Notices — Eighth Sunday After Pentecost — Sunday 18th July 2021

NOTICES:

Changes to Office Open­ing Days – The office is closed until fur­ther notice.  Jen­nifer will be work­ing from home on Tues­day, Wed­nes­day and Thursday from 9.15–2.45pm.  Please email stlukes.enmore@outlook.com

 

Cinema Para­diso: Watch this space — due to cur­rent lock­down this event has been post­poned with new date To Be Confirmed.  Vis­ion (2019) tells the story of Hilde­gard von Bin­gen, the 12th cen­tury Bene­dict­ine nun, Chris­ti­an mys­tic and com­poser, ven­er­ated in the Cath­ol­ic and Anglic­an Com­mu­nions.  She was a Doc­tor of the Church who was able to trans­mit her vis­ions to the world.  Accord­ing to Wiki­pe­dia, Pope John Paul II called her “a light to her people and for her time” and said “she con­tin­ues to shine even more brightly today.”

 

WORDSWORTH & MASKELL PIPE ORGAN RECITAL Sunday, 5 Septem­ber 2021 at 3pm – Keep and broad­cast the date! Well-known to Sydney audi­ences, St Luke’s is delighted to wel­come Heath­er Moen-Boyd to per­form an inaug­ur­al recit­al on the Church’s unique 1883 Wordsworth & Maskell Pipe Organ. From Moz­art to Mendels­sohn, whose works were per­formed at the instrument’s 1884 recit­al, the per­form­ance will also include Samuel Barber’s Adagio to mark Yom Kip­pur and Septem­ber 11, and pas­tor­al bird­song to her­ald the com­ing Spring. The her­it­age-lis­ted organ, con­sidered power­ful for its size, is a unique example of its kind in Aus­tralia.  This is its inaug­ur­al recit­al, delayed by more than a year due to the pan­dem­ic, fol­low­ing the com­plete res­tor­a­tion of the instru­ment to its ori­gin­al high Vic­tori­an glory. RSVP:  to Kathy Drum­mond or Brett Dav­ies and watch this space for arrange­ments due to the Cov­id-19 pandemic. Entry:  $15 ($10 all con­ces­sions), includ­ing pro­gramme note.

 

Lea MacNeil has jam, con­serves, pickles and vari­ous sauces to sell; please email her at lea.macneil@gmail.com to order them from her.  Don­ald, her hus­band can deliv­er your spe­cif­ic order to the OpShop where it can be paid for.  All pro­ceeds go to St Luke’s Parish.

 

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Weekly Inter­ces­sions for our Community:

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

Monday: Michael Flem­ing, Eliza­beth Arm­strong, Thomas, Ellen­or & Nicholas.

Tues­day: Steph­en Gates & Andrew Eld­er; Mar­ilyn Gibbs; and Kev­in Green.

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

Thursday: Richard Hagen & Som Siritham­makij; and John & Selina Hardy.

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: Fabi­an LoS­chiavo; John Bowen; John Sat­ter­ley; Robert & Lyn­dall Dubler; Colin Spokes; Peter Cinelli; John Can Pahali; Alex Regos; Aman­da Cow­ley; Fr Phil­lip Carter; Peter Knox; Sr Colleen Crook; Br Wil­li­am; Ron Clarke & his fam­ily; Lyn­dall McCar­ron; Maurice Pope & his fam­ily; Raul (Skid Row Radio) & fam­ily; Barry McKay; Ruth Dodd; Christina Rees (CBE); Deepika & Deep­shi­ka; Andrew Strat­golda; and Sr Helen Juli­an CSF.

 

Anniversar­ies of the Depar­ted:  Eth­el Day; Marusia Nester; Sylvia Jop­son; Vaughan Roberts; Fr Philip West­ley; Neville Hack; and Ivy Rowlands.

 

Saints Com­mem­or­a­tion: 22^nd: Mary Magdalene

 

Long Term Pas­tor­al Pray­er list: Lyn Car­ring­ton; 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; Kuwert; Grace & Han­nah Ashton; Anaisha, & her par­ents Anu & Digvi­jay; Ron Nath; Ron­an Nath; Veron­ica Nath; Rev Laurie McIntyre; and Loch­lan Lonesborough

 

Read­ings for Next Sunday — Ninth Sunday After Pente­cost:  First Read­ing: 2 Samuel 11.1–15;  Psalm: 14;  Second Read­ing: Eph­esians 3.14–21;  and  Gos­pel: Mark 6.1–21

 

Read­ings for the com­ing week: Even­ing Pray­er 

Sunday	2 Samuel 7.18–29	Ps 23	Eph­esians 2.1–10
Monday	Pro­verbs 4.20–5.14	Pss 46; 47	Romans 1.26–32
Tues­day	Pro­verbs 5.15–6.5	Ps 49	Romans 2.1–11
Wed­nes­day	Pro­verbs 6.6–19	Ps 119.41–64	Romans 2.12–24
Thursday	Pro­verbs 6.20–7.5	Pss 52; 53	Romans 2.25–3.8
Fri­day	Pro­verbs 7.6–27	Ps 55.13–35, 18–28	Romans 3.9–20
Sat­urday	Pro­verbs 8.1–21	Ps 60; 61	Romans 3.21–31

 

Points for thought and Discussion

1. Dav­id had believed that he would build a temple/house for the ark of God in Jer­u­s­alem. But God spoke to Dav­id through Nath­an the proph­et that this was not God’s will.  When has God turned your plans upside down?
2. Through all that Christ has done we are recon­ciled with Christ and (Eph 2:19) cit­izens with the saints and also mem­bers of the house­hold of God. When do you feel most con­nec­ted with the fam­ily of God and with Jesus himself?
3. Jesus looked at the crowds and had com­pas­sion on them because they were like sheep without a shep­herd; and he began to teach them many things (Mk 6:34). If you had the oppor­tun­ity what would be the one thing that you would want to teach unchurched people today?

[JP]