Notices_Sunday 18th May 2025 — Fifth Sunday of Easter

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

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Par­ish Coun­cil meets today after the 9.30am ser­vice and morn­ing tea.

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Due to an increase in the cost of cof­fee and tea we ask that parish­ion­ers con­sider mak­ing a reg­u­lar small dona­tion to cov­er the costs.  The ‘Piggy’ money box will be avail­able for dona­tions at morn­ing tea.

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Tues­day Night Bible Study at 7.30pm: At Fr Philip Bradford’s place 5 Lin­coln St, Stan­more.  Cur­rently study­ing the book of 1 Samuel and up to Chapter 5.  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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Weekly Inter­ces­sions for our Com­munity:

Sunday: Brett Dav­ies & Amrit McIntyre; Edi & Oscar Dav­is; Susan Deas; Kathy Drum­mond; and Dav­id Dun­lop.

Monday: Jan­nali Eldridge & Jar­ramali; Steph­en Gates & Andrew Eld­er.

Tues­day: Michael, Eliza­beth, Tom, Ella & Nick Flem­ing; and Mar­ilyn Gibbs.

Wed­nes­day: Kev­in Green; Peter Gil­bert & Fred Narnola; and Joyce Grant.

Thursday: Stu­art Grigg & ‘Tri­cia; and Richard Hagen & Som.

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:  Tony Brown­low; Mar­ilyn Gibbs; Janet Walms­ley; 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; Eva; John Hower; Dav­id Reeks; Alec & Tarra; Ger­ald Grant; and Richard Shears.

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Anniversar­ies of the Depar­ted: Evelyn de Zoysa; Eliza­beth Stew­art; Louis Roberts; Wil­li­am Doyle; Rhoda Palmer-Gib­son; Fre­drick Crowth­er; Clive Turn­bull; Neville Arm­strong & Patrick Sadler.

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Saints Com­mem­or­a­tion: 19^th: Dun­stan, Arch­bish­op of Can­ter­bury; and 24^th: John & Charles Wes­ley, evan­gel­ists.

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Long Term Pas­tor­al Pray­er list: Lyn Car­ring­ton; Simone Crowth­er; Kar­en Stein­er-Hill; Nalini MacIntyre; Christine Kon­draten­ko; John Bunyan (Priest); Mar­garet Chiew; Bar­bara Ray­mond; Ray Som­mer; John Hardy; Marissa & Meg Maack, Jude, Isla, & Al Don­nell; Noel Jeffs; Michael Aiken; Robert & Lyn­dall Dubler; and Mel McK­im­mie.

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Read­ings for Next Sunday – Sixth Sunday Of East­er

First Read­ing: Acts 16.9–15                                              Psalm: 67

Second Read­ing: Rev­el­a­tion 21.10–14, 21.22–22.5      Gos­pel: John 14.23–29