Notices_Sunday 22nd October 2023 — 21st Sunday After Pentecost

NOTICES: 

Flowers have been sent on behalf of the par­ish to Fr Gwilym and Sue Henry-Edwards send­ing con­dol­ences for the recent death of their grand­daugh­ter, Rhi­an­non Henry-Edwards. 

 

NEXT WEEK: Par­ish Coun­cil meet­ing after the ser­vice and morn­ing tea. 

 

Tues­days at 7.30pm — Bible Study:   Led by Fr Philip.    Address: 5 Lin­coln Street, Stan­more.  Mob: 0431 655 220.  Please bring a Bible.  Sup­per will be provided.   All wel­come! 

 

_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Wed­nes­day 25 Octo­ber 2023 at 11am — ABM ‘A SRI LANKA’ LUNCH 

Guest Speak­er: LINA MAGALLANES (Head, Sus­tain­able Com­munit­ies Pro­gram ANGLICANS INDEVELOPMENT).   

Join us in sup­port­ing this new PROJECT which is in con­junc­tion with ABM’s Part­ner – THE DIOCESE OF COLOMBA. 

Ven­ue: Christ Church St Laurence Hall, enter at 505 Pitt Street, Sydney – Oppos­ite Mur­ray coach office.  

RSVP: ABM office: abmission.org.au or PH:9264 1021 

 

_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 

Sat 4 Novem­ber at 2.30 p.m. – Sydney MOW Annu­al Meet­ing  

St Paul’s Bur­wood Par­ish Hall, 205–207 Bur­wood Road, Bur­wood. 

Spe­cial guest speak­er The Rev’d Elaine Farm­er from the Dio­cese of Can­berra-Goul­burn, speak­ing on ‘Foot Sol­diers in the Mon­strous Regi­ment of Women’. 

Attend­ance is free.  You don’t need to be a mem­ber to attend, but you are encour­aged to bring some after­noon tea to share.   

Please advise Ruth Cham­pi­on, Sydney Con­ven­or if you are able to attend or wish your apo­lo­gies to be recor­ded ruthchampion47@gmail.com 

 

______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Sat 18 Nov 2023 — St Luke’s Young Organ­ists Series — Recit­al (time TBC) 

Organ Schol­ar Bailey Yeates, Win­ner of the Inter­me­di­ate Sec­tion of the 2023 Sydney Organ Com­pet­i­tion, per­forms works by J S Bach, Diet­rich Bux­te­hude, Aus­trali­an com­poser Graeme Koehne and oth­ers on our rare 1883 Wordsworth & Maskell Pipe Organ.  

No book­ing required — Seat­ing unre­served  

Entry, Pro­gramme & Refresh­ments:  $ note dona­tion 

Dona­tions wel­come to con­trib­ute to the performer’s fees. 

Enquir­ies: Kathy Drum­mond / Brett Dav­ies. 

 

_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Sat 2 Dec 2023, 9.30am to 2pm — ST LUKE’S CHRISTMAS MARKET  

Cake, Plant and Jam Stalls, BBQ/Sausage Sizzle, Food Stalls, Op Shop, Morn­ing Tea & more.   

Please make your­self avail­able to help on the day.   

More inform­a­tion later. 

 

_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Sat­urday 16 & Sunday 17 Decem­ber at 3pm — RCC Handel’s Mes­si­ah: 

Join Radio Com­munity Chest for their 82nd annu­al per­form­ance of Han­del’s immor­tal ora­tor­io, ‘Mes­si­ah’.   

These breath­tak­ing per­form­ances fea­ture a 300+ choir, the world-renowned Organ of the Town Hall, pro­fes­sion­al soloists and orches­tra. 

Ven­ue: Sydney Town Hall, 483 George Street, Sydney NSW 2000 

For book­ings see — https://www.trybooking.com/CLBSQ 

 

_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

23 ‑25 Feb­ru­ary 2024 — Par­ish Retreat: Booked at the Old Mon­as­tery Stroud (Fri­day even­ing to Sunday after­noon).  We will start tak­ing names for reser­va­tions in early Decem­ber 2023.  The bed­rooms are nearly all single rooms with shared bath­rooms, and we will be self-cater­ing. 

 

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).   

 

Notices for the Sunday Ser­vice book­let need to be received by Jen­nifer in the par­ish office by 10am on Thursday morn­ing.  It is best to email the details. 

 

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.  

 

_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 

Weekly Inter­ces­sions for our Com­munity:  

Sunday: Peter Sey­mour; Andy Ser­afin & Colin; Louisa Sil­ver­man; Laurel & Ray Som­mer; and Kar­lene Thompson. 

Monday: Christine Thur­ley. Troy and fam­ily; and Janet Walms­ley.  

Tues­day: Stu­art Veitch, Jo Bur­ton & Laurence; and Noël Waugh. 

Wed­nes­day: Janet Wid­mer & Cliff; Ron & Katie Wil­li­ams; and Sally Woell­ner. 

Thursday: Kay, Nata­sha, Timothy, and Jona­thon Younie. 

Fri­day: We pray for Fr John Bunyan’s pas­tor­al care min­istry at Bank­stown Hos­pit­al and all those he min­is­ters to.   

Sat­urday: Almighty God, we pray for those in war torn areas, and those effected by earth­quakes, or floods.  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: Christine Thur­ley; Mar­garet Chiew; Dav­id Dun­lop; (Fr) John Bowen; Janet Walms­ley; Ruth Cham­pi­on: Alex Regos; Christine Kon­draten­ko; Simone Abra­hams; Salochna Devi; Ruth Dodd; Robyn Palmer; Julie Ankers; Cath­er­ine Lough­man; Chris­toph­er Middleton; Helen Woell­ner; Libby Dav­is; Joyce Grant; and Ger­ald Grant. 

 

Recently Depar­ted: Fred Hob­son. 

 

Anniversar­ies of the Depar­ted:  Eliza­beth Demp­sey; Ram Chandar; Dorothy McCabe; Jack Kimp­ton; Charles Aus­tin; Patri­cia Deck­er; Evan Kettlye; Frank Dahl; Mil­li­cent Elli­ott; Vera Greenough; and Mal­colm Chin. 

 

Saints Com­mem­or­a­tion: 23rd Oct: James of Jer­u­s­alem, both­er of Our Lord, mar­tyr (d. c. 62); 24th Oct: United Nations, Inaug­ur­a­tion 1945; and 28th Oct: Simon and Jude, Apostles, and mar­tyrs.  

 

Long Term Pas­tor­al Pray­er list: Pau­line Newell; (Fr) John Hawkins; Robert & Lyn­dall Dubler; Andy Ser­afin; Florence Shel­lard; Ray Som­mer; John Hardy; Lyn Car­ring­ton; John Dick­son; Bar­bara Allen; Marissa; Jude, Isla, Meg & Al Don­nell; Ann Jeffs; and Noel Jeffs. 

 

_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Read­ings for Next Sunday: Twenty-Second Sunday After Pente­cost 

First Read­ing: Deu­ter­o­nomy 34.1–12                     Psalm: 90.1–6,13–17 

Second Read­ing: 1 Thes­sa­lo­ni­ans 2.1–13             Gos­pel: Mat­thew 22.34–46 

______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________