Notices_Sunday 9th August — Eleventh Sunday After Pentecost

NOTICES:

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

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Cur­rent First Aid Hold­ers for emer­gen­cies

We would like to have a list of attend­ing parish­ion­ers who hold a cur­rent first aid cer­ti­fic­ate.

If you hold a cur­rent first aid cer­ti­fic­ate and are will­ing to be called upon dur­ing an emer­gency, can you please provide a copy of your cer­ti­fic­ate to the par­ish office (email or in per­son) asap.

A list of names will then be made avail­able on the notice board in the church foy­er.

Please note that it is a policy of St Luke’s Enmore to call an ambu­lance for any­one who faints/collapses.

For First Aid emer­gen­cies we have a First Aid Kit and AED in the Hall Kit­chen.  Also, there is now a Blood Pres­sure mon­it­or in the Church foy­er.

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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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Tues­day Night Bible Study at 7.30pm

Held at Fr Philip Bradford’s place.  Please bring a bible.  All wel­come.

We are now study­ing the Book of The Rev­el­a­tion to John.

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Wed­nes­day 26 August — Next Men’s Day Out:

Will be held on at Jas­mini Lebanese Res­taur­ant, Shop 20/ 21–23 Norton street Leich­hardt.

Meet between 12noon and 12.30 pm.

See Kev­in Green for details.

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Sat­urday 5 Septem­ber at 11am — Com­mem­or­ative Ser­vice for the Mar­tyrs of Pap­ua New Guinea 2026.

The Anglic­an Board of Mis­sion Sydney Com­mit­tee invites you to a Holy Euchar­ist to mark the 84th Anniversary of the Mar­tyrs of Pap­ua New Guinea, to be held at Saint Alban’s, Epping (fol­lowed by refresh­ments).

Presider: The Rev­er­end Phil Lui.

Preach­er: The Rev­er­end Dr Erica Math­ieson Hon­or­ary Assist­ant at Saint James King Street, Sydney.

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Sunday 18^th Octo­ber – St Luke’s Patron­al Fest­iv­al

On Sunday 18th Octo­ber at our 9.30am ser­vice we will be cel­eb­rat­ing our

St Luke’s Patron­al Fest­iv­al with a spe­cial guest preach­er and former rect­or,

The Very Rev’d Steph­en Wil­li­ams, Dean Emer­it­us of Christ­ch­urch Cathed­ral New­castle.

Steph­en and his wife Sue will join us for lunch after the ser­vice — this will either be a shared lunch or a pub lunch — yet to be con­firmed.

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Sat­urday 24^th Octo­ber 2026 at 5.30 for 6pm in the par­ish hall!

The War­dens’ Din­ner – The War­dens fly down to Rio

Inspired by the glor­ies of Copacabana, Car­ni­vale & Cristo Redentor (Christ Redeem­er), not to men­tion samba, bossa nova, Delores del Rio, Car­men Mir­anda & Peter Allen, the War­dens warmly invite you to join them to fly down to Rio!

Keep the date and reserve your place/group table — on the list at the green board at the Church Hall door or speak to the War­dens or Brett Dav­ies.

Pre-din­ner drinks and nibbles, enter­tain­ment by Car­ni­vale Batacuda Funk, catered din­ner, silent auc­tion & more!  Price to be advised.

All in sup­port of the Church Hall kit­chen upgrade.

An advert­ising bro­chure will shortly be avail­able for you to share with friends and fam­ily!

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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.

Regis­tra­tions now open — Con­ces­sion rates for MOW mem­bers.

Please renew your mem­ber­ship or join for 2026–27 before you register.

Find out more at: https://mowatch.com.au

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Sat­urday 5^th Dec – St Luke’s Christ­mas Mar­ket – SAVE THE DATE

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ST PAULS PANTRY needs food items includ­ing tinned and non-per­ish­able goods: 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; Andy Ser­afin & Colin Spokes.

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

Tues­day: John Reimer; Louisa Sil­ver­man; and Laurel & Ray Som­mer.

Wed­nes­day: Kar­lene Thompson; and Christine Thur­ley & Troy.

Thursday: Stu­art Veitch, Jo Bur­ton & Laurence; and Janet Walms­ley.

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:

Andy Ser­afin; Alex Regos; Sarah, Paul, Emma, & Michael; John Park­er; Kim McLoughrey; Gra­ham Dagg; Char­lotte Dolby; Lilac John­ston; Joanne Bowen; Janne Mar­tin; Ruth & Robyn Woell­ner; Bar­bara Ray­mond; Mar­ilyn Gibbs; and Ron Wil­li­ams.

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Anniversar­ies of the Depar­ted: John Sat­ter­ley; Aman­da Romeo; Grace Johnsen; Ian Scott; Mary Sotiri­adis; Neil Daniels; Arthur Ayers; and Maria Bugle.

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Saints Com­mem­or­a­tion:

10^th Aug: Laurence, Dea­con & Mar­tyr at Rome (d.258).

11^th Aug: Clare of Assisi (d.1252), and John Henry New­man, Car­din­al & Theo­lo­gian (d.1890).

13^th Aug: Jeremy Taylor, Bish­op & Spir­itu­al writer (d.1667).

14^th Aug: Mary, Moth­er of our Lord, and Twen­ti­eth Cen­tury Mar­tyrs includ­ing: Max­im­i­li­en Kolbe, Fri­ar (1940), Diet­rich Bon­hoef­fer, Theo­lo­gian (d.1945), Maria Skob­t­sova, Abbess in Rus­sia (d.1945), Mar­tin Luth­er King Jr, work­er for civil liber­ties (d.1968), Janani Luwum, Arch­bish­op of Uganda (d.1977), Oscar Romero, Arch­bish­op of San Sal­vador (d.1980).

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Long Term Pas­tor­al Pray­er list: Christine Thur­ley; Don­ald Thomas; Fr John Bunyan; Fr John Bowen; 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 for Next Sunday: Mary Moth­er of Our Lord

First Read­ing: Isai­ah 61.10–62.3             Psalm: Song of Mary (APBA p.31)

Second Read­ing: Gala­tians 4.4–7                        Gos­pel: Mat­thew 15.21–28