Notices_Sunday 15th December — 3rd Sunday Of Advent

Wel­come to any vis­it­ors with us today.

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7.30 pm — Tues­day Night Bible Study:  At Fr Philip’s home, 5 Lin­coln Street, Stan­more.  All welcome.

The study is cur­rently an Advent Study.  Please bring a bible.

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NEXT Sat­urday 21st at 9am — Par­ish Work­ing Bee to do extra clean­ing, dust­ing and remove weeds from the garden.  Your help would be appreciated.

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NEXT SUNDAY 22nd DECEMBER — Car­ol Singing and gift giv­ing at Stan­more Nurs­ing Home.  Neg­at­ive Cov­id Test required for entry.

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NEXT SUNDAY 22nd DECEMBER at 6pm – CAROL SERVICE:  Join us as we sing car­ols and cel­eb­rate God’s won­der­ful gift of life.   Please bring along your fam­ily and friends.  All welcome.

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Dona­tions for Stan­more Nurs­ing Home Christ­mas Gifts would be appre­ci­ated — either via the St Luke’s Account (details on the back of the ser­vice book­let) or a Cash offer­tory giv­ing (in a marked envel­ope).  Thank you.

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Dona­tions for flowers for Christ­mas would be appre­ci­ated; either via the St Luke’s Account (details on the back of the ser­vice book­let) or a Cash offer­tory giv­ing (in a marked envel­ope) or give to Moya Holle.

If any­one has Christ­mas bush (nice and red) grow­ing nearby or in their garden, a bunch or two would be won­der­ful to add to the flower dis­play for Christmas.

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Sat­urday 21st & Sunday 22nd Dec at 3pm – Handel’s Mes­si­ah:  Presen­ted by Radio Com­munity Chest.  Held at Sydney Town Hall.  Tick­ets avail­able from https://handelsmessiahsydney.org.au

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Tues­day 24th Decem­ber — 7.30pm Christ­mas Eve Service.

Wed­nes­day 25th Decem­ber — 9.30am Christ­mas Day Service.

Sunday 29th Decem­ber – 9.30am First Sunday After Christmas

(Note: There will be no 10.30am Wed­nes­day Ser­vice on25th Dec, or 1st Jan 2025; and no 6pm Spir­it of Taizé ser­vice on Sunday 5th Jan 2025)

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Cop­ies of Janet Walmsley’s book “When Hope Came” are now avail­able for $40.  Pro­ceeds go to The Lep­rosy Mis­sion.  Please see Janet if you are inter­ested in pur­chas­ing a copy.

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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.

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

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A Gift For You!  A brand new, beau­ti­fully pro­duced copy of Luke’s Gos­pel is avail­able for you today. It’s the New Liv­ing Trans­la­tion pro­duced by the Bible Soci­ety. Take one for no cost.

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

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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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Sunday: Joyce, Andrew, Rachael, Bianca, Belinda & Bryson Reddy; Eddie, Susan, Stephanie, Edwin, Leil­ani & Car­men Reddy.

Monday: Mat­ilda Rink­er; Gra­hame Sadler; Rajah Selva­ra­jah & Greg.

Tues­day: Peter Sey­mour; Andy Ser­afin & Colin Spokes; Louisa Silverman.

Wed­nes­day: Laurel & Ray Som­mer; Kar­lene Thompson; Geof­frey Turnham.

Thursday: Christine Thur­ley, Troy & Fam­ily; Janet Walms­ley; Noel Waugh.

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: Lea MacNeil; Steph­en Gates; Andy Ser­afin; John Bowen (Priest); Maur­een Byers; Simone Crowth­er; Alex Regos; Helen Woell­ner; Douglas John­ston; Susie Brooks; Sarah; Mari­on Mad­dox; Sarah; Max Woods (Priest); Mike Nix­on (Priest); Bar­bara Noble; Jane Edwards; Chris; Steve; Patrick & Wendy; and Dianne Albrecht.

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Anniversar­ies of the Depar­ted: Iso­belle Gid­ley, Mark Trav­is; Sarah Ket­tlewell; Sid­ney Smith; Sid­ney Anson; Guiseppe Bruzzese; Susanne Crowth­er; and Bill Carter.

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Saints Com­mem­or­a­tion: 21st:  Thomas, Apostle and Martyr.

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Long Term Pas­tor­al Pray­er list: Kar­en Stein­er-Hill; Nalini MacIntyre; Christine Kon­draten­ko; John Bunyan (Priest); Mar­garet Chiew; Ger­ald Grant; Bar­bara Ray­mond; Janet Walms­ley; Florence Shel­lard; Ray Som­mer; John Hardy; Lyn Car­ring­ton; Bar­bara Allen; Marissa & Meg Maack, Jude, Isla, & Al Don­nell; Noel Jeffs; Laurie Bestel; Robert Gibbs; Michael Aiken; Sabitri Thapa; Joel Thapa; and Robert & Lyn­dall Dubler.

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First Read­ing: Micah 5.2–5a Psalm: Song of Mary (APBA p.31)

Second Read­ing: Hebrews 10.5–10 Gos­pel: Luke 1.39–45

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The Christ­mas Bowl Appeal — annu­al appeal of the Acts of Peace, the inter­na­tion­al aid agency of the Nation­al Coun­cil of Churches.

           

We encour­age parish­ion­ers to scan the QR code and donate online (our par­ish is registered as ‘Enmore-Stan­more Anglic­an Par­ish’), or call 1800 025 101.

       

We encour­age parish­ion­ers to scan the code link to donate online or vis­it www.abmission.org/Advent2024

Please note: There are a lim­ited num­ber of dona­tion envel­opes for both ABM and the Christ­mas Bowl Appeal avail­able in the church foy­er for those who do not use smart mobile phones with cameras.

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