Next Week’s worship – 30thAugust 2015
Thirteenth Sunday after Trinity
8.00am: Holy Communion
9.30am:Parish Eucharist with Revd Maslen
Readings: Deuteronomy 4.1-2,6-9; James 1.17-end;
Mark 7.1-8, 14-15, 21-23
This week’s Diary commencing 24thAugust 2015
Tuesday: / 7.30pm / Little Fishes planning meeting at the VicarageWednesday: / 9.30am
3.00pm / Holy Communion at Tetbury Church
Wedding rehearsal at Tetbury Church
Thursday: / 5.00pm / Wedding rehearsal at Long Newnton Church
Friday: / 12.15pm
1.00pm
5.00pm / Funeral of Aubrey Pegler at Westerleigh Crematorium
Wedding of Peter Green and Heather Bloom at Long Newnton Church
Wedding rehearsal at Shipton Moyne Church
Saturday / 2.00pm
3.00pm / Wedding of Joseph Waigwa and Lyndia Richards at Shipton Moyne Church
Wedding of Jonathan Bonnar and Lucy Grunfeld at Tetbury Church
Parish Priest’s Day off: Monday
Prayer List (Please pray daily for the sick and departed)
Monday: Eileen, Jim, Michael, Evelyn, Win, Annabel
Tuesday: Stuart, Janet, Tyrone, Peter, Phyl, Clarissa
Wednesday:Rick, Maureen, Kelly, Janine, Benito
Thursday:Heather, Angela, Sheilagh, Ethan, Monica
Friday: Jenny, Victor and family, Tony, Murran
Departed: Edith Christopher, Edith Elspeth Ellis, Aubrey Pegler, Cyril Faulkner
Praying for the Town: Old Brewery lane and Warns Court
BENEFICE OF TETBURY, BEVERSTON,
LONG NEWNTON and SHIPTON MOYNE
Twelfth Sunday after Trinity 23rdAugust 2015
Welcome to all visitors and those new to the Church. Please make yourselves known to us.Coffee will be served at the front after the 9.30am service. Join us if you can.
There is a loop system for the hard of hearing, and large print copies of the service and the hymn book are available from the sidesmen.
All are invited to come to the altar at the time of Communion. Members of other churches who would receive at their own church are welcome to do so here. If receiving communion is not appropriate, please come up to receive a blessing (it helps us if you bring a service book to indicate if you would prefer to receive a blessing). If you would like Communion brought to you please tell one of the sidesmen.
Worship Today
8.00am:Holy Communion
9.30am:Parish Eucharist with Revd Poppy Hughes
Hymns:278, 563, Sheet, 10, 166
Collect:
Almighty and everlasting God, you are always more ready to hear than we to pray and to give more than either we desire or deserve: pour down upon us the abundance of your mercy, forgiving us those things of which our conscience is afraid and giving us those good things which we are not worthy to ask but through the merits and mediation of 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. Amen
Post Communion Prayer:
God of all mercy, in this eucharist you have set aside our sins and given us your healing: grant that we who are made whole in Christ may bring that healing to this broken world, in the name of Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
Notices
Thank you to all those who worked hard on the tower tours and to those who served the cream teas last Sunday. We made £275.
Christ ChurchTetbury arelooking for a person to lead the Oasis Cafe group that meets for 2 hours on a Wednesday morning. Oasis Cafe meets term time only in the church area at Christ Church and provides a space for the young children to play while the parents\carers meet as friends. The focus of the group is to provide a safe haven, a caring and supportive Christian environment for, in particular, new and young parents. The group’s purpose is different from the Friday ‘Chippin Chicks’ group which is primarily a Pre-School Toddlers group. Anyone interested in the post, for which a remuneration is available, should contact in the first instance, Brian Cook, .
Save ‘n Borrow It is hoped to set up a Save’n Borrow Bank, Credit Union, in Tetbury in the Autumn. This will be run by volunteers and it is envisaged that it will open one afternoon a week. It is the churches alternative to Wonga. To this end, a meeting of those interested in helping, on a rota basis, will be held atSt Michaels on Tuesday 1 September at 2pm as this is a Churches Together project. Please do come to find out more from those who are running the one in Stroud who will give full training and support and advise on the way forward. You do not have to commit yourself so just come if you want to find out what it is all about. More information from Alison Hesketh
Shipton Moyne will be holding their annual Animal Service next Sunday30th August at 11.15am. All welcome
Ride and Stride -The Gloucestershire Historic Churches Trust are encouraging Parishes to participate in the forthcoming Ride and Strideon Saturday 12thSeptember. It is simple to do – decide how many churches you’d like to visit on bike, foot or horseback, plan your route and then spend an enjoyable day out in the towns and villages. If you would like more information please contact Alisa O’Connor email rideandstride@ghct,org.uk,
Dates for your diary - Prayer for Tetbury Day will be held on Saturday 19th September and Saturday 21st Novemberat Christ Church
There will be a Service of Welcome on Saturday 19th September for Bishop Rachel Treweek in Gloucester Cathedral at 4.30pm
Parish Priest: Revd Poppy Hughes, The Vicarage, 6 The Green, Tetbury,GL8 8DN. Tel: 01666 502333 Day off: Monday
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Curate: RevdKim Hartshorne email:
Parish Administrator: Diana Sharp, All items for inclusion in the Sunday news-sheets should be sent by Thursday 8.30am at the latest. Tel: 01666 500088; e-mail:
Parish Office: The Parish Office will be open 9.00am – 1pm Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday & 9.00am – 12 noon Friday
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Treasurer: All financial enquiries e-mail:
SUNDAY 23rd August 2015
Twelfth Sunday after Trinity
Old Testament Reading Joshua 24.1-2a, 14-18
Joshua gathered all the tribes of Israel to Shechem, and summoned the elders, the heads, the judges, and the officers of Israel; and they presented themselves before God. And Joshua said to all the people, ‘Now therefore revere the LORD, and serve him in sincerity and in faithfulness; put away the gods that your ancestors served beyond the River and in Egypt, and serve the LORD. Now if you are unwilling to serve the LORD, choose this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your ancestors served in the region beyond the River or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you are living; but as for me and my household, we will serve the LORD.’Then the people answered, ‘Far be it from us that we should forsake the LORD to serve other gods; for it is the LORD our God who brought us and our ancestors up from the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery, and who did those great signs in our sight. He protected us along all the way that we went, and among all the peoples through whom we passed; and the LORD drove out before us all the peoples, the Amorites who lived in the land. Therefore we also will serve the LORD, for he is our God.’
New Testament Reading Ephesians 6.10-20
Be strong in the Lord and in the strength of his power. Put on the whole armour of God, so that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. For our struggle is not against enemies of blood and flesh, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers of this present darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places. Therefore take up the whole armour of God, so that you may be able to withstand on that evil day, and having done everything, to stand firm. Stand therefore, and fasten the belt of truth around your waist, and put on the breastplate of righteousness. As shoes for your feet put on whatever will make you ready to proclaim the gospel of peace. With all of these, take the shield of faith, with which you will be able to quench all the flaming arrows of the evil one. Take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.Pray in the Spirit at all times in every prayer and supplication. To that end keep alert and always persevere in supplication for all the saints. Pray also for me, so that when I speak, a message may be given to me to make known with boldness the mystery of the gospel, for which I am an ambassador in chains. Pray that I may declare it boldly, as I must speak.
Gospel John 6.56-69
Jesus said to the crowd: ‘Those who eat my flesh and drink my blood abide in me, and I in them. Just as the living Father sent me, and I live because of the Father, so whoever eats me will live because of me. This is the bread that came down from heaven, not like that which your ancestors ate, and they died. But the one who eats this bread will live for ever.’ He said these things while he was teaching in the synagogue at Capernaum.When many of his disciples heard it, they said, ‘This teaching is difficult; who can accept it?’ But Jesus, being aware that his disciples were complaining about it, said to them, ‘Does this offend you? Then what if you were to see the Son of Man ascending to where he was before? It is the spirit that gives life; the flesh is useless. The words that I have spoken to you are spirit and life. But among you there are some who do not believe.’ For Jesus knew from the first who were the ones that did not believe, and who was the one that would betray him. And he said, ‘For this reason I have told you that no one can come to me unless it is granted by the Father.’Because of this many of his disciples turned back and no longer went about with him. So Jesus asked the twelve, ‘Do you also wish to go away?’ Simon Peter answered him, ‘Lord, to whom can we go? You have the words of eternal life. We have come to believe and know that you are the Holy One of God.’
What a friend we have in Jesus
What a friend we have in Jesus,
all our sins and griefs to bear!
What a privilege to carry
ev’rything to him in prayer!
O what peace we often forfeit,
O what needless pain we bear,
all because we do not carry
ev’rything to God in prayer!
2.Have we trials and temptations?
Is there trouble anywhere?
We should never be discouraged:
take it to the Lord in prayer!
Can we find a friend so faithful,
who will all our sorrows share?
Jesus knows our ev’ry weakness
take it to the Lord in prayer!
3.Are we weak and heavy-laden,
cumbered with a load of care?
Jesus only is our refuge,
take it to the Lord in prayer!
Do thy friends despise, forsake thee?
Take it to the Lord in prayer!
In his arms he’ll take and shield thee,
thou wilt find a solace there.
Joseph Medlicott Scriven (1819-1886)
CCL Licence No 682018