Notices_Second Sunday of Advent_4th December 2022

NOTICES:

 

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

 

 

Happy Birth­day to: Fabi­an LoS­chiavo; Belinda Reddy; Christine Thur­ley; Kathy Drum­mond; Rajah Selva­ra­jah; Ron­ald Naidu; Frances Ran­dell-Gray; Jen­nifer B.; Pau­line Newell; and Thomas Fleming.

 

 

 

TODAY AFTER CHURCH – Open House & eats – at the Rectory!

 

 

TONIGHT: 6pm Spir­it of Taize Service.

 

 

Zoom Advent Study — 7.30pm on Monday nights: All wel­come to join in. Please email Fr Jeff and he will send you the zoom link and information.

 

 

A funer­al ser­vice to cel­eb­rate the life of Eliza­beth Arm­strong will be held at St Luke’s Enmore on Tues­day 13^th Decem­ber at 10.30am.

 

 

Stan­more Nurs­ing Home Gifts:  Your dona­tion no mat­ter how small helps the par­ish to pay for a selec­tion of equal value gifts — usu­ally chocol­ates, or some­thing suit­able for those patients who are dia­bet­ic.  If you would like to donate please place your dona­tion (in a marked envel­ope) in the offer­tory plate, or donate online ref­er­ence “Stan­more Nurs­ing Home”.   Many thanks for your generosity.

 

 

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Christ­mas cards for sale: New stock has arrived!!!

2022 Stock – reduced price.

2023 Stock — $13 per pack

Sup­port the Lep­rosy Mis­sion.  Avail­able from the Par­ish Resource Centre.  Please see Stephan Gates dur­ing Morn­ing tea.

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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 – Leave your worm food gifts at church on Sundays or drop off dur­ing the week.  Please remem­ber to remove the strings from teabags.  (NB — no dairy, cit­rus, onions or meat).

 

 

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: Susan Hill, Janet Broady, & Alex; Nic­ola & James Howard; Noel Jeffs; and Joseph, Esth­er, Joyti & Joshlyn Kumar.

Monday: Geoff Lind­say & Mandy Tib­bey; and Fabi­an LoSchiavo.

Tues­day: Lea Mc Neil & Don­ald Thomas; and Evelyn Maack.

Wed­nes­day: Jen­nifer McGov­ern; John M.; and Jo Middleton.

Thursday: Ron­ald Naidu; and Anthea, Ron, Ron­an, Veron­ica & Rohan Nath.

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

Sat­urday: Lov­ing God, we pray for the people of Ukraine, for all those suf­fer­ing or afraid, that you will be close to them and pro­tect them.  We pray for world lead­ers, for com­pas­sion, strength and wis­dom to guide their choices.  We pray for the world that in this moment of crisis, we may reach out in solid­ar­ity to our broth­ers and sis­ters in need.  May we walk in your ways so that peace and justice become a real­ity for the people of Ukraine and for all the world.  Amen.

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Pray­ers for the sick: (Fr) John Hawkins; Iso­belle Gid­ley; Mark Trav­is; Lyn Ban­ner­man; Craig; Val Thomas; Rose­mary Brad­ford; Maria & Trish; Kev­in Tib­bey; Simone Abra­hams; Ed Leuen­ber­ger; Salochna Devi; Ruth Dodd; (Rev) Mar­cia Green; Robyn Palmer; (Rev) Helen Phil­lips; Peter Cinelli; Tony Brown­low; Julie Ankers; Robert & Lyn­dall Dubler; and Geor­gia Keighery.

 

 

Anniversar­ies of the Depar­ted: Clar­rie Ayers; Gregory Joubert; Jes­sica Juer­gens; and Kath­leen Anderson.

 

 

Saints Com­mem­or­a­tion: 6^th: Nich­olas of Myra, Bish­op and teach­er (d.342); 7^th: Ambrose of Mil­an, Bish­op and teach­er (d.397); and 8^th: Con­cep­tion of the Vir­gin Mary; and Richard Bax­ter, Pas­tor and spir­itu­al writer (d.1691).

 

 

Long Term Pas­tor­al Pray­er list: Mary Middleton; Pau­line Newell; Florence Shel­lard; Ray Som­mer; John Hardy; 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; Noel Jeffs; and Singla Pallav.

 

 

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Read­ings for Next Sunday: Third Sunday of Advent

First Read­ing: Isai­ah 35.1–10                 Psalms: Song of Mary

Second Read­ing: James 5.7–10               Gos­pel: Mat­thew 11.2–11

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Christ­mas 2022 Services 

Sunday 18^th Decem­ber — 6pm Car­ol Service.

Sat­urday 24^th Decem­ber — 11pm Christ­mas Eve Service.

Sunday 25^th Decem­ber – 9.30am Christ­mas Day Service.