Notices_Sunday 29th September — 19th Sunday After Pentecost

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

 

 

The flowers in the church today are donated by Jo Raj in thanks­giv­ing for her 23rd wed­ding anniversary (today) and also in lov­ing memory of her Great Grand­moth­er, Eunice Dahler (23^rd Anniversary of her death).

 

 

TODAY — 11.30am Talk fol­lowed by 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.

 

 

 

Sunday 29^th Septem­ber at 3 pm – SYDNEY CHAMBER CHOIR CONCERT – “Heirs and Rebels”:  Held at Christ Church St Laurence. Livestream on Aus­trali­an Digit­al Con­cert Hall.  Tick­ets https://www.sydneychamberchoir.org/heirsandrebels or call SCC Box Office 1300 661 738

 

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DAYLIGHT SAVING begins at 2am NEXT SUNDAY 6^th OCTOBER 2024

REMEMBER to put your clocks for­ward 1 Hour!!!

 

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Sat­urday 12^th Octo­ber at 3pm – Molokai: The story of Fr Damien

Com­mem­or­at­ing the 25^th Anniversary of the release of the film Molokai – as part of the cel­eb­ra­tion of the Lep­rosy Mission’s 150^th year.

Based on a true story, this drama focuses on Fath­er Dami­en (Dav­id Wen­ham), a Roman Cath­ol­ic priest from Bel­gi­um who takes up a post at a Hawaii­an lep­rosy set­tle­ment. Appalled by the con­di­tions that he finds the lep­rosy patients liv­ing in, Dami­en works tire­lessly to aid the stricken people. In addi­tion to mak­ing the colony more hab­it­able, Dami­en tries to act as a spir­itu­al guide for the belea­guered islanders, always self­lessly put­ting the well-being of oth­ers first.

Held: Palace Cinemas, Moore Park, NSW

Price: $37.00 ($30.00 Admis­sion + $2.00 book­ing fee + $5.00 fun­draiser fee)

 NOTE: Tick­ets must be booked in advance and need to be booked Online by 2^nd October

https://fan-force.com/screenings/molokai-the-story-of-father-damien-palace-moore-park/

 

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Sunday 13^th Octo­ber – Bless­ing of the Animals:

We will be cel­eb­rat­ing the Feast of St Fran­cis of Assisi with our Annu­al Bless­ing of the Anim­als dur­ing our 9.30am service.

Please remem­ber to bring your pets along on the day for a blessing.

 

 

 

Sunday 13^th Octo­ber: 6pm 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 Gen­es­is.  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

 

 

Tues­day 15^th Octo­ber at 11am – ABM Sydney Aux­il­i­ary Lunch:

Funds raised from this lunch­eon will sup­port Stu­dents at the Bish­op New­ton School of Theo­logy, PNG.

Guest Speak­er: Mea­gan Schwarz (ABM Key Rela­tion­ships Man­ager) Ven­ue:  Christ Church St Laurence hall, 505 Pitt street, Sydney RSVP by Fri­day 11 October.

ABM Office: info@abmission.org.au or Ph: 9264 1021

 

 

 

Sat­urday 26^th Octo­ber at 2.30pm – Sydney MOW Annu­al Meet­ing in St Luke’s par­ish hall.

Guest Speak­er is Bish­op Genieve Black­well.   After­noon tea will be served.  Every­one is invited – you don’t have to be a mem­ber to attend.

 

 

 

Sat­urday 26^th Octo­ber at 6pm for 6.30pm – Men’s Night Out:  Sil­vas Res­taur­ant Peter­sham, 1/82–86 New Can­ter­bury Rd Peter­sham.  For more inform­a­tion con­tact Kev­in Green on Mob: 0405 691 055

 

 

Sunday 27^th Octo­ber – St Luke’s Patron­al Fest­iv­al: 9.30am Ser­vice fol­lowed by a Shared Lunch.  Our Guest Speak­er will be Bp Genieve Blackwell.

 

 

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Pray­er & Reflec­tion – using the songs of Taizé

Led by a Taizé Brother

 *Tue 22^nd Octo­ber at 7pm – Even­ing Pray­er: St Patrick’s Cathed­ral, Cnr Vic­tor­ia Road & Mar­ist Place, Parramatta.

*Sat­urday 26^th Octo­ber, 9am – 2pm – Quiet Day:  Unit­ing Church, 10–12 Clan­wil­li­am Street, Willoughby.

*Sunday 27^th Octo­ber at 2pm – Sunday Pray­er: St James’ Anglic­an Church, 173 King Street, Sydney.

 

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Sunday 3^rd Novem­ber at 2pm – The His­tory of St James Church 

2‑hour sem­in­ar presen­ted by Pro­fess­or Mark Hutchin­son; Uni­ver­sity of West­ern Sydney who has been com­mis­sioned to write the his­tory of St James’ Church.

Held: St James’ Hall, Level 1, 169–171 Philips Street.  Refresh­ments served. Ph: (02) 8227 1200 or Email: paul.oslington@sjks.org.au

 

 

2024 St James’ Inter­na­tion­al Organ Fest­iv­al:   Sat­urday 16^th Novem­ber @ 5pm – Sarah Kim (France), Aus­trali­an organ­ist.  Held at St James’ Church, 173 King Street, Sydney.  Tick­et avail­able at cost – In Per­son or livestream. Vis­it https://www.sjks.org.au

 

 

Thursday 28^th to Sat­urday 30^th Novem­ber – MOW Con­fer­ence in Bris­bane. See the leaf­let in the hall or our St Luke’s Web­site for more information.

 

 

 

Sunday 1^st Decem­ber – You are Invited! 

On 30^th Novem­ber this year Fr Jeff cel­eb­rates 30 years of priesthood.

There will be a ’bring and share’ lunch held in the Par­ish Hall on Sunday 1^st Decem­ber after church to cel­eb­rate this happy day with Fr Jeff and Michelle.

Please mark this day in your cal­en­dar and come along to share this spe­cial day with them.

 

 

Sat­urday 7^th Decem­ber – St Luke’s Christ­mas Mar­ket — 9am to 2pm.

 

 

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

 

 

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).

 

 

Weekly Inter­ces­sions for our Com­munity: Sunday: Fr Jeff and Michelle Park­er; Ann Petersen & Rachel; Rick Prately & Simon; Jo, Ramendra, Thomas & Lucy Raj.

Monday: Julie Olston & Phil­ippa; Andrew Pat­ter­son; Mea­ghan Patterson.

Tues­day: Joyce, Andrew, Rachel, Biance, Belinda & Bryson Reddy.

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

Thursday: John Reimer; Mat­ilda Rink­er; and Gra­hame Sadler.

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: Andy Ser­afin; John Bowen (Priest); Ron; Nalini MacIntyre; Simone Crowth­er; Alex Regos; Ruth Dodd; Helen Woell­ner; Douglas John­ston; Susie Brooks; Sarah; Mari­on Mad­dox; Delia Bone; Kar­en Stein­er-Hill; Andrew; Sarah; and Fr Max Woods.

 

 

Recently Depar­ted: Day­alan Saminathan.

 

 

Anniversar­ies of the Depar­ted: Eunice Dahler; Wil­li­am Bugle; Claud­ine McLeod; Har­old McLead; Ellen Miller; Marj New­port; Mar­garet Doyle; Geoff Juer­gens; Thomas Kerr; and Ruth Cropley.

 

 

Saints Com­mem­or­a­tion:  29^th: Michael and All Angels; and 30^th Jerome, Priest and bib­lic­al schol­ar (d. 420).

 

 

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

 

 

Read­ings for Next Sunday – 20^th Sunday After Pentecost

First Read­ing: Job 1.1;2.-10                               Psalm: 26

Second Read­ing: Hebrews 1.1–4; 2.5–12             Gos­pel: Mark 10.2–16