Sunday Service of Holy Communion.
25 October, 2020. Pentecost 21.
25 October, 2020. Pentecost 21.
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From the Vicar, 25 October, 2020
Reflection - From Ten Commandments to Two
A lawyer, asked Jesus a question to test him. ‘Teacher, which commandment in the law is the greatest?’ Jesus said to him, ‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind. This is the greatest and first commandment. And a second is like it: You shall love your neighbour as yourself. On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.’ Matthew 22:35-40 (NRSV)
[The following is taken from ‘Godly Play’ (by Sonja M. Stewart and Jerome W. Berryman. Young Children and Worship (Westminster: John Knox, 1988)) a method of Biblical storytelling for children. This story teaches about the original Ten Commandments, followed by Jesus’ answer to the lawyer’s question as above.]
After God led the Israelites through the Red Sea to freedom, they were free to go any way they wanted. But what was the best way to go? Well, God loved the people so much that God said to Moses, “I will show you the way. I will lead you to the holy mountain, Mount Sinai.”
Now when they came close to the holy mountain they could see fire and smoke and they were afraid even to come close. But Moses went close. Moses climbed the holy mountain and stayed there talking with God. And God told Moses the Ten Best Ways to Live. When Moses came down from the holy mountain, he gave the Ten Best Ways to Live to the people.
Reflection - From Ten Commandments to Two
A lawyer, asked Jesus a question to test him. ‘Teacher, which commandment in the law is the greatest?’ Jesus said to him, ‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind. This is the greatest and first commandment. And a second is like it: You shall love your neighbour as yourself. On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.’ Matthew 22:35-40 (NRSV)
[The following is taken from ‘Godly Play’ (by Sonja M. Stewart and Jerome W. Berryman. Young Children and Worship (Westminster: John Knox, 1988)) a method of Biblical storytelling for children. This story teaches about the original Ten Commandments, followed by Jesus’ answer to the lawyer’s question as above.]
After God led the Israelites through the Red Sea to freedom, they were free to go any way they wanted. But what was the best way to go? Well, God loved the people so much that God said to Moses, “I will show you the way. I will lead you to the holy mountain, Mount Sinai.”
Now when they came close to the holy mountain they could see fire and smoke and they were afraid even to come close. But Moses went close. Moses climbed the holy mountain and stayed there talking with God. And God told Moses the Ten Best Ways to Live. When Moses came down from the holy mountain, he gave the Ten Best Ways to Live to the people.
There were four best ways for loving God.
At the very beginning God said, “I am the one true God.” This is very important. Everything depends on this.
At the very beginning God said, “I am the one true God.” This is very important. Everything depends on this.
- So the first commandment is: “Do not serve other gods.”
- The second is: “Make no idols to serve.”
- The third is: “I am God, so do not speak my name lightly.”
- And the fourth is: “Keep the Sabbath holy…to rest and remember the gifts of creation.”
And there were six best ways for loving people.
The best ways to love people are:
The best ways to love people are:
- “Honor your father and mother.”
- “Do not kill.”
- “Do not break your marriage.”
- “Do not steal.”
- “Do not lie.”
- “Do not even want what others have.”
Two thousand years later, a lawyer came up to Jesus and asked him, "Teacher, which commandment in the law is the greatest?"
Jesus said to him, 'You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind. This is the greatest and first commandment. And a second is like it: 'You shall love your neighbour as yourself.' On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets."
And it is hard. It is very hard to do what it says all the time, but God shows us that this is the way to be the best people we can be.
So we love God, and we love others. And we add this other piece so we can remember why God gave us the Law, the Ten Best Ways to Live. It says, ‘God loves you’.
God be with you.
Jennie
Jesus said to him, 'You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind. This is the greatest and first commandment. And a second is like it: 'You shall love your neighbour as yourself.' On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets."
And it is hard. It is very hard to do what it says all the time, but God shows us that this is the way to be the best people we can be.
So we love God, and we love others. And we add this other piece so we can remember why God gave us the Law, the Ten Best Ways to Live. It says, ‘God loves you’.
God be with you.
Jennie
Each week, in addition to the video of Rev Jennie doing Opening Prayers and Holy Communion, Sam and Sav work hard putting together a short All Age video.
This week:
The Four Gospels: #4: John
Part 4 of this 4 part series about the Four Gospels looks at John.
Gospel means "good news" as in the good news of Jesus. There are 4 Gospels in the Bible – written by Matthew, Mark, Luke and John. This 4 video series sourced from BibleProject.com will have a look at each Gospel and its author, with Sam saying the prayer for each Gospel writer from A Prayer Book for Australia at the end.
The weekly video can be accessed on the Children's Ministry Page, or for them all, on our YouTube page where all of our videos to date are available to view, including the Sunday Service Opening Prayers and Holy Communion videos that have been done to date!
This week:
The Four Gospels: #4: John
Part 4 of this 4 part series about the Four Gospels looks at John.
Gospel means "good news" as in the good news of Jesus. There are 4 Gospels in the Bible – written by Matthew, Mark, Luke and John. This 4 video series sourced from BibleProject.com will have a look at each Gospel and its author, with Sam saying the prayer for each Gospel writer from A Prayer Book for Australia at the end.
The weekly video can be accessed on the Children's Ministry Page, or for them all, on our YouTube page where all of our videos to date are available to view, including the Sunday Service Opening Prayers and Holy Communion videos that have been done to date!
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