Notices — Easter Sunday — 4th April 2021

NOTICES:

East­er Joy and Bless­ings from Fr Jeff, Michelle and family. Please drive/travel safely and observe all the Cov­id pre­cau­tions for your own pro­tec­tion and the safety of others.

 

Happy Birth­day to: Car­men Reddy; Edwin Reddy; Byrson Reddy; Stephanie Reddy; Chris­toph­er Haly; Jo Bur­ton; Eliza­beth Arm­strong (Flem­ing); Jo Raj; Ian Barnett; Mat­thi­as Oduro; and Ray Sommer.

 

5pm Even­ing Ser­vice has been can­celled.  It will resume in May 2021.

 

Office clos­ure – Mon 5^th to Mon 12^th April - due to Jen­nifer being on hol­i­day leave in Cairns for a week.  Thank you to Stu­art Grigg & Ruth Cham­pi­on who will be mak­ing sure our ser­vice book­let is prin­ted for next Sunday.

 

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.

 

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ABM 2021 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.

 

 

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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.  Please email Fr Jeff on parkerj272@gmail.com

 

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: Selina & John Hardy; Susan Hill, Janet Broady & Alex; and Moya Holle.

Monday: Anne Hywood & Peter Tre­gil­gas; Pamela Jak­sic; and Noel Jeff.

Tues­day: Eddy, Mint, Atom & Arty Kit­tir­at; Joseph, Esth­er, Joyti & Joshlyn Kumar.

Wed­nes­day: Geoff Lind­say & Mandy Tib­bey; John Lo; and Fabi­an LoSchiavo.

Thursday: Lea McNeil & Don­ald Thomas; Evelyn Maack; and Jen­nifer McGovern.

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: Kristen Har­ley; 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; Ruth Dodd; and Christina Rees (CBE).

 

Anniversar­ies of the Depar­ted: Bobart Bell; Anne Oliv­er; Nita Richards; Mervyn O’Keefe; Wil­li­am Hobbs; Nancy Par­sons; Don­ald Mor­gan; Etta Ket­tlewell; and John Roe.

 

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 the com­ing week: Even­ing Pray­er 

Sunday	Exodus 12.1–14	Ps 113	Romans 6.3–14
Monday	Isai­ah 42.10–17	Ps 110	1 Peter 1.1–9
Tues­day	Isai­ah 43.1–13	Ps 113	1 Peter 1.10–17
Wed­nes­day	Isai­ah 43.14–25	Ps 115	1 Peter 1.18–2.3
Thursday	Isai­ah 51.9–16	Ps 117	1 Peter 2.4–10
Fri­day	Isai­ah 52.1–12	Ps 118.19–29	1 Peter 2.11–17
Sat­urday	Isai­ah 54.1–10	Ps 136.1,13–26	1 Peter 2.18–25

 

Read­ings for Next Sunday — Second Sunday of East­er:  First Read­ing: Acts 4.32–37;  Psalm: 133;  Second Read­ing: 1 John 1.1–2.2 ;  and  Gos­pel: John 20.19–31