Notices_Sunday 2nd March 2025 — Transfiguration — Last Sunday After Epiphany

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

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Happy Birth­day to: Peter Sey­mour; Rick Prat­ley; Tony Brown­low; Selina Hardy; Mar­ilyn Gibbs; Kath­er­ine Old­field; Bianca Reddy; Viol­etta Clarke; Nam Clarke; Andy Bestel; and Joseph Kumar.

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The flowers in the church today have been donated by Ann Petersen in lov­ing memory of Wolfgang Winter’s birth­day – he would have been 74 on Sat­urday 1st March, St David’s Day.

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Palm Crosses: Please remem­ber to bring in your palm crosses from last year.  We will burn these to make the ash for our Ash Wed­nes­day ser­vices.

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Monday 3rd March at 10am — Memori­al mass for Hiro Andrew Itadani

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Tues­day 4th March @ 6.30pm – Pan­cakes in the rectory.  Pan­cakes provided.  Please come and, if you would like, bring along a savoury or sweet filling, and your bever­age of choice. There will be wine and soft drinks avail­able.

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Note: Tues­day Night Bible Study will not be held this week due to Pan­cakes at the rect­ory event.  It will resume next Tues­day at 7.30pm.

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Ash Wed­nes­day ser­vices — Wed 5th March — at 10.30am & 6.30pm.

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Thursday 6th March at 12pm – Pas­tor­al Care Meet­ing in the par­ish hall.

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St Johns Birch­grove, Cnr Birch­grove and Spring Street

The Sydney Mis­sion Col­lege of the Oratory of the Good Shep­herd invites you to a Len­ten Quiet Day.  The event will be led by the Rev­er­end Dr. Erica Math­ieson. Par­ti­cipants are reques­ted to bring their own pic­nic lunch, with tea and cof­fee provided. For fur­ther enquir­ies, con­tact Br Bri­an Luhr Mob:0400 193 626

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Sunday 16th March – Annu­al Vestry Meet­ing will be held after the 9.30am ser­vice and morn­ing tea in the church hall.

If you are an office bear­er, please sub­mit your report/s to

the Par­ish Office by email TODAY!

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Sunday 6th April — Palm cross mak­ing after morn­ing tea.

Sun 13th April at 9.30am — Palm Sunday

Thurs 17th April at 6.30pm –Maundy Thursday.

Fri 18th April at 9.30am — Good Fri­day.

Sun 20th April at 9.30am — East­er Day.

Fri­day 23rd to Sunday 25th May – Par­ish Retreat at old Mon­as­tery, Stroud.

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Join us at Church Hill for an even­ing of insight and inspir­a­tion as we hear from cur­rent foster carers from Anglic­an churches, the Angli­care Foster Care team, and churches step­ping into the gap to bring love, safety, and belong­ing to vul­ner­able children.  Wheth­er you’re con­sid­er­ing fos­ter­ing, look­ing for ways to sup­port foster care fam­il­ies, or simply want­ing to learn more, come and explore how we can all play a part in mak­ing a dif­fer­ence.

Regis­tra­tion link with details: https://www.anglicare.org.au/community/events-courses-training/love-in-action-foster-care/

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Sub­lime music for Lent and Pas­sion­tide

Guest Artist: Cam­erata Anti­ca  http://www.camerataantica.com/

Santa Sabina Chapel Strath­field

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St James’ Church, 173 King Street, Sydney

Thursday 1st May — 7.30pm to 9pm “The Phantom of the Oper­a” (1925) silent film with live organ impro­visa­tion by Mar­tin Baker (UK)

Reserve your place at https://events.humanitix.com/sjks-phantom

Sat­urday 3rd May – Mar­tin Baker (UK)

Reserve your place at https://events.humanitix.com/2025iof2?hxchl=hex-pfl

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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.  Back cop­ies are also avail­able upon request.

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

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Sunday: Jen­nifer, Peter, Andy & Blake B., John (Fr) & Joanne Bowen; Philip (Fr) Brad­ford; and Tony Brown­low.

Monday: Les & Lyn Car­ring­ton; Ruth Cham­pi­on; and Nancy Cheng.

Tues­day: Tiffany, Kev­in, Nich­olas & Alex­an­der Chiew.

Wed­nes­day: Ron, Milly, Nam & Viol­etta Clarke; Lynne Cun­neen & John.

Thursday: Brett Dav­ies & Amrit MacIntyre; and Edi & Oscar Dav­is.

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:  Bp Ron Wil­li­ams, Lyn Car­ring­ton; Lea MacNeil; Andy Ser­afin; John Bowen (Priest); Maur­een Byers; Alex Regos; Helen Woell­ner; Lilac John­ston; Douglas John­ston; Susie Brooks; Sarah; Mari­on Mad­dox; Max Woods (Priest); Jane Edwards; Chris; Fred Blake; Mel Kew­ley; Alex Naple; Jona­thon & Joshua; Jack­ie Chaffo; and Craig.

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Anniversar­ies of the Depar­ted: Wolfgang Winter; Anne Casey; Merryn Ban­ner­man; Her­bert Sur­rey; Thomas Ster­ick­er; and Isa­bel Mor­gan.

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7th: Per­petua and her com­pan­ions, Mar­tyrs at Carthage

8th: John of God, work­er among the sick and poor, Spain.

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

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First Read­ing: Deu­ter­o­nomy 26.1–11 Psalm: 91.1–2,9–16

Second Read­ing: Romans 10.4–13 Gos­pel: Luke 4.1–15