Notices_Fifth Sunday in Lent_3rd April 2022

NOTICES:

 

Happy Birth­day to: Car­men Reddy; Bryson Reddy; Stephanie Reddy; Edwin Reddy; Jo Bur­ton; Eliza­beth Flem­ing; Jo Raj and Les Carrington.

 

  

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TODAY — Par­ish Annu­al Gen­er­al Meet­ing (AGM)

The AGM will be held at 11.30am after the morn­ing ser­vice.  At this AGM, the Par­ish Coun­cil, War­dens and Nom­in­at­ors will be elec­ted.  There is no elec­tion of Syn­od Rep­res­ent­at­ives since a Syn­od lasts three years and the 52nd Syn­od has anoth­er year to run.

PLEASE NOTE: You must still be present at the meet­ing to nom­in­ate some­body else wheth­er or not a form has been com­pleted, but the per­son being nom­in­ated does not have to be present at the meet­ing so long as con­sent to the nom­in­a­tion has been given.

For ref­er­ence, the above is taken from dio­cese web­site at https://www.sds.asn.au/general-meetings-parishioners?menu_id=12#8

(Scroll down to “Con­duct­ing the gen­er­al meet­ing of parish­ion­ers” then to “Elec­tions”)

 

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Tonight - 5pm Even­ing Service.

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Sat­urday 9^th April — Men’s Night Out (MNO)

6pm for 6.30pm

The Little Turtle Res­taur­ant, 10 Stan­more Road, Enmore.  Ph: 8868 7554

For fur­ther inform­a­tion please see Kev­in Green.

 

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 NEXT SUNDAY — 10th April - Palm Sunday with Procession:

Next week the Palm Sunday Pro­ces­sion will be held.  The car park will be closed to enable parish­ion­ers to gath­er in that space to par­ti­cip­ate in  the liturgy of the Palms before the pro­ces­sion begins.

 

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Dona­tions towards flowers for East­er Day would be appre­ci­ated:

Please place the dona­tion in the offer­tory plate in an envel­oped marked ‘East­er flowers’ or give to Ruth Cham­pi­on.  Thank you .

 

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Sat­urday 16^th April – 9.30am East­er Work­ing Bee: Volun­teers are required to help clean up the grounds and church for East­er Day.

 

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ABM Len­ten Study – ‘Repair­ing the Breach’

Will be held on Wed­nes­days after 10.30am Ser­vice and morn­ing tea, and also Monday nights via zoom at 7.30pm.  Ask Fr. Jeff for the link.

 

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ABM Lent & Good Fri­day Appeal 2022

Envel­opes and Digit­al dona­tions cards are avail­able in church foyer.

Or you can donate online at www.abmission.org/Lent2022

 

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Lunch at the War­ren View has resumed: Please join us the War­ren View for lunch after church and morn­ing tea.   All welcome.

 

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Future Dates for your Diary:

Thurs 14th April — Maun­dy Thursday at 7.30 pm.

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

Sun 17th April — East­er Day at 9.30 am + BYO Lunch in the Carpark.

 

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Unfin­ished Busi­ness: Cel­eb­rat­ing Anglic­an Women’s Min­istry in Australia

A nation­al con­fer­ence to be held at Christ Church St Laurence, 812 George Street, Sydney, 16–18 Septem­ber 2022

Fur­ther details, includ­ing the con­fer­ence pro­gram and regis­tra­tion details, will be provided in due course.

 

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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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Weekly Inter­ces­sions for our Com­munity:

Sunday: John M.; Jo Middleton; Ron­ald Naidu; Anthea, Ron, Rohan, Veron­ica & Rohan Nath; Pau­line Newell; Johnny Nitchareon & Eed Intapan.

Monday: Kath­er­ine Old­field; Julie Olston & Phil­ippa; 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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Pray­ers for the sick: Rajah Selva­ra­jah; Paul; Kar­lene Thompson; Wolfgang Rose; Julie Ankers; John Bowen; John Per­kins; Florence Shel­lard; Aman­da Romeo; Andy Ser­afin; Maryrose Crowth­er; Ruth Dodd; Joan Dale; Robert & Lyn­dall Dubler; Joanne Kenny; and The Pso­mas Family.

 

Anniversar­ies of the Depar­ted: Ben­son Greenough; Bobart Bell; Anne Oliv­er; Nita Richards; Mervyn O’Keefe; Wil­li­am Hobbs; Nancy Par­sons; Don­ald Mor­gan; Etta Ket­tlewell; and John Roe.

 

Saints Com­mem­or­a­tion: 6^th: Fre­dric Bark­er, Bish­op and pion­eer of theo­lo­gic­al edu­ca­tion and the Gen­er­al Syn­od (d.1882); 8^th: Geor­gi­anna Mol­loy, pion­eer church lead­er and bot­an­ist from West­ern Aus­tralia (d. 1843).; and 9^th Wil­li­am Law, Priest and teach­er (d.1761); and Diet­rich Bon­hoef­fer, theo­lo­gian (d. 1945).

 

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; Kuwert; Rev Laurie MacIntyre; Kiki Chun; Raul of Radio Skidrow and his fam­ily; Andrew Strat­golda; Loch­lan Lones­bor­ough; and Noel Jeffs.

 

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Read­ings for Next Sunday: Palm Sunday

First Read­ing: Isai­ah 50.4–9a                 Psalm: 31.9–18

Second Read­ing: Phil­ip­pi­ans 2.5–11        Gos­pel: Luke 23.1–49

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