Notices_Sunday 23rd February 2025_Seventh Sunday After Epiphany

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

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The flowers in the church today are donated by Jen­nifer B., & Mar­ilyn Gibbs in lov­ing memory of their broth­er & son, James Gibbs (His birth­day would be tomor­row 24th Feb­ru­ary).

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Thank you to every­one who has been pray­ing for the health of Helen Woell­ner over the last year. We are so happy to let you know that she was able to receive a much-needed organ trans­plant and has been recov­er­ing well. She still has a tough road ahead of her, but we are so grate­ful to every­one who has kept her in your pray­ers. Praise God for the gen­er­os­ity of the donor and their fam­ily, and for the truly price­less gift of more time that she’s been giv­en.

Sally Woell­ner

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Change in Par­ish Office open­ing days: From Monday 24th Feb­ru­ary the Par­ish Office will be open Monday, Wed­nes­day and Thursday. The open­ing time will remain the same (9.15am to 3.45pm).

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TODAY at 11.30am — Indi­gen­ous His­tory Com­mit­tee meet­ing in the par­ish office after morn­ing tea.

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Tues­day Night Bible Study at 7.30pm: At Fr Philip Bradford’s place 5 Lin­coln St, Stanmore.  We are com­men­cing the Let­ter of Paul to the Romans.  Bring a bible. All wel­come.

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Palm Crosses: Please remem­ber to bring in your palm crosses from last year.  We will burn these to make the ash for our Ash Wed­nes­day ser­vices.

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Held at The Alley Viet­namese Res­taur­ant, 212 Enmore Road.

For fur­ther inform­a­tion please speak to Kev­in Green Mob: 0405 691 055

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Monday 3rd March at 10am — Memori­al mass for Hiro Andrew Itadani.

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Tues­day 4th March @ 6.30pm – Pan­cakes in the rect­ory.  Pan­cakes provided.  Please come and, if you would like, bring along a savoury or sweet filling, and your bever­age of choice. There will be wine and soft drinks avail­able.

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Thursday 6th March at 12pm – Pas­tor­al Care Meet­ing in the par­ish hall.

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Held at St Johns Birch­grove, Cnr Birch­grove and Spring Street.  The Sydney Mis­sion Col­lege of the Oratory of the Good Shep­herd invites you to a Len­ten Quiet Day led by the Rev­er­end Dr. Erica Math­ieson. Please bring your own pic­nic lunch. Tea and cof­fee provided. For fur­ther enquir­ies, con­tact Br Bri­an Luhr OGS OAM Mob:0400 193 626

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Sunday 16th March – Annu­al Vestry Meet­ing will be held after the 9.30am ser­vice and morn­ing tea in the church hall.

If you are an office bear­er, please sub­mit your report/s to the Par­ish Office via email by SUNDAY 2ND MARCH.

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Sunday 6 April — Palm cross mak­ing after morn­ing tea.

Sun 13th April at 9.30am — Palm Sunday

Thurs 17th April at 6.30pm –Maundy Thursday.

Fri 18th April at 9.30am — Good Fri­day.

Sun 20th April at 9.30am — East­er Day.

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

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Join us at Church Hill for an even­ing of insight and inspir­a­tion as we hear from cur­rent foster carers from Anglic­an churches, the Angli­care Foster Care team, and churches step­ping into the gap to bring love, safety, and belong­ing to vul­ner­able children.  Wheth­er you’re con­sid­er­ing fos­ter­ing, look­ing for ways to sup­port foster care fam­il­ies, or simply want­ing to learn more, come and explore how we can all play a part in mak­ing a dif­fer­ence.

Regis­tra­tion link with details: https://www.anglicare.org.au/community/events-courses-training/love-in-action-foster-care/

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St James’ Church, 173 King Street, Sydney

Thursday 1st May — 7.30pm to 9pm “The Phantom of the Oper­a” (1925) silent film with live organ impro­visa­tion by Mar­tin Baker (UK)

Reserve your place at events at https://events.humanitix.com/sjks-phantom

Sat­urday 3rd May – Mar­tin Baker (UK)

Reserve your place at https://events.humanitix.com/2025iof2?hxchl=hex-pfl

Sat­urday 2nd August – Felix Hell (Ger­many)

Reserve your place at https://events.humanitix.com/2025iof3?hxchl=hex-pfl

Sat­urday 1st Nov – Marko Servo (St James’ King Street)

Reserve your place at https://events.humanitix.com/2025iof4?hxchl=hex-pfl

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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.  Back cop­ies are also avail­able upon request.

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

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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 – 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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Monday: Geof­frey Turnham; Noël Waugh; and Janet Wid­mer & Cliff.

Tues­day: Ron (BP) & Katie Wil­li­ams; Mat­thew, Sam, Thomas & Bron­wyn Whit­ing

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

Thursday: Vic­tor Any­anji; and Cyn­thia Berke­mei­er.

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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Long Term Pas­tor­al Pray­er list: Mike Nix­on (Priest); 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; Michael Aiken; Sabitri Thapa; Joel Thapa; and Robert & Lyn­dall Dubler.

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First Read­ing: Exodus 34.29–35 Psalm: 99

Second Read­ing: 2 Cor­inthi­ans 3.12–4.2 Gos­pel: Luke 9.28–36