Notices_Sunday 1st June_Sunday After Ascension — 7th Sunday of Easter

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

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Happy Birth­day to: Andy Ser­afin; Ruth Cham­pi­on; Rachael Reddy; Katie Wil­li­ams; Cyn­thia Berke­mei­er; Thomas Raj; Don­ald Thomas; Julie Olston; & Leil­ani Reddy.

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The flowers in the church today are donated by Joyce Reddy and the Reddy Fam­ily in lov­ing memory of Edward Reddy.

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TODAY – Par­ish For­um in the hall after 9.30am ser­vice for mem­bers of the par­ish to share ideas about:

~ What we appre­ci­ate about our par­ish?

~ What we could do bet­ter?

~ What should be fur­ther developed? and

~ What qual­it­ies and exper­i­ence we seek in our next Rect­or?

Please come along, share your ideas and views and listen to those of oth­ers.

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 TONIGHT – 5pm Spir­it of Taizé Ser­vice

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Tues­day Night Bible Study at 7.30pm: At Fr Philip Bradford’s place 5 Lin­coln St, Stan­more.  Cur­rently study­ing the book of 1 Samuel.  Bring a bible.

All wel­come.

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Fri­day 13 June 2025, Pray­er Ser­vice 5.30pm and Fun­drais­ing Din­ner 7pm for the NSW Ecu­men­ic­al Coun­cil, com­mem­or­at­ing the 1700^th anniversary of the Nicene Creed, to be held at the Coptic Ortho­dox Church, Guild­ford.  All invited, tick­ets $70.00. Scan bar­code on fly­er in hall or pur­chase tick­ets at https:/www.trybooking.com/DAZAQ

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Sat 14^th June 2025 at 3pm -  St Luke’s Young Organ­ists Series — Recit­al

Samuel Giddy returns to St Luke’s to per­form on the rare 1883 Wordsworth & Maskell Pipe Organ. Samuel will fol­low his 2023 per­form­ance with anoth­er ped­al solo, a celes­ti­al adagio by J S Bach and oth­er works. The pro­gramme also includes the trans­port­ing Arabesque by Louis Vierne (organ­ist at Notre Dame de Par­is from 1900 until his death in 1937)

Seat­ing unre­served ‑No book­ing required

Entry, Pro­gramme & Refresh­ments by note/tap dona­tion (to con­trib­ute to the performer’s fee)

Enquir­ies:  Kathy Drum­mond / Brett Dav­ies

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Sat­urday 28^th June – Sydney MOW Meet­ing at 2.30pm.  Guest speak­er Moth­er Kathyrn Bell­house from CCSL. After­noon tea will be served. All wel­come!

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St James’ Inter­na­tion­al Organ Fest­iv­al – 5pm to 7pm

St James’ Church, 173 King Street, Sydney

Sat­urday 2^nd August – Felix Hell (Ger­many)

Reserve your place at https://events.humanitix.com/2025iof3?hxchl=hex-pfl

If you would like com­pany; Brett Dav­ies and Kathy Drum­mond will be there.

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Weekly Inter­ces­sions for our Com­munity:

Sunday: Ann Petersen & Rachel; Rick Prat­ley & Simon; and Jo Ramendra, Thomas & Lucy Raj.

Monday: Joyce, Andrew, Rachael, Bianca, Belinda & Bryson Reddy.

Tues­day: Eddie, Susan, Stephanie, Edwin, Leil­ani & Car­men.

Wed­nes­day: John Reimer; Mat­ilda Rink­er; and Gra­hame Sadler.

Thursday: Rajah Selva­ra­jah & Greg; Peter Sey­mour; Andy Ser­afin & Colin.

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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We pray the pray­er for Recon­cili­ation (APBA p. 203):

Lord God, bring us togeth­er as one, recon­ciled with you and recon­ciled with each oth­er. You made us in your like­ness, you gave us your Son, Jesus Christ. He has giv­en us for­give­ness from sin. Lord God, bring us togeth­er as one, dif­fer­ent in cul­ture, but giv­en new life in Jesus Christ, togeth­er as your body, your Church, your people. Lord God, bring us togeth­er as one, recon­ciled, healed, for­giv­en, shar­ing you with oth­ers as you have called us to do. In Jesus Christ, let us be togeth­er as one. Amen.

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We pray togeth­er our Par­ish pray­er:

God of love, God of mis­sion, you alone bring life to your Church. Send to this par­ish of St Luke’s your Holy Spir­it to give vis­ion for our plan­ning, wis­dom in our actions, and power to our wit­ness. Help our church to grow in spir­itu­al com­mit­ment to you, in love for one anoth­er, and in ser­vice to our loc­al com­munity.  And may all who wor­ship with us know Christ’s com­pas­sion and love.  Amen.

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Pray­ers for the sick and for those in need of pray­er: Ruth Cham­pi­on; Mat­ilda Rink­er; John Bunyan (Priest); Tony Brown­low; Mar­ilyn Gibbs; Janet Walms­ley; Lea MacNeil; Andy Ser­afin; John Bowen (Priest); Alex Regos; Helen Woell­ner; Douglas John­ston; Jane Edwards; Mel Kew­ley; Jona­thon & Joshua; Jack­ie Chaffo; John Park­er; Eva; John Hower; Dav­id Reeks; Alec & Tarra; Ger­ald Grant; and Richard Shears.

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Anniversar­ies of the Depar­ted: Edward Reddy; Frank Seni­or; Rose Far­rell; Wil­li­am Fish­er; Edward McNamara; Prandji Tisna; Barry McK­el­lar; Ivan Ross; John Lord; Oswald Fer­guson; Aman­da Juer­gens; Emil Juer­gens; John McIntyre (Bish­op); Keith Stafford; Ruth Humphrig; and Stu­art Ogg.

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Saints Com­mem­or­a­tion:

3^rd: Mar­tyrs of Uganda; Janani Luwum, Arch­bish­op of Uganda, mar­tyr; and John XXIII, Bish­op of Rome, Reformer.

5^th: Bon­iface of Mainz, Bish­op and Mar­tyr.

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Long Term Pas­tor­al Pray­er list: Lyn Car­ring­ton; Simone Crowth­er; Kar­en Stein­er-Hill; Nalini MacIntyre; 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 – Day of Pente­cost

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

Second Read­ing: Romans 8.14–17          Gos­pel: John 14.8–17