Notices_ Sunday 31st July_ 8th Sunday After Pentecost

NOTICES:

 

Con­grat­u­la­tions to Kay Younie who has become a grand­moth­er for the second time.  Her daugh­ter Nata­sha gave birth to Jonath­an Charles Younie on Thurs 21st July, at 8:06am.  He weighed 3.695kg and was 52 cm Long.  Both are doing well and are now home.

 

 

Change to Par­ish office open­ing hours:  From Tues­day 2^nd August Jen­nifer will be in the par­ish office on Tues­day and Wed­nes­day – 8.30am to 4.30pm

 

Remind­er — notices for the Sunday ser­vice book­let need to be received by Jen­nifer in the par­ish office, by 10am on Wed­nes­day morning.

 

Next Sunday — 7^th August:  5pm Spir­it of Taize ser­vice — in the chapel.

 

Offer­tory envel­opes are avail­able in the church foyer.

 

Next MNO — Sat­urday 6th August: De Lanna Thai Res­taur­ant, 220 Addis­on Rd Mar­rick­ville.  Phone: 9569 4709.  Please speak to Kev­in Green after the ser­vice or Mob: 0405 691 055.

 

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

 

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.

 

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MOW Nation­al Con­fer­ence and 30th Anniversary – 16–18 Sept

Fly­ers are avail­able at the back of the church, with details regard­ing regis­tra­tion and costs.

 

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Wordsworth & Maskell Pipe Organ Recit­al — 3pm on Sunday, 18 Septem­ber 2022 — keep and share the date

Well-known to Sydney audi­ences, St Luke’s is delighted to wel­come Heath­er Moen-Boyd to per­form, at last, a recit­al to mark the final stage in the res­tor­a­tion of the Church’s unique 1883 Wordsworth & Maskell Pipe Organ.

From Moz­art to Mendels­sohn, whose works were per­formed at the instrument’s 1884 recit­al, the per­form­ance will include but­ter­flies and cuckoos for the Spring Equi­nox and the Great Gate of Kyiv.

Entry:  $10 ($5 all con­ces­sions), includ­ing pro­gramme note.

RSVP:  to Kathy Drum­mond /Brett Dav­ies / OrganatEnmore@gmail.com

 

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Anglic­ans Togeth­er Din­ner-Thursday 17^th Nov: The top­ic is: ‘The Anglic­an Church of Aus­tralia: Can we stay togeth­er?’  One of the speak­ers is Peter Sher­lock, a well-respec­ted Anglic­an theo­lo­gian and his­tor­i­an.  See Tony Brownlow.

 

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Weekly Inter­ces­sions for our Com­munity:

Sunday: John & Joanne Bowen; Philip & Rose­mary Brad­ford; Tony Brown­low; Ruth Cham­pi­on; and Tiffany, Kev­in, Alex­an­der, and Nich­olas Chiew.

Monday: Les & Lyn Car­ring­ton; and Ron, Milly, Nam & Viol­etta Clarke.

Tues­day: Brett Dav­ies & Amrit MacIntyre; and Edi & Oscar Davis.

Wed­nes­day: John Dick­son; Kathy Drum­mond; and Dav­id Dunlop.

Thursday: Michael, Eliza­beth, Thomas, Ellen­or, & Nich­olas Fleming.

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 vari­ous COVID strains.  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: Ray Som­mer; John Bowen; John Pahali; Tony Brown­low; Mary Middleton; Helen; Vince; Julie Ankers; John Per­kins; Florence Shel­lard; Aman­da Romeo; Andy Ser­afin; Ruth Dodd; Robert & Lyn­dall Dubler; Joanne Kenny; and The Pso­mas Family.

 

Anniversar­ies of the Depar­ted: Pearl McCal­lum; Mar­garet Munns; Sydney Row­lands; Mais­ie Cad­dis; Har­old Legge; Ant­o­nia Nagy-Laing; and Sep­tima Mortimer.

 

Saints Com­mem­or­a­tion:1^st: Holy men and women of the Old Test­a­ment;  3^rd: Steph­en, Dea­con and first mar­tyr;  4^th: John Baptist Vian­ney, Par­ish Priest of Ars, France (d. 1859);  and 5^th: Oswald, King and mar­tyr (d. 642).

 

Long Term Pas­tor­al Pray­er list: John Hardy; Pau­line Newell; Beth Arm­strong; Lyn Car­ring­ton; John Dick­son; Shir­ley, Bar­bara & Jade Allen; Rhi­an­non Henry-Edwards; Marissa; Jude, Isla, Meg & Al Don­nell; Grace & Han­nah Ashton; Kuwert; Rev Laurie MacIntyre; Kiki Chun; Raul of Radio Skidrow and his fam­ily; Andrew Strat­golda; Loch­lan Lones­bor­ough; and Noel Jeffs.

 

Read­ings for Next Sunday: Ninth Sunday After Pentecost

First Read­ing: Isai­ah 1.1, 10–20                         Psalms: 50.1–8, 23–24

Second Read­ing: Hebrew 11.1–3, 8–16                Gos­pel: Luke 12.32–40