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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.
Welcome! We are glad you have found us! p.3
Thank Yous p.6
And Much More…
SUNDAY 14th APRIL 2019
Sixth Sunday in Lent
PALM SUNDAY Welcome to worship...
8.00 am – Sung Eucharist
9.30 am – Procession of Palms, Reading of
the Passion Gospel and Parish Eucharist.
Blessing and distribution of Palm Crosses
HOLY WEEK BEGINS
圣公会圣保罗堂欢迎你前来参加我们的英语传
统圣樂圣餐崇拜。
RECITAL
Tuesday 16 April at
1.15pm - Lunchtime Recital -
Judith Rough – Soprano,
Nicole Smeulders - Contralto
and John Martin – Pianist
Music by Dvořák and
Rachmaninov
HOLY WEEK
No Meditation Group or
Study Group this week
There will be a Eucharist
each evening in the Chapel
of Our Lord’s Passion at 7pm
Maundy Thursday 18 April
at 7pm - Washing of the Feet
& Institution of The Last
Supper
Good Friday 19 April- 9am
Service
Holy Saturday 20th April
at 9am - Preparation of
Church for Easter
Easter Day 21st April -
8am- Sung Festival
Eucharist
9.30am - Festival Choral
Eucharist
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.
We affirm that through God’s redeeming love for all, we are one in Christ.
We respect the inherent and valuable contributions each member makes
to the Body of Christ. We celebrate our diversity and recognize the
sacred worth and dignity of all persons of any age, gender, gender
identity, gender expression, race, ethnic origin, economic reality, family
status, sexual orientation, diverse ability, or social status. We believe that
through Christ we are being included and welcomed by God and one
another. As we journey towards inclusion, we proclaim this welcome to
all God’s people, especially to those who have known the pain of
exclusion and discrimination within the church, affirming that no one is
excluded or condemned. We invite all persons to journey with us as we
discover the call of God on our lives through the ministries of St. Paul’s
Anglican Church, Burwood. To that end, St. Paul’s Anglican Church
commits to the welcome and inclusion of all persons as children of God
and declares itself to be a welcoming community of faith.
GOOD FRIDAY is the most solemn day in the calendar
of the Church when we solemnly recall the death of our
Blessed Lord on Calvary's Cross and try to grasp the
outpouring of such tremendous love. Our Good Friday
Liturgy reflects this so there will be no morning tea
served on this day nor 'meet and greet' at the door.
At the end of the Liturgy all are asked to leave The Church and
precinct in complete silence – the Parish Church will remain open for
half an hour or so after the Good Friday Liturgy.
All are welcome to remain in the Church for their own Meditations before
the crucified Saviour of the world and to pray for God’s lost children. Jesu
mercy!
In the Offertory we offer ourselves to God as a living sacrifice. God
graciously accepts this gift, represented in the bread and the wine, and
makes something beautiful of them.
Sin is alienation from God, self, and others.
Therefore the Greeting of the Peace is a sign of our reconciliation,
through Christ’s sacrifice, with God, self, and others, and is a
integral part of our worship of God.
Please note that Tuesday Studies will be on break from Tuesday 16th of
April and will return on Tuesday 28th of May.
Please note that Meditation will not be held during Holy Week nor on
Monday 22nd of April. It will resume on Monday 29th of April.
Holy Monday, 15 April 7.00pm Holy Communion in the Chapel
Holy Tuesday, 16 April 7.00pm Holy Communion in the Chapel
Holy Wednesday, 17 April 10.30am Holy Communion in the Chapel
7.00pm Holy Communion in the Chapel
Maundy Thursday, 18 April 7.00pm Sung Eucharist
Good Friday, 19 April 9.00am Liturgy of the Lord’s Death
Holy Saturday, 20 April 9.00am Preparation of church for Easter
Easter Day, 21 April 8.00am Sung Festival Eucharist
9.30am Festival Choral Eucharist
Just this last week we received another donation of $500 from the Op
Shop at St Luke’s Enmore towards the Parish Pantry. This certainly
helps us in provision of basic foods that we run short of each week.
On Monday morning we came in to find bags and bags of
groceries from Grace Point's congregation, for the Parish Pantry. It
couldn't have come at a better time as we were running very low on
food and there were many gaps on the shelves. Thank you to all their
faithful people who make regular contributions to the Pantry. Without
help from these and other people we would not be able to do
anywhere near as much as we do. Thank you to all our friends.
Thank you to Judith Laurence for making our Holy Week packs.
Thank you to David and Pam Priest for repairing the glass panel in
the display cabinet.
Thank you to the kind parishioner who has offered to help Mahvash
with her driving.
Thank you to Consort 8 for their generous donation.
We are extremely grateful to Shirley and James Mills for their kindness in
providing the wonderful Palm Crosses for St. Paul's, Burwood. This is very
generous of them and we thank them for this gift.
We are truly grateful for the time and energy that they devote to
creating these Palm Crosses for us to help us, to remember our Lord's
Passion and to encourage us to look forward in hope to the resurrection as
we trust God who raised our Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ, from the
dead.
Tickets for the Mother's Day raffle will be available for
sale. They will be $2 each or 3 for $5.
The first prize will be the much sort after hand crocheted
rug made by one of our parishioners.
The use of the ABM Lenten Envelope is a means by which we do
something positive in Lent by giving to the work of the Anglican Board
of Missions rather than giving something up (eg chocolate, alcohol,
sweets etc). Each week we should have received a different ABM
envelope for this purpose but some how it didn’t always work out that
way!
If you would like to use the ABM Lenten Envelope as part of your
Lenten experience read the information on the Envelope which speaks
about an aspect of ABM’s work and return the envelope on the plate.
St Paul’s has been a strong supporter of ABM over many years and
through the Lenten envelope we make our contribution to the wider
mission of Christ’s church at home and abroad.
Don’t miss your ABM Lenten Envelope each Sunday.
Anointing of the Sick is available at any of our Services. In James 5: 14-15 we
read:
Are any among you sick? They should call for the elders of the church and have
them pray over them, anointing them with oil in the name of the Lord. The prayer
of faith will save the sick, and the Lord will raise them up; and anyone who has
committed sins will be forgiven. (NRSV)
If you would like to be anointed and to be prayed for then please ask one of
the Priests in the Parish so that you can be anointed during any of our
Services.
The Wednesday mid-week Eucharist includes prayers for healing every
week.
≈ 15th April – Gabriel
≈ 22nd April (Easter Monday) – No bread
≈ 29th April – Margaret
≈ 6th May – Tom
≈ 13th May – Kerin
≈ 20th May – Gabriel
≈ 27th May – Margaret
≈ 3rd June – Antonia
Last Monday saw the last day of
playgroup for Judith Lawrence. Judith
has for years given up her time to care
for the young children and babies in
our community. She will be leaving to
spend more time with her family.
Judith has been a wealth of knowledge,
with numerous simple craft ideas to
knowing all the words to hundreds of
children's songs. She has been an
inspiration to the children, parents and
those of us who work with her.
Judith has been a wonderful friend and
mentor to Manjia and myself. Thank you
for your kindness, patience, and advice.
- Angela Gregory
We need volunteers for the Artisans’ Market on Sunday 23rd of June.
Please write your name and contact details in the sheet provided at the
back of the church. Thank you.
(In the light of our Lord’s Passion)
God of Compassion, your love for us is revealed
In your beloved son Jesus,
who was born into homelessness,
lived with nowhere to lay his head,
and who died for us in agony on the cross.
Inspire us to act in justice,
By all means at our disposal, to right the wrongs
of peoples who are suffering
the deprivations of homelessness,
and to see in them the dignity of a brother and sister
redeemed by Jesus Christ.
Let us have the commitment,
as people of the Gospel, to be ever mindful
of our obligations we have
to the poor and marginalised,
to work in your name, O God,
to turn sorrow into joy
and to bring all those who live in darkness into
your own wonderful light.
(Australian Roman Catholic Bishops Conference)
We Lord Jesus, are the children of
God. Yet, we would not be the sons
and daughters of men were we not
sometimes fearful, did not our
hearts often ache and harbour anxi-
ety for those we love who wear our
countries uniform, who serve her in
distant places.
Yet we know our Father that the ev-
erlasting arms reach out across the
world. We know that the shadow of
your wing covers all of your chil-
dren. We are persuaded that in the
world of the spirit in which we real-
ly live, neither persecution nor peril
nor sword shall be able to seperate
us from your love.
We know that the bonds of the fel-
lowship of prayer are real. We know
that at the throne of grace we are all
united, that our souls can mingle
with those we love on Earth even
separated by tumbling sea and
dreary miles and now before you
we surround them with our love and
prayers.
For them we ask support in times of
need, strength beyond their own,
confidence that you are their shep-
herd, that you never for a moment
forsake them.
The gift of inner peace a serenity
that no tragedy can destroy. That the
knowledge of God shall assure
them of eternal life of peace and joy
forever more.
Your gift of resoluteness in duty
girds them with courage and ena-
ble them to quit themselves like
men that have deposited all their
trust in their God.
A determination toward love not
hatred that the fruits of victory shall
not wither. Salvation of body and
soul and if it be possible bring
them safely home.
We thank you that the Ministry of
intercessory prayer has linked our
hearts and bound us even closer to
those we love. Closer to you and to
them. May we feel your presence
and to see that day when the love of
Christ shall live in the hearts of all
men and women everywhere.
Hear O God not only these prayers
but the unspoken inarticulate
yearning of every speaking heart
bowed before you.
In the name of Jesus Christ our
Lord, Amen.
- Barry Brandy
St Paul’s Burwood Parish Retreat to
St Mary’s Towers Retreat Centre
415 Douglas Park Drive Douglas Park N.S.W.
Friday 5th
July 6.40pm – Sunday 7th
July 3pm
St Mary’s Towers, set on 500 hectares of natural bush land, is home to a way
of life. In keeping with the charism of the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart, it
is steeped in a spirituality of the heart. This creates a beautiful and peaceful
environment with a supportive and praying community for anyone seeking to
relax and enjoy communion with God. Our community is motivated and
informed by their personal experience of the love of the heart of Jesus and is
dedicated to providing a space for people to listen deeply to God in their
personal lives and in creation. We treasure the gift of silence and solitude in
prayer.
ACCOMMODATION
They can accommodate 35 retreatments in total including 10 ensuited rooms
available in the Retreat House (a lift is available)
Cost of Accommodation & meals: $115 per night as well as a cost ( depending on
numbers) for use of the facility, grounds and stipend for our leader of the re-
treat (approximately $50) This cost includes introduction 7pm Friday night
and talk at 9am Saturday & Sunday mornings.
All bed linen and towels are supplied (own toiletries required)
LEADER of RETREAT:
Father Michael Fallon
Father Michael Fallon is a Missionary of the
Sacred Heart (MSC). Since his ordination in
1961 his ministry has been largely devoted to
teaching. After ten years teaching in secondary
schools, he was chaplain at the University of
New South Wales in Kensington, NSW. With a
licentiate in Sacred Scripture (LSS) from the
Pontifical Biblical Institute in Rome, he lec-
tured for a number of years at the then Saint
Paul's National Seminary in Kensington NSW.
From 1994 to 2001 he was in the parish of Henley Beach, Adelaide SA, where
he contributed to Adult Education. He has ministered in Canberra ACT
since 2002 in the parish of Kippax, ACT, and contributing to Adult
Education in the Archdiocese of Canberra & Goulburn. In 2014 he moved to
Saint Mary's Towers, Douglas Park, as part of the Retreat House Team.
TOPIC:
Fr. Michael Fallon, the Retreat leader, will reflect on the Gospel
reading for each day.
MEALS:
There are a limited variety of specific dietary requirements for medical rea-
sons only e.g. vegetarian, gluten free, lactose free and some forms of allergies
(egg, seafood). There will be a fridge available for your own supplies if re-
quired.
Your own drinking water bottle for refilling must be brought.
Breakfast 7-8.30am
Morning Tea – usually 10.30am (flexible)
Lunch – 2 course meal 1230pm
Tea Meal – lighter meal 6pm
Application Form for St Paul’s Burwood Parish Retreat at St
Mary’s Towers Douglas Park 5th
– 7th
July/2019
Name:
Contact phone number:
Email:
Number of nights:
Date of Arrival:
Dietary requirements (be specific):
Transport: It is accessible by train to Douglas Park Station. Pick up from
station can be arranged or car pooling.
Offer of Transport: yes/no
Need Transport: yes/no
Deposit: $100 to secure your place with a completed form
Cheques payable to St Paul’s Church Burwood
Total payment by Sunday 15th
June 2019
Please return form with payment to the church office or Pam or mail to St
Paul’s Church Burwood PO Box 530 Burwood NSW 1805
PLEASE NOTIFY PAM
IF YOU ARE COMING
BY FRIDAY 31ST OF MAY
DOUGLAS PARK
There is a place,
Gum wooded in its brown valley,
River bounded, Englished to green and colour at its core,
Sandstoned, bricked and timbered, castellated and barned,
Jumbled to a symmetry of form
that off handedly ignores its parts
Into a triumphant whole.
It is a place where a tilted cemetery dreams of a kingdom
Now and then encountered; a place of silence
Where the sorehearted traveller rests the limbs
Of bruised life
and sleeps.
It has been a place of men,
and holds the soft, hard flavours
Of Australian maleness; casual and forgiving
Gruff, astringent, awkward; strangely gentle
With the broken ones who claim its austere sustenance.
It is a place
Of healing, where the Spirit of its first people
Has long walked; where weariness has met delight,
Where chance transmutes to Providence, and one is cradled
Quietly, with no fuss
It is, above all, a place
Of God; whose voice, clipped to clearness as a muffled bell
Is always heard.
For here the inner ear
Is tuned by the long habit of the place itself
Which has learned, and teaches, listening.
- Jane Chapman
Just this last week Shirley Blair, Director of SMD School in Kathmandu
spent five days with us. One of our very generous parishioners
sponsored Shirley’s trip to Australia. Accompanied by Barbara Stone
and Rosemary King, Shirley visited four independent schools in Sydney
to recruit exemplory teachers to travel to Nepal in December this year.
Each Aussie teacher will be twinned with one of SMD’s teachers where
they will work with that teacher in exploring new ways to present the
Nepali curriculum.
Here they will mentor their teacher-partner through relational learning
practices, having first been tutored by Barbara in the GROW model.
Over the course of the six days relationships will build and friendships
will form students will experience new activities as their teachers ex-
periment with new methodologies.
The school is in Bouda, in the Kathmandu Valley. The school presently
houses approximately 550 students from 5 years of age to late teens,
early twenties. Classes start at Nursery level and go through to Year 10.
Overseas placements particularly in IB Schools, are sort for those who
have demonstrated academic ability. University placements are found
for those with the ability and aspiration. Currently there are four stu-
dents about to commence doctoral studies.
The children come from remote Himalayan villages, high up in the
mountains where there is no running water, no roads, no sanitation, no
electricity, no telephones, no schools. Though Nepali they are Mongoli-
an in origin and their culture is Tibetan. Their religion is Buddhist.
Three out of four children die before reaching their fifth birthday and
many are stunted due to malnutrition. They are a religious minority in a
country that is dominated by the Hindu caste system. The ‘new’
constitution has completely disenfranchised them, treating them as the
lowest of the caste system.
SMD offer free education and full care. The main school follows the
government curriculum, enriched by instruction in Tibetan, Nepali and
English. Their Himalayan culture is considered very important and
they are given every opportunity to continue it. Because the mountain
passes are so dangerous children do not get to go home very often,
some even staying their whole school life.
This year we hope to take teachers from Pymble Ladies College, Knox
Grammar School, Ravenswood, Newington and MLC.
If you want to find out more about the school google:
www.himalayanchildren.org or speak to Rosemary
Shirley ( left) Duke and Rosemary (right) taking an afternoon out to see
Australian native Fauna
Over the years the parish has benefited 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."
If you would like to make a donation to the Parish for the upkeep and
maintenance of the Heritage building it can be done through the
National Trust.
Cheques can be made out to:
National Trust of Australia (NSW) St Paul’s Anglican Church Burwood
Or
Direct Credit to the above name with bank account details:
Westpac
BSB: 032-044
Account number: 742 926
Branch: 275 George Street Sydney NSW
Please contact Pam for more details or place a donation in an envelope
and label with National Trust donation and include your name for your
receipt and an address to post it to. Thank you.
List of items most needed for the
parish pantry:
Sun Rice Meals e.g. Butter
chicken, Green chicken curry,
Chicken satay, etc
Boxed meals
Tins of corned beef, spam,
ham;
Sugar;
Boxes of Cereals
All Day Breakfast by Heinz;
Tinned tuna, sardines,
Harvest Meals in a tin
eg Vegetables and Sausages
Rice, cuscus, polenta, instant
potato, pasta, spaghetti
Tinned corn
Tinned vegetables
Sweet & savoury biscuits;
Tinned fruit
Rice Cream
Pasta sauces
For the kitchen:
Washing up liquid
Paper towels
Chux
Sponges
For the laundry:
Washing powder
Health
Shampoo & Conditioner
EACH WEEK WE RUN OUT
OF :
MILK
CEREALS
SUNRISE MEALS IN A
BOX
SPAM AND CORNED
BEEF
COFFEE
SUGAR
The wonderful torches and a few fans are
available again from the trading table. They are
$3 each or two for $5. This could include a fan and a torch or
two torches or two fans.
When we started collecting loose change to improve our altar linen last
year, our initial aim was to have new altar cloths for the main altar and
the north chapel for Christmas. Thanks to everyone's generosity we
have been able to purchase the first altar cloth and are well on the way
to the second altar cloth. We will then look at repairs and replacement
of some of our older vestments as well as ensuring our supply of
everyday linens such as purificators and corporals is also maintained.
Again many thanks and please feel free to continue ridding yourself of
those annoying little coins by putting them in the blue box at the back.
Collection given at St Paul’s last
week: $2356
Other collection given :
– Parish Pantry: $570
– Donation from Consort 8: $400
Total amount given: $3326
Thank you for responding to God’s
generous love.
ST PAUL’S ANGLICAN CHURCH BURWOOD
LUNCHTIME RECITAL DATES 2019
1.15pm – 1.45pm
April 16
Judith Rough – Soprano, Nicole Smeulders -
Contralto and John Martin – Pianist Music by Dvoř ák and Rachmaninov
May 21 Alan Hicks Piano Trio
June 18 Conservatorium students
July 23
Joshua Ryan – Assistant Organist, St Mary’s Cathedral Sydney
August 20 Conservatorium students
September 10 Artist. Tentatively booked TBC
October 15 Conservatorium students
November 5 James McDonald – Guitar
November 19 Christopher Harris – Baritone
December 17 Kathryn Dries - Mezzo Soprano
St Paul’s Anglican Church
205-207 Burwood Road, Burwood
We welcome back to our
LUNCHTIME RECITAL SERIES
Soprano - Judith Rough
Contralto - Nicole Smeulders
John Martin - Piano
Tuesday 16 April 2019
1.15pm-1.45pm
Songs and arias by Dvořák
and Rachmaninov
Entry by donation - thank you
Refreshments will follow in the rectory
In Romans 6: 26-27 we read:
Likewise the Spirit helps us in our weakness; for we do not know how to pray as
we ought, but that very Spirit intercedes with sighs too deep for words. And
God, who searches the heart, knows what is the mind of the Spirit, because the
Spirit intercedes for the saints according to the will of God. (NRSV)
Please take time to pray, either before, during, or after the Service to allow
the Spirit to intercede for the saints according to the will of God. If you pray
for someone, you might like to send them a card. These beautiful cards are on
the table in front of the Icon of St. Paul in the South Transept, where you might
light a candle for those for whom you have prayed, and we are grateful to the
Parishioners who designed and made them for us.
Isaiah 50.54-9a; Psalm 31.9-18
Philippians 2.5-11; Luke 22.14-23 or Luke 23.1-49
Justice? Today we find ourselves at the foot of the
Cross. Jesus, our teacher and friend, has been put to
an agonising death. As the great Australian poet
James McAuley writes in O Jesus Crucified, How can
we pass by and not care? / It was our sins that nailed him there / On the
cross.
The centurion – an outsider, one of the military occupiers can see what the
insiders cannot: ‘Certainly this man was innocent,’ he says. What justice is
it for the Lamb of God?
With McAuley let us pray: ‘May we die to sin and so share / The
triumph he enacted there / On the cross.
Give thanks for the Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and
Polynesia, remembering especially the Church’s Decade of Mission,
2016-2025.
Text: Robert McLean, © Anglican Board of Mission, 2019
Photo from Consort 8 concert on Saturday 6th April
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Pray for the Anglican Church –
for Justin, Archbishop of Canterbury;
Philip Freier of Melbourne, 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 for the Episcopal
Church in Jerusalem & The Middle
East, for its Archbishop, The Most
Revd Suheil Dawani 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 caregivers.
May the Lord grant them the strength
and grace to be able to handle things
they might not normally be able to
handle.
Pray for the sick and their
carers: Andrew; Joyce Bannister;
Margaret Baseley; Jenny Bounds; John
Burns; John Carey; Jan Cowan, Hilary
Davies; Dave Ernst; Jim Foster;
Florence; Juliette Harris; Dawn
Holland; Anna Laurence; Shirley Lowe;
Melissa; Fr Reg Mills; Jan Morgan;
Alister & Sally Palmer; Mark Palmer;
Jean Storey; Margaret Wheatley;
Bob Woods
In love and charity please
remember the recently departed
especially Nancy Thompson
that God may grant her a place of
refreshment, light and peace.
Pray, too, for, Joyce Lillian Gurney;
Lynette Larkins; Darryl Landers;
Cunningham David Harry Yong Bin;
Joe Webb; Beryl Jean Hemmy; Valerie
Hope Lackey; Evelyn Maud Short 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!
A mid-week Eucharist will be held in the Chapel of our Lord's Passion on
Wednesday at 10.30am.
Commemorations noted by the lectionary this week –
Monday 15 April – Holy Monday
Tuesday 16 April – Holy Tuesday
Wednesday 17 April – Holy Wednesday
Thursday 18 April – Maundy Thursday
Friday 19 April – Good Friday
Saturday 20 April – Holy Saturday
Phone 9747 4327
Post PO Box 530, Burwood, NSW 1805
Website www.stpaulsburwood.org.au
Rector Fr James Collins
rector@stpaulsburwood.anglican.asn.au
Senior Assistant Priest Fr Michael Deasey OAM
Honorary Priest Fr Jim Pettigrew
Lay Minister Ms Rosemary King
Director of Music Mrs Sheryl Southwood
Organist Mr Sam Giddy
Rector’s Warden Dr Jane Carrick – 0418 399 664
People’s Wardens Mrs Elizabeth Griffiths – 8033 3113
Mrs Pam Brock – 9747 3619
Office Secretary Mrs Caroline Badra
(9.30am to 2.30pm, Tuesday to Friday)
office@stpaulsburwood.anglican.asn.au
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