Notices_Sunday 12th January — The Baptism of Our Lord

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

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Thank you to Fr Philip Brad­ford for tak­ing our ser­vices while Fr Jeff and Michelle Park­er are away.

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Fr Jeff and Michelle will be on hol­i­days until the 18th January.

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Tues­day Night Bible Study resumes on Tues­day 4th Feb­ru­ary at 7.30pm: At Fr Philip Bradford’s place 5 Lin­coln St, Stan­more.  We are con­tinu­ing the Book of Gen­es­is — from Chapter 41.  Bring a bible.  All welcome.

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Thursday 6th Feb­ru­ary at 7.30 pm for a clean Stand-up Com­edy Show in the hall.  Drinks and nibbles will be sold on the night.  A dona­tion to the Comedi­ans would be appreciated.

Fri­day 23rd May to Sunday 25th May – Retreat at old Mon­as­tery, Stroud.

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New Big Roster for Janu­ary to March 2025 now avail­able in church foy­er and on Com­munity Resource table near the Hall.

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Cop­ies of Janet Walmsley’s book “When Hope Came” are avail­able for $40.  Pro­ceeds go to The Lep­rosy Mis­sion. Please see Janet if you are inter­ested in pur­chas­ing a copy.

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A Gift For You!  A brand new, beau­ti­fully pro­duced copy of Luke’s Gos­pel is avail­able for you today. It’s the New Liv­ing Trans­la­tion pro­duced by the Bible Soci­ety. Take one for no cost.

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

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Food for our worms – Please DO NOT leave food for our worm farm at the rect­ory while Fr Jeff and Michelle are on holidays.

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Sunday: Jo, Ramendra, Thomas & Lucy Raj; Joyce Reddy; and Andrew, Rachael, Bianca, Belinda & Bryson Reddy.

Monday: Eddie, Susan, Stephanie, Edwin, Leil­ani & Car­men Reddy.

Tues­day: John Reimer; Mat­ilda Rink­er; and Gra­hame Sadler.

Wed­nes­day: Rajah Selva­ra­jah & Greg; and Peter Seymour.

Thursday: Andy Ser­afin & Colin Spokes; and Lous­ia Silverman.

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.

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Pray­ers for the sick: Lyn Car­ring­ton; Lea MacNeil; Andy Ser­afin; John Bowen (Priest); Maur­een Byers; Alex Regos; Helen Woell­ner; Lilac John­ston; Douglas John­ston; Susie Brooks; Sarah; Mari­on Mad­dox; Max Woods (Priest); Mike Nix­on (Priest); Jane Edwards; Chris; Steve; Patrick & Wendy; Dianne Albrecht; Fred Blake; Mel Kew­ley; Alex Naple and Jono.

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Anniversar­ies of the Depar­ted: Rockley Isa­bella Miller; John Fraser; Pearl Wright; Edna Juer­gens; Robert Miller; and Kev­in McEntee.

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Saints Com­mem­or­a­tion: 13th: Hil­ary of Poit­i­ers, Bish­op and teach­er; 14th: Sava, first Arch­bish­op of the Ser­bi­an Church; 17th Anthony of Egypt, Abbott; and 18th: Con­fes­sion of Peter.

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Long Term Pas­tor­al Pray­er list: Simone Crowth­er; Kar­en Stein­er-Hill; Nalini MacIntyre; Christine Kon­draten­ko; John Bunyan (Priest); Mar­garet Chiew; Ger­ald Grant; Bar­bara Ray­mond; Janet Walms­ley; Ray Som­mer; John Hardy; Bar­bara Allen; Marissa & Meg Maack, Jude, Isla, & Al Don­nell; Noel Jeffs; Laurie Bestel; Robert Gibbs; Michael Aiken; Sabitri Thapa; Joel Thapa; and Robert & Lyn­dall Dubler.

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First Read­ing: Isai­ah 62.1–5 Psalm: 36.5–10

Second Read­ing: 1 Cor­inthi­ans 12.1–11 Gos­pel: John 2.1–11