Notices_Sunday 16th July 2023 — Seventh Sunday After Pentecost

NOTICES:

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

 

Thank you to Fr Philip Brad­ford for agree­ing to be our Locum and tak­ing our Sunday ser­vices and also our Wed­nes­day ser­vices when he’s avail­able over the com­ing weeks.  Fr Jeff and Michelle will be away on long ser­vice leave until 10^th Septem­ber 2023.

 

TODAY: Par­ish Coun­cil will be held in the church after our morn­ing ser­vice and morn­ing tea.

 

TONIGHT at 6.30pm — Oxford Move­ment Even­song: Fest­iv­al Even­song, Pro­ces­sion and Bene­dic­tion at Christ Church St Laurence (812 George St, Hay­mar­ket).  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.  All welcome.

 

NEW BIG ROSTER now avail­able in church and chapel foyers.

 

Church Gar­dens: If any­one can spare an hour or two to help get rid of weeds from the vari­ous garden beds with­in the car­park, please liaise with Ruth for a day and time!

 

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Sunday 17^th Sept — 40^th Anniversary of Sydney MOW: Cel­eb­rated at Christ Church St Laurence Hay­mar­ket, at the 10.30 a.m. ser­vice, where the Arch­bish­op of Perth, Kay Goldsworthy AO, will be our guest preach­er.  Fol­low­ing the ser­vice there will be a lunch­eon in the hall and a short lec­ture giv­en to hon­our the life of the late Dr Patri­cia Bren­nan, by The Ven­er­able Dr Colleen O’Rielly.

If you are a mem­ber of MOW, please ensure you renew your sub­scrip­tion pri­or to the event.   The lunch­eon will cost $30 per per­son.  Please book using Try­book­ing online at Sydney Move­ment for Ordin­a­tion web­site by 1^st Septem­ber 2023.  https://www.trybooking.com/CJTJZ

If you would like to join our mem­ber­ship, please go to the MoWatch Aus­tralia web­site https://mowatch.com.au/membership-form/   or see Ruth who is the Sydney Con­ven­or.  We will be respect­fully ral­ly­ing out­side Syn­od again this year to raise aware­ness of the status of women in this dio­cese, on Tues­day 12^th and Wed­nes­day 13^th Septem­ber at 2pm for approx. 1 hour.

 

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Sunday 15 Octo­ber — St Luke’s Patron­al Fest­iv­al:  Our Guest Speak­er is to be The Ven­er­able Dr Colleen O’Reilly, a former parish­ion­er.  Fol­low­ing the ser­vice we will hold a shared lunch, out­doors in the church car­park — weath­er permitting.

 

Sat­urday 21^st Oct at 6.30pm – Warden’s Din­ner: Cel­eb­rat­ing the 30^th Anniversary since our OpShop first opened on Enmore Road in 1993.  Buy your­self an OpShop out­fit.  Prices for best dressed male and female, fun­ni­est out­fit, and cheapest out­fit.  So keep your recipe to prove it!  2 course din­ner. BYOG.

 

Notices for the Sunday Ser­vice book­let need to be received by Jen­nifer in the par­ish office by 10am on Thursday morn­ing.  It is best to email the details.

 

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.

 

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Weekly Inter­ces­sions for our Com­munity:

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

Monday: Laurel & Ray Som­mer; Kar­lene Thompson; and Noël Waugh.

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

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

Thursday: Ron & 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: Almighty God, we pray for those in war torn areas, par­tic­u­larly the Ukraine and the Sudan.  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: Joseph Kumar; Mar­gret Chiew; Noel Jeffs; Peter Sey­mour; Dav­id Dun­lop; (Fr) John Bowen; Janet Walms­ley; Tony Brown­low; Christine Kon­draten­ko; Val Thomas; Simone Abra­hams; Salochna Devi; Ruth Dodd; Robyn Palmer; Julie Ankers; Peta Loveday-Hill; Peter Crook; Cath­er­ine Lough­man; Wolfgang Haas; Chris Middleton; Barry Pear­ton; and Charles Said-Vassallo.

 

Recently Depar­ted: Kev­in Tib­bey (Mandy Tibbey’s father).

 

Anniversar­ies of the Depar­ted:  Robert West; Eth­el Day; Marusia Nester; Philip West­ley; Hiro Andrew Itadani; Sylvia Jop­son; and Vaughan Roberts.

 

Saints Com­mem­or­a­tion: 22nd: Mary Magdalene.

 

Long Term Pas­tor­al Pray­er list: Pau­line Newell; (Fr) John Hawkins; Robert & Lyn­dall Dubler; Andy Ser­afin; Florence Shel­lard; Ray Som­mer; John Hardy; Lyn Car­ring­ton; John Dick­son; Bar­bara & Jade Allen; Rhi­an­non Henry-Edwards; Marissa; Jude, Isla, Meg & Al Don­nell; Kuwert; Rev Laurie MacIntyre; Kiki Chun; Raul of Radio Skidrow and his fam­ily; Andrew Strat­golda; Loch­lan Lones­bor­ough; Ann Jeffs; and Singla Pallav.

 

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Read­ings for Next Sunday: Eighth Sunday After Pentecost

First Read­ing: Gen­es­is 28.10–19a           Psalm: 139.1–11, 23–24

Second Read­ing: Romans 8.12–25          Gos­pel: Mat­thew 13.24–30, 36–43

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