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Notices_Sunday 10th March 2024_Fourth Sunday In Lent

NOTICES

 

TODAY — Palm Cross mak­ing –after morn­ing tea.    Please come and join us in the hall to make our palm crosses for Palm Sunday.  No exper­i­ence needed as instruc­tion will be giv­en. 

 

NEXT Sunday 17th March – Par­ish AGM: Held in the church after 9.30am ser­vice and morn­ing tea.

“Notice of Pro­posed Nom­in­a­tion” forms for elec­tion into office at the AGM are now avail­able in the church foy­er and at the Com­munity Resource Centre.

Please ask someone before you nom­in­ate them and don’t for­get to ask someone to second your nomination.

 

New Big Roster for March to June 2024 now avail­able in the church foy­er and on the Com­munity resource table.

 

2024 Len­ten Stud­iesMonday group will be at 7.30pm on Zoom.  Con­tact Fr Jeff for the zoom link; and Wed­nes­day group will be held in the hall after the 10.30am ser­vice and morn­ing tea. 

 

ABM mis­sion meet­ing has been post­poned until after the AGM.  New date is yet to be con­firmed.  It would be help­ful to have read the Pro­ject book pri­or to the meet­ing.  If you would like a copy, please see Jennifer.

 

Dates for your Diary

Sun 24th March – 9.30am Palm Sunday.

Thurs 28th March – 7.30pm Maun­dy Thursday.

Fri 29th March – 9.30am Good Friday.

Sat 30th March – Work­ing Bee and Flower arran­ging, from 9.30am.

Sun 31st March – 9.30am East­er Day ser­vice fol­lowed by a Shared Lunch.

 

 Tues 2nd April at 7.30 pm — Tues­day Bible Study recom­mences: at Fr Philip’s home, 5 Lin­coln St Stan­more. All wel­come.  The study for this term will be The Acts of the Apostles. Please bring a bible.

 

ABM Lent, Good Fri­day and East­er Appeal 2024

Envel­opes are avail­able in the church foy­er to place on the col­lect plate Or Scan the QR code to make a dona­tion online.

You can also donate online at www.abmission.org/Lent2024.

OpShop 30-year cel­eb­ra­tion pens are now avail­able for only $2 each.

 

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

 

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.

 

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 your teabags.(N.B. — no dairy, cit­rus, onions or meat).

 

Weekly Inter­ces­sions for our Com­munity:

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

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

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

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

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

Fri­day: We pray for Fr John Bunyan’s pas­tor­al care min­istry at Bank­stown Hos­pit­al and all those he min­is­ters 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: John Bunyan (Priest); Mar­garet Chiew; Dav­id Dun­lop; John Bowen (Priest); Ger­ald Grant; Alex Regos; Christine Kon­draten­ko; Salochna Devi; Ruth Dodd; Robyn Palmer; Cath­er­ine Lough­man; Helen Woell­ner; Libby Dav­is; Steph­en Grif­fen; Nick Moles­worth; Douglas Sey­mour; Max Wood (Priest); Dav­id Brad­ford; Evelyn de Zoysa; Fran, Jac­queline; Donna Har­ris; Douglas John­ston; Susie Brooks; Sarah & Mari­on; and Mer­rizi & her husband.

 

Anniversar­ies of the Depar­ted: Nancy Rus­sell; Rod Robins; Jeoisime Green; Ivy Noble; Robert Wil­li­ams; John Buder­us (Priest); Ana­s­tas­si­os Daras; Dor­is Thurl­ing; and Bill Newell.

 

Long Term Pas­tor­al Pray­er list: Janet Walms­ley; Simone Crowth­er; Ruth Cham­pi­on; John Hawkins (Priest); Robert & Lyn­dall Dubler; Andy Ser­afin; Florence Shel­lard; Ray Som­mer; John Hardy; Lyn Car­ring­ton; John Dick­son; Bar­bara Allen; Marissa & Meg Maack, Jude, Isla, & Al Don­nell; Ann Jeffs; and Noel Jeffs.

 

Read­ings for 9.30am Ser­vice – Fifth Sunday in Lent

First Read­ing: Jeremi­ah 31.31–34           Psalm: 119.9–16

Second Read­ing: Hebrews 5.5–14           Gos­pel: John 12.20–33