Notices: Sunday 25th January 2026 — Australia Today

Notices:

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

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A meet­ing will be held in the church TODAY, after morn­ing tea, for all the exist­ing Sanc­tu­ary par­ti­cipants.  Mandy has spoken with Andy, who is very pleased that this meet­ing has been arranged for those who serve, and that she will con­vene it in his absence.

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Tues­day Night Bible Study at 7.30pm:

Held at Fr Philip Bradford’s place.  We will be con­tinu­ing with the Gos­pel of Mat­thew.  Please bring a bible.  All wel­come.

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Next Sunday 1^st Feb­ru­ary a meet­ing will be held for all wel­comers. There have been a num­ber of decisions made by the Par­ish Coun­cil to ensure the safety of parish­ion­ers and to give more assist­ance to the clergy and to our vis­it­ors.  If you are a wel­comer, it would be bene­fi­cial if you would attend.

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Sunday 1^st Feb­ru­ary — Fr John Bunyan will be cel­eb­rat­ing his 90th birth­day at 2 pm at St John’s Anglic­an Church Gor­don, 754 Pacific High­way Gor­don and we are all invited.  It will be a simple pro­gram of 7 Les­sons, 7 Son­nets, 7 Songs with a small launch of his books. Bring no presents, but a gift to the Al-Ahli Hos­pit­al in Gaza would be so very much appre­ci­ated.  This is also one of our ABM pro­jects.  If you go, the church is with­in walk­ing dis­tance of Gor­don Sta­tion; if you drive, park­ing may be found with­in loc­al streets. Please bring a small plate of food if you can for after­noon tea.  Please let Fr John know via email to bunyanj@tpg.com.au or ring him on (02) 4627 2586.

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Sat­urday 21^st Feb­ru­ary at 3pm for a 3.15pm start — Cinema Para­diso:  Salute — The story behind the image (2008)

The pic­ture of three men on the win­ners’ podi­um after the men’s 200 metres final at the 1968 Mex­ico City Olympic Games is an endur­ing 20th Cen­tury image, still rel­ev­ant today.

This film, dir­ec­ted and pro­duced by Aus­trali­an sprint­er Peter Norman’s neph­ew, tells the story of the polit­ics, and more pro­foundly, the faith behind the image. The film premiered at the 2008 Sydney Film Fest­iv­al, win­ning the Audi­ence Award for Best Aus­trali­an Doc­u­ment­ary.

Inter­val with espresso, pro­secco and cheese, con­clud­ing at 5.30pm.

RSVP not required.  Screen­ing in the Church Hall

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Sat­urday 18^th April – Rail Pil­grim­age to Mor­peth: Mark­ing the 100^th Anniversary of the open­ing of St John’s Theo­lo­gic­al Col­lege

Travel in reserved seats aboard our train to Mait­land, trans­fer by coach to Mor­peth, par­ti­cip­ate in a Chor­al Mass fol­lowed by a two-course lunch­eon with wine, and then some time to explore the vil­lage, before return travel to Sydney.

While the “book by” date is 5 March, it would be help­ful if people could indic­ate their interest by 15^th Feb­ru­ary.

Please see the fly­er with all details on our notice board out­side the hall.

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Weekly Inter­ces­sions for our Com­munity:

Sunday: Mat­ilda Rink­er; Gra­hame Sadler; Rajah Selva­ra­jah & Greg; Peter Sey­mour; Andy Ser­afin & Colin Spokes.

Monday: John Reimer; Louisa Sil­ver­man; and Laurel & Ray Som­mer.

Tues­day: Kar­lene Thompson; and Christine Thur­ley, Troy & Fam­ily.

Wed­nes­day: Stu­art Veitch, Jo Bur­ton & Laurence; and Janet Walms­ley.

Thursday: Noël Waugh; Janet Wid­mer & Cliff; and Ron (Bp) & Katie Wil­li­ams.

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; Don­ald Thomas; Andy Ser­afin; Alex Regos; Sarah, Paul, Emma, & Michael; John Park­er; Kim McLoughrey; Gra­ham Dagg; Char­lotte Dolby; Steven Solomonides, Ara­bella Ross; and Charlie.

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Recently Depar­ted: Dame Mar­ie Bashir (Former Gov­ernor of NSW).

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Anniversar­ies of the Depar­ted: Frank Clarke; and Ron Buck­ing­ham.

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Saints Com­mem­or­a­tion:

27^th: John Chryso­stom, bish­op of Con­stantinople, teach­er (d. 407).

28^th: Thomas Aqui­nas, theo­lo­gian (d.1274).

30^th: Charles, King of Eng­land (d. 1649).

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Long Term Pas­tor­al Pray­er list: John Bowen (Priest); 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: The Present­a­tion of Christ in the Temple

First Read­ing: Mala­chi 3.1–4                   Psalm: 84

Second Read­ing: Hebrews 2.14–18         Gos­pel: Luke.22–40

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Dates for your diary:

Tue 17^th Feb­ru­ary – Shrove Tues­day.

Wed 18^th Feb­ru­ary — Ash Wed­nes­day.

Sun 22^nd Feb­ru­ary – First Sunday in Lent.

Sun 15^th March – Annu­al Gen­er­al Meet­ing