The word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord : Come, go down to
the potters house, and there I will let you hear my words. So I went
down to the potters house, and there he was working at his wheel.
The vessel he was making of clay was spoiled in the potters hand,
and he reworked it into another vessel, as seemed good to him. Then
the word of the Lord came to me: Can I not do with you, O house
of Israel, just as this potter has done? says the Lord . Just like the
clay in the potters hand, so are you in my hand, O house of Israel.
At one moment I may declare concerning a nation or a kingdom,
that I will pluck up and break down and destroy it, but if that
nation, concerning which I have spoken, turns from its evil, I will
change my mind about the disaster that I intended to bring on it.
And at another moment I may declare concerning a nation or a
kingdom that I will build and plant it, but if it does evil in my sight,
not listening to my voice, then I will change my mind about the
good that I had intended to do to it. Now, therefore, say to the
people of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem: Thus says the
Lord : Look, I am a potter shaping evil against you and devising a
plan against you. Turn now, all of you from your evil way, and
amend your ways and your doings.

O Lord, you have searched me out and known me:
you know when I sit or when I stand,
you comprehend my thoughts long before.
2 You discern my path and the places where I rest:
you are acquainted with all my ways.
3 For there is not a word on my tongue:
but you, Lord, know it altogether.
4 You have encompassed me behind and before:
and have laid your hand upon me.
5 Such knowledge is too wonderful for me:
so high that I cannot endure it.
12 For you have created my inward parts:
you knit me together in my mothers womb.
13 I will praise you, for you are to be feared:
fearful are your acts, and wonderful your works.
14 You knew my soul,
and my bones were not hidden from you:
when I was formed in secret,
and woven in the depths of the earth.
15 Your eyes saw my limbs when they were yet imperfect:
and in your book were all my members written;
16 Day by day they were fashioned:
and not one was late in growing.
17 How deep are your thoughts to me, O God:
and how great is the sum of them!
18 Were I to count them,
they are more in number than the sand:
were I to come to the end, I would still be with you.

Paul, a prisoner of Christ Jesus, and Timothy our brother,To
Philemon our dear friend and co=worker, to Apphia our sister, to
Archippus our fellow=soldier, and to the church in your house:
Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus
Christ. When I remember you in my prayers, I always thank my
God because I hear of your love for all the saints and your faith
towards the Lord Jesus. I pray that the sharing of your faith may
become effective when you perceive all the good that we may do for
Christ. I have indeed received much joy and encouragement from
your love, because the hearts of the saints have been refreshed
through you, my brother. For this reason, though I am bold enough
in Christ to command you to do your duty, yet I would rather
appeal to you on the basis of loveand I, Paul, do this as an old man,
and now also as a prisoner of Christ Jesus. I am appealing to you
for my child, Onesimus, whose father I have become during my
imprisonment. Formerly he was useless to you, but now he is indeed
useful both to you and to me. I am sending him, that is, my own
heart, back to you. I wanted to keep him with me, so that he might
be of service to me in your place during my imprisonment for the
gospel; but I preferred to do nothing without your consent, in order
that your good deed might be voluntary and not something forced.
Perhaps this is the reason he was separated from you for a while, so
that you might have him back for ever, no longer as a slave but as
more than a slave, a beloved brotherespecially to me but how much
more to you, both in the flesh and in the Lord. So if you consider me
your partner, welcome him as you would welcome me. If he has
wronged you in any way, or owes you anything, charge that to my
account. I, Paul, am writing this with my own hand: I will repay it.
I say nothing about your owing me even your own self. Yes, brother,
let me have this benefit from you in the Lord! Refresh my heart in
Christ. Confident of your obedience, I am writing to you, knowing
that you will do even more than I say. One thing moreprepare a
guest room for me, for I am hoping through your prayers to be
restored to you. Epaphras, my fellow=prisoner in Christ Jesus, sends
greetings to you, and so do Mark, Aristarchus, Demas, and Luke,
my fellow=workers. The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with your
spirit.

On one occasion when Jesus was going to the house of a leader of
the Pharisees to eat a meal on the sabbath, they were watching him
closely. When he noticed how the guests chose the places of honour,
he told them a parable. When you are invited by someone to a
wedding banquet, do not sit down at the place of honour, in case
someone more distinguished than you has been invited by your host;
and the host who invited both of you may come and say to you,
Give this person your place, and then in disgrace you would start to
take the lowest place. But when you are invited, go and sit down at
the lowest place, so that when your host comes, he may say to you,
Friend, move up higher; then you will be honoured in the presence of
all who sit at the table with you. For all who exalt themselves will
be humbled, and those who humble themselves will be exalted. He
said also to the one who had invited him, When you give a luncheon
or a dinner, do not invite your friends or your brothers or your
relatives or rich neighbours, in case they may invite you in return,
and you would be repaid. But when you give a banquet, invite the
poor, the crippled, the lame, and the blind. And you will be blessed,
because they cannot repay you, for you will be repaid at the
resurrection of the righteous.

Please be advised the AGM for this parish is to be held on Sunday
October 26th @ 11.30 After our 10 am service. Bp Alison Taylor will
be chair of this meeting.
Annual reports, are requested to be in by 30th September so the Reports
and Agenda can be printed in readiness for the meeting.
We require nomination forms for election of office bearers to be printed
before end of September Please give prayerful thought as to nominating
over the next few weeks.

From Monday 1st September to Sunday 14th September:- Reverend
Tony Poole
From Monday 15th September to Sunday until further notice:- Rev-
erend Walter McEntee
From Friday 5th September until further notice:- Reverend Daniel Nyi-
eth
Benetas and Home/ hospital Visiting on Friday’s

28 September 5:30pm Jazz Vespers. St Georges Merry Jazzmen,
directed by parishioner, Peter McKay.
26 October 5pm Musical tribute to the late David Carolane,
renowned musicologist and director of music at St Georges for many
years.
November 5pm Advent Evensong. Traditional Advent service,
presided over by the incumbent.
14 December 5:30pm Jazz Vespers.

Parish Council have agreed to have a monthly Sausage Sizzle on the
fourth Sunday of Every Month
The next being on Sunday 28th September at 11.30 AM after our 10
am service.
To help us for catering please put your name on the list provided.
Everyone is welcome
N.B. There will be NO SAUSAGE SIZZLE on Oct 26th due to parish
AGM

Our monthly Bring & Share Supper is held on every 2nd Saturday of
the month Dates being:− Sept 13th, October 11th , Nov.15th &
December 13th.

Hi Everyone,
Our new Defibrillator has now arrived and been installed replacing
the superseded model.
We are asking parishioners, Opportunity Shop Volunteers , Hall hirers
& P. Council members
Who are willing to do a short training course on how to use the
StJohn’s Defibrillator to
please contact Denise Hall ln : − 0413 428 594 for further information
. Thank you

Maintenance Upgrade Of all Cracked & moved brickwork:- We have
been advised the balance of all cracked & replacing mortar joints through-
out internally & externally of the offices, meeting room. Ladies & gents
bathrooms, corridors ETC will commence on the last week of the school
holidays being Monday September 29th & Friday October 3rd. Our
Builders Calcon Constructions have worked in with us re school hol-
idays, & eliminated a lot of our Tenants booking times in which our
Parish council is very mindful & appreciative of.