Sunday 30^th October - TRINITY 20

	Reminder: British Summer Time ends this weekend so the CLOCKS GO BACK ON 30th OCTOBER.
This Sunday: We come together across our 3 parishes for a United Service at 10.30am. It is Streatley’s turn to host (it will feel like 11.30am so enjoy the lie in). Please join us for a hymn rehearsal beforehand from 10:20ish with a chance to learn few tunes from around the world that we will use in our service.

The Collect

The prayer for the week

Almighty and eternal God,
you have kindled the flame of love
in the hearts of the saints:
grant to us the same faith and power of love,
that, as we rejoice in their triumphs,
we may be sustained by their example and fellowship;
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: Revelation 7: 9-12; Matt. 24: 7-13.

This Sunday:

8:00am BCP Holy Communion at St Thomas’
10:30am Benefice Holy Communion at St Mary’s
4:00pm All Saints service for the departed at St Thomas’

This week we will be Zooming the morning Benefice service.
Do invite anyone house bound to join us, or family and friends in other parts of the world...

Parishes’ Away Day

We have booked our Parishes’ Away Day for Saturday 19th November in St Stephen’s, Upper Basildon. From 11am-3.30pm with a tasty lunch in the middle.

We will have had the sermon series on the nature of the church (these are available if you missed them; just ask Ben or the office). We will allow everyone to feedback including on the blessings they know and frustrations they have in church life :)

"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."

Please do sign up to join this day. Please let the office know if you need a lift to attend.

Clean St Mary's

Saturday 29th October has been chosen as a day to clean St Mary's church, starting at 10am.

The church cannot afford to pay for cleaning, so please help if you can.

All Souls, All Saints

Sunday 31st October at 4pm
A Thanksgiving for the Departed service. Do please invite anyone who may be helped by this. Please let the office know if you would like to attend.

Agape Supper

The Ecumenical Planning Group organised its first Agape Supper in 2019 and it was deemed a great success. So another is planned for Tuesday November 22 in the Canterbury Room at St Thomas’, at 7.15 for 7.30 pm. Space is limited and tickets, priced £10, will be available on a first come/first served basis. Flyers with further information, and sign-up sheets, will be found in each church from Sunday October 23. The invitation is open to all and not restricted to those who attended Lent or Advent Groups in previous years.

Advent candles and calendars

We will very soon be ordering Advent candles with an accompanying card which will be available for £5.
We can also order chocolate Advent calendars from the Meaningful Chocolate company (https://meaningfulchocolate.co.uk/pages/real-advent-calendar) if people are interested in these. They are no longer sold in supermarkets and would also cost £5 (to cover postage costs).
In both cases let the office know if you would be interested, sooner rather than later, please!

Diary for the coming week

Wednesday 2nd November
10:30am    BCP Holy Communion at St Thomas’
   followed by coffee in the Canterbury Room
The readings will be Phil. 2. 12-18, Ps. 27. 1-5 & Luke 14. 25-33.
Noon   Funeral at St Andrew’s

Saturday 5th November
12:30pm    Marriage at St Mary’s

Sunday 6th November
8:00am      BCP Holy Communion at St Thomas’
9:30am      Family service at St Thomas’
11:15am    Family service with Baptism at St Mary’s
11:15am    Family service at St Andrew’s
4:00pm        Choral Evensong at St Thomas’

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

Daily readings for the coming week

Monday am:	Ps 2	Dan. ch. 1	Rev. ch. 1	pm: Ps 92	Matt. 1. 18-end
Tuesday am:	Ps 15	Isa. ch. 35	Luke 9. 17-27	pm: Ps 148	Heb. 11.32-12.2
Wednesday am:	Ps 9	Dan. 2. 25-end	Rev. 2. 12-end	pm: Ps 112	Matt. 2. 16-end
Thursday am:	Ps 15	Dan. 3. 1-18	Rev. 3. 1-13	pm: Ps 118	Matt. ch. 3
Friday am:	Ps 16	Dan. 3. 19-end	Rev. 3. 14-end	pm: Ps 143	Matt. 4. 1-11
Saturday am:	Ps 18. 31-end	Dan. 4. 1-18	Rev. ch. 6	pm: Ps 145	Matt. 4. 12-24

Sunday 30th October - TRINITY 20