Notices_Sunday 6th October — 20th Sunday After Pentecost

NOTICES

 

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

 

 

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO:   Nich­olas Chiew; Lucy Raj; Stu­art Grigg; Moya Holle; Ann Petersen; Mandy Tib­bey; Lea McNeil; and Peter Gilbert.

 

 

 

The flowers in the church today are donated by Ruth Cham­pi­on in lov­ing memory of her moth­er, Emily Champion.

 

 

A very big thank you to all who were involved with the Myan­mar Lunch last Sunday, espe­cially to the Chiew Fam­ily.  It was a very suc­cess­ful event, and we man­aged to raise $3060 from the par­ish.  An extra $2000 will be added by a gen­er­ous donor who offered to match the first $2000.

 

 

New Big Roster for 6^th Octo­ber 2024 – 5^th Jan 2025 now out.  Cop­ies avail­able in the church and hall foyers.

 

 

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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.    (A num­ber of parish­ion­ers are attending).

Held: Palace Cinemas, Moore Park, NSW

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

 NOTE: Tick­ets now avail­able until 12^nd October

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

 

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NEXT 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.

 

 

 

NEXT SUNDAY 13^th OCTOBER: 6pm Spir­it of Taize Service.

 

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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

 

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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

 

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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 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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Sunday 27^th Octo­ber at 3.30 – 7.30pm: South Sydney Her­ald News­pa­per fun­draiser Har­bour Cruise aboard the Tri­bal Warrior

Cul­ture, music, sun­set & BBQ on Clark Island.  Meet at East­ern Pon­toon, Cir­cu­lar Quay at 3pm

Tick­ets: $75/50   Book now! https://southsydneyherald.com.au/fundraiser/

(enter SSHBOAT in the descrip­tion).  Con­tact Andrew on 0447 007 096

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Sat­urday 2^nd Novem­ber – Cinema Para­diso: A Room with a View (1985) — in trib­ute to Mag­gie Smith:

3.00pm for a punc­tu­al 3.15pm start.

Inter­val at 4.15pm — wine and cheese (per­haps from Tuscany but not Chianti).

5.30pm Finis

RSVP not essen­tial.  Screen­ing in the Church Hall.

Lucy Hon­eychurch is a young Eng­lish­wo­man on the Grand Tour in Italy, chap­eroned by her older cous­in Char­lotte Bart­lett. At a hotel in Florence, Lucy meets charm­ing, free-spir­ited George Emer­son and his father.

Although intrigued by George, on her return to Eng­land Lucy pon­ders mar­riage to the wealthy and eccent­ric Cecil Vyse. When George reappears in her life, Lucy must decide between them.

Helena Bon­ham Carter appears as Lucy in the role which launched her career. Mag­gie Smith is bril­liant as Charlotte.

Renowned for its beau­ti­ful, paint­erly dir­ec­tion, Fiorentino design, Puccini arias — and Oscar-win­ning screen­play by Ruth Praw­er Jhab­vala which cap­tures E M Forster’s nov­el so well — the film became an imme­di­ate classic.

Please speak to Brett with any enquir­ies or comments.

 

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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

 

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Sat­urday 9th Novem­ber — 2.30–5.00pm

Book Launch: “When Hope Came” — Thai­l­and, Lep­rosy and a Leg­acy of Caring

Author: Mem­ber of St Luke’s Church:- Janet Walmsley

 In a remote island sanc­tu­ary in North­ern Thai­l­and, Aus­trali­an couple Dr Tre­vor and Heath­er Smith ded­ic­ated their lives for over 50 years to bring­ing hope, heal­ing and res­tor­a­tion to people who soci­ety had rejec­ted and “thrown away”. This remark­able couple battled floods, stigma, poverty and isol­a­tion, work­ing along­side loc­al and over­seas col­leagues to bring about change in treat­ment and com­munity atti­tudes. Theirs is a story of resi­li­ence and faith, of pion­eer­ing med­ic­al and social innov­a­tion, and of ded­ic­a­tion and per­sever­ance “against all odds”.  Most of all, it is a story of hope.

Event includes After­noon Tea and a Q&A ses­sion chaired by Dr Greg Clarke, CEO, The Lep­rosy Mis­sion Australia.

Cel­eb­rat­ing 150 years of The Lep­rosy Mis­sion’s work to erad­ic­ate the dis­ease and the stigma of leprosy

 

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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.

 

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Weekly Inter­ces­sions for our Com­munity:

Sunday: Rajah Selva­ra­jah & Greg; Peter Sey­mour; and Louisa Silverman.

Monday: Andy Ser­afin & Colin Spokes; and Laurel & Ray Sommer.

Tues­day: Kar­lene Thompson; and Christine Thur­ley, Troy & Family.

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

Thursday: Noel Waugh; Janet Wid­mer & Cliff; Ron (Bp) & Katie Williams.

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: Lea MacNeil; Andy Ser­afin; John Bowen (Priest); Ron; 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.

 

 

Anniversar­ies of the Depar­ted: Emily Cham­pi­on; Peter Petersen; and Aus­tin McLachlan.

 

 

Saints Com­mem­or­a­tion: 12^th: Elza­beth Fry, pris­on reformer, Eng­land (d.1846).

 

 

Long Term Pas­tor­al Pray­er list: Nalini MacIntyre; 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.

 

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Read­ings for Next Sunday – St Fran­cis of Assisi 

First Read­ing: Gen­es­is 1.1–27                 Psalm: 8

Second Read­ing: Eph­esians 2. 1–10        Gos­pel: Mark 1.40–45

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