Notices for Sunday 10 Nov 2019

NOTICES:

St Paul’s Bur­wood Pantry — Nov 2019: Every quarter we give a dona­tion from the OpShop to St Paul’s pantry to provide for neces­sit­ies that are gen­er­ally not giv­en as dona­tions.  The Par­ish Coun­cil decided that dur­ing Novem­ber we would ask parish­ion­ers to bring a can or two of food that we as a par­ish could donate to the pantry.  A bas­ket will be placed in the foy­er to receive your dona­tions. Thank you. 

Dona­tions are reques­ted for: Angli­care ‘Toys’n’Tucker’ and ‘Stan­more Nurs­ing Home’ for Christ­mas Gifts.  If you would like to donate money, please place it in one of the envel­opes provided in the foy­er.  Your dona­tions can also be placed in the Church Account by Dir­ect Cred­it with ‘Toys’n’Tucker’ or ‘Stan­more Nurs­ing Home’ as the ref­er­ence.  Thank you.

This Week: Thursday 14^th Novem­ber – Last Long Table Din­ner for 2019.  Will be held 6 for 6.30pm to 9pm at De Lanna Thai Street Cuisine, 220 Addis­on Road, Mar­rick­ville.  Con­tact Brett Dav­ies via:  stlukeslongtable@gmail.com

Sat­urday 23 Novem­ber — The final Men’s Night Out for 2019: Will be held 6 for 6.30 pm at St George Row­ing Club, 1 Levey Street, Wolli Creek.  For more inform­a­tion please con­tact Kev­in Green on Phone: 8065 1657.

Sat­urday 30 Novem­ber — Fr Jeff cel­eb­rates 25 years of priest­hood.  There will be a party at the Rect­ory to which you are warmly invited.   Begins 6.30 p.m.  There will be food and drink, but if you would like to bring some­thing addi­tion­al that would be appreciated.

7^th Decem­ber – St Luke’s Mini Mar­ket: To be held out­side the St Luke’s OpShop – between 10 am & 2.30 pm (dur­ing open­ing hours of the OpShop).  Pre­serves, curds, pickles, jams, plants and some cakes for sale. 

Christ­mas cards ($10 per pack) and 2019 Lec­tion­ar­ies ($15 each) — now avail­able from the Par­ish Resource Centre.  Please see the Man­ager, Stephan Gates dur­ing Morn­ing tea.

‘Domest­ic Abuse’ inform­a­tion: Domest­ic abuse is a pat­tern of beha­viour based on using power and con­trol over anoth­er, caus­ing fear and intim­id­a­tion.  Domest­ic abuse is a prob­lem in Aus­trali­an fam­il­ies, we know it exists and its wrong.  It hap­pens in church com­munit­ies too. Our church says NO to abuse.  We care about you ‑your safety is our pri­or­ity. If you are exper­i­en­cing domest­ic abuse or know someone who is, it is not your fault.  You are not to blame.  Sup­port is avail­able.  Talk to someone at church you trust.  You can also call 1800RESPECT on 1800 737 732 or the DV Hot­line on 1800 656 463.  For more inform­a­tion vis­it: https://safeministry.org.au/domestic-family-abuse/

Food for our little friends — Don’t for­get to keep your cooked food scraps, fruit peel­ings, tea leaves and cof­fee grounds for the par­ish worm farms.  (No cit­rus dairy or meat).

Our Play Group – For carers of young chil­dren is con­tinu­ing in the hall Mondays 10 a.m. to 12 noon.  Please let oth­ers know about this group.

Homemade curds, rel­ishes, pickles and jam - If you would like to order some, please email your order to Lea MacNeil (lea.macneil@gmail.com) and it will be delivered to the OpShop.

Any notices for the ser­vice book­let will need to be sub­mit­ted to the Par­ish Office email by Wed­nes­day even­ing at the latest.

Advent Dis­cus­sions - Advent is a most import­ant time of the year for Chris­ti­ans like us.  There will be some Advent dis­cus­sions held in the par­ish.  If you are inter­ested in being involved or host­ing a group, please let Fr. Jeff know.

Read­ings for the com­ing week: 

Monday	Wis­dom 1.1–7	Psalm 139.6–11	Luke 17.1–6
Tues­day	Wis­dom 2.23–3.9	Psalm 34.15–18	Luke 17.7–10
Wed­nes­day	Wis­dom 6.1–11	Psalm 82	Luke 17.11–19
Thursday	Wis­dom 7.22–8.1	Psalm 119.89–96	Luke 17.20–25
Fri­day	Wis­dom 13.1–9	Psalm 19.1–6	Luke 17.26–37
Sat­urday	Wis­dom 18.14–18; 19.6–9	Psalm 105.37–45	Luke 18.1–18

Read­ings for Next Sunday: First Read­ing: Isai­ah 65.17–25; Psalm: Song of Isai­ah (Isai­ah 12.2–6); Second Read­ing: 2 Thes­sa­lo­ni­ans 3.6–13; and Gos­pel: Luke 21.5–19

Weekly Inter­ces­sions for our Com­munity: Monday: Ron Cross & fam­ily; and Lyne Cuneen, John MacLu­lich, & fam­ily; Tues­day: Edi & Oscar Dav­is; Kathy Drum­mond; and Dav­id Dun­lop; Wed­nes­day: Michael, Eliza­beth (Arm­strong), Thomas, Ellen­or & Nich­olas Flem­ing; Thursday: Steph­en Gates & Andrew; Alt­in Gav­ran­ovic & Han­nah For­syth; Fri­day: Peter Gil­bert & Alfredo Narnolo; Kev­in Green; and Stu­art Grigg & ‘Tri­cia Blombery; Sat­urday: We pray for all whose lives and pos­ses­sions are threatened by or have been des­troyed by bush­fires or extreme drought.  That they will be com­for­ted, sup­por­ted and sus­tained in their time of need. 

Long Term Pas­tor­al Pray­er list: Rose­mary Brad­ford; Shir­ley, Bar­bara & Jade Allen; Beth Arm­strong; Ann Jeffs; Rhi­an­non Henry-Edwards; Marissa; Jude, Isla, Meg & Al Don­nell; Lyn Car­ring­ton; Ruth Cham­pi­on; Gary & Kar­en Stein­er-Hill; Ken­neth Bar­ongo; Pau­line Newell; Bar­bara Beec­roft; Ron­an & Veron­ica Nath; Sr Eliza­beth (SSC); Loch­lan Lones­bor­ough; Ann Con­nolly; Mea­ghan Pat­ter­son; Saf­fron Pow­ell; the Per­kins Fam­ily; Fr Peter Carls­son; Bee Meng Soh; and Day­alan Saminathan.