Notices — Sixteen Sunday After Pentecost — 12th September 2021

NOTICES:

The flowers in the church for the pre-recor­ded ser­vice today have been donated by Ann Petersen in lov­ing memory of her moth­er, Mary Edmonds.

 

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The vir­tu­al par­ish get-togeth­er con­tin­ues at 10.30am this com­ing Sunday 12th Septem­ber.  We will break into rooms of 4–5 people in Zoom, and chat­ting in small groups like we do at morn­ing tea.

The link will be advised by email.  All are wel­come to join!

DID YOU KNOW that you only need a mobile phone to join in?  If you are unsure of how to join with your phone, text or call Stu­art on 0400 312 354, who can help you with the set-up.

 

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Weekly Inter­ces­sions for our Com­munity:

Sunday: Jo, Ramendra, Thomas & Lucy Raj; Joyce Reddy, Andrew, Rachel, Bianca, Belinda & Bryson Reddy; and Eddie, Susan, Stephanie, Edwin, Leil­ani & Car­men Reddy.

Monday: John Reimer; Mat­ilda Rink­er; Gra­hame Sadler; and Ken Searle.

Tues­day: Rajah Selva­ra­jah & Greg; Peter Sey­mour; and Louisa Silverman.

Wed­nes­day: Andy Ser­afin & Colin Spokes; and Ray & Laurel Sommer.

Thursday: Raboom & Nol Takham; Kar­lene Thompson; and John Tonetti.

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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 Thanks­giv­ing Pray­er: Ron Clarke would like to thank all the parish­ion­ers at St Luke’s Enmore for their pray­ers over the last year for him­self and his fam­ily.  Know­ing St Luke’s was pray­ing for them all, he believes con­trib­uted sig­ni­fic­antly to his recovery.

 

Pray­ers for the sick: Angus; John Tonetti; Wolf Winter; Br Daniel; Fr Gary Priest; John Bowen; Robert & Lyn­dall Dubler; Colin Spokes; John Can Pahali; Alex Regos; Aman­da Cow­ley; Peter Knox; Br Wil­li­am; Maurice Pope & his fam­ily; Raul (Skid Row Radio) & fam­ily; Barry McKay; Ruth Dodd; Deepika & Deep­shi­ka; Andrew Strat­golda; and Phil­lip Hall.

 

Recently Depar­ted: Anna Targ.

 

Anniversar­ies of the Depar­ted:  Mary Edmonds; Eliza­beth Gold­smith; Beatrice Hunt; Ruby Dor­ring­ton; Viol­et Chand­ler; and Mar­garet Coomb.

 

Long Term Pas­tor­al Pray­er list: Robyn Old­field; Isa­belle Djor­gjevic: Lyn Car­ring­ton; Steph­en Thur­ley; John Dick­son; John Hardy; 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; Kuwert; Grace & Han­nah Ashton; Anaisha, & her par­ents, Anu & Digvi­jay; Rev Laurie McIntyre; and Loch­lan Lonesborough.

 

Read­ings for the com­ing week: Even­ing Pray­er                                                                                                                                                               

Sunday	Esth­er 2.18–3.6	Ps 116	Mark 9.2–13
Monday	Job 16.1–17	Pss 35.18–29, 36	Eph­esians 1.1–14
Tues­day	Job 16.18–17.16	Ps 119.17–40	Eph­esians 2.1–10
Wed­nes­day	Job 18	Ps 37.18–41	Eph­esians 2.11–22
Thursday	Job 19.1–22	Ps 39	Eph­esians 3.1–13
Fri­day	Job 19.23–20.11	Pss 42;43	Eph­esians 3.14–21
Sat­urday	Job 20.12–29	Ps 44.10–27	Eph­esians 4.1–16

 

Read­ings for Next Sunday — Sev­en­teenth Sunday After Pente­cost: First Read­ing: Pro­verbs 31.10–31;  Psalm: 1;  Second Read­ing: James 3.1- 12;  and  Gos­pel: Mark 9.30–37

 

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Points for Thought and Dis­cus­sion from Work­ing Preacher.org

1. In these days we see lots of scoffers. How do we regard, inter­act with those men­tioned in Prov 1:22
2. Can we resolve to keep our words and med­it­a­tions accept­able to God? (Ps 19:14)
3. What words spoken to you will you nev­er for­get? Who spoke them? (James 3:1)
4. Who do you say Jesus is? (Mark 8:27)

This week’s Reflect & Con­nect ques­tions writ­ten by Rod Boriack.