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W ELCOME TO ST PAUL’S. We are
glad that you have come to
worship God with us today. If
you are a visitor from another parish, or
worshipping with us for the first time,
please introduce yourself to our parish
priest, Fr James Collins, or to anyone
wearing a name badge, over a cup of tea
or coffee in the parish hall after the service.
You’ll find the hall behind the church.
A Holy Nativity ( Mary catching p.3
up on some reading)
RIP George Harvey p.4
Christmas Blessing to all parishioners p.5
Thank yous p. 6
Birthday Greetings p.7
Christmas 2017– by Barry Brandy p.14
Year B – Sunday 24th December 2017 4th Sunday of Advent
The Eve of the Christ mass
8.00 am – Sung Eucharist
9.30 am – Parish Eucharist
11pm – Blessing of the Crib Prayers
and Midnight Mass
Sunday 24th December
Midnight Mass at 11pm
Christmas Day, Monday
25th December 9am
Mass
Sunday 11th of February
2018 at 3pm –
EVENSONG MATER
CHORALE conducted by
Fr Michael Deasey in the
Church
Saturday 24th February
2018 at 6pm– Procession
and Festival Choral
Eucharist followed by a
Reception and
Refreshments in the Parish
Hall to mark the 30th
Anniversary of Fr James
Ordination to the Sacred
Priesthood
Name badges help make St Paul’s an
inclusive community. If you need a new
name badge, fill in the form inside the
pew sheet, send it to the parish office,
and one will be made and left in church
for you.
Toilets are available at the entrance to
the parish hall, which is located behind
the church.
First aid kits are located on the wall of
the kitchen in the Large Hall behind
the church and in the choir vestry.
Ask a member of the clergy or anyone
who’s wearing a name badge. We’re
here to help.
As you take your place in your pew,
please make yourself aware of the route
to the nearest emergency exit. Should
there be a fire, leave quickly, turn right,
and assemble by the roundabout on
Burwood Road.
People needing wheelchair access can
enter St Paul’s most conveniently by the
door at the base of the belltower.
Please turn your mobile phone off or on
to silent before the service starts. It’ll
save you much embarrassment later on.
Children are welcome in church at any
service. There is a selection of
children’s books and toys at the back of
the church near the font and there are
also kids’ activity sheets and pencils
available at the back of the church
where the pew sheets and prayer books
are.
Children’s Church runs during Term
Time. Meet at the back of the church at
the beginning of the 9.30am Eucharist.
Please feel free to bring your children to
the altar rail to receive a blessing, or to
receive Communion if they have been
admitted to the sacrament.
Please do not take photos
inside the church or during the services
of worship without permission.
A Holy Nativity ( Mary catching up on some reading)
Well done, good and faithful servant: enter thou into the joy of thy Lord.
It is my sad duty to advise you that George Harvey died last Sunday 17
December. George was 102 years old.
We give thanks to Almighty God for George's life and we pray for all
those who mourn his death, especially for his daughter, Carole, who has
cared so beautifully for George over the last while.
George’s requiem was held at St. Paul's, Burwood, on Friday the 22nd of
December.
In the midst of our sadness, we have the sure and certain hope that as
Jesus died and rose again so too shall we because of Jesus' triumph
over death and, because of this, we know that there is nothing that can
separate us from the love of God, not even death itself.
Rest eternal grant unto George O Lord,
and let light perpetual shine upon him. Amen.
The Rector, Fr. James, and Dr. Helen Collins, along with Fr. Michael and
Mrs. Antonia Deasey, together with the Church Wardens and Parish
Councillors and the Parish Staff and Ministry Team, Fr. Jim Pettigrew,
Mrs. Sheryl Southwood, Mrs. Judith Laurence, Ms. Rosemary King, Mr.
Graham Norman, Mrs. Caroline Badra, and Ms. Sophie Sun extend to all
Parishioners and to their families and to all friends of St. Paul's every
blessing for a Holy Christmas. May the love of God enfold you.
I pray that, at this Christmas-tide and through the coming year, you will
experience the love of Jesus Christ, the One who comes to us in such hu-
mility, and that the tenderness and gentleness of Mary, Jesus' Mother,
will fill your lives, and that you will know the peace of God, Jesus' Father
and our Heavenly Father, and that God's peace will strengthen and
sustain you both now and forever more. Amen.
With every blessing to you and your family for a holy Christmas and a
peaceful new year.
– Fr James
Each year we make up Advents Pack for our children. When you have
finished reading your cards we would love to have them to cut up for
next Christmas.
If you have any part rolls of leftover wrapping paper that you don’t feel
like storing we would love to have this as well.
Please leave them in the box at the back of the church.
Thank you.
Fr James, our Rector will be on
leave from 26th of December until
8th of January 2018.
Caroline, Our Office Secretary will
be on leave from 26th of December
until Wednesday 3rd of January
2018.
Fr James, Fr Michael, Rosemary
and Caroline take this opportunity
to wish you all a very Blessed
Christmas and a Happy and
Prosperous New Year 2018!
Thank you to Sheryl, Edwin,
and the Choir for the time and
effort that you have devoted to
preparing for our Services of
Lessons and Carols on Saturday
and Sunday as well as for our
Services for Christmas.
I am grateful to each of our Choir
Members for your devotion to God
and for your help in leading our
beautiful worship each week.
Sheryl is such a blessing to us and I
thank you, Sheryl, for all that you
do to nurture the offering of such
fine music in praise of God each
week.
Sheryl, Edwin, and our wonderful
Choir are a great blessing and I
thank each of you for your
contribution to our community of
faith. It is greatly appreciated.
Thank you to the kind
Parishioner who purchased a new
Sanctuary Lamp for St. Paul’s. This
is most kind of them. We are most
grateful.
We are also very grateful to the
Cardinal Freeman Village for
giving a Sanctuary Lamp which has
been dedicated in loving memory
of Peter McMillan.
Thank you to those who
polished, dusted, cleaned, and
gardened, We are deeply grateful
to all those who came to our busy
bee to clean, polish, dust, and
garden to make our Church and
grounds so beautiful as we
celebrate the birth of our Lord and
Saviour, Jesus Christ.
Thank you to our wonderful Bell
Ringers for calling us to worship
every week and especially
for ringing prior to the Service of
Lessons and Carols.
Thank you for the beautiful
supper last Sunday, We would like
to thank the parishioner who set up
and provided the most successful
and very much appreciated
refreshments after the magnificent
Service of Lessons and Carols last
Sunday. Your kindness and
generosity is very much
appreciated.
Thank you to all who were
involved in any way at all in
preparing the Church grounds
and the Parish Church for
Christmas, this includes: the care
of the grounds, preparing the
fantastic children's Advent Pack,
doing odd jobs, gold, silver and
brass cleaning, arranging of the
flowers, dusting/cleaning/
polishing, all involved in providing
the glorious music and readings
and intercessions, morning teas,
preparing altar linen, serving,
sidespeople, bell ringing, and so
much else both seen and unseen.
Thank you for the encouragement
of your presence throughout
Advent and today.
There will be no mid-week Eucha-
rist on the 27th of December and
the 3rd of January.
The first mid-week Eucharist for
2018 will be held on Wednesday
the 10th of January.
Thank you to everyone who
donated prizes, sold tickets, bought
tickets or helped in any way.
We raised $571.
Prize winners were:
Katrina, Raine & Horne,
Elizabeth Griffiths, Jim Foster,
Chris Susilo, Helen belgum, Pam
Richardson, Vanessa McNeill, Clyde
Livingstone, Shirley Gregory, Kelly
Chu, Nicole Smeulders, Warwick
Sinclair, Pip Rickards, Wei, Allan
Heasman, Keith Lane, Joy Brandy
Our warmest best wishes to Sheryl
Southwood, Joy Brandy, Warwick
Sinclair and Jessica Proctor who are
celebrating their birthdays this
month. We wish them all every
blessing and much happiness and
many happy returns.
On behalf of our choir and Edwin, may I thank you all, most sincerely,
for your kindness to us all, your appreciation of our music and contin-
ued support. We wish you every joy and happiness of this Christmas, as
we celebrate the birth of our Lord. May 2018 be a year filled with peace
for you, your family and friends.
Feeling a bit warm? Or just want to make a fashion statement?
Then why not purchase one of our gorgeous new boutique fans espe-
cially made for St. Paul’s.
Why not become a fan of St. Paul’s? Then you really will be cool.
Our beautiful fans can be purchased for $3.00 each or two fans for
$5.00
Over the years the parish has benefitted from the generosity of
parishioners, not only when they have been active members of the
parish, but also at the time of their death. Parishioners are invited to
remember the parish in their wills by making a bequest as a thank
offering to God and to ensure that generations to come will enjoy
worship and fellowship in well maintained buildings.
Those wishing to make a bequest are invited to do so using these or a
similar form of words: "I bequeath the sum of $............ to the Rector
and Wardens of the Anglican Parish of St Paul, Burwood, to be used at
their absolute discretion for the charitable purposes of the parish."
Please continue to leave your used stamps for missions in the box at the
back of the Church. Leave at least a 2cm border around the stamps.
Thank you.
Lawn Mowing
If you can volunteer to help please
give your name to Rosemary.
A roster has been drawn up but more
volunteers would be good, especially
if you can help in January.
We may need to have someone else
rostered to do the edges but we can
wait and see how that goes.
We have been offering to ring quarter
peals as a fundraiser for the parish for
anyone who has a special occasion
they would like to mark. If you are in-
terested in a special occasion being recognized we can organize a
time, which is convenient, so you are able to come and listen to the
ringing.
Collection given at St Paul’s on
Sunday 17th December: $3108
Other collection given:
Parish Pantry: $130
Donation gift to Fr Michael Sutton:
$100
Total: $3338
Thank you for responding to God’s
generous love.
There is assistance needed to maintain the church and Rectory
gardens, flower arranging, choir, bell ringing, morning tea assistance,
greeting and welcoming roster, assistance at special functions e.g.
fetes, Sunday trading table, selling raffle tickets, making jams & pickles
to sell, collecting bread, to name a few.
Please speak to the Sheryl (regarding choir) Wardens or the Church
Office so we can direct your efforts.
Monthly birthday celebrations
As there are so many more birthday celebrations being acknowledged
week by week this has now become a very important part of our life
together as a community of faith but they place a significant burden on
those who make our birthday cakes.
To help with this situation, we are now going to try and acknowledge
birthdays on a monthly basis with all birthdays occurring during the
month being celebrated together on the last Sunday of the month.
We thank Joy for her kindness in making such beautiful cakes for all in
the Parish who have birthdays. Another two Parishioners have offered to
help make birthday cakes too and this is very kind of them.
You can join us on our Facebook page:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/7441384898/
Forthcoming events and other interesting news will be posted there!
Thank you Margaret Whittaker for your care in administrating our
Facebook page.
A special thank you to those who
are bringing food every week. You
are the life blood of this project.
More and more people are needing
your help; from the elderly, to the
young, the retrenched and the casu-
al workers, those out of work and
the homeless. Poverty is no
discriminator. We now have nearly
as many women coming in as men,
and several with small children.
Thank you for your help.
Here is the list of items most needed
for the parish pantry:
Sun Rice Meals e.g. Butter
chicken, Green chicken curry,
Chicken satay, etc
Tins of corned beef;
Tins of spam;
Tins of ham;
Instant Coffee;
Sugar;
Boxes of Cereals
Tea;
All Day Breakfast by Heinz;
Chunky soups – Heinz &
Campbells;
Tinned tuna;
Tins of sardines;
Tins of salmon;
Rice
Savoury biscuits;
Sweet biscuits;
Long life Milk;
Up & Go – All flavours;
Tinned fruit
Rice Cream
Drinks
Pasta & Spaghetti;
Instant potato, cuscus
Safety razors
Toothpaste
Toilet Paper
Shampoo and conditioner
Deodorant for both men and
women
(• we run out of these items very
quickly)
The Parish Pantry is now closed
and will reopen on Tuesday 9th of
January.
Thank you for coming to our playgroup this year.
Playgroup will recommence on Monday 12th of February 2018.
We hope you have a joyous Christmas filled with many blessings!
The Playgroup Team
We have been blessed to have such an engaged and lively group
attending our studies through the year. Thank you to everyone who
participated in any way.
We will re-commence our studies on Tuesday the 20th of February,
2018, being the first Tuesday after Ash Wednesday as we begin our
journey through Lent.
There will be more information about the studies closer to the time but
we have an interesting and informative series of studies lined up for next
year.
All are very welcome to come and engage with God and with all those
who attend our wonderful study group.
will be
singing Evensong on Sunday 11th of February 2018 at 3pm in the
Church.
“We must restore hope to young people, help the old, be open to the
future, spread love. Be poor among the poor. We need to include the
excluded and preach peace.”
– Pope Francis
A JOYOUS CELEBRATION
RECTOR HITS THIRTY
On the Feast of Saint Matthias, Saturday, 24 February 2018, our Rector,
Fr James Collins, will celebrate the 30th anniversary of his ordination
to the sacred priesthood – a significant milestone - and it is
planned to hold a celebration of thanksgiving to God to mark this important
occasion and all parishioners and friends of St Paul’s are warmly invited.
6.00 pm PROCESSION AND
SOLEMN SUNG EUCHARIST
Occasional Preacher: Fr Daniel Dries, Rector and Parish
Priest of Christ Church S. Laurence in the City.
followed by a Reception and Refreshments in the Parish Hall.
Please mark this date in your Diaries now so you
and your family and the friends of S. Pauls may be present.
(For further details speak to Graham Norman)
R S V P
There are sheets at the back of the Church for you to give your RSVP if
you plan to be present at the Anniversary Celebration for
The Rector on Saturday, 24 February 2018 at 6 pm – please feel free to
invite other friends of S. Paul’s to be present.
Complete your RSVP today.
On Christmas Day when we open our presents and sit down to our
Christmas Lunch. Apart from the significance of Christmas day, do we
ever wonder why we celebrate Christ’s birth on the 25th of
December?
It’s time when people give thanks for all the things that went right
during the year, the gifting of presents to loved ones, the excitement
and happiness of watching children open their presents, and people
making promises of what they intend to do in the coming year.
Sometimes the promises they make are kept, buy mostly they are
pushed into the background as situations arise and take precedence.
Henry Van Dyke, in his book, ‘The Days of the Week’ had a chapter
titled Can You Keep Christmas? In it, he talks about if you are willing
to forget what you have done for other people and remember what
other people have done for you. To ignore what the world owes you
and to think what you owe to the world. To put your rights in the
background and put your duties in the middle distance and the
chances to do a little more in the foreground and to see that your
fellow men are just as real as you are. Probably the only reason for
your existence is not what you are going to get out of life, but to close
your book of complaints against God the ruler and sustainer of the
universe, to look around you for a place where you can sow a few
seeds of happiness. Are you willing to do this for a day?
2 Samuel 7.1-11, 16; Psalm 89.1-4, 19-27 or the
Song of Mary; Romans 16.25-27; Luke 1.26-38
Those who attend worship this morning will
experience a nine months’ time shift between this
and the Christmas Eucharist. Let the
reverberation of Mary’s words carry you through
the rest of this day as you make ready for your
celebration of Christmas. ‘Here am I, the servant
of the Lord; let it be with me according to your
word.’
Take a deliberate time out to pray this afternoon – seek out a quiet
space.
Give thanks for the work and witness of the Church of the Province
of Central Africa.
Give thanks for the work and witness of the Church of the
Annunciation in Nazareth.
Text: Fr Atsushi Shibaoka © Anglican Board of Mission, 2017
If so, then you can keep and enjoy Christmas. Simple words, easy to un-
derstand and to think about - even if you can only carry out some of
these thoughts. It should make your time over the Christmas period
more enjoyable, happy, enable more ‘more time’ with family and
friends, and bring pleasure to theirs.
Have a happy, peaceful, joyous time and a happy Christmas to you and
your loved ones.
God bless,
Barry Brandy
12 December 2017
Last week was a momentous week in the history of Australia. The report
from the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual
Abuse was released after a five year long investigation into institutional
(non) responses to historic cases of child sexual abuse.
The report is horrific as it details the enormous tragedy of massive insti-
tutional sexual abuse of children by most institutions that were responsi-
ble for caring for children.
The extend of the abuse is massive, affecting enormous numbers of
people, over decade after decade.
It is a national tragedy of enormous proportions – but most of all it is a
tragedy for the tens of thousands of people who have been and still are
being abused.
The report is extensive and here is one link that gives some back-
ground:
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-12-12/undeniable-the-people-
behind-the-child-abuse-royal-commission/9222566
The link at the end of the above link is to a documentary which is heart
wrenching and tear jerking.
I hope that you can watch the documentary.
But there are many links to the report in the above link.
In the light of such abuse one can only pray to God to have mercy and
that we will work for a better world where all children are nurtured and
cared for.
Words fail.
Lord have mercy
Christ have mercy
Lord have mercy
May God the Son, come
among us in power and reveal
in our midst the promise of His
glory. Amen
I have to admit that I am both
delighted and slightly terrified
at being nominated to the See
of London. I have lived and
worked for over 32 years in
London (although I have to
confess for some of that it was
south of the river so I hope you
will forgive me). So returning
to London is for me returning
home.
Having made a commitment to
follow Jesus Christ as a teenag-
er, in the words of the hymn by Horatio Bonnar, I have
found in Jesus Christ my Star and Sun. Jesus Christ has been good news
for me and I look forward to sharing that with others as I come to
London.
I am often asked ‘What is it like to have had two careers?’ First as nurse
and the Government’s Chief Nursing Officer for England, then as priest
and Bishop. I respond by saying, ‘Rather than having two careers I have
had one vocation – to follow Jesus Christ, to know him and to make him
known.’ I have always sought to live in the service of others. Washing feet
is a powerful image which has shaped my vocation. As a nurse the way
we wash feet affords dignity, respect and value. As a priest I am called to
model Jesus Christ, who took off his outer garments and washed his
disciples’ feet. As Bishop consecrated to be the shepherd of the flock
and committed to those in my care I keep that model of service before
me, seeking to serve others and value them. To be able to do that here
in London is a wonderful privilege.
London is a world-facing city which is multi-cultural and multi-faith. It is
both cosmopolitan and suburban, economically successful and
confident. It is a city of energy and diversity: London is open to all.
But it is also a city of inequality and deprivation; where women are more
likely to live in poverty and less likely to be employed than a man;
where a woman in Tower Hamlets will live 30 years in poor health and a
man in Enfield only 12 years. It is a city where the number of people liv-
ing alone will rise by over 50% in the next 25 years.
It is also a city where people feel ignored, marginalised and angry.
These emotions, among many others, were present here in St Paul’s last
week for the Grenfell National Memorial Service. People of all faiths
and of none stood together to remember those who had died, to
support the bereaved families and to offer a way forward for those who
survived. But the unity we witnessed doesn’t mean the issues that so
urgently need addressing have been resolved.
Though the time when people default to claiming adherence to the
Church of England, or Christianity, may be over, there is a huge hunger
for spirituality and for new ways of being Church. Nowhere in the
country is that more evident than here in London, where we have seen a
strong record of growth. The vision for the Church of England is to a
Christian presence in every community – churches confident in prayer,
confident in speaking about and living out their faith in Jesus Christ
with a generosity of spirit and compassion, creatively working in
partnership with their communities.
This aspiration is resulting in creating new worship centres which are
relevant and reflect their communities. In London, the Diocese is half-
way towards its target of creating 100 new worshipping communities by
2020. Churches such as Holy Trinity Brompton and St Helen’s
Bishopsgate are growing and planting, while, just last month, London’s
first new parish church for 40 years, St Francis, opened in Tottenham.
Relevant church communities means increased numbers of church
leaders who are women and come from Black and Asian and Minority
Ethnic groups. It means churches at the heart of their community asking,
‘What can we do together to be stronger?’ It means working together for
the community’s wellbeing, looking for solutions to the challenges
which face them – creating strong resilient communities. Churches
confident in faith, compassionate in action and creative in partnership
come about when local ministers are supported to be the best they can
and members of their congregations are encouraged to flourish and be
ambassadors for their faith. We speak of the Church being compassion-
ate in action but we also need to be compassionate to each other, and
central to this is how we support local ministers to maintain their
wellbeing. I look forward to enabling this to happen along with the Area
Bishops, the Bishop of Fulham, the Bishop of Islington and the Assistant
Bishop Rod Thomas.
The Church is called to reflect the nature of Jesus Christ, the nature of
God and I believe that we are called to be places of safety – places in
which people can take refuge. This is why I believe that safeguarding is
at the heart of the gospel and I will seek not only to exercise
responsibility for safeguarding but I will continue to ensure a safe
culture in which abuse has no place, and where those who have survived
abuse can flourish.
I know that there are some who will find the appointment of a bishop
who is a woman difficult. I fully respect those who for theological
reasons cannot accept my ministry as a priest or bishop. In a diverse
city like London, it is right that the Church reflects the diversity of the
tradition of the Church of England. I would hope that everyone can find a
spiritual home within this diversity and working in partnership with the
College of Bishops, I hope that this diversity will flourish and we can be
a model to the rest of the Church of England of unity. We speak about
being a compassionate church and we need to show that compassion to
one another, even when we may disagree.
I look forward to meeting with those who reflect the diversity of the
church in London over the coming weeks to speak of how we can work
alongside each other for the gospel and how I can support them in their
ministry.
In coming to London, I leave the Diocese of Exeter, and I am grateful for
the privilege of having worked alongside wonderful people as we shared
the good news of the gospel, where over the past two years, the Church
has also grown in number. I am particularly grateful for the support of
Bishop Robert.
In London, it is a privilege to follow Richard Chartres. Under his oversight
for over 20 years, London has seen confidence return and church life re-
vived. I am also excited by joining such a strong College of Bishops who
are inspiring partners in the gospel – I am grateful for their welcome and
support.
The Church of England in the Diocese of London is in good heart – a
Christian presence at the heart of every community, churches confident
to speak and live out their faith in Jesus Christ, compassionate in action
and creatively working in partnership with others to build strong and
diverse communities – I look forward to serving the people of London
with joy.
About Sarah Mullally:
Bishop Sarah will become the 133rd Bishop of London in 2018. In 2012
she was installed as Canon Treasurer at Salisbury Cathedral, before be-
coming Bishop of Crediton in the Diocese of Exeter in 2015, primarily
serving North and East Devon. She is a member of the Church of Eng-
land’s National Safeguarding Steering Group. Bishop Sarah was a senior
civil servant in the Department of Health before ordination. A trained
nurse, she became Chief Nursing Officer for England in 1999, the young-
est person to be appointed to the post.
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Pray for the Anglican Church –
for Justin, Archbishop of Canterbury;
Phillip, Primate of Australia; Glenn,
Archbishop of Sydney; Michael Stead,
our Regional Bishop; and for all the
bishops, priests, deacons and
Religious of the Anglican Communion.
In the Anglican Cycle of Prayer we
are asked to pray today for the
Diocese Yola - (Jos, Nigeria), for its
Bishop, The Rt Revd Markus Ibrahm
and for all his clergy and people.
Pray for Fr James and for Fr
Michael as well as for Helen and
Antonia. May God bless them
and their ministries and may we
support them as they work among us
in Christ’s name.
Pray for St Paul’s: God of mercy,
strengthen us to help shape a parish
where diversity is a source of
enrichment, compassion is common,
life’s poetry realized, suffering
lightened through sharing, justice
attended, joy pervasive, hope lived,
the hum of the universe heard, and
together with you and each other we
build what is beautiful, true, worthy
of your generosity to us, an echo of
your kingdom. Amen. (Ted Loder)
Pray for, St Matthew’s, Zababdeh,
(West Bank, Palestinian
Territorries), our Anglican
Communion Partner: We remember
especially their Parish Priest, Fr
Saleem Dawani, and his ministry in
the parish. We remember also Jameel
Maher, who acts as the St Matthew’s
partnership link person with us. May
both our parishes be blessed by the
link we are establishing.
Pray for the Church’s mission:
Lord Jesus Christ, you stretched out
your arms of love on the hard wood of
the cross that everyone might come
within the reach of your saving
embrace: So clothe us in your Spirit
that we, reaching forth our hands in
love, may bring those who do not
know you to the knowledge and love
of you; for the honour of your name.
Amen. (Author unknown)
Pray for our Children’s Church:
The Lord said, ‘Let the little children
come to me and do not forbid them
for such is the kingdom of heaven’.
Bless, Lord, your children who now
stand before you in prayer. Help them
to understand the depth of your love.
O Lord, bless our Children's Church
and all its future endeavours, that
through it we may glorify you with
your Father and the Holy Spirit, now,
always and forever. Amen.
Pray for peace: Lead me from death to life, from
falsehood to truth; lead me from despair to hope,
from fear to trust; lead me from hate to love, from
war to peace.
Let peace fill our hearts, our world, our universe.
Pray for all in need, remembering especially this
week all those who are lonely during this Christmas
season. May the Lord God enlighten their burden with a friend, companion
or someone who cares.
Pray for the sick and their carers: Andrew; Joyce Bannister; Margaret
Baseley; Barry Brandy; John Burns; June Cameron; Scott Cameron;
(Sir) John Carrick; (Lady) Angela Carrick; Rodney Chesham; Margaret
Hayes; Heather; Jan Morgan; Brian Muir; Narelle; Alister & Sally Palmer; Paul
Phillips; Nancy Thompson; Margaret Wheatley; Bill Whittle, David Windsor;
Bob Woods;
In love and charity please remember the recently departed,especially
George Harvey, Colin Clyde Frakes, Nan Bradley & Valerie Perrin that God
may grant them a place of refreshment, light and peace.
Pray, too, for, Karina Venteman, Rosina Raisbeck, Harry Salisbury, Audrey
Elaine Darke, Trevor Herbert Curtis, Ivia Walker & Fr Tony Wood and for any
others whose year’s mind falls around this time.
Rest eternal grant unto them O Lord, and let light perpetual shine upon them!
There will be no midweek communion on Wednesday 27th of
December and Wednesday 3rd of January.
Commemorations noted by the lectionary this week –
Tuesday 26 December – Stephen, Deacon & First Martyr
Wednesday 27 December – John, Apostle & Evangelist
Phone 9747 4327
Fax 9747 0513
Post PO Box 530, Burwood, NSW 1805
Website www.stpaulsburwood.org.au
Rector Fr James Collins
Senior Assistant Priest Fr Michael Deasey, OAM
Honorary Priest Fr Jim Pettigrew
Office Secretary Mrs Caroline Badra
(9.30am to 2.30pm, Tuesday to Friday)
Lay Minister Ms Rosemary King
Rector’s Warden Dr Jane Carrick – 0418 399 664
People’s Wardens Mrs Elizabeth Griffiths – 8033 3113
Mrs Pam Brock – 9747 3619
Director of Music Mrs Sheryl Southwood
Organist Mr Edwin Taylor
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