Notices — Presentation of Christ in the Temple — Sunday 31st January 2021

NOTICES:

The flowers today are donated by Ann Petersen in memory of her fath­er, Eddie Edmonds.

This Week: Annu­al Epi­phany BBQ in the Moun­tains — Sat, 6^th Feb­ru­ary

12 noon, approx., for Euchar­ist ser­vice then 1 p.m. for the bar­be­cue.

For those who have already RSVP’d — The bar­be­cue will be fully catered.  There will be saus­ages, and a good selec­tion of non-bar­be­cued and non-meat options available.  How­ever, you are wel­come to bring what you desire to be bar­be­cued for you.  Also, bring a bottle of your favour­ite alco­hol­ic drink if you wish to drink some­thing stronger than soft drink or juice.

Lea MacNeil and Don­ald Thomas

 

Let’s Start Think­ing – From Fr. Jeff.  2020 was in some ways a year in which the aim was to “get through and make the best of it.”   2021 brings with it the hope of a vac­cine and the chance to re-set our course forward.  I am very inter­ested in hear­ing the ideas of ALL parish­ion­ers as to what we need to do, change, do more of, do less of, add to our activities.    It is best to put these ideas on paper rather than in a con­ver­sa­tion. There will be a more form­al pro­cess later in the year, but let’s start think­ing now.

Meet­ing to dis­cuss ABM con­tri­bu­tion – Sunday 7^th Feb­ru­ary at 11am:  Each year St Luke’s par­ish, and par­tic­u­larly the op shop, gen­er­ously con­trib­utes to ABM.  There will be a meet­ing after mass on 7 Feb­ru­ary, at 11 ‑30 a.m. in the church to dis­cuss our contribution.  Our present pro­jects are:  Holy Land — Gaza Child Nutri­tion Pro­ject, Vanuata — Integ­rated Wash and Lit­er­acy Pro­ject and Aus­tralia — Wontulp-Bi-Buya College.  Any­one inter­ested should see Tony Brownlow.  Tony can also sup­ply people with an ABM pro­ject book­let.

Next Week – Sunday 7^th Feb — Even­ing Ser­vice at 6pm.

Art in the Hall: At our recent Poetry Day, parish­ion­ers dec­or­ated the Hall with some art­works loaned for the occa­sion which was much appreciated.  The Par­ish Coun­cil has now endorsed the idea of allow­ing parish­ion­ers to have art works hung in the Hall on a tem­por­ary basis.  Please note that no respons­ib­il­ity is taken for the secur­ity or pro­tec­tion from dam­age or theft of any art­work on loan.  A form waiv­ing any claim by a lender/donor must be signed before any art­work is accepted.  Pref­er­ence is for art with a recog­nis­able Anglic­an content.  This month’s piece is a tapestry ver­sion of Canaletto’s “Westminster Abbey”,1730.

Next Men’s Nite Out — Sat­urday 13^th Feb­ru­ary at 6 for 6.30 pm.  Will be held at Alberto’s Pizzer­ia, 589 Kings Street, Newtown.  Ph: 9519 4262.  Con­tact Kev­in for more details Mob: 0405 691 055.

The new ver­sion of the video from our “Words of Hope’ Poetry Day is now avail­able at: https://www.stlukesenmore.org.au/poets/words-of-hope.html

The updated New Big Roster for Feb­ru­ary that includes 31^st Janu­ary is now avail­able in church foy­er and hall foy­er.

We need parish­ion­ers espe­cially to assist with welcoming:  Thank you to those who have already volunteered.  Please speak to Ruth Cham­pi­on if you can help Mob: 0400 166 041.

Food for our worms – Food scraps (no dairy, cit­rus or meat) can be left in the buck­et provided.  This is part of our Par­ish envir­on­ment­al ini­ti­at­ive.

Future Dates for your Diary:

14^th Feb­ru­ary – Feast of the Transfiguration/ Last Sunday After Epi­phany.

16^th Feb­ru­ary – Shrove Tuesday/Pancake Day.

17^th Feb­ru­ary — Ash Wed­nes­day.

21^st Feb­ru­ary – First Sunday in Lent.

28^th March – Palm Sunday.

1^st April – Maun­dy Thursday.

2^nd April – Good Fri­day.

4^th April – East­er Day.

Lea MacNeil has jam to sell and vari­ous sauces; please email her lea.macneil@gmail.com if you would like to give her an order.  You may, of course, ask her what type of jam and/or pre­serve or sauces she has on hand.  Don­ald, her hus­band can deliv­er your spe­cif­ic order to the Opshop where you are able to pay for it.

 

Weekly Inter­ces­sions for our Com­munity:

Sunday: Ann Petersen, Rachel & Wolf; Saf­fron Pow­ell; Annie Prat­ten; and Jo, Ramendra, Thomas & Lucy Raj.

Monday: Joyce, Eddie, Susan, Stephanie, Edwin, Leil­ani & Car­men Reddy.

Tues­day: Andrew, Rachel, Bianca, Belinda & Bryson Reddy; and John Reimer.

Wed­nes­day: Mat­ilda Rink­er; Gra­hame Sadler; Ken Searle; Louisa Sil­ver­man.

Thursday: Rajah Selva­ra­jah & Greg; Peter Sey­mour; and Andy Ser­afin & Colin.

Fri­day: Ray & Laurel Som­mer; and Christine Ten­net & Aileen Cooper.

Sat­urday: Dear lov­ing Fath­er, please deliv­er us from the coronavir­us and lim­it its impact on Aus­tralia and the world. In your mercy bring a swift end to this crisis.  Please pro­tect with your lov­ing care those we love — our fam­il­ies, friends and neigh­bours.  Let your fath­erly hand guide, shel­ter and strengthen them.  Cast out all anxious fears and doubts.  Give us an increas­ing trust in you and fill our hearts and minds with your peace.  We pray for those around the world now strug­gling with COVID-19.  Heal and com­fort those who are sick and suffering.  Pro­tect and guide the health pro­fes­sion­als who are at the front line.  Please give wis­dom and cour­age to those who bear respons­ib­il­ity for con­front­ing this chal­lenge. We ask these things through the power­ful name of Jesus.  Amen.

Pray­ers for the sick: Kristen Har­ley; Steph­en Thur­ley; Mary Middleton; Fr John Bunyan; John Hardy; Louise Trott; She Kar Nair; Maur­een Clunas; Wolf Winter; Linda Mac­qual­ter; Esth­er Middleton; Peter Cinelli; John Dick­son; Rita Mus­cat & her fam­ily; Tamara & Craig; John Can Pahali; Alex Regos; Aman­da Cow­ley; Gra­ham Sadler; Fr Phil­lip Carter; Phil­lip Kuwert; Peter Knox; Sr Colleen Crook; Nada G.; Br Wil­li­am; and Ron Clarke & his fam­ily.

Recently Depar­ted: Sr Frances CSC; Gladys Vardy; and Fr Peter Carls­son.

Anniversar­ies of the Depar­ted: Eddie Edmonds; Br John Charles Vock­ler; Jen­nifer Rus­sell; and Florence Simpson.

Saints Commemoration: 3^rd Feb: First Anglic­an Ser­vice at Sydney Cove, con­duc­ted by Richard John­son, Sydney, 1788; 4^th Feb: Ans­kar mis­sion­ary Bish­op in Sweden (d. 865); and 5^th Feb: Mar­tyrs of Japan, cru­ci­fied at Naga­saki (d. 1597).

Long Term Pas­tor­al Pray­er list: Andrew Reddy; Shir­ley, Bar­bara & Jade Allen; Br Noel Jeffs (SSF); Kiki Chun; Beth Arm­strong; Ann Jeffs; Rhi­an­non Henry-Edwards; Marissa; Jude, Isla, Meg & Al Don­nell; Lyn Car­ring­ton; Suz­anne Camp­ton; Pau­line Newell; Bar­bara Beec­roft; Ann Con­nolly; Day­alan Sam­inath­an; Grace & Han­nah Ashton; Anaisha, & her par­ents Anu & Digvi­jay; Ron Nath; Ron­an Nath; Veron­ica Nath; Rose­mary Brad­ford; Rev Laurie McIntyre; and Ver­ity Wright.

Read­ings for Next Sunday — Fifth Sunday after Epiphany:  First Read­ing: Isai­ah 40.21–31; Psalm: 147.1–11; Second Read­ing: 1 Cor­inthi­ans 9.16–23; and Gos­pel: Mark 1.29–39

Read­ings for the com­ing week: Even­ing Pray­er