Notices_ Sunday 18th February 2024 — First Sunday in Lent

TODAY — Par­ish Coun­cil will meet after 9.30am ser­vice and morn­ing tea.

 

OpShop 30-year cel­eb­ra­tion pens are avail­able in the foy­er for $2 each.

 

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2024 Len­ten Stud­ies – Begin Mon 19^th Feb & Wed 21^st Feb:

Monday group will be at 7.30pm on Zoom.  We will be using the Arch­bish­op of Can­ter­bury’s Lent Book, “Tarry Awhile — Wis­dom from Black Spir­itu­al­ity for People of Faith.’’ There is an amount of read­ing involved. It is avail­able from Amazon — Hard­copy $30 or the Kindle format $18.99.  The deliv­ery from these sources is very fast so you should have a book in time for Mon 19^th. 

Wed­nes­day group will be held in the hall after the 10.30am ser­vice and morn­ing tea.  We will be using LIVING IN HARMONY from Gar­ratt pub­lish­ing – pur­chased by Fr Jeff.

 

 

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Sat 2^nd March 2024 — Len­ten Quiet Day from 9.45am – 4.15pm:

The Sydney Mis­sion-Col­lege of the Oratory of the Good Shep­herd invite you to share in a day of silence, pray­er and reflec­tion at the begin­ning of Lent.

Ven­ue: The church/grounds of St John’s Bal­main, Spring Street, Birchgrove.

What? Gath­er for cof­fee and con­ver­sa­tion at 9.45 am.  Great­er Silence from 10.00 am until 4.15 pm.  Morn­ing and Even­ing Pray­er; the Holy Euchar­ist; two addresses; oppor­tun­ity for indi­vidu­al con­sulta­tion with lead­er; rest in the garden and loc­al park.

Event is Free of charge.  Par­ti­cipants are asked to bring their own packed lunches. Tea and cof­fee provided.  This year the lead­er is The Rev’d Linda Mary CSC.  All very welcome.

 

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Sat 2^nd March @ 6pm for 6.30pm — The first M N O for 2024:   Held at Por­tugalia Pizzer­ia, 104 Per­civ­al Road, Stan­more. Phone 9 569 987.  Con­tact Kev­in Green for details on Mob: 0405 691 055.

 

Sun 3^rd March – AGM mis­sion meet­ing after Ser­vice and morn­ing tea:  All those inter­ested in choos­ing where our ABM Mis­sion money is donated this year, please met in the chapel for a quick chat.  It would be help­ful to have read the Pro­ject book pri­or to the meet­ing.  If you would like a copy, please see Jennifer.

 

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Sunday 17^th March – Par­ish Annu­al Gen­er­al Meet­ing:  Will be held in the church after 9.30am ser­vice and morn­ing tea.

If you are an office bear­er, would you please sub­mit your report/s to the Par­ish Office by email, on or before Sunday 25^th Feb, as the col­lated final edi­tion should be in the hands of parish­ion­ers the week pri­or to the AGM, Sunday 10^th March.

And in accord­ance with Dio­ces­an pro­ced­ure, the date of the AGM will be affixed to the entrance doors to the church, two weeks pri­or to the meeting.

 

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Dates for your Diary

Sun 24^th March – 9.30am Palm Sunday.

Thurs 28^th March – 7.30pm Maun­dy Thursday.

Fri 29^th March – 9.30am Good Friday.

Sun 31^st March – 9.30am East­er Day.

 

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Tues 2^nd April at 7.30 pm — Tues­day Bible Study recom­mences at Fr Philip’s home, 5 Lin­coln St Stan­more. All wel­come.  The study for this term will be The Acts of the Apostles.  Please bring a bible.

 

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ABM Lent, Good Fri­day, and East­er Appeal 2024

Envel­opes are avail­able in the church foy­er to place on the col­lect plate.  Or Scan the QR code to make a dona­tion online.

You can also donate online at www.abmission.org/Lent2024

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ST PAUL’S PANTRY needs food, health and clean­ing items: A bas­ket is in the church foy­er for donations.

 

Lea MacNeil has jam, con­serves, pickles and vari­ous sauces to sell; please email her at lea.macneil@gmail.com to order them from her.   All pro­ceeds go to St Luke’s Parish.

 

Food for our worms – Leave your worm food gifts at church on Sundays or drop off dur­ing the week.  Please remem­ber to remove the strings from your teabags.  (N.B. — no dairy, cit­rus, onions or meat).

 

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Weekly Inter­ces­sions for our Com­munity:

Sunday: Brett Dav­ies & Amrit MacIntyre; Edi & Oscar Dav­is; Susan Deas; John Dick­son; and Kathy Drummond.

Monday: Dav­id Dun­lop; and Michael, Ell­iza­beth, Tom, Ella & Nick Fleming.

Tues­day: Steph­en Gates & Andrew Eld­er; and Mar­ilyn Gibbs.

Wed­nes­day: Kev­in Green; Peter Gil­bert & Fred Narnola; and Joyce Grant.

Thursday: Stu­art Grigg & ‘Tri­cia; and Richard Hagan & Som.

Fri­day: We pray for Fr John Bunyan’s pas­tor­al care min­istry at Bank­stown Hos­pit­al and all those he min­is­ters 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: Mar­garet Chiew; Dav­id Dun­lop; John Bowen (Priest); Janet Walms­ley; Joseph Kumar; Ger­ald Grant; Alex Regos; Christine Kon­draten­ko; Salochna Devi; Ruth Dodd; Robyn Palmer; Cath­er­ine Lough­man; Helen Woell­ner; Libby Dav­is; Steph­en Grif­fen; Tom Hall; Nick Moles­worth; Douglas Sey­mour; Max Wood (Priest) Dav­id Brad­ford; Evelyn de Zoysa; Fran, Jac­queline; Donna Har­ris; Douglas John­ston; Susie Brooks; Sarah and Marion.

 

Recently Depar­ted: Don Reid; and Lor­na Weatherill.

 

Anniversar­ies of the Depar­ted: Niola Barr; Ivy Lawson; Eric Juer­gens; Edgar Fish­er; Mar­garet Turn­ball; and Kath­leen Rushton.

 

Saints Com­mem­or­a­tion: 20^th: Wil­li­am Grant Broughton, first Bish­op of Aus­tralia (d. 1853); 23^rd: Polycarp, Bish­op of Smyrna, Mar­tyr (d. c. 155); and 24^th: Mat­thi­as, Apostle and Martyr.

 

Long Term Pas­tor­al Pray­er list: John Bunyan (Priest); Simone Crowth­er; Ruth Cham­pi­on; John Hawkins (Priest); Robert & Lyn­dall Dubler; Andy Ser­afin; Florence Shel­lard; Ray Som­mer; John Hardy; Lyn Car­ring­ton; John Dick­son; Bar­bara Allen; Marissa & Meg Maack, Jude, Isla, & Al Don­nell; Ann Jeffs; and Noel Jeffs.

 

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Read­ings for 9.30am Ser­vice – Second Sunday in Lent

First Read­ing: Genis­is 17.1–7, 15–16       Psalm: 22.24–32

Second Read­ing: Romans 4.13–25          Gos­pel: Mark 8.31–38

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