Notices — Fourth Sunday in Lent — 14th March 2021

NOTICES:

TODAY — Annu­al Gen­er­al Meeting:  The AGM, includ­ing the elec­tion of the 2021 Par­ish Coun­cil, Church War­dens, Nom­in­at­ors and one Syn­od Rep­res­ent­at­ive, will held at 11.15am today, in the church or the hall.

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

NEXT WEEK: Sunday 21^st March — after morn­ing tea.

• Par­ish Coun­cil Meets.
• Palm Cross making:  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. 
• Singing Rehears­al with Jo Bur­ton: For those singing volun­teers who have been con­tac­ted by Jo & will be prac­ti­cing togeth­er for the East­er Ser­vices.

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.

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.

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.

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.

 Weekly Inter­ces­sions for our Com­munity:

Sunday: Rajah Selva­ra­jah & Greg; Peter Sey­mour; Andy Ser­afin & Colin; Louisa Sil­ver­man; and Ray & Laurel Som­mer.

Monday: Christine Tennent & Aileen Cooper; and Raboom & Nol Tahkam.

Tues­day: Kar­lene Thompson; Christine Thur­ley, Troy & Fam­ily; John Tonetti.

Wed­nes­day: Stu­art Veitch, Jo Bur­ton & Laurence; and Nadia Wheat­ley.

Thursday: Janet Walms­ley; Janet Wid­mer & Cliff; and Sally Woell­ner.

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.

Pray­ers for the sick: Kristen Har­ley; Steph­en Thur­ley; Fr John Bunyan; Louise Trott; She Kar Nair; Maur­een Clunas; Wolf Winter; Peter Cinelli; John Can Pahali; Alex Regos; Aman­da Cow­ley; Gra­ham Sadler; Fr Phil­lip Carter; Peter Knox; Sr Colleen Crook; Nada G.; Br Wil­li­am; Ron Clarke & his fam­ily; Lyn­dall McCar­ron; Maurice Pope & his fam­ily; Christine Pick­ard; Raul (SkidRow Radio) & Fam­ily; and Christina Rees (CBE).

Anniversar­ies of the Depar­ted:  Ana­s­tas­si­os Daras; Dor­is Thurl­ing; Bill Newell; Peter Wil­li­ams; Ken­neth Newell; Ray­mond Taylor; and Boleslaw Jurczyk.

Saints Commemoration:  17^th March: Patrick, Bish­op, Mis­sion­ary to Ire­land (d.461);  18^th March: Cyril of Jer­u­s­alem, Bish­op & teach­er (d.386);  19^th March: Joseph, Hus­band of the Blessed Vir­gin Mary;  and 20^th March; Cuth­bert of Lindis­farne, Bish­op & mis­sion­ary (d.687).

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 the com­ing week: Even­ing Pray­er

 

Read­ings for Next Sunday — Fifth Sunday in Lent:  First Read­ing: Jeremi­ah 31.31–34:  Psalm: 119.9–16:  Second Read­ing: Hebrew 5.5–14:  Gos­pel: John 12.20–33

Points for Thought and Dis­cus­sion from Work­ing Preach­er

1. If you view your­self as redeemed, and if you say so, what do you like to emphas­ize? To whom? (Psa 107:2)
2. In Christ, how do being saved through faith and being cre­ated for good works har­mon­ize togeth­er? (Eph 2:8–9)
3. What does it mean to you to love light rather than dark­ness and to “come to the light” each day? (John 3:19–20)

This week’s Reflect & Con­nect ques­tions writ­ten by Lynne Baab.