Notices_Third Sunday in Lent_20th March

NOTICES:

Par­ish Annu­al Gen­er­al Meet­ing (AGM) – Date Postponed

Due to cer­tain issues arising in the par­ish, Fr Jeff in dis­cus­sions with the Bish­op, has asked that the AGM be post­poned.  The new date will most likely be Sunday 3^rd April 2022.  We are how­ever still wait­ing for con­firm­a­tion from the Archbishop.

At this AGM, the Par­ish Coun­cil, War­dens and Nom­in­at­ors will be elec­ted.  There is no elec­tion of Syn­od Rep­res­ent­at­ives since a Syn­od lasts three years and the 52nd Syn­od has anoth­er year to run.

There is a form avail­able which gives notice of an inten­tion to make a nom­in­a­tion.  Parish­ion­ers who wish to nom­in­ate anoth­er per­son for an office may com­plete the form and give it to a Warden.  The form requires the per­son being nom­in­ated to sign it as an indic­a­tion of their con­sent to be nominated.

PLEASE NOTE: You must still be present at the meet­ing to nom­in­ate some­body else wheth­er or not a form has been com­pleted, but the per­son being nom­in­ated does not have to be present at the meet­ing so long as con­sent to the nom­in­a­tion has been given.

For ref­er­ence, the above is taken from dio­cese web­site at https://www.sds.asn.au/general-meetings-parishioners?menu_id=12#8

(Scroll down to “Con­duct­ing the gen­er­al meet­ing of parish­ion­ers” then to “Elec­tions”)

 

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ABM Len­ten Study – ‘Repair­ing the Breach’

Will be held on Wed­nes­days after 10.30am Ser­vice and morn­ing tea, and also Monday nights via zoom at 7.30pm.

Ask Fr Jeff for the link.

 

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Future Dates for your Diary:

Sun 10th April — Palm Sunday at 9.30 am with Procession.

Thurs 14th April — Maun­dy Thursday at 7.30 pm.

Fri 15th April — Good Fri­day at 9.30am and 12 noon Sta­tions of the Cross.

Sun 17th April — East­er Day at 9.30 am.

 

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ABM Lent & Good Fri­day Appeal 2022

Envel­opes and Digit­al dona­tions cards are avail­able in church foyer.

Or you can donate online at www.abmission.org/Lent2022

 

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Unfin­ished Busi­ness: Cel­eb­rat­ing Anglic­an Women’s Min­istry in Australia

A nation­al con­fer­ence to be held at Christ Church St Laurence, 812 George Street, Sydney, 16–18 Septem­ber 2022

Thirty years after the Anglic­an Church in Aus­tralia ordained women priests, MOW is organ­ising a con­fer­ence that will hon­our those who fought for women’s ordin­a­tion over many years and cel­eb­rate the cour­age and ser­vice of ordained women, be they dea­cons, priests, bish­ops or archbishops.

The con­fer­ence will also chal­lenge those Aus­trali­an dio­ceses that, even now, are lim­it­ing or refus­ing to acknow­ledge women’s ordained ministry.

Fur­ther details, includ­ing the con­fer­ence pro­gram and regis­tra­tion details, will be provided in due course.

 

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ST PAUL’S PANTRY needs food, health and clean­ing items: A bas­ket is in the church foy­er for donations.

 

Food for our worms –Please leave your worm food gifts at church on Sundays or drop off dur­ing the week.  (NB — no dairy, cit­rus or meat)  Fr. Jeff

 

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: Ron, Milly, Nam & Viol­etta Clarke; Brett & Amrit MacIntyre; Edi & Oscar Dav­is; John Dick­son; Kathy Drum­mond; and Dav­id Dunlop.

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

Tues­day: Steph­en Gates & Andrew; Mar­ilyn Gibbs; and Kev­in Green.

Wed­nes­day: Peter Gil­bert & Alfredo Narnolo; and Stu­art Grigg & ‘Tri­cia.

Thursday: Lach­lan Gray, Rose­mary Ran­dall & Frances.

Fri­day: We pray for Fr John Bunyan’s pas­tor­al care min­istry at Bank­stown Hos­pit­al and all those he min­is­ters to.

Sat­urday: Dear lov­ing Fath­er, please deliv­er us from the coronavir­us and lim­it its impact on Aus­tralia and the world. In your mercy bring a swift end to this crisis.  Please pro­tect with your lov­ing care those we love — our fam­il­ies, friends and neigh­bours.  Let your fath­erly hand guide, shel­ter and strengthen them.  Cast out all anxious fears and doubts.  Give us an increas­ing trust in you and fill our hearts and minds with your peace.  We pray for those around the world now strug­gling with vari­ous COVID stains.  Heal and com­fort those who are sick and suf­fer­ing.  Pro­tect and guide the health pro­fes­sion­als who are at the front line.  Please give wis­dom and cour­age to those who bear respons­ib­il­ity for con­front­ing this chal­lenge. We ask these things through the power­ful name of Jesus.  Amen.

 

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Pray­ers for the sick: Rajah Selva­ra­jah; Paul; Kar­lene Thompson; Wolfgang Rose; Julie Ankers; John Bowen; John Per­kins; Mar­garet Chiew; Florence Shel­lard; Aman­da Romeo; Andy Ser­afin; Maryrose Crowth­er; Ruth Dodd; Joan Dale; Robert & Lyn­dall Dubler; Joanne Kenny; and The Pso­mas Family.

 

Anniversar­ies of the Depar­ted: Boleslaw Jurczyk; Bessie O’Reilly; Beryl Good­man; Edith Spur­ri­er; Elsie Dav­is; Wendy Clarke; Ida Ross; and Joan Burton.

 

Saints Com­mem­or­a­tion: 21^st: Thomas Cran­mer, Arch­bish­op of Can­ter­bury, mar­tyr and litur­gist (d. 1556); 22^nd: Thomas Ken, Bish­op of Bath and Wells, teach­er (d. 1711); and 24^th: Paul Cou­tur­i­er, ecu­men­ist (d. 1953); & Oscar Romero, Arch­bish­op of San Sal­vador (d. 1980).

 

Long Term Pas­tor­al Pray­er list:  John Hardy; Pau­line Newell; Beth Arm­strong; Lyn Car­ring­ton; John Dick­son; Steph­en Thur­ley; Shir­ley, Bar­bara & Jade Allen; Rhi­an­non Henry-Edwards; Marissa; Jude, Isla, Meg & Al Don­nell; Grace & Han­nah Ashton; Kuwert; Rev Laurie MacIntyre; Kiki Chun; Raul of Radio Skidrow and his fam­ily; Andrew Strat­golda; Loch­lan Lones­bor­ough; and Noel Jeffs.

 

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Read­ings for Next Sunday: The Annun­ci­ation of the Vir­gin Mary/Mothering Sunday/ Lent 4

First Read­ing: Isi­ah 7.10–14                               Psalm: 40.6–13

Second Read­ing: Hebrews 10.4–10                     Gos­pel: Luke 1.26–38

 

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Points for Thought and Dis­cus­sion from WorkingPreacher.org

1. How does the meta­phor of fruit­ful­ness speak to you here and from oth­er pas­sages in the Bible? (Luke 13:6–9)

2. In what ways do you thirst? For what? What do God’s waters, wine and milk look like in your life? (Isa 55:1)

3. Do you have glimpses in your life of emo­tions and exper­i­ences like those in Psalm 63? When and where?