Notices_Sunday 27th April_2nd Sunday of Easter — ANZAZ Day Remembrance

NOTICES

Wel­come to any vis­it­ors with us today.  Please join us for morn­ing tea.
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TODAY – Par­ish Coun­cil Meets after 9.30am ser­vice and morn­ing tea.
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Next Sunday 4th May at 9.30am – Bp Michael Stead, will Con­firm Viol­etta Clarke, fol­lowed by a shared lunch.
Please bring either a savoury dish or a dessert to share with our vis­it­ors and each oth­er.
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Next Sunday 4th May: 5pm Taizé ser­vice
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Tues­day Night Bible Study at 7.30pm: is can­celled for 29th April.  It will resume on 6th May, when we will com­plete Romans and decide what’s next.
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St James’ Inter­na­tion­al Organ Fest­iv­al – 5pm to 7pm
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
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Dates for your diary:
Fri­day 23rd to Sunday 25th May – Par­ish Retreat at old Mon­as­tery, Stroud.
Sat­urday 14th June at 3pm — St Luke’s Young Organ­ists Series — Recit­al
Sat­urday 28th June – Sydney MOW Meet­ing at 2.30pm.  Guest speak­er Moth­er Kathyrn Bell­house from CCSL.  All wel­come!
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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ABM Myan­mar Earth­quake Emer­gency Appeal
Scan the QR code to make a dona­tion online.
You can also donate online at www.abmission.org/MyanmarEarthquake
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Weekly Inter­ces­sions for our Com­munity:
Sunday: Ann Petersen & Rachel; Rick Prat­ley & Simon; and Jo, Ramendra, Thomas & Lucy Raj.
Monday: Joyce, Andrew, Rachael, Bianca, Belinda & Bryson Reddy.
Tues­day: Eddie, Susan, Stephanie, Edwin, Leil­ani & Car­men Reddy.
Wed­nes­day: John Reimer; Mat­ilda Rink­er; Gra­hame Sadler; and Peter Sey­mour.
Thursday: Rajah Selva­ra­jah & Greg; and Andy Ser­afin & Colin Spokes.
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 and for those in need of pray­er:  
Janet Walms­ley; Lyn Car­ring­ton; Lea MacNeil; Andy Ser­afin; John Bowen (Priest); Alex Regos; Helen Woell­ner; Lilac John­ston; Douglas John­ston; Max Woods (Priest); Jane Edwards; Mel Kew­ley; Jona­thon & Joshua; Jack­ie Chaffo; John Park­er; Ava; John Hower; Dav­id Reeks; and Alec & Tar­rah.
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We give thanks for the life of your ser­vant Pope Fran­cis. 
We thank you for his example of humil­ity, ser­vice and con­cern for the poor and mar­gin­al­ised. We pray with and for our Roman Cath­ol­ic friends around the world as they grieve.
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Anniversar­ies of the Depar­ted: Wil­li­am Keat­ing; Annie Roberts; Terry Ogg; Rupert Coombes; Irene Lowe; Elsie Lowe; and Albert Allen.
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Saints Com­mem­or­a­tion: 
28th April: Mark, Evan­gel­ist & Mar­tyr.
29th April: Cath­er­ine of Siena, spir­itu­al teach­er.
1st May: Philip & James, Apostles & Mar­tyrs.
2nd May: Ath­anas­i­us, Bish­op of Alex­an­dria, teach­er.
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Long Term Pas­tor­al Pray­er list: Fred Blake: Simone Crowth­er; Kar­en Stein­er-Hill; Nalini MacIntyre; Christine Kon­draten­ko; John Bunyan (Priest); Mar­garet Chiew; Ger­ald Grant; Bar­bara Ray­mond; Ray Som­mer; John Hardy; Bar­bara Allen; Marissa & Meg Maack, Jude, Isla, & Al Don­nell; Noel Jeffs; Michael Aiken; and Robert & Lyn­dall Dubler.
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Read­ings for Next Sunday – Third Sunday of Easter/Confirmation 
First Read­ing: Acts 9.1–6   Psalm: 30
Second Read­ing: Rev­el­a­tion 5.6–14   Gos­pel: John 21.1–19