DEANERY Mini-Pilgrimage at Ely Cathedral
Wednesday 26th September 7 for 7.30
For those who wish it 5.30 Evensong
followed by refreshments.
PLEASE SIGN LIST at back
All members of congregation are invited
World Suicide Prevention Day Mon 10th Sept
Special Service at St. John’s Church at 7.30pm.
Regular Events
Mon-Fri St Peter’s Church is open every day 9am-4pm.
At 12noon or 12.30pm there is a short time of prayer.
Tuesdays 10-11.30am Knit and Knatter.
1st Tuesday 2.30pm St Peter’s Mother’s Union
2nd Tuesday 10.45-12 Faith Exploration St Johns
3rd Tuesday 7.30pm Deanery Mother’s Union
1st Wed 7.30pm Faith Exploration Group St Peter’s
2nd Wed Christian Aid Lunch 12-1pm St Peter’s Hall
2nd Wednesday 7.30pm St Peter’s Ladies Group
3rd Wednesday 7.30pm Men’s Group(next Sept)
Last Wed 2-3.30pm Care & Share Craft
Thurs 9.30-11am St Peter’s Tiny Tots (resumes 6 Sept)
Thursday 8.30am Morning Prayer in St Peter’s.
2nd Thursday 10.30am Solo Group Trinity Church
3rd Thursday 2pm St Mary’s Mother’s Union(next Sept)
The next FLOWER FESTIVAL
will be at St Mary’s on the weekend of Sept 7th -9th
There are posters around, and if anyone would like provide a display they will be most welcome.
SONGS of PRAISE 4pm Sunday 9th St Mary’s
Sat 22nd Sept 11am in St Peter’s
Free Organ Concert by James Trundle
Sunday 30th September 6.30pm at St Mary’s
Choral Evensong for Michaelmas
with the Team’s combined choirs
Saturday 6th October 10-4
CELEBRATE MARKET TOWN CHURCHES
at Neale Wade Academy.
A day for all people in our churches.
CRAFT FAIR at St Peter’s – Sat October 13th
See info in Church for stalls etc.
WEDDINGS
18th August St Peter 2.30pm
Martin King & Kelly Southwell
8th September St Peter 2pm
Leigh Bindley & Bryony Frusher
15th September St Peter 4pm
Jordan Austerberry & Layla Tomsett
FUNERALS
Wed 15th 2.30pm St John’s; Gladys Chatten
Fri 17th 12.30pm St Peter’s; Malcolm Southwell
Mon 20th 12.45pm St Peter’s; Gerard Sauerman
Welcome to Spotlight
Weekly News Sheet for the Churches
of St Mary & St Peter, March.
Sunday 12th August
11thSunday after Trinity
Team Rector Rev Andrew Smith
01354 279232
Vicars Rev Marcus Purnell,
Rev Jane Rees, Rev Jenny Webb
Readers David Harrison, Hannah Taylor
“Windows” monthly magazineavailable
- editor
Sunday Services
8am St Peter’s; Holy Communion
9.15am St Mary’s; Holy Communion
Hymns; 664, 424, 566, 434, 498
11am St Peter’s; Sung Communion
with Junior Church
Hymns; 114, 467, 309, 311, 408
12.30pm Holy Baptism at St Peter’s
3.30pm Holy Baptism at St Mary’s
Regular Midweek Services
Tuesday 10am Holy Communion at St John’s
Wednesday 10am Holy Communion
followed by refreshments at St Peter’s
19thAugust, 12th Sunday after Trinity
Readings; Proverbs 9v1-6,
Ephesians 5v15-20, John6v51-58.
Communion 8am at St Peter’s
Communion 9.15am at St Mary’s
Communion 11am at St Peter’s.
12.30pm Holy Baptism at St Peter’s
6.30pm Evensong at St Peter’s.
Evensong is held on the 1st and 3rd Sunday each month.
BLESSINGS
Sam Adrian Watson, Shelby Anne Bailey
BAPTISMS
Ashleigh Jorge Lewis-Stokes,
Finley George Rawthorn
Phoenix Presley Head
PLEASE TAKE THIS NOTICE SHEET HOME
COLLECT – the Prayer for Today.
God our Father and provider, whose Son has given his flesh for the life of the world, sustain your pilgrim Church on its journey with the word of life and the bread of heaven. Draw us nearer to him in whose name we gather, that, following his way of sacrificial love, we may come to the banquet of eternal life. Grant this through your Son Jesus Christ, in the love of the Holy Spirit. Amen.
OLD TESTAMENT1 Kings 19v4-8
Elijah went a day’s journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a solitary broom tree. He asked that he might die: ‘It is enough; now, OLord, take away my life, for I am no better than my ancestors.’ Then he lay down under the broom tree and fell asleep. Suddenly an angel touched him and said to him, ‘Get up and eat.’ He looked, and there at his head was a cake baked on hot stones, and a jar of water. He ate and drank, and lay down again. The angel of the Lord came a second time, touched him, and said, ‘Get up and eat, otherwise the journey will be too much for you.’ He got up, and ate and drank; then he went in the strength of that food for forty days and forty nights to Horeb the mount of God.
EPISTLE Ephesians 4v25- 5 v2
Putting away falsehood, let all of us speak the truth to our neighbours, for we are members of one another. Be angry but do not sin; do not let the sun go down on your anger, and do not make room for the devil. Thieves must give up stealing; rather let them labour and work honestly with their own hands, so as to have something to share with the needy. Let no evil talk come out of your mouths, but only what is useful for building up, as there is need, so that your words may give grace to those who hear. And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, with which you were marked with a seal for the day of redemption. Put away from you all bitterness and wrath and anger and wrangling and slander, together with all malice, and be kind to one another, tender-hearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ has forgiven you. Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children, and live in love, as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us, a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God.
GOSPEL John6v35 & 41-51
Jesus said to thew crowd, ‘I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never be hungry, and whoever believes in me will never be thirsty.
Then the Jews began to complain about him because he said, ‘I am the bread that came down from heaven.’ They were saying, ‘Is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? How can he now say, “I have come down from heaven”?’ Jesus answered them, ‘Do not complain among yourselves. No one can come to me unless drawn by the Father who sent me; and I will raise that person up on the last day. It is written in the prophets, “And they shall all be taught by God.” Everyone who has heard and learned from the Father comes to me. Not that anyone has seen the Father except the one who is from God; he has seen the Father. Very truly, I tell you, whoever believes has eternal life. I am the bread of life. Your ancestors ate the manna in the wilderness, and they died. This is the bread that comes down from heaven, so that one may eat of it and not die. I am the living bread that came down from heaven. Whoever eats of this bread will live for ever; and the bread that I will give for the life of the world is my flesh.’
Prayer after Communion
Unseen God, drawing all people to the end of our desires: teach us to know true bread from false and to feed on him who shares our flesh to share your love, Jesus Christ, our communion. Amen.
For our prayers;
Those who are ill, David Young, Margaret Lee, Eileen Bradbury, Marjorie Nash.
Those recently died; Gladys Chatten, Terry Annetts, Florence Howes, Malcolm Southwell,TedManchett, Gerard Sauerman, John Hawkins.
Years mind, St Mary’s; Norman Smith, Thomas Ellingham, Doug Riches, Barbara Hitch.
St Peter’s; Bob Helstrip, Geoffrey Chandler.
Thank you to those who supported Open Garden last weekend - £300 raised. Well done.
Open Garden on Bank Holiday Monday 27th Aug
at 24 Gordon Avenue 2-5pm
We are collecting OLD MOBILE PHONES
St Peter’s Rotas
Please sign up to lists at back to Read, lead Prayers, etc New and existing people welcomed.
David, Bishop of Huntingdon is retiring.
Farewell Service 4pm 23rd Sept Ely Cathedral.
If you would like to make a donation, cheques should be made payable to EDBFand sent to the Diocese of Ely, Bishop Woodford House, Barton Road, Ely CB7 4DX.
MARCH HERITAGE
There will be aguided tour of St Peter’s on Thurs 13th Sept at 10am
Fri 12thOct inSt John’s Church 7pm
Gilbert & Sullivan Evening
THISWEEKEND Sun 5th Aug
Open Garden 10am-4pm 88 at Nene Parade
Saturday 6th October 10-4
CELEBRATE MARKET TOWN CHURCHES
at Neale Wade Academy.
A day for all people in our churches.
Regular Events
Mon-Fri St Peter’s Church is open every day 9am-4pm.
At 12noon or 12.30pm there is a short time of prayer.
Tuesdays 10-11.30am Knit and Knatter.
1st Tuesday 2.30pm St Peter’s Mother’s Union
2nd Tuesday 10.45-12 Faith Exploration St Johns
3rd Tuesday 7.30pm Deanery Mother’s Union
1st Wed 7.30pm Faith Exploration Group St Peter’s
2nd Wed Christian Aid Lunch 12-1pm St Peter’s Hall
2nd Wednesday 7.30pm St Peter’s Ladies Group
3rd Wednesday 7.30pm Men’s Group
Last Wed 2-3.30pm Care & Share Craft
Thurs 9.30-11am St Peter’s Tiny Tots (resumes 6 Sept)
Thursday 8.30am Morning Prayer in St Peter’s.
2nd Thursday 10.30am Solo Group Trinity Church
3rd Thursday 2pm St Mary’s Mother’s Union
On Thursday, 9th August at 12noon in St Peter’s there will be prayers forMary Sumner Day
St Mary’s Mothers’ Union will be meeting a week earlier in August on the 9th“Mary Sumner Day”
for a Garden Party 2-4.30pm at 2 Breton Avenue
All MU members and friends welcome.
We are collecting OLD MOBILE PHONES
The next FLOWER FESTIVAL
will be at St Mary’s on the weekend of Sept 7th -9th
There are posters around, and if anyone would like provide a display they will be most welcome.
SONGS of PRAISE 4pm Sunday 9th St Mary’s
World Suicide Prevention Day Mon 10th Sept
Special Service at St. John’s Church at 7.30pm.
Sat 22nd Sept 11am in St Peter’s
Free Organ Concert by James Trundle
DEANERY Mini-Pilgrimage at Ely Cathedral
Wednesday 26th September 7 for 7.30
For those who wish it 5.30 Evensong
followed by refreshments.
Sunday 30th September 6.30pm at St Mary’s
Choral Evensong for Michaelmas
with the Team’s combined choirs
CRAFT FAIR at St Peter’s – Sat October 13th
See info in Church for stalls etc.
FUNERALS
Tues 7th 12.30pm St John’s; Florence Howes
Wed 8th 1pm St Peter’s; Terry Annetts
Thu 9th 10.30am Fenland; Ted Manchett
Wed 15th 2.30pm St John’s; Gladys Chatten
Fri 17th 12.30pm St Peter’s; Malcolm Southwell
Mon 20th 12.45pm St Peter’s; Gerard Sauerman
PLEASE TAKE THIS NOTICE SHEET HOME
Welcome to Spotlight
Weekly News Sheet for the Churches
of St Mary & St Peter, March.
Sunday 5thAugust
10thSunday after Trinity
Team Rector Rev Andrew Smith
01354 279232
Vicars Rev Marcus Purnell,
Rev Jane Rees, Rev Jenny Webb
Readers David Harrison, Hannah Taylor
“Windows” monthly magazineavailable
- editor
Sunday Services
8am St Peter’s; Holy Communion
9.15am St Mary’s; Holy Communion
Hymns; 9, 430, 422, 462, 727
11am St Peter’s; Sung Communion
with Junior Church
Hymns; 106, 73, 222, 463, 188
12.30pm Holy Baptism at St Peter’s
6.30pm Evensong at St Peter’s.
Evensong is held on the 1st and 3rd Sunday each month.
Regular Midweek Services
Tuesday 10am Holy Communion at St John’s
Wednesday 10am Holy Communion
followed by refreshments at St Peter’s
12thAugust, 10th Sunday after Trinity
Readings; 1 Kings 19v4-8-4,
Ephesians 4v25-5 v2, John6v35 & 41-51.
Communion 8am at St Peter’s
Communion 9.15am at St Mary’s
Communion 11am at St Peter’s.
12.30pm Holy Baptism at St Peter’s
3.30pm Holy Baptism at St Mary’s
BLESSINGS
Penelope Caroline Baughan, Phoenix Presley Head.
Maisie Florence Harvey
BAPTISM
Effie Violet Lemmon
WEDDINGS
11th August St Peter 2.30pm
Simon Laws & Jade Harley
18th August St Peter 2.30pm
Martin King & Kelly Southwell
COLLECT – the Prayer for Today.
Lord, giver of lasting life, satisfy our hunger through Christ, the Bread of Life, and quench our thirst with your gift of belief, that we may no longer work for the food that perishes, but believe in the One whom you have sent. We ask this through your Son Jesus Christ, in the love of the Holy Spirit. Amen.
OLD TESTAMENTExodus16v2-4 & 9-15
The whole congregation of the Israelites complained against Moses and Aaron in the wilderness. The Israelites said to them, ‘If only we had died by the hand of the Lord in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the fleshpots and ate our fill of bread; for you have brought us out into this wilderness to kill this whole assembly with hunger.’
Then the Lord said to Moses, ‘I am going to rain bread from heaven for you, and each day the people shall go out and gather enough for that day. In that way I will test them, whether they will follow my instruction or not.
Then Moses said to Aaron, ‘Say to the whole congregation of the Israelites, “Draw near to the Lord, for he has heard your complaining.”’ And as Aaron spoke to the whole congregation of the Israelites, they looked towards the wilderness, and the glory of the Lord appeared in the cloud. The Lord spoke to Moses and said, ‘I have heard the complaining of the Israelites; say to them, “At twilight you shall eat meat, and in the morning you shall have your fill of bread; then you shall know that I am the Lord your God.”’
In the evening quails came up and covered the camp; and in the morning there was a layer of dew around the camp. When the layer of dew lifted, there on the surface of the wilderness was a fine flaky substance, as fine as frost on the ground. When the Israelites saw it, they said to one another, ‘What is it?’ For they did not know what it was. Moses said to them, ‘It is the bread that the Lord has given you to eat.
EPISTLE Ephesians 4v1-16
I, the prisoner in the Lord, beg you to lead a life worthy of the calling to which you have been called, with all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love, making every effort to maintain the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. There is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called to the one hope of your calling, one Lord, one faith, one baptism, one God and Father of all, who is above all and through all and in all.
But each of us was given grace according to the measure of Christ’s gift. Therefore it is said,
‘When he ascended on high he made captivity itself acaptive;he gave gifts to his people.’
(When it says, ‘He ascended’, what does it mean but that he had also descended into the lower parts of the earth? He who descended is the same one who ascended far above all the heavens, so that he might fill all things.) The gifts he gave were that some would be apostles, some prophets, some evangelists, some pastors and teachers, to equip the saints for the work of ministry, for building up the body of Christ, until all of us come to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to maturity, to the measure of the full stature of Christ. We must no longer be children, tossed to and fro and blown about by every wind of doctrine, by people’s trickery, by their craftiness in deceitful scheming. But speaking the truth in love, we must grow up in every way into him who is the head, into Christ, from whom the whole body, joined and knitted together by every ligament with which it is equipped, as each part is working properly, promotes the body’s growth in building itself up in love.
GOSPEL John6v24-35
When the crowd saw that neither Jesus nor his disciples were there, they themselves got into the boats and went to Capernaum looking for Jesus.
When they found him on the other side of the lake, they said to him, ‘Rabbi, when did you come here?’ Jesus answered them, ‘Very truly, I tell you, you are looking for me, not because you saw signs, but because you ate your fill of the loaves. Do not work for the food that perishes, but for the food that endures for eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you. For it is on him that God the Father has set his seal.’ Then they said to him, ‘What must we do to perform the works of God?’ Jesus answered them, ‘This is the work of God, that you believe in him whom he has sent.’ So they said to him, ‘What sign are you going to give us then, so that we may see it and believe you? What work are you performing? Our ancestors ate the manna in the wilderness; as it is written, “He gave them bread from heaven to eat.”’ Then Jesus said to them, ‘Very truly, I tell you, it was not Moses who gave you the bread from heaven, but it is my Father who gives you the true bread from heaven. For the bread of God is that which comes down from heaven and gives life to the world.’ They said to him, ‘Sir, give us this bread always.’
Jesus said to them, ‘I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never be hungry, and whoever believes in me will never be thirsty.
Prayer after Communion
God of Moses, who rained down bread on Israel’s wandering people: lead us to the food that never leaves us craving, addicted to consuming, but fills our whole humanity with life enough for all; through Jesus Christ, the bread of heaven. Amen.
For our prayers;
Those who are ill, David Young, Margaret Lee, Eileen Bradbury, Marjorie Nash.
Those recently died;Gladys Chatten, Terry Annetts, Florence Howes, Malcolm Southwell,TedManchett, Gerard Sauerman.
Years mind, St Peter’s; Elsie Nicholas, Sid Coulson
Margaret Saxby, Lillian Jinks, Louis Morley.
St Mary’s;Charlotte Riches, Jim Martin, Cyril Newell, Nathan Osborn, Hope Pattern.
St Peter;sRotasPlease sign up to lists at back to Read, lead Prayers, etcNew and existing people welcomed.
David, Bishop of Huntingdon is retiring.