Notices — Christmas Eve — 24th December 2021

NOTICES:

Fr Jeff and Michelle Park­er and fam­ily, wish you all a happy and holy Christmas. Stay safe, drive safely, and take all the neces­sary pre­cau­tions so that 2022 is a year full of joy and healing.

 

Ser­vices Con­tin­ue: Over the com­ing weeks, fol­low­ing Christ­mas, reg­u­lar Sunday ser­vices will be held on Box­ing Day and on 2^nd Janu­ary the Epi­phany of our Lord will be celebrated.

 

Wed­nes­day 29^th Decem­ber – 10.30am ser­vice has been cancelled.

 

Sunday 2^nd Janu­ary 2022 — The 6pm ser­vice has been can­celled for Janu­ary only.

 

The Par­ish Office and the Opshop will be closed from 23^rd Dec 2021 to 3^rd Jan 2022.  They will reopen on Tues­day 4^th Janu­ary 2022.

 

Fr Jeff will be on hol­i­days from 3^rd Janu­ary to 17^th Janu­ary 2020.  Dur­ing this peri­od Fr John Hawkins will be tak­ing our Sunday Ser­vices and Fr Philip Brad­ford our Wed­nes­day services.

 

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ST PAUL’S PANTRY needs food, health and clean­ing items:

A bas­ket is in the church foy­er for donations.

Please remem­ber that the bags provided to the needy are taken home by hand — most don’t have a vehicle, so please keep your dona­tions to rel­at­ively small items like pack­ets of noodles, microwaved rice, small tins of baked beans etc these are the most needed.

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Food for our worms – Please note that while Fr Jeff and Michelle are on hol­i­days do not bring food for the par­ish worm farms.  Please DO NOT leave the mater­i­al at the front door as there will be no one to col­lect and dis­pose of it.

 

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EVENTS IN 2022 

Mark the date: Sat­urday 12th Feb­ru­ary 2022 for a War­dens Din­ner “Under the Stars”.  Will be a catered din­ner, $20pp with tick­ets on sale in the New Year.

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Pray­ers for the sick: Maria Ser­afin; Andy Ser­afin; Ari­el Som­mer; Noel Jeffs; Joan Dale; Judy Jew­son; Maryrose Crowth­er; Angus; John Bowen; Robert & Lyn­dall Dubler; John Can Pahali; Alex Regos; Aman­da Cow­ley; Peter Knox; Barry McKay; Ruth Dodd; Andrew Strat­golda; and Phil­lip Hall.

 

Long Term Pas­tor­al Pray­er list: Andrew Hiro Itadani; Ray Som­mer; Robyn Old­field; Isa­belle Djor­gjevic: Lyn Car­ring­ton; Steph­en Thur­ley; John Dick­son; John Hardy; Shir­ley, Bar­bara & Jade Allen; Kiki Chun; Beth Arm­strong; Ann Jeffs; Rhi­an­non Henry-Edwards; Marissa; Jude, Isla, Meg & Al Don­nell; Pau­line Newell; Ann Con­nolly; Day­alan Sam­inath­an; Kuwert; Grace & Han­nah Ashton; Anaisha, & her par­ents Anu & Digvi­jay; Rev Laurie McIntyre; and Loch­lan Lonesborough.

 

Read­ings for Next Sunday — First Sunday After Christ­mas: First Read­ing: 1 Samuel 2.18–20, 26;  Psalm 148; Second Read­ing: Colos­si­ans 3.22–17; and      Gos­pel: Luke 2.41–52

 

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Points for Thought and Dis­cus­sion From WorkingPreacher.org

1. What are the polit­ic­al implic­a­tions of this all-too famil­i­ar story? (Luke 2)
2. When have your rushed to tell someone good news? (Luke 2:15–18)
3. What do we learn about a leader’s respons­ib­il­ity for justice and right­eous­ness for the lowly? (Isai­ah 9:2–7)

 

by Julie Sevig

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