Notices_Sunday 16th November 2025 — 23rd Sunday After Pentecost

NOTICES: 

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

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The flowers in the church today are donated by Ann Petersen in lov­ing memory of Wolfgang Winter.

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TODAY — Par­ish Coun­cil meets after the 9.30am ser­vice and morn­ing tea.

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Change to Par­ish office days and hours:   Jen­nifer is now in the Par­ish Office Mon, Wed, & Thurs, 9.15 am ‑3.45pm

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Our Christ­mas Mar­ket — Sat­urday 13 Decem­ber 

If you are a per­son who neither makes nor bakes any­thing for the Christ­mas Mar­ket, you may like to con­sider mak­ing a dona­tion towards the cost of ingredi­ents.

The cost of mak­ing Christ­mas cakes is sig­ni­fic­antly high­er than ordin­ary cakes.  A large cake can cost around $25–28 and add $14 if it is iced with mar­zipan and fond­ant.  The cost of chick­en we all know about — we prob­ably buy some weekly.  Rachael will be cook­ing but­ter chick­en to sell and will take pre-orders closer to the date.

So, if you can donate any­thing at all, our cooks will be very grate­ful — and it will be shared accord­ingly.  Please place in an envel­ope in the offer­tory, ref­er­enced “cook­ing costs Christ­mas cakes” or “cook­ing cost chick­en“.

Thank you one and all!

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Type­writer wanted:  Wil­low and Quinn are look­ing to bor­row a type­writer for their Christ­mas mar­ket stall.  If any­one has one in work­ing con­di­tion, which can be lent for a week or two, please con­tact Wil­low Mob:0422 194 742.

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Tues­day Night Bible Study at 7.30pm:  At Fr Philip Bradford’s place 5 Lin­coln St, Stan­more.  We are study­ing the First Let­ter of Peter.  Please bring a bible.  All wel­come.

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Fri­day 21^st Novem­ber at 2pm – Volun­teers required for table setup to pre­pare for Farewell lunch­eon on Sunday 23^rd Novem­ber.

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Sunday 23^rd Novem­ber – Feast of Christ the King and Fr Jeff & Michelle’s Farewell.  Shared Lunch to fol­low the ser­vice.  Please bring some­thing to share!  Wine is per­mit­ted to be brought as well!

There is a list on the board in the hall if you wish to indic­ate what you will bring.

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Sat­urday 29^thNovem­ber at 5pm – Bal­main Sin­fonia presents their con­cert Parisi­an Fantas­ies

Ven­ue: Mar­rick­ville Town Hall.

Online-only prices: $40 (gen­er­al), $35 (con­ces­sion), $20 (stu­dent).
Tick­ets sold at the door are $5 more. Save time and money by pur­chas­ing ahead-of-time!

https://balmainsinfonia.com/concerts/2025-concert‑4/

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Sunday 30^th Nov ‑Next St Luke’s Christ­mas Mar­ket Meet­ing

Join us after morn­ing tea to dis­cuss our plan­ning for the day.

Stall volun­teers required.

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Sat­urday 6^th Decem­ber at 6pm: Fest­ive Music for Advent & Christ­mas — St Pauls’ Anglic­an Church, Bur­wood.

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Sat­urday 13^th Decem­ber – St Luke’s Christ­mas Mar­ket — 9am to 2pm

BBQ & Barista Cof­fee; Food stalls includ­ing Indi­an food (But­ter Chick­en, sam­o­sas, Indi­an sweets), Cakes, and Jams/Preserves; Op Shop Cloth­ing; Christ­mas Gifts and dec­or­a­tions, Face paint­ing; Por­trait Drawing/Poetry, & Plant Stalls; Christ­mas Hamper Raffle; Riff Raff Rad­ic­al March­ing Band; Organ music and tours.

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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: Stu­art Grigg & ‘Tri­cia; Richard Hagan & Som; Selina Hardy & John; and Susan Hill, Janet Broady & Alex.

Monday: Moya Holle; Noel Jeffs; and Geoff Lind­say & Mandy Tib­bey.

Tues­day: Joseph, Esth­er, Joyti & Joshlyn Kumar; Lea McNeil & Don­ald Thomas.

Wed­nes­day: Evelyn Maack; Jen­nifer McGov­ern; John M.; and Pamela Naple.

Thursday: Fran Neilsen; Kath­er­ine Old­field; and Fr Jeff & Michelle Park­er.

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:   Rachael Reddy; Don­ald Thomas; Andy Ser­afin; John Bowen (Priest); Rose; Alex Regos; Rick; Sarah, Paul, Emma, & Michael; John Park­er; Kim McLoughrey; Gra­ham Dagg; Char­lotte Dolby; Maur­een Byers; Claire Bur­gess; Steven Solomonides, and Ara­bella Ross.

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Anniversar­ies of the Depar­ted: Wolfgang Winter; John Holle (Priest); Allan Whit­taker; Leslie Cregan; Wil­li­am Lawson; and Mar­garet Sais.

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Saints Com­mem­or­a­tion:

17^th: Hilda of Whitby, Abbess & Hugh, Bish­op of Lin­coln.

19^th: Eliza­beth of Hungry, prin­cess & phil­an­throp­ist.

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Long Term Pas­tor­al Pray­er list: Janet Walms­ley; Lyn Car­ring­ton; Ern­est MacIntyre; Simone Crowth­er; Kar­en Stein­er-Hill; Christine Kon­draten­ko; Mar­garet Chiew; Ray Som­mer; John Hardy; Marissa & Meg Maack, Jude, Isla, & Al Don­nell; Noel Jeffs; Michael Aiken; Robert & Lyn­dall Dubler; and Mel McK­im­mie.

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Read­ings for Next Sunday: Christ the King

First Read­ing: Jeremi­ah 23. 1–6              Psalm: Song of Zechari­ah (APBA p.10)

Second Read­ing: Colos­si­ans 1.11–20       Gos­pel: Luke 23.33–43

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Dur­ing his stay at St Luke’s Fr Jeff has been con­vert­ing veget­able peel­ings and scraps to meth­ane-free worm cast­ings with the help of his worm farms.  There are three of these and he would like to take only one with him to his new home.

If you are able to take and care for one of these worm farms, please speak to Fr Jeff.