Notices_Sunday 7th June — 2nd Sunday after Pentecost

NOTICES:

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

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 Happy Birth­day to: Andy Ser­afin; Ruth Cham­pi­on; Rachael Reddy; Katie Wil­li­ams; Cyn­thia Berke­mei­er; Julie Olston; Don­ald Thomas; Thomas Raj; and Leil­ani Reddy.

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A very big thank you to Brett for organ­ising our excur­sion to the Vivid Laser Light show last night.  Fif­teen people thor­oughly enjoyed the even­ing, the com­pany and din­ner after­wards.

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New Big Roster for 7^th June to 30^th August is now avail­able.  Cop­ies can be found in the church foy­er and on the Com­munity Resource table.

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A gen­er­al invit­a­tion is exten­ded to every­one who would like to come to the pub for lunch at the War­ren View (2 Stan­more Road, Enmore) after the ser­vice and morn­ing tea of a Sunday.  We look for­ward to see­ing you there.

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Tues­day Night Bible Study at 7.30pm:

Held at Fr Philip Bradford’s place.  We are con­tinu­ing with the O.T. Book of Daniel.  Please bring a bible.  All wel­come.

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Sunday 21^st June – Par­ish Coun­cil meet­ing will be held in the par­ish office after the 9.30am ser­vice and morn­ing tea.

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Tick­ets will be on sale from next Sunday 14th June, for $40 pp or $30 con­ces­sion, clos­ing on Sunday 28 June.

We have held this event the past two years and it is very pop­u­lar.

Single tick­ets or a table of 4, 6 or 8 may be booked, how­ever, it would be appre­ci­ated if pay­ment was received at the time of the book­ing, we will accept cash or EFTPOS.

Start­ing at 2.30pm — There will be music, mulled wine served on arrival, hot fin­ger food, scones, jam & cream and a vari­ety of sweet del­ic­acies.

Teapots and Cof­fee will be served to the tables; some glu­ten free food will be avail­able and there will be raffles and door prizes.

We hope you will come and enjoy this fest­ive after­noon!

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Sunday 12^th July – Fun­drais­ing Com­mit­tee will meet after 9.30am ser­vice and morn­ing tea.

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The Fun­drais­ing Com­mit­tee is con­sid­er­ing hold­ing a War­dens’ Din­ner on Sat­urday 24th Octo­ber 2026

Join us for an even­ing inspired by the warmth, col­our and fest­ive spir­it, with music, fel­low­ship and a silent auc­tion in sup­port of St Luke’s.

Before con­firm­ing plans, we would like to gauge interest.  If you think you would attend, please add your name and the num­ber of people likely to accom­pany you to the list on the notice­board in the foy­er, adja­cent to the hall entry door.  Thank you.

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Sunday 18^th Octo­ber – St Luke’s Patron­al Fest­iv­al

On Sunday 18 Octo­ber we will be cel­eb­rat­ing our St Luke’s Patron­al Fest­iv­al with a spe­cial guest preach­er and former rect­or, The Very Rev’d Steph­en Wil­li­ams, Dean Emer­it­us of Christ­ch­urch Cathed­ral New­castle and known to a few long-stand­ing parish­ion­ers.

Some of us recently caught up with Steph­en when he preached at St James’ King Street for the 50th anniversary of St Laurence House.

He and his wife Sue will join us for lunch after the ser­vice — this will either be a shared lunch or a pub lunch — yet to be con­firmed.

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12^th to 14^th Nov – Move­ment for the Ordin­a­tion of Women Con­fer­ence: “Make no mis­take … God calls Women”

 Aus­trali­an Centre for Chris­tian­ity and Cul­ture, Can­berra.

Regis­tra­tions open 1 July 2026 — Con­ces­sion rates for MOW mem­bers.

Find out more at: https://2026mowdateclaimer.my.canva.site

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Sat­urday 5^th Dec – St Luke’s Christ­mas Mar­ket – SAVE THE DATE

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ST PAULS PANTRY needs food items includ­ing tinned and non-per­ish­able goods: A bas­ket is in the church foy­er for dona­tions.

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Weekly Inter­ces­sions for our Com­munity:

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

Monday: Laurel & Ray Som­mer; Kar­lene Thompson; and Janet Walms­ley.

Tues­day: Christine Thur­ley & Troy; and Stu­art Veitch, Jo Bur­ton & Laurence.

Wed­nes­day: Noël Waugh; Janet Wid­mer & Cliff; Ron (Bp) & Katie Wil­li­ams.

Thursday: Mat­thew, Sam, Thomas & Bron­wyn Whit­ing; and Sally Woell­ner.

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 and for those in need of pray­er:

Andy Ser­afin; Alex Regos; Sarah, Paul, Emma, & Michael; John Park­er; Kim McLoughrey; Gra­ham Dagg; Char­lotte Dolby; Steven Solomonides, Suz­anne Camp­ton; Lilac John­ston; LayKum Ho; Nej­det Danis; and Andrew Cole­fax.

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Anniversar­ies of the Depar­ted: Ruth Humphrig; Stu­art Ogg; Elsie Coombes; and Lyn­dall McCar­ron.

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Saints Com­mem­or­a­tion: 9^th Columba of Iona, Abbot and mis­sion­ary (d. 597); 11th: Barn­a­bas, Apostle and mar­tyr; and 13th: Ant­ony of Padua, mis­sion­ary and preach­er (d. 1231).

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Long Term Pas­tor­al Pray­er list: Christine Thur­ley; Don­ald Thomas; Fr John Bunyan; John Bowen (Priest); Janet Walms­ley; Lyn Car­ring­ton; Simone Crowth­er; Kar­en Stein­er-Hill; Christine Kon­draten­ko; Mar­garet Chiew; Ray Som­mer; John Hardy; Marissa & Meg Maack, Jude, Isla, & Al Don­nell; Noel Jeffs; Michael Aiken; and Mel McK­im­mie.

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Read­ings Next Sunday: Third Sunday After Pente­cost

First Read­ing: Gen­es­is 18.1–15               Psalm: 116.1–2, 11–18

Second Read­ing: Romans 5.1–11            Gos­pel: Mat­thew 9.35–10.8

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