Sunday 21st August - TRINITY 10
Quick Links: Collect & Readings | Weekend | Care for Creation | Ukraine | CMS Mission Partners | Teas and Gardens | Ride and Stride | Piano Recital | Family Services | Morning Prayer | Diary | Readings
This newsletter covers two weeks as we have a Bank holiday on the way
The Collects
The prayer for the week
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Let your merciful ears, O Lord,
be open to the prayers of your humble servants;
and that they may obtain their petitions
make them to ask such things as shall please you;
through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord,
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever. |
Lord of heaven and earth,
as Jesus taught his disciples to be persistent in prayer,
give us patience and courage never to lose hope,
but always to bring our prayers before you;
through Jesus Christ our Lord. |
Readings for this Sunday: Hebrews 12: 18-end, Ps 103: 1-8 and Luke 13: 10-17.
This weekend:
8:00am BCP Holy Communion at St Thomas’
9:30am Good News Service at St Thomas’
11:15am BCP Holy Communion at St Mary’s
11:15am Good News Service at St Andrew’s
3.00pm St Mary’s Bring and Share tea party at Gatehampton Manor
Care for Creation
Our small group is planning a day on Saturday 1st October to draw together our villages in the Rectory Garden bringing together everyone’s concerns and ideas as to how we can respond better to the climate crisis.
This will be part of the national
Great Big Green Week.
If you would like to be involved come to a planning meeting on
Thursday 1st September at 7.45pm at the Vicarage.
Day of Prayer for Ukraine
Sadly Wednesday 24th August marks six months since the invasion by Russia and the inaction of China, India and other powers. The churches in our villages will be holding a day of prayer and reflection in St Thomas’.
We will have short publicly led prayers at 7am, 12.30pm, 4.30pm and 7pm in addition to our 10.30am Holy Communion service. Please call in or make use of the prayer resources we hope to have in every church.
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CMS Mission Partners
Do see the latest letter from them at the back of church. Floods and attempted assassinations around them… Please keep praying for them. Thank you to Jackie who has offered to be a link person for St Thomas.
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Bank Holiday Teas and Open Gardens
Next Monday (29th August) we have two events on for the Bank Holiday. At St Mary’s Janet will be playing the piano and teas will be available from 2pm. In South Stoke there will be Open Gardens around the village from 1pm-5pm.
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Ride and Stride
Reminder: This year’s Ride and Stride in aid of Berkshire and Oxford Historic Churches Trusts will take place on Saturday 10th September.
Please see https://ohct.org.uk/ride-and-stride/ or http://www.berkschurchestrust.org.uk/ride-and-stride-2/ for more information.
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Piano Recital at St Mary’s, Saturday 3rd September
Russell Thompson, Concert Pianist, will be giving a recital at 7:30pm with the program comprising works of the great classic composers, from Mozart to Liszt including Liszt’s Transcendental Etude No. 10. Tickets £10 full, £9 concessions, on sale on the door only but advance bookings/enquiries can be made by emailing StMarysConcerts@hotmail.co.uk .
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Family Services in September
will focus on Education, learning and the new school year.
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Morning prayer
The usual pattern of Monday and Friday in St Thomas’ at 8.30am and Tuesday and Thursday in St Mary’s at 8.30am will resume on Thursday 1st September.
Why not plan to make it a new season gift to come and join in, say one day a week?
Diary for the next two weeks
Wednesday 24th August
Day of prayer for Ukraine in our churches (see above for details)
10:30am BCP Holy Communion at St Thomas'
The readings will be Isa. 43. 8-13, Ps. 145, 1-7 & Luke 22. 24-30.
Sunday 28th August
8:00am BCP Holy Communion at St Mary’s
9:30am Holy Communion at St Thomas’
11:15am Mattins at St Mary’s
11:15am Holy Communion at St Andrew’s
Monday 29th August
1pm-5pm Open Gardens in South Stoke
2.00pm Bank holiday teas & music from Janet Pound at St Mary’s
Wednesday 31st August
10:30am Little Lights at St Mary’s
10:30am BCP Holy Communion at St Thomas’
The readings will be 1 Cor. 3. 1-9, Ps. 62 & Luke 4. 38-end.
Sunday 4th September
8:00am BCP Holy Communion at St Thomas’
9:30am Family service at St Thomas’
11:15am Holy Communion at St Mary’s
11:15am Baptism service at St Andrew’s
4.00pm Evensong at St Thomas’
Daily readings for the coming week
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Monday am: |
Ps 71 |
1 Sam. ch. 24 |
Acts 3. 11-end |
pm: Ps 72 |
Mark 2.23-3.6 |
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Tuesday am: |
Ps 73 |
1 Sam ch. 26 |
Acts 4. 1-12 |
pm: Ps 74 |
Mark 3. 7-19a |
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Wednesday am: |
Ps 86 |
Gen. 28. 10-17 |
John 1. 43-end |
pm: Ps 91 |
Matt 10. 1-22 |
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Thursday am: |
Ps 78. 1-39 |
1 Sam. ch. 31 |
Acts 4.32-5.11 |
pm: Ps 78. 40-end |
Mark 4. 1-20 |
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Friday am: |
Ps 55 |
2 Sam. ch. 1 |
Acts 5. 12-26 |
pm: Ps 69 |
Mark 4. 21-34 |
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Saturday am: |
Ps 76 |
2 Sam. 2. 1-11 |
Acts 5. 27-end |
pm: Ps 81 |
Mark 4. 35-end |