Notices_Sunday 17th November 2024 — 26th Sunday After Pentecost

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

 

 

 

 

TODAY — Par­ish Coun­cil Meets in the church after the 9.30am ser­vice and morn­ing tea.

 

 

 

 

The flowers in the church today have been donated by Moya Holle in lov­ing memory of her hus­band, John Holle (Priest).

 

 

 

 

 

Thank you to every­one who helped with my Book Launch last Saturday:

*Those who helped with set­ting up the hall (and put­ting everything away)

*Those who made deli­cious items for after­noon tea

*Those who helped serve after­noon tea and wash up afterwards

*Every­one who came

*Every­one who saw what was needed to be done and just did it

*Every­one who bought my book! — I hope you enjoy it and find it interesting

Thank you!

Janet Walms­ley

 

 

 

 

7.30 pm — Tues­day Night Bible Study: At Fr Philip’s home, 5 Lin­coln Street, Stan­more.  The study is cur­rently on the book of Gen­es­is.  Please bring a bible.

All wel­come.

 

 

 

 

Dona­tions for Stan­more Nurs­ing Home Christ­mas Gifts would be appre­ci­ated — either via the St Luke’s Account (details on the back of the ser­vice book­let) or a Cash offer­tory giv­ing (in a marked envel­ope).  Thank you.

 

 

 

 

Holy Trin­ity Dul­wich Hill invites any inter­ested sing­ers to join its Jubil­ate Sing­ers for their Christ­mas con­cert on Sunday 15 Decem­ber at 6.30pm.

There are three rehears­als at 7pm each Monday from 25 Novem­ber plus a pre-con­cert rehears­al at 5pm on the day.

For fur­ther inform­a­tion con­tact president@jubilate.org.au or ask Stu­art Veitch.

 

 

 

 

See the leaf­let in the hall, our St Luke’s Web­site or

MOWatch Web­site for more inform­a­tion about this event.

 

 

 

 

 

The final MNO for 2024 will be held at:

The Row­ers Club,  1 Levey Street, Wolli Creek.  Ph: (02) 9599 1932

See Kev­in Green for more details or call Mob: 0405 691 055

 

 

 

 

 

Con­stable Holly King from the loc­al Crime Pre­ven­tion team will speak on issues such as ‘eld­er abuse’ and in this age of chan­ging tech­no­logy ‘how we can avoid being scammed.’  Holly comes to us through Fr Jeff’s min­istry at the Inner West Police Area Command.

This is an oppor­tun­ity to invite friends for some very help­ful inform­a­tion and to make con­tact with our loc­al police.   Don’t miss it.

 

 

 

 

 

The Sydney Mis­sion-Col­lege of the Oratory of the Good Shep­herd invites you to a sung Euchar­ist at Christ Church St Laurence fol­lowed by sup­per in the hall. All are very wel­come to attend.

Nich­olas Fer­rar and fam­ily are remembered for their wit­ness to pray­er and ser­vice.  The Fer­rar fam­ily lived in com­munity in the early sev­en­teenth cen­tury at Little Gid­ding, a pion­eer ven­ture in dan­ger­ous times.  The Oratory of the Good Shepherd’s con­sti­tu­tion was for­mu­lated at Little Gid­ding, circa 1912.

 

 

 

 

 

The But­ter Chick­en stall is open to take any dona­tions and pre-orders for the Christ­mas Mar­ket Day.

~ But­ter Chick­en and Rice packs with a papad­um — $10 each

~ Veget­ari­an Sam­osa with chut­ney – $3 each

~ Mas­ala tea — $4

Pickup dur­ing the mar­ket day: 9am — 2pm

Please see Rachael Reddy or con­tact her on 0410 552 144

 

 

 

 

 

Presen­ted by Radio Com­munity Chest.  Held at Sydney Town Hall

Tick­ets avail­able from https://handelsmessiahsydney.org.au

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sunday 22nd Decem­ber — 6pm Car­ol Service.

Tues­day 24th Decem­ber — 7.30pm Christ­mas Eve Service.

Wed­nes­day 25th Decem­ber — 9.30am Christ­mas Day Service.

(Note: There will be no 10.30am Wed­nes­day Ser­vice on 25th Dec 2024 or 1st Jan 2025.)

 

 

 

 

 

 

We encour­age parish­ion­ers to vis­it The Lep­rosy Mis­sion, ABM, or The Bush Church Aid Soci­ety web­sites to order their own cards this year.

We have 3 packs of small Christ­mas cards from 2023 for sale in the Com­munity Resource Centre.  Please see Jen­nifer after church.

 

 

 

 

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

 

 

 

 

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

 

 

 

 

Sunday: Noël Waugh; Ron (Bp) & Katie Wil­li­ams; Vic­tor Any­anji; and Jen­nifer, Peter, Andy & Blake B.

Monday: Janet Wid­mer & Cliff; and Mat­thew Sam, Thomas & Bron­wyn Whiting.

Tues­day: Sally Woell­ner; and Kay Younie, Nata­sha, Timothy & Jonathon.

Wed­nes­day: John (Fr) & Joanne Bowen; and Philip (Fr) Bradford.

Thursday: Tony Brown­low; Les & Lyn Car­ring­ton; and Ruth Champion.

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: Lea MacNeil; Steph­en Gates; Andy Ser­afin; John Bowen (Priest); Simone Crowth­er; Alex Regos; Helen Woell­ner; Douglas John­ston; Susie Brooks; Sarah; Mari­on Mad­dox; Sarah; Max Woods (Priest); Mike Nix­on (Priest); Bar­bara Noble; and Jane Edwards.

 

 

 

Anniversar­ies of the Depar­ted: John Holle (Priest); Allan Whit­taker; Leslie Cregan; Wil­li­am Lawson; Mar­garet Said; and Mar­garet Lofts.

 

 

 

 

Saints Com­mem­or­a­tion: 19th: Eliza­beth of Hun­gary, prin­cess and phil­an­throp­ist (d. 1231); and 23rd: Clem­ent of Rome, Bish­op and Mar­tyr (d. c. 100).

 

 

 

 

Long Term Pas­tor­al Pray­er list: Jen­nifer McGov­ern; Kar­en Stein­er-Hill; Nalini MacIntyre; Christine Kon­draten­ko; John Bunyan (Priest); Mar­garet Chiew; Ger­ald Grant; Bar­bara Ray­mond; Janet Walms­ley; Florence Shel­lard; Ray Som­mer; John Hardy; Lyn Car­ring­ton; 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.

 

 

 

 

 

First Read­ing: 2 Samuel 23.1–7 Psalm: 132.1–12

Second Read­ing: Revelation1.4b‑8 Gos­pel: John 18.33–37