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SUMMARY:Bowland Benefice Pews News 7 July 2024
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DESCRIPTION:Bowland Benefice\nPews News 7 July 2024\nCollect for Trinity 6
 \nMerciful God\,\n\nyou have prepared for those who love you\nsuch good th
 ings as pass our understanding:\npour into our hearts such love toward you
 \nthat we\, loving you in all things and above all things\,\n\nmay obtain 
 your promises\,\nwhich exceed all that we can desire\;\nthrough Jesus Chri
 st your Son our Lord\,\nwho is alive and reigns with you\,\nin the unity o
 f the Holy Spirit\,\none God\, now and for ever. Amen.\nThis Week in the B
 enefice\nSaturday 6\nJuly\n\n10.30am -\nnoon\n\nSt Kenelm’s\nopen to lea
 ve\nFete donations\n\nSunday\n7 July\n\n10.30am Family Service\nin Upton\n
 Snodsbury\n11.00am Holy\nCommunion in\nPeopleton\n6.00pm Evensong in\nWhit
 e Ladies\nAston\n\nSaturday\n13 July\n\n2.30pm –\n4.30pm\n\nGrand Fete i
 n\nthe grounds of\nUpton House\,\nUpton\nSnodsbury.\n\nSunday\n14 July\nTr
 inity 7\n\n10.30am Holy\nCommunion in\nUpton\nSnodsbury\n10.30am Family\nM
 orning\nWorship in\nSpetchley\n4.00pm All Age Family\nService in\nBroughto
 n\nHackett\nPlease do make a note of the 3 special services\nIn the Benefi
 ce next Sunday –\nArchdeacon Nikki Groarke from Dudley will preside\nAt 
 the Communion Service in Upton Snodsbury.\nThe annual Summer Service at Sp
 etchley will be at\n\n10.30am. Details overleaf.\n\nThe All-Age Family Ser
 vice at Broughton Hackett at\n4.00pm which will be followed by refreshment
 s and a\n\nchance to chat to friends.\n\nA message from Claire\n\nOur pari
 shes have enjoyed good community time over\nthe past couple of weeks.  As
  well as the usual\ngatherings on a weekly basis\, we have had the coffee\
 nmorning at the Rectory\, the fete at White Ladies Aston\nand the Thank Yo
 u service at Peopleton.  All well\nattended and a great opportunity to me
 et up with\nfriends now that summer really is here!  Don’t forget\nof c
 ourse that we have the Grand Fete at Upton\nHouse\, Upton Snodsbury on 13 
 th July\, 2.30 pm–\n\n4.30pm.  See you there.\n\nThe annual Summer Serv
 ice on 14 July in Spetchley\nCar Parking - use the visitor entrance\, the 
 gate will be\nopen at 10.00am.If you have mobility issues and need\nto par
 k closer to the church let Heather Lewis know by\nThursday 11th and she wi
 ll make arrangements.\n\nTel. 01905 345731.\n\nNew Worshipping Communities
  – one of the four\n\ndiocesan priorities\n\nOn Tuesday 23 July at 7.30p
 m at St Andrew’s Centre\,\nPershore\, Kim Brown\, the Diocesan New Worsh
 ipping\nCommunities Enabler will lead a presentation and\ndiscussion about
  NWC’s. If you are interested in\nseeing the Church grow\, please come. 
 Kim is a priest\nand will share her experience of forming a NWC in\nrural 
 Gloucestershire.  We’ll be able to share our\nexperiences of what is go
 ing well\, what needs\nencouragement\, and what we need help with. Kim wil
 l\nbe happy to take questions and offer further support.\nThe aim of this 
 initiative is to reach those who\ncurrently don’t go to church and to he
 lp them grow in\nthe faith and become part of a Christian community\nmeeti
 ng up in person or online regularly and thereby\nconnecting with the wi
 der Church. There is more\ninformation to be found on the Diocesan web-sit
 e.\nA new Bishop for the Worcester Diocese\n‘Join the Conversation’ an
 d ensure you are heard!\nBishop Martin of Dudley writes We have begun the\
 nprocess of looking for a new Bishop of Worcester and\nwant to hear the vi
 ews of as many people as possible\nacross the Diocese. The Vacancy in See 
 Committee is\nbeginning to develop our diocesan ‘Statement of\nNeeds’\
 , which sets out what we see as our key\npriorities as a diocese\, where w
 e feel God is calling us\nand what experience\, skills and qualities we wo
 uld like\nin our new diocesan bishop.  We want to ensure this is\nan accu
 rate reflection of the diocese\, and we need\n\nyour help!\n\nPlease compl
 ete our online survey letting us know\nwhat you think we need in a new bis
 hop and where\nyou see our diocese at the moment and in the future. \nThe
  survey should only take 10 minutes of your time\nand can be found here: w
 ww.cofe-\nworcester.org.uk/join-the-conversation\n…….more information 
 as the week’s go by.
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