Anthony Hughes

July 26, 2026

Eighth Sunday after Pentecost

Anthony Hughes

July 26, 2026

Sunday, July 19, 2026

O God,

you alone can order our unruly wills and affections:

teach us to love what you command,

and to desire what you promise,

that, among the changes and chances of this world,

our hearts may surely there be fixed

where true joys are to be found;

through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Stay In Touch

Father Ted Starr - Priest-in-Charge - 0451 929 180 - edward.starr@anglicanchurchsq.org.au

Mrs Liz Peters - Rector’s Warden - 0400 844 946

Mrs Gail Symons - People’s Warden - 0409 618 511

Mr Tony Hughes - People’s Warden - 0468 764 009

Zoom Church - 328 492 8300 - 548 747

Readings

for the Eighth Sunday after Pentecost

Genesis 28:10-19a

Psalm 139:1-11, 23-24

Romans 8:12-25

Matthew 13:24-43

Giving

Offering - 704 901 - 0000 0780

Building Fund - 704 901 - 0001 4767

Other Stewardship

Cards are on sale at the back of the church.

For Your Prayers

We ask of your goodness, Lord, to comfort and sustain all who in this transitory life are in trouble, sorrow, need, sickness, or any other adversity, and especially Shirley and Alan Kimber, Rosina, Ann, Barbara, Kevin, Ian, Chris, Bill Tattam, Jeff Byrne, Karne, Greg, Aaron, Joanne, Grace and Faith, Beryl Old, Fr David, Nina, Sophie, Lesley, Helena, Claire, Melissa Cameron, Janice, Shakiraia and Kristy. Please contact Fr Ted to be on this list.

We also give thanks for those whose year’s mind occurs at this time, and amongst them Ian Kyle, Ken Dockrill, Roma Hodson, David Wells, Drs Jill and Roger Guard and Leigh Youitt. Rest eternal grant unto them, O Lord, and let light perpetual shine upon them.

Mission and Outreach

Meals for Woody Point Special School are on again. Please label your meal with title, ingredients and date cooked, then freeze it, and bring it to church on Sunday. Meal containers are on the back table. Alternatively, give a monetary donation or supermarket gift card. For more information on both of these ministries, contact Elizabeth on 0404 080 861.

Thank you to everyone in the parish who attended in person or in spirit with your prayers and insight to the Spirited Generosity morning. May our Parish be filled with the Holy Spirit and his grace to fulfil his call to us. If anything has been raised in your spirit as a result, please continue the conversation with fellow parishioners, parish councillors, wardens, and Fr Ted.

Ministry During the Week

Mother’s Union: 19th August at Sea Salt and Vine, Scarborough, 11:30am

Thursday Fellowship: every first and third Thursday from 9:30am to 11:30am. All welcome for a cuppa and a chat. Bring your craft to work on or just enjoy the company.

Caring and Sharing: every fourth Wednesday after Holy Communion. This week! Bring your friends!

Talent Table: after many years of faithful service, the Ladies Guild will be redirecting their efforts. Talent Table is now on indefinite leave. We give thanks to God for all the work the Guild has done in supporting our Parish and pray for his blessing on them.

Bible Study: Tuesdays at 9am and Thursdays at 7pm. All welcome; all materials supplied. New Study begins next week: 1 Samuel.

Beaumont Aged Care: Holy Communion every third Friday at 10:30am.

Recycling has resumed in the new location: the small white shed at the back of the property. Any questions call Elizabeth Melvin on 0404 080 861

The Week Ahead

Tues, 21 July

8:00 am - Holy Communion

9:30 am - Bible Study

6:00 pm - Evensong

6:30 pm - Parish Council

Wed, 22 July

10:00 am - St Mary Magdalene Holy Communion

10:45 am - Caring and Sharing

Thu, 23 July

10:30 am - Funeral for Ian Kyle

6:30 pm - Evensong

7:00 pm - Bible Study

Fri, 24 July

All Day - Father Ted away at Deanery

Sat, 25 July

12:00 noon - St James Holy Communion

Sun, 26 July

7:00 & 9:00 am - Holy Communion for the Ninth Sunday after Pentecost

Mother’s Union Annual Collection

Sunday, 9 August the Mother’s Union will be collecting funds in support of Anglicare. Recently we have been providing a space for Anglicare’s new Staying On Track initiative. Read on for more information on the work they do:

Staying on Track (SoT) What is Staying on Track?

Staying on Track is a 12-month program designed to help young people aged 10-17 years transition from detention back into the community, aiming to reduce reoffending. It provides tailored, intensive support, including mentoring, education, housing assistance, and therapy, starting in detention and continuing for 6-12 months post release. The rehabilitation model focuses on creating a stable, positive environment, strengthening family connections, and addressing the systemic barriers that are driving offending behaviour to create a pathway to education and employment over the year after release.

Where is the program delivered?

Anglicare Southern Queensland provides the Staying on Track program in the following locations:

. Brisbane North / Redcliffe / Caboolture

. Brisbane South / Redlands

. Ipswich / Western Districts

. Sunshine Coast

. Toowoomba / Roma

Prayer Space with Leisa

Over the past two Sundays, I have provided you with a simple morning and evening prayer. Our faith, however, is lived not only in the morning and evening, but in the moments between. May this prayer help you remain attentive to God’s presence and open to the quiet prompting of his Holy Spirit through the day. Prayer is not simply something we do: it is a way of walking with God. May these three prayers help you find a daily rhythm or beginning with him, listening for him, and ending the day in the assurance of his love and peace.

Loving God,

In the busyness of this day, help me to pause and remember that you are with me.

Quiet the noise around me and the worries within me, so that I may hear your gentle voice above all else. Teach me to listen not only with my ears, but with an open heart that is willing to follow where you lead.

Open my eyes to recognize your presence in the ordinary moment of today - in a kind word, a helping hand, a moment of stillness, or an unexpected opportunity to share your love.

When I am faced with decisions, grant me wisdom. When I am impatient, grant me grace. When I become distracted, gently draw me back to you.

May your Holy Spirit guide my thoughts, shape my words, and direct my steps, so that my life may reflect the love of Christ in all that I do.

Help me to listen before I speak, to pray before I act, and to trust before I worry. May I never become so busy that I fail to hear your call or overlook the people you place in my path.

As I go about this day, may I walk closely with you, following your will with faith, humility and joy.

Through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Article 21: Of The Authority Of General Councils

General Councils may not be gathered together without the commandment and will of Princes. And when they be gathered together, (forasmuch as they be an assembly of men, whereof all be not governed with the Spirit and Word of God), they may err, and sometimes have erred, even in things pertaining unto God. Wherefore things ordained by them as necessary to salvation have neither strength nor authority, unless it may be declared that they be taken out of holy Scripture.

Whenever I move to minister in a new area, I will spend a bit of time looking up the other churches in the area. Something I find a little humorous (which I think only clergy could chuckle at) is how so many denominations will write their own Statement of Belief. Reading through them, you can usually see they line up exactly with the ancient and universal Creeds we recite as Anglicans: the Apostle’s, Nicene, and Athanasian. What today’s Article reminds us, is that those Creeds (an indeed any Statement of Belief) “have neither strength nor authority, unless it may be declared (or proved) that they be taken out of holy Scripture”. Again, we are reminded that Scripture is our highest authority. Not our only authority - but our highest. And so, when we recite the Creeds, we rejoice, because they take the whole sweep of God’s self-revelation in the Bible, and condense them down into an easily-memorised passage. And we also rejoice because they were written by the whole Church - the truths therein bind us, who are many, as one body, in the truth of God as revealed in Jesus Christ.

Anthony Hughes

July 12, 2026

Seventh Sunday after Pentecost

Anthony Hughes

July 12, 2026

Sunday, July 12, 2026

O Lord, we beseech you,

mercifully to receive the prayers of your people

who call upon you,

and grant that they may both perceive and know what things they ought to do,

and also may have grace and power

faithfully to fulil them;

through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Amen.

Stay In Touch

Father Ted Starr - Priest-in-Charge - 0451 929 180 - edward.starr@anglicanchurchsq.org.au

Mrs Liz Peters - Rector’s Warden - 0400 844 946

Mrs Gail Symons - People’s Warden - 0409 618 511

Mr Tony Hughes - People’s Warden - 0468 764 009

Zoom Church - 328 492 8300 - 548 747

Readings

for the Seventh Sunday after Pentecost

Genesis 25:19-34

Psalm 119:105-112

Romans 8:1-11

Matthew 13:1-23

Giving

Offering - 704 901 - 0000 0780

Building Fund - 704 901 - 0001 4767

Other Stewardship

Cards are on sale at the back of the church.

For Your Prayers

We ask of your goodness, Lord, to comfort and sustain all who in this transitory life are in trouble, sorrow, need, sickness, or any other adversity, and especially Shirley and Alan Kimber, Rosina, Ann, Barbara, Kevin, Ian, Uncle Peter, Chris, Bill Tattam, Jeff Byrne, Karne, Greg, Aaron, Joanne, Grace and Faith, Beryl Old, Fr David, Nina, Sophie, Lesley, Helena, Claire, Melissa Cameron, Shakiraia and Kristy. Please contact Fr Ted to be on this list.

We also give thanks for those whose year’s mind occurs at this time, and amongst them Dudley Kurkowski, Rod Louke and Bill Stephens. Rest eternal grant unto them, O Lord, and let light perpetual shine upon them.

Mission and Outreach

Meals for Woody Point Special School are on again. Please label your meal with title, ingredients and date cooked, then freeze it, and bring it to church on Sunday. Meal containers are on the back table. Alternatively, give a monetary donation or supermarket gift card. For more information on both of these ministries, contact Elizabeth on 0404 080 861.

Please pray for the next season of mission and outreach. Please pray for the Parish Council and other lay leaders in our church who are discerning where God is leading us to serve our community. Please also pray for the upcoming Spirited Generosity Morning, 11am, Saturday, July 18. Please reflect on your own gifts and experiences and bring them to this day of arish-wide discernment.

Ministry During the Week

Mother’s Union meets at a new time: Third Wednesdays at 9am.

Thursday Fellowship: every first and third Thursday from 9:30am to 11:30am. All welcome for a cuppa and a chat. Bring your craft to work on or just enjoy the company.

Caring and Sharing: every fourth Wednesday after Holy Communion.

Talent Table: after many years of faithful service, the Ladies Guild will be redirecting their efforts. Talent Table is now on indefinite leave. We give thanks to God for all the work the Guild has done in supporting our Parish and pray for his blessing on them.

Bible Study: Tuesdays at 9am and Thursdays at 7pm. All welcome; all materials supplied.

Beaumont Aged Care: Holy Communion every third Friday at 10:30am.

Recycling has resumed in the new location: the small white shed at the back of the property. Any questions call Elizabeth Melvin on 0404 080 861

The Week Ahead

Tues, 14 July

8:00 am - Holy Communion

9:30 am - Bible Study

Wed, 15 July

9:00 am - Mother’s Union

10:00 am - Holy Communion

Thu, 16 July

9:30 am - Friendship and Craft

6:30 pm - Evensong

7:00 pm - Bible Study

Fri, 17 July

10:30 am - Holy Communion at Beaumont

5:30 pm - Investiture Ceremony for the Order of St John Hospitaller at St John’s Cathedral

Sat, 18 July

11:00 am - Spirited Generosity

Sun, 19 July

7:00 & 9:00 am - Holy Communion for the Eighth Sunday after Pentecost

Spirited Generosity, 11am, 18/07/26

The Parish Council has been praying and discerning over a document titled “Spirited Generosity”. The document describes Spirited Generosity as “a wholehearted, faith-led way of giving and sharing within Anglican churches. It’s about offering your time, abilities, and resources as a response to God’s overflowing grace, and doing so with purpose, joy, and care for others.” The first key theme grounds this movement in the heart of what it means to be Anglican: “Stewardship begins with the belief that all things belong to God. It calls us to care for creation and each other as an act of worship.”

You may have been engaging with the call over the past several weeks to pray and discern where God might be leading us as a parish. This document has been discerned as a tool for us to use in order to hear God’s call, and to follow it.

You are therefore warmly encouraged to attend a whole-of-parish gathering, where the Parish Council will present Spirited Generosity, as well as the current financial situation of the parish. In doing this, we pray that God might use our time together to inspire us with a direction to follow, and the grace to do so.

Please mark in your diary 11am on Saturday, July 18. We will gather, hear, discuss, ask, pray, and eat together as God’s people in this place, listening for his call, and seeking to follow it together.

Prayer Space with Leisa

This simple prayer has become a cherished part of my own daily routine. Taking a few moments each evening to give the day back to God has brought me peace, helped quiet my mind, and reminded me that he is always in control. It is my hope that this prayer will resonate with you as it has with me, and that you too may find comfort, rest, and peace in God’s loving care. “Give it to God and go to sleep”

Loving God,

As this days draws to a close, I place it into your loving hands.

Thank you for the blessings I have received, the people I have encountered, and the ways you have been present with me throughout this day. Forgive me where I have fallen short, and help me to learn from the joys and challenges of today.

Where there is worry, I choose to trust you. Where there is disappointment, I place it before you. Where there is uncertainty, I rest in the knowledge that you are already preparing the way ahead.

As I lay down to sleep, quiet my mind, calm my heart, and fill me with your peace. Renew my body, refresh my spirit, and grant me restful sleep, knowing that I am safe in your loving care.

Watch over those whom I love, bless those who are lonely, suffering, or afraid tonight, and surround them with your comfort and hope.

Into your hands, O Lord, I commend this day, trusting that your love never fails and that your mercies will be new again in the morning.

Through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Article 20: Of The Authority Of The Church

The Church hath power to decree Rites or Ceremonies, and authority in Controversies of Faith: And yet it is not lawful for the Church to ordain anything that is contrary to God's Word written, neither may it so expound one place of Scripture, that it be repugnant to another. Wherefore, although the Church be a witness and a keeper of holy Writ, yet, as it ought not to decree anything against the same, so besides the same ought it not to enforce anything to be believed for necessity of Salvation.

Usually when a group of men take power, they do all that they can to keep that power. But in the case of the English Reformation, there was a radical undercurrent pushing power away from themselves (this wasn’t always the case, but we get a sense of it in today’s Article). “The Church hath power”, the Article triumphantly begins – but only insofar as they wield that power in line with God’s Word. They take the Holy Scriptures and place it above themselves, as the ultimate authority by which anyone can claim power of their own. It is, in one way, radically democratic: everyone is on the same playing field under Scripture. At the same time, it is supremely absolutist: nothing the Church does may contradict Scripture. We are bound, completely submissive, to God in his revealed Word. One challenge I find as a preacher, and I would encourage you to pursue as a fellow pilgrim, is to reflect on the middle bit, about how we may not “so expound one place of Scripture, that it be repugnant to another”. This is the line that denies our liberty to “pick and choose” which bits of the Bible we like, and which bits we don’t. The Bible is in perfect harmony with itself; if we find that isn’t the case, then we must keep studying and praying until we find out how it works together. It might take a lot of time and energy! But it is worth it, since it is the highest revelation of God he has given to us.

Anthony Hughes

July 12, 2026

Sixth Sunday after Pentecost

Anthony Hughes

July 12, 2026

Sunday, July 5, 2026

O God,

you have prepared for those who love you

such good things as pass our understanding:

pour into our hearts such love toward you,

that, loving you above all things,

we may obtain your promises

which exceed all that we can desire;

through the Jesus Christ our Lord.

Amen.

Stay In Touch

Father Ted Starr - Priest-in-Charge - 0451 929 180 - edward.starr@anglicanchurchsq.org.au

Mrs Liz Peters - Rector’s Warden - 0400 844 946

Mrs Gail Symons - People’s Warden - 0409 618 511

Mr Tony Hughes - People’s Warden - 0468 764 009

Zoom Church - 328 492 8300 - 548 747

Readings

for the Sixth Sunday after Pentecost

Genesis 24:34-38, 42-49, 58-67

Psalm 45:10-17

Romans 7:14-25

Matthew 11:15-30

Giving

Offering - 704 901 - 0000 0780

Building Fund - 704 901 - 0001 4767

Other Stewardship

Cards are on sale at the back of the church.

For Your Prayers

We ask of your goodness, Lord, to comfort and sustain all who in this transitory life are in trouble, sorrow, need, sickness, or any other adversity, and especially Shirley and Alan Kimber, Rosina, Ann, Barbara, Kevin, Ian, Uncle Peter, Chris, Bill Tattam, Jeff Byrne, Karne, Greg, Aaron, Joanne, Grace and Faith, Beryl Old, Fr David, Nina, Sophie, Lesley, Helena, Claire, Shakiraia and Kristy. Please contact Fr Ted to be on this list.

We also give thanks for those whose year’s mind occurs at this time, and amongst them Michael Dyer, Ed Bishop, Sally Lindleyand Marian Cronin. Rest eternal grant unto them, O Lord, and let light perpetual shine upon them.

Mission and Outreach

Meals for Woody Point Special School are on again. Please label your meal with title, ingredients and date cooked, then freeze it, and bring it to church on Sunday. Meal containers are on the back table. Alternatively, give a monetary donation or supermarket gift card. For more information on both of these ministries, contact Elizabeth on 0404 080 861.

Please pray for the next season of mission and outreach. Please pray for the Parish Council and other lay leaders in our church who are discerning where God is leading us to serve our community. Please also pray for the upcoming Spirited Generosity Morning, 11am, Saturday, July 18. Please reflect on your own gifts and experiences and bring them to this day of arish-wide discernment.

Ministry During the Week

Mother’s Union meets at a new time: Third Wednesdays at 9am.

Thursday Fellowship: every first and third Thursday from 9:30am to 11:30am. All welcome for a cuppa and a chat. Bring your craft to work on or just enjoy the company.

Caring and Sharing: every fourth Wednesday after Holy Communion.

Talent Table: after many years of faithful service, the Ladies Guild will be redirecting their efforts. Talent Table is now on indefinite leave. We give thanks to God for all the work the Guild has done in supporting our Parish and pray for his blessing on them.

Bible Study: Tuesdays at 9am and Thursdays at 7pm. All welcome; all materials supplied.

Beaumont Aged Care: Holy Communion every third Friday at 10:30am.

Recycling has resumed in the new location: the small white shed at the back of the property. Any questions call Elizabeth Melvin on 0404 080 861

Remember to check the shelf next to the church door for what’s happening this week.

The Week Ahead

Tues, 07 July

8:00 am - Holy Communion

9:30 am - Bible Study

Wed, 08 July

10:00 am - Holy Communion

Thu, 09 July

6:30 pm - Evensong

7:00 pm - Bible Study

Fri, 10 July

10:00 am - Funeral for Simon Zanatta

Sat, 11 July

12 noon - Holy Communion for St Benedict of Nursia, abbot

Sun, 12 July

7:00 & 9:00 am - Holy Communion for the Seventh Sunday after Pentecost

Spirited Generosity, 11am, 18/07/26

The Parish Council has been praying and discerning over a document titled “Spirited Generosity”. The document describes Spirited Generosity as “a wholehearted, faith-led way of giving and sharing within Anglican churches. It’s about offering your time, abilities, and resources as a response to God’s overflowing grace, and doing so with purpose, joy, and care for others.” The first key theme grounds this movement in the heart of what it means to be Anglican: “Stewardship begins with the belief that all things belong to God. It calls us to care for creation and each other as an act of worship.”

You may have been engaging with the call over the past several weeks to pray and discern where God might be leading us as a parish. This document has been discerned as a tool for us to use in order to hear God’s call, and to follow it.

You are therefore warmly encouraged to attend a whole-of-parish gathering, where the Parish Council will present Spirited Generosity, as well as the current financial situation of the parish. In doing this, we pray that God might use our time together to inspire us with a direction to follow, and the grace to do so.

Please mark in your diary 11am on Saturday, July 18. We will gather, hear, discuss, ask, pray, and eat together as God’s people in this place, listening for his call, and seeking to follow it together.

Prayer Space with Leisa

Life can often be busy, and finding time to pray is not always easy. This simple morning prayer is offered as a gentle invitation to pause, even for just a few moments, to give thanks, seek God’s presence, and entrust the day ahead to his loving care. May it remind us that wherever we go, and whatever lies before us, God walks with us.

Loving God,

As this new day begins, we thank you for the gift of life, for your unfailing love, and for the promise that your mercies are new every morning.

Walk beside us today. Guide our thoughts, our words, and our actions, that in all we do we may honour you. Fill us with your peace when we are anxious, your strength when we are weary, and your wisdom when we face decisions.

Open our eyes to the needs of those around us. Help us to be generous in kindness, patient in spirit, and faithful in prayer. May we be instruments of your love, sharing hope, compassion, and grace wherever you lead us.

Bless our homes, our families, our parish, and our community. Continue to guide St Peter The Fisherman as we seek to follow your call to love one another and serve our neighbours with joyful hearts.

May your Holy Spirit lead us today, and may your will be done in us and through us.

Through Jesus Christ our Lord

Amen

Floral and Art Festival

On behalf of the Floral and Art Festival and the Growth Committee, I would like to thank the whole Parish community, their friends and families who came together to make this year’s festival so successful.

We had 1134 visitors, 6 award winning artists, 3 demonstrating artists, 10 musical performances, plus multiple students and their families from Southern Cross Catholic College. All the stalls, including the new Blind Date with a Book, decoupage vases and door welcomers, did well and the café did exceptionally well with the bigger menu. The whole enterprise was particularly well received with many commenting on the huge array of floral installations.

Each year the festival grows and the work to get it together is harder, but St Peter’s always, with God’s guidance, gets us through to show who we are and what we do in the community.

Thank you all for your prayers and a wonderful success.

Liz Peters

Grant Peters

On a very personal note, I would like to thank you all for your prayers, care, comforting words and cards on the sudden passing of Grant on June 7. His death was not dementia related but a perforated gall bladder with lesions on the liver which led to sepsis. We had a wonderful few days of celebration, happiness and laughs with the close family, following all his wishes, hence no formal funeral. As a family, we know he is God’s hands, in eternal rest and peace.

Blessings to you all, Liz

"Now Let Us From This Table Rise.”

This morning I have chosen as our concluding and dismissal hymn, one written by Fred Kann entitled, "Now Let Us From This Table Rise.”

Fred Kaan was born in July 1929 in Haarlem, Netherlands. He was a hymn writer and translator whose works often addressed issues of peace and justice. Baptized in St. Bavo Cathedral, he was raised in a family that did not attend church regularly. During the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands, he witnessed the deaths of three grandparents from starvation and his parents’ involvement in the resistance movement, including taking in refugees. Kaan became a pacifist and began attending church in his teenage years. In 1963, he became minister of the Pilgrim Church in Plymouth, where he began composing hymns. Fred Kaan died in 2009. His hymns remain in use in modern hymnals and are noted for their social and theological relevance.

1. Now let us from this table rise renewed in body, mind, and soul; with Christ we die and live again, his selfless love has made us whole.

2. With minds alert, upheld by grace, to spread the word in speech and deed, we follow in the steps of Christ, at one with all in hope and need.

3. To fill each human house with love, it is the sacrament of care; the work that Christ began to do we humbly pledge ourselves to share.

4. Then grant us grace, Companion God, to choose again the pilgrim way and help us to accept with joy the challenge of tomorrow's day.

This hymn reminds us that our morning’s worship ought to flow into service in the world. Drawing upon biblical themes emphasising discipleship, unity, and faithful action, the lyrics highlight that participation in the sacrament leads to service and ethical discipleship.

Fred Kann, for the bases of his hymn, uses biblical themes particularly from Luke 22:19-20 “Then he took a loaf of bread, and when he had given thanks, he broke it and gave it to them, saying, ‘This is my body, which is given for you. Do this in remembrance of me.’ And he did the same with the cup after supper, saying, ‘This cup that is poured out for you is the new covenant in my blood.’” And from 1 Corinthians 11:26, “For as often as you eat this bread and drink the cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death until he comes.” The hymn calls for the Eucharistic Community to connect our worship and reception of Christ’s Body and Blood with that of the mission of the Church, to carry the grace of worship into daily life, promoting compassion, justice and faithful service.

With its strong call to discipleship the hymn reminds us that worship does not cease at the end of the liturgic offering, instead it sends us out from our participation at the Altar of the Lord’s sacrificial love, into the world to embody Christ’s love in the world. The New Testament consistently connects faith with service. Jesus models humble service in acts such as washing disciples’ feet and instructing his followers to imitate his example.

As you leave the front door of St Peter’s this morning, having taken the Body and Blood of Christ and been commissioned to go and ‘Do this in Remembrance’ of Christ’s sacrificial gifting to you, I invite you to consider - how can you intentionally and worshipfully engage in an act of compassion, justice and faithful service each day of the coming week?

Fr David

Anthony Hughes

June 28, 2026

Fifth Sunday after Pentecost

Anthony Hughes

June 28, 2026

Sunday, June 28, 2026

O God,

who for our redemption gave your only-begotten Son

to suffer death upon a cross,

and by his glorious resurrection

delivered us from the power of the enemy:

grant us so to die daily to sin

that we may evermore live with him

in the joy of his resurrection;

through the same Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Stay In Touch

Father Ted Starr - Priest-in-Charge - 0451 929 180 - edward.starr@anglicanchurchsq.org.au

Mrs Liz Peters - Rector’s Warden - 0400 844 946

Mrs Gail Symons - People’s Warden - 0409 618 511

Mr Tony Hughes - People’s Warden - 0468 764 009

Zoom Church - 328 492 8300 - 548 747

Readings

for the Fifth Sunday after Pentecost

Genesis 22:1-14

Psalm 13

Romans 6:12-23

Matthew 10:40-42

Giving

Offering - 704 901 - 0000 0780

Building Fund - 704 901 - 0001 4767

Other Stewardship

Cards are on sale at the back of the church.

For Your Prayers

We ask of your goodness, Lord, to comfort and sustain all who in this transitory life are in trouble, sorrow, need, sickness, or any other adversity, and especially Shirley and Alan Kimber, Rosina, Ann, Barbara, Kevin, Ian, Uncle Peter, Chris, Bill Tattam, Jeff Byrne, Karne, Greg, Aaron, Joanne, Grace and Faith, Beryl Old, Fr David, Nina, Sophie, Lesley, Helena, Shakiraia and Kristy. Please contact Fr Ted to be on this list.

We also give thanks for those whose year’s mind occurs at this time, and amongst them Simon Zanatta. Rest eternal grant unto them, O Lord, and let light perpetual shine upon them.

Mission and Outreach

Rectory Fundraising envelopes are now in circulation. Almost there!

Meals for Woody Point Special School are starting again. Please label your meal with title, ingredients and date cooked, then freeze it, and bring it to church on Sunday. Meal containers are on the back table. Alternatively, give a monetary donation or supermarket gift card. For more information on both of these ministries, contact Elizabeth on 0404 080 861.

Please pray for the next season of mission and outreach. Please pray for the Parish Council and other lay leaders in our church who are discerning where God is leading us to serve our community. Please also pray for the Floral Festival, that God may use it for his glory.