Notices_Sunday 23rd November — Christ the King and Farewell for Fr Jeff & Michelle Parker

 Notices: 

Wel­come to any vis­it­ors with us today.  Please join us for morn­ing tea after the ser­vice and our shared lunch­eon to farewell Fr Jeff & Michelle Park­er.

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Our Christ­mas Mar­ket — Sat­urday 13 Decem­ber 

If you are a per­son who neither makes nor bakes any­thing for the Christ­mas Mar­ket, you may like to con­sider mak­ing a dona­tion towards the cost of ingredi­ents.

The cost of mak­ing Christ­mas cakes is sig­ni­fic­antly high­er than ordin­ary cakes.  A large cake can cost around $25–28 and add $14 if it is iced with mar­zipan and fond­ant.  The cost of chick­en we all know about — we prob­ably buy some weekly.  Rachael will be cook­ing but­ter chick­en to sell and will take pre-orders closer to the date.

So, if you can donate any­thing at all, our cooks will be very grate­ful — and it will be shared accord­ingly.  Please place in an envel­ope in the offer­tory, ref­er­enced “cook­ing costs Christ­mas cakes” or “cook­ing cost chick­en“.

Thank you one and all!

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Type­writer wanted:  Wil­low and Quinn are look­ing to bor­row a type­writer for their Christ­mas mar­ket stall.  If any­one has one in work­ing con­di­tion, which can be lent for a week or two, please con­tact Wil­low Mob:0422 194 742.

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Stan­more Nurs­ing Home Gifts: Your dona­tion no mat­ter how small helps the par­ish to pay for a selec­tion of equal value gifts — usu­ally chocol­ates, or some­thing suit­able for those patients who are dia­bet­ic.  If you would like to donate, please place your dona­tion (in a marked envel­ope) in the offer­tory plate or donate online ref­er­ence “Stan­more Nurs­ing Home”.   Many thanks for your gen­er­os­ity.

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Tues­day Night Bible Study at 7.30pm:

At Fr Philip Bradford’s place 5 Lin­coln St, Stan­more.  We will be study­ing the 2nd Let­ter of Peter.  Please bring a bible.  All wel­come.

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Sunday 30^th Nov ‑Next St Luke’s Christ­mas Mar­ket Meet­ing:  Join us after morn­ing tea to dis­cuss our plan­ning for the day. Stall volun­teers required.

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Sat­urday 13^th Decem­ber – St Luke’s Christ­mas Mar­ket — 9am to 2pm

BBQ & Barista Cof­fee; Food stalls includ­ing Indi­an food (But­ter Chick­en, sam­o­sas, Indi­an sweets), Cakes, and Jams/Preserves; Op Shop Cloth­ing; Christ­mas Gifts and dec­or­a­tions, Face paint­ing; Por­trait Drawing/Poetry, & Plant Stalls; Christ­mas Hamper Raffle; Riff Raff Rad­ic­al March­ing Band; Organ music and tours.

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

Monday: Andrew Pat­ter­son & Rad­hi­ka Bohara; and John Reimer.

Tues­day: Joyce, Andrew, Rachael, Belinda & Bryson Reddy; Bianca & Ali­as Ali­as.

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

Thursday: Mat­ilda Rink­er; Gra­hame Sadler; Rajah Selva­ra­jah & Greg.

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:

Rachael Reddy; Don­ald Thomas; Andy Ser­afin; John Bowen (Priest); Rose; Alex Regos; Rick; Sarah, Paul, Emma, & Michael; John Park­er; Kim McLoughrey; Gra­ham Dagg; Char­lotte Dolby; Maur­een Byers; Claire Bur­gess; Steven Solomonides, and Ara­bella Ross.

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Anniversar­ies of the Depar­ted: Mary Kim­ber; Mar­garet Lofts; Alice Lofts; Eliza­beth Arm­strong; Les Clark; Alfred Welsh; Peter Sze­pe­tiuk; Elsie Far­rell.

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Saints Com­mem­or­a­tion:  25^th: James Noble, pion­eer Abori­gin­al Dea­con.

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Long Term Pas­tor­al Pray­er list: Janet Walms­ley; Lyn Car­ring­ton; Ern­est MacIntyre; 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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 Read­ings for Next Sunday: First Sunday of Advent

First Read­ing: Isaiah2.1–5                      Psalm: 122

Second Read­ing: Romans 13.9–14          Gos­pel: Mat­thew 24.36–44

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Christ­mas 2025 Ser­vices

Sunday 21^st Decem­ber — 6pm Christ­mas Nativ­ity Play.

Wed­nes­day 24^th Decem­ber — 11 pm Christ­mas Eve Ser­vice.

Thursday 25^th Decem­ber — 9.30am Christ­mas Day Ser­vice.

 (Note: There will be no 10.30am Wed­nes­day Ser­vice on 24^th Dec 2025 or 31^st Dec 2025.)