Bowland Benefice
Pews News
15 June 2025
Trinity Sunday
Holy, Holy, Holy! Merciful and Mighty
God in Three Persons,
Blessèd Trinity!!
Collect
Almighty and everlasting God,
you have given us your servants grace,
by the confession of a true faith,
to acknowledge the glory of the eternal Trinity
and in the power of the divine majesty
to worship the Unity:
keep us steadfast in this faith,
that we may evermore be defended
from all adversities;
through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord,
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever. Amen.
This week in the Benefice
Sunday
15 June 10.30am

Benefice Service
of Holy
Communion in
Upton Snodsbury

Sunday
22 June
Trinity 1

9.30am

Holy Communion
in White Ladies
Aston
10.30am Songs of Praise in
Upton Snodsbury

11.00am

Late Breakfast
Café Church in
Peopleton
Revd Claire, Church Warden Helen and the
congregation of St Kenelm’s in Upton Snodsbury look
forward to meeting friends old and new from across
the Bowland Benefice at the Benefice Eucharist

Service this Sunday.
You will be made very welcome!
A Prayer for our welcoming Churches
O God, make the door of this house wide enough
to receive all who need human love and friendship,
but narrow enough to shut out all envy,
pride and malice.

Make its threshold smooth enough to be no
stumbling-block to children,
nor to straying feet,

but strong enough to turn away the power of evil.
God make the door of this house a gateway to your

eternal kingdom.

Grant this through Christ our Lord. Amen.
(adapted from Bishop Thomas Ken 1637-1711)

A thank you from Helen from Upton Snodsbury……
A very big thank you to all who attended the
wonderful evening of Jazz at Cowsden Hall on 10 May.
It was a brilliant evening and we raised £720.
Many thanks to those who helped in any way, and
especially to Martin and his band for the superb
music, and David for the loan of his Conservatory.
St Kenelm’s looked magnificent for the Flower Festival
over the weekend of 31 May and 1 June. There were
exciting displays of flowers everywhere, with the
theme of from my garden. Crafts were on sale and
delicious homemade cake and teas were available.
Altogether we raised £774 - an amazing amount.
Thank you to everyone who helped in any way.
These two amounts will be going towards all the
repairs we have to do on our ancient but well-loved
building – there are the floor repairs, tarmacing of our
share of the path, stained glass window repairs, roof
leaks, mullion repairs and so on and so forth - it seems
never ending, which is why we have so many
fundraising events – fundraising but we hope fun too.
Our next one is the annual Fete on July 12 th .
And this Sunday is Fathers’ Day!
Today is recognised across a lot of the world as
Fathers’ Day - from the USA to Pakistan; from Mexico
to South Africa; from Greece to Canada.
A survey a few years ago showed that in Britain the
average dad spends 4 hours a week as his children’s
taxi-driver, 27 days a year doing home DIY and if you
put a price on all the times he ‘rehouses’ spiders and
other creepy-crawlies, he would be a wealthy man!
Some may regard Fathers’ Day as just an opportunity
for the card manufacturers to make a bit of money
but it can be an opportunity to think about what being
a dad means, to express love and gratitude, to talk
together, laugh together and maybe show
understanding and forgiveness too. Begin to heal

broken relationships.

We think of Fathers striving to provide for their
families against all the odds – in our world’s utterly
intolerable war zones, in areas of huge depravation,
flooding, drought and hunger – those husbands and
fathers who have nothing and whose despair is

beyond measure.
God, bless all the fathers in the world.
Guide them to be good role models
and loving to their children.
Help them to be a father like You are.
Give them grace and patience
to handle situations in a loving way. Amen.
A thank you for all those men and women who have
guided us and supported us in our lives, in both the
big things and the small. For those who have shaped
our thoughts, our outlooks and our attitudes.