Notices_Second Sunday Of Easter_17th April 2022

NOTICES:

We con­grat­u­late Fr Jeff on his appoint­ment as St John Ambu­lance NSW State Chap­lain and a warm wel­come to our guests today from St John who are to take part in the spe­cial ceremony.

 

The flowers in the church today are giv­en by Andy Ser­afin in lov­ing memory of Gra­ham Hall and arranged by Moya Holle.

 

 

 

Today: Par­ish Coun­cil meets in the church after morn­ing tea.

 

Many thanks to all those who gave so very gen­er­ously to cov­er the cost of the beau­ti­ful flowers in the church on East­er Day.  After all the rain the cost of flowers had almost doubled, and your dona­tions were so very much appreciated!

Thank you also to those who came to assist in the East­er pre­par­a­tions; flowers and clean­ing.  To Andy who always makes everything just hap­pen so won­der­fully and to Colin and Fabi­an for their assist­ance to him.  To those who helped with vacu­um clean­ing, dust­ing and glass clean­ing and sweep­ing the car­park — thank you, your help was invaluable!

 

Next Sunday- 1^st May: 5pm Even­ing Service

 

Haydn’s Cre­ation – 5pm on Sunday 1^st May: 

Sydney Cham­ber Choir joins the Aus­trali­an Haydn Ensemble and three superb soloists under the guest dir­ec­tion of Roland Peel­man for the Aus­trali­an peri­od-instru­ment premiere of Haydn’s monu­ment­al ora­tor­io “The Cre­ation”. This majest­ic ora­tor­io has always been one of the composer’s most pop­u­lar works, and in many ways rep­res­ents the sum­mit of his craft.

City Recit­al Hall, Sydney

Book­ings: cityrecitalhall.com or 8256 2222

Tick­ets from $75/$65 Under 30s $40

 

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

 

 

ABM East­er Appeal 2022:

Envel­opes and Digit­al dona­tions cards are avail­able in church foyer.

Or you can donate online at www.abmission.org/Easter2022

 

  

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.

 

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.

 

 

Weekly Inter­ces­sions for our Com­munity:

Sunday:  Dav­id Dun­lop; Steph­en Gates & Andrew; Mar­ilyn Gibbs; Kev­in Green; and Peter Gil­bert & Alfredo Narnolo.

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

Tues­day: Lach­lan Gray, Rose­mary Ran­dall & Frances.

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

Thursday: John, Martha & Chris­toph­er Haly; and Selina & John Hardy.

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.

 

 

Pray­ers for the sick: Tony Brown­low; Julie Olston: Michelle Sowerby and fam­ily; Paul; Kar­lene Thompson; Julie Ankers; John Bowen; John Per­kins; Florence Shel­lard; Aman­da Romeo; Andy Ser­afin; Maryrose Crowth­er; Ruth Dodd; Robert & Lyn­dall Dubler; Joanne Kenny; and The Pso­mas Family.

 

Anniversar­ies of the Depar­ted:  Gra­ham Hall; Har­old Chess­man; Han­nah Gav­in; Leonard Boone; Sarah Ayers; Her­bert Heck; Wil­li­am Keat­ing; Annie Roberts; Terry Ogg; Rupert Coombes; & Elsie Lowe.

 

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.

 

 

Read­ings for Next Sunday: Third Sunday of Easter

First Read­ing: Acts 9.1–6                                    Psalm: 30

Second Read­ing: Rev­el­a­tion 5.6–14                    Gos­pel: John 21.1–19