Notices_Sunday 4th May_3rd Sunday of Easter_Confirmation

Wel­come to any vis­it­ors with us today.  Please join us for Coffee/Tea and our shared lunch­eon.
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO: Fr Philip Brad­ford, Richard Hagen, Michelle Park­er, Louisa Sil­ver­man, Alex­an­der Chiew, Jan­nali Eldridge, Susan Reddy, & Joyce Grant.
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The flowers in the church today have been donated Fr Philip Brad­ford in lov­ing memory of Rose­mary Brad­ford.
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TONIGHT: 5pm Spir­it of Taizé ser­vice
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Tues­day Night Bible Study at 7.30pm: At Fr Philip Bradford’s place 5 Lin­coln St, Stan­more.  We will be com­plet­ing Romans and decid­ing which book to study next.  Bring a bible. All wel­come.
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Fri 23rd to Sun 25th May – Par­ish Retreat at The Old Mon­as­tery, Stroud.
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Sat­urday 14th June 2025 at 3pm — St Luke’s Young Organ­ists Series — Recit­al on — keep the date
Samuel Giddy returns to St Luke’s to per­form on the rare 1883 Wordsworth & Maskell Pipe Organ. Samuel will fol­low his 2023 per­form­ance with anoth­er ped­al solo, a celes­ti­al adagio by J S Bach and oth­er works. The pro­gramme also includes the trans­port­ing Arabesque by Louis Vierne (organ­ist at Notre Dame de Par­is from 1900 until his death in 1937)
Seat­ing unre­served ‑No book­ing required
Entry, Pro­gramme & Refresh­ments by note/tap dona­tion (to con­trib­ute to the performer’s fee)
Enquir­ies:  Kathy Drum­mond / Brett Dav­ies
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Sat­urday 28th June – Sydney MOW Meet­ing at 2.30pm.  Guest speak­er Kathyrn Bell­house from CCSL.  All wel­come!
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St James’ Inter­na­tion­al Organ Fest­iv­al – 5pm to 7pm
St James’ Church, 173 King Street, Sydney
Sat­urday 2nd August – Felix Hell (Ger­many)
Reserve your place at https://events.humanitix.com/2025iof3?hxchl=hex-pfl
Sat­urday 1st Nov – Marko Servo (St James’ King Street)
Reserve your place at https://events.humanitix.com/2025iof4?hxchl=hex-pfl
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Cop­ies of Fr Jeff’s Sunday Ser­mons are made avail­able in the church foy­er each Sunday for those who would like to take a copy.  Back cop­ies are also avail­able upon request.
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ST PAULS PANTRY needs food, health and clean­ing items: A bas­ket is in the church foy­er for dona­tions.
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Weekly Inter­ces­sions for our Com­munity:
Sunday: Louisa Sil­ver­man; Laurel & Ray Som­mer; Kar­lene Thompson; and Christine Thur­ley Troy and fam­ily.
Monday: Geof­frey Turnham; Stu­art Veitch, Jo Bur­ton, and Laurence.
Tues­day: Janet Walms­ley; Noël Waugh; and Janet Wid­mer & Cliff.
Wed­nes­day: Ron (Bp) & Katie Wil­li­ams; and Mat­thew Whit­ing & fam­ily.
Thursday: Sally Woell­ner; and Kay Younie, Nata­sha, Timothy & Jona­thon.
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: 
Janet Walms­ley; Lyn Car­ring­ton; Lea MacNeil; Andy Ser­afin; John Bowen (Priest); Alex Regos; Helen Woell­ner; Lilac John­ston; Douglas John­ston; Max Woods (Priest); Jane Edwards; Mel Kew­ley; Jona­thon & Joshua; Jack­ie Chaffo; John Park­er; Ava; John Hower; Dav­id Reeks; and Alec & Tar­rah.
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Anniversar­ies of the Depar­ted: Rose­mary Brad­ford; Ada Har­ris; Murtle Blatch; and Helen Hack.
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Saints Com­mem­or­a­tion: 6th: John, Apostle & evan­gel­ist, and 8th: Juli­an of Nor­wich, Holy woman & mys­tic.
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Long Term Pas­tor­al Pray­er list: Fred Blake: Simone Crowth­er; Kar­en Stein­er-Hill; Nalini MacIntyre; Christine Kon­draten­ko; John Bunyan (Priest); Mar­garet Chiew; Ger­ald Grant; Bar­bara Ray­mond; Ray Som­mer; John Hardy; Bar­bara Allen; Marissa & Meg Maack, Jude, Isla, & Al Don­nell; Noel Jeffs; Michael Aiken; and Robert & Lyn­dall Dubler.
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Read­ings for Next Sunday – Fourth Sunday of East­er
First Read­ing: Acts 9.36–43 Psalm: 23
Second Read­ing: Rev­el­a­tion 7.9–17 Gos­pel: John 10.22–30