St Luke's Enmore with Stanmore
An Anglican Parish in the
Diocese of
18th
Sunday after Pentecost
14th
September 2008
Welcome to our worship this morning.
At St Luke's we seek to
share God's unconditional love and acceptance of all people, regardless of age,
gender, race, marital or family status, sexual orientation, disability or
wealth
People who make our
worship special
Celebrant Fr Gwilym Henry-Edwards Preacher: Fr. Ron Silarsah
Welcomers today: James & Mark
Tangruthaitham
Welcomers next week: Jennifer
McGovern & Jennifer Bestel
Today’s
Readers 1st Lesson: Les & Lyn
Carrington
Readers next
Sunday:
Intercessor: This Week: Peter Gilbert Next Week: Michael Fleming
Hospitality: Michelle & Matt Batterham Next
Week: Les & Lyn Carrington
Cleaners Next Week Moya Holle, Ross Lehman, Neville Daniels
Limitless forgiveness
dominates the Gospel passage, but not the Exodus passage. Paul, in
the Epistle, stands with the modernisers against those who wanted to stick to
the old ways. But his concern is how to deal pastorally with a divided
church. In
·
Pray
for an understanding of genuine forgiveness, and the way it might change some
things for us.
·
Pray for
the Church in the
Notices.
The Cable Lecture at St
James’ King Street: Free. 6.30pm Friday 19th
September. Professor Peter Alexander on The Poetry of Les Murray, Religious Belief
International
Peace Day. Sunday 21st
September
From 12.30pm to
4.00pm a Celebration of spring by the
river at the 3rd Annual Community Spring Picnic Picnic
at Ewen Park, Tennent
Parade, Hurlstone Park. The Picnic will be opened by
popular Children’s Author, Richard Tulloch.
PAINT A PEACE FLAG (Art materials provided) Book Prizes for the best
flags will be presented by renowned Author/Artist/Illustrator Jeannie Baker.
Bring friends, family and a picnic! Fun and games! Sausage
sizzle!
Women's Reading Group will meet in
the Emmaus Room at 7.30 p.m. on Thursday 25 September. We will be
discussing chapters 9 & 10 from Val Webb's "Like Catching Water
in a Net". If you would like to join us please see Ruth or Sue H-E for the reading.
St Michael and All Angels.
A Procession and Sung Eucharist at 9.30am on Sunday 29th
September. Celebrating the Angels, Archangels and all the
company of Heaven.
The First Goth Mass
Ever in
A candle-lit and Solemn Eucharist for
Christian Goths and their friends, in costume.
7.00pm on Wednesday 1st
October
Followed by a Market of Gothic Goodies in
the Hall from 8.00pm. Start the Blue Moon Festival in style!
1st Ordinary Session of the 48th Synod
The 1st
ordinary session of the 48th Synod is to be held on Monday 13, Tuesday 14,
Wednesday 15, Monday 20 and Tuesday 21 October 2008 at the Wesley
Theatre, 220 Pitt Street Sydney with afternoon and evening sittings on each of
these 5 days. Our Synod Representatives are Fr Gwilym
On
Sunday 12th October, we will welcome Matthew and Louise English,
children to Michael and Karen Weston and brother and sister to Alan.
Please be there to welcome
them as children of our Heavenly Father and inheritors with us of the kingdom
of God
The Patronal Festival
of St Luke
Sunday 19th October at 9.30am. Preacher:
The Reverend Susanne Pain.
Procession and Sung Eucharist with a Shared Lunch to follow.
Make sure that this is in your diary. We want this to be a good one!
We try very hard to make St
Luke's a 'Safe Place' for all. We discourage gossip or being judgemental, but
seek to affirm each other as fellow brothers and sisters in the body of Christ.
Please accept our
invitation to join us in the Hall for Refreshments.
Some may go to a local bistro for lunch. You are welcome to join us.
Are you feeling left out?
We are sorry if you have
left off our intercessions, but it may be because you have not completed a
Yellow Participation form. Ask the welcomers to give you one.
Intercessions
For the
church
Brother
James Andrew’s profession in the Society of St Francis will take place at
7.00pm on 29th of September at St Philip’s Church, Annerly, Qld.
Our Prayers
for those in need...
Rodney
Jeffs (cancer op); Michael McCabe; Vera Holle;
Anniversaries
of death
William
Simpson; Maude Holloway; Harry Smith; Emma Rea; Pippa
Robinson; James Gavin.
Prayers for
each day of the week
Today: Mathias Oduro;
Monday: Kate Potrayanont; Jo, Ramendra &Thomas Raj; Winnie Rakphong;
Kai & Earn Ratcharot.
Tuesday: Andrew, Rachael, Bianca, Belinda & Bryson Reddy; Eddie,
Susan, Edwin & Stephanie Reddy.
Wednesday: Edward & Joyce Reddy; Matilda Rinker; Colin Robinson;
Thursday: Grahame Sadler: Asa Saeyang;
Friday: Laurel & Ray Sommer; Mary Sotiriadis; Greg Spice; Tonka
Takham; Raboom Takham;
Saturday: Mark, Matthew & James Tangruthaitham;
Saints and Holy Days in the week
Monday: John Oliver Feetham,
bishop, bush brother ( d.1947)
Tuesday: Ninian of Galloway, bishop and
missionary (d.c.432)
Wednasday: Hildegaard of Bingen,
abbess and spiritual writer (d.1179)
Thursday: John Wollaston, priest and missionary of
Saturday: John Coleridge Patteson, first
bishop of Malanesia, martyr (d.1871)
Bible Readings
for the Week 15th to 21st September 2008
|
MONDAY |
1 Cor 11.17-26 |
Psalm 40.6-11 |
Lk 7.1-10 |
|
TUESDAY |
1 Cor 12.12-14,27-31 |
Psalm 100 |
Lk 7.11-17 |
|
WEDNESDAY |
1 Cor 12.31-13.13 |
Psalm 33.1-5 |
Lk 7.31-35 |
|
THURSDAY |
1 Cor 15.1-11 |
Psalm 118.14-19 |
Lk 7.36-50 |
|
FRIDAY
|
1 Cor 15.12-20 |
Psalm 17.8-16 |
Lk 8.1-3 |
|
SATURDAY
|
1 Cor 15.35-37,42-49 |
Psalm 56.8-12 |
Lk 8.4-15 |
Next
Sunday: Matthew, Apostle and Martyr
Proverbs 3:1-6; Psalm 19:1-6; Ephesians 4:1-14; Matthew 9:9-13
Parish Information
SUNDAY WORSHIP
Sung Eucharist and Children's
Ministry 9.30am
WEEKDAY SERVICES:
Morning Prayer
Tuesday
Holy Communion
Wednesday 10.am with the Laying on of Hands and Healing Ministrations followed
by fellowship and Bible Study from
CONFESSIONS
(Sacrament of Reconciliation) by appointment with clergy.
HOME COMMUNIONS, BAPTISMS
by arrangement.
PARISH
DIRECTORY‑
RECTOR. Fr Gwilym
Henry‑Edwards. (Ph
Street
Address:
Postal Address.
OFFICE
HOURS: Tuesday, Thursday, Friday
OFFICE
PHONE and Telstra Home Messages 101®:
Website ‑ www. stlukesenmore.org.au
Email –
Deacon Lay Kum Ho, BA (Tel
Fr
Fr John Holle, Th
L., (General Licence) Tel
ST
LUKE'S OP
Hours:
Tues‑Fri 9.30 ‑ 4; Sat 9.30 – 2.30, Sunday and Monday – Closed.
HALL
ADMINISTRATOR: Stuart Veitch 8225 1403.