Notices_Sunday 28th August — 10th Sunday After Pentecost

 

NOTICES

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

 

 

NEXT SUNDAY:  5pm Spir­it of Taizé ser­vice, in the Chapel.

 

 

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

 

 

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.

 

 

2024 St James’ Inter­na­tion­al Organ Fest­iv­al:  *Sat­urday 3^rd August @ 5pm — Marko Sever (Sydney), Gradu­ate of the Roy­al Academy of Music, Lon­don.  Held at St James’ Church, 173 King Street, Sydney.  Tick­et avail­able at cost – In Per­son or livestream.  Vis­it https://www.sjks.org.au

 

 

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

 

 

Sunday 25^th August –100th Anniversary of St Luke’s Rect­ory:  Please join us in the rect­ory for a BBQ after the 9.30am ser­vice to cel­eb­rate the Rectory’s 100^th Birth­day.  Let’s celebrate!

 

 

Pos­i­tions Vacant:  St Luke’s OpShop is look­ing for parish­ion­ers who feel able to give a half day a month or more to help­ing out in the Shop.  The Shop provides valu­able funds for the par­ish while per­form­ing a Chris­ti­an wel­fare func­tion in our com­munity.  All train­ing giv­en.  Speak to Andy Ser­afin or Peter Seymour.

 

 

Sat­urday 7^th Sept at 11am – ABM Feast of the Com­mem­or­a­tion of the New Guinea Mar­tyrs 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.  If you can help — Please put your name on the roster on the hall noticeboard.

 

 

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.

 

 

DATES FOR YOUR DIARY:

Sat­urday 26^th Octo­ber – Annu­al Sydney MOW Meet­ing at 2.30pm

Sunday 27^th Octo­ber – St Luke’s Patron­al Fest­iv­al. (Our guest Preach­er will be Bp Genieve Blackwell).

Thursday 28^th to Sat­urday 30^th Novem­ber – MOW Con­fer­ence in Brisbane.

Sat­urday 7^th Decem­ber – St Luke’s Christ­mas Market.

 

 

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).

 

 

Older person’s Well­being Net­work – Angli­care:  A well­being sup­port pro­gramme for people aged 65 and over (or Abori­gin­al and Torres Strait Islander people aged 55 years and over).  The pro­gramme offers 1:1 coun­selling, sup­port groups, work­shops, peer sup­port train­ing, and well­being net­work meet­ings.  For more inform­a­tion con­tact Cath­er­ine 0429 034 483 or Michelle 0408 472 663 or Email: opwncesphn@anglicare.org.au

 

 

Weekly Inter­ces­sions for our Com­munity:

Sunday: Louisa Sil­ver­man; Laurel & Ray Som­mer; Kar­lene Thompson; and Christine Thur­ley, Troy & Family.

Monday: Stu­art Veitch, Jo Bur­ton & Laurence; and Janet Walmsley.

Tues­day: Noel Waugh; Janet Wid­mer & Cliff; and (Bp) Ron & Katie Williams.

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

Thursday: Vic­tor Any­anji; and Jen­nifer, Peter, Andy & Blake B.

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: (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; Andrew; Sabitri Thapa & Joel Thapa.

 

 

Recently Depar­ted: Sr Ros­amund CSC.

 

 

Anniversar­ies of the Depar­ted: Nigel Cun­neen; Harry Har­ris­on; Pearl McCal­lum; Mar­garet Munns; Sydney Row­lands; Mais­ie Cad­dis; Har­old Legge, and Ant­o­nia Nagy-Laing.

 

 

Saints Com­mem­or­a­tion: 29^th July — Mary & Martha of Beth­any; 30^th July — Wil­li­am Wil­ber­force, social reformer (d. 1833); 31^st July — Joseph of Arimathea; and Igna­tius of Loy­ola, Priest & founder of the Soci­ety of Jesus (d. 1556); 1^st Aug — Holy men and women of the Old Test­a­ment; and 3^rd Aug — Steph­en, Dea­con and first martyr.

 

 

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.

 

 

Read­ings for Next Sunday – Elev­enth Sunday After Pentecost

First Read­ing: 2 Samuel 11.26–12.13a                Psalm: 51.1–12

Second Read­ing: Eph­esians 4.1–16                     Gos­pel: John 6.24–35