Notices_Sunday 11th August — 12th Sunday After Pentecost

Wel­come to any vis­it­ors with us today.  Please join us for morn­ing tea.

 

 

 

The flowers today are donated by Tiffany Chiew and fam­ily in lov­ing memory of her fath­er, John Satterley.

 

 

Cop­ies of Fr Jeff’s Sunday Ser­mons are made avail­able in the church foy­er each Sunday for those who would like to take a copy.

 

 

If you would like a home or hos­pit­al vis­it from Fr Jeff for any reas­on, please con­tact him on his Mob: 0409 719 927

 

 

Pos­i­tions Vacant: St Luke’s OpShop is look­ing for parish­ion­ers who can give a half day a month or more to help­ing out in the Shop.  The Shop provides valu­able funds for the par­ish while per­form­ing a Chris­ti­an wel­fare func­tion in our com­munity.  All train­ing giv­en.  Speak to Andy Ser­afin or Peter Seymour.

 

 

Tues­day Night Bible Study with Fr Philip is can­celled for 13^th August.  A study on the book of Gen­sis will com­mence when Bible study resumes at Fr Philip’s house on Tues­day 20^th August.

 

 

Sunday 18^th August – Par­ish Coun­cil meets in the church after 9.30am ser­vice and morn­ing tea.

 

 

 

Sunday 25^th August –100th Anniversary of St Luke’s Rect­ory:  Please join us in the rect­ory for a BBQ after the 9.30am ser­vice to cel­eb­rate the Rectory’s 100^th Birth­day.  The par­ish is sup­ply­ing saus­ages and bread rolls.  Let’s celebrate!

 

 

 

Sat­urday 31^st August @ 6 for 6.30pm – Men’s Night Out (MNO):    The next MNO will be held at the Bangkok Bowl, 195 Enmore Road, Enmore.   Please see Kev­in Green for more details or Mob: 0405 691 055

 

 

2024 St James’ Inter­na­tion­al Organ Festival:

*Sunday 1^st Septem­ber @ 5.30pm – Fea­tur­ing: Fr Daniel Dries (Rect­or, Christ Church St Lawrence); and others.

Held at St James’ Church, 173 King Street , Sydney.

Tick­et avail­able at cost – In Per­son or livestream.

Vis­it https://www.sjks.org.au

 

 

Sat­urday 7^th Sept at 11am – ABM Feast of the Com­mem­or­a­tion of the New Guinea Mar­tyrs Ser­vice here at St Luke’s.  Euchar­ist cel­eb­rated by Fr Jeff Park­er (Rect­or), will be fol­lowed by a light lunch in the Hall.   Speak­ers:  We will wel­come the Bish­op of the New Guinea Islands, the Rt Rev’d Regin­ald Makele, & Robert McLean from ABM.  RSVP to Par­ish Office by 28^th Aug 2024.

 

 

 

Sat­urday 14 Septem­ber — Loc­al Coun­cil Elec­tions   Our hall is to be a polling place.  We will be hav­ing a BBQ in the car­park and are look­ing for help­ers to come along between the hours of 9.00 am and 5 pm.  If you can help — Please place your name on the roster on the hall noticeboard.

 

 

 

Sunday 29^th Sept at 12pm — Myan­mar Lunch here at St Luke’s fol­low­ing church, and tea/coffee, and sim­il­ar to last year.  This is to help raise a fur­ther con­tri­bu­tion to the Myan­mar Clean Water Pro­ject.  It would be great to duplic­ate the sup­port our par­ish gave to this ABM ini­ti­at­ive last year.   RSVP to the Par­ish Office by 18^th Sept 2024.

 

 

DATES FOR YOUR DIARY:

Sat­urday 26^th Octo­ber – Annu­al Sydney MOW Meet­ing at 2.30pm

Sunday 27^th Octo­ber – St Luke’s Patron­al Fest­iv­al. (Our guest Preach­er will be Bp Genieve Blackwell).

Thursday 28^th to Sat­urday 30^th Novem­ber – MOW Con­fer­ence in Brisbane.

Sat­urday 7^th Decem­ber – St Luke’s Christ­mas Market.

 

 

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.

 

 

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 your teabags.  (N.B. — no dairy, cit­rus, onions or meat).

 

 

Weekly Inter­ces­sions for our Com­munity:

Sunday: Michael, Eliza­beth, Tom, Ella & Nick Flem­ing; Steph­en Gates & Andrew; Mar­ilyn Gibbs; and Kev­in Green.

Monday: Peter Gil­bert & Fred Narnola; Joyce Grant; Stu­art Grigg & ‘Tri­cia.

Tues­day: Richard Hagen & Som; and Selina Hardy & John.

Wed­nes­day: Susan Hill, Janet Broady & Alex; Moya Holle; and Noel Jeffs.

Thursday: Isa­bel Kim; and Joseph, Esth­er, Joyti & Joshlyn Kumar.

Fri­day: We pray for pas­tor­al care min­istry teams at all Hos­pit­als and all those who are min­istered to.

Sat­urday: Almighty God, we pray for those in areas of con­flict.  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 help­ing those impacted.  Amen.

 

 

Pray­ers for the sick: (Bp) Ron Wil­li­ams; Alex Regos; Christine Kon­draten­ko; Ruth Dodd; Helen Woell­ner; Douglas John­ston; Susie Brooks; Sarah; Mari­on Mad­dox; Delia Bone; Lana MacPh­er­son; Kar­en Stein­er-Hill; Andrew; Sabitri Thapa; Joel Thapa; and Day­lan Saminathan.

 

 

Anniversar­ies of the Depar­ted: John Sat­ter­ley; Mary Sotiri­adis; Neil Daniels; Arthur Ayers; Mari­aa Bugle; Amy Bur­row; John Levis; Allan Pol­gen; and Mary McCarthy.

 

 

Saints Com­mem­or­a­tion:  13^th: Jeremy Taylor, Bish­op and spir­itu­al writer (d.1667); and 14^th: Twen­ti­eth cen­tury mar­tyrs includ­ing Grand Duch­ess Eliza­beth of Rus­sia (d.1918); Max­im­i­li­en Kolbe, Fri­ar (d.1940); Maria Skob­t­sova, Abbess in Rus­sia (d.1945); Mar­tin Luth­er King, work­er for civil liber­ties (d.1968); Janani Luwum, Arch­bish­op of Uganda (d.19770; and Oscar Romero, Arch­bish­op of San Sal­vador (d.1980).

 

 

Long Term Pas­tor­al Pray­er list: John Bowen (Priest); John Bunyan (Priest); Mar­garet Chiew; Ger­ald Grant; Bar­bara Ray­mond; Janet Walms­ley; Simone Crowth­er; Andy Ser­afin; Florence Shel­lard; Ray Som­mer; John Hardy; Lyn Car­ring­ton; Bar­bara Allen; Marissa & Meg Maack, Jude, Isla, & Al Don­nell; Laurie McIntyre; Noel Jeffs; Laurie Bestel; Robert Gibbs; and Michael Aiken.

 

 

Read­ings for Next Sunday – Mary Moth­er of Our Lord

First Read­ing: Isai­ah 61.10–62.3             Psalm: Song of Mary (APBA p.31)

Second Read­ing: Gala­tians 4.4–7                        Gos­pel: Luke 2.1–7