BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//LaughingBird - ECPv6.15.18//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:LaughingBird X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://laughingbird.net X-WR-CALDESC:Events for LaughingBird REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Australia/Melbourne BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+1100 TZOFFSETTO:+1000 TZNAME:AEST DTSTART:20270403T160000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+1000 TZOFFSETTO:+1100 TZNAME:AEDT DTSTART:20271002T160000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+1100 TZOFFSETTO:+1000 TZNAME:AEST DTSTART:20280401T160000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+1000 TZOFFSETTO:+1100 TZNAME:AEDT DTSTART:20280930T160000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+1100 TZOFFSETTO:+1000 TZNAME:AEST DTSTART:20290331T160000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+1000 TZOFFSETTO:+1100 TZNAME:AEDT DTSTART:20291006T160000 END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20280227T000000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20280227T235959 DTSTAMP:20260406T063325 CREATED:20201103T012219Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250323T045653Z UID:10001706-1835222400-1835308799@laughingbird.net SUMMARY:8th Sunday between Epiphany and Lent - Year C DESCRIPTION:This occasion only occurs in 2028 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 Sirach 27: 4-7 \n \n\n \n \n \n When grain is put through a sieve\,\nyou find out how much rubbish was in it.\nIt’s the same when a person starts talking.\nWhatever rubbish they are full of is soon out in the open. \nThe heat of the kiln tests a potter’s work for hidden faults.\nWhat a person is made of is tested in the heat of conversation. \nThe quality of the fruit tells you if a tree has been looked after.\nThe things people have to say\nreveal how they have taken care of their minds. \nDon’t pump anyone up before you hear how they talk.\nThat’s the way the truth about people comes out. \n©2013 Nathan Nettleton LaughingBird.net \n\n\n \n \n \n\n \n \n OR Isaiah 55: 10-13 \n \n\n \n \n \n This is what the LORD says: \nEverything I say has a powerful purpose;\nno empty words ever pass my lips.\nMy words are like drops of rain in the cycle of nature:\nwherever they fall they give life;\nthey replenish\, renew and nourish life\,\nand then the earth gives them back and they start again.\nMy words always achieve their purpose;\nthey flourish where I plant them\,\nthey nourish all who feed on them. \nMy Word will bring peace\nand you will come home with great celebration.\nThe trees will line the road\, clapping and singing;\nthe mountains will rain down ticker tape as you pass. \nWhere the saltbush struggled\,\na redgum will take root and grow;\nwhere noxious weeds ruled\,\nnative orchids and daisies will bloom again.\nThe wilderness in all its glory will stand like a monument\,\nlike a permanent sign of the LORD’s rich goodness. \n©2001 Nathan Nettleton LaughingBird.net \n\n\n \n \n \n\n \n \n Psalm 92: 1-4\, 12-15 \n \n\n \n \n \n It is a privilege to be able to publicly thank you\, LORD\,\nto sing your praises and put your name up in lights.\nIt is great to start the day singing about your rock-solid love\,\nwith a full band ringing out the tune\,\nand to end it thanking you for being so loyal and trustworthy\,\naccompanying our praise with guitars. \nFor you\, O LORD\, have given us so much to be happy about;\nwhat you have done with your own hands\nsets us singing and dancing for joy. \nPeople who always do the right thing by others\nwill thrive like a tropical rainforest\nand grow strong like a river redgum.\nThey have put down their roots in your soil\, LORD\,\nand they will brighten up your temple like flowers.\nEven when they grow old they will still be fruitful\,\nhealthy and vibrant and pulsing with life.\nThey are a credit to you\, LORD\,\nproving for all to see that you are straight and true.\nYou are our rock\,\nand there is nothing rotten or crooked in you. \n©2009 Nathan Nettleton LaughingBird.net \n\n\n \n \n \n\n \n \n 1 Corinthians 15: 51-58 \n \n\n \n \n \n Listen up! I will let you in on a mystery! We are not all going to die after all. But we will all be radically changed. When the final siren blows\, it will happen in the blink of an eye. Just like that. The siren will sound\, and those who were dead and buried will be raised up new\, never to decay again\, and any of us who hadn’t yet died will be changed just like them. The biggest make-over of all time! Our bodies will be stripped of their old steady decline\, and clothed instead in never-ending health. These short-term bodies will lose their use-by dates\, and be refitted\, completely immortal. When that happens – when our old falling-apart bodies put on never-ending health and immortality – then the old saying from the prophets will have come true: \n“Life wins! Death has been eaten alive!”\n“You were so sure of yourself\, Death\,\nbut you turned out to be toothless.\nYour bark was worse than your bite.” \nDeath depended on sin for its bite\, and sin was powered by the law. But they have been blown away by our Lord Jesus\, the Messiah. When he enters the fray\, we win! Thanks be to God! \nThat being the case\, my beloved friends\, hang in there\, rock solid\, come what may. Whatever role the Lord has asked you to play\, give it your absolute best\, because you can be sure that when you are on his side\, your work will never be in vain. \n©2015 Nathan Nettleton LaughingBird.net \n\n\n \n \n \n\n \n \n Luke 6: 39-49 \n \n\n \n \n \n While teaching the people\, Jesus quoted the proverb: “If the blind are leading the blind\, both fall into the same hole\,” and then he went on to say\, “Trainees can’t hold a candle to their teacher\, but if they continue their training\, they will eventually catch up with the teacher and be able to show others the way. \n“Why is it that you are always the first to point out a loose thread or a speck of dust on someone else’s clothing\, but you are the last to notice the dirty big vomit stain down your own front. There you are\, making a big display of offering to help the other person get their appearance in order\, without realising what a disgusting mess you are yourself. You pretentious fraud! Clean up your own act first\, and then you might gain enough perspective to be able to help others. \n“A healthy tree doesn’t produce sick fruit\, and neither does a sick tree produce healthy fruit. The health of each tree is judged by the quality of the fruit it produces. You don’t find mangoes growing on a lemon tree. You can’t pick grapes from a blackberry vine. Good people have hearts and minds full of good things\, and it shows in the generous and healthy ways they respond to others. Toxic people spew forth poison from the toxic filth churning inside them. Whatever your heart and mind are full of will colour what comes out when you open your mouth. \n“What’s the use of dropping my name all the time and prattling on about what a high view of my authority you hold\, when you ignore everything I ask you to do? The people who come to me and listen to what I say and put it into practice are like a builder who puts down solid foundations before building a house. When the flood waters rise and the river breaks its banks\, it can’t budge that house because it has been built to last. But those who hear what I say and don’t bother doing anything about it are more like someone who knocks up a house without laying any foundation at all. The first time the river bursts\, it is all over in a minute. The whole house comes crashing down and is swept away in little pieces!” \n©2013 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. \nWe do indeed give you our thanks and praise\, O God\,\nfor your victory has swallowed up the power of death\nand given our living an unshakable foundation. \nYour Word went forth to create the earth\,\nand to give seed to the sower and bread to the eater.\nYour Word went forth through the law and prophets\nto form a people who hear and act on all you say. \nYour Word went forth in your Son\, Jesus Christ\,\nand brought forth the full fruits\nthat grow from the goodness of your heart.\nHis words unmasked hypocrisy\,\ndisarmed the powers of death\,\nand laid the foundation for your Church.\nThough he was killed by those\nwho lead others to destruction\,\nyou raised him to life\nand clothed him in immortality.\nIn his victory\, death has lost its sting\,\nand we can offer you our labour\nknowing that all your purposes will be accomplished. \nTherefore with ..... \n©2001 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 thanks for your Word which went forth to create the earth\,\nand to form us as a people who hear and act on all you say.\nIn your Son\, Jesus Christ\, your Word unmasked hypocrisy\,\ndisarmed the sting of death\,\nand laid an unshakeable foundation for your Church. \n©2001 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 thanks and praise\, O God\,\nfor your victory has swallowed up the power of death\nand given our living an unshakable foundation. \nYour Word went forth to create the earth\,\nand to give seed to the sower and bread to the eater.\nYour Word went forth through the law and prophets\nto form a people who hear and act on all you say. \nYour Word went forth in your Son\, Jesus Christ\,\nand brought forth the full fruits\nthat grow from the goodness of your heart.\nHis words unmasked hypocrisy\,\ndisarmed the powers of death\,\nand laid the foundation for your Church.\nThough he was killed by those\nwho lead others to destruction\,\nyou raised him to life\nand clothed him in immortality.\nIn his victory\, death has lost its sting\,\nand we can offer you our labour\nknowing that all your purposes will be accomplished. \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©2001 Nathan Nettleton LaughingBird.net \n\n\n \n \n \n\n \n \n Declaration of Grace / Absolution \n \n\n \n \n \n Thought the words of our mouths betray the sin in our hearts\,\nthe words of God’s mouth will accomplish their purpose\,\novercoming the sting of death\nand giving us victory over sin\nthrough our Lord Jesus Christ. \nSisters and Brothers\,\n  your sins are forgiven;\n    be at peace. \n©2001 Nathan Nettleton LaughingBird.net \n\n\n \n \n \n\n \n \n Commission & Benediction \n \n\n \n \n \n Go now and act on the words of Christ which you have heard.\nProclaim that the Lord is just.\nBe steadfast and unshakeable.\nGive your best to the work of the Lord\,\nfor in Christ\, your labour is not in vain. \nAnd may God lead you out in joy and back in peace;\nMay Christ Jesus give you victory over the powers of death;\nAnd may the Holy Spirit cultivate your heart and mind\nto produce in you abundant fruits all your life. \nWe go in peace to love and serve the Lord\,\n   In the name of Christ. Amen. \n©2001 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\nWhy you probably don’t need to learn moreA sermon on Luke 6:39-49 by Nathan Nettleton URL:https://laughingbird.net/occasion/cp03/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://laughingbird.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/P03.png END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR