NOTICES:
New Offertory envelopes are now available in the church foyer.
Next PC Meeting: will be held on Sunday 24th July – next week.
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A Voice in the Wilderness – Mondays at 7.30pm
You are invited to a Zoom study group A Voice in the Wilderness: Listening to the Statement from the Heart. This is a series of 8 sessions following the 8 chapters in the Anglican Board of Mission – Australia Study Guide. Book available from ABM office, Ph: 9264 1021. This reflective study group will include a number of Guest speakers. To register and for further details please contact Moya Holle mjholle@bigpond.com or Graeme Curry ephraemben@gmail.com or phone 0432 786 901.
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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.
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Anglicans Together Dinner: Thursday 17th Nov
Anglicans Together are having a dinner on Thursday, 17th November with two guest speakers representing differing traditions in the Anglican Church. 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. We need to get a rough idea of numbers so we can book an appropriately sized venue. If you are interested please let Tony Brownlow know after the service.
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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
Program and registration details will be posted on the MOW website as they become available (https://mowatch.com.au/)
If you have any queries, or wish to be included on the conference mailing list, please contact Elaine Lindsay at secretary@mowatch.com.au.
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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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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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Weekly Intercessions for our Community:
Sunday: Pauline Newell; Johnny Nitchareon & Eed Intapan; Katherine Oldfield; Julie Olston & Philippa; Fr Jeff & Michelle; and Andrew Patterson.
Monday: Ann Petersen & Rachel; and Jo, Ramendra, Thomas & Lucy Raj.
Tuesday: Joyce, Andrew, Rachel, Bianca, Belinda & Bryson Reddy.
Wednesday: Eddie, Susan, Stephanie, Edwin, Leilani & Carmen Reddy.
Thursday: John Reimer; Matilda Rinker; and Grahame Sadler.
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: 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.
Recently departed: Graham Reynolds
Anniversaries of the Departed: Robert West; Ethel Day; Marusia Nestler; Philip Westley; Sylivia Jopson; Vaughan Roberts; Fr Philip Westly and Neville Hack.
Saints Commemoration: 22nd: Mary Magdalene.
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: Seventh Sunday After Pentecost
First Reading: Hosea 1.2–10 Psalms: 85
Second Reading: Colossians 2.6–15 Gospel: Luke 11.1–13
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Points for Thought and discussion
From WorkingPreacher.org
- What worries and distracts you, pulling you in different directions? (Lk 10:40)
- Amos points to social injustice and false dealing in commerce bringing consequences upon the land. What is your response?
- What does the psalmist say about being careful kind and truthful in our speaking with others? (Ps 52)
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The fifteenth Lambeth Conference
26 July – 8th August 2022
Convened by The Archbishop of Canterbury in 2022, the Lambeth Conference is a gathering of bishops from across the Anglican Communion for prayer and reflection, fellowship and dialogue on church and world affairs.
With the theme of ‘God’s Church for God’s World — walking, listening and witnessing together,’
the conference will explore what it means for the Anglican Communion to be responsive to the needs of a 21st Century world.
What is the Lambeth Conference?
Every bishop of the Anglican Communion is invited to the Lambeth Conference – which is convened by The Most Reverend Justin Welby – The Archbishop of Canterbury. The Lambeth Conference has met since 1867, happens once-a-decade and is a significant event in the life of the Anglican Communion. The conference will explore church and world affairs. Outcomes of the conference will shape the life of the Anglican Communion in the decade ahead.
Vision and purpose
This event plays an influential role in the life of the Anglican Church and gathers together bishops and spouses for prayer, bible study, worship and fellowship and helps shape the life of the Anglican Communion for the next decade.
The conference takes place at the University of Kent, Canterbury Cathedral and Lambeth Palace during the summer of 2022.
You can download a copy of the Conference Prayer Guide at: https://www.lambethconference.org/resources/prayer-guide/
Please pray for the Anglican Communion. The Lambeth Conference is for Anglican Bishops from across the Anglican Communion. Present in 165 countries around the world and serving millions of Christians worldwide, the Anglican Communion is a network of independent and interdependent churches. Please pray for the bishops and their spouses attending, and the churches and communities they represent around the world.
From: Episcopal News Service
The bishops at the 2008 Lambeth Conference of bishops pose for the traditional group photo. Photo: Anglican Archives [Episcopal News Service] With the 15th Lambeth Conference scheduled this summer, Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby is seeking to unite the Anglican Communion under common expressions of faith and social engagement, rather than focusing on debates over human sexuality that have divided bishops at past conferences.
“The aim of this conference – which, like all the [Lambeth] conferences, is a very significant moment in the life of the community – is to encourage Anglicans around the world to be looking outwards to the world,” he said in a press conference with conference organizers on June 22. “The church should express its mission and its life of discipleship through engagement with the great challenges that the next 30 or 40 years will impose upon the vast majority of Anglicans, especially those in areas of climate fragility, and political and other fragility.”
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