Notices_Sunday 20th September — Seventeenth Sunday After Pentecost

NOTICES:

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

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A very big thank you to the Chiew fam­ily for host­ing a scrump­tious morn­ing tea/BBQ in the rect­ory garden last Sunday.

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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 com­plet­ing the Book of The Rev­el­a­tion to John and decid­ing which book to study next.

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Sat­urday 26^th Septem­ber at 2pm – Cӓci­li­en Choir Anniversary Con­cert.

With Con­cor­dia Choir, Ger­man Aus­trali­an Wollon­gong Choir, and Aus­tri­an Choir, from Can­berra.

112 Edwin Str North, Croy­don

Free Entry.

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Sunday 4th Octo­ber – St Fran­cis Day and Bless­ing of the anim­als:

At the 9.30am ser­vice we will bless pets and the anim­als in gen­er­al and give thanks for all cre­ation.

Please bring your pets along for a bless­ing.

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Sunday 17^th Octo­ber at 9.30am – Garden Work­ing Bee

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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 at the War­ren View Hotel after the ser­vice – All wel­come, but an estim­ate of num­bers for our book­ing would be help­ful. Please email the par­ish office or text Ruth on Mob: 0400 166 041

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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

 The War­dens warmly invite you to join them to fly down to Rio!

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 will be from 5.30 p.m. with enter­tain­ment by Car­ni­vale Batacuda Funk, fol­lowed by a catered main course (includ­ing veget­ari­an options) and won­der­ful desserts. The silent auc­tion bids will pro­gress dur­ing the night for some fine wines, spir­its and excit­ing finds.

Come dressed for the occa­sion by shop­ping for some­thing col­our­ful in the OpShop!

Cost $55 (Conc)-$75 but don’t hold back.

The church hall kit­chen upgrade is our major pro­ject for this year and we need your sup­port. For some weeks pri­or to the event there will be a guess­ing com­pet­i­tion run­ning with a major super prize and sub­sequent prizes.

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

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Pray­ers for the sick and for those in need of pray­er:

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

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Recently Depar­ted: John Park­er.

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Anniversar­ies of the Depar­ted: Des Stone; Patrica Smith; and Dav­id Neary.

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Saints Com­mem­or­a­tion:

21^st: Mat­thew, Apostle, evan­gel­ist & mar­tyr.

25^th: Ser­gi­us of Moscow, Abbott & teach­er (d. 1392).

26^th: Lancelot Andrewes, Bish­op of Winchester (d.1626)

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Weekly Inter­ces­sions for our Com­munity:

Sunday: Cyn­thia Berke­mei­er; Jen­nifer, Peter, Andy, & Blake B; Fr John & Joanne Bowen; and Fr Philip Brad­ford.

Monday: Tony Brown­low; Les & Lyn Car­ring­ton; Kristina Cat­tell; Quinn Chen.

Tues­day: Ruth Cham­pi­on; Nancy Cheng; Tiffany, Kev­in, Alex & Nick Chiew.

Wed­nes­day: Ron, Milly, Nam & Viol­etta Clarke; and Wil­low Cov­entry.

Thursday: Lyne Cun­neen & John; and Brett Dav­ies & Amrit MacIntyre.

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 and nat­ur­al dis­asters.  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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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: Eight­eenth Sunday After Pente­cost

First Read­ing: Exodus 17.1–7                  Psalm: 78.1–4, 11–16

Second Read­ing: Phil­ip­pi­ans 2.1–13        Gos­pel: Mat­thew 21.23–32

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