Notices_Sunday 4th August — 11th Sunday After Pentecost

Wel­come to any vis­it­ors with us today.  Please join us for morn­ing tea.

 

 

The flowers today have been donated by Steph­en Gates in lov­ing memory of Jean Gates.

 

 

 

TONIGHT:  5pm Spir­it of Taizé ser­vice, in the Chapel.

 

 

 

Happy Birth­day to: Brett Dav­ies; Jen­nifer McGov­ern & Ron Nath.

 

 

Cop­ies of Fr Jeff’s Sunday Ser­mons are made avail­able in the church foy­er each Sunday for those who would like to take a copy.

 

 

If you would like a home or hos­pit­al vis­it from Fr Jeff for any reas­on, please con­tact him on his Mob: 0409 719 927

 

 

Pos­i­tions Vacant  St Luke’s OpShop is look­ing for parish­ion­ers who can give a half day a month or more to help­ing out in the Shop.  The Shop provides valu­able funds for the par­ish while per­form­ing a Chris­ti­an wel­fare func­tion in our com­munity.  All train­ing giv­en.  Speak to Andy Ser­afin or Peter Seymour.

 

 

7.30 pm — Tues­day Night Bible Study at Fr Philip’s home, 5 Lin­coln St Stan­more.  All wel­come.  The study is cur­rently on the book of Hebrews.  Please bring a bible.

 

 

Sat­urday 10^th Aug 2024 at 6pm – Con­sort 8:    O Musica Du Edle Kunst; “Oh Music The Noble Art”  Renais­sance and baroque music from Ger­many.  St Paul’s Anglic­an Church, 205–207 Bur­wood Road, Bur­wood.  For more inform­a­tion https://consort8.org

 

 

Sunday 25^th August –100th Anniversary of St Luke’s Rect­ory:  Please join us in the rect­ory for a BBQ after the 9.30am ser­vice to cel­eb­rate the Rectory’s 100^th Birth­day.  Let’s celebrate!

 

 

2024 St James’ Inter­na­tion­al Organ Fest­iv­al:   *Sunday 1^st Septem­ber @ 5.30pm – Fea­tur­ing: Fr Daniel Dries (Rect­or, Christ Church St Lawrence); Dav­id Drury (Former Dir­ect­or of Music at St James’); Peter Jew­kes (Former Organ­ist of St James’); and Andrej Kouznet­sov (Assist­ant Dir­ect­or Music, St John’s Cathed­ral Bris­bane).  Held at St James’ Church, 173 King Street , Sydney.  Tick­et avail­able at cost – In Per­son or livestream.  Vis­it https://www.sjks.org.au

 

 

Sat­urday 7^th Sept at 11am – ABM Feast of the Com­mem­or­a­tion of the New Guinea Mar­tyrs Ser­vice here at St Luke’s.  Euchar­ist cel­eb­rated by Fr Jeff Park­er (Rect­or) will be fol­lowed by a light lunch in the Hall.   Speak­ers:  We will wel­come the Bish­op of the New Guinea Islands, the Rt Revd. Regin­ald Makele, & Robert McLean from ABM.  RSVP to Par­ish Office by 28^th Aug 2024.

 

 

Sat­urday 14 Septem­ber — Loc­al Coun­cil Elec­tions Our hall is to be a polling place.  We will be hav­ing a BBQ in the car­park and are look­ing for help­ers to come along between the hours of 9.00 am and 5 pm.  If you can help — Please put your name on the roster on the hall noticeboard.

 

 

Sunday 29^th Sept at 12pm — Myan­mar Lunch here at St Luke’s fol­low­ing church, and tea/coffee, and sim­il­ar to last year.  This is to help raise a fur­ther con­tri­bu­tion to the Myan­mar Clean Water Pro­ject.  It would be great to duplic­ate the sup­port our par­ish gave to this ABM ini­ti­at­ive last year.  RSVP to the Par­ish Office by 18^th Sept 2024.

 

 

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DATES FOR YOUR DIARY:

Sat­urday 26^th Octo­ber – Annu­al Sydney MOW Meet­ing at 2.30pm

Sunday 27^th Octo­ber – St Luke’s Patron­al Fest­iv­al. (Our guest Preach­er will be Bp Genieve Blackwell).

Thursday 28^th to Sat­urday 30^th Novem­ber – MOW Con­fer­ence in Brisbane.

Sat­urday 7^th Decem­ber – St Luke’s Christ­mas Market.

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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: (Fr) John Bowen & Joanne; (Fr) Philip Brad­ford; Tony Brown­low; Ruth Cham­pi­on; and Nancy Cheng.

Monday: Les & Lyn Car­ring­ton; and Ron, Milly, Nam & Viol­etta Clarke.

Tues­day: Tiffany, Kev­in, Alex­an­der & Nich­olas Chiew; and Susan Deas.

Wed­nes­day: Lyne Cun­neen & John; and Brett Dav­ies & Amrit MacIntyre.

Thursday: Edi & Oscar Dav­is; Kathy Drum­mond; and Dav­id Dunlop.

Fri­day: We pray for pas­tor­al care min­istry teams at all 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: (Bp) Ron Wil­li­ams; Louisa Sil­ver­man; Alex Regos; Christine Kon­draten­ko; Ruth Dodd; Helen Woell­ner; Douglas John­ston; Susie Brooks; Sarah; Mari­on; Delia Bone; Lana MacPh­er­son; Kar­en Stein­er-Hill; Andrew; Sabitri Thapa & Joel Thapa.

 

 

Recently Depar­ted:  Joan Ever­ing­ham and John Dickson.

 

 

Anniversar­ies of the Depar­ted: Jean Gates; Grace John­son; Aman­da Romeo; Sep­tima Mor­timer; Albert Wat­son; Mervyn Dav­is; Diana Gomez; and Ian Scott.

 

 

Saints Com­mem­or­a­tion: 5^th: Oswald, King and Mar­tyr (d. 642); 8^th: Domin­ic, Priest and Fry­er (d. 1221); 9^th: Mary Sum­ner, founder of the Mother’s Uni­on (d.1921); and 10^th: Laurence, Dea­con and mar­tyr at Rome (d. 258).

 

 

Long Term Pas­tor­al Pray­er list: John Bowen (Priest); John Bunyan (Priest); Mar­garet Chiew; Ger­ald Grant; Bar­bara Ray­mond; Janet Walms­ley; Simone Crowth­er; Andy Ser­afin; Florence Shel­lard; Ray Som­mer; John Hardy; Lyn Car­ring­ton; Bar­bara Allen; Marissa & Meg Maack, Jude, Isla, & Al Don­nell; Laurie McIntyre; Noel Jeffs; Laurie Bestel; Robert Gibbs; and Michael Aiken.

 

 

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Read­ings for Next Sunday – Twelfth Sunday After Pentecost

First Read­ing: 2 Samuel 18.5–9, 14, 31–33          Psalm: 130

Second Read­ing: Eph­esians 4.25–52                   Gos­pel: John 6.35, 41–51

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