Newsletter

3rd &10th Aug
7th Sunday after Trinity

3rd Aug
Readings:
Colossians 3: 1-11
Luke 12:13-21

8th Sunday after Trinity
10th Aug

Readings:
Hebrews 11:1-3 8-16
Luke 12:32-40

3rd Aug SERVICES:
9:00 AM
Morning Prayer, Facebook Live
10:30 AM
Morning Worship, Norton
Morning Worship with Gods Detectives, Teynham
Holy Communion, Doddington
Holy Communion, Eastling

10th Aug SERVICES:
9:00 AM
Morning Prayer, Facebook Live
10:30 AM
Holy Communion, Newnham
Holy Communion, Oare
Morning Prayers, Throwley
All Together Now Service, Lynsted
Marriage:

We congratulate the following couple as they begin their married lives:
Katya and Scott Aug 9th Newnham Church

Funeral :
Please pray for the family and friends of
Sylvia Shepherd - Aug 6th - Lynsted
Marie-Louise Lacamp - 7th Aug - Norton
Fay Pidgeon - 11th Aug - Teynham

Prayer:
Prayer is a hugely important part of our relationship with God, as individuals and also as his Church together in each of our villages, in our two Parishes and as a Benefice.
In fact, how can we be about God's Church without prayer? Prayer is our sustenance; prayer through speaking and listening to God. Let us pray!
At the bottom of the newsletter you will find the prayer diary for the next 2 weeks, which has a different prayer for every day of the week.
We have an online morning prayer service every day at 9:00 AM on Facebook Live
If you would like to submit a Prayer request for next month's diary then please email [email protected] by the 15th of the month.

Events:
Growbaby at Kingsdown, Creekside and High Downs is a baby-bank, providing good quality, pre-loved baby clothing and equipment completely free of charge to those who need it.
Thursday 7th Aug 9AM-12PM
Lynsted church

Family Foodbank
If you are looking to donate food, below is a list of food which we are currently short of:
- Tinned Meat (Curry, Chilli, Meat Balls, Hot Dogs, Pies, etc.)
- Tinned Veg (Peas, Carrots, Potatoes, etc.)
- Tinned Fish
- Tinned Desserts (Fruit, Custard, Rice Pudding, etc.)
- Soups (Tinned & Packets)
- Tinned Potatoes
- Dried Rice/Pasta
- Sauces (Jars - Pasta, Curry, Chilli, etc)
- Long Life Milk
- Tea/Coffee
- Cereal
- Biscuits
- Preservatives
- Hygiene & Baby Products
Collection boxes can be found in each church & Doddington Vicarage
more information can be found at:
www.familyfoodbank.org

Stay in Touch
The Ministry Leadership Team would be pleased to pray for you or someone close to you:

Contact any of the following:-

Rev Paula Jardine-Rose
Rest Day FRIDAY
07516 411269
[email protected]
Rev Jim Pye
07851 680612
Working day Wednesday & Thursday
[email protected]

Mary Gollop
01795 522165
Les & Barbara Roberts
07944 284173
Pim Baxter
07710 116269
Sue Baldry
01795 522975
Caroline Ramshaw - Anna Chaplaincy
[email protected]
07799 538809

Benefice Administrator Joyce Warren
[email protected]
Office = Tuesday & Wednesday 01795 521831

Newsletter Editors Sandie & Robert Morrison
[email protected]
[email protected]
01795 704 078

Church Wardens

Our church wardens are responsible for the day-to-day running of each church, if you have any queries about a specific church feel free to get in touch with them.
Doddington - Les Roberts - 07944 284173
Eastling - Andrew Baxter - 07749 403727
Lynsted - David Willis - 07889 584571
Newnham - Bruce Leckie - 01795 890550
Norton - Sophia Steel - 01795 522941
Oare - Charlotte Relf - 01795 530576
Stalisfield - Jenny King - 01795 890366
Teynham - Bob Prichard - 01795 522168
Throwley - David Elvin - 07973 837122
Wychling - Robbie Jardine - 01795 886165

Prayer Diary

August 1st
Thank you God for holidays and times of rest & refreshment. Help us to value these as important times for ourselves and for others.
August 2nd
We pray for initiatives such as Refill Faversham that encourage us to limit our use of plastics and thereby honour your creation.
August 3rd
Bless all those leading services today in our churches, that through their authenticity the beauty of God will shine through. And praying that the Picnic & Games at Teynham today builds relationships through shared fun.
August 4th
We remember those who have tried very hard to achieve something and not managed it; praying for the frustrated and disappointed.
August 5th
We pray for those who are nursing the dying that they might have gentleness and reverence for this sacred task.
August 6th
Giving thanks for all those who collect our rubbish, clean public toilets, empty our cesspits and all whose work means they go home each day smelly & dirty.
August 7th
Thank you for all who support Growbaby through staffing, donations and prayer. Bless all the families who attend today and bless organiser Karen taking a well-deserved break.
August 8th
Thank you for all those who wear a friendly smile when we pass them, and those whose passing comment makes us laugh.
August 9th
Praying for all parents for whom the school holidays feel interminable, and who struggle to manage.
August 10th
Praying for Christians meeting all over the world, that we might put our differences behind us and unite behind the commission of Jesus.
August 11th
Be with all those who are so desperate to reach our shores that they risk their lives in small boats, and continuing to pray for successful initiatives to find solutions that work for all concerned.
August 12th
We pray for people who have to search daily for food or walk long distances for clean water.
August 13th
Remembering with deep gratitude those who have left their mark on our lives by giving us love and laughter, but who have now gone to be with Christ.