Leadership Safeguarding Training
LEADERSHIP SAFEGUARDING TRAINING SESSION COMING UP LOCALLY:
TUE 17/03/20 18:30-21:30 ST STEPHEN’S CHURCH, UPPER BASILDON
Church Officers need to complete SAFEGUARDING Leadership training:
Please follow this link to book onto the session: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/leadership-safeguarding-training-tickets-83135100323
Leadership safeguarding training is required for anyone who has safeguarding leadership responsibilities or responsibility for leading activities involving children, young people and/or vulnerable adults.
Confirmation Classes
Have you been thinking about confirmation?
Do you know anyone who might be ?
Confirmation is for those who have been baptised and now wish to confirm the promises that were made for them and begin to receive Holy Communion.
There is a Confirmation Service on 24th May when Kerry from St Stephen's is being confirmed; if anyone else is interested, or you think of someone who might be, please contact Rev. Katy Weston westonkaty@hotmail.com or Rosemary Sandbach rosemarysandbach@yahoo.co.uk
Look into Jesus
How often do we hear something about Jesus and wonder what it means?
Hear something on Sunday and consider how it impacts on our everyday life?
Do we investing ate, look into it further
This is what a true disciple is – not a mindless follower, but one who learns, grows in faith.
Let us respond to Jesus call to ‘Come and see’
Look into Jesus
Discover more
Let him impact our everyday lives.
Light in the darkness
No-one expected Christ’s ministry to be quite what it is – yet it is the model for our own ministry.
In Baptism, we are called to be Christ-like in our response to God’s loving-purposes. Jesus grew up to be compassionate, generous, kind-hearted, loving and forgiving. It is those Christ-like qualities which we nurture in ourselves and in others.
Coming back to the cross
The cross inside the church, above the communion table, shows that we all need to keep coming back to the cross of Christ – our relationship is an ongoing thing.
We continually need to receive his help and healing in good times and bad.
It may appear “foolishness” to many, but to those that experience this relationship with God it has the ring of truth.
Foolish Cross?
what might appear foolish to the rest of the world is what we as Christians are baptised into – the suffering of the cross, for without the suffering of the cross then Christ could not have risen.
Corinth, according to the Book of Acts, was one of the more successful of Paul’s churches and yet the picture that St. Paul gives us today is far from rosy:
'It has been reported to me by Chloe’s people that there are quarrels among you, my brothers and sisters'.
Thank you and a prayer for new beginings
Thank you to all who supported Basildon Open Gardens in any way, the net profit to be shared between St Stephens and the Village Hall, is about £1200. I heard that there was a fantastic atmosphere and everyone enjoyed seeing so many people walking around the village! Someone commented “It went brilliantly with hundreds coming round the village for Open Gardens from Wantage, Tilehurst, Pangbourne as well as the village”.
Bishop Steven's pilgrimage, THURSDAY 5th September
The Bishop travelled 17 miles by boat on 1 September across Maidenhead and Windsor Deaneries. Then walked around 50 miles from Monday to Thursday across the Deaneries of Bracknell, Sonning, Reading and Bradfield. On Sunday 8th, the team cycled 16 miles or so across the Newbury Deanery from Hungerford to Thatcham and completed the final couple of visits by car.
Bishop Steven will be pilgrimaging round the Benefice on THURSDAY 5th September.
1-2 pm Join Bishop Steven at St Stephen’s for Holy Communion & Lunch in Basildon
Bishop Steven is then continuing his pilgrimage on foot aiming for
3:30 pm at St Clement’s Join Bishop Steven in Prayer in Ashampstead.
BASILDON OPEN GARDENS SUNDAY 8TH SEPTEMBER 2-5PM
TICKETS FOR OPEN GARDENS in advance from Clive Williams on 01491-671631 or e-mail clivewilliams@gmx.co.uk
Tickets can be bought on the day at St Stephens, the village hall or any of the gardens. Cost £6 per adult (children free).
11 Garden owners are participating as in the map above: 6 in the Village/Triangle area; 4 in Bethesda Street/Aldworth Road area and one in Beckfords. Teas will be available at several locations and to add even more variety, there will be a number of exhibition - Art, Photography and Local History. NO dogs please.
The proceeds will be divided between the Church and Village Hall.
The Basildon Horticultural Society are holding their show the day before, so we look forward to an enjoyable and successful Basildon community week-end.
