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.

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 Mar­ket — 9am to 2pmBBQ & 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.

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: 8^th: Con­cep­tion of the Vir­gin Mary; and Richard Bax­ter, Pas­tor and spir­itu­al writer; and 13^th: 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.