Notices_Sunday 15th March — Fourth Sunday in Lent & Mothering Sunday

NOTICES:

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

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Sim­nel Cake: In cel­eb­ra­tion of Moth­er­ing Sunday, Sim­nel cake is avail­able for every­one to share.  Fr Mark will bless the cakes, and they will be dis­trib­uted at morn­ing tea.  A very big thank you to our cooks.

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TODAY – Annu­al Gen­er­al Meet­ing in the Church Hall, after the 9.30am ser­vice and morn­ing tea.

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NEXT SUNDAY: 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.

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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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Fr Mark is con­duct­ing an hourly Len­ten Study on Zoom, each Wed­nes­day even­ing until 1 April, at 7.30 p.m. 

The study book is “Let Me Go There” by Paula Gooder. This book con­tains a series of bib­lic­al reflec­tions and invites us to exper­i­ence Lent, not as a sea­son of restric­tion but of wide-open spa­cious­ness, to learn anew and grow in faith. Paula Gooder is a lead­ing bib­lic­al schol­ar and one of today’s most pop­u­lar writers in spir­itu­al­ity.

If you would like to join the Zoom study, please let Ruth know on 0400 166 041 or email ruthchampion47@gmail.com.

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Thursday 19^th March at 7pm — A Ser­vice of Lament, Hope and Heal­ing for sur­viv­ors of abuse and those who care for them

Held at The Bridge Church, 7 Broughton Street, Kirri­billi.

This annu­al ser­vice which will include an apo­logy from the Arch­bish­op of Sydney, an address from Dr Leisa Aitken, music and pray­er with sup­per served after­wards. All wel­come.

Enquir­ies to the Safe Min­istry Chap­lain, Kate Jol­liffe: kate@safeministry.org.au: 02 9265 1500
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Dates for your Diary

Sat­urday 28^th March — Work­ing bee to pre­pare for East­er.

Sunday 29^th March – 9.30am Palm Sunday Ser­vice

Thursday 2^nd April – 7.30pm Maun­dy Thursday Ser­vice.

Fri­day 3^rd April – 9.30am Good Fri­day Ser­vice and 12pm Sta­tions of the Cross.

Sunday 5^th April – 9.30am East­er Day ser­vice fol­lowed by a shared lunch in the hall.  Please bring food to share.

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Fri­day 10^th April @ 9.30am‑2.00pm — Chris­ti­an Nation­al­ism and the Aus­trali­an Church (A Webin­ar Hos­ted by the Uni­ver­sity of Divin­ity)

Plen­ary Speak­ers: Asso­ci­ate Pro­fess­or Robyn Whi­taker (Pil­grim Theo­lo­gic­al Col­lege Uni­ver­sity of Divin­ity / The Wes­ley Centre) — ‘Under God and Hus­band:

Neo­pat­ri­archy and the Gendered Polit­ics of Chris­ti­an Nation­al­ism’

Dr Mike Bird (Rid­ley Col­lege, Aus­trali­an Uni­ver­sity of Theo­logy) – ‘Caesar­iz­ing the Mes­si­ah and Mes­si­an­iz­ing Caesar: A Cri­tique of Chris­ti­an Nation­al­ism’

Chris­ti­an Nation­al­ism in the United States is influ­en­cing con­greg­a­tions in Aus­tralia.

A range of oth­er speak­ers will also explore this top­ic, start­ing an ongo­ing con­ver­sa­tion among Aus­trali­an Chris­ti­an lead­ers.

Register at: https://events.humanitix.com/christian-nationalism-and-the-australian-church?

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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: Ron, Milly, Nam & Viol­etta Clarke; Wil­low Cov­entry; Brett Dav­ies & Amrit MacIntyre; and Edi & Oscar Dav­is.

Monday: Susan Deas; Kathy Drum­mond; and Dav­id Dun­lop.

Tues­day: Michael, Eliza­beth, Thomas, Elean­or & Nich­olas Flem­ing.

Wed­nes­day: Steph­en Gates & Andrew; Mar­ilyn Gibbs; and Kev­in Green.

Thursday: Peter Gil­bert & Fred Narnola; and Joyce Grant.

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, Ara­bella Ross; Erica Math­ieson and Suz­anne Camp­ton.

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Anniversar­ies of the Depar­ted: Joan Bur­ton; Ana­s­tas­si­os Daras; Dor­is Thurl­ing; Bill Newell; Peter Wil­li­ams; Ken­neth Newell; Ray­mond Taylor; and Boleslaw Jurczyk.

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Saints Com­mem­or­a­tion:

17^th: Patrick, Bish­op, mis­sion­ary to Ire­land (d. 461).

18^th: Cyril of Jer­u­s­alem, Bish­op and teach­er (d. 386).

19^th: Joseph, Hus­band to the Blessed Vir­gin Mary.

20^th Cuth­bert of Lindis­farne, Bish­op and mis­sion­ary (d. 687).

21^st: Thomas Cran­mer, Arch­bish­op of Can­ter­bury, mar­tyr and litur­gist (d. 1556)

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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 Next Sunday: The Annun­ci­ation to the Blessed Vir­gin Mary.

First Read­ing: Isai­ah 7.10–14                 Psalm: 40.6–13

Second Read­ing: Hebrews 10.4–10         Gos­pel: Luke 1.26–38

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