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SUMMARY:5th Sunday between Epiphany and Lent - Year B
DESCRIPTION:This occasion only occurs in 2027 for churches that do not observe the last Sunday before Lent as Transfiguration Sunday. \n\n\n\nBelow you will find the Bible readings set for this occasion in the Revised Common Lectionary\, with our Australian idiomatic paraphrases of them\, plus prayers and sermons based on them. \n\n\n\nBible Readings (paraphrased)\n\n\n\nLections from The Revised Common Lectionary. Copyright 1992 by the Consultation on Common Texts(CCT) P.O. Box 340003\, Room 381\, Nashville\, TN 37203-0003\, USA. Used with Permission. \n\n\n	\n\n		\n			\n				  Isaiah 40: 21-31			\n		\n\n		\n		 \n \n	Don’t you understand?\nHave you somehow missed hearing about this?\nWasn’t this explained to you from day one?\nIsn’t it obvious to you who was responsible\nfor the creation of the earth? \nIt is God who is in charge:\nGod who sees the planet like a ball;\nits population like tiny insects.\nIt is God who spread out the sky like a tarp\,\nwho set up the galaxy like a tent to live in. \nIt is God who makes governments look powerless;\nwho reduces kings and presidents to nothing.\nThey rise up on the earth as confident as mighty trees\,\nbut to God they are like newly sprouted weeds.\nNo sooner have they popped their heads up\nthan God turns on them with a puff of breath\nand they wither and blow away like dry leaves. \nThe Holy One puts the challenge to you\, saying\,\n“Who are you going to replace me with?\nWho can you find who can hold a candle to me?” \nLook up and see the night sky.\nWho do you think created all that?\nIt is God who spreads out the milky way\,\nnumbering the stars and calling them each by name.\nSo great are God’s strength and power\nthat not one star goes missing. \nSo what are you talking about\, people of God\,\nwhen you raise your voices and say\,\n“The LORD’s got no idea what is happening to us;\nGod is paying no attention to our basic rights.” \nDon’t you understand?\nHave you somehow missed hearing about this?\nThe LORD is the God who outlasts everyone and everything\,\nthe Creator of the whole earth\, from one end to the other.\nThe LORD never runs out of puff\,\nand never feels like giving up.\nThe LORD knows the fine detail\nof things we can only guess at. \nWhen your energies are drained\,\nand you are too weak to stand\,\nthe LORD gives new strength and energy. \nEven the youngest and fittest have their limits;\nthey too eventually drop in their tracks. \nBut nothing can stop those who hang in there for the LORD.\nTheir strength will be constantly renewed;\nthey will soar with the effortless grace of an eagle.\nThey will run and never grow weary;\nthey will walk ever onward\nand never grow faint. \n©2003 Nathan Nettleton LaughingBird.net \n\n\n			\n	\n		\n\n		\n			\n				  Psalm 147: 1-11\, 20c			\n		\n\n		\n		 \n \n	LORD\, we sing your praises! \nWe love to sing your praises\,\nfor you are incredibly generous\nand you deserve all the credit we can give. \nYou\, LORD\, are the one who rebuilds the ruined city\nand brings home those who have been kicked out. \nYou bandage the wounds of the brokenhearted\,\nand nurse them back to health. \nIt was you who counted out the stars\,\nand called them all by name. \nYou are the greatest\, LORD\,\nyour strength is off the scale\,\nand your grasp of what’s going on is mind boggling. \nYou put those who have been ground into the dirt back on their feet\,\nand you knock those who are callous and corrupt off their perches. \nOur songs are full of thanks to you\, LORD\,\nas we strike up the band in your honour. \nIt is you who spread the clouds across the sky\,\nready to rain on the earth\,\nready to bring the grass springing up green. \nIt is you who feeds the animals;\nyou who responds to the hungry cry of a currawong chick. \nYou are not impressed by massive horsepower;\nyou don’t get your kicks watching tests of speed. \nYou would much rather that people were awestruck by your love\, LORD\,\nand that they built their future on the solid rock of your faithfulness.\nLORD\, we sing your praises! \n©2002 Nathan Nettleton LaughingBird.net \n\n\n			\n	\n		\n\n		\n			\n				  1 Corinthians 9: 16-23			\n		\n\n		\n		 \n \n	Preaching God’s message is not some great accomplishment for which I can expect to be applauded and rewarded. I am just doing what I was created to do\, so I’d be up the creek without a paddle if I failed to preach God’s message! If it was just a job I had applied for\, then I could expect to be paid an award wage. But since I am not doing this because I want to\, but because it is what I was made for\, I am simply being true to the call that God has wired into my brain. So is there anything in it for me? Sure! The privilege of being the mouth-piece that brings people into contact with the good news of God’s love is worth more than wages to me. And even better if it doesn’t cost them a cent\, so I refrain from calling in the favours I could\, by right\, claim for my role in bringing that message to you. \nCertainly I am free. No one has the right to tell me what I can and can’t do. But despite that\, I have voluntarily made myself a slave to everyone else’s customs in order to win over more people. Among Jewish people\, I stuck religiously to the Jewish customs in order to avoid offending them\, and to maximise the odds of winning them over. Among those who carefully observe the religious law\, I too lived as one governed by the law. I did this even though I am free from the law\, in order to maximise the odds of winning over those who are bound by the law. Among those who have never lived under the religious law\, I didn’t make a display of law-keeping\, but lived according to the local customs. I did this in order to maximise the odds of winning them over\, even though I am by no means lawless\, because Christ calls the shots in my life. Among those who are timid and uncertain\, I played it safe\, just as they do\, in order to win over as many timid and uncertain people as possible. I have become anything and everything to others — whatever it takes to find common ground with people and win their trust — so that by whatever means I can employ I might help people take hold of the lifeline God is throwing them. I do everything I can to promote the message of God’s love\, and I look for nothing more in return than to share in the benefits that it brings. \n©2003 Nathan Nettleton LaughingBird.net \n\n\n			\n	\n		\n\n		\n			\n				  Mark 1: 29-39			\n		\n\n		\n		 \n \n	Jesus finished teaching in the Capernaum Synagogue and left with his followers. Taking James and John with him\, he went to the family home of Simon and Andrew. On arrival he was told that Simon’s mother-in-law was crook in bed\, burning up with fever. He went to her bedside\, took her by the hand and lifted her to her feet. The fever cleared\, then and there\, and she set about making them welcome in her home. \nBy sunset that day\, the word was out and a crowd was gathering at the door. It seemed that the whole city was there\, bringing everyone who was sick or tormented by demons. Jesus cured many people from various kinds of disease\, and freed many from the grip of demons. He would not allow the demons to say a word\, because they had him figured out. \nBefore sunrise the next morning\, Jesus got up and left the house on the quiet. He went bush in a remote area and spent the time alone in prayer. When he was missed\, Simon and his mates began the search. They tracked him down\, and said to him\, “Come on\, you’ve got everyone looking for you.” \nJesus answered\, “Let’s hit the road\, so that I can broadcast the message in the other towns in this neck of the woods. That’s what I came to do.” \nAnd so he hiked the length and breadth of Galilee. In every town he preached the message in the places where the people gathered\, and drove out the demonic powers. \n©2003 Nathan Nettleton LaughingBird.net \n\n\n			\n	\n	\n\n\n\nPrayers\n\n\n	\n\n		\n			\n				  Eucharistic Preface			\n		\n\n		\n		 \n \n	Let us lift up our hearts.\nWe lift them to the Lord.\nLet us give thanks to the Lord our God.\nIt is right to give our thanks and praise. \nIt is indeed right to give you our thanks and praise\, O God\,\nfor you strengthen the powerless\nand renew those who wait for you in trust. \nYou are the Creator of the earth\nwho stretched out the sky like a curtain\nand sent down rain\, clothing the mountains in green.\nYou gathered your people from exile\,\nhealing the broken hearted and binding their wounds. \nYou came among us\, as one of us\,\nin your child Jesus the Christ\,\nsharing our weakness in order to save us.\nHealing the sick and casting out demonic powers\,\nhe proclaimed your mercy and peace.\nTurning his back on the acclaim of the crowds\,\nhe faithfully followed your call\nall the way to death on a cross.\nYou raised him up\nand promised that all who trust in him\nwill rise up with wings like eagles\nand run the race without ever growing weary. \nTherefore with ..... \n©2003 Nathan Nettleton LaughingBird.net \n\n\n			\n	\n		\n\n		\n			\n				  Short Preface (for insertion into Eucharistic prayers with fixed prefaces)			\n		\n\n		\n		 \n \n	We give you thanks for gathering us from exile\,\nhealing our broken hearts and binding our wounds\,\nand raising us up on wings like eagles\nthat we might go where you send us\nand be what you need us to be\nwithout ever growing weary or faint. \n©2003 Nathan Nettleton LaughingBird.net \n\n\n			\n	\n		\n\n		\n			\n				  General Prayer of Thanksgiving			\n		\n\n		\n		 \n \n	(Preface reformatted for use apart from communion)\n\nWe give you all thanks and praise\, O God\,\nfor you strengthen the powerless\nand renew those who wait for you in trust. \nYou are the Creator of the earth\nwho stretched out the sky like a curtain\nand sent down rain\, clothing the mountains in green.\nYou gathered your people from exile\,\nhealing the broken hearted and binding their wounds. \nYou came among us\, as one of us\,\nin your child Jesus the Christ\,\nsharing our weakness in order to save us.\nHealing the sick and casting out demonic powers\,\nhe proclaimed your mercy and peace.\nTurning his back on the acclaim of the crowds\,\nhe faithfully followed your call\nall the way to death on a cross.\nYou raised him up\nand promised that all who trust in him\nwill rise up with wings like eagles\nand run the race without ever growing weary. \nTherefore\, with our hearts lifted high\,\nwe offer you thanks and praise at all times\nthrough Jesus Christ our Lord\,\nwho lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit\,\none God\, for ever and ever.\nAmen. \n©2003 Nathan Nettleton LaughingBird.net \n\n\n			\n	\n		\n\n		\n			\n				  Declaration of Grace / Absolution			\n		\n\n		\n		 \n \n	God hears the cries of the brokenhearted\nand renews the strength of those who trust in his mercy.\nIn Jesus Christ\, God has taken us by the hand\,\nforgiving our sins and lifting us up to new life. \nSisters and Brothers\,\n  your sins are forgiven;\n    be at peace. \n©2003 Nathan Nettleton LaughingBird.net \n\n\n			\n	\n		\n\n		\n			\n				  Commission & Benediction			\n		\n\n		\n		 \n \n	Go now\, and trust in God’s mercy for your strength.\nProclaim the good news wherever God calls you\,\nand do not set yourselves apart from others\,\nbut be all things to all people for the sake of the gospel. \nAnd may God give you the strength and freedom of an eagle.\nMay Christ be the bread that nourishes and renews you.\nAnd may the Holy Spirit be the rising wind beneath your wings. \nWe go in peace to love and serve the Lord\,\n   In the name of Christ. Amen. \n©2003 Nathan Nettleton LaughingBird.net \n\n\n			\n	\n	\n\n\n\nSermons\n\n\n\nSermons will open in new tabs from our SYCBaps church website. \n\n\n\n\nJesus the ExorcistA sermon on Mark 1:29-39 by Garry Worete Deverell\n\n\n\nWhen is a Call not a Call?A sermon on Mark 1:29-39\, 1 Corinthians 9:16-23 & Isaiah 40:21-31 by Nathan Nettleton\n\n\n\nA Word from the FireA sermon on Isaiah 40:21-31 by Nathan Nettleton\n\n\n\nWhat is Freedom?A sermon on Mark 1:29-39 & 1 Corinthians 9:16-23 by Nathan Nettleton\n\n\n\nThe healing that leads to ministryA sermon on Mark 1: 29-39 by Alison Sampson\n\n\n\nThe Strength to Walk Away from SuccessA sermon on Mark 1:29-39\, 1 Corinthians 9:16-23 & Isaiah 40:21-31 by Nathan Nettleton\n\n\n\nLooking for good news during a pandemicA sermon on Isaiah 40:21-31; Psalm 147; 1 Corinthians 9:16-23 & Mark 1:29-39 by Francesca Nuzzolese
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SUMMARY:5th Sunday between Epiphany and Lent - Year B
DESCRIPTION:This occasion only occurs in 2027 for churches that do not observe the last Sunday before Lent as Transfiguration Sunday. \n\n\n\nBelow you will find the Bible readings set for this occasion in the Revised Common Lectionary\, with our Australian idiomatic paraphrases of them\, plus prayers and sermons based on them. \n\n\n\nBible Readings (paraphrased)\n\n\n\nLections from The Revised Common Lectionary. Copyright 1992 by the Consultation on Common Texts(CCT) P.O. Box 340003\, Room 381\, Nashville\, TN 37203-0003\, USA. Used with Permission. \n\n\n	\n\n		\n			\n				  Isaiah 40: 21-31			\n		\n\n		\n		 \n \n	Don’t you understand?\nHave you somehow missed hearing about this?\nWasn’t this explained to you from day one?\nIsn’t it obvious to you who was responsible\nfor the creation of the earth? \nIt is God who is in charge:\nGod who sees the planet like a ball;\nits population like tiny insects.\nIt is God who spread out the sky like a tarp\,\nwho set up the galaxy like a tent to live in. \nIt is God who makes governments look powerless;\nwho reduces kings and presidents to nothing.\nThey rise up on the earth as confident as mighty trees\,\nbut to God they are like newly sprouted weeds.\nNo sooner have they popped their heads up\nthan God turns on them with a puff of breath\nand they wither and blow away like dry leaves. \nThe Holy One puts the challenge to you\, saying\,\n“Who are you going to replace me with?\nWho can you find who can hold a candle to me?” \nLook up and see the night sky.\nWho do you think created all that?\nIt is God who spreads out the milky way\,\nnumbering the stars and calling them each by name.\nSo great are God’s strength and power\nthat not one star goes missing. \nSo what are you talking about\, people of God\,\nwhen you raise your voices and say\,\n“The LORD’s got no idea what is happening to us;\nGod is paying no attention to our basic rights.” \nDon’t you understand?\nHave you somehow missed hearing about this?\nThe LORD is the God who outlasts everyone and everything\,\nthe Creator of the whole earth\, from one end to the other.\nThe LORD never runs out of puff\,\nand never feels like giving up.\nThe LORD knows the fine detail\nof things we can only guess at. \nWhen your energies are drained\,\nand you are too weak to stand\,\nthe LORD gives new strength and energy. \nEven the youngest and fittest have their limits;\nthey too eventually drop in their tracks. \nBut nothing can stop those who hang in there for the LORD.\nTheir strength will be constantly renewed;\nthey will soar with the effortless grace of an eagle.\nThey will run and never grow weary;\nthey will walk ever onward\nand never grow faint. \n©2003 Nathan Nettleton LaughingBird.net \n\n\n			\n	\n		\n\n		\n			\n				  Psalm 147: 1-11\, 20c			\n		\n\n		\n		 \n \n	LORD\, we sing your praises! \nWe love to sing your praises\,\nfor you are incredibly generous\nand you deserve all the credit we can give. \nYou\, LORD\, are the one who rebuilds the ruined city\nand brings home those who have been kicked out. \nYou bandage the wounds of the brokenhearted\,\nand nurse them back to health. \nIt was you who counted out the stars\,\nand called them all by name. \nYou are the greatest\, LORD\,\nyour strength is off the scale\,\nand your grasp of what’s going on is mind boggling. \nYou put those who have been ground into the dirt back on their feet\,\nand you knock those who are callous and corrupt off their perches. \nOur songs are full of thanks to you\, LORD\,\nas we strike up the band in your honour. \nIt is you who spread the clouds across the sky\,\nready to rain on the earth\,\nready to bring the grass springing up green. \nIt is you who feeds the animals;\nyou who responds to the hungry cry of a currawong chick. \nYou are not impressed by massive horsepower;\nyou don’t get your kicks watching tests of speed. \nYou would much rather that people were awestruck by your love\, LORD\,\nand that they built their future on the solid rock of your faithfulness.\nLORD\, we sing your praises! \n©2002 Nathan Nettleton LaughingBird.net \n\n\n			\n	\n		\n\n		\n			\n				  1 Corinthians 9: 16-23			\n		\n\n		\n		 \n \n	Preaching God’s message is not some great accomplishment for which I can expect to be applauded and rewarded. I am just doing what I was created to do\, so I’d be up the creek without a paddle if I failed to preach God’s message! If it was just a job I had applied for\, then I could expect to be paid an award wage. But since I am not doing this because I want to\, but because it is what I was made for\, I am simply being true to the call that God has wired into my brain. So is there anything in it for me? Sure! The privilege of being the mouth-piece that brings people into contact with the good news of God’s love is worth more than wages to me. And even better if it doesn’t cost them a cent\, so I refrain from calling in the favours I could\, by right\, claim for my role in bringing that message to you. \nCertainly I am free. No one has the right to tell me what I can and can’t do. But despite that\, I have voluntarily made myself a slave to everyone else’s customs in order to win over more people. Among Jewish people\, I stuck religiously to the Jewish customs in order to avoid offending them\, and to maximise the odds of winning them over. Among those who carefully observe the religious law\, I too lived as one governed by the law. I did this even though I am free from the law\, in order to maximise the odds of winning over those who are bound by the law. Among those who have never lived under the religious law\, I didn’t make a display of law-keeping\, but lived according to the local customs. I did this in order to maximise the odds of winning them over\, even though I am by no means lawless\, because Christ calls the shots in my life. Among those who are timid and uncertain\, I played it safe\, just as they do\, in order to win over as many timid and uncertain people as possible. I have become anything and everything to others — whatever it takes to find common ground with people and win their trust — so that by whatever means I can employ I might help people take hold of the lifeline God is throwing them. I do everything I can to promote the message of God’s love\, and I look for nothing more in return than to share in the benefits that it brings. \n©2003 Nathan Nettleton LaughingBird.net \n\n\n			\n	\n		\n\n		\n			\n				  Mark 1: 29-39			\n		\n\n		\n		 \n \n	Jesus finished teaching in the Capernaum Synagogue and left with his followers. Taking James and John with him\, he went to the family home of Simon and Andrew. On arrival he was told that Simon’s mother-in-law was crook in bed\, burning up with fever. He went to her bedside\, took her by the hand and lifted her to her feet. The fever cleared\, then and there\, and she set about making them welcome in her home. \nBy sunset that day\, the word was out and a crowd was gathering at the door. It seemed that the whole city was there\, bringing everyone who was sick or tormented by demons. Jesus cured many people from various kinds of disease\, and freed many from the grip of demons. He would not allow the demons to say a word\, because they had him figured out. \nBefore sunrise the next morning\, Jesus got up and left the house on the quiet. He went bush in a remote area and spent the time alone in prayer. When he was missed\, Simon and his mates began the search. They tracked him down\, and said to him\, “Come on\, you’ve got everyone looking for you.” \nJesus answered\, “Let’s hit the road\, so that I can broadcast the message in the other towns in this neck of the woods. That’s what I came to do.” \nAnd so he hiked the length and breadth of Galilee. In every town he preached the message in the places where the people gathered\, and drove out the demonic powers. \n©2003 Nathan Nettleton LaughingBird.net \n\n\n			\n	\n	\n\n\n\nPrayers\n\n\n	\n\n		\n			\n				  Eucharistic Preface			\n		\n\n		\n		 \n \n	Let us lift up our hearts.\nWe lift them to the Lord.\nLet us give thanks to the Lord our God.\nIt is right to give our thanks and praise. \nIt is indeed right to give you our thanks and praise\, O God\,\nfor you strengthen the powerless\nand renew those who wait for you in trust. \nYou are the Creator of the earth\nwho stretched out the sky like a curtain\nand sent down rain\, clothing the mountains in green.\nYou gathered your people from exile\,\nhealing the broken hearted and binding their wounds. \nYou came among us\, as one of us\,\nin your child Jesus the Christ\,\nsharing our weakness in order to save us.\nHealing the sick and casting out demonic powers\,\nhe proclaimed your mercy and peace.\nTurning his back on the acclaim of the crowds\,\nhe faithfully followed your call\nall the way to death on a cross.\nYou raised him up\nand promised that all who trust in him\nwill rise up with wings like eagles\nand run the race without ever growing weary. \nTherefore with ..... \n©2003 Nathan Nettleton LaughingBird.net \n\n\n			\n	\n		\n\n		\n			\n				  Short Preface (for insertion into Eucharistic prayers with fixed prefaces)			\n		\n\n		\n		 \n \n	We give you thanks for gathering us from exile\,\nhealing our broken hearts and binding our wounds\,\nand raising us up on wings like eagles\nthat we might go where you send us\nand be what you need us to be\nwithout ever growing weary or faint. \n©2003 Nathan Nettleton LaughingBird.net \n\n\n			\n	\n		\n\n		\n			\n				  General Prayer of Thanksgiving			\n		\n\n		\n		 \n \n	(Preface reformatted for use apart from communion)\n\nWe give you all thanks and praise\, O God\,\nfor you strengthen the powerless\nand renew those who wait for you in trust. \nYou are the Creator of the earth\nwho stretched out the sky like a curtain\nand sent down rain\, clothing the mountains in green.\nYou gathered your people from exile\,\nhealing the broken hearted and binding their wounds. \nYou came among us\, as one of us\,\nin your child Jesus the Christ\,\nsharing our weakness in order to save us.\nHealing the sick and casting out demonic powers\,\nhe proclaimed your mercy and peace.\nTurning his back on the acclaim of the crowds\,\nhe faithfully followed your call\nall the way to death on a cross.\nYou raised him up\nand promised that all who trust in him\nwill rise up with wings like eagles\nand run the race without ever growing weary. \nTherefore\, with our hearts lifted high\,\nwe offer you thanks and praise at all times\nthrough Jesus Christ our Lord\,\nwho lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit\,\none God\, for ever and ever.\nAmen. \n©2003 Nathan Nettleton LaughingBird.net \n\n\n			\n	\n		\n\n		\n			\n				  Declaration of Grace / Absolution			\n		\n\n		\n		 \n \n	God hears the cries of the brokenhearted\nand renews the strength of those who trust in his mercy.\nIn Jesus Christ\, God has taken us by the hand\,\nforgiving our sins and lifting us up to new life. \nSisters and Brothers\,\n  your sins are forgiven;\n    be at peace. \n©2003 Nathan Nettleton LaughingBird.net \n\n\n			\n	\n		\n\n		\n			\n				  Commission & Benediction			\n		\n\n		\n		 \n \n	Go now\, and trust in God’s mercy for your strength.\nProclaim the good news wherever God calls you\,\nand do not set yourselves apart from others\,\nbut be all things to all people for the sake of the gospel. \nAnd may God give you the strength and freedom of an eagle.\nMay Christ be the bread that nourishes and renews you.\nAnd may the Holy Spirit be the rising wind beneath your wings. \nWe go in peace to love and serve the Lord\,\n   In the name of Christ. Amen. \n©2003 Nathan Nettleton LaughingBird.net \n\n\n			\n	\n	\n\n\n\nSermons\n\n\n\nSermons will open in new tabs from our SYCBaps church website. \n\n\n\n\nJesus the ExorcistA sermon on Mark 1:29-39 by Garry Worete Deverell\n\n\n\nWhen is a Call not a Call?A sermon on Mark 1:29-39\, 1 Corinthians 9:16-23 & Isaiah 40:21-31 by Nathan Nettleton\n\n\n\nA Word from the FireA sermon on Isaiah 40:21-31 by Nathan Nettleton\n\n\n\nWhat is Freedom?A sermon on Mark 1:29-39 & 1 Corinthians 9:16-23 by Nathan Nettleton\n\n\n\nThe healing that leads to ministryA sermon on Mark 1: 29-39 by Alison Sampson\n\n\n\nThe Strength to Walk Away from SuccessA sermon on Mark 1:29-39\, 1 Corinthians 9:16-23 & Isaiah 40:21-31 by Nathan Nettleton\n\n\n\nLooking for good news during a pandemicA sermon on Isaiah 40:21-31; Psalm 147; 1 Corinthians 9:16-23 & Mark 1:29-39 by Francesca Nuzzolese
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