Notices_Sunday 24th November — Feast of Christ the King

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

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Con­grat­u­la­tions to Fr Jeff who was ordained as a priest 30 years ago on 30th Novem­ber (Feast of St Andrew).

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NEXT Sunday 1st Dec – 6pm Taize Ser­vice in the chapel.

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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.

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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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Tues­day Night Bible Study: Can­celled for Tues­day 26th November
Will resume at Fr Philip’s home on Tues­day 3rd Dec at 7.30pm (Advent Study).

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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.

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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.

Thursday 28th to Sat­urday 30th Novem­ber – MOW Con­fer­ence in Brisbane.
See the leaf­let in the hall, our St Luke’s Web­site or
MOWatch Web­site for more inform­a­tion about this event.

Sat­urday 30th Novem­ber – Men’s Night Out — 6pm For 6.30pm.  
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

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Wed­nes­day 4th Decem­ber at 11.15am – Spe­cial Morn­ing Tea
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 Sydney 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.

Wed­nes­day 4th Decem­ber at 6pm – Patron­al Fest­iv­al — Nich­olas Ferrar:
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.

SATURDAY 7TH DECEMBER – ST LUKE’S CHRISTMAS MARKET from 9am ‑2pm.

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

Sunday 15th Decem­ber at 6.30pm – Christ­mas Con­cert at Holy Trin­ity Dul­wich Hill. All Welcome.

Presen­ted by Radio Com­munity Chest. Held at Sydney Town Hall
Tick­ets avail­able from https://handelsmessiahsydney.org.au

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Christ­mas 2024 Services

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.)

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

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).

Weekly Inter­ces­sions for our Community:
Sunday: Nancy Cheng; Tiffany, Kev­in, Alex­an­der & Nich­olas Chiew; and Ron, Milly, Nam & Viol­etta Clarke.                                                                                                                                Monday: Lyne Cun­neen & John; and Brett Dav­ies & Amrit MacIntyre.
Tues­day: Edi & Oscar Dav­is; Susan Deas; and Kathy Drummond.
Wed­nes­day: Dav­id Dun­lop; and Michael, Eliza­beth, Tom, Ella & Nick Fleming.
Thursday: Steph­en Gates; Mar­ilyn Gibbs; and Kev­in Green.
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); Maur­een Byers; Simone Crowth­er; Alex Regos; Helen Woell­ner; Douglas John­ston; Susie Brooks; Sarah; Mari­on Mad­dox; Sarah; Max Woods (Priest); Mike Nix­on (Priest); Bar­bara Noble; Jane Edwards; Chris; and Steve.

Anniversar­ies of the Depar­ted: Eliza­beth Arm­strong; Alice Lofts; Les Clark; Alfred Welsh; Peter Sze­pe­tiuk; and Elsie Farrell.

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.

Read­ings for Next Sunday – First Sunday in Advent
First Read­ing: Jeremi­ah 33.14–16 Psalm: 25.1–10
Second Read­ing: 1 Thes­sa­lo­ni­ans 3.9–13 Gos­pel: Luke 21.25–38