Notices_ Easter Day_Sunday 17th April 2022

 

Easter Joy and Blessings from Fr Jeff, Michelle and family. Please drive/travel safely and observe all the Cov­id pre­cau­tions for your own pro­tec­tion and the safety of others.

 

ABM East­er Appeal 2022

Envel­opes and Digit­al dona­tions cards are avail­able in church foyer.

Or you can donate online at www.abmission.org/Easter2022

 

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Con­grat­u­la­tions to the fol­low­ing people who have been appoin­ted by Fr Jeff as:

Rector’s Warden – Fabi­an LoSchiavo

Par­ish Coun­cilors – Kathy Drum­mond, Julie Olston, Evelyn Maack.

Note: The Par­ish Coun­cil is to fill a fur­ther vacancy caused by Fabi­an becom­ing a warden.

 

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Unfin­ished Busi­ness: Cel­eb­rat­ing Anglic­an Women’s Min­istry in Australia

A nation­al con­fer­ence to be held at Christ Church St Laurence, 812 George Street, Sydney, 16–18 Septem­ber 2022

Fur­ther details, includ­ing the con­fer­ence pro­gram and regis­tra­tion details, will be provided in due course.

 

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

 

Food for our worms –Please leave your worm food gifts at church on Sundays or drop off dur­ing the week.  (NB — no dairy, cit­rus or meat)   Fr. Jeff

 

Lea MacNeil has jam, con­serves, pickles and vari­ous sauces to sell; please email her at lea.macneil@gmail.com to order them from her.  All pro­ceeds go to St Luke’s Parish.

 

Pray­ers for the sick: Dawn Sparkes; Tony Brown­low; Julie Olston: Michelle Sowerby and fam­ily; Paul; Kar­lene Thompson; Wolfgang Rose; Julie Ankers; John Bowen; John Per­kins; Florence Shel­lard; Aman­da Romeo; Andy Ser­afin; Maryrose Crowth­er; Ruth Dodd; Robert & Lyn­dall Dubler; Joanne Kenny; and The Pso­mas Family.

 

Anniversar­ies of the Depar­ted: James Unwin; Mar­garet Coote; Fre­d­er­ick Ander­son; Gra­hame Hall; Bill Moffat.

 

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Weekly Inter­ces­sions for our Com­munity:

Sunday: Shir­ley Allen, Bar­bara & Jade; Beth Arm­strong; John & Joanne Bowen; Fr Philip & Rose­mary Brad­ford; and Tony Brownlow.

Monday: Vic­tor Any­ar­isi; Jen­nifer, Peter, Elise & Blake B.; and John Dickson.

Tues­day: Les & Lyn Car­ring­ton; Ruth Cham­pi­on; and Edi & Oscar Davis.

Wed­nes­day: Tiffany, Kev­in, Alex­an­der & Nich­olas Chiew; and Kathy Drummond.

Thursday: Ron, Milly, Nam & Viol­etta Clarke; and Brett Dav­ies & Amrit MacIntyre.

Fri­day: We pray for Fr John Bunyan’s pas­tor­al care min­istry at Bank­stown Hos­pit­al and all those he min­is­ters to.

Sat­urday: Dear lov­ing Fath­er, 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 vari­ous COVID stains.  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: John Hardy; Pau­line Newell; Beth Arm­strong; Lyn Car­ring­ton; John Dick­son; Steph­en Thur­ley; Shir­ley, Bar­bara & Jade Allen; Rhi­an­non Henry-Edwards; Marissa; Jude, Isla, Meg & Al Don­nell; Grace & Han­nah Ashton; Kuwert; Rev Laurie MacIntyre; Kiki Chun; Raul of Radio Skidrow and his fam­ily; Andrew Strat­golda; Loch­lan Lones­bor­ough; and Noel Jeffs.

 

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Read­ings for Next Sunday: Second Sunday of Easter

First Read­ing: Acts 5.27–32                            Psalm: 118.14–29

Second Read­ing: Rev­el­a­tion 1.4–8                 Gos­pel: John 20.19–31

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