Notices_ Fourth Sunday of Advent_19th December 2021

NOTICES:

 

Gifts for the chil­dren: At the morn­ing ser­vice, Par­ish Coun­cil is pleased to offer a small gift to each of the chil­dren of the Par­ish (12 years and under).

 

After morn­ing tea today our gifts for OPAL (Stan­more Nurs­ing home) will be delivered.

 

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TONIGHT — 6pm Car­ols & Play in the car­park — FREE BBQ available!

Don’t miss the Car­ols and Play in the Car­park at 6pm this evening.

Try to be there early (5.45pm) to get dressed up and take a part in the play.

We will sing (no mask required!) car­ols togeth­er, tell the Christ­mas story in the form of a play, hear our sing­ers intro­duce vari­ous aspects of the play, and you abso­lutely won’t want to miss a very spe­cial sur­prise music­al offer­ing to con­clude the service.

After­wards, enjoy a free BBQ, drinks and ice cream cour­tesy of the Reddys.

Please note: Car­park will be closed to parking.

 

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Work­ing Bee Volun­teers – Fri­day morn­ing 24^th Dec 

Volun­teers are required to help clean up the church and grounds for Christ­mas.  If you can help please con­tact Susan Reddy Mob: 0424 608 020 or Eddie Reddy Mob: 0410 634 948.

 

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A New sick list will com­mence on 2^nd Jan 2022: All exist­ing names will be removed.  Please sub­mit names for the new list to the office by email or phone by Monday 20th Decem­ber.  Pas­tor­al Care Committee

 

Lunch on Sundays: It was the cus­tom long before I arrived in the par­ish for a num­ber of mem­bers to adjourn to the War­ren View for lunch after morn­ing tea.  Michelle and I always like to join this group to spend some time with the parish­ion­ers who come. This is, of course, open to ALL.  Fr. Jeff

 

Advent Reflec­tions: Last reflec­tion to be held on Wed­nes­day 22nd Decem­ber, after 10.30 a.m. Euchar­ist and Morn­ing Tea dur­ing Advent, and in the even­ing at 7.30 p.m. in the rectory.

 

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

 

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

 

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.

 

Christ­mas cards sale: 2021 Stock — $8 or $10 per pack; and 2020 Stock — Reduced to $8 per pack.  Sup­port the Lep­rosy Mis­sion.  Avail­able from the Par­ish Resource Centre.  Please see Stephan Gates dur­ing Morn­ing tea.

 

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Christ­mas 2021 Services 

–Fri­day 24^th Decem­ber — 11pm Christ­mas Eve Service.

–Sat­urday 25^th Decem­ber – 9.30am Christ­mas Day Ser­vice and morn­ing tea – Fr Philip Brad­ford will be preaching.

–Sunday 26^th Decem­ber – 9.30am Ser­vice and morn­ing tea.

 

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

A bas­ket is in the church foy­er for donations.

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 leave your worm food gifts at church on Sundays or drop off dur­ing the week.  (NB — no dairy, cit­rus or meat)  Fr. Jeff

 

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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: Daniel Nakhla; Ari­el Som­mer; Noel Jeffs; Joan Dale; 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.

 

Anniversar­ies of the Depar­ted: Sid­ney Smith; Giuseppe Bruzzese; Susanne Crowth­er; Bill Carter; Arthur Port­er; Adri­an Arch­in­al; and Ada Ferris.

 

Saints Com­mem­or­a­tion — 21^st: Thomas, Apostle and martyr.

 

Long Term Pas­tor­al Pray­er list: 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; and Grace & Han­nah Ashton.

 

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Weekly Inter­ces­sions for our Com­munity:

Sunday: Joseph, Esth­er, Joyti, Joshlyn, Deepika & Deep­shi­ka Kumar; Geoff Lind­sey & Mandy Tib­bey; Fabi­an LoS­chiavo; Lea MacNeil & Don­ald Thomas; Evelyn Maack; Jen McGov­ern; John M.; and Jo Middleton.

Monday: Ron­ald Naidu; Anthea, Ron, Ron­an, Veron­ica and Rohan Nath.

Tues­day: Pau­line Newell; and Johnny Nitchareon & Eed Interpan.

Wed­nes­day: Kath­er­ine Old­field; and Julie Olston & Phil­ippa Fredrickson.

Thursday: Fr Jeff & Michelle Park­er and fam­ily; and Ann Petersen & Rachel.

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 anlld 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 vari­ous COVID stains.  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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Read­ings for Next Sunday —  First Sunday after Christ­mas:  First Read­ing: 1 Samuel 2.18–20, 26; Psalm: 148;  Second Read­ing: Colos­si­ans 3.12–17;  and Gos­pel: Luke 2.41–52

 

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We appre­ci­ate things may have been fin­an­cially harder due to COVID-19, but ask that you con­sider mak­ing a dona­tion to sup­port both the Christ­mas Bowl and ABM Advent/Christmas Appeals.

The Christ­mas Bowl Appeal — annu­al appeal of the Acts of Peace, the inter­na­tion­al aid agency of the Nation­al Coun­cil of Churches.

We encour­age parish­ion­ers to donate online via actofpeace.org.au/christmasbowl (our par­ish is registered as ‘Enmore-Stan­more Anglic­an Par­ish’), or call 1800 025 101.

 

ABM 2020 Advent and Christ­mas Appeal.

We encour­age parish­ion­ers to use QR Code on the digit­al dona­tion cards or make a dona­tion online at abmission.org.au/Christmas21

Please note: There are a lim­ited num­ber of dona­tion envel­opes in the church foy­er for those who do not use mobile phones or have inter­net access.