Notices_ Tranfiguration_Sunday 27th February 2022

NOTICES:

Next Sunday: 9.30am ser­vice Euchar­ist with Bap­tism and altern­at­ive 6pm Even­ing Service.

 

Bap­tism on 6 March: At the morn­ing ser­vice on Sunday 6 March 2022 the Par­ish is delighted to host the bap­tism of baby Ava Rose into the com­munity of faith.  This will bring a large num­ber of vis­it­ors to our Par­ish — we are expect­ing the con­greg­a­tion to more than double.  There are no longer lim­its on the num­ber of people that can attend church, and while we prefer to main­tain social dis­tan­cing by sit­ting on the green ticks, this will not be pos­sible at the bap­tism, where we expect 2–3 people to be seated on each pew.  The vis­it­ors are sup­port­ive of our desire to con­tin­ue wear­ing masks indoors for the time being and have com­mit­ted to do like­wise.  Due to the increased num­bers, a lar­ger space will be reserved for morn­ing tea.  Parish­ion­ers are advised to park on Stan­more Road, at the Cyprus Club or at the Edge­ware Road car­park.  There will also be an even­ing ser­vice avail­able on the same day, which we com­mend to those who may be con­cerned about attend­ing with a lar­ger con­greg­a­tion.  It is excit­ing to be able to wel­come so many vis­it­ors to our Par­ish, let us take every oppor­tun­ity to share with them what is spe­cial about St Luke’s.

 

 

The flowers in church today are donated by Ann Petersen in lov­ing memory of Wolfgang Winter, whose birth­day would have been on Tues­day 1st March (St Dav­id’s Day, Pat­ron Saint of Wales).

 

 

Palm Crosses: Please remem­ber to bring in your palm crosses from last year.  We will burn these to make the ash on Shrove Tues­day for our Ash Wed­nes­day services.

 

 

 

Ash Wed­nes­day ser­vices — Wed 2^nd March — at 10.30am & 7.30pm.

 

 

 

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An Inter­est­ing Point re Par­ish Finances

Usu­ally the month of Janu­ary is quite a dif­fi­cult month for the par­ish fin­an­cially as many people go away for hol­i­days.  How­ever, this year, because so many of you have begun sup­port­ing the par­ish via elec­tron­ic giv­ing, Janu­ary has been much bet­ter that pre­vi­ous years in this respect.  A big thank you to every­one who has made this adjust­ment.  And if you haven’t yet, please think about it.  It has made a really big dif­fer­ence.  Fr. Jeff

 

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ABM Len­ten Study – ‘Repair­ing the Breach’

Will be held on Wed­nes­days after 10.30am Ser­vice and morn­ing tea (start­ing on Ash Wed­nes­day), and also Monday nights via zoom at 7.30pm (start­ing on 7^th March).

A zoom link will be provided closer to the time.  Please con­tact the office if you wish to par­ti­cip­ate.  Still look­ing for responses!

Lim­ited cop­ies of the book ‘Repair­ing the Breach’ (provided by Fr Jeff) are avail­able FREE for par­ti­cipants in St Luke’s Stud­ies ONLY from the Par­ish Com­munity Resource Centre.  Please see Steph­en Gates after the ser­vice dur­ing morn­ing tea.

Any­one wish­ing to par­ti­cip­ate in Len­ten Stud­ies out­side St Luke’s can pur­chase the book for $10 from the Par­ish Resource Centre or from the ABM WEBSITE — abmission.org

 

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Pan­cakes at the Rect­ory – 7pm on Tues­day 1^st March:

Fr Jeff and Michelle invite parish­ion­ers and their rel­at­ives to the Rect­ory to share in the tra­di­tion of eat­ing pan­cakes on Shrove Tues­day as a pre­curs­or to the begin­ning of Lent the fol­low­ing day (Ash Wed­nes­day).  Fr Jeff is the pan­cake maker for this spe­cial occa­sion.  Please come, and though not neces­sary, a filling/topping for some pan­cakes would be most welcome.

Please RSVP so that Fr Jeff knows how many pan­cakes to make.  Come on every­one – lets get together.

 

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St James’ Insti­tute 2022 pro­gramme is now avail­able from the Com­munity Resource Centre table.  For more inform­a­tion vis­it stjamesinstitute.org.au or ring (02) 8227 1300

 

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Future Dates for your Diary:

Sun 13th March — Par­ish Annu­al Gen­er­al Meet­ing (AGM).

Sun 10th April — Palm Sunday at 9.30 am with Procession.

Thurs 14th April — Maun­dy Thursday at 7.30 pm.

Fri 15th April — Good Fri­day at 9.30am and 12pm Sta­tions of the Cross.

Sun 17th April — East­er Day at 9.30 am.

 

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

 

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

 

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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Sunday Night Services: 

Most would be aware that our lay min­is­ter, Peter Sey­mour, leads the Sunday even­ing ser­vice on the first Sunday of the month.  This takes place at 6.00 p.m. in the sum­mer and 5.00 p.m. in winter.  Speak­ing with Peter, he believes that the need for and the form of this ser­vice should be revis­ited.  At the moment we fol­low the ser­vice of Pray­er, Praise and Pro­clam­a­tion from the Pray­er Book.

Speak­ing with oth­er par­ish min­is­ters, Sunday even­ing ser­vices are gen­er­ally hard to get going, even in much big­ger par­ishes.  Peter and I would like to know if there are any sug­ges­tions about what form the ser­vice should take, prefer­ably from people who would actu­ally attend and/or take part.   Please speak with Peter or Fr Jeff.

 

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Pray­ers for the sick:  Kar­lene; Wolfgang Rose; Julie Ankers; John Bowen; John Per­kins; Mar­garet Chiew; Florence Shel­lard; Aman­da Romeo; Maria Ser­afin; Andy Ser­afin; Maryrose Crowth­er; Ruth Dodd; and Joan Dale.

 

Anniversar­ies of the Depar­ted:  Her­bert Caines; Her­bert Wand­maker; Gor­don Thurl­ing; Anne Casey; and Merryn Bannerman.

 

Saints Com­mem­or­a­tion:  1^st: Dav­id, Bish­op of Mene­via, Wales (d.601).

 

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

 

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Weekly Inter­ces­sions for our Com­munity:

Sunday: Ron­ald Naidu; Anthea, Ron, Ron­an, Veron­ica, Rohan Nath; Pau­line Newell; Johnny Nitchareon & Eed Intapan; and Kath­er­ine Oldfield.

Monday: Julie Olston & Phil­ippa; and Fr Jeff & Michelle Parker.

Tues­day: Ann Petersen & Rachel; and Jo Ramendra, Thomas & Lucy Raj.

Wed­nes­day: Joyce, Andrew, Rachel, Bianca, Belinda & Bryson Reddy.

Thursday: Eddie, Susan, Stephanie, Edwin, Leil­ani & Car­men Reddy.

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 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 in Lent and Baptism.

First Read­ing: Deu­ter­o­nomy 26.1–11                  Psalm: 91.1–2, 9–16

Second Read­ing: Romans 10.4–13                      Gos­pel: Luke 4.1–15

 

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Points for thought and dis­cus­sion from WorkingPreacher.org

 Julie Sev­ig

 

1. Remem­ber­ing those who came before us helps us make sense of ourselves. Whose pres­ence do you feel? (Luke 9:30–34)

2. Moses reflects God’s divine glory (Exodus 34:1). Who today reflects the gra­cious char­ac­ter of God to you?

3. How is the same Spir­it that is act­ive in Cor­inth (2 Cor. 3) also at work in your congregation/community?

 

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A MEMORIAL SERVICE OF THANKSGIVING

 

For the life of the Most Revd Dr Des­mond Tutu

Arch­bish­op Emer­it­us of Cape Town

Nobel Peace Prize Laureate

will be held on Sunday 6th March 2022 at 4.00pm

St James’ Anglic­an Church, King Street Sydney

The Ser­vice will be streamed on the St James’ Face­book page and Online Ser­vices page.

The links are: www.sjks.org.au/online-services/ www.facebook.com/stjameskingstreet/

 All are wel­come [full vac­cin­a­tion is recommended]

 

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  “Becom­ing Cre­at­ors of unity” 

Taizé Pil­grim­age of Trust in NSW 2022 

facil­it­ated by Broth­er Mat­thew from the Taizé Community

AN EVENING PRAYER

Wed­nes­day, 9th March 2022 at 7.00pm

St Luke’s Anglic­an Church

11 Stan­more Road, Enmore

All are welcome!

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