Hi Everyone and Welcome to This Week at St. Peter’s.
What’s Coming Up -
Morning Prayer is being held on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday mornings at 8.00am during Lent until Wednesday 27th March.
A reminder that Sunday week 25th February there will be one service only at 8.30am. This will be followed by morning tea and then the Parish Annual General Meeting at 10.00am.
Easter Services
· Maundy Thursday 28th March – service at 7.00pm
· Good Friday 29th March – service at 9.30am
· Good Friday 29th March – Stations of the Cross at 2.00pm
· Holy Saturday 30th March – Service of the Light at 6.00pm
· Easter Day Sunday 31st March – two services – 7.30am and 9.30am
Here are the Notices for this Week
Health and Safety Notice – If you feel you may be contagious with cold and flu symptoms, please refrain from attending church activities. All parishioners are encouraged to maintain good hygiene practices and respect others personal space.
Parish AGM - The Parish Annual General Meeting will be held on Sunday 25th February. Nominations are called for the positions of Churchwarden, Parish Nominator, Synod Representative and Parish Councillor and these nominations need to be submitted in the box in the narthex this Sunday 18th February.
One Service Only – Sunday 25th February there will be one service only at 8.30am followed by morning tea. The Parish AGM will follow at 10.00am.
Lenten Envelopes – Funds raised from donations to the ABM Lent and Good Friday 2024 Appeal go to supporting women and children in the Holy Land needing life-changing health care. You can donate online www.abmission.org/Lent2024 or there are giving envelopes in the narthex beside the Tap Point Machine.
Easter Cards – AMUA have Easter Cards available for purchase in the card stand in the narthex.
AMUA Eucharist - AMUA members are reminded on Monday 26th February 2024, there will be a Eucharist at 10.00am in St Peters followed by a morning tea in Cooinda. This will be a wonderful opportunity to meet and greet our new Priest in Charge, Rev Gary and welcome our new members.
World Day of Prayer 2024 Palestine - “I Beg You… Bear With One Another in Love” Ephesians 4:1-3. This program calls us to bear with each other in love, despite all difficulties and oppression. The program was written by a group of ecumenical Christian Palestinian women in response to the passage from Ephesians 4:1-7. We reflected collectively on this theme from the context of our suffering as Palestinian Christian women. We hope to inspire other women around the world to bear with one another in love during troubled times. Friday 1st March at 2.00pm at The Abbey Church. Please bring a small plate of food to share for afternoon tea. For more details contact Shirley – 0419 758 337 or Rhonda 0428 473 438.
Sunday Roster – There are vacancies in the following duties for Sunday Services, both 7.30am and 9.30am. AV Operators, Welcomers, Sidespersons and Intercessors are needed. Interested persons are asked to contact Margaret Peterson on 5497 6978.
Name Badges – If you would like a new name badge there is a list in the narthex. Please print your name clearly on the list. Cost is $10 per badge which can be paid when received. Badges will be ordered at the beginning of the month.
Donations - There is a box of envelopes in the narthex (with a pen) for use by anyone wishing to give money in the giving box for specific reasons e.g. Retiring Collections, payment for attending a function, purchase of items such as calendars, etc. Please, please write on the envelope what the money is for, your name and the amount. This will greatly assist the counters to distribute the funds to the correct account.
Here are the Readings and Prayer Points for this week.
Readings for this Sunday – (Lent 1) Genesis 9.8-17; Psalm 25.1-10; 1 Peter 3.18-22; Mark 1.9-15.
Collect for this Sunday – God of the new and eternal covenant, as the forty days of the great flood swept away the world’s corruption and watered new beginnings of righteousness and life: grant to us, who are washed clean and born again in the saving flood of baptism, the wellspring of your grace, that your gift of new life may flourish once again; through Jesus Christ our Redeemer, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
Birthdays this Week – Rod Maris (21st), Lenore Wilson (21st), Jan Redsell (24th).
Prayer Requests – Greg, Elva Woods, John Kerr, Vivienne Bourne, Linda Peterson.
Continuing Prayer List – Kaye Bush, Phillipa Booth, Elizabeth, Nicholas & Blake Kubler.
Online Sunday Worship – If you would like to watch a full Eucharist, visit YouTube and search for St John’s Cathedral Brisbane.
Churchwardens’ Contacts -
Greg Rollason – 0431 598 560 Email – greg.rollo@bigpond.com
Margaret Peterson – 5497 6978 Email – jeff.marg.peterson@bigpond.com
Di Thatcher – 0409 846 471 Email – di@thatcher.com.au