Notices_Sunday 22nd February — First Sunday in Lent

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 Fr Philip Brad­ford who has been our Act­ing Rect­or since Fr Jeff’s retire­ment last Octo­ber.  We are very grate­ful for his time and ded­ic­a­tion.

Fr Mark Hard­ing will be our Act­ing Rect­or from next Sunday 1^st March until 5^th April – East­er Day.  Fr Mark will be tak­ing our Sunday and Wed­nes­day ser­vices dur­ing this peri­od.  We look for­ward to wel­com­ing Fr Mark and his wife Sue next Sunday.

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A very big Thank you to the Chiew Fam­ily who organ­ised our Pan­cake Fun­draiser last Sunday and to those who gave so gen­er­ously.

We espe­cially thank Kev­in and Nich­olas Chiew who cooked all of the yummy pan­cakes.  Thank you also to Ruth and Kathy for provid­ing addi­tion­al pan­cake bat­ter and those who helped clean up after­wards

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Tues­day Night Bible Study at 7.30pm:  Held at Fr Philip Bradford’s place.  We will be con­tinu­ing with the Gos­pel of Mat­thew.  Please bring a bible.  All wel­come.

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Fr Mark will be con­duct­ing an hourly Len­ten Study on Zoom, each Wed­nes­day even­ing from 25 Feb­ru­ary to 1 April, at 7.30 p.m. 

The study book will be “Let Me Go There” by Paula Gooder. This book con­tains a series of bib­lic­al reflec­tions and invites us to exper­i­ence Lent, not as a sea­son of restric­tion but of wide-open spa­cious­ness, to learn anew and grow in faith. Paula Gooder is a lead­ing bib­lic­al schol­ar and one of today’s most pop­u­lar writers in spir­itu­al­ity.

If you would like to join the Zoom study, please let Ruth know on 0400 166 041 or email ruthchampion47@gmail.com. Cur­rently we have only one spare book, but we can obtain more from the St James book­shop, if needed.

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Thursday 26^th Feb­ru­ary, 6.00 for 6.30 pm – Men’s Night Out

Held at Torino Pizza Res­taur­ant, 155 Enmore Road, Enmore

For more inform­a­tion con­tact Kev­in Green on Mob: 0405 691 05

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Sat­urday 7^th March 2026 from 9.30am — Len­ten Quiet Day

The Sydney Mis­sion-Col­lege of the Oratory of the Good Shep­herd invites you to join in their annu­al Quiet Day for the sea­son of Lent, to be held in the church and grounds of St John’s Church, Birch­grove, (corner of Birch­grove Road and Spring Street). The lead­er will be The Ven­er­able Keith Dean-Jones OGS, Aus­trali­an Pro­vin­cial of the Oratory. After cof­fee and con­ver­sa­tion at 9.30 am, silence will be main­tained, apart from the pray­ers of the Offices and the Euchar­ist, until 4.15 pm. Fr Keith will give two addresses, and will be avail­able for indi­vidu­al coun­selling and recon­cili­ation. The event is free. Par­ti­cipants are asked to bring their own pic­nic lunches. Tea and cof­fee will be provided. All are most wel­come to attend

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Sunday 15^th March – Annu­al Gen­er­al Meet­ing in the Church Hall, after the 9.30am ser­vice and morn­ing tea.

If you are an office bear­er, please sub­mit your report/s to the Par­ish Office via email by Sunday 8^th March

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16^th – 20^th March — T.S. Eliot’s Four Quar­tets:  Eli­ot was an Anglo-Cath­ol­ic, and his Four Quar­tets is a pro­found med­it­a­tion on time, pres­ence and faith. He is explor­ing Chris­ti­an mys­ti­cism in his poetry, and it was inspired by his own spir­itu­al beliefs.
Ven­ue: Old Fitz Theatre
Address: 129 Dowl­ing Street, Wool­loomoo­loo NSW 2011
More details here: https://www.oldfitztheatre.com.au/four-quartets

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

Monday: Andrew Pat­ter­son & Rose; and Bianca & Eli­as Eli­as.

Tues­day: Joyce, Andrew, Rachael, Belinda & Bryson Reddy.

Wed­nes­day: Eddie. Susan, Stephanie, Edwin, Leil­ani & Car­men Reddy.

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

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:  Ron Clarke; Christine Thur­ley; Don­ald Thomas; Andy Ser­afin; Alex Regos; Sarah, Paul, Emma, & Michael; John Park­er; Kim McLoughrey; Gra­ham Dagg; Char­lotte Dolby; Steven Solomonides, Fred Dobell; Ara­bella Ross; Erica Math­ieson; and Suz­anne Camp­ton.

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Anniversar­ies of the Depar­ted: James Gibbs; Her­bert Caines; Her­bert Wand­maker; and Gor­don Thurl­ing.

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Saints Com­mem­or­a­tion:

23^rd: Polycarp, Bish­op of Smyrna, mar­tyr (d. c. 155)

24^th: Mat­thi­as, Apostle and mar­tyr.

27^th: George Her­bet, par­ish Priest, poet (d. 1633).

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Long Term Pas­tor­al Pray­er list: 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 for Next Sunday: Second Sunday in Lent

First Read­ing: Gen­es­is 12.1–4a                           Psalm: 121

Second Read­ing: Romans 4.1–5, 13–17            Gos­pel: John 3.1–17

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Fr James from St Paul’s Bur­wood sent his sin­cere thanks for the dona­tions of food and oth­er items to St Paul’s Pantry. Due to oth­er organ­isa­tions either being unable to con­tin­ue to dis­trib­ute goods or hav­ing their fund­ing cut, it is fall­ing to St Paul’s more to care for people in need in the area.

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