NOTICES:
Parish Annual General Meeting (AGM) – Date Postponed
Due to certain issues arising in the parish, Fr Jeff in discussions with the Bishop, has asked that the AGM be postponed. The new date will most likely be Sunday 3rd April 2022. We are however still waiting for confirmation from the Archbishop.
At this AGM, the Parish Council, Wardens and Nominators will be elected. There is no election of Synod Representatives since a Synod lasts three years and the 52nd Synod has another year to run.
There is a form available which gives notice of an intention to make a nomination. Parishioners who wish to nominate another person for an office may complete the form and give it to a Warden. The form requires the person being nominated to sign it as an indication of their consent to be nominated.
PLEASE NOTE: You must still be present at the meeting to nominate somebody else whether or not a form has been completed, but the person being nominated does not have to be present at the meeting so long as consent to the nomination has been given.
For reference, the above is taken from diocese website at https://www.sds.asn.au/general-meetings-parishioners?menu_id=12#8
(Scroll down to “Conducting the general meeting of parishioners” then to “Elections”)
ABM Lenten Study – ‘Repairing the Breach’
Will be held on Wednesdays after 10.30am Service and morning tea, and also Monday nights via zoom at 7.30pm.
Ask Fr Jeff for the link.
Future Dates for your Diary:
Sun 10th April — Palm Sunday at 9.30 am with Procession.
Thurs 14th April — Maundy Thursday at 7.30 pm.
Fri 15th April — Good Friday at 9.30am and 12 noon Stations of the Cross.
Sun 17th April — Easter Day at 9.30 am.
ABM Lent & Good Friday Appeal 2022
Envelopes and Digital donations cards are available in church foyer.
Or you can donate online at www.abmission.org/Lent2022
Unfinished Business: Celebrating Anglican Women’s Ministry in Australia
A national conference to be held at Christ Church St Laurence, 812 George Street, Sydney, 16–18 September 2022
Thirty years after the Anglican Church in Australia ordained women priests, MOW is organising a conference that will honour those who fought for women’s ordination over many years and celebrate the courage and service of ordained women, be they deacons, priests, bishops or archbishops.
The conference will also challenge those Australian dioceses that, even now, are limiting or refusing to acknowledge women’s ordained ministry.
Further details, including the conference program and registration details, will be provided in due course.
ST PAUL’S PANTRY needs food, health and cleaning items: A basket is in the church foyer for donations.
Food for our worms –Please leave your worm food gifts at church on Sundays or drop off during the week. (NB — no dairy, citrus or meat) Fr. Jeff
Lea MacNeil has jam, conserves, pickles and various sauces to sell; please email her at lea.macneil@gmail.com to order them from her. All proceeds go to St Luke’s Parish.
Weekly Intercessions for our Community:
Sunday: Ron, Milly, Nam & Violetta Clarke; Brett & Amrit MacIntyre; Edi & Oscar Davis; John Dickson; Kathy Drummond; and David Dunlop.
Monday: Michael, Elizabeth, Thomas, Ellenor & Nicholas Fleming.
Tuesday: Stephen Gates & Andrew; Marilyn Gibbs; and Kevin Green.
Wednesday: Peter Gilbert & Alfredo Narnolo; and Stuart Grigg & ‘Tricia.
Thursday: Lachlan Gray, Rosemary Randall & Frances.
Friday: We pray for Fr John Bunyan’s pastoral care ministry at Bankstown Hospital and all those he ministers to.
Saturday: Dear loving Father, please deliver us from the coronavirus and limit its impact on Australia and the world. In your mercy bring a swift end to this crisis. Please protect with your loving care those we love — our families, friends and neighbours. Let your fatherly hand guide, shelter and strengthen them. Cast out all anxious fears and doubts. Give us an increasing trust in you and fill our hearts and minds with your peace. We pray for those around the world now struggling with various COVID stains. Heal and comfort those who are sick and suffering. Protect and guide the health professionals who are at the front line. Please give wisdom and courage to those who bear responsibility for confronting this challenge. We ask these things through the powerful name of Jesus. Amen.
Prayers for the sick: Rajah Selvarajah; Paul; Karlene Thompson; Wolfgang Rose; Julie Ankers; John Bowen; John Perkins; Margaret Chiew; Florence Shellard; Amanda Romeo; Andy Serafin; Maryrose Crowther; Ruth Dodd; Joan Dale; Robert & Lyndall Dubler; Joanne Kenny; and The Psomas Family.
Anniversaries of the Departed: Boleslaw Jurczyk; Bessie O’Reilly; Beryl Goodman; Edith Spurrier; Elsie Davis; Wendy Clarke; Ida Ross; and Joan Burton.
Saints Commemoration: 21st: Thomas Cranmer, Archbishop of Canterbury, martyr and liturgist (d. 1556); 22nd: Thomas Ken, Bishop of Bath and Wells, teacher (d. 1711); and 24th: Paul Couturier, ecumenist (d. 1953); & Oscar Romero, Archbishop of San Salvador (d. 1980).
Long Term Pastoral Prayer list: John Hardy; Pauline Newell; Beth Armstrong; Lyn Carrington; John Dickson; Stephen Thurley; Shirley, Barbara & Jade Allen; Rhiannon Henry-Edwards; Marissa; Jude, Isla, Meg & Al Donnell; Grace & Hannah Ashton; Kuwert; Rev Laurie MacIntyre; Kiki Chun; Raul of Radio Skidrow and his family; Andrew Stratgolda; Lochlan Lonesborough; and Noel Jeffs.
Readings for Next Sunday: The Annunciation of the Virgin Mary/Mothering Sunday/ Lent 4
First Reading: Isiah 7.10–14 Psalm: 40.6–13
Second Reading: Hebrews 10.4–10 Gospel: Luke 1.26–38
Points for Thought and Discussion from WorkingPreacher.org
1. How does the metaphor of fruitfulness speak to you here and from other passages in the Bible? (Luke 13:6–9)
2. In what ways do you thirst? For what? What do God’s waters, wine and milk look like in your life? (Isa 55:1)
3. Do you have glimpses in your life of emotions and experiences like those in Psalm 63? When and where?
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