Notices_Sunday 21st September — Fifteenth Sunday After Pentecost

NOTICES:

Wel­come to any vis­it­ors with us today.  Please join us for a Thanks­giv­ing lunch provided by the Reddy Fam­ily.

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The flowers in the church today are donated by Ann Petersen in lov­ing memory of her moth­er, Mary Edmonds.

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Par­ish Coun­cil Meets today after 9.30am ser­vice and after a Thanks­giv­ing Lunch provided by the Reddy Fam­ily.

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New Big Roster for 21^st Sept to 14^th Dec 2025 is now avail­able:  Cop­ies can be found in the church foy­er and on the Com­munity Resource table.

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Fr Jeff is look­ing for someone who is exactly 74 years old who is will­ing to come for­ward as a volun­teer.  Please see him for more details.

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Tues­day Night Bible Study at 7.30pm:

At Fr Philip Bradford’s place 5 Lin­coln St, Stan­more.  Cur­rently study­ing the Gos­pel of Mark.  Please bring a bible.  All wel­come.

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Wed­nes­day 24^th Septem­ber at 1.15pm – 2pm: Coun­terten­or & Record­er Con­cert

St James King Street, Sydney

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Sunday 5th Oct – 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 19^th Octo­ber at 9.30am – St Luke’s Patron­al Fest­iv­al:

Our guest preach­er will be Moth­er Kath­ryn Bell­house, Dir­ect­or of the St Laurence Centre, at Christ Church St Laurence.

Please join us for morn­ing tea after church, and lunch at the War­ren View Hotel after­wards, if you can make it.

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

St James’ Church, 173 King Street, Sydney

Sat­urday 1^st Nov – Marko Servo (St James’ King Street)

Reserve your place at https://events.humanitix.com/2025iof4?hxchl=hex-pfl

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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

Save the date – more inform­a­tion to come.

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Weekly Inter­ces­sions for our Com­munity:

Sunday: Rajah Selva­ra­jah & Greg; Peter Sey­mour; Andy Ser­afin & Colin; Lous­ia Sil­ver­man; and Laurel & Ray Som­mer.

Monday: Kar­lene Thompson; and Christine Thur­ley & Troy.

Tues­day: Stu­art Veitch, Jo Bur­ton & Laurence; and Janet Walms­ley.

Wed­nes­day: Noël Waugh; Janet Wid­mer & Cliff; Ron (Bp) & Katie Wil­li­ams.

Thursday: Mat­thew, Bron­wyn, Sam, & Thomas Whit­ing; Sally Woell­ner.

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:

Kathy Drum­mond; Don­ald Thomas; Mar­ilyn Gibbs; Janet Walms­ley; Andy Ser­afin; John Bowen (Priest); Mari­on Mad­dox; Sarah, Paul, Emma, & Michael; John Park­er; Kim McLoughrey; Mat­thew Bright; Gra­ham Dagg; Char­lotte Dolby; Ern­est MacIntyre; Maur­een Byers; Claire Bur­gess; Cheryl King­don; Steven Solomonides, and Ara­bella Ross.

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Anniversar­ies of the Depar­ted: Mary Edmonds; Dav­id Neary; Wil­li­am Dor­ring­ton; Thomas Mor­ton; and Jean Thurl­ing.

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Saints Com­mem­or­a­tion:

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

25^th: Ser­gi­us of Moscow, Abbot and teach­er.

26^th: Lancelot Andrewes, Bish­op of Winchester.

27^th: Vin­cent de Paul, Priest and work­er with the poor.

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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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ST PAULS PANTRY needs food, health and clean­ing items: A bas­ket is in the church foy­er for dona­tions.

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Read­ings for Next Sunday: Six­teenth Sunday After Pente­cost

First Read­ing: Jeremi­ah 32.1–3a, 6–15                Psalms: 91.1–6,14–16

Second Read­ing: 1 Timothy 6.6–19                     Gos­pel: Luke 16.19–31

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Our Par­ish Retreat at Old Stroud Mon­as­tery last week­end… Our Retreat, led by Fr Philip, was a resound­ing suc­cess – gor­geous weath­er, in a beau­ti­ful nat­ur­al envir­on­ment, in a charm­ing old rus­tic mon­as­tery.   Over 12 became 11, and then 2 Fran­cis­can Broth­er, Bruce Paul and Afred joined us for a Chinese Ban­quet gen­er­ously provided by Kev­in Chiew on Sat­urday night.  Our Retreat was based on the Par­ables of Jesus, and we learned a lot from our read­ings, and from each oth­er.  Thank you to all who par­ti­cip­ated.

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