Notices_Sunday 8th December_2nd Sunday of Advent

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

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Next Sunday 15th Decem­ber – Par­ish Coun­cil Meets briefly upstairs in the rect­ory after the 9.30am ser­vice and morn­ing tea.

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A rehears­al will be held after church for any­one who would like to learn or brush up on the har­mony parts for our Car­ols Ser­vice.  Please see Kath­er­ine Old­field to obtain cop­ies of the music.  All sing­ers welcome!

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Fr Jeff and Michelle invite YOU! after Church on Sunday 15th Decem­ber for some pre-Christ­mas cheer.  All wel­come. Meat and Drinks and nibbles provided but feel free to bring your own spe­cial food and drink.

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A Gift For You!  A brand new, beau­ti­fully pro­duced copy of Luke’s Gos­pel is avail­able for you today. It’s the New Liv­ing Trans­la­tion pro­duced by the Bible Soci­ety. Take one for no cost.

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At Fr Philip’s home, 5 Lin­coln Street, Stan­more.  All welcome.

The study is cur­rently an Advent Study.  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 – ‘Dully Car­ols’ Christ­mas Con­cert and Com­munity Car­ols at Holy Trin­ity Dul­wich Hill.

Join them for a 5pm BBQ at 11 Her­bert Street, Dul­wich Hill before head­ing to the church for the car­ols.  All Welcome.

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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.

(Note: There will be no 10.30am Wed­nes­day Ser­vice on 25th Dec 2024, or 1st Jan 2025.)

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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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Copes of Janet Walmsley’s book “When Hope Came” are now avail­able for $40.  Pro­ceeds go to The Lep­rosy Mission.

Please see Janet if you are inter­ested in pur­chas­ing a copy.

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Sunday: Pamela Naple; Kath­er­ine Old­field; Julie Olston & Phil­ippa; Fr Jeff & Michelle Park­er; Ann Petersen & Rachel.

Monday: Ron­ald Naidu; and Ron, Anthea, Ron­an, Veron­ica & Rohan Nath.

Tues­day: Fran Neilson; and Johnny Nitchareon & Eed Intapan.

Wed­nes­day: Andrew Pat­ter­son; Mea­ghan Pat­ter­son; Rick Prately & Simon.

Thursday: Jo, Ramendra, Thomas & Lucy Raj; and John Reimer.

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; Steve; Patrick & Wendy; and Dianne Albrecht.

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Anniversar­ies of the Depar­ted: Kath­leen Ander­son; Mary Crowth­er; James Gav­in; Allen Wells; Oswald Coombs; and Florence Thomas.

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Saints Com­mem­or­a­tion:  13th: Lucy, Mar­tyr and vir­gin; and 14th: John of the Cross, mys­tic and teach­er (d.1591).

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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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Read­ings for Next Sunday – Third Sunday in Advent

First Read­ing: Zephaniah 3.14–20 Psalm: Song of Isi­ah (APBA p.391)

Second Read­ing: Phil­ip­pi­ans 4.4–7 Gos­pel: Luke 3.7–18

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Con­stable Holly King joined us on Wed­nes­day 4th Decem­ber from our loc­al Crime Pre­ven­tion Team.  Holly spoke to us regard­ing ‘how to avoid being scammed’, per­on­al safety, crime pre­ven­tion and ‘eld­er abuse’.

Cop­ies of the book­let ‘ Safety inform­a­tion guide for older adults’ are avail­able at the Com­munity resource table.

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The Christ­mas Bowl Appeal — annu­al appeal of the Acts of Peace, 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.

We encour­age parish­ion­ers to scan the code link to donate online or vis­it www.abmission.org/Advent2024

Please note: There are a lim­ited num­ber of dona­tion envel­opes for both ABM and the Christ­mas Bowl Appeal avail­able in the church foy­er for those who do not use smart mobile phones with cameras.