Notices_Sunday 9th June — 3rd Sunday After Pentecost

NOTICES:

 

Wel­come to any vis­it­ors with us today.  Please join us for morn­ing tea.

 

 

Next Sunday at 9.30am — HEALING SERVICE:   Option­al heal­ing pray­ers will be avail­able for all who have that need in their life.  The form used will be the heal­ing ser­vice in APBA adap­ted for Sunday use.

 

 

The flowers today are donated by Ruth Cham­pi­on in lov­ing memory of her fath­er, Eric Cham­pi­on; and Anthea Nath in lov­ing memory or her fath­er, Edward Reddy.

 

 

The Par­ish Coun­cil has agreed to raise funds to install an addi­tion­al bench seat in our car­park garden in memory of Fr Ron Mor­ris.  Fr Ron, who died in April 2017, was loved by all who knew him and came to our par­ish when he retired and lived at St John’s Vil­lage, Glebe.  He acted as locum in our par­ish on many occa­sions and had a long and act­ive his­tory with ABM.  He was Head­mas­ter of The Mar­tyrs Memori­al School for many years and then Inspect­or of Schools in PNG.  Dona­tions are there­fore sought towards the $1500 cost of the bench seat.  If you would like to donate, please pay dir­ectly to the church account as lis­ted on the back of the pew sheet (ref­er­ence Fr Ron Mor­ris) or place your dona­tion in an envel­ope in the offer­tory with the same reference.

 

 

New Offer­tory Envel­opes sets for July 2024 onwards are now avail­able in the church foyer.

 

 

New Big Roster for 16 June to 29 Septem­ber avail­able in the church foy­er and the Com­munity Resource Centre table near the hall.

 

 

The war­dens and par­ish coun­cil are seek­ing a Vol­un­tary Hall Hire Admin­is­trat­or.  This needs to be someone fairly loc­al with a vehicle.  If you would like fur­ther inform­a­tion or to volun­teer for this pos­i­tion, please speak to one of the war­dens or to Stu­art Veitch.

 

 

7.30 pm — Tues­day Night Bible Study at Fr Philip’s home, 5 Lin­coln St Stan­more. All wel­come.  The study for this term is The Acts of the Apostles.  Please bring a bible.

 

 

 

Sat­urday 6^th July at 3.30 pm in the hall – Christ­mas High Tea in July!

$15 dona­tion would be appreciated.

Wear some­thing green and red, or some­thing col­our­ful and/or sparkly.

Please bring an unwrapped gift or altern­at­ively wrapped in clear cel­lo­phane for the trad­ing table.  The idea is you bid for the gift and pro­ceeds will go to ABM Myan­mar Clean Water Project.

There will be deli­cious food, enter­tain­ment and lucky door prizes!

Invite your fam­ily and friends but please RSVP to ruthchampion47@gmail.com

P.S. Ruth is look­ing for help with dec­or­at­ing, food pre­par­a­tion; cook­ing and mak­ing mulled wine.  All help will be most appreciated.

 

 

Sunday 24^th June — The Christ­mas Mar­ket Com­mit­tee will meet after the 9.30am ser­vice and morn­ing tea.  We are work­ing through some new ideas to involve more people and the best ways to mar­ket the event.  We thank all those who are involved with the pro­ject.  More ideas are always welcome

 

 

Sunday 14^th July at 6.30pm — Oxford Move­ment Even­song:   The Par­ish of Christ Church St Laurence (812 George St, Hay­mar­ket) extends an invit­a­tion to Fest­iv­al Even­song, Pro­ces­sion and Bene­dic­tion. This ser­vice will com­mem­or­ate Oxford Move­ment Sunday, giv­ing thanks for the litur­gic­al tra­di­tion with­in Anglic­an­ism. The ser­vice will be fol­lowed by light refresh­ments. No RSVP required. All welcome.

 

 

Sat­urday 7^th Sept at 11am – ABM Mar­tyrs Day Ser­vice here at St Luke’s fol­lowed by a light lunch in the Hall.

 

 

ST PAUL’S PANTRY needs food, health and clean­ing items: A bas­ket is in the church foy­er for donations.

 

 

Lea MacNeil has jam, con­serves, pickles and vari­ous sauces to sell; please email her at lea.macneil@gmail.com to order them from her.  All pro­ceeds go to St Luke’s Parish.

 

 

Food for our worms – Leave your worm food gifts at church on Sundays or drop off dur­ing the week.  Please remem­ber to remove the strings from your teabags.  (N.B. — no dairy, cit­rus, onions or meat).

 

 

Weekly Inter­ces­sions for our Com­munity:

Sunday: Susan Hill, Janet Broady & Alex; Moya Holle; Noel Jeffs; and Joseph, Esth­er, Joyti & Joshlyn Kumar.

Monday: Geoff Lind­say & Mandy Tib­bey; Lea MacNeil & Don­ald Thomas.

Tues­day: Evelyn Maack; Jen­nifer McGov­ern; John M., & Jo Middleton.

Wed­nes­day: Ron­ald Naidu; Anthea, Ron, Ron­an, Veron­ica & Rohan Nath.

Thursday: Fran Neilson; and Johnny Nitchareon & Eed Intapan.

Fri­day: We pray for pas­tor­al care min­istry teams at all Hos­pit­als and all those who are min­istered to.

Sat­urday: Almighty God, we pray for those in areas of con­flict.  We pray for heal­ing and good med­ic­al care for those who have been injured.  For those who have lost homes and pos­ses­sions, please meet their daily needs for food, clean water and shel­ter and com­fort those who mourn the loss of loved ones.  And bless all who are help­ing those impacted.  Amen.

 

 

Pray­ers for the sick: Chand Raju; Michelle Park­er; Louisa Sil­ver­man; Alex Regos; Christine Kon­draten­ko; Ruth Dodd; Helen Woell­ner; Dav­id Brad­ford; Douglas John­ston; Susie Brooks; Sarah & Mari­on; Laurie Bestel; Robert Gibbs; Peter von Wran­gell; Mal­colm Hughes; Delia Bone; Judith Beveridge; Michael Aiken; (Dr) Tre­vor Smith; Lana MacPh­er­son; Alex Watt; and Kar­en Steiner-Hill

 

 

Recently Depar­ted: Michael Bunyan (Broth­er of Fr John Bunyan).

 

 

Anniversar­ies of the Depar­ted: Eric Cham­pi­on (Priest); Edward Reddy; Elsie Coombes; and Lyn­dall McCarron.

 

 

Saints Com­mem­or­a­tion: 11^th: Barn­a­bas, Apostle and mar­tyr; 12^th: Anthony of Padua, mis­sion­ary and preach­er (d. 1231); and 15^th: Evelyn Under­hill. Spir­itu­al writer (d. 1941).

 

 

Long Term Pas­tor­al Pray­er list: John Bowen (Priest); John Bunyan (Priest); Mar­garet Chiew; Ger­ald Grant; Bar­bara Ray­mond; Janet Walms­ley; Simone Crowth­er; Andy Ser­afin; Florence Shel­lard; Ray Som­mer; John Hardy; Lyn Car­ring­ton; Bar­bara Allen; Marissa & Meg Maack, Jude, Isla, & Al Don­nell; Ann Jeffs; and Noel Jeffs.

 

 

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Read­ings for Next Sunday – Fourth Sunday After Pentecost

First Read­ing: 1 Samuel 15.34–16.13                  Psalm: 20

Second Read­ing: 2 Cor­inthi­ans 5.6–17                Gos­pel: Mark 2.1–12

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