Notices_Sunday 8th September 2024 — 16th Sunday After Pentecost

NOTICES:

 

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

 

 

The flowers today are donated and arranged by Ann Petersen in lov­ing memory of her moth­er Mary Edmonds (10^th Anniversary).

 

 

 

TONIGHT: 5pm Spir­it of Taize Service.

 

 

7.30 pm — Tues­day Night Bible Study: At Fr Philip’s home, 5 Lin­coln Street, Stan­more.  All wel­come.  The study is cur­rently on the book of Gen­es­is.  Please bring a bible.

 

 

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.

 

 

 

Sat­urday 14^th Septem­ber — Loc­al Coun­cil Elections:

Our hall will be a polling place for the upcom­ing Loc­al Coun­cil Elec­tions.  A BBQ will be provided in the car­park on the day by Eddie Reddy and helpers.

If you would like to volun­teer to help with the BBQ, please put your name on the list in the hall.

Come along and enjoy a demo­cracy saus­age or two.

 

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Sunday 29^th Sept at 12pm — Myan­mar Lunch:   Fol­low­ing 9.30am ser­vice, and tea/coffee.

Come and enjoy authen­t­ic Myan­mar food with wine or fruit juice. 

(*Please note: St Luke’s pro­motes the respons­ible con­sump­tion of Alcohol)

100% of dona­tions go to the ABM Myan­mar Clean Water Project.

RSVP to the Par­ish Office by 18^th Sept 2024.

 

 

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Sat­urday 29^th Septem­ber at 3 pm – SYDNEY CHAMBER CHOIR CONCERT – “Heirs and Rebels”:   Held at Christ Church St Laurence. Livestream on Aus­trali­an Digit­al Con­cert Hall.  Sam Allchurch | Con­duct­or.  John Gaden | Nar­rat­or.  Cel­eb­rate the beauty of the Eng­lish chor­al tra­di­tion with this array of Romantic mas­ter­pieces. Draw­ing inspir­a­tion from the sim­pli­city of the Renais­sance while rev­el­ling in a rich new har­mon­ic land­scape, this is music that opens up whole worlds of emo­tion.  Tick­ets https://www.sydneychamberchoir.org/heirsandrebels  or call SCC Box Office 1300 661 738

 

 

DATES FOR YOUR DIARY:

Sunday 27^th Octo­ber – St Luke’s Patron­al Fest­iv­al. (Our Guest Speak­er 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 — 9am to 2pm.

 

 

2024 St James’ Inter­na­tion­al Organ Festival:

*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

 

 

If you would like a home or hos­pit­al vis­it from Fr Jeff for any reas­on, please con­tact him on his Mob: 0409 719 927

 

 

2025 Aus­trali­an Anglic­an Church Cal­en­dar:   This 2025 edi­tion is avail­able now to pur­chase online from St Peter’s Book­room www.stpetersbookroom.com.au/australian-anglican-church-calendar   for $16.50 each (GST included) plus post­age costs.  Or see Jen­nifer for a prin­ted order form.

 

 

ST PAULS 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).

 

 

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Weekly Inter­ces­sions for our Com­munity:

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

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

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

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

Thursday: Brett Dav­ies & Amrit MacIntyre; and Edi & Oscar Davis.

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.

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Pray­ers for the sick: Michelle Park­er; John Bowen (Priest); Ron; Ruth Cham­pi­on; Nalini MacIntyre; Simone Crowth­er; Alex Regos; Ruth Dodd; Helen Woell­ner; Douglas John­ston; Susie Brooks; Sarah; Mari­on Mad­dox; Delia Bone; Lana MacPh­er­son; Kar­en Stein­er-Hill; Andrew; Sabitri Thapa; Joel Thapa; Day­lan Sam­inath­an; and Sarah.

 

 

Recently Depar­ted: Laurie McIntyre.

 

 

Anniversar­ies of the Depar­ted: Mary Edmonds; Maude Hol­lo­way; Harry Smith; Emma Rea; Pippa Robin­son; James Gav­in; Eliza­beth Gold­smith; Beatrice Hunt and Ruby Dorrington.

 

 

Saints Com­mem­or­a­tion: 11^th: Moth­er Esth­er CHN, founder of the Com­munity of the Holy Name, Mel­bourne (d.1931); 13^th Cyp­ri­an of Carthage, Bish­op and mar­tyr (d. 258); and 14^th: Holy Cross.

 

 

Long Term Pas­tor­al Pray­er list: Christine Kon­draten­ko; John Bunyan (Priest); Mar­garet Chiew; Ger­ald Grant; Bar­bara Ray­mond; Janet Walms­ley; Andy Ser­afin; Florence Shel­lard; Ray Som­mer; John Hardy; Lyn Car­ring­ton; Bar­bara Allen; Marissa & Meg Maack, Jude, Isla, & Al Don­nell; Noel Jeffs; Laurie Bestel; Robert Gibbs; and Michael Aiken.

 

 

Read­ings for Next Sunday – 17^th Sunday After Pentecost

First Read­ing: Pro­verbs 1.20–23             Psalm: 19

Second Read­ing: James 2.18–26             Gos­pel: Mark 8.27–38