Notices_Sunday 24th August-11th Sunday After Pentecost

NOTICES:

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

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From the War­dens…

A big thank you to every­one again for your attend­ance and won­der­ful sup­port of the Win­ter­fest High Tea last week.  As nearly everything was either homemade or donated, the grand total is now $3,142. This was made up by tick­et sales of $2,686 (and a spe­cial thanks to those who donated over and above the price of the tick­et or donated in lieu of the abil­ity to attend), raffles ($256) and a sep­ar­ate $200 dona­tion; we cer­tainly appre­ci­ate your gen­er­os­ity.  We are indebted to Susan Deas and Jo Bur­ton for the enter­tain­ment; to all who gave of their time to help and bake, espe­cially Kathy Drum­mond and Michael Flem­ing,

and to those who gave prizes!  Thank you once again!

Our next major fun­draiser, of course, will be our Christ­mas Mar­ket on Sat­urday 6 Decem­ber, 9 a.m. to 2.30 p.m. Please mark it in your diary as we appre­ci­ate as much help as we can muster!

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Tues­day Night Bible Study at 7.30pm:

At Fr Philip Bradford’s place 5 Lin­coln St, Stan­more.  Cur­rently study­ing the Gos­pel of Mark.  Please bring a bible.  All wel­come.

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NEXT Sunday 31^st August — Chant­ing the psalms ses­sion 2

St Luke’s in almost unique in Sydney in that you as the con­greg­a­tion chants the psalms. It would be a pity if we lost that tra­di­tion.

If you would like to learn to chant the psalms tra­di­tion­ally or have a refresh­er, Rajah with some assist­ance from Kathy and Kath­er­ine is will­ing to give some point­ers on Sunday 31st August after morn­ing tea.  So, if you’ve ever wondered what ·  |-  † *  — : , l and ll, double chant and single chant mean please come and join us.  No singing or oth­er music exper­i­ence neces­sary.

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Sat­urday 6^th Septem­ber from 11am — The Feast of the Com­mem­or­a­tion of the New Guinea Mar­tyrs Euchar­ist

At Saints Luke’s Con­cord, 19 Bur­ton St, Con­cord
Preach­er:  The Rev’d Michael Dea­sey OAM
Refresh­ments after­wards in the Par­ish Hall, adja­cent to Church

RSVP for cater­ing pur­poses by Tues­day 2^nd Septem­ber to Den­ise at info@abmission.org.au OR Ph: 9264 1021

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Sat­urday 6^th Septem­ber from 1pm — Ecu­men­ic­al BBQ

All mem­bers of St Luke’s Enmore along with St Chris­to­phor­us con­greg­a­tion are invited to an ecu­men­ic­al bar­be­cue to cel­eb­rate the begin­ning of spring, at Ron Clarke’s house, 5 Barnes Aven­ue, Earl­wood, start­ing at 1 pm until whenev­er, i.e., come whenev­er you like and stay as long as you like.

The inten­tion is simply to provide an oppor­tun­ity for Ger­man Roman Cath­ol­ics of St Chris­to­phor­us and St Luke’s High Church Anglic­ans to get to know one anoth­er in a relaxed envir­on­ment and to dis­cov­er how much they actu­ally have in com­mon.

Food and drink will be provided, but if you could bring either a small salad or dessert to share, that would be appre­ci­ated.

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The 7th Septem­ber Taizé ser­vice is post­poned due to the Rect­or being away on leave.  In addi­tion, due to fail­ing attend­ance in the winter weath­er the Rect­or and Peter Sey­mour have decided that the ser­vice will not resume until the weath­er improves and the ser­vice struc­ture will be reviewed at this time.

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12^th to 14th Septem­ber – Par­ish Retreat at The Old Mon­as­tery Stroud.

This was res­ched­uled from earli­er in the year when the area was flooded. If you would like more inform­a­tion please speak with Fr Philip, Ruth Cham­pi­on or Tiffany Chiew.

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St James’ Inter­na­tion­al Organ Fest­iv­al – 5pm to 7pm

St James’ Church, 173 King Street, Sydney

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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Weekly Inter­ces­sions for our Com­munity:

Sunday: Vic­tor Any­anji; Cyn­thia Berke­mei­er; Jen­nifer, Peter, Andy & Blake B.; and John (Fr) & Joanne Bowen.

Monday: Kay Younie, Nata­sh, Timothy & Jona­thon; and Philip (Fr) Brad­ford.

Tues­day: Tony Brown­low; Les & Lyn Car­ring­ton; and Ruth Cham­pi­on.

Wed­nes­day: Nancy Cheng; and Tiffany, Kev­in, Alex & Nick Chiew.

Thursday: Ron, Milly Nam, & Viol­eta Clarke; and Wil­low Cov­entry.

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:

Christine Thur­ley; Ruth Cham­pi­on; Mar­ilyn Gibbs; Janet Walms­ley; Andy Ser­afin; John Bowen (Priest); Mari­on Mad­dox; Sarah, Paul, Emma, & Michael; John Park­er; Kim McLoughrey; Dianne Albrecht; Mat­thew Bright; Gra­ham Dagg; Char­lotte Dolby; Ern­est MacIntyre; and Maur­een Byers.

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Anniversar­ies of the Depar­ted: Clar­rie Cregan; and Jane Hark­er.

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Saints Com­mem­or­a­tion:

24^th: Bartho­lomew, Apostle and mar­tyr.

27^th: Mon­ica, moth­er of Augustine.

28^th: Augustine of Hippo, Bish­op and teach­er.

29^th: Behead­ing of John the Baptist.

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Long Term Pas­tor­al Pray­er list: Alex Regos; 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; Robert & Lyn­dall Dubler; and Mel McK­im­mie.

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Cop­ies of Fr Philip’s Sunday Ser­mons can be made avail­able for those who would like to have a copy.

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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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Please DO NOT leave your peel­ings for the par­ish worm farms at the rect­ory while Fr Jeff and Michelle are on leave for the next month.

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Read­ings for Next Sunday: Twelfth Sunday After Pente­cost

First Read­ing: Jeremi­ah 2.4–13                           Psalms: 81.1, 10–16

Second Read­ing: Hebrews 13.1–8, 15–16            Gos­pel: Luke 14.1, 7–14

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