We have been given powerful tools to wield in the world. Our tongues, and our fingertips, if we are connected to a phone or computer.
Please come and pray for the life of our parishes. This will take place in the Canterbury Room at St Thomas’. Coffee and croissants from 8:15am, followed by prayer for the life of our churches. Finished by 9.30am Please do join us.
Join Greener Henley at the Regal Picturehouse in Henley for a special screening of X Trillion, an eye-opening documentary that follows the gruelling journey of eXXpedition’s all-women crew as they sail 3,000 miles across the North Pacific Ocean. Their mission? To confront the reality of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, a massive area polluted primarily by microplastics, and to make the unseen, seen.
Following the film, stay for a panel discussion on tackling ocean plastic. Let’s come together to drive change for a plastic-free future and end plastic pollution! Wednesday, 18th September at 8:00 PM. Tickets available at the Regal Picturehouse box office by clicking here.
The organist and choirs from Streatley and Goring will be there to help raise the roof. Thank you to those who have offered songs… There is space for a couple more choices. Please tell Ben by Sunday morning.
This week we are asked to pray
Prayers for the week from "Roots on the web" Loving Lord sometimes, as we hear the news of conflicts and wars, we feel helpless. The actions of national leaders which cause so much pain and suffering are beyond our understanding. We long for peace but don’t know what we can do. Help us to see that the way we live makes a difference in our world and show us how we can live in peace with all people. May our actions and words, Bring life changing grace. Loving Lord, the challenge of climate change seems so great. We read of nations and businesses polluting our world and damaging the planet. We hope that the earth may be saved but the magnitude of the task seems more than we can even face, let alone accomplish. Show us that how we live and what we do plays a part in conserving our world for future generations. May our actions and words, Bring life changing grace. Loving Lord as more and more people join the queues at food banks; as patients wait on trolleys for hospital beds to become available; as people fear the cost of fuel to keep their homes warm as winter approaches; we feel helpless and look on in dismay. We fear for the future of our country and the plight of those living in poverty. Teach us that if our lives are shaped by kingdom values our country will become a better place May our actions and words, Bring life changing grace. Loving Lord at times we look on and weep as we hear of those suffering from pain and disease, disability and discomfort. We pray for those who watch and wait as their loved ones suffer. We hope to offer comfort but the words won’t come; we want to show we care but we don’t know what to say. Help us to know when to be silent and when to speak. Give us the words that will help and reassure and show that however alone and unloved they feel, God is with them and his love will embrace them. May our actions and words, Bring life changing grace. We remember all those who grieve. We commend to you those who lost loved ones in the Grenfell Tower fire. Sometimes we just don’t know what action we should take or what we should say to them. Help us to live out the truth of Jesus’s promise that those who mourn will be comforted. May our actions and words, Bring life changing grace. Loving God, teach us, guide us, show us that our actions and speech have power to bring life-changing harm or grace. We pray in the name of Jesus who changed and changes our world. Amen.