NOTICES: 

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

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 Happy Birth­day to: Kev­in Green; Susan Hill; Evelyn Maack; Lyne Cun­neen; Eddie Reddy; Alex Hill; Janet Wid­mer and Lyn Car­ring­ton.

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The flowers in the church today are donated by Ann Petersen in lov­ing memory of her fath­er, Eddie Edmonds (30^th Anniversary).

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Mes­sage from our Act­ing Rect­or:  Would all inter­ces­sion read­ers please go to the mic on the lectern to say their respect­ive pray­ers.  We have a prob­lem with people not being heard.  Thank you

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Wed­nes­day Morn­ing Euchar­ist in the Chapel - a request was made to ask all those who cur­rently attend the ser­vice, if they prefer the cur­rent ser­vice time or to revert to the former 10 a.m. time.  A sur­vey was taken and the major­ity reques­ted it remain at 10.30 a.m.

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Ashes for Ash Wed­nes­day — Please have a look at home for last year’s palm crosses and bring them into church.  It is these we burn to make the ashes for Ash Wed­nes­day (18/02).

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TODAY Sunday 1st 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.  Please get a tea or cof­fee and some­thing to eat quickly and come into the back foy­er of the church.  If you are inter­ested in becom­ing a wel­comer, please come too!

It is also Fr John Bunyan’s 90th Birth­day cel­eb­ra­tion at St John’s Gor­don at 2 p.m. He would be very pleased to see you there if you can make it. Enquir­ies to Ruth, who has one seat spare in her car.

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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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Sunday 15^th Feb­ru­ary we will cel­eb­rate Pan­cake Day (ahead of Shrove Tues­day when we used to hold this in the rect­ory and burn our Palm Crosses in read­i­ness for Ash Wed­nes­day).  Par­ish Coun­cil con­sidered the rect­ory unsuit­able for use this year giv­en the cur­rent renov­a­tions tak­ing place.  We would like to make this a small fun­draiser for the par­ish, and we will ask for a mon­et­ary note of $5 or more for the pan­cakes, if you are able, but tea and cof­fee will be free!!  We can have the Eft­pos handy for those who nev­er carry cash!!  Some of us will assist the Chiew fam­ily with pan­cake bat­ter — which may actu­ally be more large pike­let size but will taste the same. Maple syr­up and ice cream or straw­berry jam and cream will be avail­able.  We hope you will stay and join in the fun.  The Par­ish Coun­cil will meet as soon as pos­sible after morn­ing tea in the Office.

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 Wed 18^th Feb­ru­ary — Ash Wed­nes­day ser­vices at 10.30am & 7.30pm.

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

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 28^th Feb­ru­ary, 6.00 for 6.30 pm – Men’s Night Out

Held at the Little Turtle Res­taur­ant, 10 Stan­more Rd.

For more inform­a­tion con­tact Kev­in Green on Mob: 0405 691 055

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Sunday 16^th March – Annu­al Gen­er­al Meet­ing after the 9.30am ser­vice.

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16^th – 20^th March — T.S. Eliot’s Four Quar­tets:

Eli­ot was an Anglo-Cath­ol­ic, and his Four Quar­tets is a pro­found med­it­a­tion on time, pres­ence and faith. He is explor­ing Chris­ti­an mys­ti­cism in his poetry, and it was inspired by his own spir­itu­al beliefs.
Ven­ue: Old Fitz Theatre
Address: 129 Dowl­ing Street, Wool­loomoo­loo NSW 2011
More details here: https://www.oldfitztheatre.com.au/four-quartets

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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

FARES include return train travel with reserved seats, coach trans­fers from Mait­land to and from Mor­peth, and pil­grim­age lunch with wine.

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

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Weekly Inter­ces­sions for our Com­munity:

Sunday: Sally Woell­ner; Fr Philip Brad­ford; Tony Brown­low; Kristina Cat­tell; Ruth Cham­pi­on; and Quinn Chen.

Monday: Mat­thew, Bron­wyn, Sam & Tom Whit­ing; Vic­tor Any­anji; Nancy Cheng.

Tues­day: Kay Younie, Nata­sha, Timothy and Jona­thon; Cyn­thia Berke­mei­er.

Wed­nes­day: Jen­nifer, Peter, Andy & Blake B.; and Fr John & Joanne Bowen.

Thursday: Les & Lyn Car­ring­ton; and Kev­in, Tiffany, Nick & Alex Chiew.

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, Fred Dobell; and Ara­bella Ross.

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Recently Depar­ted: Aisha Kum­baka.

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Anniversar­ies of the Depar­ted: Eddie Edmonds: Br John Vock­ler; Jen­nifer Rus­sell; and Florence Simpson.

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Saints Com­mem­or­a­tion:

3^rd: First Anglic­an ser­vice at Sydney Cove, con­duc­ted by Richard John­son, 1788.

4^th: Ans­kar, mis­sion­ary Bish­op in Sweden (d. 868).

5^th: The 26 Mar­tyrs of Japan, cru­ci­fied at Naga­saki (d.1597).

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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: Fifth Sunday after Epi­phany

First Read­ing: Isai­ah 58.1–9a     Psalm: 112

Second Read­ing: 1 Cor 2.1–13    Gos­pel: Mat­thew 5.13–20

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