Notices — Palm Sunday — 28th March 2021

NOTICES:

Dona­tions are sought for flowers for East­er: Either in kind or cash.  Please give cdash dona­tions to Moya Holle or dir­ect cred­it (as “Easter Flowers”) to St Luke’s Anglic­an Church Work­ing Account (details can be found on the last page of this ser­vice book­let).

Holy Week:

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.

Next Sunday:

DAYLIGHT SAVING ENDS! – remem­ber to turn your clocks back 1 hour on Sat­urday night, 3^rd April.

Please Note: The 5pm Sunday Even­ing Ser­vice has been can­celled for this month only.

Men’s Night Out - Sat­urday 10 April: At the Little Turtle Vegan Res­taur­ant, 10 Stan­more Road, Stan­more. Phone: (02) 8868 7554.  See Kev­in Green for more details.

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: Some dona­tion envel­opes are avail­able in the church foy­er and hall.

 

Poetry Board: Louisa Sil­ver­man has placed two Len­ten poems on the board. One by Robert Her­rick and the oth­er George Herbert.  The Bios of these poets are also on the board.  A Cov­id Poem and an Old Nun’s Pray­er have also been pos­ted.

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. Please email Fr Jeff on parkerj272@gmail.com

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.

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: Ron Cross; Brett Dav­ies & Amrit MacIntyre; Edi & Oscar Dav­is; John Dick­son; Kathy Drum­mond; and Dav­id Dun­lop.

Monday: Michael Flem­ing, Eliza­beth Arm­strong, Tom, Ella & Nick.

Tues­day: Stephan Gates & Andrew; Mar­ilyn Gibbs; & Kev­in Green.

Wed­nes­day: Peter Gil­bert & Alfredo Narnolo; Stu­art Grigg & ‘Tricia Blom­berry.

Thursday: Richard Hagen & Som; John, Martha & Chris­toph­er Haly.

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; She Kar Nair; Maur­een Clunas; Peter Cinelli; John Can Pahali; Alex Regos; Aman­da Cow­ley; 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 (Skid Row Radio) & Fam­ily; Barry McKay; Ron­ald Saun­ders; and Christina Rees (CBE).

 

Anniversar­ies of the Depar­ted:  Harry Mos­sop; John Faulks; Mynette Alex­an­der; Fr Ron Mor­ris; and Ben­son Greenough.

 

Long Term Pas­tor­al Pray­er list: Steph­en Thur­ley; Wolf Winter; 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; Rev Laurie McIntyre; and Ver­ity Wright.

Read­ings for Next Sunday — East­er Day:  First Read­ing: Acts 10.34–43; Psalm: Hymn to Christ Ris­en (APBA p. 6); Second Read­ing: 1 Cor 15.1–11; and Gos­pel: Mark 16.1–8

Read­ings for the com­ing week: Even­ing Pray­er