9 February 2020

St. Luke’s seeks to build God’s Kingdom by helping believers to develop a covenant relationship with God—Father, Son and Holy Spirit—that will enrich our daily lives and equip us for service to others

The World and the Way

A number of months ago I did a ‘road-

trip’ (or sometimes more of a ‘track-trip’)

through the Northern Cape, and I

experienced the drought first

hand. Seeing numerous carcasses of wild

animals that had starved was

sobering. Antelope lethargic from hunger

opened ones eyes. The absolute

necessity of rain and water was glaring.

Our society is barren of meaning and

hope and vision for tomorrow. As Amos

warned “I will send a famine through the

land — not a famine of food or a thirst

for water, but a famine of hearing the

words of the Lord” (Amos 8:11). As God’s

children we have the ‘water of life’

welling up within us. We have hope for

the world!

The Lord will guide you always;

he will satisfy your needs in a sun-

scorched land

and will strengthen your frame.

You will be like a well-watered garden,

like a spring whose waters never fail.

(Isa 58:11)

Ian

FAMILY CROSS

Please pray for the recipients of the

family cross every day during

the week

Monthly families (February)

Thursday: Julie Faber

This week’s families (9 February)

07h30 Beatrice Barnes-Webb

09h30 Cosmas, Pamela & Mufaro

Muchinguri

18h00 Dan & Samantha Chiorboli

Next week (16 February)

No family Cross at Vestry (one service)

Following week families (23 February)

07h30 Lyn Bull

09h30 Dickson, Virginia, Trish &

Mitchell Mudede

18h00 Kenneth Ramokgopha

Clergy: Ian Stevens, Jerry Bailey, Janette Ross & Chris Viljoen

Senior Lay Minister: Richard Hatfield

Church Wardens: Mario Kuisis, Angela Mhlanga, Charles Sarjoo (alt) and

Anthony Still (alt)

Office Hours: Monday to Friday, 09h00 to 16h30

Banking Details: Standard Bank, Branch Code: 051001 Acc 001844067

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St. Luke’s Telephone: 011-728-7015 St. Luke’s Fax: 011-483-2885

e-mail: office@stluke.co.za Website: www.stluke.co.za

The Word of God

07h30 & 09h30—Holy Communion

Celebrant : Jerry Bailey Preacher: Ian Stevens

1st Reading Isaiah 58:1-12

Psalm (07h30) Psalm 112

2nd Reading (07h30) 1 Corinthians 2:1-16

Gospel Matthew 5:13 - 20

18h00—Holy Communion

Celebrant : Jerry Bailey Preacher: Ian Stevens

1st Reading Isaiah 58:1-12

Gospel Matthew 5:13 - 20

Thursday~09h30—Holy Communion

Celebrant & Preacher: Ian Stevens

1st Reading Isaiah 58:1-12

Gospel Matthew 5:13 - 20

Think about this …..

We are the feet and hands

of the body of Christ and

the body only functions

properly when every part is

doing its bit!

There are so many ways to contribute to

this smooth functioning. What about being

a sidesperson, a pray-er, a tea pourer, a

helper in the Stew Kitchen, a contributor of

meals for the sick and housebound?

There are many more areas to get involved

… please chat to one of the staff and we

can fill you in.

Maria & Shirley are looking forward to

hearing from you!!!

07h30 & 18h00 services

We are particularly in need of :

# Sidespeople/Welcomers at 07h30,

and

# Projectionists and Hospitality/Tea

people at 18h00.

Please speak to Maria and/or Shirley

Family Cross If you have received the Family Cross and

have not returned it—please do so.

We hand out the Cross each week, at each

service, to a family who may then keep it

for one week, but then we ask that it be

returned so that we can use it again.

Birthdays this week

9 Busisa Ndzabandzaba

10 Jerry Bailey

Stephen Chinaka

11 Michelle Hunt

12 John Gamedze

13 Nothile Ngobe

14 Paul Henry

Moloko Masemane

15 Janet Cloete

14 John & Margie Hoffe 1981

Anniversaries this week

PRAYER FOCUS:

Thanksgivings

Father we want to give You thanks for

waking us up on this glorious day. We thank

You for protection, not only over ourselves,

but for our loved ones as well.

For Justin and Ruth (née Marcus) Phillips

married yesterday

Our Parish

RIP Trish Christie-Taylor and Jane Mason,

please pray for their families. Both Trish and

Jane were parishioners here years ago

Those who are suffering or ill, in hospital or at

home: Ros Armstrong, Beryl Bailey, Lyn Bull,

Stanley Chocho, Pam Gibson, Carol Grauman,

Margie Hoffe, Olivia Johnstone (tumour), Peter

Lee, Fundiswa Maqula, Penny Metcalf, Gilbert

Miller, Michael Panas, Patti Reabow, Shelley

Shorten, June Smith, Carolyn Spyker, Pauline

Why, Maule Wright and Liz Zylstra

Our Diocese and the Church

Bishop Steve and his wife Liziwe

God’s wisdom and discernment for all clergy

Our Country and World

For President Cyril Ramaphosa & cabinet,

this week we pray for the Minister of

Communications: Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams

and Deputy Minister: Pinky Kekana.

For the officers and staff of Norwood police

station. Give them strength and courage to do

their work with dignity and integrity. Keep

them safe and protect their families.

All those using our roads to do so responsibly

Thank you Father for the rain, we pray for

rain to fall in the catchment areas, and in the

areas of our country affected by drought

For the unrest at universities and for God’s

protection on all those at the facilities

Our Annual Vestry Service

16 February 2020

08h30

Nomination forms (close tonight at

20h00) are at the back of the Church

(with space for people wanting to get

involved but not as a leader).

We will have our usual bring and share

tea after the service

Dates to diarise ... 22 Feb Quiet Morning

23 Feb Healing Services

25 Feb Shrove Tuesday

26 Feb Ash Wednesday

5 Apr Palm Sunday

12 Apr Easter Sunday

St Luke's Music Club

started on 29 January at 11am for 4 consecutive weeks.

We are looking at Piano Music

Cost: R60 per session

or R200 for 4 sessions.

Venue: Lighthouse Hall.

Tea, coffee and biscuits are included.

Anyone interested is welcome to at-

tend.

For further information please contact

Sue on 083 454 2640.

Lenten Quiet Morning Seeing God’s Way with

20/20 Vision

led by Sue Tinsley

Date: Sat 22 Feb 2020

Time: 07:30 to 10:30

Venue: Lighthouse Hall

Tea/coffee and a light breakfast

will be served. Please bring blanket or

cushion, journal or notebook—&

bible. Please call (011-728-7015)

to book.

Donations welcome to cover costs.

All Welcome

Sunday 23 February

Healing Services

all 3 services

Please diarise this date … all the healing

services held last year had many

wonderful testimonies of people being

touched—come prepared, and with

anticipation that God will touch you!

All welcome!

Prayer at St. Luke’s

All requests are treated with confidentiality

Should you have any prayer requests,

please contact the Office, or fill in the form

in the pews, which you can place in the box

at the back. These requests are forwarded

to the Intercessors.

Please note:

If your name does not appear in the pew

leaflet—it does not mean you are not being

prayed for—all prayer requests are placed on

the prayer list—but not all those being prayed

for are in the Pew leaflet

Important Note:

Shrove Tuesday (25 Feb)

Pancakes!!!

In the past we have had a wonderful

celebration on the Tuesday before Ash

Wednesday—with pancakes and fun! -

however, if we are going to have it this

year we need somebody (or

somebodies!) to step forward and be

prepared to oversee the event….. Please

let Shirley or Maria know if you are that

somebody!