Notices_Sunday 31st August — Twelfth Sunday After Pentecost

NOTICES:

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 Edi Dav­is in lov­ing memory of her par­ents, John & Mat­ilda Wobo.

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TODAY after Morn­ing tea — 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 today 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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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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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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NOTE: The 7^th 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 14^th 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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Tues­day 16^th Septem­ber at 11am — ABM Sydney Aux­il­i­ary Com­mit­tee invite St Luke’s parish­ion­ers to a Recon­cili­ation Lunch­eon. In sup­port of ABM’s Recon­cili­ation Work with Abori­gin­al and Torres Strait Islander Lead­ers.

Held at Christ Church St Laurence Hall, 505 Pitt Street, Sydney.

Guest Speak­er, Larissa Min­niecon, cur­rently works with the ABM – Aus­tralia on Gadig­al Land.

Money raised will sup­port the Rev­er­end Glor­ia Shipp, Anglic­an priest, in the ‘Walk­about Min­istry’ she foun­ded, provid­ing an access­ible, cul­tur­ally sens­it­ive church for Abori­gin­al and Torres Strait Islanders in the Cobar, Dubbo, Nyn­gan and War­ren areas of NSW.

RSVP by Wed­nes­day 10^th Septem­ber to the ABM Office: info@abmission.org.au or Den­ise, Ph: 9264 1021

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Wed­nes­day, 17 Septem­ber, 6.00 – 6.30pm — Men’s Night Out

To be held at New Set­timo New­town res­taur­ant

503 to 511 King Street New­town, Ph: 8068 0587

See Kev­in Green for fur­ther inform­a­tion Mob: 0405 691 055

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

Monday: Lyne Cun­neen & John; and 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 Blombery; 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:

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; Maur­een Byers; Claire Bur­gess; and Wil­li­am Prat­ley.

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Anniversar­ies of the Depar­ted: John & Mat­ilda Wobo; Wil­li­am Oliv­er & Betty Smith.

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Saints Com­mem­or­a­tion:  2^nd: Mar­tyrs of New Guinea; and 3^rd: Gregory of Rome, Bish­op and teach­er; and Eliza Darling, pion­eer social reformer in NSW.

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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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ST PAULS PANTRY needs food, health and clean­ing items: A bas­ket is in the church foy­er for dona­tions.

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Read­ings for Next Sunday: Thir­teenth Sunday After Pente­cost

First Read­ing: Jeremi­ah 18.1–11             Psalms: 139.1–5, 12–18

Second Read­ing: Philem­on 1–15             Gos­pel: Luke 14.25–35

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