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

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Happy Birth­day to: Kathy Drum­mond; Rajah Selva­ra­jah Christine Thur­ley; Belinda Reddy; Jen­nifer B.; Vic­tor Any­anji; Pamela Naple; Ron­ald Naidu; and Thomas Fleming.

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The flowers in the church last week (now in the chapel) were donated and arranged by Tiffany Chiew in lov­ing memory of her moth­er, Mary Kimber.

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Con­stable Holly King from the loc­al Crime Pre­ven­tion team will speak on issues such as ‘eld­er abuse’ and in this age of chan­ging tech­no­logy ‘how we can avoid being scammed.’  Holly comes to us through Fr Jeff’s min­istry at the Inner West Sydney Police Area Com­mand.  This is an oppor­tun­ity to invite friends for some very help­ful inform­a­tion and to make con­tact with our loc­al police.   Don’t miss it.

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Wed­nes­day 4th Decem­ber at 6pm – Patron­al Fest­iv­al — Nich­olas Fer­rar: The Sydney Mis­sion-Col­lege of the Oratory of the Good Shep­herd invites you to a sung Euchar­ist at Christ Church St Laurence fol­lowed by sup­per in the hall. All are very wel­come to attend. Nich­olas Fer­rar and fam­ily are remembered for their wit­ness to pray­er and ser­vice.  The Fer­rar fam­ily lived in com­munity in the early sev­en­teenth cen­tury at Little Gid­ding, a pion­eer ven­ture in dan­ger­ous times.  The Oratory of the Good Shepherd’s con­sti­tu­tion was for­mu­lated at Little Gid­ding, circa 1912.

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The But­ter Chick­en stall is open to take any dona­tions and pre-orders

for the Christ­mas Mar­ket Day.

~ But­ter Chick­en and Rice packs with a papad­um — $10 each

~ Veget­ari­an Sam­osa with chut­ney — $3 each

~ Mas­ala tea — $4

Pickup dur­ing the mar­ket day: 9am — 2pm

Please see Rachael Reddy or con­tact her on 0410 552 144

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7.30 pm –Tues­day Night Bible Study – Resumes 3rd Decem­ber:  At Fr Philip’s home, 5 Lin­coln Street, Stan­more.  All wel­come.   Advent Study will com­mence.  Please bring a bible.

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Dona­tions for Stan­more Nurs­ing Home Christ­mas Gifts would be appre­ci­ated — either via the St Luke’s Account (details on the back of the ser­vice book­let) or a Cash offer­tory giv­ing (in a marked envelope).

Thank you.

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Sunday 15th Decem­ber at 6.30pm – Christ­mas Con­cert at Holy Trin­ity Dul­wich Hill.  All Welcome.

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Sat­urday 21st & Sunday 22nd Dec at 3pm – Handel’s Mes­si­ah:  Presen­ted by Radio Com­munity Chest.  Held at Sydney Town Hall. Tick­ets avail­able from https://handelsmessiahsydney.org.au

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Sunday 22nd Dec – Car­ol Singing and gift giv­ing at Stan­more Nurs­ing Home

Sunday 22nd Decem­ber — 6pm Car­ol Service.

Tues­day 24th Decem­ber — 7.30pm Christ­mas Eve Service.

Wed­nes­day 25th Decem­ber — 9.30am Christ­mas Day Service.

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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.

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

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

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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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Sunday: Peter Gil­bert & Fred Narnola; Joyce Grant; Stu­art Grigg & ‘Tri­cia; Richard Hagen & Som; and Selina & John Hardy.

Monday: Susan Hill, Janet Broady & Alex; Moya Holle; and Noel Jeffs.

Tues­day: Isa­bel Kim; Joseph, Esth­er, Joyti & Joshlyn Kumar.

Wed­nes­day: Geoff Lind­say & Mandy Tib­bey; Lea MacNeil & Don­ald Thomas.

Thursday: Evelyn Maack; Jen­nifer McGov­ern; John M. and Jo Middleton.

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; Steph­en Gates; Andy Ser­afin; John Bowen (Priest); Maur­een Byers; Simone Crowth­er; Alex Regos; Helen Woell­ner; Douglas John­ston; Susie Brooks; Sarah; Mari­on Mad­dox; Sarah; Max Woods (Priest); Mike Nix­on (Priest); Bar­bara Noble; Jane Edwards; Chris; and Steve.

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Anniversar­ies of the Depar­ted: Mary Kim­ber; Shir­ley Lard­ner; Clar­rie Ayers; Gregory Joubert; Jes­sica Juer­gens; and Mark Travis.

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Saints Com­mem­or­a­tion: 2nd: Frances Perry, founder of the Roy­al Women’s Hos­pit­al, Mel­bourne; 3rd: Frances Xavi­er, Priest and Mis­sion­ary; 4th: Nich­olas Fer­rar, Dea­con and man of pray­er; and 7th: Ambrose of Mil­an, Bish­op and teacher.

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Long Term Pas­tor­al Pray­er list: Jen­nifer McGov­ern; Kar­en Stein­er-Hill; 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; Joel Thapa; and Robert & Lyn­dall Dubler.

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First Read­ing: Mala­chi 3.1–14 Psalm: Song of Zechari­ah (APBA p.10)

Second Read­ing: Phil­ip­pi­ans 1.1–11 Gos­pel: Luke 3.1–6

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the inter­na­tion­al aid agency of the Nation­al Coun­cil of Churches.

                                                                                                                                                                       

We encour­age parish­ion­ers to scan the QR code and donate online (our par­ish is registered as ‘Enmore-Stan­more Anglic­an Par­ish’) or call 1800 025 101.

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We encour­age parish­ion­ers to scan the QR code and donate online.

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