News and notices from across the benefice
Hi all,
Please see below a slightly different format for the weekly email. You will now be able to find copies of the newsletter on our website for further browsing as well as a few copies in church during the week. Please do feel free to pass me any feedback you have so we can continue to make these much better and more accessible to you. Also, as ever, please do get in touch if you have any items you would like to see in the newsletter.
God bless,
Grant
We’re delighted to announce that the Cafe which is popular at St. Stephen’s has re-opened. It will initially run on the first Monday of the month - and we will review according the covid situation. Do come and join us for a cup of something nice, homemade cakes and a meet up with friends.
Sorry we didn’t manage to livestream the service this morning.
However, we recorded the sermon at St Stephen’s. We thought about what family means. Jesus family thought he was mad, the religious leaders thought he was bad, Jesus offers those who believe he’s God the chance to join his family. Listen to Rosemary preach on the gospel reading from Mark 3
Click above for the link to the audio file.
Remembering Prince Philip
You are welcome to remember Prince Philip and pray for the royal family by praying in one of the Benefice churches:
St Mary’s and St Clement’s are open daily for private prayer;.
St Stephen’s is open for private prayer on Wednesday and Sunday, 9 am to 4pm (we had opened every day specially last week but now we’re reverting to our Covid-19 safe pattern).
Click above for more ….
“Love as Christ loved us” Does the bible set the bar too high? Listen to Mike’s talk to see what he thinks.
Hear how he makes a connection to Prince Philip and the Queen.
We know our bodies are wasting away but our citizenship is in heaven - this is the hope that Queen has and so do we.
Listen to Mike’s talk by clicking on the link above.
Growing Back
What's the plan?
Stage one: Recentre our lives on Jesus as we safely navigate a way to meet together.
Stage two: Journey from Easter through to Pentecost, and beyond, aiming to re-establish weekly services across the benefice, all subject to national guidance.
Stage three: Through prayer and planning, seek God's will to build and establish new growth.
