Notices_Palm Sunday — 13th April 2025

NOTICES:

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

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Holy Week Services 

Thurs 17th April at 7.30pm – Maundy Thursday.

Fri 18th April at 9.30am — Good Friday followed by Hots Cross Buns and at 12pm Way of the Cross

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

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TODAY at 3pm — Handel’s Mes­si­ah: A music appre­ci­ation lec­ture by Susan Deas. Held at Holy Trin­ity Church, Dul­wich Hill. Free entry, no need to book. 2‑hour ses­sion with after­noon tea included.

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Tues­day 15 April at 11am — 2025 Chrism Euchar­ist:  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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Sat 19th at 9.30am – Work­ing Bee to get our church ready for East­er.

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Tues­day 22nd April — Christ Church St Laurence movie excur­sion to Hoyts Cinema Enter­tain­ment Quarter to see the movie ‘The King of Kings’; an anim­ated retell­ing of the life of Christ.  All wel­come to join.  You can either meet them dir­ectly at the cinema (there is three-hour free park­ing with movie tick­et pur­chase val­id­a­tion) or join them at church to travel togeth­er via the light rail.  Par­ents, grand­par­ents and/or care­givers are most wel­come to join as well, how­ever, we will also have pro­vi­sions for chil­dren aged 5 and older to come along without a guard­i­an, with Sarah Per­civ­al and Fr Ryan super­vising.   Please con­tact Sarah Per­civ­al, Dir­ect­or of Youth Min­is­tries & Com­mu­nic­a­tions at s.percival@ccsl.org.au or Ph: (02) 9211 0560

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Sun 27th April – Par­ish Coun­cil Meets after 9.30am ser­vice and morn­ing tea.

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Wed­nes­day 30th April at 6pm for 6.30pm  – MEN’S NIGHT OUT: Little Turtle Res­taur­ant, 10 Stan­more Road, Enmore Ph: (02) 8068 7554  For more inform­a­tion see Kev­in Green Mob: 0405 691 055 

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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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St James’ Inter­na­tion­al Organ Fest­iv­al – 5pm to 7pm

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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Dona­tions towards flowers for East­er Day would be appre­ci­ated: Please place the dona­tion in the offer­tory plate in an envel­oped marked ‘East­er flowers’, or Dir­ect Deb­it into the par­ish account (details on back of ser­vice book­let) ref­er­ence ‘East­er Flowers’.  Thank you.

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Dates for your diary:

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.

Sat 28th June – Sydney MOW Meet­ing at 2.30pm.  Guest speak­er Moth­er Kathyrn Bell­house from CCSL

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Everything Travel and Fr. Michael Kelly OSB, Abbot Gen­er­al Emer­it­us, offer a once-in-a-life­time Ecu­men­ic­al tour of Sri Lanka, a land brim­ming with vibrant cul­ture, deep his­tory, and stun­ning land­scapes.

Tour Details: Depar­ture Date — 22 Septem­ber 2025

Dur­a­tion: 13 Nights / 14 Days

Cost: AU$5,995.00 per per­son (twin share)

Option­al Upgrades: Air­fares, land-only pack­ages, and single sups avail­able. 

To reserve your place on this extraordin­ary adven­ture, a non-refund­able depos­it of AU$500 per per­son is required.

This tour is inclus­ive and LGBT-friendly, ensur­ing every­one is wel­come.

Con­tact: johanne@ettravel.com.au

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

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ABM Myan­mar Earth­quake Emer­gency Appeal

Scan the QR code to make a dona­tion online.

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

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Weekly Inter­ces­sions for our Com­munity:

Sunday: Brett Dav­ies & Amrit MacIntyre; Edi & Oscar Dav­is; Susan Deas; Kathy Drum­mond; and Dav­id Dun­lop. 

Monday: Jan­nali Eldridge & Jar­ramali; Steph­en Gates & Andrew Eld­er.

Tues­day: Michael, Eliza­beth, Tom, Ella & Nick Flem­ing; Mar­ilyn Gibbs.

Wed­nes­day: Kev­in Green; Peter Gil­bert & Fred Narnola; Joyce Grant.

Thursday: Stu­art Grigg & ‘Tri­cia; Richard Hagan & Som Siritham­makij.

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 for 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: Franco Cevcek, May Gleave; Ben­jamin Potts; Eileen Kerr; Mary Potts; Mary Port­er; Arthur Boyd; and James Unwin.

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