Welcome to the Parish of Modbury and Golden Grove

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We like things to be fair. From sharing childhood toys to working out who should have the first turn at something, it’s a guiding principle we absorb early.  

That’s why Jesus’s story about the workers in the vineyard is a tad unsettling. God’s method of reckoning doesn’t seem to compute. There’s a different criteria running in the background. 

Our reaction to this parable about a grape-harvest might depend on which group of workers we identify with. Jesus’s original hearers were probably in the long-service group. Perhaps that’s also where many of us are. If so, it’s good to be happy for the benefits that brings. But making comparisons with more recent arrivals to faith can be a real joy-killer. We’re cautioned against looking sideways at those who didn’t have our shaping background in a church context, or who didn’t seem to have to do the hard yards that we did. We’re not to disparage the spirituality of those who had more natural advantages than we did, or those with fewer. 

That’s partly because we simply don’t know enough about others to see them with God’s eyes. God values us all just because we belong to him. And it seems that's how we are called to value each other, accepting and enjoying the diverse backgrounds and circumstances from which he has called us to make up the Christian family.

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Usual weekly services and activities:

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Sunday:        Holy Communion 8.00 am

                       Holy Communion 10am

Monday:       Bible Study 10.00 am 

Tuesday:       Holy Communion 8.30 am

                        Community Garden 9.30 am

                        Christian meditation 9;30-10am alternate Tuesday from

                        21 Jan 2025

Wednesday: Bible Study 10.00 am

                        Fortnightly Foodbank   10.00 am

Thursday:      Holy Communion 10.00 am

Friday:            Community Garden 9.30 am

                        

 

1st Tuesday of the month Community Garden BBQ 11.30 am

1st and 3rd Sunday of the month Bari Service 11.30 am

2nd Thursday of the month Men's Group 7.30 pm

1st Friday of the month "Come as You Are" - Women's Fellowship 10-12 ​

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