Notices_2nd Sunday After Pentecost_19th June 2022

NOTICES:

Pray­ers for Heal­ing and anointing

Fr Jeff will be avail­able in the chapel after the ser­vice to offer anoint­ing and pray­ers for healing.

 

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The flowers in the church today are giv­en in lov­ing memory of Ruth Champion’s fath­er, (Thomas) Eric Cham­pi­on (d. 19th June 1989).

 

 

Fr Jeff and Michelle park­er will be away on hol­i­days from 24^th June – 8^th July.  Fr Philip Brad­ford will be tak­ing the Sunday and Wed­nes­day ser­vices dur­ing this period.

 

 

New Offer­tory envel­opes — 3^rd July 2022 onwards: are now avail­able in the church foyer.

 

 

Spir­it of Taize Ser­vice: The first of these was held on 5^th June and was quite suc­cess­ful.  Fr Jeff will not be avail­able on 3 July which is when the next one would be due.  Con­sequently, the next SOT ser­vice will be held on 10 July.  See you there.

 

 

A Voice in the Wil­der­ness — com­men­cing Mon 20 June 2022 — 7.30pm:  You are invited to a Zoom study group A Voice in the Wil­der­ness: Listen­ing to the State­ment from the Heart.  This is a series of 8 ses­sions fol­low­ing the 8 chapters in the Anglic­an Board of Mis­sion – Aus­tralia Study Guide.  Book avail­able from ABM office, Ph: 9264 1021.  This reflect­ive study group will include a num­ber of Guest speak­ers.  Bish­op Keith Joseph, Bish­op of North Queens­land will be the first guest on 20 June.  To register and for fur­ther details please con­tact Moya Holle mjholle@bigpond.com or Graeme Curry ephraemben@gmail.com or phone 0432 786 901.

 

 

Food for our worms – As Fr Jeff and Michelle will be away for their annu­al leave please DO NOT leave food scraps at the door of the Rect­ory dur­ing this time.  Rest assured the worms are thriv­ing and very much OK for this time.

 

 

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

 

 

Church Car­park: Please keep the church drive­way free for emer­gency vehicle access.  The life that might be saved could well be yours or someone in your fam­ily.  If your car is not eas­ily accom­mod­ated with­in our car­park­ing spaces, please drop your pas­sen­gers off and drive through.  There is adequate free park­ing avail­able in the Cyp­ri­ot Club car­park – entry via Stan­more Road.

 

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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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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.

 

 

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Weekly Inter­ces­sions for our Com­munity:

Sunday: Joyce, Andrew, Rachel, Bianca, Stephanie, & Bryson Reddy; Gra­hame Sadler; Rajah Selva­ra­jah & Greg; and Peter Seymour.

Monday: Andy Ser­afin & Colin; Louisa Sil­ver­man; and Laurel & Ray Sommer.

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

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

Thursday: Janet Wid­mer & Cliff; and Ron & Katie Williams.

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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Pray­ers for the sick: Ray Som­mer; John Bowen; John Pahali; Tony Brown­low; Vince; Julie Ankers; John Per­kins; Florence Shel­lard; Aman­da Romeo; Andy Ser­afin; Ruth Dodd; Robert & Lyn­dall Dubler; Joanne Kenny; and The Pso­mas Family.

 

 

Recently depar­ted: Lyn­dall McCarron.

 

 

Anniversar­ies of the Depar­ted:  Betty Borg; Eric Cham­pi­on (Priest); Mar­garet Dor­ring­ton; Har­riet Murphy; Robert Ambler; Ron­ald Har­ring­ton; Darcy Dunn; and Shir­ley Frankland.

 

 

Saints Com­mem­or­a­tion: 22^nd: Alban, first Brit­ish mar­tyr (d. c. 209); and 24^th: Birth of John the Baptist.

 

 

Long Term Pas­tor­al Pray­er list: John Hardy; Pau­line Newell; Beth Arm­strong; Lyn Car­ring­ton; John Dick­son; 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.

 

 

Read­ings for Next Sunday: Third Sunday After Pentecost

First Read­ing: 2 Kings 2.1–2, 6–14                      Psalms: 77.1–2,11–20

Second Read­ing: Gala­tians 5.1, 13–15                Gos­pel: Luke 9.51–62