Notices — Palm Sunday — 28th March 2021

NOTICES:

Dona­tions are sought for flowers for East­er: Either in kind or cash.  Please give cdash dona­tions to Moya Holle or dir­ect cred­it (as “East­er Flowers”) to St Luke’s Anglic­an Church Work­ing Account (details can be found on the last page of this ser­vice booklet).

 

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Holy Week:

1^st April – Maun­dy Thursday: 7.30 pm Service.

2^nd April – Good Fri­day: 9.30am Ser­vice & 12pm — Way of the Cross.

4^th April – East­er Day: 9.30am Service.

 

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Next Sunday:

 

DAYLIGHT SAVING ENDS! – remem­ber to turn your clocks back 1 hour on Sat­urday night, 3^rd April.

 

Please Note: The 5pm Sunday Even­ing Ser­vice has been can­celled for this month only.

 

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Men’s Night Out - Sat­urday 10 April: At the Little Turtle Vegan Res­taur­ant, 10 Stan­more Road, Stan­more. Phone: (02) 8868 7554.  See Kev­in Green for more details.

 

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ABM 2021 Lent, Good Fri­day & East­er Gift Appeal

We encour­age parish­ion­ers to use the QR Code on the digit­al dona­tion cards or make a dona­tion online at abmission.org.au.

Please note: Some dona­tion envel­opes are avail­able in the church foy­er and hall.

 

 

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Poetry Board: Louisa Sil­ver­man has placed two Len­ten poems on the board. One by Robert Her­rick and the oth­er George Her­bert.  The Bios of these poets are also on the board.  A Cov­id Poem and an Old Nun’s Pray­er have also been posted.

 

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Email Etiquette Policy:   In these ‘days of email’ we must be care­ful how we use this meth­od of communication.

The fol­low­ing rules must be observed in this com­munity to avoid dis­turb­ing and upset­ting each other:

• We must NOT add any­one to an email­ing list without their pri­or consent.
• If we have done this in the past, then either (1) ask that per­son if they want to remain on the email­ing list, or (2) remove any such per­son from your mail­ing list.
• If you are receiv­ing unwanted emails from any­one in this par­ish com­munity then let them or me know and ask for your name to be removed from that list.

This does not apply to par­ish emails regard­ing attend­ance.

Thanks for your cooperation.

 

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 Let’s Start Think­ing – From Fr. Jeff.  2020 was in some ways a year in which the aim was to “get through and make the best of it.”  2021 brings with it the hope of a vac­cine and the chance to re-set our course for­ward.  I am very inter­ested in hear­ing the ideas of ALL parish­ion­ers as to what we need to do, change, do more of, do less of, add to our activ­it­ies.  It is best to put these ideas on paper rather than in a con­ver­sa­tion.  There will be a more form­al pro­cess later in the year, but let’s start think­ing now. Please email Fr Jeff on parkerj272@gmail.com

 

Art in the Hall:  This month’s piece is Sun­flowers by Vin­cent Van Gogh,1889.  The Par­ish Coun­cil has now endorsed the idea of allow­ing parish­ion­ers to have art works hung in the Hall on a tem­por­ary basis.  Please note that no respons­ib­il­ity is taken for the secur­ity or pro­tec­tion from dam­age or theft of any art­work on loan.  A form waiv­ing any claim by a lender/donor must be signed before any art­work is accep­ted.  Pref­er­ence is for art with a recog­nis­able Anglic­an content.

 

Lea MacNeil has jam to sell and vari­ous sauces; please email her lea.macneil@gmail.com if you would like to give her an order.  You may, of course, ask her what type of jam and/or pre­serve or sauces she has on hand.  Don­ald, her hus­band can deliv­er your spe­cif­ic order to the Opshop where you are able to pay for it.

 

Food for our worms – Food scraps (no dairy, cit­rus or meat) can be left in the buck­et provided.  This is part of our Par­ish envir­on­ment­al initiative.

 

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Weekly Inter­ces­sions for our Community:

Sunday: Ron Cross; Brett Dav­ies & Amrit MacIntyre; Edi & Oscar Dav­is; John Dick­son; Kathy Drum­mond; and Dav­id Dunlop.

Monday: Michael Flem­ing, Eliza­beth Arm­strong, Tom, Ella & Nick.

Tues­day: Stephan Gates & Andrew; Mar­ilyn Gibbs; & Kev­in Green.

Wed­nes­day: Peter Gil­bert & Alfredo Narnolo; Stu­art Grigg & ‘Tri­cia Blomberry.

Thursday: Richard Hagen & Som; John, Martha & Chris­toph­er Haly.

Fri­day: We pray for Fr John Bunyan’s pas­tor­al care min­istry at Bank­stown Hos­pit­al and all those he min­is­ters to.

Sat­urday: Dear lov­ing Fath­er, please deliv­er us from the coronavir­us and lim­it its impact on Aus­tralia and the world. In your mercy bring a swift end to this crisis.  Please pro­tect with your lov­ing care those we love — our fam­il­ies, friends and neigh­bours.  Let your fath­erly hand guide, shel­ter and strengthen them.  Cast out all anxious fears and doubts.  Give us an increas­ing trust in you and fill our hearts and minds with your peace.  We pray for those around the world now strug­gling with COVID-19.  Heal and com­fort those who are sick and suf­fer­ing.  Pro­tect and guide the health pro­fes­sion­als who are at the front line.  Please give wis­dom and cour­age to those who bear respons­ib­il­ity for con­front­ing this chal­lenge. We ask these things through the power­ful name of Jesus.  Amen.

 

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Pray­ers for the sick: Kristen Har­ley; She Kar Nair; Maur­een Clunas; Peter Cinelli; John Can Pahali; Alex Regos; Aman­da Cow­ley; Fr Phil­lip Carter; Peter Knox; Sr Colleen Crook; Nada G.; Br Wil­li­am; Ron Clarke & his fam­ily; Lyn­dall McCar­ron; Maurice Pope & his fam­ily; Christine Pick­ard; Raul (Skid Row Radio) & Fam­ily; Barry McKay; Ron­ald Saun­ders; and Christina Rees (CBE).

 

Anniversar­ies of the Depar­ted:  Harry Mos­sop; John Faulks; Mynette Alex­an­der; Fr Ron Mor­ris; and Ben­son Greenough.

 

Long Term Pas­tor­al Pray­er list: Steph­en Thur­ley; Wolf Winter; John Dick­son; John Hardy; Andrew Reddy; Shir­ley, Bar­bara & Jade Allen; Br Noel Jeffs (SSF); Kiki Chun; Beth Arm­strong; Ann Jeffs; Rhi­an­non Henry-Edwards; Marissa; Jude, Isla, Meg & Al Don­nell; Suz­anne Camp­ton; Pau­line Newell; Bar­bara Beec­roft; Ann Con­nolly; Day­alan Sam­inath­an; Grace & Han­nah Ashton; Anaisha, & her par­ents Anu & Digvi­jay; Ron Nath; Ron­an Nath; Veron­ica Nath; Rev Laurie McIntyre; and Ver­ity Wright.

 

Read­ings for Next Sunday — East­er Day:  First Read­ing: Acts 10.34–43; Psalm: Hymn to Christ Ris­en (APBA p. 6); Second Read­ing: 1 Cor 15.1–11; and Gos­pel: Mark 16.1–8

 

Read­ings for the com­ing week: Even­ing Pray­er 

Sunday	Exodus 13.1–3, 7–9	Ps 118.1–16	John 12.20–32
Monday	Lam­ent­a­tions 2.8–19	Ps 25	Gala­tians 6.11–18
Tues­day	Lam­ent­a­tions 3.40–51	Ps 69.1–21	Romans 5.6–11
Wed­nes­day	Isai­ah 63.1–9	Ps 31	1 Cor 1.18–31
Thursday	Levit­i­c­us 16.2–24	Ps 136	Eph­esians 2.11–22
Fri­day	Lam­ent­a­tions 5.15–22	Ps 142	Colos­si­ans 1.18–23
Sat­urday	Micah 7.14–20	Ps 31.21–27	1 John 5.5–12