Notices — St Michael and All Angels — Sunday 27th September 2020

NOTICES:

Please note: Day­light sav­ing begins next Sunday 4^th Octo­ber – remem­ber to put clocks for­ward one hour on Sat­urday night.

 

Next Week - The Feast of St Fran­cis of Assisi — 4^th Octo­ber:  On this day we will bless pets and the anim­als in gen­er­al and give thanks for all cre­ation.  Bring your pets along for a blessing.

 

Next week: Even­ing Ser­vice — at 6pm — 4^th October.

 

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Attend­ance List: Each week, parish­ion­ers are emailed with a request to respond with their inten­tion to attend church and morn­ing tea.  Thank you to all who reg­u­larly respond, as it helps us with the plan­ning needed to ensure a safe environment.

If you are not receiv­ing the email, please con­tact us on stlukes.enmore@outlook.com and we will be in touch to ensure we have your con­tact details.  Those without email can also RSVP by text to Jen­nifer.  Please con­tact a warden (see back of ser­vice book­let) if you do not have access to text or email.

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New Big roster is avail­able — for Oct 2020 — Jan 2021.

 

“Words of Hope” — Poetry Event– 31 Octo­ber at 2.00 p.m:  A shar­ing of poetry by loc­al artists will take place St Luke’s Enmore.  There will be read­ings by a tal­en­ted group of poets and delight­ful refresh­ments at inter­val.  Come along and be part of our spe­cial day, with some fund­ing from the Inner West Coun­cil.  There are lim­its on attend­ance so please RSVP to the office.

 

Poetry Board – is now avail­able in the hall to view.

 

Lea MacNeal has jam to sell and vari­ous sauces; please email her lea.macneil@gmail.com if you would like to give her an order.  You may, of course, ask her what type of jam and/or pre­serve or sauces she has on hand.  Don­ald, her hus­band can deliv­er your spe­cif­ic order to the Opshop where you can pay for it.

 

Remem­ber Mis­sion Giv­ing: The Par­ish sup­ports sev­er­al mis­sion pro­jects through giv­ing to the ABM.  In the cur­rent cir­cum­stances, our mis­sion agen­cies, like the churches, are in great­er need.  Please remem­ber to sup­port ABM.

 

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Life-Sav­ing Phone num­bers:  Some import­ant phone num­bers which every­one should have on hand are:

Life­Line: 13 11 14      Kids Help Line: 1800 55 180     Bey­ond Blue: 1300 22 4636      MensLine: 1300 789 978       1800 RESPECT: 1800 737 732

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Food for our worms – Food scraps (no dairy, cit­rus or meat) can be left in the buck­et provided.  This is part of our Par­ish envir­on­ment­al initiative.

 

Pray­ers for the sick: Kristen Har­ley; Steph­en Thur­ley; Kev­in Tib­bey; Glen; Mary Middleton; Bar­bara Reyne; Fr John Bunyan; John Hardy; Louise Trott; She Kar Nair; Ram Chander; Rev’d Val Tib­bey; Maur­een Clunas; Wolf Winter; Edna Cham­bers; Linda Mac­qual­ter; Esth­er Middleton; Mea­ghan Pat­ter­son; Peter Cinelli; John Dick­son; Rita Mus­cat & her fam­ily; Rob Lake; Tamara & Craig; and John Can Pahali.

 

Anniversar­ies of the Depar­ted: Wil­li­am Dor­ring­ton; Thomas Thor­ton; Jean Thurl­ing; Mary Fish­er; Mary Fer­guson; Bill Cum­mings; Wil­li­am Bugle; Claud­ine McLead; Har­old McLead; Ellen Miller; Marj New­port; Mar­garet Doyle; Geoff Juer­gens; and Eunice Dahler.

 

Saints Com­mem­or­a­tion: 30^th Sept: Jerome, Priest & Bib­lic­al schol­ar (d.420).

 

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Weekly Inter­ces­sions for our Community:

Sunday: Ruth Cham­pi­on; Nancy Cheung; Ron, Binh, Milly, Nam & Viol­etta Clarke.

Monday: Ron Cross; Brett Dav­ies & Amrit MacIntyre; and Edi & Oscar Davis.

Tues­day: John Dick­son; Kathy Drum­mond; and Dav­id Dunlop.

Wed­nes­day: Michael Flem­ing, Eliza­beth Arm­strong, Tom, Ella and Nick.

Thursday: Stephan Gates & Andrew Eld­er; Mar­ilyn Gibbs; and Kev­in Green.

Fri­day: Peter Gil­bert & Alfredo Narnolo; and Stu­art Grigg & ‘Trica Blomberry.

Sat­urday: Dear lov­ing Fath­er, you are the lov­ing God of all the nations and peoples on this earth.  Please look with mercy and com­pas­sion on all you have cre­ated. This day we ask for your help. Please deliv­er us from the coronavir­us and lim­it its impact on Aus­tralia and the world. In your mercy bring a swift end to this crisis.  Please pro­tect with your lov­ing care those we love — our fam­il­ies, friends and neigh­bours. Let your fath­erly hand guide, shel­ter and strengthen them.  Cast out all anxious fears and doubts.  Give us an increas­ing trust in you and fill our hearts and minds with your peace.   We pray for those around the world now strug­gling with COVID-19.  Heal and com­fort those who are sick and suf­fer­ing.  Pro­tect and guide the health pro­fes­sion­als who are at the front line.  Please give wis­dom and cour­age to those who bear respons­ib­il­ity for con­front­ing this chal­lenge. We ask these things through the power­ful name of Jesus.  Amen.

 

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Long Term Pas­tor­al Pray­er list: Andrew Reddy; Shir­ley, Bar­bara & Jade Allen; Br Noel Jeffs (SSF); Beth Arm­strong; Ann Jeffs; Rhi­an­non Henry-Edwards; Marissa; Jude, Isla, Meg & Al Don­nell; Lyn Car­ring­ton; Suz­anne Camp­ton; Pau­line Newell; Bar­bara Beec­roft; Ann Con­nolly; Fr Peter Carls­son; Day­alan Sam­inath­an; Grace & Han­nah Ashton; Anaisha, & her par­ents Anu & Digvi­jay; Ron Nath; Ron­an Nath; Veron­ica Nath; Rose­mary Brad­ford; Rev Laurie McIntyre; and Ver­ity Wright.

 

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Read­ings for Next Sunday: The feast of St Fran­cis of Assisi

First Read­ing: Jeremi­ah 22.13–16                       Psalm: 148. 7–14

Second Read­ing: Gala­tians 6.14–18                    Gos­pel: Mat­thew 11.25–30

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Read­ings for the com­ing week: Even­ing Pray­er 

Sunday	Exodus 18.5–241	Psalm 25.1–9	Romans 15.14–22, 30–33
Monday	1 Mac­ca­bees 3.27–41	Psalm 119.65–88	Colos­si­ans 1.1–8
Tues­day	1 Mac­ca­bees 3.42–60	Psalms 69.17–23, 31–38	Colos­si­ans 1.9–20
Wed­nes­day	1 Mac­ca­bees 4.1–36	Psalms 73	Colos­si­ans 1.21–29
Thursday	1 Mac­ca­bees 34.37–61	Psalms 75;76	Colos­si­ans 2.1–7
Fri­day	1 Mac­ca­bees 6.1–17	Psalm 78.1–15	Colos­si­ans 12.8–15
Sat­urday	1 Mac­ca­bees 6.18–47	Psalms 78.39–70	Colos­si­ans 2.16–23