses and the prophets,
neither will they be convinced
even if someone rises from the dead.” ’
