Notices_Palm Sunday_24th March 2024

NOTICES:

 

A very big thank you to the Chiew Fam­ily and all those who helped with the BBQ and cleanup after the AGM.

 

Wed 27^th March at 11am — Annu­al Chrism Euchar­ist will be held at St James’ King Street. Bish­op Michael Stead will Preside and preach.  All clergy and lay min­is­ters are invited to robe (cas­sock, surplice/cotta and white stole, or alb and white stole) and to renew their vows.  The holy oils will be blessed.  A light lunch will be provided in St James’ Hall fol­low­ing the ser­vice.  RSVP to the Par­ish Office (office@sjks.org.au or 8227 1300) for cater­ing pur­poses.  Every­one is most welcome.

 

Thurs 28^th March – 7.30pm Maun­dy Thursday.

 

Fri 29^th March – 9.30am Good Fri­day ser­vice fol­lowed by morn­ing tea; and then 12pm Sta­tions of the Cross.

 

Sat 30^th March from 9.30am – Work­ing Bee and Flower arran­ging. Volun­teers required to help.  Many hands make light work!  Please see Ruth Cham­pi­on if you are able to spare an hour or so.

 

Next Sun 31^st March – 9.30am East­er Day ser­vice:    Join us for coffee/tea and a shared lunch after the ser­vice.  (Please bring a dish to share – either a main or a dessert)

 

Dona­tions towards flowers for East­er Day would be appre­ci­ated:  Please place the dona­tion in the offer­tory plate in an envel­oped marked ‘East­er flowers’, or Dir­ect Deb­it into the par­ish account (details on back of ser­vice book­let) ref­er­ence ‘East­er Flowers’.  Thank you.

 

Tues 2^nd April at 7.30 pm — Tues­day Bible Study recom­mences:  at Fr Philip’s home, 5 Lin­coln St Stan­more. All wel­come.  The study for this term will be The Acts of the Apostles.  Please bring a bible.

 

 

ABM mis­sion meet­ing has been post­poned until after the AGM.  New date is yet to be con­firmed.  It would be help­ful to have read the Pro­ject book pri­or to the meet­ing.  If you would like a copy, please see Jennifer.

 

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Good Fri­day and East­er Appeal 2024

Envel­opes are avail­able in the church foy­er to place on the col­lect plate Or Scan the QR code to make a dona­tion online.

You can also donate online at www.abmission.org/Lent2024

 

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OpShop 30-year cel­eb­ra­tion pens are now avail­able for only $2 each.

 

 

ST PAUL’S PANTRY needs food, health and clean­ing items: A bas­ket is in the church foy­er for donations.

 

 

Lea MacNeil has jam, con­serves, pickles and vari­ous sauces to sell; please email her at lea.macneil@gmail.com to order them from her.  All pro­ceeds go to St Luke’s Parish.

 

 

Food for our worms – Leave your worm food gifts at church on Sundays or drop off dur­ing the week.  Please remem­ber to remove the strings from your teabags.  (N.B. — no dairy, cit­rus, onions or meat).

 

 

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Weekly Inter­ces­sions for our Com­munity:

Sunday: Brett Dav­ies & Amrit MacIntyre; Susan Deas; Kathy Drum­mond; Dav­id Dun­lop; Steph­en Gates & Andrew.

Monday: John Dick­son; and Michael, Eliza­beth, Tom, Ella & Nick Fleming.

Tues­day: Marlyn Gibbs; Kev­in Green; and Peter Gil­bert & Fred Narnola.

Wed­nes­day: Joyce Grant; Stu­art Grigg & ‘Tri­cia; and Richard Hagan & Som.

Thursday: Selina Hardy & John; Robert Head; and Moya Holle.

Fri­day: We pray for pas­tor­al care min­istry teams at Hos­pit­als and all those who are min­istered to.

Sat­urday: Almighty God, we pray for those in areas of con­flict.  We pray for heal­ing and good med­ic­al care for those who have been injured.  For those who have lost homes and pos­ses­sions, please meet their daily needs for food, clean water and shel­ter and com­fort those who mourn the loss of loved ones.  And bless all who are help­ing those impacted.  Amen.

 

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Pray­ers for the sick: James Ray­mond; Lous­ia Sil­ver­man; John Bunyan (Priest); Mar­garet Chiew; Dav­id Dun­lop; John Bowen (Priest); Ger­ald Grant; Alex Regos; Christine Kon­draten­ko; Salochna Devi; Ruth Dodd; Robyn Palmer; Cath­er­ine Lough­man; Helen Woell­ner; Libby Dav­is; Steph­en Grif­fen; Nick Moles­worth; Douglas Sey­mour; Max Wood (Priest); Dav­id Brad­ford; Evelyn de Zoysa; Fran, Jac­queline; Donna Har­ris; Douglas John­ston; Susie Brooks; Sarah & Mari­on; Mer­rizi & her hus­band; and Delia & Dav­id Bone.

 

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Anniversar­ies of the Depar­ted: Edith Spur­ri­er; Elsie Dav­is; Wendy Clarke; Ida Ross; Hazell Sheath­er; Harry Mos­sop; and Shir­ley Allen.

 

 

Long Term Pas­tor­al Pray­er list: Janet Walms­ley; Simone Crowth­er; Ruth Cham­pi­on; John Hawkins (Priest); Robert & Lyn­dall Dubler; Andy Ser­afin; Florence Shel­lard; Ray Som­mer; John Hardy; Lyn Car­ring­ton; John Dick­son; Bar­bara Allen; Marissa & Meg Maack, Jude, Isla, & Al Don­nell; Ann Jeffs; and Noel Jeffs.

 

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Read­ings for 9.30am Ser­vice – East­er Day

First Read­ing: Acts 10.34–43

Psalm: Hymn to the Ris­en Christ (APBA p.6)

Second Read­ing: 1 Cor­inthi­ans 15.1–11

Gos­pel: Mark 16.1–8

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