Notices_Sunday 30th January 2022_Celebration of Australia

NOTICES:

We Must Wear Our Masks Properly!

At the last meet­ing of the Par­ish Coun­cil, there was a long dis­cus­sion about Cov­id-related mat­ters and how best to pro­tect our mem­bers in this time of increased transmission.

Much of the dis­cus­sion centered on masks and the prop­er fit­ting and wear­ing of them.  Once again it was decided to emphas­ize the import­ance of wear­ing masks through­out the service.

This is in order to keep ourselves and each oth­er safe from ill­ness which can on occa­sion be very serious.

Par­ish Coun­cilors volun­teered to help wor­ship­pers to remem­ber to wear their masks and to wear them prop­erly fit­ted.  This is to help us all remain well and healthy while there are thou­sands of cases in the com­munity around us.

Thanks for your under­stand­ing and cooper­a­tion.  Fr Jeff

 

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Next Sunday: 6pm Even­ing Service.

 

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War­dens’ Din­ner – from 7pm on Sat­urday 12^th Feb­ru­ary 2022

The War­dens’ Din­ner will take place out­doors in the car­park (which will be closed to cars).  The theme is “Under the Stars”.  Tick­ets are $20pp or $40 for a fam­ily (kids are free).  An “all you can eat” pizza din­ner will be provided, with wood fired piz­zas of diverse descrip­tions baked to order.  Soft drinks will also be provided.  While some wine and beer is expec­ted to be avail­able, BYO is also encour­aged.  Enter­tain­ment will be announced in due course.

See Fabi­an LoS­chiavo ASAP for tickets!

 

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ST PAUL’S PANTRY needs food, health and clean­ing items:

A bas­ket is in the church foy­er for donations.

Please keep your dona­tions to rel­at­ively small items like pack­ets of noodles, microwaved rice, small tins of baked beans etc these are the most needed.

 

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Food for our worms –Please leave your worm food gifts at church on Sundays or drop off dur­ing the week.  (NB — no dairy, cit­rus or meat)  Fr. Jeff

 

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.

 

Pray­ers for the sick:  Florence Shel­lard; Aman­da Romeo; Maria Ser­afin; Andy Ser­afin; Maryrose Crowth­er; Ruth Dodd; and Joan Dale.

 

Anniversar­ies of the Depar­ted:  Br John Charles Vock­ler; Jen­nifer Rus­sell; and Florence Simpson.

 

Saints Com­mem­or­a­tion: 3^rd Feb: First Anglic­an Ser­vice at Sydney Cove, Con­duc­ted by Richard John­son, Sydney 1788; 4^th Feb: Ans­kar, mis­sion­ary Bish­op in Sweden (d.865); and 5^th Feb: Mar­tyrs of Japan, cru­ci­fied at Naga­saki (d.1597).

 

Long Term Pas­tor­al Pray­er list:  Pau­line Newell; Beth Arm­strong; Lyn Car­ring­ton; John Dick­son; Steph­en Thur­ley; Shir­ley, Bar­bara & Jade Allen; Rhi­an­non Henry-Edwards; Marissa; Jude, Isla, Meg & Al Don­nell; Grace & Han­nah Ashton; Andrew Hiro Itadani; Kuwert; Rev Laurie MacIntyre; Kiki Chun; Raul of Radio Skidrow and his fam­ily; Andrew Strat­golda; Loch­lan Lones­bor­ough; and Noel Jeffs.

 

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Weekly Inter­ces­sions for our Com­munity:

Sunday: Mat­ilda Rink­er; Gra­hame Sadler; Rajah Selva­ra­jah & Greg; Peter Sey­mour; Andy Ser­afin & Colin Spokes; and Louisa Silverman.

Monday: John Reimer; Ray & Laurel Som­mer; and Kar­lene Thompson.

Tues­day: Christine Thur­ley, Troy & Fam­ily; Nadia Wheat­ley; Janet Walmsley.

Wed­nes­day: Stu­art Veitch, Jo Bur­ton & Laurence; Janet Wid­mer & Cliff.

Thursday: Bp Ron­ald & Katie Wil­li­ams; Sally Woell­ner; and Vic­tor Anyarisi.

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

Sat­urday: Dear lov­ing Fath­er, please deliv­er us from the coronavir­us and lim­it its impact on Aus­tralia and the world. In your mercy bring a swift end to this crisis.  Please pro­tect with your lov­ing care those we love — our fam­il­ies, friends and neigh­bours.  Let your fath­erly hand guide, shel­ter and strengthen them.  Cast out all anxious fears and doubts.  Give us an increas­ing trust in you and fill our hearts and minds with your peace.  We pray for those around the world now strug­gling with vari­ous COVID stains.  Heal and com­fort those who are sick and suf­fer­ing.  Pro­tect and guide the health pro­fes­sion­als who are at the front line.  Please give wis­dom and cour­age to those who bear respons­ib­il­ity for con­front­ing this chal­lenge. We ask these things through the power­ful name of Jesus.  Amen.

 

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Read­ings for Next Sunday: Present­a­tion of Christ in the Temple

First Read­ing: Mala­chi 3.1–4                    Psalm: 24

Second Read­ing: Hebrews 2.14–18          Gos­pel: Luke 2.22–40