Sunday 9^th October - TRINITY 17

It is Harvest Festival at St Thomas’ and at St Mary’s.

We explore God’s Generosity and pray to be worthy partners in care for this Earth.

We will be looking at Forgiveness, healing and wholeness at St Andrew’s.

The Collect

The prayer for the week

Almighty God,
you have made us for yourself,
and our hearts are restless till they find their rest in you:
pour your love into our hearts and draw us to yourself,
and so bring us at last to your heavenly city
where we shall see you face to face;
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.

Readings for this Sunday: 2 Cor. 9: 6-11, Matt. 5: 38-48 (Goring & Streatley) or James 5: 13-16, Matt. 9: 1-8 (South Stoke) & Ps. 65, 1a, 2a, 9-end

This Sunday:

8:00am      BCP Holy Communion at St Mary’s
9:30am      All age Harvest service at St Thomas’
11:15am    All age Harvest service at St Mary’s
11:15am    BCP Holy Communion at St Andrew’s
2.30pm      Baptism at St Mary’s
5:00pm      Discoverers

Parishes’ Away Day

We have booked our Parishes’ Away Day for Saturday 19th November in St Stephen’s, Upper Basildon.

Please do sign up to join this day, and if you are willing to help with catering do offer. "The purpose is to encourage and get to know each other and to listen to God; and through God and each other to discern our priorities as churches – so we are not overwhelmed with all possibilities but can be clearer what we are focussing on."

Great Big Green Day - thank you...

… to all of you who contributed last Saturday in so many ways. Thank you to those who baked cakes (the WI team serving them were impressed!). We were so blessed with a gorgeous day. We had a wonderful team on the day and a good number of people coming through who seemed to really engage and many good deep conversations were had.

I hope it made a difference and will be a catalyst to change of hearts and directions of how we treasure this one beautiful delicate gift of a planet.

Ben

Poster Helper

Might you be able to call at the Arcade in Goring and put up church notices each week? Please offer to Ben. Thank you very much.

Come and sing in memory of Her late Majesty

This Saturday, 8th October, there will be a special musical event in St Thomas’ Church, bringing together singers from various local choirs and others without affiliation to rehearse and perform a choral memorial and tribute to Queen Elizabeth II.

The programme includes Faure’s Requiem and Howells’ Like as the hart and is open to anyone who wishes to sing or to come and listen. There is a rehearsal for all singers at 2pm in St Thomas’ and the performance will begin at 6.30pm. If you are intending to sing, please email Sara (stating which voice section you will join) so that we ensure we have enough seats and music for everyone.

Goring Chamber Choir concert

The Choir's autumn concert takes place on Saturday 15th October at 3pm in St Thomas’. It is entitled Amor de mi alma (You are the love of my soul) after Randall Stroope's choral setting of a text by the Spanish Renaissance poet Garcilaso de la Vega and consists of 500 years of love songs from America to Argentina, Ireland to Italy.

Tickets: £10, £5 for students in full time education, free for under 18's.

Obtainable from Inspiration, Goring, from a choir member, email tickets@goringchamberchoir.org.uk or on the door.

Diary for the coming week

Monday 10th October
1:30pm      Goring Primary School harvest service at St Thomas’

Wednesday 12th October
10:30am    Little Lights at St Mary’s
10:30am    South Stoke coffee morning at St Andrew’s
10:30am    BCP Holy Communion at St Thomas’
The readings will be Gal. 5. 18-end, Ps. 1, Luke 11. 42-46

Friday 14th October
1:45pm      Streatley Primary School harvest service at St Mary’s

Sunday 16th October
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 at St Andrew’s
2.00pm      Baptism at St Thomas’
3:00pm      Wild church

n.b. The monthly calendar for September can be downloaded by clicking here.

Daily readings for the coming week

Monday am:	Ps 71	1 Kings ch. 21	Acts 21.37-22.21	pm: Ps 72	Mark 14. 1-11
Tuesday am:	Ps 73	1 Kings 22. 1-28	Acts 22.22-23.11	pm: Ps 74	Mark 14. 12-25
Wednesday am:	Ps 77	1 Kings 22. 29-45	Acts 23. 12-end	pm: Ps 119. 81-104	Mark 14. 26-42
Thursday am:	Ps 78. 1-39	2 Kings 1. 2-17	Acts 24. 1-23	pm: Ps 78. 40-end	Mark 14. 43-52
Friday am:	Ps 55	2 Kings 2. 1-18	Acts 24.24-25.12	pm: Ps 69	Mark 14. 53-65
Saturday am:	Ps 76	1 Kings 4. 1-37	Acts 25. 13-end	pm: Ps 84	Mark 14. 66-end

Sunday 9th October - TRINITY 17