The Christian Community Hub - 83 Murray Street Tanunda - Phone 8563 3748
Tuesday - 9:30am Know Your Bible
11:30am-1:30pm Tuesday Lunch Bunch. All welcome
2-4pm Great Revival Shop Committee meeting
Wednesday - 9am Bible Study and Prayer meeting
10am Art Group 1:30-3pm
Peer Support Group, Carers and Disability Link.
Young Life Barossa has been selected for the Barossa Co-op’s Community Choice initiative this November!
Barossa Co-op's Community Choice initiative is a fresh approach to giving back to the community and is designed to put the power of giving directly in the hands of the community. Each month, three organisations are featured and receive support based on votes: 1st – $1,000 2nd – $700 3rd – $300 Voting opens on 3 November and closes on 21 November 2025.
To support us, simply cast your vote in-store for Young Life Barossa. Every vote helps us continue the Young Life Mission. Please spread the word and encourage others to vote too.
Summer Camp 2026 - Our National Young Life Summer Camp is set for the 12th to 17th of January 2026 at Jindabyne, NSW.
If you have a young person in high school, this is a great opportunity for them to go out and adventure with some local volunteers that love Jesus and have a heart for young people.
For more information see: younglife.org.au/summercamp or email on tiffanyvoigt@younglife.org.au
UPDATE FROM THE SBLC CALL COMMITTEE
Our Vision Statement said that the pastor is called to work with us to build upon the collaborative work we are achieving.
1. To work as Lead pastor in a two pastor setting.
2. Able to work in a Ministry team.
3. Be a trainer, mentor to equip all ages across all areas of the Church’s ministry.
4. Be enthusiastic to provide a wide range of worship styles.
5. Be comfortable and supportive of our Vision Statement.
The List of Pastors Available for Call is being made available with this week’s newsletter. To download a copy of the List of Pastors click on the button below.
A printed copy is available from The Hub or Lyndoch and Langmeil Churches. Any member can suggest names from the list to be considered by the Call Committee.
These suggestions can be submitted verbally, or in writing to your call committee representative.
These need to be submitted by Monday, November 24th.
When submitting names, it will be of great assistance to the Call Committee if you could indicate which of the above items apply to the pastor.
Kind Regards SBLC Call Committee
SBLC Sunday 9th November Worship Services
Bethany: 10:30am HC Pastor Tanya Wittwer
Grace St Paul’s: No service
Langmeil: 8:45am Pastor Jim Bryan & 10:30am FUEL
Lyndoch: 9am HC Pastor Gus Schutz
Tabor: 9am HC Pastor Tanya Wittwer
Bible Readings
The First Reading: Habakkuk 1:1-4; 2:1-4 The righteous will live by faith OR
2: Isaiah 1:10-18 God tells his people: Become clean
Psalm 119:137-144 OR Psalm 32:1-7
The Second Reading: 2 Thessalonians 1:1-4,11,12 Paul’s thanksgiving and prayers for the Thessalonians
The Gospel: Luke 19:1-10 Jesus and Zacchaeus
The Bethany & Tabor Budget and Elections meeting will be held after the Sunday 23rd November Worship Services.
Agendas will be available at this week's, 9th November, Worship Services.
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To be Lutheran is to preach Christ and him crucified!
by Bishop Paul SmithPrint Friendly, PDF & Email
Romans 1:16,17 says, ‘For I am not ashamed of the gospel; it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who has faith, to the Jew first and also to the Greek. For in it the righteousness of God is revealed through faith for faith; as it is written, “The one who is righteous will live by faith.”’
‘What is a Lutheran?’ and ‘How should we commemorate the Reformation?’
They say that ‘a picture is worth a thousand words’, and there is a famous picture from the history of the Reformation period that gives a simple but profound answer to these two good questions.
In the German town of Wittenberg, where Dr Martin Luther preached, taught and made his family home with his beloved Katie, there is a painting in St Mary’s Church by the artist Lucas Cranach the Elder. I have included a photograph that I took of this painting for you. It is a very large painting above the altar at the front of the church, and the painting was finished in the year 1547.
In this painting, we see Luther in the pulpit, looking towards the congregation. His right hand is raised, pointing towards the image at the centre of the painting between Luther and the congregation, showing our Lord Jesus Christ suffering and dying on the cross for the sins of the world.
If you look carefully at the way the artist has painted the figure of Luther, you can see that his other hand is placed firmly on an open Bible, with him in the pulpit.
In this painting, the artist has given a good explanation of what it means to be ‘Lutheran’. If you look at Luther, he will be pointing away from himself, saying, ‘Don’t simply look to me; look to Christ, your Lord and Saviour!’
A Lutheran studies the Scriptures and listens to the preaching and teaching of the Scriptures, to learn Christ and him crucified for the salvation of the world.
In recent times, some folk have added the word ‘Confessional’ to the word ‘Lutheran’ to distinguish between Lutherans. Many are uncertain whether or not they are ‘Confessional’. This Wittenberg painting gives a simple explanation of what is ‘confessed’. Confessional Lutherans are those who confess the good news of Christ and his cross, pointing away from ourselves to what the Lord has done for us. This good news is at the heart of all our Lutheran Confessional writings.
Finally, how does this painting from Wittenberg help us to discern how best to commemorate the Reformation? Reformation is the time of the church year when we recommit ourselves to be people of the gospel. We recommit ourselves to the mission that God gives us, to find good ways to share the good news of Jesus Christ with friends, neighbours, family members and work colleagues, with the heart that the Apostle Paul describes in his letter to the Corinthians:
To the Jews I became as a Jew, in order to win Jews. To those under the law I became as one under the law (though I myself am not under the law) so that I might win those under the law. To those outside the law I became as one outside the law (though I am not free from God’s law but am under Christ’s law) so that I might win those outside the law. To the weak I became weak, so that I might win the weak. I have become all things to all people, so that I might by any means save some (1 Corinthians 9:20–22 NRSV).
God bless your Reformation reflections and your community’s commemorations, that the light of the gospel would shine to the ends of the earth as we confess with one voice, ‘Jesus Christ is Lord.’
I have included two prayers for your reflection. The first is from our church’s liturgical resources for the Commemoration of the Reformation. The second is a prayer for the unity of the church by William Laud.
Almighty and eternal God, in mercy you give the light of your gospel to your church. Keep us in sound teaching, so that we may firmly believe and faithfully follow your saving Lord, and finally, with its holy comfort, die in peace and joy. We ask this through your Son, Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. Amen.
Gracious Father, we humbly pray for your holy universal church, fill it with all truth; in all truth with all peace. Where it is corrupt, purge it; where it is in error, direct it; where it is superstitious, rectify it; where in anything it is amiss, reform it; where it is right, strengthen and confirm it, where it is in want, provide for it; where it is divided and torn apart, reunite it, O Holy One of Israel. Amen. – William Laud 1573–1645
Pastor Paul Smith
Bishop of the Lutheran Church of Australia and New Zealand