Notices_Sunday 25th August — 14th Sunday After Pentecost

NOTICES

 

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

 

 

TODAY –100th Anniversary of St Luke’s Rectory:

Please join us in the rect­ory for a BBQ after the 9.30am ser­vice and morn­ing tea to cel­eb­rate the Rectory’s 100^th Birth­day.  All welcome!

Saus­ages, onions, bread rolls and some soft drinks provided.  BYO choice of soft or alco­hol­ic drinks.

(*Please note: St Luke’s pro­motes the respons­ible con­sump­tion of alcohol)

Let’s cel­eb­rate!

 

 

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 Gen­sis.  Please bring a bible.

 

 

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

 

 

Sat­urday 31^st August @ 6 for 6.30pm – Men’s Night Out (MNO):  The next MNO will be held at the Bangkok Bowl, 195 Enmore Road, Enmore.  Please see Kev­in Green for more details or Mob: 0405 691 055

 

 

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

 

 

Wed­nes­day 4^th Sept at 3.30pm — Meet the Rt Rev Regin­ald Makele, Bish­op of the New Guinea Islands:

ABM invites you to come and meet the Bish­op of the New Guinea Islands, Regin­ald Makele.   Hear first-hand the good news stor­ies about how God is work­ing in his dio­cese.  Bish­op Reg will be inter­viewed at the inform­al gath­er­ing and there will be oppor­tun­ity for ques­tions to be asked.

Ven­ue: ABM Offices, Level 6, 51 Druitt Street, Sydney NSW 2000

Please RSVP for cater­ing pur­poses to info@abmission.org.au or call 9264 1021 by Fri­day 30 August.

 

 

Sat­urday 7^th Sept at 11am – ABM Feast of the Com­mem­or­a­tion of the New Guinea Mar­tyrs Ser­vice here at St Luke’s.

The Euchar­ist will be cel­eb­rated by Fr Jeff Park­er (Rect­or) and 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^th Septem­ber — Loc­al Coun­cil Elections

Our hall will be a polling place for the Loc­al Coun­cil Elections.

A BBQ will be provided in the car­park on the day by Eddie Reddy and help­ers.  If you would like to volun­teer to help with the BBQ please put your name on the list in the hall.

Come along and enjoy a demo­cracy saus­age or two.

 

 

 

 

Sunday 29^th Sept at 12pm — Myan­mar Lunch

Fol­low­ing 9.30am ser­vice, and tea/coffee.

Come and enjoy authen­t­ic Myan­mar food with wine or fruit juice.

(*Please note: St Luke’s pro­motes the respons­ible con­sump­tion of Alcohol) 

100% of dona­tions go to the ABM Myan­mar Clean Water Project.

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 Speak­er 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 — 9am to 2 pm

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2025 Aus­trali­an Anglic­an Church Cal­en­dar:   This 2025 edi­tion includes all the minor Feast days, fest­ivals, and Aus­trali­an.  Avail­able now to pur­chase online from St Peter’s Book room  www.stpetersbookroom.com.au/australian-anglican-church-calendar  for $16.50 each (GST included) plus post­age costs.  Or see Jen­nifer for a prin­ted order form.

 

 

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.

 

 

Weekly Inter­ces­sions for our Com­munity:

Sunday: Ann Petersen & Rachel; Rick Prately & Simon; Jo, Ramendra, Thomas & Lucy Raj; and Mat­ilda Rinker.

Monday: Joyce, Andrew, Rachel, Bianca, Belinda & Bryson Reddy.

Tues­day: Eddie, Susan, Stephanie, Edwin, Leil­ani & Car­men Reddy.

Wed­nes­day: John Reimer; Gra­hame Sadler; and Rajah Selva­ra­jah & Greg.

Thursday: Peter Sey­mour; Andy Ser­afin & Colin; and Louisa Silverman.

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.

 

 

Pray­ers for the sick: John Bowen (Priest); Ron; Ruth Cham­pi­on; Nalini MacIntyre; Simone Crowth­er; Alex Regos; Ruth Dodd; Helen Woell­ner; Douglas John­ston; Susie Brooks; Sarah; Mari­on Mad­dox; Delia Bone; Lana MacPh­er­son; Kar­en Stein­er-Hill; Andrew; Sabitri Thapa; Joel Thapa; and Day­lan Saminathan.

 

 

Recently Depar­ted: Elaine Peterson.

 

 

Anniversar­ies of the Depar­ted: Clar­rie Cregan; and Jane Harker.

 

 

Saints Com­mem­or­a­tion: 27^th: Mon­ica, moth­er of Augustine (d. 387); 28^th: Augustine of Hippo, Bish­op and teach­er (d. 430); 29^th: Behead­ing of John the Baptist; and 31^st: Aidan of Lindis­farne, Bish­op and mis­sion­ary (d. 651); & John Bunyan, Preach­er and spir­itu­al writer (d. 1688).

 

 

Long Term Pas­tor­al Pray­er list: Christine Kon­draten­ko; John Bunyan (Priest); Mar­garet Chiew; Ger­ald Grant; Bar­bara Ray­mond; Janet Walms­ley; 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.

 

 

Read­ings for Next Sunday – 15^th Sunday After Pentecost

First Read­ing: Song of Songs 2.8–13                   Psalm: 45.1–2, 6–9

Second Read­ing: James 1.17–27             Gos­pel: Mark 7.1–8, 14–23