Notices_Sunday 11th May_Good Shepherd Sunday

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

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The flowers in the church today have been donated by Mat­ilda Rink­er in lov­ing memory of Peter Rink­er. Also, by Marlyn Gibbs in lov­ing memory of her fath­er Wil­bur Shisler (Grand­fath­er to Jen­nifer Bestel, and Great Grand­fath­er to Andy and Blake)

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Tues­day Night Bible Study at 7.30pm: At Fr Philip Bradford’s place 5 Lin­coln St, Stan­more.  This week we will be start­ing a new study on the book of 1 Samuel.  Bring a bible. All wel­come.

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Sat 14^th June 2025 at 3pm -  St Luke’s Young Organ­ists Series — Recit­al

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 28^th June – Sydney MOW Meet­ing at 2.30pm.  Guest speak­er Moth­er 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 2^nd August – Felix Hell (Ger­many)

Reserve your place at https://events.humanitix.com/2025iof3?hxchl=hex-pfl

Sat­urday 1^st 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: Vic­tor Any­anji; Cyn­thia Berke­mei­er; Jen­nifer, Peter, Andy & Blake B.; and Fr John & Joanne Bowen.

Monday: Fr Philip Brad­ford; Tony Brown­low; and Les & Lyn Car­ring­ton.

Tues­day: Ruth Cham­pi­on; Nancy Cheng; and Wil­low Cov­entry.

Wed­nes­day: Kev­in, Tiffany, Alex­an­der & Nich­olas Chiew.

Thursday: Ron, Milly, Nam & Viol­etta Clarke; and Lyne Cun­neen & John.

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); Joanne Bowen; Alex Regos; Helen Woell­ner; 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: Peter Rink­er; Wil­bur Shisler; Fabi­an Lo Schiavo; Allen Peime; George Nix­on; Ben Doyle; Edelmira Lorca; Ron Cross; Myra Hack; Dawn Sparkes; and Ada Mitchell.

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Saints Com­mem­or­a­tion: 14^th — Mat­thi­as, Apostle and Mar­tyr.

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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 – Fifth Sunday of East­er

First Read­ing: Acts 11.1–18                    Psalm: 148

Second Read­ing: Rev­el­a­tion 21.1–6        Gos­pel: John 13.31–35