Notices — Third Sunday in Lent — Sunday 7th March 2021

NOTICES

YES – We can Sing!!!!

 How­ever, when we sing in church EVERYONE MUST WEAR A MASK!!!

The War­dens and the Rect­or met dur­ing the week to con­sider the issue of singing in church.  We con­sidered the res­ults and com­ments from the e‑mail sur­vey as well as oth­er views that had been put to us, and care­fully read the rel­ev­ant legis­la­tion and the Arch­bish­op’s advice.  As a res­ult, we have decided that St Luke’s should return to con­greg­a­tion­al singing of the hymns, with the con­di­tion that while the con­greg­a­tion is singing all of us must wear a mask, wheth­er singing or not.  The Premi­er has said this is to be reviewed on 17^th March.

The usu­al COV­ID-safe meas­ures con­tin­ue to apply:
• Make use of the hand san­it­iser avail­able upon arrival, and before com­mu­nion.
• Sit only where you find a green tick.  Where there are two green ticks side by side, please leave for couples/pairs, wherever pos­sible.
• At the peace, greet those in your imme­di­ate vicin­ity with fol­ded hands or a nod, and refrain from mov­ing about the church
• At com­mu­nion, wait for the call from an ush­er before leav­ing your pew and main­tain a single line in the aisle, in line with the mark­ers.
• At the con­clu­sion of the ser­vice, keep mov­ing through the foy­er to avoid a build-up of people wait­ing to exit.

In keep­ing with health advice con­cern­ing the use of out­door set­tings and well-vent­il­ated spaces, we are keep­ing church doors open whenev­er pos­sible, and offer and encour­age all parish­ion­ers to join morn­ing tea out­doors.

The NSW Pub­lic Health Order requires all of us to scan the Q‑code using the Ser­vices NSW App when attend­ing church.  If you can­not scan in, please tell a Wel­comer, who will find an altern­at­ive meth­od to register you.  If you need any help with the set up on your phone, Stu­art Veitch is happy to assist at morn­ing tea.

Please avoid attend­ing church if you have any symp­toms.

Symp­toms of COVID-19 include:

• fever (37.5 ° or high­er);
• cough and/or short­ness of breath (dif­fi­culty breath­ing);
• sore throat;
• loss of taste and/or loss of smell;

Oth­er repor­ted symp­toms of COVID-19 include fatigue, runny nose, muscle pain, joint pain, diarrhea, nausea/vomiting and loss of appet­ite.

 

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Happy Birth­day to: Bianca Reddy; Elise Bestel; Kath­er­ine Old­field; John Tonetti; Tony Brown­low; Joseph Kumar; Viol­etta Clarke Nam Clarke; Peter Sey­mour; Mar­ilyn Gibbs; & Selina Hardy.

 

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Tonight: 6pm Even­ing Ser­vice.

 

Len­ten Study: After the Wed­nes­day Heal­ing ser­vice and morn­ing tea, we will be dis­cuss­ing the read­ings of the day from the Lec­tion­ary.

 

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AGM – Sunday 14^th March 2021: The Annu­al Gen­er­al Meet­ing, includ­ing the elec­tion of the 2021 Par­ish Coun­cil, War­dens, Nom­in­at­ors and one Syn­od Rep­res­ent­at­ive, will held at 11.15am on Sunday 14 March 2020, in the church or the hall.

“Notice of Pro­posed Nom­in­a­tion” forms for elec­tion into office at the AGM are now avail­able in the church foy­er and at the Com­munity Resource Centre.  Please ask someone before you nom­in­ate them and don’t for­get to ask someone to second your nom­in­a­tion.

 

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Palm Cross mak­ing – Sunday 21^st March after morn­ing tea.

Please come and join us in the hall to make our palm crosses for Palm Sunday.  No exper­i­ence needed as instruc­tion will be giv­en on the day.

 

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Future Dates for your Diary:

28^th March – Palm Sunday: 9.30am Ser­vice.

1^st April – Maun­dy Thursday: 7.30 pm Ser­vice.

2^nd April – Good Fri­day: 9.30am Ser­vice & 12pm — Way of the Cross.

4^th April – East­er Day: 9.30am Ser­vice.

 

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ABM 2021 Lent, Good Fri­day & East­er Gift Appeal

We encour­age parish­ion­ers to use the QR Code on the digit­al dona­tion cards or make a dona­tion online at abmission.org.au.  Please note: There are some dona­tion envel­opes in the church foy­er and hall for those who do not use mobile phones or have no inter­net access.

 

 

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Book­ings: pinchgutoperia.com.au or (02) 9318 8300

 

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Bot­ti­celli to Van Gogh Exhib­i­tion:

Expres­sions of interest are invited to vis­it the Bot­ti­celli to Van Gogh Exhib­i­tion at the Nation­al Art Gal­lery (Can­berra) on pos­sibly Friday/Saturday 30 April/1 May, stay­ing overnight.

The Exhib­i­tion entry tick­et is $28, or $25 conc. Overnight accom­mod­a­tion is approx­im­ately $125. Meal costs would also need to be factored in to the cost.

Please let the office know by Monday 8 March if you-
a) are inter­ested in going;
b) need trans­port or will­ing to drive; or
c) wish to fly, train or bus inde­pend­ently.

It was thought that a bus could be hired, with a driver to trans­port those of us who are inter­ested, to the exhib­i­tion. Due to COVID restric­tions (social dis­tan­cing) on trans­port, how­ever, this could work out to be rather costly.  If we only have a few people, one or two cars may suf­fice.

All inter­ested per­sons will be noti­fied of the out­come by Sunday 14 March after which details/bookings can be final­ised.

 

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Email Etiquette Policy:   In these ‘days of email’ we must be care­ful how we use this meth­od of com­mu­nic­a­tion.

The fol­low­ing rules must be observed in this com­munity to avoid dis­turb­ing and upset­ting each oth­er:

• We must NOT add any­one to an email­ing list without their pri­or con­sent.
• If we have done this in the past, then either (1) ask that per­son if they want to remain on the email­ing list, or (2) remove any such per­son from your mail­ing list.
• If you are receiv­ing unwanted emails from any­one in this par­ish com­munity then let them or me know and ask for your name to be removed from that list.

This does not apply to par­ish emails regard­ing attend­ance.

Thanks for your cooper­a­tion.

 

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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.

 

Art in the Hall:  This month’s piece is Sun­flowers by Vin­cent Van Gogh,1889.  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.

 

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

 

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.

 

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.

 

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Weekly Inter­ces­sions for our Com­munity:

Sunday: Mat­thi­as Oduro; Kath­er­ine Old­field; Julie Olston & Phil­ippa Fredrickson; Fr Jeff & Michelle Park­er; and Ann Petersen, Rachel & Wolf Winter

Monday: Saf­fron Pow­ell; Annie Prat­ten; and Jo, Ramendra, Thomas & Lucy Raj.

Tues­day: Joyce, Andrew, Rachel, Bianca, Belinda & Bryson Reddy.

Wed­nes­day: Eddie, Susan, Stephanie, Edwin, Leil­ani, and Car­men Reddy.

Thursday: John Reimer; Mat­ilda Rink­er; Gra­hame Sadler; and Ken Searle.

Fri­day: We pray for Fr John Bunyan’s pas­tor­al care min­istry at Bank­stown Hos­pit­al and all those he min­is­ters to.

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.

 

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Pray­ers for the sick: Fr Jeff Park­er; Kristen Har­ley; Steph­en Thur­ley; Fr John Bunyan; Louise Trott; She Kar Nair; Maur­een Clunas; Wolf Winter; Peter Cinelli; 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; Ron Clarke & his fam­ily; Lyn­dall McCar­ron; Maurice Pope & his fam­ily; Christine Pick­ard; Raul (Skid Row Radio) & Fam­ily; and Christina Rees (CBE).

 

Anniversar­ies of the Depar­ted: Thomas Ster­ick­er; Isa­bel Mor­gan; Nancy Rus­sell; Rod Robins; Jeoisime Green; Ivy Noble; Robert Wil­li­ams; and Fr John Buder­us.

 

Saints Com­mem­or­a­tion: 9^th March: Sis­ter Emma SSA, Super­i­or of the Soci­ety of the Sac­red Advent, Queens­land (d. 1939).

 

Long Term Pas­tor­al Pray­er list: John Dick­son; John Hardy; 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; 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 — Fourth Sunday in Lent:  First Read­ing: Num­bers 21.4–9;  Psalm: 107.1–3, 17–22;  Second Read­ing: Eph­esians 2.1–10;  and    Gos­pel: John 3.14–21

 

Read­ings for the com­ing week: Even­ing Pray­er

Sunday	Jeremi­ah 26.1–15	Ps 119.57–64	Mark 14.53–72
Monday	Jeremi­ah 32.1–15	Pss 24; 26	Hebrews 10.5–18
Tues­day	Jeremi­ah 32.16–35	Pss 22.23–32; 32	Hebrews 10.19–31
Wed­nes­day	Jeremi­ah 32.36–33.9	Ps 27	Hebrews 10.32–39
Thursday	Jeremi­ah 33.10–26	Pss 30; 32	Hebrews 11.1–12
Fri­day	Jeremi­ah 43.8–22	Ps 31	Hebrews 11.13–28
Sat­urday	Jeremi­ah 35	Ps 35.18–29; 36	Hebrew 11.29–40