Notices_Sunday 9th March — First Sunday In Lent

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

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Tues­day Night Bible Study at 7.30pm: At Fr Philip Bradford’s place 5 Lin­coln St, Stan­more.  We are con­tinu­ing the Let­ter of Paul to the Romans.  Bring a bible. All wel­come.

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Next Sunday 16th March – Annu­al Vestry Meet­ing will be held after the 9.30am ser­vice and morn­ing tea in the church hall.

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This cel­eb­ra­tion will mark the 65th anniversary of Fr John Bunyan’s priest­ing on March 20th, 1960 by Bish­op Ern­est Burgmann of Can­berra and Goul­burn (and the 75th anniversary of con­firm­a­tion on April 16th, 1950 by Bish­op Charles Venn Pilcher, and the 85th of his 1940 join­ing St Peter’s Hornsby Sunday School Kinder­garten under Miss Sylvia Coburn and Miss Sylvia Cox).

Two books will be launched:

1. Honey From The Stony Rock : 100+ Aus­trali­an Son­nets — with some earli­er son­nets revised and new ones added.

2. Con­ju­bil­ant With Song: and the get­ting of wis­dom — with 65 of my hymns, revised, some new, and sug­ges­ted revi­sions for some oth­ers’ hymns !

Signed, numbered cop­ies will be $20 each, all money received from them will go to ABM’s Emer­gency Appeal for our Dio­cese of Jerusalem’s Al Alhi Hos­pit­al in Gaza, one of its two hos­pit­als, dam­aged in the war, not receiv­ing aid from the Hamas gov­ern­ment.

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Join us at Church Hill for an even­ing of insight and inspir­a­tion as we hear from cur­rent foster carers from Anglic­an churches, the Angli­care Foster Care team, and churches step­ping into the gap to bring love, safety, and belong­ing to vul­ner­able chil­dren.  Wheth­er you’re con­sid­er­ing fos­ter­ing, look­ing for ways to sup­port foster care fam­il­ies, or simply want­ing to learn more, come and explore how we can all play a part in mak­ing a dif­fer­ence. Regis­tra­tion link with details: https://www.anglicare.org.au/community/events-courses-training/love-in-action-foster-care/

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Sunday 6th April — Palm cross mak­ing after morn­ing tea.

Sun 13th April at 9.30am — Palm Sunday

Thurs 17th April at 6.30pm –Maun­dy Thursday.

Fri 18th April at 9.30am — Good Fri­day.

Sun 20th April at 9.30am — East­er Day.

Fri­day 23rd to Sunday 25th May – Par­ish Retreat at old Mon­as­tery, Stroud.

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Sub­lime music for Lent and Pas­sion­tide

Guest Artist: Cam­erata Anti­ca  http://www.camerataantica.com/

Santa Sabina Chapel Strath­field

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St James’ Church, 173 King Street, Sydney

Thursday 1st May — 7.30pm to 9pm “The Phantom of the Opera” (1925) silent film with live organ impro­visa­tion by Mar­tin Baker (UK)

Reserve your place at https://events.humanitix.com/sjks-phantom

Sat­urday 3rd May – Mar­tin Baker (UK)

Reserve your place at https://events.humanitix.com/2025iof2?hxchl=hex-pfl

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.  Back cop­ies are also avail­able upon request.

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Envel­opes are avail­able in the church foy­er to place on the col­lect plate.  Or Scan the QR code to make a dona­tion online.

You can also donate online at www.abmission.org/Lent2025

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Sunday Susan Deas; Kathy Drum­mond; Dav­id Dun­lop; Jan­nali Eldridge & Jar­ramali; Steph­en Gates & Andrew.

Monday: Michael, Eliza­beth, Thomas, Ellen­or and Nich­olas Flem­ing.

Tues­day: Mar­ilyn Gibbs; Kev­in Green; Peter Gil­bert & Fred Narnola.

Wed­nes­day: Joyce Grant; and Stu­art Grigg & Tri­cia Blombery.

Thursday: Richard Hagen & Som; and Selina Hardy & 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.

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Pray­ers for the sick: Lyn Car­ring­ton; Lea MacNeil; Andy Ser­afin; John Bowen (Priest); Maur­een Byers; Alex Regos; Helen Woell­ner; Lilac John­ston; Douglas John­ston; Susie Brooks; Sarah; Mari­on Mad­dox; Max Woods (Priest); Jane Edwards; Fred Blake; Mel Kew­ley; Alex Naple; Jona­thon & Joshua; Jack­ie Chaffo; John Park­er; and Ava.

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Anniversar­ies of the Depar­ted: Nancy Rus­sell; Rod Robins; Jeoisime Green; Ivy Noble; Robert Wil­li­ams; John Bur­gers (Priest); Ana­s­tas­si­os Daras; and Dor­is Thurl­ing.

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Long Term Pas­tor­al Pray­er list: Mike Nix­on (Priest); Simone Crowth­er; Kar­en Stein­er-Hill; Nalini MacIntyre; Christine Kon­draten­ko; John Bunyan (Priest); Mar­garet Chiew; Ger­ald Grant; Bar­bara Ray­mond; Janet Walms­ley; Ray Som­mer; John Hardy; Bar­bara Allen; Marissa & Meg Maack, Jude, Isla, & Al Don­nell; Noel Jeffs; Michael Aiken; Sabitri Thapa; Joel Thapa; and Robert & Lyn­dall Dubler.

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First Read­ing: Gen­es­is 15:1–12, 17–18 Psalm: 27

Second Read­ing: Phil­ip­pi­ans 3.17–4.1 Gos­pel: Luke 13.31–35