Notices_Sunday 15th September 2024 — 17th Sunday After Pentecost

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

 

 

TODAY: Par­ish Coun­cil will be held in the church after the 9.30am ser­vice and morn­ing tea.

 

 

Many thanks to all those who con­trib­uted to the suc­cess of the Mar­tyrs Day ser­vice, par­tic­u­larly to Andy Ser­afin and Kathy Drum­mond, and to those who cooked and provided the lunch — spe­cial thanks to Rachel Reddy for the amaz­ing huge pot of but­ter chick­en & papad­ums, and to Kev­in Chiew for the rice.  Spe­cial thanks to those who stayed and helped wash up and cleanup!!

The ABM Aux­il­i­ary wrote and thanked us by email — they were extremely grate­ful for all the effort we put in to mak­ing the day so memorable.

While this book­let is actu­ally prin­ted before our Elec­tion BBQ, this is a BIG thank you to all who assisted — spe­cific­ally to Eddie for his huge con­tri­bu­tion of the food and to his help­ers.  To Susan for organ­ising the cake stall, to Andy for his Opshop man­age­ment and to Stu­art Veitch for all his help with man­aging the carpark.

 

 

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 Street, Stan­more.  All wel­come.  The study is cur­rently on the book of Gen­es­is.  Please bring a bible.

 

 

If you would like a home or hos­pit­al vis­it from Fr Jeff for any reas­on, please con­tact him on his Mob: 0409 719 927

 

 

Sunday 29^th Sept at 12pm — Myan­mar Lunch:    Fol­low­ing 9.30am ser­vice, and tea/coffee.

Come and enjoy authen­t­ic Myan­mar food with wine or fruit juice.  (*Please note: St Luke’s pro­motes the respons­ible con­sump­tion of Alcohol)

100% of dona­tions go to the ABM Myan­mar Clean Water Pro­ject.   Please RSVP to the Office by 18^th Sept 2024.                                                                         

 

 

Sunday 29^th Septem­ber at 3 pm – SYDNEY CHAMBER CHOIR CONCERT – “Heirs and Rebels”:  Held at Christ Church St Laurence.  Livestream on Aus­trali­an Digit­al Con­cert Hall.  Sam Allchurch | Con­duct­or; John Gaden | Nar­rat­or.  Cel­eb­rate the beauty of the Eng­lish chor­al tra­di­tion with this array of Romantic mas­ter­pieces. Draw­ing inspir­a­tion from the sim­pli­city of the Renais­sance while rev­el­ling in a rich new har­mon­ic land­scape, this is music that opens up whole worlds of emo­tion.  Tick­ets https://www.sydneychamberchoir.org/heirsandrebels  or call SCC Box Office 1300 661 738

 

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DATES FOR YOUR DIARY:

Sat­urday 26^th Octo­ber – Sydney MOW Annu­al Meet­ing at 2.30pm in our par­ish hall.  Guest Speak­er is Bish­op Genieve Black­well. After­noon tea will be served.

Sunday 27^th Octo­ber – St Luke’s Patron­al Fest­iv­al. (Our Guest Speak­er will be Bp Genieve Blackwell).

Thursday 28^th to Sat­urday 30^th Novem­ber – MOW Con­fer­ence in Brisbane.

Sat­urday 7^th Decem­ber – St Luke’s Christ­mas Mar­ket — 9am to 2pm.

 

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2024 St James’ Inter­na­tion­al Organ Fest­iv­al:  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

 

 

2025 Aus­trali­an Anglic­an Church Cal­en­dar:  This 2025 edi­tion is avail­able now to pur­chase online from St Peter’s Book­room www.stpetersbookroom.com.au/australian-anglican-church-calendar  for $16.50 each (GST included) plus post­age costs.   Or see Jen­nifer for a prin­ted order form.

 

 

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: Susan Deas; Kathy Drum­mond; Dav­id Dun­lop; Steph­en Gates & Andrew; Mar­ilyn Gibbs; and Kev­in Green.

Monday: Michael, Eliza­beth, Tom, Ella & Nick Fleming.

Tues­day: Peter Gil­bert & Fred Narnola; and Joyce Grant.

Wed­nes­day: Stu­art Grigg & ‘Tri­cia; and Richard Hagan & Som.

Thursday: Selina Hardy & John; and Susan Hill, Janet Broady & Alex.

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: John Bowen (Priest); Ron; Nalini MacIntyre; Simone Crowth­er; Alex Regos; Ruth Dodd; Helen Woell­ner; Douglas John­ston; Susie Brooks; Sarah; Mari­on Mad­dox; Delia Bone; Kar­en Stein­er-Hill; Andrew; Sabitri Thapa; Joel Thapa; Day­lan Sam­inath­an; and Sarah.

 

 

Recently Depar­ted: Nick Moles­worth; and Bar­bara Carr.

 

 

Anniversar­ies of the Depar­ted: Viol­et Chand­ler; Mar­garet Coomb; Wil­li­am Bell; Des Stone; and Patri­cia Smith.

 

 

Saints Com­mem­or­a­tion: 16^th: Nini­an of Gal­lo­way, Bish­op and mis­sion­ary (d. c. 432); 17^th: Hilde­gaard of Bin­gen, Abbess, spir­itu­al writer (d. 1179); 18^th: John Rams­den Wol­la­ston, Priest and mis­sion­ary of West­ern Aus­tralia (d. 1856); 20^th: John Col­eridge Pat­ter­son, first Bish­op of Melane­sia, mar­tyr (d. 1871); and 21^st: Mat­thew, Apostle, evan­gel­ist and martyr.

 

 

Long Term Pas­tor­al Pray­er list: Christine Kon­draten­ko; John Bunyan (Priest); Mar­garet Chiew; Ger­ald Grant; Bar­bara Ray­mond; Janet Walms­ley; Andy Ser­afin; Florence Shel­lard; Ray Som­mer; John Hardy; Lyn Car­ring­ton; Bar­bara Allen; Marissa & Meg Maack, Jude, Isla, & Al Don­nell; Noel Jeffs; Laurie Bestel; Robert Gibbs; and Michael Aiken.

 

 

Read­ings for Next Sunday – 18^th Sunday After Pentecost

First Read­ing: Pro­verbs 31.10–31            Psalm: 1

Second Read­ing: James 3.1–12               Gos­pel: Mark 9.30–37