Notices_Sunday 20th July — Sixth Sunday After Pentecost

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 Kar­lene Thompson in lov­ing memory of her moth­er, Eliza­beth (Bessie) Thompson.

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

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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 2 Samuel.  Bring a bible.  All wel­come.

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Andrew & Rachael Reddy invite all St Luke’s Parish­ion­ers to Bianca & Elias’s Wed­ding Cere­mony on Sat­urday 26^th July 2025 at 1pm to be held at St John the Beloved Maron­ite Cath­ol­ic Church, 63 George St, Mt Druitt.  Your pres­ence would be greatly appre­ci­ated.
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Sat­urday 16th August at 2:30 pm — the Par­ish will be hold­ing a “Win­ter­fest” high tea and con­cert, in the par­ish hall. 

This is a major fun­draiser for the par­ish, and we would value your attend­ance and assist­ance if pos­sible.  Unlike last year the ser­vice of food will be sim­pli­fied to a main buf­fet table where you will help your­self to hot food, then scones and cakes!  We will how­ever serve the mulled wine and tea and cof­fee to your tables.  The con­cert pro­gram is arranged, and we are sure it will be very enter­tain­ing!  Cost is $40 pp and $35 Concession/Student

To book a table please con­tact Ruth Cham­pi­on on Mob: 0400 166 041

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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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Sat­urday 16^th August at 6pm – The Early Dance Con­sort

St Paul’s Anglic­an Church, Bur­wood

www.earlydanceconsort.com.au

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Weekly Inter­ces­sions for our Com­munity:

Sunday: Vic­tor Any­anji; Cyn­thia Berke­mei­er; Jen­nifer, Peter, Andy & Blake B.; Fr John & Joanne Bowen.

Monday: Fr Philip Brad­ford; Tony Brown­low; and Les & Lyn Car­ring­ton.

Tues­day: Ruth Cham­pi­on; Nancy Cheng; and Wil­low Cov­entry.

Wed­nes­day: Tiffany, Kev­in, Alex­an­der and Nich­olas Chiew.

Thursday: Ron, Milly Nam & Viol­etta Clarke; Lyne Cun­neen & John.

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:

Ruth Cham­pi­on; Mat­ilda Rink­er; Mar­ilyn Gibbs; Janet Walms­ley; Andy Ser­afin; John Bowen (Priest); Mari­on Mad­dox; Sarah, Paul, Emma, & Michael; John Park­er; Kim McLoughrey; Dianne Albrecht; Mat­thew Bright; and Peter Low.

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Anniversar­ies of the Depar­ted: Eliza­beth (Bessie) Thompson: Hiro Itadani; Sylvia Jop­son; Vaughan Roberts; Philip West­ley (Priest), Neville Hack; Ivy Row­lands; & Rita Green.

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Saints Com­mem­or­a­tion:

22^nd: Mary Mag­dalene.

25^th: James, Apostle and Mar­tyr.

26^th: Anne, moth­er of the Blessed Vir­gin Mary.

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Long Term Pas­tor­al Pray­er list: Alex Regos; 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; Robert & Lyn­dall Dubler; and Mel McK­im­mie.

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Cop­ies of Fr Jeff’s Sunday Ser­mons are made avail­able in the church foy­er each Sunday for those who would like to take a copy.  Back cop­ies are also avail­able upon request.

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Read­ings for Next Sunday – Sev­enth Sunday After Pente­cost

First Read­ing: Hosea 1.2–10                   Psalms: 85

Second Read­ing: Colos­si­ans 2.6–15        Gos­pel: Luke 11.1–13