Notices_Sunday 3rd August — Eighth Sunday After Pentecost

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

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO: Wil­low Cov­entry; Brett Dav­ies & Jen­nifer McGov­ern.

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TONIGHT – 5pm Spir­it of Taize Ser­vice

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Chant­ing the psalms

St Luke’s in almost unique in Sydney in that you as the con­greg­a­tion chants the psalms. I think you will agree that the last two months has been an inter­est­ing exper­i­ence. It would be a pity if we lost that tra­di­tion.

If you would like to learn to chant the psalms tra­di­tion­ally or have a refresh­er, Rajah with some assist­ance from Kathy and Kath­er­ine is will­ing to give some point­ers at two ses­sions on Sunday 10th and 31st August after morn­ing tea.  So, if you’ve ever wondered what ·  |-  † *  — : , l and ll, double chant and single chant mean please come and join us.  No singing or oth­er music exper­i­ence neces­sary.

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

St Paul’s Anglic­an Church, Bur­wood

www.earlydanceconsort.com.a

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

St James’ Church, 173 King Street, Sydney

Sat­urday 1^st Nov – Marko Servo (St James’ King Street)

Reserve your place at https://events.humanitix.com/2025iof4?hxchl=hex-pfl

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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.

Weekly Inter­ces­sions for our Com­munity:

Sunday: Selina & John Hardy; Susan Hill, Janet Broady & Alex; Moya Holle; and Noel Jeffs.

Monday: Joseph, Esth­er, Joyti & Joshlyn Kumar; Geoff Lind­say & Mandy Tib­bey.

Tues­day: Lea MacNeil & Don­ald Thomas; Evelyn Maack; Jen­nifer McGov­ern

Wed­nes­day: John M.; Pamela Naple; Fran Neilsen; and Kath­er­ine Old­field.

Thursday: Fr Jeff & Michelle Park­er; and Andrew Pat­ter­son & Rad­hi­ka.

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; Mat­thew Bright; Gra­ham Dagg; and Char­lotte Dolby.

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Anniversar­ies of the Depar­ted: Sep­tima Mor­timer; Jean Gates; Albert Wat­son; Mervyn Dav­is; Diana Gomez; and Grace John­son.

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Saints Com­mem­or­a­tion:

3^rd: Steph­en, Dea­con and mar­tyr.

4^th: John Baptist Vian­ney, Par­ish Priest of Ars, France.

5^th: Oswald, King and mar­tyr.

8^th: Domin­ic, Priest and fri­ar.

9^th: Mary Sum­ner, founder of the Mother’s Uni­on.

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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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Aus­trali­an Anglic­an Church Cal­en­dar 2026

Avail­able from https://www.stpetersbookroom.com.au/

$17 each plus Post­age

Order forms avail­able from the St Luke’s Par­ish office

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Read­ings for Next Sunday – Ninth Sunday After Pente­cost

First Read­ing: Isai­ah 1.1, 10–20                 Psalms: 50.1–8, 23–24

Second Read­ing: Hebrews 11.1–3, 8–16    Gos­pel: Luke 12.32–40