Notices_Sunday 7th July — 7th 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 back on Tues­day 16^th July.  Fr Philip Brad­ford will be tak­ing our Sunday and Wed­nes­day ser­vices dur­ing Fr Jeff’s absence.

 

 

Thank you to all those who made yes­ter­day’s Christ­mas High Tea in July such a suc­cess. We thank all those who pre­pared and made the food, donated items, dec­or­ated and setup the hall, and served food and drinks.

 

 

 

Happy Birth­day to: Mat­ilda Rink­er; Susan Deas; Jo Raj; (Bp) Ron Wil­li­ams; Edi Dav­is; Rohan Nath; and Nich­olas Fleming.

 

 

 

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 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.

 

 

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.

 

 

NEXT SUNDAY 14^th JULY – Monthly 5pm Taize Ser­vice here at St Luke’s.

 

 

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.

 

 

Sunday 29^th Sept — 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.

 

 

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: Brett Dav­ies & Amrit MacIntyre; Edi & Oscar Dav­is; Susan Deas; Kathy Drum­mond; & Dav­id Dunlop.

Monday: Michael, Eliza­beth, Tom, Ella & Nick Flem­ing; and Mar­ilyn Gibbs.

Tues­day: Steph­en Gates & Andrew; Kev­in Green; Peter Gil­bert & Fred Narnola.

Wed­nes­day: Joyce Grant; Stu­art Grigg & ‘Tri­cia; and Richard Hagen & Som.

Thursday: Selina Hardy & John; Robert Head; Moya Holle; and Noel Jeffs.

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: Alfred Swaf­field; Albert Clayton; Peter Mill; Kev­in Tib­bey; and Hinekahu Wilson.

 

 

Saints Com­mem­or­a­tion:  11^th: Bene­dict of Nur­sia, Abbot (d. 550); and 13^th: Sydney James Kirby, Bish­op, pion­eer of out­back min­istry and Bush Church Aid Soci­ety (d.1935).

 

 

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 –Eighth Sunday After Pentecost

First Read­ing: 2 Samuel 6.1–5, 12b-19                Psalm: 24

Second Read­ing: Eph­esians 1.1–14                     Gos­pel: Mark 6.14–29