Notices_Sunday 12th October — Eighteenth 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 are donated by Ann Petersen in lov­ing memory of her hus­band Peter Petersen.

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Tues­day Night Bible Study at 7.30pm:

At Fr Philip Bradford’s place 5 Lin­coln St, Stan­more.  We are now begin­ning the Let­ter of James.  Please bring a bible.  All wel­come.

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Sunday 19^th Octo­ber at 9.30am – St Luke’s Patron­al Fest­ival:

Our guest preach­er will be Moth­er Kath­ryn Bell­house, Dir­ect­or of the

St Laurence Centre, at Christ Church St Laurence.

Please join us for morn­ing tea after church, and lunch at the War­ren View Hotel after­wards, if you can make it.

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Sunday 26^th Octo­ber- Spe­cial Heal­ing Ser­vice:  On this morn­ing at St Luke’s we will pray for God’s heal­ing for ourselves and our loved ones with per­son­al private heal­ing pray­ers with anoint­ing and the lay­ing on of hands being offered for all who wish by Fr Jeff and Fr Philip.  This is an ideal time to invite any­one you know in need of this min­istry.

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Sunday 26^th Octo­ber – Par­ish Coun­cil meets after the 9.30am ser­vice and morn­ing tea.

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ABM CELEBRATIONS — 175 Anniversary Spe­cial Cel­eb­ra­tion Events:

~ Tues 28th Octo­ber from 10am to 5pm — a Gath­er­ing of bish­ops, clergy and people to listen and dis­cuss the future; lunch $10.00.

~ Tues 28th Octo­ber at 5.30pm — Myan­mar Road Show.

~ Wed 29th Octo­ber at 4pm — FESTAL THANKSGIVING EVENSONG at St James Church, King Street, Sydney.

~ Wed 29^th Octo­ber at 6.30pm ANNIVERSARY DINNER, at Par­lia­ment House.

Details on ABM’s web­site <abmission.org/175th-anniversary/>

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

Sat­urday 1^st Nov – Marko Sever (St James’ King Street)

Reserve your place at https://events.humanitix.com/2025iof4?hxchl=hex-pfl

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Sunday 2^nd Novem­ber – Meet­ing to organ­ise the Christ­mas Mar­ket. Please come if you can.

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Sunday 23^rd Novem­ber – Feast of Christ the King and Fr Jeff & Michelle’s Farewell.  Shared Lunch to fol­low the ser­vice.

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Sunday 30^th Novem­ber from 10am — St Chris­to­phor­us Church Fete:

112 Edwin Street North, Croy­don, — after mass.  Typ­ic­al Ger­man food and Ger­man beer / wine, plus Stalls.

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Sat­urday 6^th Decem­ber at 6pm: Fest­ive Music for Advent & Christ­mas

St Pauls’ Anglic­an Church, Bur­wood.

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Sat­urday 13^th Decem­ber – St Luke’s Christ­mas Mar­ket

Save the date – more inform­a­tion to co

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Weekly Inter­ces­sions for our Com­munity:

Sunday: Selina & John Hardy; Susan Hill, Janet Broady & Alex; Moya Holle; and Noel Jeff.

Monday: Joseph, Esth­er, Joyti & Joshlyn Kumar; and Evelyn Maack.

Tues­day: Geoff Lind­say & Mandy Tib­bey; and Lea MacNeil & Don­ald Thomas.

Wed­nes­day: Jen­nifer McGov­ern; John M.; Pamela Naple; and Fran Neilson.

Thursday: Kath­er­ine Old­field; and Fr Jeff & Michell Park­er.

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:  Don­ald Thomas; Andy Ser­afin; John Bowen (Priest); Alex Regos; Rick; Sarah, Paul, Emma, & Michael; John Park­er; Kim McLoughrey; Gra­ham Dagg; Char­lotte Dolby; Ern­est MacIntyre; Maur­een Byers; Claire Bur­gess; Cheryl King­don; Steven Solomonides, and Ara­bella Ross.

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Anniversar­ies of the Depar­ted: Peter Petersen; Har­old Heck; Angela Bell; Ellen Faulkes; Nor­man Pol­gan; Leo Castles; John Tonetti; Len Har­ris; Ruth Arthur; Ella Morey; & Vi Wat­son.

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Saints Com­mem­or­a­tion:

15^th: Teresa of Avila, teach­er.

16^th: Hugh Latimer and Nich­olas Rid­ley, Bish­ops and Mar­tyrs.

17^th: Igna­tius of Anti­och, Bish­op and mar­tyr.

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Long Term Pas­tor­al Pray­er list: 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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Read­ings for Next Sunday: St Luke’s Patron­al Fest­iv­al

First Read­ing: Jeremi­ah 8.22–9.3            Psalms: 145.10–18

Second Read­ing: 2 Timothy 4.9–17a       Gos­pel: Luke 10.1–9

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