Notices_Sunday 1st September 2024 ‑15th Sunday After Pentecost

NOTICES

 

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

 

 

 

 

The flowers in the church have been donated by Edi Dav­is in lov­ing memory of her fath­er, King John Wobo.

 

 

 

Happy Birth­day to: Kev­in Chiew; Joyce Reddy; Amrit MacIntyre; Gra­hame Sadler; Laurel Som­mer; and Eed Intapan.

 

 

 

Next Sunday — 8^th Septem­ber: 5pm Spir­it of Taize Service.

 

 

7.30 pm — Tues­day Night Bible Study:  At Fr Philip’s home, 5 Lin­coln Street, 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

 

 

Thursday 5^th Septem­ber at 10.30am – Funer­al for Sr Ros­amund CSC at Christ Church St Laurence, 812 George Street, Hay­mar­ket NSW 2000

 

 

 

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 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.

 

 

 

Sat­urday 14^th Septem­ber — Loc­al Coun­cil Elec­tions:   Our hall will be a polling place for the upcom­ing 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 2pm.

 

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2024 St James’ Inter­na­tion­al Organ Festival:

*Sunday 1^st Septem­ber @ 5.30pm – TONIGHT!

Fea­tur­ing: Fr Daniel Dries; Dav­id Drury; Peter Jew­kes; and Andrej Kouznetsov.

Held at St James’ Church, 173 King Street , Sydney.  Tick­et avail­able at cost – In Per­son or livestream.  Vis­it https://www.sjks.org.au or use code attached.

 

 

 

2025 Aus­trali­an Anglic­an Church Cal­en­dar:   Avail­able now to pur­chase online from St Peter’s Book­room 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.

 

 

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:  Laurel & Ray Som­mer; Kar­lene Thompson; and Christine Thur­ley, Troy & Family.

Monday: Stu­art Veitch, Jo Bur­ton & Laurence; and Janet Walmsley.

Tues­day: Noël Waugh; Janet & Cliff Wid­mer; and (Bp) Ron & Katie Williams.

Wed­nes­day: Mat­thew, Sam, Thomas & Bron­wyn Whiting.

Thursday: Sally Woell­ner; and Kay Younie, Nata­sha, Timothy and Jonathon.

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: Michelle Park­er; 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; Day­lan Sam­inath­an; and Sarah.

 

 

Anniversar­ies of the Depar­ted: King John Wobo; Wil­lian Oliv­er; Betty Smith; Wil­li­am Simpson; and Henry Smith.

 

 

Saints Com­mem­or­a­tion:  2^nd Sept: Mar­tyrs of New Guinea (d.1942); and 3^rd Sept: Gregory of Rome, bish­op and teach­er (d.604) & Eliza Darling, pion­eer social reformer in NSW (d.1868).

 

 

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 – 16^th Sunday After Pentecost

First Read­ing: Pro­verbs 22.1–2, 8–9, 22–23          Psalm: 125

Second Read­ing: James 2. 1–10, 14–17               Gos­pel: Mark 7.24–37