Hi Everyone and Welcome to This Week at St. Peter’s.
A reminder there is only one service this Sunday at 8.30am. Following the service (after morning tea) at 10.00am will be the Parish Annual General Meeting. All are invited to attend.
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.
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 this Sunday 25th February.
One Service Only – There will be one service only at 8.30am this Sunday 25th February 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 this 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.
Working Bee – Join us for a day of fellowship while we clean in and around the church. A variety of tasks to do, so something to suit everyone. Saturday 9th March from 8.00am to 11.00am including morning tea. Names on the narthex sheet please.
Palm Cross Making – Palm Crosses for Palm Sunday will be made on Monday 18th March in Cooinda from 2.00pm until approximately 3.00pm. Palm fronds will be supplied. All are welcome to attend and any queries please contact Jon and Jan White.
Palm Sunday Decorating – Decorators and palm fronds are need on Saturday 23rd March at 9.00am to decorate the church for Palm Sunday. Please come along and enjoy a short morning of fun and fellowship while we get creative with palm fronds.
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. This 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 2) Genesis 17.1-7. 15-16; Psalm 22.24-32; Romans 4.13-25; Mark 8.31-38.
Collect for this Sunday – God of all times and places, in Jesus Christ, who was lifted up on the cross, you opened for us the path to eternal life: grant that we, being born again of water and the Spirit, may joyfully serve you in newness of life and faithfully walk in your holy ways; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.
Birthdays this Week – Lyn Bellert (2nd March), Vivienne Bourne (2nd).
Prayer Requests – June Sturges, 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