Sermon: Sunday May 8th, 2016. Mothers Day, Ascension Sunday, Story Week 5, “Community Life” Exodus 19:3-6, 20:1-17, Acts 7:48-50, John 13:33-35 We pitched our tent in Brachina Gorge in the beautiful Flinders Ranges last week. In this week of the Story we hear that God pitched his tent too. In Hebrew the Word says God ‘tabernacled” with his people in this part of The Story.http://stpetri.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/20160508_message.mp3 So, we hear today that God’s is int

Sermon, Sunday May 1, 2016 “Deliverance” Psalm 105, Acts 6:8, 7:1, 30-34, 39, 51-53, Luke 4:16-21 Exodus 3:1-10Now Moses was tending the flock of Jethro his father-in-law, the priest of Midian, and he led the flock to the far side of the wilderness and came to Horeb, the mountain of God. 2 There the angel of the Lord appeared to him in flames of fire from within a bush. Moses saw that though the bush was on fire it did not burn up. 3 So Moses thought, “I will go over and see

Sermon John 6: 24-35 24 Once the crowd realized that neither Jesus nor his disciples were there, they got into the boats and went to Capernaum in search of Jesus. 25 When they found him on the other side of the lake, they asked him, “Rabbi, when did you get here?” 26 Jesus answered, “Very truly I tell you, you are looking for me, not because you saw the signs I performed but because you ate the loaves and had your fill. 27 Do not work for food that spoils, but for food that e

Sermon Pentecost 19A, Sunday October 19, 2014 Series: is the Lord with us or not? Week 7 (final) Exodus 33:12-23 The Lord shows his glory to Moses12 Moses said to the Lord, “You have been telling me, ‘Lead these people,’ but you have not let me know whom you will send with me. You have said, ‘I know you by name and you have found favour with me.’ 13 If you are pleased with me, teach me your ways so I may know you and continue to find favour with you. Remember that this nation

Sermon, Sunday October 12, 2014 Series: Is the Lord with us or not? Week 6. When waiting gets too much. Exodus 32:1-14 When the people saw that Moses was so long in coming down from the mountain, they gathered around Aaron and said, “Come, make us gods[a] who will go before us. As for this fellow Moses who brought us up out of Egypt, we don’t know what has happened to him.” 2 Aaron answered them, “Take off the gold earrings that your wives, your sons and your daughters are w

Sermon, Epiphany 6A (Proper 1) Sunday February 16, 2014. Deuteronomy 30:15-2015 See, I set before you today life and prosperity, death and destruction. 16 For I command you today to love the Lord your God, to walk in obedience to him, and to keep his commands, decrees and laws; then you will live and increase, and the Lord your God will bless you in the land you are entering to possess.17 But if your heart turns away and you are not obedient, and if you are drawn away to bow

Sunday February 19, 2012. St Petri. Mark 9: 1-10 Reaching the heights Friends, being on top of the hill is a great place to be. It always amazes me how those mountain climbers go to such great lengths and put themselves in such dangerous places to experience the joy of being high on “the roof of the world”, as they call Mt Everest. I have never been anywhere near Mt Everest, but I have enjoyed that great view on various high places. I remember being on top of Uluru on a fine