Notices_Sunday 7th Dec 2025_ Second Sunday of Advent

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

 

Happy Birth­day to: Kathy Drum­mond; Rajah Selva­ra­jah; Jen­nifer B.; Pamela Naple; Belinda Reddy; Christine Thur­ley; Vic­tor Any­anji; and Thomas Flem­ing.

 

Stan­more Nurs­ing Home Gifts:Your dona­tion no mat­ter how small helps the par­ish to pay for a selec­tion of equal value gifts — usu­ally chocol­ates, or some­thing suit­able for those patients who are diabetic.If you would like to donate please place your dona­tion (in a marked envel­ope) in the offer­tory plate, or donate online ref­er­ence “Stan­more Nurs­ing Home”.  

Many thanks for your gen­er­os­ity

Tues­day Night Bible Study at 7.30pm:

At Fr Philip Bradford’s place 5 Lin­coln St, Stanmore.We will be Con­tinu­ing our Advent Study.Please bring a bible.All wel­come.

 

 

NEXT Sat­urday– St Luke’s Christ­mas Mar­ket9am to 2pm

BBQ & Barista Cof­fee; Food stalls includ­ing Indi­an food (But­ter Chick­en, sam­o­sas, Indi­an sweets), Cakes, and Jams/Preserves; Op Shop Cloth­ing; Christ­mas Gifts and dec­or­a­tions, Face paint­ing; Por­trait Drawing/Poetry, & Plant Stalls; Christ­mas Hamper Raffle; Riff Raff Rad­ic­al March­ing Band; Organ music and tours.

 

Join us at 6pm on Sunday 21 Decem­ber for Car­ols and the Christ­mas Play Without Rehears­al.  Per­fect for all ages, fam­il­ies and friends, there will be plenty of dress-ups on hand, and the oppor­tun­ity to par­ti­cip­ate in a unique telling of the Christ­mas story in word and song.  Refresh­ments after­wards.

ST PAULS PANTRY needs food, health and clean­ing items:

A bas­ket is in the church foy­er for dona­tions.

Weekly Inter­ces­sions for our Com­munity:

Sunday: Vic­tor Any­anji; Cyn­thia Berke­mei­er; Jen­nifer, Peter, Andy & Blake B.; and Fr John & Joanne Bowen.

Monday: Kay Younie, Nata­sha, Timothy & Jona­thon; and Fr Philip Brad­ford.

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

Wed­nes­day: Ruth Cham­pi­on; and Tiffany, Kev­in, Nich­olas and Alex­an­der Chiew.

Thursday: Nancy Cheng; and Ron, Milly, Nam & Viol­etta Clarke.

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; John Bowen (Priest); Alex Regos; Rick Per­ram; Sarah, Paul, Emma, & Michael; John Park­er; Kim McLoughrey; Gra­ham Dagg; Char­lotte Dolby; Maur­een Byers; Claire Bur­gess; Steven Solomonides, Ara­bella Ross; Charlie; Heath­er Chaffo; Diana Way­land; and Dav­id Brad­ford.

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Anniversar­ies of the Depar­ted: Kath­leen Ander­son; Mary Crowth­er; James Gav­in; and Allen Wells.

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Saints Com­mem­or­a­tion: 8th: Con­cep­tion of the Vir­gin Mary; and Richard Bax­ter, Pas­tor and spir­itu­al writer; and 13th: Lucy, mar­tyr and vir­gin

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Long Term Pas­tor­al Pray­er list: Janet Walms­ley; Lyn Car­ring­ton; Ern­est MacIntyre; 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.

Read­ings for Next Sunday: Third Sunday of Advent

First Read­ing: Isai­ah 35.1–10                 Psalm: The song of Mary (APBA p.9)

Second Read­ing: James 5.7–10               Gos­pel: Mat­thew 11.2–11

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Christ­mas 2025 Ser­vices

Sunday 21st Decem­ber — 6pm Car­ols and Christ­mas Play Without Rehears­al

Wed­nes­day 24th Decem­ber — 11pm Christ­mas Eve Ser­vice.

Thursday 25th Decem­ber — 9.30am Christ­mas Day Ser­vice.

(Note: There will be no 10.30am Wed­nes­day Ser­vice on 24th Dec 2025 or 31st Dec 2025.)

 

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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