Notices_Easter Sunday_9th April 2023

NOTICES:

Next Sunday 16^th April:  Par­ish Coun­cil will meet after Morn­ing tea.

 

 

New Big Roster now avail­able: Cop­ies avail­able in church foy­er and on the Com­munity Resource Centre table.

 

 

INDIGENOUS HISTORY COMMITTEE:  As you will recall there was a motion passed at the Par­ish AGM on 5^th March that a com­mit­tee be formed of inter­ested parish­ion­ers to “identi­fy and recog­nise the indi­gen­ous his­tory of this area.”  Parish­ion­ers inter­ested in join­ing this com­mit­tee should give their names to Fr Jeff.  Please don’t feel daun­ted if you have a lack of know­ledge in this area.  It is a jour­ney of learn­ing that we will be going on togeth­er.  This par­ish is full of people with a mul­ti­tude and a vari­ety of tal­ents which can be used in this committee.

 

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Sat­urday 15^th April; 6.00 for 6.30 pm — Men’s Night Out 

Little Turtle Vegan Res­taur­ant, 10 Stan­more Road, Enmore

Phone: 8868 7554

See Kev­in Green or Mob: 0405 691 055

 

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The par­ish week­end retreat has been can­celled as there was a double book­ing at Stroud.  We are look­ing into an altern­at­ive ven­ue.  The retreat will have to be held later in the year.

 

 

Sunday 7^th May — Myan­mar Lunch Fun­draiser for ABM:  Catered lunch with drinks and wine. Your RSVP at a later date would be appre­ci­ated.  Keep the date!

fly­er-Enmore_­com­pressed

 

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Thurs 8th June 2023 — Par­ish Vivid 2023 Lights Sight­see­ing Cruise
Brett seeks expres­sions of interest.  The cruise will be oper­ated by Cap­tain Cook Cruises.  Depar­ture is expec­ted to be from King Street Wharf 1 at 5.45pm.  The cost is $29 per adult.  Please see the link for more inform­a­tion and con­tact Brett by Sunday, 16 April 2023. 

Vivid Lights Sight­see­ing Cruises 2023

 

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Sunday, 25 June 2023 at 3pm — St Luke’s Young Organ­ists Series: Samuel Giddy, win­ner of the Open Sec­tion of the 2022 Sydney Organ Com­pet­i­tion.  Fur­ther details to fol­low.  Keep the date!

 

 

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

 

 

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 teabags.  (NB — no dairy, cit­rus, onions or meat please).  Worm cast­ings are avail­able.  See 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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Weekly Inter­ces­sions for our Com­munity:

Sunday: Louisa Sil­ver­man; Laurel & Ray Som­mer; Kar­lene Thompson; Christine Thur­ley, Troy & Fam­ily; Stu­art Veitch, Jo Bur­ton & Laurence; and Janet Walmsley.

Monday: Janet Wid­mer & Cliff; and Ron & Katie Williams.

Tues­day: Sally Woell­ner; and Kay Younie, Nata­sha, Timothy & Jonathon.

Wed­nes­day: Vic­tor Any­ar­isi; and Jen­nifer, Peter, Elise & Blake B.

Thursday: John & Joanne Bowen; and Philip & Rose­mary Bradford.

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 Tur­key and Syr­ia who are suf­fer­ing fol­low­ing the dev­ast­at­ing earth­quake.  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 on the ground help­ing those impacted.  Amen

 

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Pray­ers for the sick:  Stu­art Grigg; (Fr) John Bowen; (Fr) Philip Brad­ford; Janet Walms­ley; Tony Brown­low; Pau­line Newell; Rose­mary Brad­ford; Mary Middleton; (Fr) John Hawkins; Peter Brown; Christine Kon­draten­ko; Val Thomas; Kev­in Tib­bey; Simone Abra­hams; Salochna Devi; Ruth Dodd; Robyn Palmer; (Rev) Helen Phil­lips; Julie Ankers; Robert & Lyn­dall Dubler; Franz Legrum; Peta Loveday-Hill; Raf Forents; Peter Crook; James Baker; Jeremy Kinross; Cath­er­ine Lough­man; and Joan Dale.

 

 

Recently Depar­ted:  Shir­ley Allen; and (Fr) Eric Hampson.

 

 

Anniversar­ies of the Depar­ted: Val Fran­cis; Andrew Micke; Agnes For­res­t­er; Franco Cevcek; May Gleave; Ben­jamin Potts; and Eileen Kerr.

 

 

Long Term Pas­tor­al Pray­er list: Andy Ser­afin; Florence Shel­lard; Ray Som­mer; John Hardy; Lyn Car­ring­ton; John Dick­son; 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; Ann Jeffs; Noel Jeffs; and Singla Pallav.

 

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Read­ings for Next Sunday: Second Sunday of Easter

First Read­ing: Acts 2.14a, 22–32             Psalms: 16

Second Read­ing: 1 Peter 1.1–12             Gos­pel: John 20.19–31

 

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EASTER DAY Appeal 2023

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/Easter2023

 

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