Notices — Twentieth Sunday After Pentecost — 10th October 2021

NOTICES:

 

The flowers today have been donated by Ann Petersen in lov­ing memory of her hus­band, Peter Petersen.

 

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Thank you from Nancy Cheng:

Nancy Cheng has vis­ited Fr Jeff to say she is mov­ing to Middle­sex in Eng­land to work at a large ortho­paed­ic hos­pit­al.  She believes she is answer­ing God’s call.  Nancy thanks her friends at St Luke’s for sup­port and friend­ship.  Please pray for safe travel and her work in her new home.

 

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Garden­ing Volun­teers required:

Fath­er Jeff has pro­posed that a garden­ing group be formed to main­tain the garden areas in the par­ish, which Andy Ser­afin has agreed to organ­ize.  Fre­quency, dates and times have yet to be determ­ined fol­low­ing dis­cus­sions with inter­ested parishioners.

Any­one wish­ing to par­ti­cip­ate or requir­ing fur­ther inform­a­tion should con­tact Andy Ser­afin on Mob: 0400 471 826.

 

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ST PAUL’S PANTRY des­per­ately needs the fol­low­ing items:

Please col­lect and store your dona­tions at home for when church reopens.

Note: If you live with­in Bur­wood LGA, you may take food dir­ectly to St Paul’s, but con­tact Fr James Collins first as to what day and time to deliv­er the goods.  It is best to con­tact him via email on: rector@stpaulsburwood.anglican.asn.au

 

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Weekly Inter­ces­sions for our Com­munity:

Sunday: Geoff Lind­say & Mandy Tib­bey; Fabi­an LoS­chiavo; Lea MacNeil & Don­ald Thomas; and Evelyn Maack.

Monday: Jen­nifer McGov­ern; John M.; Jo Middleton; and Ron­ald Naidu.

Tues­day: Anthea, Ron, Ron­an, Veron­ica & Rohan Nath; and Pau­line Newell.

Wed­nes­day: Johnny Nitchareon & Eed Intapan; and Mat­thi­as Oduro.

Thursday: Kath­er­ine Old­field; and Julie Olston & Phil­ippa Fredrickson.

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: Aman­da Romeo; Maryrose Crowth­er; Tosia Crib­ben; Angus; John Tonetti; Wolf Winter; Fr Gary Priest; John Bowen; Robert & Lyn­dall Dubler; Colin Spokes; John Can Pahali; Alex Regos; Aman­da Cow­ley; Peter Knox; Br Wil­li­am; Maurice Pope & his fam­ily; Raul (Skid Row Radio) & fam­ily; Barry McKay; Ruth Dodd; Deepika & Deep­shi­ka; Andrew Strat­golda; and Phil­lip Hall.

 

Anniversar­ies of the Depar­ted: Peter Petersen; Har­old Heck; Angela Bell; Ellen Faulkes; Nor­man Pol­gan; and Leo Castles.

 

Saints Com­mem­or­a­tion: 12^th Oct: Eliza­beth Fry, pris­on reformer, Eng­land (d.1845); 15^th: Teresa of Avila, teach­er (d.1592); and 16^th: Hugh Latimer and Nich­olas Rid­ley, bish­ops and martyrs.

 

Long Term Pas­tor­al Pray­er list: Robyn Old­field; Isa­belle Djor­gjevic: Lyn Car­ring­ton; Steph­en Thur­ley; John Dick­son; John Hardy; 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; Ann Con­nolly; Day­alan Sam­inath­an; Kuwert; Grace & Han­nah Ashton; Anaisha, & her par­ents Anu & Digvi­jay; Rev Laurie McIntyre; and Loch­lan Lonesborough.

 

Read­ings for the com­ing week: Even­ing Pray­er 

Sunday	Job 28.12–28	Ps 90.12–17	Hebrews 4.1–11
Monday	Job 34.16–37	Ps 97; 98	1 Peter 1.1–9
Tues­day	Job 35.1–36.4	Ps 103	1 Peter 1.10–17
Wed­nes­day	Job 36.5–21	Ps 102.12–28	1 Peter 1.18–2.3
Thursday	Job 36.22–37.4	Ps 119.105–128	1 Peter 2.4–10
Fri­day	Job 37.5–24	Ps 104.26–37	1 Peter 2.11–17
Sat­urday	Job 38.1–18	Ps 105.23–45	1 Peter 2.18–25