Notices_Sunday 27th July 2025 — Seventh Sunday After Pentecost

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

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Con­grat­u­la­tions to Bianca & Eli­as who were mar­ried yes­ter­day at St John the Beloved Maron­ite Cath­ol­ic Church in Mt Druitt.  We wish them all the best.

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The flowers in the church today are donated by Kar­lene Thompson in lov­ing memory of her moth­er, Eliza­beth (Bessie) Thompson.

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NEXT SUNDAY 3^rd August – 5pm Spir­it of Taizé Ser­vice.

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OpShop Dona­tions

Parish­ion­ers who can­not get to the OpShop dur­ing our open­ing hours are invited to bring dona­tions of good qual­ity used cloth­ing and house­hold goods and knick­knacks to church on a Sunday morn­ing.  Please do not bring elec­tric­al goods unless they are new and in a box.  All items may be left inside the hall at the rear near the Opshop interi­or stor­age area door.  Please do not leave any goods out­side.  If you can spare a few hours to help once a week or even once a fort­night, please speak with Andy Ser­afin, Steph­en Gates or Ruth.

Thank you for your assist­ance.

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Please bring in any spare plastic takeaway con­tain­ers: We use these in the kit­chen to par­cel up leftovers and send worm food to the rect­ory.

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Tues­day Night Bible Study at 7.30pm:

At Fr Philip Bradford’s place 5 Lin­coln St, Stan­more.  Cur­rently study­ing the book of 2 Samuel.  Bring a bible.  All wel­come.

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Sat­urday 16th August at 2:30 pm — the Par­ish will be hold­ing a “Win­ter­fest” high tea and con­cert, in the par­ish hall. 

This is a major fun­draiser for the par­ish, and we would value your attend­ance and assist­ance if pos­sible.  Unlike last year the ser­vice of food will be sim­pli­fied to a main buf­fet table where you will help your­self to hot food, then scones and cakes!  We will how­ever serve the mulled wine and tea and cof­fee to your tables.  The con­cert pro­gram is arranged, and we are sure it will be very enter­tain­ing!  Cost is $40 pp and $35 Concession/Student

To book a table please con­tact Ruth Cham­pi­on on Mob: 0400 166 041

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

St James’ Church, 173 King Street, Sydney

Sat­urday 2^nd August – Felix Hell (Ger­many)

Reserve your place at https://events.humanitix.com/2025iof3?hxchl=hex-pfl

If you would like com­pany; Brett Dav­ies and Kathy Drum­mond will be there.

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Sat­urday 16^th August at 6pm – The Early Dance Con­sort

St Paul’s Anglic­an Church, Bur­wood

www.earlydanceconsort.com.au

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Weekly Inter­ces­sions for our Com­munity:

Sunday: Brett Dav­ies & Amrit MacIntyre; Edi & Oscar Dav­is; Susan Deas; Kathy Drum­mond; and Dav­id Dun­lop.

Monday: Michael, Eliza­beth, Tom, Ella & Nick Flem­ing; and Mar­ilyn Gibbs

Tues­day: Steph­en Gates & Andrew Eld­er; and Kev­in Green

Wed­nes­day: Peter Gil­bert & Fred Narnola; and Joyce Grant.

Thursday: Stu­art Grigg & ‘Tri­cia Blombery; and Richard Hagen & Som.

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:

Christine Thur­ley; Ruth Cham­pi­on; Mat­ilda Rink­er; Mar­ilyn Gibbs; Janet Walms­ley; Andy Ser­afin; John Bowen (Priest); Mari­on Mad­dox; Sarah, Paul, Emma, & Michael; John Park­er; Kim McLoughrey; Dianne Albrecht; and Mat­thew Bright.

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Anniversar­ies of the Depar­ted: Queenie Balk­well, Harry Har­ris­on; Sydney Row­lands; Mais­ie Cad­dis; Nigel Cun­neen; Har­old Legge; and Ant­o­nia Nagy-Laing.

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Saints Com­mem­or­a­tion:

29^th: Mary and Martha of Beth­any.

30^th: Wil­li­am Wil­ber­force, Social Reformer.

31^st: Joseph of Arimathea; and Igna­tius of Loy­ola, Priest and founder of the Soci­ety of Jesus.

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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 – Eighth Sunday After Pente­cost

First Read­ing: Hosea 11.1–11                 Psalms: 107.1–9, 43

Second Read­ing: Colos­si­ans 3.1–11        Gos­pel: Luke 12.13–21