Notices_Sunday 21st July 2024 — 9th Sunday After Pentecost

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

 

 

Wel­come back Fr Jeff and Michelle Park­er.  We trust they have had an enjoy­able and refresh­ing holiday.

 

 

A very big thank you to Fr Philip for tak­ing our Sunday and Wed­nes­day ser­vices, and vis­it­ing parish­ion­ers and vis­it­ing the nurs­ing home while Fr Jeff was away.

 

 

Par­ish Coun­cil meets today in the church after morn­ing tea.

 

 

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

 

 

Bench seat in our car­park garden in memory of Fr Ron Mor­ris.   Dona­tions are sought towards the $1500 cost of the bench seat.  If you would like to donate, please pay dir­ectly to the church account as lis­ted on the back of the pew sheet (ref­er­ence Fr Ron Morris),or place your dona­tion in an envel­ope in the offer­tory with the same reference.

 

 

7.30 pm — Tues­day Night Bible Study at Fr Philip’s home, 5 Lin­coln St Stan­more.  All wel­come.  The study is cur­rently on the book of Hebrews. Please bring a bible.

 

 

Wed­nes­day 24^th July at 6:30pm — Fest­al Chor­al Even­song on the Eve:  The Par­ish of St James’ King Street is cel­eb­rat­ing its bicen­ten­ary this year and extends an invit­a­tion to every­one to join in the Patron­al Fest­iv­al ser­vices, begin­ning with a ser­vice of Fest­al Chor­al Even­song on the Eve of St James’ Day.  The ser­vice will show­case the newly-built Bicen­ten­ni­al Pipe Organ and will fea­ture the world-premiere of The St James’ Canticles writ­ten by Joseph Twist.

Fol­lowed by: Thursday 25^th July at 6:30pm — Chor­al Euchar­ist on St James’ Day, which includes the annu­al tra­di­tion of a Span­ish-themed sup­per after the ser­vice.  Enquir­ies to office@sjks.org.au or 02 8227 1300.  All welcome.

 

 

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2024 St James’ Inter­na­tion­al Organ Festival:

*Fri­day 26^th July @ 7pm –James O’Donnell (USA), past Organ­ist and Mas­ter of the Chor­is­ters at West­min­ster Abbey.

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

Tick­et avail­able at cost – In Per­son or livestream.

Vis­it https://www.sjks.org.au

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Sat­urday 10^th Aug 2024 at 6pm – Con­sort 8:

O Musica Du Edle Kunst; “Oh Music The Noble Art”

Renais­sance and baroque music from Germany.

St Paul’s Anglic­an Church, 205–207 Bur­wood Road, Burwood.

For more inform­a­tion https://consort8.org

 

 

Sat­urday 7^th Sept at 11am – ABM Mar­tyrs Day Ser­vice here at St Luke’s fol­lowed by a light lunch in the Hall.  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. Please put names on the roster on the notice­board in the hall if you can help.

 

 

 

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.

 

 

 

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).

 

 

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Weekly Inter­ces­sions for our Com­munity:

Sunday: Ann Petersen & Rachel; Rick Prat­ley & Simon; and Jo, Ramendra, Thomas & Lucy Raj.

Monday: Joyce, Andrew, Rachel, Bianca, Belinda & Bryson Reddy.

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

Wed­nes­day: John Reimer; Mat­ilda Rink­er; Gra­hame Sadler; Peter Seymour.

Thursday: Rajah Selva­ra­jah & Greg; and Andy Ser­afin & Colin Spokes.

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: (Bp) Ron Wil­li­ams; Louisa Sil­ver­man; Alex Regos; Christine Kon­draten­ko; Ruth Dodd; Helen Woell­ner; Douglas John­ston; Susie Brooks; Sarah; Mari­on; Delia Bone; Lana MacPh­er­son; Kar­en Stein­er-Hill; and Andrew.

 

 

Recently Depar­ted: Ann Jeffs.

 

 

Anniversar­ies of the Depar­ted: Sylvia Jop­son; Vaughan Roberts; Philip West­ley (Priest); Neville Hack; Ivy Row­lands; Rita Green; and Queenie Balkwell.

 

 

Saints Com­mem­or­a­tion: 22nd: Mary Mag­dalene; 25^th: James, apostle & mar­tyr; and 26^th: Anne, Moth­er of the Blessed Vir­gin Mary.

 

 

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.

 

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Read­ings for Next Sunday – Tenth Sunday After Pentecost

First Read­ing: 2 Samuel 11.1–15                         Psalm: 14

Second Read­ing: Eph­esians 3.14–21                    Gos­pel: John 5.1–21

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