Notices_Sunday 30th June — 6th Sunday After Pentecost

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

 

 

Thank you to Fr Philip for tak­ing our ser­vice today.  Fr Jeff and Michelle will be away for the next two weeks.  Fr Philip Brad­ford will be tak­ing our Sunday and Wed­nes­day ser­vices dur­ing Fr Jeff’s absence.

 

 

The flowers today are donated by Colin Spokes in lov­ing memory of Noel O’Donnell.

 

 

 

 

Sat­urday 6^th July at 3.30 pm in the hall  –  Christ­mas High Tea in July!

Today is the last day to let Ruth know you wish to attend.  Please let her know for cater­ing purposes.

$15 dona­tion would be appreciated.

Wear some­thing green and red, or some­thing col­our­ful and/or sparkly.

Please bring an unwrapped gift or altern­at­ively wrapped in clear cel­lo­phane for the trad­ing table.  The idea is to bid for a gift and the pro­ceeds will go to ABM Myan­mar Clean Water Pro­ject.  Gifts need not be new – they can be good qual­ity antiques, or pre-loved, unique or homemade items.

There will be mulled wine, lots of deli­cious food, enter­tain­ment and lucky door prizes!

Please let Ruth know if you have any fancy Tea pots or Cake Tier plates we can use for the event. 

 All help will be most appreciated.

 

 

The Par­ish Coun­cil has agreed to raise funds to install an addi­tion­al bench seat in our car­park garden in memory of Fr Ron Mor­ris.  Dona­tions are there­fore sought towards the $1500 cost of the bench seat.  If you would like to donate, please pay dir­ectly to the church account as lis­ted on the back of the pew sheet (ref­er­ence Fr Ron Mor­ris), or place your dona­tion in an envel­ope in the offer­tory with the same reference.

 

 

New Big Roster for 16 June to 29 Septem­ber avail­able in the church foy­er and the Com­munity Resource Centre table near the hall.

 

 

7.30 pm — Tues­day Night Bible Study at Fr Philip’s home, 5 Lin­coln St Stan­more.  All wel­come.  The study from next Tues­day will be on the book of Hebrews.  Please bring a bible.

 

 

Sunday 7^th July @ 2pm – St James’ Insti­tute Seminars

“The Joys and Per­ils of Reli­gious Journalism”

presen­ted by John Sander­son – Former ABC Journ­al­ist, Founder and Edit­or of Etern­ity News and blog­ger at theothercheek.com.au

St James’ Hall, Level 1, 169–171 Philip Street, Sydney – with refreshments.

Pro­gramme updates at www.sjks.org.au    Ph: (02) 8227 1300   or email the Dir­ect­or paul.oslington@sjks.org.au

 

 

Sunday 14th July – Monthly 5pm Spir­it of Taizé Service.

 

 

Sunday 14^th July at 6.30pm — Oxford Move­ment Even­song:    The Par­ish of Christ Church St Laurence (812 George St, Hay­mar­ket) extends an invit­a­tion to Fest­iv­al Even­song, Pro­ces­sion and Bene­dic­tion. This ser­vice will com­mem­or­ate Oxford Move­ment Sunday, giv­ing thanks for the litur­gic­al tra­di­tion with­in Anglic­an­ism. The ser­vice will be fol­lowed by light refresh­ments. No RSVP required. All welcome.

 

 

Sat­urday 7^th Sept at 11am – ABM Mar­tyrs Day Ser­vice here at St Luke’s fol­lowed by a light lunch in the Hall.

 

 

2024 St James’ Inter­na­tion­al Organ Festival:

*Fri­day 26^th July @ 7pm –James O’Donnell (USA), past Organ­ist and Mas­ter of the Chor­is­ters at West­min­ster Abbey.

*Sat­urday 3^rd August @ 5pm — Marko Sever (Sydney), Gradu­ate of the Roy­al Academy of Music, London.

*Sunday 1^st Septem­ber @ 5.30pm – Fea­tur­ing: Fr Daniel Dries (Rect­or, Christ Church St Lawrence); Dav­id Drury (Former Dir­ect­or of Music at St James’); Peter Jew­kes (Former Organ­ist of St James’); and Andrej Kouznet­sov (Assist­ant Dir­ect­or Music, St John’s Cathed­ral Brisbane).

*Sat­urday 16^th Novem­ber @ 5pm – Sarah Kim (France), Aus­trali­an organ­ist; cur­rent organ­ist at l’Oratoire du Louvre in Paris.

Held at St James’ Church, 173 King Street , Sydney.  Tick­et avail­able at cost – In Per­son or livestream.  Vis­it https://www.sjks.org.au

 

 

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 – Please do not leave worm food while Fr Jeff is away.

 

 

Weekly Inter­ces­sions for our Com­munity:

Sunday: Vic­tor Any­anji; Jen­nifer, Peter, Andy & Blake B.; (Fr) John & Joanne Bowen; and (Fr) Philip Bradford.

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

Tues­day: Tony Brown­low; Les & Lyn Car­ring­ton; and Ruth Champion.

Wed­nes­day: Nancy Cheng; Tiffany, Kev­in, Alex­an­der & Nich­olas Chiew.

Thursday: Ron, Milly, Nam & Viol­etta Clarke; and Lyne Cun­neen & John.

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: Chand Raju; Louisa Sil­ver­man; Alex Regos; Christine Kon­draten­ko; Ruth Dodd; Helen Woell­ner; Douglas John­ston; Susie Brooks; Sarah & Mari­on; Laurie Bestel; Robert Gibbs; Delia Bone; Judith Beveridge; Michael Aiken; (Dr) Tre­vor Smith; Lana MacPh­er­son; Alex Watt; Kar­en Stein­er-Hill; and Andrew.

 

 

Anniversar­ies of the Depar­ted: Noel O’Donnell; Vera Clarke; Mary Har­win; Her­bert Miller; Les­ley-Ann Cook; June Nyberg; and John Green (Priest)

 

 

Saints Com­mem­or­a­tion:  1/7: Com­ing of the Light, first mis­sion­ar­ies to the Torres Strait (1871); 3/7: Thomas, apostle and mar­tyr; and 6/7: John Fish­er, Bish­op and Thomas More, mar­tyrs (d. 1535).

 

 

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; Ann Jeffs; Laurie McIntyre and Noel Jeffs.

 

 

Read­ings for Next Sunday –Sev­enth Sunday After Pentecost

First Read­ing: 2 Samuel 5.1–10                          Psalm: 48

Second Read­ing: 2 Cor­inthi­ans 12.2–10              Gos­pel: Mark 6.1–13