Notice_Sunday 23rd June — Fifth Sunday After Pentecost

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

 

 

The flowers today are donated by Rajah Selva­ra­jah in lov­ing memory of his moth­er, Car­ol Selvarajah.

 

 

 

TODAY — 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 also the best ways to mar­ket the event.  We thank all those who are involved with the pro­ject.  New ideas are always welcome.

 

Annu­al Leave: Fr Jeff and Michelle will be away for the next three Sundays – 30th June, 7th July & 14^th July.  Fr Philip Brad­ford will be tak­ing the Sunday and Wed­nes­day ser­vices dur­ing Fr Jeff’s absence.

 

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.  Dona­tions are 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.

 

Cop­ies of Fr Jeff’s Sunday Ser­mons are made avail­able in the church foy­er each Sunday for those who would like to take a copy.

 

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.

 

 

Tues­day 25^th June @ 6pm – NSW Ecu­men­ic­al Coun­cil:     Even­ing pray­er with Ser­mon by Rev Prof Dr Jerry Pil­lay, Gen­er­al Sec­ret­ary of the World Coun­cil of Churches – fol­lowed by light refresh­ments.  St Stephen’s Unit­ing Church, 198 Macquar­ie Street, Sydney.

 

Sat­urday 29^th June @ 6pm for 6.30pm – Men’s Night Out:    Peter­sham R S L (Itali­an), Regent Street, Peter­sham.  Please con­tact Kev­in Green for more details. Mob: 0405 691 055

 

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

$15 dona­tion would be appreciated.

Pro­ceeds go to ABM Myan­mar Clean Water Project.

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.  Gifts need not be new – they can be good qual­ity antiques, or pre-loved, unique or homemade items.

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

Invite your fam­ily and friends but please RSVP by Sunday 30^th June to ruthchampion47@gmail.com or 0400 166 041.

P.S. Ruth is look­ing for help with dec­or­at­ing, food pre­par­a­tion; cook­ing and mak­ing mulled wine.  Please let Ruth know If you have any fancy Tea Pots or Cake Tier plates we can use for the event. 

All help will be most appreciated.

 

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Sunday 7^th July @ 2pm – St James’ Insti­tute Sem­inars:   “The Joys and Per­ils of Reli­gious Journ­al­ism” presen­ted by John Sander­son – Former ABC Journ­al­ist, Founder and Edit­or of Etern­ity News and blog­ger at theothercheek.com.au  St James’ Hall, Level 1, 169–171 Philip Street, Sydney – with refresh­ments.   Pro­gramme updates at www.sjks.org.au  Ph: (02) 8227 1300 or email the Dir­ect­or paul.oslington@sjks.org.au

 

Sunday 7^th July – Monthly 5pm Taize Ser­vice here at St Luke’s.

 

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.

 

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2024 St James’ Inter­na­tion­al Organ Festival:

*Fri­day 26^th July @ 7pm –James O’Donnell (USA), past Organ­ist and Mas­ter of the Chor­is­ters at West­min­ster Abbey.

*Sat­urday 3^rd August @ 5pm — Marko Sever (Sydney), Gradu­ate of the Roy­al Academy of Music, London.

*Sunday 1^st Septem­ber @ 5.30pm – Fea­tur­ing: Fr Daniel Dries (Rect­or, Christ Church St Lawrence); Dav­id Drury (Former Dir­ect­or of Music at St James’); Peter Jew­kes (Former Organ­ist of St James’); and Andrej Kouznet­sov (Assist­ant Dir­ect­or Music, St John’s Cathed­ral Brisbane).

*Sat­urday 16^th Novem­ber @ 5pm – Sarah Kim (France), Aus­trali­an organ­ist; cur­rent organ­ist at l’Oratoire du Louvre in Paris.

Held at St James’ Church, 173 King Street , Sydney.

Tick­et avail­able at cost – In Per­son or livestream.  Vis­it https://www.sjks.org.au

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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).

 

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Weekly Inter­ces­sions for our Com­munity:

Sunday: Mat­ilda Rink­er; Gra­hame Sadler; Rajah Selva­ra­jah & Greg; Peter Sey­mour; Andy Ser­afin & Colin Spokes.

Monday: John Reimer; Louisa Sil­ver­man; and Laurel & Ray Sommer.

Tues­day: Kar­lene Thompson; and Christine Thur­ley, Troy & Family.

Wed­nes­day: Stu­art Veitch, Jo Bur­ton & Laurence; and Janet Walmsley.

Thursday: Noël Waugh; Janet Wid­mer & Cliff; Ron (Bp) & Katie Williams.

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.

 

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

 

Anniversar­ies of the Depar­ted: Car­ol Selva­ra­jah; Shir­ley Frank­land; Alf Johnsen; and Doreen Chin.

 

Saints Com­mem­or­a­tion: 24^th: Birth of John the Baptist; 27^th: Cyril of Alex­an­dria, bish­op and teach­er (d. 444); 28^th: Iren­aeus of Lyons, bish­op and teach­er (d. c. 200); and 29^th: Peter & Paul, Apostles and Martyrs.

 

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; Laurie McIntyre and Noel Jeffs.

 

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Read­ings for Next Sunday – Sixth Sunday After Pentecost

First Read­ing: 2 Samuel 1.1, 17–27                     Psalm: 130

Second Read­ing: 2 Cor­inthi­ans 8.7–15                 Gos­pel: Mark 5.21–43

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