Notices_Sunday 29th March — Palm Sunday

NOTICES: 

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

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Thank you to every­one who helped at the Par­ish Work­ing Bee yes­ter­day.

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Dona­tions towards flowers for East­er Day would be appre­ci­ated:

Please give the dona­tion dir­ectly to Moya Holle or Dir­ect Deb­it into the par­ish account (details on back of ser­vice book­let) ref­er­ence ‘East­er Flowers’.

Thank you.

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Next Sun 5^th April – Day­light Sav­ing ends!

REMEMBER TO — TURN YOUR CLOCKS BACK ONE HOUR ON SATURDAY NIGHT.

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NEXT Sunday 5^th April – 9.30am East­er Day ser­vice fol­lowed by a shared lunch in the hall.  Please bring food to share.

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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 is con­duct­ing an hourly Len­ten Study on Zoom, each Wed­nes­day even­ing until 1 April, at 7.30 p.m. 

The study book is “Let Me Go There” by Paula Gooder.

If you would like to join the Zoom study, please let Ruth know on 0400 166 041 or email ruthchampion47@gmail.com.

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Wed­nes­day 1^st April at 11am – Annu­al Chrism Euchar­ist

Held at St James King street.

The Right Rev’d Dr Michael Stead, Bish­op of South Sydney, will be the cel­eb­rant and preach­er.  A gen­er­al invit­a­tion is exten­ded to clergy, par­ish read­ers and parish­ion­ers to attend the ser­vice.  All clergy, lay read­ers and licensed lay min­sters are invited to robe and renew their vows dur­ing the liturgy.

A light lunch will be served fol­low­ing the ser­vice in St Jame’s Hall.

Please RSVP to the office@sjks.org.au or call (02) 8227 1300.

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HOLY WEEK SERVICES

Thursday 2^nd April – 7.30pm Maun­dy Thursday Ser­vice.

Fri­day 3^rd April – 9.30am Good Fri­day Ser­vice and morn­ing tea.

Fri­day 3^rd April — 12pm Sta­tions of the Cross.

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Wed 8^th April – Pas­tor­al Care Com­mit­tee meet­ing at 12 Mid­day.

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Fri­day 10^th April @ 9.30am‑2.00pm — Chris­ti­an Nation­al­ism and the Aus­trali­an Church (A Webin­ar Hos­ted by the Uni­ver­sity of Divin­ity)

Plen­ary Speak­ers: Asso­ci­ate Pro­fess­or Robyn Whi­taker (Pil­grim Theo­lo­gic­al Col­lege Uni­ver­sity of Divin­ity / The Wes­ley Centre) — ‘Under God and Hus­band:

Neo­pat­ri­archy and the Gendered Polit­ics of Chris­ti­an Nation­al­ism’

A range of oth­er speak­ers will also explore this top­ic, start­ing an ongo­ing

con­ver­sa­tion among Aus­trali­an Chris­ti­an lead­ers.

Register at: https://events.humanitix.com/christian-nationalism-and-the-australian-church?

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

Monday: Joyce, Andrew, Rachael, Bryson & Belinda Reddy; Bianca & Eli­as Eli­as.

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

Wed­nes­day: John Reimer, Mat­ilda Rink­er; and Gra­hame Sadler; Peter Sey­mour.

Thursday: Rajah Selva­ra­jah & Greg; and Andy Ser­afin & Colin Spokes.

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:

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

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Anniversar­ies of the Depar­ted: Shir­ley Allen; Ron Mor­ris (Priest); Hazell Sheath­er; Harry Mos­sop; John Faulks; Mynette Alex­an­der; Ben­son Greenough; Bobart Bell; and Anne Oliv­er.

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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 Next Sunday: East­er Day

First Read­ing: Jeremi­ah 31.1–6         Psalm: Hymn to the Ris­en Christ

Second Read­ing: Colos­si­ans 3.1–4          Gos­pel: Mat­thew 28.1–10