Reverend Rob Sutherland CSC and Reverend Angela McNeill and the congregation at St Michael and All Angels Anglican Church at Moggill invite everyone to celebrate the Second Sunday After Epiphany on Sunday 18 January 2026
The Sentence
God is faithful; by him you were called into the fellowship of his Son, Jesus Christ our
Lord. 1 Corinthians 1:9
Reflection from the Reverend Rob Sutherland CSC
Jesus calls his first disciples –18 January 2026
Dear Friends,
Like most, my holiday season is rapidly coming to an end. I am enjoying the lack of traffic, particularly around the schools, and time with grandchildren who are still on holidays is a delight but this coming week things will be pretty much back to normal.
Mid-week services recommence on Wednesday 21 January with Morning Prayer and Bible Discussion at 8:30am in the church.
This coming Sunday, Jesus, who was probably about 30 years old, begins his active ministry, his work. Jesus calls his first disciples. Following Matthew’s Gospel, we skip over a few things such as Jesus’s time in the wilderness which although they occurred before Jesus’s ministry, we will cover during Lent.
Moving immediately to Jesus’s call of these five disciples helps us to consider again, the declaration by God the Father of Jesus as, beloved Son of God, and God’s declaration of each of us, through our baptisms, as beloved Children of God. What does it mean, for Jesus and for us, to be Sons and Daughters of God; what are we, as Children of God, called to be and to do?
We are heading towards our Parish Annual Meeting which will be held after church on Sunday 22 February 2026. Parish Council is on track in preparing for this meeting which will include reports of the year past and election of office bearers and a budget. The formal notices announcing this meeting will commence from this Sunday.
As in past years I will aim to keep this meeting brief and to provide most reports to be read rather than spoken. My intent is for this to be a meeting which notes the past but focusses of the future.
It is also time to recommence our prayer list. Please let me know (email is the most useful) if you would like someone added to our published Parish Prayer List. Please also always feel free to ask me to pray for people whose names or conditions you don’t wish publicised.
(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.
Originally our heritage church building was the original Moggill State School which is one of Queensland's earliest buildings opened in 1866.)