Notices_Sunday 16th August — Mary Mother of Our Lord

NOTICES: 

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

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Cur­rent First Aid Hold­ers for emer­gen­cies

We would like to have a list of attend­ing parish­ion­ers who hold a cur­rent first aid cer­ti­fic­ate.  

If you hold a cur­rent first aid cer­ti­fic­ate and are will­ing to be called upon dur­ing an emer­gency, can you please provide a copy of your cer­ti­fic­ate to the par­ish office (email or in per­son) asap.

A list of names will then be made avail­able on the notice board in the church foy­er.

Please note that it is a policy of St Luke’s Enmore to call an ambu­lance for any­one who faints/collapses.

For First Aid emer­gen­cies we have a First Aid Kit and AED in the Hall Kit­chen.  Also, there is now a Blood Pres­sure mon­it­or in the Church foy­er.

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 A gen­er­al invit­a­tion is exten­ded to every­one who would like to come to the pub for lunch at the War­ren View (2 Stan­more Road, Enmore) after the ser­vice and morn­ing tea of a Sunday.  We look for­ward to see­ing you there.

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Tues­day Night Bible Study at 7.30pm

Held at Fr Philip Bradford’s place.  Please bring a bible.  All wel­come.

We will be con­tinu­ing with the Book of The Rev­el­a­tion to John.

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Sat­urday 22^nd August – Garden Work­ing Bee from 9.30am

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Wed­nes­day 26 August — Next Men’s Day Out:

Will be held on at Jas­mini Lebanese Res­taur­ant, Shop 20/ 21–23 Norton street Leich­hardt. Meet between 12noon and 12.30 pm.

See Kev­in Green for more details.

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Sat­urday 5 Septem­ber at 11am — Com­mem­or­ative Ser­vice for the Mar­tyrs of Pap­ua New Guinea 2026.

The Anglic­an Board of Mis­sion Sydney Com­mit­tee invites you to a Holy Euchar­ist to mark the 84th Anniversary of the Mar­tyrs of Pap­ua New Guinea, to be held at Saint Alban’s, Epping (fol­lowed by refresh­ments).

Presider: The Rev­er­end Phil Lui.

Preach­er: The Rev­er­end Dr Erica Math­ieson Hon­or­ary Assist­ant at Saint James King Street, Sydney.

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Sunday 18^th Octo­ber – St Luke’s Patronal Fest­iv­al

On Sunday 18th Octo­ber at our 9.30am ser­vice we will be cel­eb­rat­ing our St Luke’s Patron­al Fest­iv­al with a spe­cial guest preach­er and former rect­or, The Very Rev’d Steph­en Wil­li­ams, Dean Emer­it­us of Christ­ch­urch Cathed­ral New­castle and known to a few long-stand­ing parish­ion­ers.

Steph­en and his wife Sue will join us for lunch after the ser­vice — this will either be a shared lunch or a pub lunch — yet to be con­firmed.

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Sat­urday 24^th Octo­ber 2026 at 5.30 for 6pm in the par­ish hall!

The War­dens’ Din­ner – The War­dens fly down to Rio

Inspired by the glor­ies of Copacabana, Car­ni­vale & Cristo Redentor (Christ Redeem­er), not to men­tion samba, bossa nova, Delores del Rio, Car­men Mir­anda & Peter Allen, the War­dens warmly invite you to join them to fly

down to Rio!

Keep the date and reserve your place/group table — on the list at the green board at the Church Hall door or speak to the War­dens or Brett Dav­ies.

Pre-din­ner drinks and nibbles, enter­tain­ment by Car­ni­vale Batacuda Funk, catered din­ner, silent auc­tion & more! Cost $55 (Conc)-$75 but don’t hold back.

All in sup­port of the Church Hall kit­chen upgrade.

An advert­ising bro­chure will shortly be avail­able for you to share with friends and fam­ily!

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12^th to 14^th Nov – Move­ment for the Ordin­a­tion of Women Con­fer­ence: “Make no mis­take … God calls Women”

Aus­trali­an Centre for Chris­tian­ity and Cul­ture, Can­berra.

Regis­tra­tions now open — Con­ces­sion rates for MOW mem­bers.

Please renew your mem­ber­ship or join for 2026–27 before you register.

Find out more at: https://mowatch.com.au

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Sat­urday 5^th Dec – St Luke’s Christ­mas Mar­ket – SAVE THE DATE

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ST PAULS PANTRY needs food items includ­ing tinned and non-per­ish­able goods: A bas­ket is in the church foy­er for dona­tions.

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Weekly Inter­ces­sions for our Com­munity:

Sunday: Noël Waugh; Ron, Katie & Bri­ony Wil­li­ams; Sally Woell­ner; Vic­tor Any­anji; Cyn­thia Berke­mei­er; Jen­nifer, Peter, Andy, and Blake B.

Monday: Janet Wid­mer & Cliff; and Mat­thew, Sam, Tom & Bron­wyn Whit­ing.

Tues­day: John (Fr) & Joanne Bowen; Philip (Fr) Brad­ford; Tony Brown­low.

Wed­nes­day: Les & Lyn Car­ring­ton; Kristina Cat­tell; and Quinn Chen.

Thursday: Ruth Cham­pi­on; Nancy Cheng; and Tiffany, Kev­in, Alex & Nick 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:

Andy Ser­afin; Alex Regos; Sarah, Paul, Emma, & Michael; John Park­er; Kim McLoughrey; Gra­ham Dagg; Char­lotte Dolby; Lilac John­ston; Janne Mar­tin; Ruth & Robyn Woell­ner; Bar­bara Ray­mond; Mar­ilyn Gibbs; and Ron Wil­li­ams.

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Anniversar­ies of the Depar­ted: Henry Byers; Amy Bur­row, John Lewis; Allan Pol­gen; Mary McCarthy; Sydney Day; Flo Taylor; Dorothy Dunker­ley; and Wanda Cole­man.

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Saints Com­mem­or­a­tion:  20^th Aug: Bern­ard of Clair­vaux, Abbot and teach­er (d. 1153).

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Long Term Pas­tor­al Pray­er list: Christine Thur­ley; Don­ald Thomas; Fr John Bunyan; Fr John Bowen; 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: Thir­teenth Sunday After Pente­cost

First Read­ing: Exodus 1.8–2.10               Psalm: 124

Second Read­ing: Romans 12.1–8            Gos­pel: Mat­thew 16.13–20

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