The Reverend Rob Sutherland CSC
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Reverend Rob Sutherland CSC and Reverend Angela McNeill and the congregation at St Michael and All Angels Anglican Church at Moggill invite everyone to join us for services during Holy Week
Reverend Rob Sutherland CSC and Reverend Angela McNeill and the congregation at St Michael and All Angels Anglican Church at Moggill invite everyone to join us for services during Holy Week
The Sentence
"Christ our Passover Lamb has been offered for us, therefore we come to celebrate the festival."
"Christ our Passover Lamb has been offered for us, therefore we come to celebrate the festival."
(based on 1 Corinthians 5.7–8)
(based on 1 Corinthians 5.7–8)
Reflection from the Reverend Rob Sutherland CSC
Reflection from the Reverend Rob Sutherland CSC
Dear Friends,
Dear Friends,
An earlier than usual letter because there is so much happening this Holy Week.
An earlier than usual letter because there is so much happening this Holy Week.
The significance of Easter Morning is only because of the Holy Week which had gone before. Saying,‘Jesus is alive and has been seen by some of his disciples,’ is only momentous and cause for the greatest celebration if we know that on Good Friday he was crucified. Otherwise, Jesus being alive on Sunday morning is no different to the thousands of previous Sunday mornings when he was alive. 2,000 years ago, many questioned the reality of Jesus’s death, just as some do now.
The significance of Easter Morning is only because of the Holy Week which had gone before. Saying,‘Jesus is alive and has been seen by some of his disciples,’ is only momentous and cause for the greatest celebration if we know that on Good Friday he was crucified. Otherwise, Jesus being alive on Sunday morning is no different to the thousands of previous Sunday mornings when he was alive. 2,000 years ago, many questioned the reality of Jesus’s death, just as some do now.
Jesus was born in a tiny village with few witnesses, but he was killed by Roman experts in a massive city witnessed by thousands including the Governor, King and religious leaders.
Jesus was born in a tiny village with few witnesses, but he was killed by Roman experts in a massive city witnessed by thousands including the Governor, King and religious leaders.
Easter morning and Jesus’s resurrection does not just defeat death. Despite the horrendous pain, coming back to life was for God the easy part. Jesus’s true purpose was to reunite us with God; to restore the relationship with God for which we were created. The hopes and fears of all the years were carried by Jesus onto the cross. The sin, guilt, shame and also false dreams were also defeated. To be defeated through death, burial and resurrection these have to be acknowledged by us, given to Jesus.
Easter morning and Jesus’s resurrection does not just defeat death. Despite the horrendous pain, coming back to life was for God the easy part. Jesus’s true purpose was to reunite us with God; to restore the relationship with God for which we were created. The hopes and fears of all the years were carried by Jesus onto the cross. The sin, guilt, shame and also false dreams were also defeated. To be defeated through death, burial and resurrection these have to be acknowledged by us, given to Jesus.
The first Holy Week had great highs – party with Mary, Marth and Lazarus, triumphal donkey ride through cheering crowds, throwing the money changers out of the temple and the special dinner with his disciples. Each of these exposed hopes and fears to be added to Jesus before the lows – betrayal, trials, torture, humiliation, crucifixion. Holy Week is our time to load everything onto Jesus as he goes to the cross.
The first Holy Week had great highs – party with Mary, Marth and Lazarus, triumphal donkey ride through cheering crowds, throwing the money changers out of the temple and the special dinner with his disciples. Each of these exposed hopes and fears to be added to Jesus before the lows – betrayal, trials, torture, humiliation, crucifixion. Holy Week is our time to load everything onto Jesus as he goes to the cross.
Our Church Services are:
Our Church Services are:
Thursday 2 April 5:30pm – Maundy Thursday (foot washing and Holy Communion)
Thursday 2 April 5:30pm – Maundy Thursday (foot washing and Holy Communion)
Friday 3 April 8:30am – Good Friday Ante-Communion
Friday 3 April 8:30am – Good Friday Ante-Communion
Sunday 5 April 6:30am – New Fire Service (followed by breakfast)
Sunday 5 April 6:30am – New Fire Service (followed by breakfast)
8:30am – Easter Holy Communion
8:30am – Easter Holy Communion
Grace and peace and hope and life,
Grace and peace and hope and life,
ROB
Coming Events at St Michael and All Angels
Coming Events at St Michael and All Angels
- Holy Week and Easter Services
- Maundy Thursday 2 April at 5:30pm – Holy Communion and Foot Washing
- Good Friday 3 April at 8:30am – Ante-Communion
- Easter Day – Sunday 5 April
- 6:30am – New Fire Service (and breakfast)
- 8:30am – Easter Holy Communion
(Click here to see the Sermon ARCHIVE from 2025 and earlier and the INDEX to read the sermons ) Come to church to hear this week's sermon
(Click here to see the Sermon ARCHIVE from 2025 and earlier and the INDEX to read the sermons ) Come to church to hear this week's sermon
HOW TO FIND US:
(St Michael and All Angels Anglican Church is located adjacent to Moggill State School at 3407 Moggill Road Moggill QLD 4070. Catch the 444 Bus to the Moggill terminus. The church is a short walk just past the 'new' Moggill State School. HOW TO FIND US:
Originally our heritage church building was the original Moggill State School which is one of Queensland's earliest buildings opened in 1866.)
Originally our heritage church building was the original Moggill State School which is one of Queensland's earliest buildings opened in 1866.)
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