Notices_Sunday 6th April — Fifth Sunday in Lent

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

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO: Jo Raj, Bryson Reddy, Ray Som­mer, Eliza­beth Flem­ing, Jo Bur­ton, Stephanie Reddy, Car­men Reddy, Edwin Reddy, and Les Car­ring­ton.

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TODAY — Palm cross mak­ing after morn­ing tea.  No exper­i­ence required just a will­ing­ness to learn.  Instruc­tions provided.

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NEXT SUNDAY at 9.30am – PALM SUNDAY includ­ing a pro­ces­sion with palm branches

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Thurs 17th April at 7.30pm –Maun­dy Thursday ser­vice.

Fri 18th April at 9.30am — Good Fri­day ser­vice fol­lowed by morn­ing tea and 12pm Way of the Cross

Sun 20th April at 9.30am — East­er Day fol­lowed by morn­ing tea.

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Cop­ies of the new Big Roster for 6th April to 15th June 2025 are now avail­able in the church foy­er and on the Com­munity Resource table near the chapel.

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Sat 19th at 9.30am – Work­ing Bee to get our church ready for East­er.

Sunday 27th April – Par­ish Coun­cil Meets.

Sun 4th May at 9.30am – Bp Michael Stead, Con­firm­a­tion and shared lunch.

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

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Tues­day Night Bible Study at 7.30pm: At Fr Philip Bradford’s place 5 Lin­coln St, Stan­more.  We are con­tinu­ing the Let­ter of Paul to the Romans.  Bring a bible. All wel­come.

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Fr John’s two books, Honey From The Stony Rock: 100 Aus­trali­an Son­nets, and Con­ju­bil­ant With Song (65 of his hymns, &c) are still avail­able for any not here for the anniversary two weeks ago.  $20 each – all money to the Dio­cese of Jer­u­s­alem and espe­cially the (Anglic­an) Al-Ahli Hos­pit­al in Gaza, a “Samar­it­an” min­istry and wit­ness to those mostly not of our Chris­ti­an faith.  Thanks espe­cially to those who have giv­en extra dona­tions (Len­ten).

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Held at Holy Trin­ity Church, Dul­wich Hill.

In this lec­ture Susan will describe the back­ground to the com­pos­i­tion of this work, and explore Handel’s music, with music­al excerpts, illus­tra­tions and paint­ings from the time.

Free entry, no need to book. 2‑hour ses­sion with after­noon tea included.

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This year’s Chrism Euchar­ist is to be held at Christ Church St Laurence, George St, Sydney. The Right Revd Dr Michael Stead, Bish­op of South Sydney, will be the cel­eb­rant. A gen­er­al invit­a­tion is exten­ded to clergy, par­ish read­ers and parish­ion­ers to attend the ser­vice. All clergy, lay read­ers and licensed lay min­is­ters are invited to robe and renew their vows dur­ing the liturgy. A light lunch will be served fol­low­ing the ser­vice. There is no need to RSVP.

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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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Envel­opes are avail­able in the church foy­er to place on the col­lec­tion plate.  Or Scan the QR code to make a dona­tion online.

You can also donate online at www.abmission.org/Lent2025

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Sunday: Vic­tor Any­anji; Cyn­thia Berke­mei­er; Jen­nifer, Peter, Andy & Blake B.; John (Priest) & Joanne Bowen.

Monday: Kay Younie, Nata­sha, Timothy & Jona­thon; Philip Brad­ford (Priest).

Tues­day: Tony Brown­low; Les & Lyn Car­ring­ton; and Ruth Cham­pi­on.

Wed­nes­day: Nancy Cheung; Tiffany, Kev­in, Alex­an­der, & Nich­olas Chiew.

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

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 and those in need of pray­er: Michelle Park­er; Lyn Car­ring­ton; Lea MacNeil; Andy Ser­afin; John Bowen (Priest); Alex Regos; Helen Woell­ner; Lilac John­ston; Douglas John­ston; Max Woods (Priest); Jane Edwards; Mel Kew­ley; Jona­thon & Joshua; Jack­ie Chaffo; John Park­er; Ava; John Hower; Dav­id Reeks; and Alec & Tar­rah.

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Anniversar­ies of the Depar­ted: Rita Richards; Mervyn O’Keefe; Wil­lian Hobbs; Nancy Par­sons; Don­ald Mor­gan; Etta Ket­tlewell, John Roe; Val Fran­cis; Andrew Micke; and Agnes For­res­t­er.

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8th: Geor­gi­anna Mol­loy, pion­eer church lead­er and bot­an­ist from West­ern Aus­tralia.

9th: Wil­li­am Law, Priest and teach­er; and Diet­rich Bon­hoef­fer, theo­lo­gian.

11th: George Augus­tus Sel­wyn, first mis­sion­ary Bish­iop of New Zea­l­and.

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Long Term Pas­tor­al Pray­er list: Fred Blake: 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; and Robert & Lyn­dall Dubler.

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First Read­ing: Isi­ah 50.4–9a Psalm: 31.9–18

Second Read­ing: Phil­ip­pi­ans 2.5–11 Palm Gos­pel: Luke 19.29–40

The Pas­sion accord­ing to Luke: 23.1–49