Sunday, April 19, 2026
Gracious Father,
who in your great mercy made glad the disciples
with the sight of the risen Lord:
give us such awareness of his presence with us
that we may be strengthened and sustained
by his risen life,
and serve you continually
in righteousness and truth;
through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
Stay In Touch
Father Ted Starr - Priest-in-Charge - 0451 929 180 - edward.starr@anglicanchurchsq.org.au
Mrs Liz Peters - Rector’s Warden - 0400 844 946
Mrs Gail Symons - People’s Warden - 0409 618 511
Mr Tony Hughes - People’s Warden - 0468 764 009
Zoom Church - 328 492 8300 - 548 747
Readings
for the Third Sunday of Easter
Acts 2:14a, 36-41
Psalm 116:1-4, 11-18
1 Peter 1:13-25
Matthew 28:8-15a
Giving
Offering - 704 901 - 0000 0780
Building Fund - 704 901 - 0001 4767
Want to give in other ways? Cards are on sale at the back of the church.
Floral Festival Fundraising now begins. Your giving in the brown envelopes now go towards funding this important outreach ministry.
For Your Prayers
We ask of your goodness, Lord, to comfort and sustain all who in this transitory life are in trouble, sorrow, need, sickness, or any other adversity, and especially Shirley and Alan Kimber, Rosina, Alex, Ann, Lois, Barbara, Kevin, Helena, Ian, Maggie, Uncle Peter, Chris, Bill Tattam, Jeff Byrne, Karne, Greg, Aaron, Joanne, Grace and Faith, Beryl Old, Fr David, and Nina. Please contact Fr Ted to be on this list.
We also give thanks for those whose year’s mind occurs at this time, especially Daphne Tasker. Rest eternal grant unto them, O Lord, and let light perpetual shine upon them.
Mission and Outreach
Meals for Woody Point Special School are starting again. Please label your meal with title, ingredients and date cooked, then freeze it, and bring it to church on Sunday. Meal containers are on the back table. Alternatively, give a monetary donation or supermarket gift card. For more information on both of these ministries, contact Elizabeth on 0404 080 861.
Barnabas Brekkie is on Saturday, 9 May to raise money for persecuted Christians in Ghana. Your parish needs you! Do you have a CostCo membership? Can you cook eggs and bacon, brew tea and coffee, wash dishes,or move furniture? Contact Florine, Dale or Gail if so.
ANZAC Day at Woody Point is an important date in the life of our church. Can you help prepare the day before? Can you help set up and pack down morning tea? Phone Vera on 0405 452 771 to volunteer your help.
Ministry During the Week
Mother’s Union meets at a new time: Third Wednesdays at 9am.
Thursday Fellowship: every first and third Thursday from 9:30am to 11:30am. All welcome for a cuppa and a chat. Bring your craft to work on or just enjoy the company.
Caring and Sharing: every fourth Wednesday after Holy Communion.
Talent Table: every last Sunday after each service.
Bible Study: Tuesdays at 9am and Thursdays at 7pm. All welcome; all materials supplied.
The Week Ahead
Tues, 21 Apr
8:00 am - Holy Communion for St Anselm of Canterbury (d. 1109)
9:30 am - Bible Study
6:30 pm - Parish Council
Wed, 22 Apr
10:00 am - Holy Communion with Caring and Sharing
Thu, 23 Apr
7:00 pm - Bible Study
Sat, 25 Apr
7:00 am - Setup for ANZAC Day
8:30 am - ANZAC Day at Woody Point RSL (Oxley Ave, Apex Park) Refreshments by Ladies Guild
Sun, 26 Apr
7:00 am - Holy Communion for the Fourth Sunday of Easter (No Talent Table)
9:00 am - Holy Communion for the Fourth Sunday of Easter (No Talent Table)
Who is the Church of St Peter the Fisherman?
Welcome to worship, and may this Easter season bring you a new sense of the joy of the resurrection.
We are an Anglican church in the Diocese of Southern Queensland, a comprehensive diocese that contains many different expressions of Anglican Christianity.
We pray that our expression of Anglican Christianity was a means for your own spiritual nourishment.
If you would like to know more about what we do here, please take this pew sheet home with you, as well as a bookmark and information postcard. You are more than welcome to contact the parish priest, Father Ted, at any time using the contact details provided.
If you are experiencing any life events, such as endings, beginnings, or changes, there are many ways to bring the ancient traditions of the Church into your life. Father Ted is always happy to hear from you.
If you would like to learn more about the Lord Jesus Christ, the Bible, or how Anglicanism might fit your spirituality, please get in touch.
Article 12: Of Good Works
Albeit that Good Works, which are the fruits of Faith, and follow after Justification, cannot put away our sins, and endure the severity of God's Judgement; yet are they pleasing and acceptable to God in Christ, and do spring out necessarily of a true and lively Faith; insomuch that by them a lively Faith may be as evidently known as a tree discerned by the fruit.
After a heady Holy Week and kick-off to the Easter Season with no less than two baptisms in the one service, we return to our reflection through the 39 Articles of Religion. And today we have a corker: what good does good works do? We already know that it is by our faith we are made right with God (or to be more specific, our faith takes Christ’s work on the cross and applies its benefit to us). So, what’s the point of being good boys and girls? Well, we touched on this in our Bible Study groups recently. There, we had three options: either we cower under the effort of trying to make God happy with what we do (or else!); or, we reject the idea of pleasing God altogether and just do whatever makes us happy; or we do what we can to make God happy simply because he loves us and asks us to. Today’s Article affirms much the same (it was in Romans 7 if you want to read further).
For the purpose of some personal reflection, it might be helpful to take what this Article affirms and turn it into a little self-questionnaire.
How is my faith at the moment?
How are my good works?
Look at how the Article places them. We are firstly justified by our faith in the objective and finished work of Christ. Have I got that groundwork laid? May I return to it again: it is the eternal gospel of God, and has endless treasures buried within.
Once that faith is fanned into a flame within me, where does it want to go? Read Luke 6:43-45. Jesus talks about people, their heart, and what they do and say as if they were trees bearing fruit. What does my faith in Christ want to bring out in me?
Lastly, consider the comfort in all of this. If I did not have saving faith in Christ and what he has done for me, I could not “endure the severity of God’s Judgement”. Yet I have just gone through the process of reflecting on my faith and following where it was leading me. Therefore, I must have saving faith – Christ’s work on the cross was indeed for me!