View this email in your browser Thought for Thursday with Benefice News Thursday May 30th 2024 Click for Website Sunday 2nd June The First Sunday after Trinity 09:00 Holy Communion St Benedict’s Glinton 10:30 Family Communion St Pega’s Peakirk 15.00 Messy Church Peakirk Village Hall 18:00 Taize Evening Prayer St Peter’s Maxey Compline Sunday June 9th The Benefice Choir will be singing a Service of Compline (Night Prayer) in St Benedict’s Church at 8.00pm (20.00). All are welcome to join this short reflective service. Th4Th for May 30th Last Friday, May 24th, was the day in the Anglican Cycle of Prayer when we are asked to commemorate John Wesley and his younger brother, Charles, the fathers of Methodism. Simon told us a little about them during Morning Prayer on that day. During my career I spent some years working for the Methodist Publishing House and while I was there the 250th Anniversary of what became known as John Wesley’s “Aldersgate experience” occurred. Throughout the Methodist churches there were many commemorative services at this time. It was at a meeting in Aldersgate that John’s life changed and he later wrote on his diary that “. . . About a quarter before nine . . .I felt my heart strangely warmed . . .“ This was the beginning of his new ministry. He felt that God had moved him to share his personal commitment to salvation and encourage others to do the same. Although both brothers were ordained Anglican priests, John felt that the Church of England had become too formulaic and hidebound by rules, regulations and practices without an individual personal connection to God, for example, at that time parsons would collect livings to maximise their income but never actually set foot inside the churches. Instead, they paid curates a pittance to conduct the services. Wesley famously said, “The World is my parish.” He ignored church boundaries. travelling the length and breadth of the country preaching and teaching. An eloquent and charismatic preacher, his ministry was complimented by the six thousand-odd hymns that Charles wrote. He did not intend to create a new denomination, rather wanted to make the church he served more Christ-centred. Wesley’s Spirit-led, very different ministry not only gave birth to Methodism, it also had a knock-on effect on some of the practices of the Church of England. We pray that, again led by the Spirit, that the changes we make to our church going forward will be those that God wants us to make. Reader Derek FOR OUR PRAYERS For all those sitting Exams and Tests For the preparation of young people for first communion For all those who are sick in mind, body or soul, especially, John, Peggy, Mike, Ann, and Paul For those who we love but see no longer especially Ann Garside For the Deanery youth project and finding people wishing to explore God’s call on their life. DIARY DATES This Friday :. Friday May 31st Benefice@The Boozer 8.00pm (20.00) Meet at The Bluebell Glinton 8.00pm onwards. And looking further ahead : Friday June 7th at 7.30pm in St Andrew’s Church Northborough Frumenty in Concert - folk music and more..... Songs, Stories and Shenanigans. Tickets are also available from Freda and Polly Saturday June 15th St Pega’s Strawberry Tea. All tickets have been sold for this afternoon. Saturday June 15th 3-5pm Afternoon Tea in "The Priory Garden" 11 Church Street Northborough Ticket Only £15.00 from Clare : 07802487679 Friday June 21st in Glinton Village Hall St Benedict’s Beetle Drive with Fish and Chip Supper. Tickets (£15.00) are available from members of St Benedict’s Social Committee Spread the word! If you are organising an event and want it publicising in Th4Th, please send your posters to me as a jpeg! NEWSROUNDUP St Pega’s Skip-a-long ……. ……… was launched last Thursday evening and the children, in particular, enjoyed practicing with their new skipping ropes. We are now aiming for ONE MILLION SKIPs before July 20th - an ambitious target but let’s go for it! If you haven’t joined in the fun, it is not too late. Skipping ropes will be available at Messy Church on Sunday and also from me. Age is no barrier. Sitting-skipping is as much fun and is a good cardio and core workout too! Cake for AMVC We all know that Rev Keir likes cake! He would like 100 pieces. No, not to eat himself but to share with the staff of AMVC. Can you help by making (or if you are not able to make, donating) a cake, traybake, cookies, flapjack for him to take into the school on June 13th? There may be members of staff who avoid gluten or dairy so if one or two bakers could consider this when baking that would be helpful. The Website Don’t forget to check out the Benefice website. There’s lots on it, including being able to buy tickets for our church events. NOTICES iKnow Church Code for the app: 28724232 Deanery Youth Project – Donations gratefully received. Bake a Cake for AMVC Staff for 13th June Could you think about giving to the church? If you do, could you raise the amount? Could this be done through Parish Giving Scheme? Regular income targets have been set for each parish. Who could you ask to help support these wonderful churches? Not sure what the Parish Giving Scheme is? From the Parish Giving Scheme website : ‘We are an independent charity with a mission to enhance the generosity that enriches the life of the Church and its ministry in each community. Our goal is to ease the administrative burden for churches, while empowering all generations to give with confidence and to feel valued. We operate a secure and effective service for managing Direct Debit gifts from individuals to their churches. The scheme has been adopted by the majority of dioceses in the Church of England and many of their parishes, and take-up continues to grow each year. The PGS is an easy and trusted method for making a regular gifts to your church.’ parishgiving.org.uk blessings Jane (9bridgescommunications@gmail.com) Copyright (C) 2024 The Nine Bridges Benefice. All rights reserved.
