Notices_Sunday 3rd May — Fifth Sunday of Easter — Diocesan Day of Prayer

NOTICES:

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

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A very spe­cial wel­come today to Fr Ray Wil­li­am­son and Mthr Erica Math­ieson.  Fr Ray and Mthr Erica will be with us again next Sunday.

Fr Glenn Maytum will return on Sunday 17^th May.

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The flowers in the church today are donated and arranged by Mat­ilda Rink­er in lov­ing memory of her late hus­band, Peter Rink­er.

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Happy Birth­day to: Fr Philip Brad­ford; Richard Hagen; Susan Reddy; Louisa Sil­ver­man; Kristina Cat­tell; Joyce Grant; and Alex­an­der Chiew.

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 TODAY – Dio­ces­an Day of Pray­er ‘Before the Throne”  

 Link to Video invit­a­tion from Arch­bish­op Kan­ishka Raf­fel https://vimeo.com/1182471809?share=copy&fl=sv&fe=ci.

Pray­er gath­er­ings will be held region­ally today, and you are invited to attend the rel­ev­ant pray­er meet­ing in our region:

St Andrew’s Cathed­ral Sydney (2:00–3:30pm)

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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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The Par­ish Coun­cil has ini­ti­ated a fun­drais­ing com­mit­tee to raise funds to ren­ov­ate the kit­chen and would like to invite oth­er par­ti­cipants from the par­ish to join.  Please speak with Ruth Cham­pi­on or Tiffany Chiew, if this is some­thing you are inter­ested in help­ing, with your time and tal­ents.

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As sug­ges­ted at the AGM, a garden­ing group used to oper­ate in the church gar­dens every quarter.  If you are someone who would like to help, please speak to Ruth as there is a need to remove weeds and to clear debris from around the build­ing.

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TODAY at 12.30pm — Fest­iv­al of Wild Ideas

Speak­er: Ger­ard Bar­well – Authen­ti­city — The Human Advant­age: Why the future belongs to the best com­mu­nic­at­ors

Ger­ard is the founder of B Well Speak­ing Academy and is an award-win­ning speak­er who has won 97 pub­lic speak­ing events through a hol­ist­ic edu­ca­tion that is inclus­ive and sup­port­ive of all stu­dents.

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)

For fur­ther inform­a­tion con­tact Phil­lip Seale 0405 198 420 or phillip@pscontracting.com.au

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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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Tues­day 19^th May at 6pm for 6.30pm – Next Men’s Night Out.

Held at El Torino res­taur­ant, Enmore Road New­town.

For more inform­a­tion con­tact Kev­in Mob: 0405 691 055

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Fri­day 22^nd May 5.45pm for 6pm — Ser­vice of Pray­er for Chris­ti­an Unity and Fun­drais­ing Din­ner

Hos­ted by the NSW Ecu­men­ic­al Coun­cil and co-hos­ted by Bish­op Vin­cent Long and the Roman Cath­ol­ic Dio­cese of Par­ra­matta

Held at St Patrick’s Cathed­ral, Par­ra­matta, 1 Mar­ist Place, Par­ra­matta NSW 2150

Tick­ets are $75.00.  It would be good to have a table of us from St Lukes. Please let Mandy Tib­bey know if you would like to attend or book online https://www.trybooking.com/DLGUZ   (see the notice boards)

We will try to organ­ise lifts for people if required.

If you would like to come but the cost is a prob­lem, let Mandy know.

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Wed­nes­day, 27 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 not essen­tial but help­ful so we don’t leave without you.

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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: Mat­ilda Rink­er; Gra­hame Sadler; Rajah Selva­ra­jah & Greg; Peter Sey­mour; and Andy Ser­afin & Colin Spokes.

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

Tues­day: Lous­ia Sil­ver­man; Laurel & Ray Som­mer; and Kar­lene Thompson.

Wed­nes­day: Christine Thur­ley & Troy; Stu­art Veitch, Jo Bur­ton & Laurence.

Thursday: Janet Walms­ley; Noël Waugh; and Janet Wid­mer & Cliff.

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; Don­ald Thomas; Andy Ser­afin; Alex Regos; Sarah, Paul, Emma, & Michael; John Park­er; Kim McLoughrey; Gra­ham Dagg; Char­lotte Dolby; Steven Solomonides, Ara­bella Ross; Suz­anne Camp­ton; Lilac John­ston; and Lawrence Bestel.

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Anniversar­ies of the Depar­ted: Peter Rink­er; Rose­mary Brad­ford; Ada Har­ris; Murtle Blatch; Helen Hack; and Dr T. Selva­ra­jah (30^th Anniversary of passing on 4^th May).

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Saints Com­mem­or­a­tion:  6^th May: John, Apostle and evan­gel­ist; and 8^th May: Juli­an of Nor­wich, Holy woman and mys­tic (d. 1417).

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Long Term Pas­tor­al Pray­er list: Fr John Bunyan; 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: Sixth Sunday of East­er

First Read­ing: Acts 17.22–31                  Psalm: 66.7–19

Second Read­ing: 1 Peter 3.8–22            Gos­pel: John 14.15–21