Notices_Sunday 17th May — Sunday After Ascension

NOTICES:

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

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We wel­come back War­ren Hartley from the UK and look for­ward to hear­ing from him about Open Table dur­ing the notices this morn­ing.

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TODAY — Sanc­tu­ary Team Morn­ing Tea after the 9:30am ser­vice.

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TODAY – Par­ish Coun­cil meets in the office at 11.40am

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NEXT SUNDAY 24^th May – DAY OF PENTECOST:  Every­one please wear some­thing red for Pente­cost!!

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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 19^th May at 6pm for 6.30pm – Next Men’s Night Out.

Held at El Torino res­taur­ant, Enmore Road New­town.

For more inform­a­tion con­tact Kev­in Mob: 0405 691 055

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Fri­day 22^nd May 5.45pm for 6pm — Ser­vice of Pray­er for Chris­ti­an Unity and Fun­drais­ing Din­ner

Hos­ted by the NSW Ecu­men­ic­al Coun­cil and co-hos­ted by Bish­op Vin­cent Long and the Roman Cath­ol­ic Dio­cese of Par­ra­matta

Held at St Patrick’s Cathed­ral, Par­ra­matta, 1 Mar­ist Place, Par­ra­matta NSW 2150

Tick­ets are $75.00.  It would be good to have a table of us from St Lukes. Please let Mandy Tib­bey know if you would like to attend or book online https://www.trybooking.com/DLGUZ   (see the notice boards)

We will try to organ­ise lifts for people if required.

If you would like to come but the cost is a prob­lem, let Mandy know.

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 Wed­nes­day, 27^th May 2026 at 6pm — Vivid Sydney Laser Light­fall

Cho­reo­graphed light trans­forms the sky with Laser Light­fall, the inaug­ur­al Vivid Sydney Laser Show.  Laser Light­fall ima­gines lasers as sparks of life, eager to con­nect and con­verge into a world of col­our. It runs four 7‑minute sequences each hour — the aim is to see at least one or two sequences from 6pm.

[Warn­ing: for those with pho­to­sensit­ive or sens­ory sens­it­iv­it­ies, or con­di­tions affected by intense visu­al stim­uli].

Time: 5.30pm sharp

Meet: at Paddy’s Mar­ket Light Rail stop

Weath­er: If it rains on the day will be post­poned to Wed­nes­day, 3 June 2026.

Updates will be sent to the Par­ish email list — please ensure you are on the list.

After­wards: A bite to eat in the Darling Square area.

RSVP not essen­tial but help­ful so we don’t leave without you.

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Sat­urday 30^th May at 2pm –Sydney MOW Meet­ing at CCSL. More inform­a­tion to come.

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Sat­urday 4^th July – Christ­mas in July High Tea – Keep the Date.

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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.

Find out more at: https://2026mowdateclaimer.my.canva.site

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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 Tiffany, Kev­in, Alex­an­der and Nich­olas Chiew; Ron, Milly, Nam & Viol­etta Clarke; and Wil­low Cov­entry.

Monday: Lyne Cun­neen & John; Brett Dav­ies & Amrit MacIntyre.

Tues­day: Edi & Oscar Dav­is; Susan Deas; and Kathy Drum­mond.

Wed­nes­day: Dav­id Dun­lop; Michael, Eliza­beth, Tom, Ella & Nick Flem­ing.

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

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, Suz­anne Camp­ton; Lilac John­ston; Lawrence Bestel; Lay Kum Ho; John Ryan; and Nej­det Danis.

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Recently Depar­ted: Ara­bella Ross.

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Anniversar­ies of the Depar­ted: Helen Pear­son; Ada Mitchell; Eliza­beth Stew­art; Louis Roberts; Wil­li­am Doyle; Rhoda Palmer-Gib­son; Fre­drick Crowth­er; and Clive Turn­bull.

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Saints Com­mem­or­a­tion:

19^th: Dun­stan, Arch­bish­op of Can­ter­bury (d. 988)

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Long Term Pas­tor­al Pray­er list: Fr John Bunyan; 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: Day of Pente­cost

First Read­ing: Acts 2.1–21                                  Psalm: 104.26–36

Second Read­ing: 1 Cor­inthi­ans 12.1–13              Gos­pel: John 20.19–23