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St Martin’s Ulladulla St Peter & St Paul’s Milton

Ulladulla Anglican

Church online Join this week’s and previous church services by:

* visiting our web site: ulladulla-anglican.org * clicking on the green 'YouTube' button

Traditional service: available from 8.30am

Family service: available from 10.30am

This week’s Bible Message

Keep holding onto Jesus. How? Dave Saunders

Psalm 86:4-13, Psalm 92; Hebrews 12:18 - 13:22

19th July 2020

Visit our web page: ulladulla-anglican.org Catch up on Facebook: ulladulla anglican

Service times : 8.30am Ulladulla |10.30am Ulladulla | 11am Milton | 5.30pm Ulladulla*

* Services online during COVID-19 restrictions

Office hours: (most) Tuesdays 9am-4pm; and Fridays 9am-12n

Office address: Cnr Princes Hwy and Green St Ulladulla

Mail: PO Box 475 Ulladulla NSW 2539

website: www.ulladulla-anglican.org

Senior Minister: Ross Maltman. 4454 2030 ross@ulladulla.anglican.asn.au

Assistant Minister:Dave Saunders, 4454 2030 dave@ulladulla.anglican.asn.au

UlladullaAnglican St Martin’s: Cnr Princes Hwy & Green St, Ulladulla St Peter & St Paul: Cnr Princes Hwy & Church St, Milton

Church Offertory: The Church Office is open on Tuesdays (all day) and Friday mornings

Electronic transfers can be made (on-line or at your bank) to:

St Peter & St Paul’s. BSB 633-108 Account 157807868. (Bendigo ‘Church Account 2’)

St Martin’s BSB 032 701 Account 245648. (Westpac ‘Ulladulla Anglican

St Martin’s Bookstore:

With the easing of restrictions, our Church Bookstore is open again for limited hours and, of course, under COVID-safe conditions.

The Bookstore will be open Monday, Wednesday and Friday mornings, 10am to 1pm.

Our volunteer staff look forward to welcoming you (from a suitable distance) and will be happy to assist you with the necessary COVID precautions.

In our Prayers this week: Pleasegivethanksfor:* The Peace of God which passes all understanding;

* Our Church Wardens, and Treasurers as they manage our finances in unexpectedly complex circumstances;

* Ross and Dave as they lead and teach us week by week;

Pleaseprayfor: * God to equip us for doing his will, and to work in us what is pleasing to him;

* Safety for students and teachers as they begin term three, and grace especially for the UHS as they continue to deal with the recent tragic death of a student:

* Bernie Hughes and our SRE volunteers as they prepare to re-enter schools in 3rd term;

* Wisdom for political and community leaders as they respond to fresh outbreaks of COVID-19, and wisdom and patience for each of us as we navigate the ever-changing circumstances of the pandemic;

* grace and strength for Margaret Wickens, Peter Lea, Peggy Lee (recent surgery ), and all members of our Church Family who are sick, injured, undergoing treatment, or recovering from surgery;

* grace and strength, for Tarryn Thomson and her family, with her dad, Mick, in palliative care, and for all those caring for a sick or injured loved-one;

* wisdom for leaders of our various ministry groups as they navigate the best way to operate in our present circumstances;

* Ross and Dave as they teach and lead us in challenging circumstances

* safe journeys for those who travelling home after the school holidays;

* safety and Gospel opportunities for Miriam Bradshaw (CMS Link Missionary serving in Spain), and for Yosef and Danica, (serving with YWAM in Mexico), and especially as they each resume work and ministry after prolonged lockdown;

Keith Getty: Modern worship movement is 'utterly dangerous,' causing ' de-Christianizing of God’s people' (article by Leah MarieAnn Klett, Christian Post)

“In Christ Alone” writer Keith Getty is warning church leaders about the modern worship movement, which he describes as one of “cultural relevance” that is “utterly dangerous” and is contributing to the “de-Christianizing of God’s people.” In an interview with The Christian Post, Getty said many modern worship songs focus on emotionalism rather than sound doctrine and Scriptural truths. This, he said, leads to a generation ill-equipped to understand or defend the Christian faith. “An authentic generation doesn’t begin with catharsis; it has to begin with an authentic picture of the God of the Bible,” he explained. “Over 75 percent of what are called the great hymns of the faith talk about eternity, Heaven, Hell, and the fact that we have peace with God. Yet, less than 5 percent of modern worship songs talk about eternity.” “Many worship songs are focused on this Earth,” Getty said. “I believe that the modern worship movement is a movement for cultural relevance. It’s a de-Christianizing of God’s people. It’s utterly dangerous. I have no quibbles saying, ‘Enough is enough.’ This can’t happen to build an authentic generation.” Keith Getty and his wife, Kristyn, are passionate about fostering a “reformation” in worship music: “Part of our campaign is to get our generation to know the great hymns of the faith,” Getty told CP. “It’s not about a fascination with the time period; it’s about writing music that explains the Gospel and is also beautiful art." “Beautiful art lasts," he said. "At the end of the day, a song you sing for 50 years is more valuable than one you sing for 50 months. We live in the most exciting generation to be a Christian, but it’s also the most challenging generation. This idea that Christianity is cool or easy is not biblical. It’s a misnomer for our generation. Through music, we want to build deep believers who know and love Christ.” In October, the Gettys released their latest album, Sing! An Irish Christmas – Live at the

Grand Ole Opry House. Recorded live at the iconic Grand Ole Opry House in Nashville, Tennessee, the Gettys brought together a group of world-class guest artists to perform song selections that span across hundreds of years of celebration of Jesus' birth. “We are promoting songs we want you to sing around your house and in your churches and for years to come,” the Northern Irish Christian singer shared. “The heart of this album is to get listeners to know and sing the great carols of the faith to themselves and as a family this Christmas.” In the album, the Gettys present new interpretations on Christmas staples such as "Joy To the World," “Come Thou Long Expected Jesus,” and “Silent Night.” The songs will be performed live by the Gettys and friends on TBN's special "Sing! An Irish Christmas" (airing December,2019). Getty, who has been writing Christmas music for 10 years, said he is continually struck by the “pastoral” impact Christmas carols have on audiences. “I look at people at a cold winters night huddled together and singing, ‘Come Thou Long Expected Jesus,’ and I wonder what sadness or disappointments they’ve had this year,” he shared. “What doctor’s news have they had this year; what person is no longer there this Christmas? What aspect of their life needs to know that, dear Christ will enter in?”

[continued next page] According to Getty, Sing! An Irish Christmas combines his love of his historic carols and passion for congregational singing. "#

Daily Bible Readings

Monday Num 15:22-31 Friday Heb 1:1-14 Tuesday Deut 17:2-7 Saturday Heb 10:1-18

Wednesday Isaiah 26:1-21 Sunday Heb 10:19-39 Thursday Acts 2:37-47

Thought for the week “…no condemnation for those

who are in Christ Jesus…”. Hebrews 10:22

Mission update – Danica & Yosef Vega (YWAM) The Vegas write: “This is our first week back at the YWAM base after three months of

COVID-19 'quédate en casa' (stay at home). It has been three months of pretty literally

staying at home; no parks, no beaches, no walking, not even grocery shopping for

us pregnant women. But never the less, we learned a new normal and continued with

the good works God prepared for us to do.” The Vegas newsletter and prayer points, along with the recent letter

and prayer points from Miriam Bradshaw, is available with the Wavelength - on our web site or in the porch area at St Martin’s.

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Quarterly Rosters We are about to prepare rosters for the next quarter (Aug to Oct), for those who are able to assist with parts of our weekly on-line services, particularly reading the Bible, leading

prayers and, for our contemporary service, doing a book or resource review. * To simplify the process, if you are on the current roster for these tasks we will assume you are willing to continue. Please let us know if this is not the case. * If you would like to join the ‘On-line team’, and take a turn at any the above, please let us know what you are able to help with, and any dates you are not available.

- For the traditional service, you will need to be available to attend St Martin’s when the service is recorded on the Friday afternoon of the week for which you are rostered. (Day and time may occasionally vary). - For the contemporary service, you will need to be able to record your contribution on a mobile phone or similar device, and transmit it to Dave Saunders by Thursday of the week you are rostered. Dave can advise and assist with the technical issues.

Please use email or telephone to let Office staff know your intentions by Sun 26 July. _______________________________________________________________________

COVID-19 Prayer – for the nations, our leaders and health workers Our heavenly Father, we come before you with contrite hearts, yearning for your comfort and your grace. In the midst of COVID-19 spreading across the globe, we ask in your mercy that you would stop this plague and restore harmony and health to the nations, and especially Australia. We thank you for all those who have dedicated their lives to serving our community, for health workers, doctors, nurses, paramedics, and especially those who labour In laboratories seeking a vaccine for the Coronavirus. Give them wisdom, skill and patience in their work, and by your grace, give them success in their endeavours. We also pray for those who govern us, for our Prime Minister, Premiers and Chief Ministers, for their courageous leadership and national cooperation across States and Territories. Grant them wisdom in their decisions as they navigate the threats to lives and livelihoods. We also pray for our police force, our emergency services and defence force personnel as they seek to maintain order in our country. May all Australians respect their work, accept the limitations on our freedoms and seek the welfare of others, for the good of all. And we pray for ourselves and our families, especially those who have lost loved ones to this disease, or those suffering from its effects. May we know the peace that passes understanding, as we place our trust in Jesus, in whose powerful name we pray. Amen

[continued from previous page] Other familiar songs such as “Silent Night” and “God Rest Ye Merry Gentleman” drive home the importance of the Sabbath, Getty said. “People in Manhattan on the 18th of December, for example, don’t understand rest. They’re trying to balance kids and church, family dysfunction and getting ready for Christmas. Sitting in the quiet, singing, ‘Silent Night,’ is so healing,” he stressed. According to Getty, Sing! An Irish Christmas combines his love of his historic carols and passion for congregational singing. “In a culture where marriage is in a state of confusion, children are growing up in dysfunction, and we can’t even have a frank discussion about social and political issues, what could be more radical than people gathering together to sing about the Christ-child?” he declared. “What could be more community building and affirming than the Good News of the Gospel?” Three years ago, the Gettys — who this year won a Dove Award for Inspirational Album of the Year — launched the Sing! Conference to bring together worship leaders, pastors, and those involved in church music ministry to explore together the connection between music, theology, and artistry. Now, the Sing! Conference is a global movement. This year, the couple hosted sell-out Sing! conferences at the Belfast arena in their native Northern Ireland, and another at Edinburgh's Usher Hall, marking the launch of the first Sing! global arena tour. In August, the Sing! Conference in Nashville featured speakers John Piper, Joni Eareckson Tada, along with musical performances by the Gettys, Ellie Holcomb, and Trip Lee, among others. The three-day event saw over 13,000 attendees, nearly half of whom were younger than 40 years old. “We think, after this year, with the number of universities getting involved, the Sing! Conference will be a majority under 40s conference,” Getty said. “There are 82 church music conferences in America and this is the largest. And this is the only one that doesn’t work with contemporary radio. We don’t use the lights-camera-action stuff of the previous generation. We’ve dumped all of that, yet we’re getting more under 40s of any church music conference.” The success of the Sing! Conference with millennials, the songwriter noted, indicates younger generations are “less convinced by the seeker-sensitive purpose-driven hype of making Christianity seem cool.” “They want to know, ‘is this true or not?’” he contended. “People think this conference is conservative and on one level it is, but on another level, the range of denominations attending is pretty broad. They’re all terrified of what the next generation is singing and don’t know what to do.” “We don’t know all the answers,” Getty added, “but we’re trying to get people to sing doctrine and get hymn writers that are writing high-quality music with artistic merit.” ______________________________________________________________________

Ladies Friday Luncheons The Ladies Friday Luncheons are starting again, with the first one on Friday 7th August, at the Dunn-Lewis Centre for a 12 noon start. Any and all ladies welcome. The Centre needs to know numbers attending, so if you can come please ring Ria Allen or leave a

message, on 0413 283 567 by Thursday morning 6th August at the latest.

*SONGs OF THE WEEK: (Roscoe’s Recommended Rhythmic Reflections)

* HYMN: All creatures of our God and King D.J.Bulls wrote ~ St. Francis of Assisi (ca. 1182–1226) lived during the time of the Crusades, when the upper class and elite ruled the land and when armored knights rode chivalrously on their horses across the European countryside. But not Francis. A monk in search of reform, Francis lived a humble, simple lifestyle in service to God and to his fellow man. He is said to have loved nature, travel, and would preach to anyone who’d listen, even if it was a group of birds in a cave. His love of nature and his love for the Creator of nature is what birthed his “Song of Brother Sun and All Creatures,” or “Cantico del frate sole.” It was one of several popular laude spirituale, or popular spiritual songs in Italian for use outside of the liturgical context. Francis is believed to have written this poem (based on Psalm 148) near the end of his earthly life, during a period of tremendous pain and suffering. And among its more salient details are the tone with which Francis writes, a tone that expresses a desire for man and nature to be one, a love of the earth and all God’s creatures in it, a voice way ahead of its time and well before any hint of a movement toward a cultural and ecological revolution like America saw in the 1960’s. Another author confirmed ~ The words were translated into English by William Draper, who at the time was rector of a Church of England parish church at Adel near Leeds. Draper paraphrased the words of the Canticle and set them to music. It is not known when Draper first wrote the hymn but it was between 1899 and 1919. Draper wrote it for his church's children's Whitsun festival celebrations and it was later published in 1919 in the Public School Hymn Book. The hymn is currently used in 179 different hymn books. The words written by St Francis are some of the oldest used in hymns after "Father We Praise Thee", written in 580 AD. This hymn is regularly sung at Christian conferences at Katoomba, including CMS Summer School. A wonderful encounter singing to God, with over 2,000 Christians. The version chosen today will help us remember back to the recent past when attending St.Peter & st.Paul’s at Milton was a weekly encounter, as we sung along to wonderful tones resonating from the pipe organ. 1) just google: all creatures of our God and king live nov 20, 2011 2) click on 1st video (3 min. 36 sec)

*A modern version by Sovereign Grace, adds some newer verses while maintaining some of the earlier ones. It’s a beauty! 1) just google: all creatures of our God and king sovereign grace live 2) click on 1st video (4 min. 51 sec)

*Contemporary SONG: We Are One (Emu Music, © 2020 Claire Williams & Alanna Glover)

This is a new one from Emu Music. 1) just google: we are one (live) emu music youtube 2) click on 1st video (4 min. 10 sec)

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Returning ThisisourfirstweekbackattheYWAMbaseafterthreemonths.ofCOVID-19'quédateencasa'(stayathome).Ithasbeenthreemonthsofprettyliterallystayingathome;noparks,nobeaches,nowalking,notevengroceryshoppingforuspregnantwomen.Butnevertheless,welearnedanewnormalandcontinuedwiththegoodworksGodpreparedforustodo.TheYWAMbasehadbeen'workingremotely'withsomeofourmissionariesreturninghome,whilethemajorityofusremainedinMazatlan.WehavegottenveryaccustomedtoZoom,havingweeklymeetingsandprayertimeswithYwamersacrossLatinAmericaaswellasYWAMMazatlanstafftimesandteammeetingsthroughouttheweek.Theextratimehasbeenthegoldenliningtoallofthistobeabletoworkondifferentprojectsthatwe'vebeenwantingtodobuthaven'thadthetime.Wedesperatelyneededarestructuring,overthelastthreeyearswe'vegrownfrom40-100staff,somanyofthe'oldways'ofdoingthingsarenolongerworkingforus.Ourstaffhaveallreturned,gonethroughtheir2weeksquarantine,andwearenowbackatthebasewithsocialdistancingandanumberofrestrictions.

ExcitingAchievementsFromQuarantine

• Launchingournewinternship.Afterleadingbaseoperationsforthelasttwoyears,Yosefissteppingbackintofocusingonteaching,traininganddevelopingourYWAMstaffandwillbetakingonthe'Artios'Internship.Missionarieswhoarewantingtojoinourministrywillnowbegoingthroughathreemonthtraininginternshipbeforebeingacceptedasstaff.Havingbeenfocusedonstafftraininganddevelopmentforseveralyears,it'sexcitingforbothofustoseethisgetoffthegroundandwetrustthatitwillshowfruitinbettertraining,equipping,andhelpingthesepotentialstaffadjustbeforebeinglaunchedintomissionarylife.It'sreallyencouragingtoseethatdespiteeverythinggoingonwiththevirus,wehave

received9peopleinourfirstintake!Theywereallwillingtocomeandspend2weeksinquarantine,andareallreallyexcitedforwhat'stocome.

• BuyingtwonewpropertiesLikecountlessothersaroundtheworld,ourmissionarybasehasbeenhitwiththeeconomicchallengesofCOVID19,whichiswhatmakesthisevenmoreamazingtocelebrate!Twoofthepropertieswehavebeenhopingtopurchaseaspartofourpropertyexpansion,CESSINand'thegully'wereboughtovertheselastthreemonths.WehavebeenblownawaybyhowGodmadeitpossible,includinganamazingstaffgatheringviazoomthatsawmanyofourmissionariessacrificiallygivingtoputtowardsthedeposit.WehaveheldontothestoryofJeremiahbeingledbyGodtobuyafieldinatimeofcrisisinJeremiah32,asapromisefromGodthat'oncemorefieldswillbeboughtinthisland'.

• Takingonthepioneeringproject'110Cities'AswellasleadingStaffDevelopmentandtheArtiosinternship,YosefhasbeeninvitedtoworkwithourbasedirectorBrenttolaunchthe110CityVisionproject.Thisisaninitiativetoequip,trainandsendthosewhohavevisionstostartnewministriesandYWAMbasesinthe110mostpopulatedcitiesinMexico.YosefwillbeattendingapioneeringseminarthisOctobercalledtheLeadershipApostolicPioneeringSeminarorLAPS,andwillthenbeworkingwiththosehopingtobesentoutintheyearstocome.

Some of us on our gatherings via zoom; our new interns; the new building 'CESSIN'; birds eye view of the two new properties (the pink patch is our current base property,

the little circle is 'the gully', and the other highlighted place is CESSIN).

We would LOVE your Prayers For:

• Babyboy!Wearefiveweeksawayfromtheduedateforoursecondson.Wewouldloveprayerforasafedeliveryofahealthyboy.

• ThatthepandemicwouldeaseinMexico,thatpeoplewillbewiseandcautiouswithourrecenteasingofrestrictionsandthatwewon'tseeanotherincreaseofinfections.Prayforthosewhoaresufferingfromsicknessorlackofincome.Prayformanytobegeneroustothoseinneed.

• Forourbaseeldershipteam.Duetomostofushavingkids,wearestillunabletomeetinperson,meaningwearecontinuingtomeeteachweekviaZoom.Thisisverychallengingparticularlywhenwe'reprocessingsensitivetopics.pleaseprayforgraceforunderstandingandgoodinternetconnections!

• Financialprovisionforsomeupcomingexpensesrelatedtobaby,Yosef'shealthandhisLAPSSeminar.

Isaias' favourite part of quarantine; very happy boy on his first day back at the park!

THANK YOU for supporting us financially and in prayer and encouragement so we can serve our God and the people in Mexico

We have set up a facebook group where we will share updates, click the link below if you would like to join

FINANCIAL SUPPORT

All YWAM staff raise their own financial support. If you are interested in supporting our family financially you can go to our paypal link below or contact us to set up a

direct deposit

yosefydanica@gmail.com paypal.me/yosefydanica

Our mailing address is:

Yosef and Danica Vega c/o Juventud Con Una Mision Mazatlan 15 Las Palmas, Los Pinos

Mazatlan, SIN Mexico, 82000

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