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

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TODAY – Annu­al Vestry Meet­ing will be held after the 9.30am ser­vice and morn­ing tea in the church hall.

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Thank you to Stu­art Veitch for mount­ing the enorm­ously high lad­der and clean­ing the fans in the hall last week! Thank you to Stu­art Grigg for help­ing to lift the lad­der into pos­i­tion under each fan and for stand­ing by as a safety pre­cau­tion. We all appre­ci­ate a clean hall!

Thank you also to Steph­en Gates for weed­ing and trim­ming bushes in the garden on two occa­sions lately.

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Volun­teers required – to help with weed­ing the garden beds around the front of the prop­erty. If any­one has a spare hour to spare!

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Tues­day Night Bible Study at 7.30pm: At Fr Philip Bradford’s place 5 Lin­coln St, Stan­more.  We are con­tinu­ing the Let­ter of Paul to the Romans.  Bring a bible. All wel­come.

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This cel­eb­ra­tion will mark the 65th anniversary of Fr John Bunyan’s priest­ing on March 20th, 1960 by Bish­op Ern­est Burgmann of Can­berra and Goul­burn (and the 75th anniversary of con­firm­a­tion on April 16th, 1950 by Bish­op Charles Venn Pilcher, and the 85th of join­ing St Peter’s Hornsby Sunday School Kinder­garten under Miss Sylvia Coburn and Miss Sylvia Cox in 1940).

Two books will be launched:

1. Honey From The Stony Rock : 100+ Aus­trali­an Son­nets — with some earli­er son­nets revised and new ones added.

2. Con­ju­bil­ant With Song: and the get­ting of wis­dom — with 65 of my hymns, revised, some new, and sug­ges­ted revi­sions for some oth­ers’ hymns !

Signed, numbered cop­ies will be $20 each, all money received from them will go to ABM’s Emer­gency Appeal for our Dio­cese of Jerusalem’s Al Alhi Hos­pit­al in Gaza, one of its two hos­pit­als, dam­aged in the war, not receiv­ing aid from the Hamas gov­ern­ment.

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Join us at Church Hill for an even­ing of insight and inspir­a­tion as we hear from cur­rent foster carers from Anglic­an churches, the Angli­care Foster Care team, and churches step­ping into the gap to bring love, safety, and belong­ing to vul­ner­able chil­dren.  Regis­tra­tion link with details: https://www.anglicare.org.au/community/events-courses-training/love-in-action-foster-care/

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Sunday 6 April — Palm cross mak­ing after morn­ing tea.

Sun 13th April at 9.30am — Palm Sunday

Thurs 17th April at 6.30pm –Maun­dy Thursday.

Fri 18th April at 9.30am — Good Fri­day.

Sun 20th April at 9.30am — East­er Day.

Fri­day 23rd to Sunday 25th May – Par­ish Retreat at old Mon­as­tery, Stroud.

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Sub­lime music for Lent and Pas­sion­tide

Guest Artist: Cam­erata Anti­ca  http://www.camerataantica.com/

Santa Sabina Chapel Strath­field

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St James’ Church, 173 King Street, Sydney

Thursday 1st May — 7.30pm to 9pm “The Phantom of the Opera” (1925) silent film with live organ impro­visa­tion by Mar­tin Baker (UK)

Reserve your place at https://events.humanitix.com/sjks-phantom

Sat­urday 3rd May – Mar­tin Baker (UK)

Reserve your place at https://events.humanitix.com/2025iof2?hxchl=hex-pfl

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.  Back cop­ies are also avail­able upon request.

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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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Envel­opes are avail­able in the church foy­er to place on the col­lect plate.  Or Scan the QR code to make a dona­tion online.

You can also donate online at www.abmission.org/Lent2025

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Sunday: Susan Hill, Janet Broady & Alex; Moya Holle; Noel Jeffs; and Mandy Tib­bey & Geoff Lind­say.

Monday: Joseph, Esth­er, Joyti & Joshlyn Kumar; and John M.

Tues­day: Lea McNeil & Don­ald Thomas; Evelyn Maack; Jen­nifer McGov­ern

Wed­nes­day: Pamela Naple; Fran Neilson; and Kath­er­ine Old­field.

Thursday: Julie Olston & Phil­ippa; and Fr Jeff & Michelle Park­er.

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: Lyn Car­ring­ton; Lea MacNeil; Andy Ser­afin; John Bowen (Priest); Maur­een Byers; Alex Regos; Helen Woell­ner; Lilac John­ston; Douglas John­ston; Susie Brooks; Sarah; Mari­on Mad­dox; Max Woods (Priest); Jane Edwards; Fred Blake; Mel Kew­ley; Alex Naple; Jona­thon & Joshua; Jack­ie Chaffo; John Park­er; Ava; and John Hower.

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Anniversar­ies of the Depar­ted: Bill Newell; Peter Wil­li­ams; Ken­neth Newell; Ray­mond Taylor; Joan Bur­ton; Boleslaw Jurczyk; Bessie O’Reilly.

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17th: Patrick, Bish­op, mis­sion­ary to Ire­land.

18th: Cyril of Jer­u­s­alem, Bish­op and teach­er.

19th: Joseph, Hus­band of the Blessed Vir­gin Mary.

20th: Cuth­bert of Lindis­farne, Bish­op and mis­sion­ary.

21st: Thomas Cran­mer, Arch­bish­op of Can­ter­bury, mar­tyr and litur­gist.

22nd: Thomas Ken, Bish­op of Bath and Wells, teach­er.

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Long Term Pas­tor­al Pray­er list: Mike Nix­on (Priest); Simone Crowth­er; Kar­en Stein­er-Hill; Nalini MacIntyre; Christine Kon­draten­ko; John Bunyan (Priest); Mar­garet Chiew; Ger­ald Grant; Bar­bara Ray­mond; Janet Walms­ley; Ray Som­mer; John Hardy; Bar­bara Allen; Marissa & Meg Maack, Jude, Isla, & Al Don­nell; Noel Jeffs; Michael Aiken; Sabitri Thapa; Joel Thapa; and Robert & Lyn­dall Dubler.

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First Read­ing: Isi­ah 55.1–9 Psalm: 63.1–9

Second Read­ing: 1 Cor­inthi­ans 10.1–13 Gos­pel: Luke 13.1–9