Notices_Sunday 28th December 2025_First Sunday After Christmas

NOTICES:

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

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Sunday 18^th Janu­ary 2026 – Par­ish Coun­cil meets in par­ish office after 9.30am ser­vice and morn­ing tea.

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Tues­day Night Bible Study: Cur­rently in Recess: Will resume in 2026 – date TBC

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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: Ron (Bp) & Katie Wil­li­ams; Vic­tor Any­anji; Cyn­thia Berke­mei­er; and Jen­nifer, Peter, Andy & Blake B.

Monday: Janet Wid­mer and Cliff; Kay Younie, Nata­sha, Timothy & Jona­thon.

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

Wed­nes­day: John (Fr) and Joanne Bowen; and Philip (Fr) Brad­ford.

Thursday: Tony Brown­low; Les & Lyn Car­ring­ton; and Kristina Cat­tell.

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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Long Term Pas­tor­al Pray­er list: 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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Pray­ers for the sick and for those in need of pray­er:

Christine Thur­ley; Don­ald Thomas; Andy Ser­afin; John Bowen (Priest); Alex Regos; Rick Per­ram; Sarah, Paul, Emma, & Michael; John Park­er; Kim McLoughrey; Gra­ham Dagg; Char­lotte Dolby; Claire Bur­gess; Steven Solomonides, Ara­bella Ross; Charlie; Heath­er Chaffo; and Diana Way­land.

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Anniversar­ies of the Depar­ted: Mary Kim­ber; Mil­li­cent Elli­ot; Elsa Clarke; Frank Dahl; Regin­ald Sheath­er; Mur­i­el Hack­et; Arthur Thomas; Joyce Page; and Lil Ket­tlewell.

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Saints Com­mem­or­a­tion:

29^th Dec: Thomas Beck­et, Arch­bish­op of Can­ter­bury, mar­tyr.

30^th Dec: Josephine But­ler, social reformer.

31^st Dec: John Wyc­liff, teach­er and reformer.

1^st Jan: The nam­ing and cir­cum­cision of Jesus.

2^nd Jan: Basil of Caesarea and Gregory of Nazi­an­zus Bish­ops and teach­ers; and Eliza Has­sall, pion­eer of CMS Aus­tralia and mis­sion­ary train­ing.

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 Read­ings for Next Sunday: Epi­phany of our Lord

First Read­ing: Isai­ah 60.1–6                   Psalm: 72.1–7, 10–14

Second Read­ing: Eph­esians 3.1–12         Gos­pel: Mat­thew 2.1–12

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 The Christ­mas Bowl Appeal 2025 — annu­al appeal of the Acts of Peace, the inter­na­tion­al aid agency of the Nation­al Coun­cil of Churches.

We encour­age parish­ion­ers to scan the code link and donate online (our par­ish is registered as ‘Enmore-Stan­more Anglic­an Par­ish’), or call 1800 025 101.

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ABM Advent and Christ­mas Appeal 2025

We encour­age parish­ion­ers to scan the code link to donate online or go dir­ectly to www.abmission.org/advent2025