Notices_Sunday 30th August — Fourteenth Sunday After Pentecost

NOTICES:

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

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 A very big thank you to Fr Mark Wormell for being our Act­ing Rect­or for the past 2 months.

Fr Philip Brad­ford will be our Act­ing Rect­or for the next 2 weeks.

Fr Mark Hard­ing returns from Mid-Septem­ber to 25^th Octo­ber 2026.

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 Cur­rent First Aid Hold­ers for emer­gen­cies

We would like to have a list of attend­ing parish­ion­ers who hold a cur­rent first aid cer­ti­fic­ate.  

If you hold a cur­rent first aid cer­ti­fic­ate and are will­ing to be called upon dur­ing an emer­gency, can you please provide a copy of your cer­ti­fic­ate to the par­ish office (email or in per­son) asap.

A list of names will then be made avail­able in the church foy­er and hall.

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 New Big Roster for Septem­ber to Novem­ber 2026 out now – cop­ies avail­able in the church foy­er.

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 A gen­er­al invit­a­tion is exten­ded to every­one who would like to come to the pub for lunch at the War­ren View (2 Stan­more Road, Enmore) after the ser­vice and morn­ing tea of a Sunday.  We look for­ward to see­ing you there.

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Tues­day Night Bible Study at 7.30pm

Held at Fr Philip Bradford’s place.  Please bring a bible.  All wel­come.

We will be con­tinu­ing with the Book of The Rev­el­a­tion to John.

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Sat­urday 5 Septem­ber at 11am — Com­mem­or­ative Ser­vice for the Mar­tyrs of Pap­ua New Guinea 2026.

The Anglic­an Board of Mis­sion Sydney Com­mit­tee invites you to a Holy Euchar­ist to mark the 84th Anniversary of the Mar­tyrs of Pap­ua New Guinea, to be held at St Alban’s, Epping and will be fol­lowed by refresh­ments.

Preach­er: The Rev­er­end Dr Erica Math­ieson.

RSVP for cater­ing pur­poses by Tues 1 Septem­ber to info@abmission.org.au

or 1300 302 663.  Please indic­ate any diet­ary require­ments.

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Sat­urday 12 Septem­ber at 9.30 am.- Garden Work­ing Bee will be held to work on par­ish gar­dens.

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Sunday 18^th Octo­ber – St Luke’s Patron­al Fest­iv­al:

On Sunday 18th Octo­ber at our 9.30am ser­vice we will be cel­eb­rat­ing our St Luke’s Patron­al Fest­iv­al with a spe­cial guest preach­er and former rect­or, The Very Rev’d Steph­en Wil­li­ams, Dean Emer­it­us of Christ­ch­urch Cathed­ral New­castle and known to a few long-stand­ing parish­ion­ers.

Steph­en and his wife Sue will join us for lunch at the pub after the ser­vice – All wel­come.

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Sat­urday 24^th Octo­ber 2026 at 5.30 for 6pm in the par­ish hall!

The War­dens’ Din­ner – The War­dens fly down to Rio

The War­dens warmly invite you to join them to fly down to Rio!

Keep the date and reserve your place/group table — on the list at the green board at the Church Hall door or speak to the War­dens or Brett Dav­ies.

Pre-din­ner drinks and nibbles, enter­tain­ment by Car­ni­vale Batacuda Funk, catered din­ner, silent auc­tion & more! Cost $55 (Conc)-$75 but don’t hold back.

All in sup­port of the Church Hall kit­chen upgrade.

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12^th to 14^th Nov – Move­ment for the Ordin­a­tion of Women Con­fer­ence: “Make no mis­take … God calls Women”

Aus­trali­an Centre for Chris­tian­ity and Cul­ture, Can­berra.

Regis­tra­tions now open — Con­ces­sion rates for MOW mem­bers.

Please renew your mem­ber­ship or join for 2026–27 before you register.

Find out more at: https://mowatch.com.au

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Sat­urday 5^th Dec – St Luke’s Christ­mas Mar­ket – SAVE THE DATE

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ST PAUL’S PANTRY needs food items includ­ing tinned and non-per­ish­able goods: A bas­ket is in the church foy­er for dona­tions.

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Sunday: Richard Hagen & Som; Selina Hardy & John; Susan Hill, Janet Broady & Alex; Moya Holle; and Noel Jeffs.

Monday: Joseph, Esth­er, Joyti & Joshlyn Kumar; Geoff Lind­say & Mandy Tib­bey.

Tues­day: Lea MacNeil & Don­ald Thomas; Evelyn Maack; Jen­nifer McGov­ern.

Wed­nes­day: John M.; Jo Middleton; Fran Neilsen; and Kath­er­ine Old­field.

Thurs: Andrew Pat­ter­son & Rose; Mea­ghan Pat­ter­son; Ann Petersen & Rachel.

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:

Andy Ser­afin; Alex Regos; Sarah, Paul, Emma, & Michael; John Park­er; Kim McLoughrey; Gra­ham Dagg; Char­lotte Dolby; Lilac John­ston; Janne Mar­tin; Ruth & Robyn Woell­ner; Bar­bara Ray­mond; Mar­ilyn Gibbs; and Ron Wil­li­ams.

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Anniversar­ies of the Depar­ted:

John Wobo; Sydney Row­lands; Mais­ie Cad­dis; Nigel Cun­neen; Har­old Legge; and Ant­o­nia Nagy-Laing.

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Saints Com­mem­or­a­tion:

31^st Aug: John Bunyan, preach­er & spir­itu­al writer (d.1688); and Aidan of Lindis­farne, Bish­op & mis­sion­ary (d.651).

2^nd Sept: Mar­tyrs of New Guinea (d. 1942).

3^rd Sept: Gregory of Rome, Bish­op & teach­er (d.604); and Eliza Darling, pion­eer social reformer in NSW (d.1868).

Long Term Pas­tor­al Pray­er list: Christine Thur­ley; Don­ald Thomas; Fr John Bunyan; Fr John Bowen; Janet Walms­ley; 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; and Mel McK­im­mie.

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Read­ings for Next Sunday: Fif­teenth Sunday After Pente­cost

First Read­ing: Exodus 12.1–14                Psalm: 149

Second Read­ing: Romans 13.1–10          Gos­pel: Mat­thew 18.1–9