2026 Barossa Zone Lutheran Women’s Fellowship Day
Friday Sept 18th at St Petri Lutheran Church, Eden Valley.
9.30am cuppa, 10am worship, BYO lunch, trading table, bookshop display
Host: Spring Valley Women’s Fellowship
Theme: Our Cosmic God Guest Speaker: Pastor Greg Pfeiffer “What on Earth is a Dark Sky Reserve?”
A FATHER’S DAY MESSAGE FROM BISHOP PAUL. THE GIFT OF FATHERS
Being a father is a vocation – a calling – where God calls a man to fatherhood through the gift of a child. The Bible has a lot to say about fathers. Throughout the Bible, we discover that God has given a special focus to fathers. We learn that God wants to be known as our Heavenly Father. Our Lord Jesus not only spoke to his Father but also taught us to pray, ‘Our Father in heaven …’
Even the story of the birth of Jesus is about a father named Joseph. Joseph had tried to figure out how to deal with his fiancée Mary, who was found to be pregnant – but God had other plans and set Joseph the task of providing fatherly care to the child Jesus, who was to be the Saviour of the World. Did you realise that Joseph was the first human to speak the name ‘Jesus’? In the Ten Commandments, we are told how to respond to fathers. The fourth commandment says, ‘Honour your father and your mother.’ How do we do that? For some people, that is a hard thing. But God will provide – this was God’s command after all. One way that everyone can do that is to pray for their father and to ask God to guide and bless their father.
And if our father has died, we can commend our fathers to the mercy of God. If your father is still alive and you are able to, you might take the opportunity to express thanksgiving to God for your father and perhaps say ‘thank you’ to him for serving in this God-given vocation in the midst of all his human frailties. Let me guide you in praying: Eternal Father, thank you for the gift of our fathers.
You have worked through fathers from the time of creation, and you have commanded us to honour our fathers and mothers. Give to all fathers what they need to serve according to your good and gracious will. Teach us how to honour our fathers.
Forgive us where we have failed them – help us to forgive our fathers for their failings.
And finally, where children have lost their fathers: give to those children the consolation of your love. In Jesus’ name.
Amen. In Christ, Paul Pastor Paul Smith Bishop, Lutheran Church of Australia and New Zealand
A note from Pastor Phil Joppich
Dear Sisters and Brothers in Christ, special and precious offshoots of the true and Living Vine, I don’t like confrontation. How about you? God confronts sin because he “[takes] no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but rather that they turn from their ways and live.” (Ezekiel 33:11) What might that mean for the way we listen and speak?
God bless you and your day. In Christ, the Living Vine.
Pastor Phil Joppich.
Living Vine Lutheran Church.
LVLC Sunday 6th September Worship Services
Bethany: 10.30am Lay Led Service with Dennis Canute
Grace-St Paul’s: 9am HC Pastor Peter Kriewaldt
Langmeil: 8:45am & 10:30am Both HC. Pastor Phil Joppich
Lyndoch: 10:30am Pastor Gus Schutz
Schoenborn: 9am Tabor No Service
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First Reading
a) Exodus 12:1-14 The Lord institutes the Passover or
b) Ezekiel 33:7-11 God appoints Ezekiel as a watchman
Psalm
a) Psalm 149
Antiphon: The Lord takes delight in his people; he crowns the humble with salvation. (Ps 149:4) or
b) Psalm 119:33-40
Antiphon: Lead me in the path of your commandments, for I delight in it. (Ps 119:35)
Second Reading
Romans 13:8-14 The debt of love
Gospel
Matthew 18:15-20 Steps towards reconciliation
Tabor ADVANCE 2026
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Saturday, 12th September. 9:00am–3:30pm, 181 Goodwood Road, Millswood
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LVLC Sunday 30th August 2026 Worship Combined Service
Combined Service 9am Pastor Phil Joppich
The Harvest Centre, Faith Junior Campus. Hosts: Langmeil
Bible Readings
First Reading a) Exodus 3:1–15 The call of Moses
b) Jeremiah 15:15–21 Jeremiah's inner struggle
a) Psalm 105: 1–6, 23–26, 45 or b) Psalm 26:1–8
The Second Reading: Romans 12:9–21 Living in love
The Gospel Reading: Matthew 16:21–28 Jesus speaks about his death and discipleship
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Message to members of the Living Vine Lutheran congregation from Ceduna and Denial Bay Lutheran congregation following Pastor Phil’s recent installation.
Make sure you look after Phil, and Jenny, we West Coasters will be watching!
This is a time of great change and transition for you, but also a time of great opportunity.
Learning to be one congregation, one ‘church’, will be your greatest challenge, and your greatest blessing.
We have been through this process, albeit on a smaller scale, and it has brought unity and a strengthening of faith.
We will be praying for you, and for Phil and Jenny as you work through these new times
2026 Barossa Zone Lutheran Women’s Fellowship Day
Friday September 18th at St Petri Lutheran Church, Eden Valley.
Theme: Our Cosmic God Guest Speaker: Pastor Greg Pfeiffer “What on Earth is a Dark Sky Reserve?”
9.30am cuppa, 10am worship, BYO lunch, trading table, bookshop display.
Host: Spring Valley Luth Women’s Fellowship