Dear Friends,
Lat week we had a week of ‘Spotlight on Scripture’. We have been encouraged to look at the Gospel for the day and ask the Holy Spirit to highlight a word or phrase. Using that word to allow God to guide your thinking as you meditate on that word or phrase to what personal action or character to develop in our lives.
In Daily reflection I will be doing that with the daily readings. Using those or your own reflections, letting the scripture move within the activity during your day. This way we will deepen our faith within our churches collectively and as a community.
Have a great weekend
Revd Peter
If you are needing to contact Louise, please use either email or mobile phone, text or call.
[email protected] or 07779585908
Safeguarding
For any safeguarding concerns, please contact one of the following:
Revd Louise Grace: 07779585908 [email protected]
Katie Gray: [email protected]
Caryll Ingerslev – St. Luke’s: [email protected]
Jane March-Mcdonald – St. Margaret’s - [email protected]
For issues with rough sleepers:
Elizabeth Reed: [email protected]
Please send all contributions for the newsletter to Gill Yates by the end of [email protected]
Services and calendar for the week
Sunday 29th June
10am… Holy Communion…St Margaret’s
10am…Holy Communion…St Luke’s
3pm…Songs of Praise…St Margaret’s
Monday 30th June
10am…Mini-messy church…St Margaret’s
7pm…Compline…Zoom
Tuesday 1st July
9am…Morning Prayer…St Margaret’s
Wednesday 2nd July
10.00am…Morning Worship…Zoom
1.15pm…Lunchtime Concert…St Margaret’s
2.30pm…Coffee and Cake…St Margaret’s
Thursday 3rd July
10am…Mini-Messy Church…St Margaret’s
Friday 4th July
9am…Morning Prayer…St Margaret’s
Saturday 5th July
8am…Prayer Breakfast…St Margaret’s
Sunday 6th July
10am… Holy Communion + Baptism…St Margaret’s
10am…Holy Communion…St Luke’s
The Zoom links and meeting IDs for all the Zoom events are on our pages on ACNY (A Church Near You)
Bookings
St. Margaret’s bookings are managed by Caryll Ingerslev.
Contact: [email protected]
St. Luke’s Church and Church Rooms bookings are managed by Sandra Greedy.
[email protected] or phone 01392 271458
St. Luke’s church is open on Wednesdays afternoons between 2.00 and 4.00.
St. Margaret’s church is always open from approx. 9.00 a.m. but closure times depend on the season. The church is now being closed at around 7.00 p.m.
Confirmation
Many people associate confirmation as a rite of passage for teenagers, and that often is the age bracket of candidates. However, there are increasing numbers of adults exploring confirmation (literally, confirming our baptism promises for ourselves), and enjoying the exploration that preparation sessions offer.
There's already one adult in our worshipping community asking for confirmation. I would like to see if there are others. The service would likely be late autumn/early winter, and preparation would involve attending four preparation sessions.
Please let me know if you are interested.
St. Margaret’s
Coffee and Cake
Do come along to St. Margaret’s on a Wednesday afternoon for coffee, tea, cake and a chat! From 2.30 p.m.
Lunchtime Concert
Wednesday July 2nd at 1.15 Matthew Wright, piano recital: “An English Country Garden”, music by Grainger, Bowen and Howells
Songs of Praise
29th June 3 p.m. St Margaret's Social area
If you enjoy singing come along to our Songs of Praise, Sunday 29th June at 3 p.m. in the social area of St Margaret's Church. The theme is Midsummer/Creation. There will be seven hymns, two poems and a short reflection. Of course, all of this will be followed with tea and cakes. Spread the word and bring your friends. We look forward to welcoming you.
Flower Festival 2025
This will soon be upon us!
There will be lists at the back of the church to sign up if you are willing to help with stewarding, refreshments and cake-making.
It is now standard practice and required by the Diocese, for a basic (on-line) safe-guarding course to be completed, if you are a volunteer. Gill Yates will contact any volunteers with details of how to access this online. Certificates should then be sent to Katie Gray, our safe-guarding lead.
Dream Big
We are about to start our community fundraising for the summer. We deliberately are not appealing to the congregation as you gave so generously at the start of the project. However, some people weren’t here for the February 2023 appeal, so now is your chance! We are finalising a leaflet to be widely distributed, and there are various fundraising events during the summer. If you would like to help the team running the tea room at the Flower Festival or on Charter Day, you will be helping Dream Big, because it is their chosen charity.
Cable Recycling is restarting!
Peter Lockwood has very kindly offered to start collecting again: charger cables, chargers with obsolete connectors, cables from old computers/printers, mains cables, unwanted plugs , adaptors etC. Electric wire, telephone/TV cabling, items made of copper, aluminium, bronze.
NO FERROUS METAL
There will be a box at the back of the church.
Proceeds to the Dream Big Project.
St. Luke’s
There will be a Cream Tea in the Garden at 29 Southbrook Road, Countess Wear, on Wednesday 2ndJuly, 3 to 5pm. This will take place rain or shine! Tickets, £5, are available from Brian Bolt or Ken and Sandra Greedy and all proceeds will go towards St. Luke’s Church funds.
Requests for tickets can be made by e mail – [email protected] – or by phone – 01392 271458.
Sandra Greedy
Please find the St. Luke’s monthly newsletter attached.
Exmouth Food Bank
This month we would welcome donations of the following items:
Tinned meat meals (e.g. stew, meatballs)
Tinned cold meat (e.g. ham, corned beef)
Porridge oats & instant porridge
Pasta
Stir in pasta/pasta bake sauces
Tinned fruit
Fruit squash/juice
Longlife whole milk
Thank you so much ❤️
For further information email: [email protected] 07787758511
Prayers
For those who are ill or in need of our prayers:
Jill and Adrian, Kirsten, Jan, Roger, David Byrne, Marlene Gardner, Pam Wormald, Mary, Peter, John Heal, Rosemary Henry, Gail Miller, Carol Walker
Housebound or in nursing/care homes:
Alfred Wonnacott, Janet Mutter, Georgina Lear
Please pray for Anne Plested supporting the work of Bethlehem Bible College, and Ben and Katy Ray in Tanzania, St. Luke’s CMS mission link.
Anniversaries
Eva Wensley, Nora Clouting, Christopher Waite
Alec Newman, Kathleen Wheeler, Marjorie Cannon, Eileen Gunnell, Geoffrey Cann, Malcolm Young, Gordon Cable
Recently departed
Peter Gwynne
Gospel Readings for the coming week
Sunday 29th June Matthew 16: 13-19
Monday 30th June Matthew 8: 18-22
Tuesday 1st July Matthew 8: 23-27
Wednesday 2nd July Matthew 8: 28-end
Thursday 3rd July John 20: 24-29
Friday 4th July Matthew 9: 9-13
Saturday 5th July Matthew 9: 14-17
Sunday 6th July Luke 10: 1-11, 16-20
Collect and reading for Sunday 29th June
Lord, you have taught us that all our doings without love are nothing worth: send your Holy Spirit and pour into our hearts that most excellent gift of love, the true bond of peace and of all virtues, without which whoever lives is counted dead before you. Grant this for your only Son Jesus Christ’s sake, who is alive and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever.
Matthew 16.13-19
When Jesus came into the coasts of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, saying, Whom do men say that I the Son of man am?
And they said, Some say that thou art John the Baptist: some, Elias; and others, Jeremias, or one of the prophets.
He saith unto them, But whom say ye that I am?
And Simon Peter answered and said, Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God.
And Jesus answered and said unto him, Blessed art thou, Simon Barjona: for flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but my Father which is in heaven.
And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.
And I will give unto thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.
This email was sent from Mission Community of Topsham and Wear using iknowchurch. If you wish to update contact preferences, please email : [email protected]