Notices_Sunday 12th March_Third Sunday in Lent

 

Con­grat­u­la­tions to all those elec­ted at our Annu­al Gen­er­al Meet­ing last Sunday. The fol­low­ing parish­ion­ers will take up the pos­i­tion of:

Church War­dens: Fabi­an LoS­chiavo (Rect­or’ Warden), Susan Hill, and Ruth Champion.

Par­ish Coun­cil­lors: Andy Ser­afin, Peter Sey­mour, Tony Brown­low, Kath­er­ine Old­field, Tiffany Chiew, and Kathy Drum­mond.  (Note — Fr Jeff is still to name 2 more)

Syn­od Rep­res­ent­at­ives: Tony Brown­low & Peter Seymour.

Nom­in­at­ors: Kath­er­ine Old­field, Susan Hill, Stu­art Veitch, Mandy Tib­bey and Moya Holle.

 

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Len­ten Study – 2023 ABM Len­ten resource: This Week — Study 4 not 3.

“The ima­gin­ary Door­way: Stor­ies and stud­ies from the Gos­pel of Inclu­sion”.

Wed­nes­days after 10.30am ser­vice and morn­ing tea; and Monday nights at 7.30pm online via Zoom.

Please con­tact Fr Jeff at parkerj272@gmail.com for the zoom link.

 

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Sat­urday 25^th March – NSW State Elec­tions:

The Elect­or­al Office is hir­ing our hall from 3 p.m. Fri­day 24^th to mid­night on Sat­urday 25^th March.   The hall is there­fore not avail­able for use at this time.

A BBQ provided by the Chiew fam­ily & volun­teers will be avail­able on the day.

Our cake stall has also been approved by the Elect­or­al Com­mis­sion and will be held in the car­park from 9am until the cakes sell out.

Help is needed, as well as cakes, slices, or bis­cuits for sale.  Small cup­cakes, muffins, banana, date or wal­nut loaves sell best.

As there will be lim­ited room in the car­park, there will only be one table with cakes and some jams, pre­serves & curds made by Lea MacNeil.

Please note:  Goods can only be brought in on the day for sale as there is nowhere to store them overnight.

A cake stall roster for 2 hourly inter­vals will be placed in the hall on the notice board.  If you are avail­able to help sell these goods please put your name down on one of the 2‑hours slots.  Any help at all would be much appreciated!

 

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Sunday 26th March: Palm Cross Mak­ing after morn­ing tea.  No exper­i­ence neces­sary.  Instruc­tions and assist­ance provided.  Every­body is invited to come join in this yearly St Luke’s com­munity event.

 

 

Sat­urday 8th April – Par­ish Work­ing Bee in read­i­ness for East­er: Please come at 9.30am if you can spare an hour or two – either in the church, hall, kit­chen or garden.

 

 

Cas­u­al Opshop Volun­teers Required: The OpShop needs volun­teers to work in the shop on a cas­u­al basis.  Cas­u­al volun­teers provide relief for oth­er volun­teers who are on leave or away for some reas­on.  Gen­er­ally, shifts worked are 2.5 hours either in the morn­ing or after­noon – Tues­day to Sat­urday — in a very friendly and cooper­at­ive work­ing envir­on­ment.  Please see Andy Ser­afin for fur­ther information.

 

 

A par­ish week­end retreat is planned to be held after East­er (Week­end of 21st-23rd April), at The Old Mon­as­tery at Stroud.  Please let the Rect­or or War­dens know if you are inter­ested, as we need at least 6 people to go to make it worth­while.  There is only basic accom­mod­a­tion, and we take food and pre­pare our own meals.  Retreats like this can be a great boost for our faith and our health of body and mind.

 

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ABM Lent & Good Fri­day Appeal 2023

Envel­opes are avail­able in the church foy­er to place on the col­lec­tion plate

Or Scan the QR code to make a dona­tion online.

You can also donate online at www.abmission.org/Lent2023

 

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Future Dates for your Diary:

Sunday 2nd April — Palm Sunday at 9.30 am with Procession.

Thurs 6^th April — Maun­dy Thursday at 7.30 pm.

Fri 7th April — Good Fri­day at 9.30am and 12pm Sta­tions of the Cross.

Sun 9th April — East­er Day at 9.30 am.

 

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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 please).

 

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Weekly Inter­ces­sions for our Com­munity:

Sunday: Fr John & Joanne Bowen; Fr Philip & Rose­mary Brad­ford; Tony Brown­low; Ruth Cham­pi­on and Nancy Cheng.

Monday: Kay Younie, Nata­sha, Timothy & Jona­thon; and Vic­tor Anyarisi.

Tues­day: Shir­ley Allen, Bar­bara & Jade; and Jen­nifer, Peter, Elise & Blake B.

Wed­nes­day: Les & Lyn Car­ring­ton; Tiffany, Kev­in, Alex­an­der & Nich­olas Chiew.

Thursday: Ron, Milly, Nam, & Viol­etta Clarke; Lyne Cun­neen & John MacLulich.

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 Tur­key and Syr­ia who are suf­fer­ing fol­low­ing the dev­ast­at­ing earth­quake this week. 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 on the ground help­ing those impacted.  Amen

 

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Pray­ers for the sick: Stu­art Grigg; (Fr) John Bowen; (Fr) Philip Brad­ford; Janet Walms­ley; Tony Brown­low; Pau­line Newell; Rose­mary Brad­ford; Mary Middleton; (Fr) John Hawkins; Christine Kon­draten­ko; Val Thomas; Maria & Trish; Kev­in Tib­bey; Simone Abra­hams; Salochna Devi; Ruth Dodd; Robyn Palmer; (Rev) Helen Phil­lips; Peter Cinelli; Julie Ankers; Robert & Lyn­dall Dubler; Franz Legrum; Peta Loveday-Hill; Raf Forents; Peter Crook; James Baker; Broth­er Don­ald; Bax­ter Min­gis-Per­kins; and Joan Dale.

 

 

Anniversar­ies of the Depar­ted: Ivy Noble; Robert Wil­li­ams; Fr John Buder­us; Ana­s­tas­si­os Daras; Dor­is Thurl­ing; Bill Newell; Peter Wil­li­ams; and Ken­neth Newell.

 

 

Saints Com­mem­or­a­tion:  17^th: Patrick, Bish­op, mis­sion­ary to Ire­land (d. 461); and18^th: Cyril of Jer­u­s­alem. Bish­op and teach­er (d. 386).

 

 

Long Term Pas­tor­al Pray­er list: Andy Ser­afin; 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; Ann Jeffs; Noel Jeffs; and Singla Pallav.

 

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Read­ings for Next Sunday: Fourth Sunday in Lent

First Read­ing: 1 Samuel 16.1–13             Psalms: 23

Second Read­ing: Eph­esians 5.8–14         Gos­pel: John 9.1–41

 

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