Notices_Sunday 24th May — Day of Pentecost

NOTICES:

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

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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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TODAY — Fun­drais­ing Com­mit­tee Meet­ing

Our major fun­drais­ing effort this year is to ren­ov­ate the hall kit­chen. Accord­ingly, we are form­ing a fun­drais­ing com­mit­tee to report to the par­ish coun­cil.  So if you are someone who is keen to help, please stay after church today for a brief meet­ing in the chapel. There are a num­ber of things in the pipeline to get our teeth into.  So please come and throw in your ideas!

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 TODAY at 12.30pm — Fest­iv­al of Wild Ideas

Speak­er: A Mark Squire – Tales from the Crypt

Mark is a law­yer of long stand­ing who spe­cial­ises in Wills and Estates i

Where: St Paul’s Par­ish Hall, 205–207 Bur­wood Rd, Bur­wood

Cost: Dona­tion $20 — to cov­er light lunch and drinks after­wards

To book: https://www.trybooking.com/DKZCT (Stu­dents under 18 free)

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Tues­day Night Bible Study at 7.30pm:

Held at Fr Philip Bradford’s place.  We are fin­ish­ing the Gos­pel of Mat­thew this week.  Next week we com­mence the O.T. book of Daniel.  Please bring a bible.  All wel­come.

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Wed­nes­day, 27^th May 2026 at 6pm — Vivid Sydney Laser Light­fall

Cho­reo­graphed light trans­forms the sky with Laser Light­fall, the inaug­ur­al Vivid Sydney Laser Show.  Laser Light­fall ima­gines lasers as sparks of life, eager to con­nect and con­verge into a world of col­our. It runs four 7 minute sequences each hour — the aim is to see at least one or two sequences from 6pm.

[Warn­ing: for those with pho­to­sensit­ive or sens­ory sens­it­iv­it­ies, or con­di­tions affected by intense visu­al stim­uli].

Time: 5.30pm sharp

Meet: at Paddy’s Mar­ket Light Rail stop

Weath­er: If it rains on the day will be post­poned to Wed­nes­day, 3 June 2026.

Updates will be sent to the Par­ish email list — please ensure you are on the list.

After­wards: A bite to eat in the Darling Square area.

RSVP to Brett today or to the par­ish office.

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 Sat­urday 30^th May at 2.30pm–Sydney MOW Meet­ing in hall of Christ Church St Laurence

Please enter via the church and walk down the lefthand side aisle to the door to the hall.

Speak­er: Rose­mary King from St Paul’s Bur­wood who will be speak­ing about her theo­lo­gic­al jour­ney and a bit about the St Paul’s Pantry.

A small plate of food to share for after­noon tea would be appre­ci­ated.

Any­one who wishes to stay on for Even­ing Pray­er at 5pm is wel­come to do so.

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Sat­urday 30th May at 5pm — In Para­disum

Join Sydney Cham­ber Choir for  a con­cert of music from Esto­nia, Nor­way, Sweden and Aus­tralia, fea­tur­ing two stun­ning works for choir and cello (Juli­an Smiles). Held at St James’ Church, King Street.

Tick­ets and info: https://www.sydneychamberchoir.org/in-paradisum

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 Sat­urday 4^th July – Christ­mas in July High Tea – Keep the Date.

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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.

Find out more at: https://2026mowdateclaimer.my.canva.site

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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: Peter Gil­bert & Fred Narnola; Joyce Grant; Stu­art Grigg & ‘Tri­cia; Richard Hagen & Som; and Selina Hardy & John.

Monday: Susan Hill, Janet Broady & Alex; Moya Holle; and Noel Jeffs.

Tues­day: Joseph, Esth­er, Joyti & Joshlyn Kumar.

Wed­nes­day: Geoff Lind­say & Mandy Tib­bey; Lea MacNeil & Don­ald Thomas.

Thursday: Evelyn Maack; Jen­nifer McGov­ern; John M., and Jo Middleton.

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:

Andy Ser­afin; Alex Regos; Sarah, Paul, Emma, & Michael; John Park­er; Kim McLoughrey; Gra­ham Dagg; Char­lotte Dolby; Steven Solomonides, Suz­anne Camp­ton; Lilac John­ston; Lawrence Bestel; Lay Kum Ho; and Nej­det Danis.

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Recently Depar­ted: Jen­nifer Sta­cey.

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Anniversar­ies of the Depar­ted: Steph­en Thur­ley; Neville Arm­strong; Patrick Sadler; Fred Fer­guson; Ann Dav­is; Peter Edgely; Lawrence Clayton.

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Saints Com­mem­or­a­tion:  25^th: Bede of Jar­row, Priest and teach­er (d.735); and 26^th: Augustine of Can­ter­bury, mis­sion­ary and Bish­op (d.605).

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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 Next Sunday: Trin­ity Sunday

First Read­ing: Exodus 34.1–8                  Psalm: Song of 3YM 29–34

Second Read­ing: 2 Cor 13.11–14           Gos­pel: Mat­thew 28.16–20