St Stephen's Anglican Church: Parish of Forrestfield in Forrestfield, Western Australia | Religious organisation

St Stephen's Anglican Church: Parish of Forrestfield

Locality: Forrestfield, Western Australia

Phone: +61 8 9453 6786

Address: 9 Salix Way 6058 Forrestfield, WA, Australia

Website: www.perth.anglican.org/find-a-church/st-stephen-forrestfield

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25.01.2022 WEEKLY NOTICES 22 November 2020 There is a box in the porch for donations to the St. Bart’s Christmas Hamper appeal. The box will remain until the end of November and then all donations will be packed and delivered to St. Bart’s. See their poster on the board.... Members of Mothers’ Union are also collecting for Sharing A Hills Christmas an appeal for items for Christmas Hampers that are delivered to needy families in the City of Kalamunda. A box for these donations can be found in the hall accompanied by a list of suitable items. Every tin, bottle, packet etc. is of value (so long as it is well in date code!) so all help is appreciated. Thank you for all the contributions to our Summer Newsletter. It will be out very soon! The lunch for the Hamper Team is at noon on Tuesday (24th), food provided, all who have an interest in this ministry in the Parish are most welcome to come. Next Sunday is Advent Sunday (29th). This begins of our Liturgical year, during which we read the Gospel according to Mark. There is a list on the notice board for people to assisting in our Advent Liturgy of Candle Lighting. St. Barts residents in transitional accommodation need serviceable DVD players. Contact Ross Jones their Chaplain on 0423 209 565 or [email protected] Our November Market Day is this Friday (27th). Being our Christmas market and we like to have festive food such as shortbread, gingerbread etc. for our cake stall. If you can help, your contribution would be most welcome. Diary Notes for Coming Events Thursday 26 Market preparation Friday 27 Final Market Day for 2020 - Christmas Special Saturday 28 8am Prayer Group Sunday 29 Advent Sunday 9.30am Bible Study Issue Summer Newsletter

24.01.2022 The Twenty-third Sunday after Pentecost, 8th November 2020 Sentence... Watch and be ready, for you do not know on what day your Lord is coming. Matthew 24. 42, 44 Collect Eternal God, you have taught us that the night is far spent and the day is at hand: keep us awake and alert, watching for your kingdom, so that when Christ, the bridegroom, comes we may go out joyfully to meet him, and with him enter into the marriage feast that you have prepared for all who truly love you; 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. The Defence and Police Forces (#10 p204 APBA) Eternal God, the only source of peace, we pray for those who serve in the defence and police forces of this land: Give them courage and comfort in danger, patience in waiting, and discipline in the just use of force. Help us to seek for all people the freedom to serve you and each other in compassion and peace. We ask this through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. FIRST READING Joshua 24. 1 - 3a, 14 - 25 PSALM 78. 1 - 7 page 301 SECOND READING 1 Thessalonians 4. 9 - 18 THE GOSPEL Matthew 25. 1 - 13

24.01.2022 Sermon and Weekly Notices 27th September 2020

24.01.2022 SEPTEMBER LINK LINE

22.01.2022 The Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost, 4th October 2020 Sentence Forgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead, let us press on toward the goal for the prize of the heavenly call of God in Christ Jesus. Philippians 3. 13b - 14... Collects Almighty God, your Son Jesus was the stone rejected by the builders, and, by your doing, he has been made the chief cornerstone: grant that, by the power of his Spirit working in us, we may become living stones built up into your dwelling place, a temple holy and acceptable to you; through Jesus Christ, our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen O God, whose blessed Son became poor that we through his poverty may become rich: Deliver us from an inordinate love of this world, that we, inspired by the devotion of your servant Francis of Assisi, we may for love of you delight in your whole creation with perfectness of joy: through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen. FIRST READING Exodus 20. 1 - 4, 7 - 9, 12 - 20 PSALM 19 page 239 SECOND READING Philippians 3 THE GOSPEL Matthew 21. 33 - 46

22.01.2022 The Blessing of the Animals

21.01.2022 WEEKLY NOTICES 15TH NOVEMBER There is a box in the porch for donations to the St. Bart’s Christmas Hamper appeal. The box will remain until the end of November and then all donations will be packed and delivered to St. Bart’s. See their poster on the board.... Members of Mothers’ Union are also collecting for Sharing A Hills Christmas an appeal for items for Christmas Hampers that are delivered to needy families in the City of Kalamunda. A box for these donations can be found in the hall accompanied by a list of suitable items. Every tin, bottle, packet etc. is of value (so long as it is well in date code!) so all help is appreciated. Our Summer Newsletter is in preparation. There is still some space for last minute contributions pass these on to Keith early in the week please! The lunch for the Hamper Team is on Tuesday 24th, food provided, friends too! Advent Sunday is 29th November. This begins of our Liturgical year, during which we read the Gospel according to Mark. There is a list on the notice board for people to assisting in our Advent Liturgy of Candle Lighting. St. Barts residents in transitional accommodation need serviceable DVD players. Contact Ross Jones their Chaplain on 0423 209 565 or [email protected] Our November Market Day is held on Friday 27th. Being our Christmas market and we like to have festive food such as shortbread, gingerbread etc. for our cake stall. If you can help, your contribution would be most welcome. Diary Notes for Coming Events Thursday 26 Market preparation Friday 27 Final Market Day for 2020 - Christmas Special Saturday 28 8am Prayer Group Sunday 29 Advent Sunday 9.30am Bible Study Issue Summer Newsletter

20.01.2022 NOVEMBER 2020 LINK LINE

20.01.2022 Today at the 9.30am service we include the Blessing of the Animals.

19.01.2022 WEEKLY NOTICES AND SERMON Today, being the Sunday nearest to Remembrance Day, is kept as Defence Force Sunday. There is a box in the porch for donations to the St. Bart’s Christmas Hamper appeal. The box will remain until the end of November and then all donations will be packed and delivered to St. Bart’s. See their poster on the board.... Members of Mothers’ Union are also collecting for Sharing A Hills Christmas an appeal for items for Christmas Hampers that are delivered to needy families in the City of Kalamunda. A box for these donations can be found in the hall accompanied by a list of suitable items. Every tin, bottle, packet etc. is of value (so long as it is well in date code!) so all help is appreciated. Our MU Branch meets on the 11th November at 1.30pm (Remembrance Day) and will consider some of the ways our veteran community is supported. Advent Sunday is 29th November. This begins of our Liturgical year, during which we read the Gospel according to Mark. There is a list on the notice board for people to assisting in our Advent Liturgy of Candle Lighting. Volunteers needed: The programme for Lessons and Carols (8th December) is currently being finalised and we need two readers from St. Stephen’s plus one emergency If you can help, please speak to Keith. Our November Market Day is held on Friday 27th. Being our Christmas market and we like to have festive food such as shortbread, gingerbread etc. for our cake stall. If you can help, your contribution would be most welcome.

12.01.2022 Our last market day for 2020 is on tomorrow morning! Come along and help make it the best one yet. I highly recommend grabbing some of Fran's homemade preserves and jams as filler gifts for those tricky to buy for family members, or digging through the boxes of books to find the perfect one for a close friend, a scavenge through the clothes might turn up a unique party outfit for your work Christmas do, or peruse our assortment of crockery and bric a brac for those Christmas entertaining extras like serving platters, glassware or plates.

11.01.2022 The Feast of Christ the King, 22nd November 2020 Sentence... O shout to the Lord in triumph all the earth. Serve the Lord with gladness and come before his face with songs of joy. Psalm 100. 1 Collect God of power and love, who raised your Son Jesus from death to life, resplendent in glory to rule over all creation: free the world to rejoice in his peace, to glory in his justice, and to live in his love. Unite the human race in Jesus Christ your Son, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen. FIRST READING Ezekiel 34. 11 - 16, 20 - 24 PSALM 100 page 326 SECOND READING Ephesians 1. 15 - 23 THE GOSPEL Matthew 25. 31 - 46

10.01.2022 The Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost, 20th September 2020 Sentence... By grace you have been saved through faith, and this is notyour own doing, it is the gift of God. Ephesians 2. 8 - 9 Collect Loving and righteous God, your boundless generosity exceeds all that we can desire or deserve, and you give to the last worker all you promised to the first: liberate us from jealousy and greed, that we may be free to love and serve others, and in your service may find our true reward; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. FIRST READING Exodus 16. 2 - 15 PSALM Psalm 105. 1 - 6, 37 - 45 SECOND READING Philippians 1 THE GOSPEL Matthew 20. 1 - 16

07.01.2022 The Twenty-fourth Sunday after Pentecost, 15th November 2020 Sentence God has destined us not for wrath but for obtaining salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ. Therefore encourage one another and build up each other. 1 Thessalonians 5. 9, 11... Collect Everliving God, before the earth was formed, and even after it shall cease to be, you are God. Break into our short span of life and show us those things that are eternal, that we may serve your purpose in all we do; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you in unity with the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen. FIRST READING Judges 4. 1 - 10 PSALM 123 page 361 SECOND READING 1 Thessalonians 5. 1 - 11 THE GOSPEL Matthew 25. 14 - 30

05.01.2022 Market Day this Friday! Come along and find your self a bargain

05.01.2022 Sermon and Weekly Notices 20 Sept 2020

04.01.2022 The First Sunday of Advent, 29th November 2020 Sentence... Heaven and earth will pass away, says the Lord, but my words will not pass away. Mark 13.31 Collect Eternal God, through long generations you prepared a way for the coming of your Son, and by your Spirit you still bring light to illumine our paths: renew us in faith and hope that we may welcome Christ to rule our thoughts and claim our love; to whom be glory for ever. Amen FIRST READING Isaiah 64. 1 - 9 PSALM 80. 1 - 7, 17 - 19 page 307 SECOND READING 1 Corinthians 1. 1 - 9 THE GOSPEL Mark 13. 24 - 37

04.01.2022 The Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost, 27th September 2020 Sentence... Come, let us return to the Lord, that we may live before him. Hosea 6. 1a, 2b Collect Grant, O merciful God, that your people may have the mind that was in Christ Jesus, who emptied himself, and took the form of a servant, and in humility became obedient even to death. For you have highly exalted him and bestowed on him the name that is above every name, Jesus Christ, the Lord; who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, in everlasting glory. Amen. FIRST READING Exodus 17. 1 - 7 PSALM 78. 1 - 4, 11 - 16 page 301 SECOND READING Philippians 2 THE GOSPEL Matthew 21. 23 - 32

03.01.2022 Some very cute congregation members joining us today for our blessing of the animals

01.01.2022 Sermon and Weekly Notices