Welcome to the Parish of Modbury and Golden Grove

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What Is the Point of Being the Church?

It is a question we may not often ask out loud, but it is an important one: What is the pointof being the Church?

 

Why do we gather Sunday by Sunday? Why do we worship, pray, hear Scripture and share in the Eucharist? Why do we give our time, our gifts and our resources? And why should the Church matter to a world in which so many people no longer see it as relevant to their lives?

 

These are not simply questions about how we organise ourselves as a parish. They go to the heart of what it means to be a follower of Jesus Christ.

This Sunday’s readings offer us a powerful place to begin. In Exodus, we encounter a people who discover that their identity begins not with what they have achieved, but with what God has done for them. In Romans, Paul reminds Christians that they belong to one another even when they disagree. And in Matthew, Jesus tells a challenging story about forgiveness

and reminds us that those who have received God's mercy are called to become people of mercy. Together, these readings point us towards a fundamental truth: the Church exists because God has first acted in grace. We gather because God has called us, rescued us, forgiven us and drawn us into a community of faith. This is also at the heart of our Mission

Action Plan as we look towards the future of St Luke’s.

 

Our three pillars — Growing faith; Building Community and Sharing hope— are not simply a list of activities. They describe the shape of a Christian life and the purpose of a Christian community. Over the coming months, we will continue to explore these questions together: Why are we here? What is God calling us to become? And how might our life together as St Luke’s become a more faithful response to the grace we have received? The answers may change the way we see our Church — and perhaps the way we see ourselves.

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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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