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SUMMARY:Bowland Benefice Pews News 15 January 2023
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DESCRIPTION:Bowland Benefice\nPews News 15 January 2023\nSecond Sunday of 
 Epiphany\n\nCollect\nAlmighty God\,\nin Christ you make all things new:\nt
 ransform the poverty of our nature by the riches\n\nof your grace\,\nand i
 n the renewal of our lives\nmake known your heavenly glory\;\nthrough Jesu
 s Christ your Son our Lord\,\nwho is alive and reigns with you\,\nin the u
 nity of the Holy Spirit\,\none God\, now and for ever. Amen.\nThis week in
  the Benefice\nSunday\n15 January\n\n10.30am Benefice Holy\nCommunion in\n
 Upton Snodsbury\n(see note below)\n\nMonday\n16 February\n\nNoon to\n2.00p
 m\n\nVillage Lunch in The\nParish Room\, White\nLadies Aston\n(see below)\
 n\nWednesday 18\nJanuary\n\n2.00pm to\n4.00pm\n\nMums Meet and\nSwap in Up
 ton\nSnodsbury Village\nHall (see below)\n\nSunday\n22 January\n3 rd Sunda
 y of\nEpiphany\n\n9.00am Holy Communion in\nWhite Ladies Aston\n10.30am Mo
 rning Prayer in\nUpton Snodsbury\n11.00am Holy Communion in\nPeopleton\nRe
 vd Claire says………..It would be good to see more of\nyou at our Benef
 ice Holy Communion Services.  This\nweek we are at St Kenelm’s in Upton
  Snodsbury at\n10.30am.  It’s a good chance to worship with those we\nm
 ight not see very often\, then to catch up with\nfriends over coffee and b
 iscuits afterwards.  I look\nforward to seeing you there.\n\nIn a couple 
 of weeks’ time\, on 29 January (5 th Sunday)\nthe Benefice Holy Communio
 n service will be in St\nLeonard’s\, Broughton Hackett and I am looking\
 nforward to meeting up with you there too.\nIn The Parish Room\, White Lad
 ies Aston on Monday\n16 th from noon\, The Village Lunch. £4 to include\n
 home-made soup\, dessert\, tea/coffee. To book ring\n345371 or email marga
 ret.haywood@gmail.com .\nIn Upton Snodsbury Village Hall on Wednesday 18 t
 h\nfrom 2.00pm\, Mums Meet &amp\; Swap.\nCall in for a catch up and a cupp
 a before school pick\nup\, or afterwards or both! Don’t forget your chil
 dren’s\npreloved items for the Swaps table. Mums\, Dads\,\nGrandparents\
 , Carers all welcome. No charge but\n\ndonations welcome.\n\nTomorrow in t
 he United States is Martin Luther\nKing Day\, to commemorate the life of t
 he black\ncivil rights leader Martin Luther King Jnr\,\nassassinated 55 ye
 ars ago in April 1968.\nA Prayer for us all written in his memory\nO God\,
  we thank you for the fact that you have\ninspired men and women in all na
 tions\,\nall cultures and all faiths.\nGrant that we will follow you and b
 ecome so\ncommitted to your way and your kingdom\,\nthat we will be able t
 o establish here a kingdom of\n\nunderstanding\,\n\nwhere men and women wi
 ll live together as\nbrothers and sisters and respect the dignity and\nwor
 th of every human being.\nIn the name and spirit of Jesus. Amen.\nThe Week
  of Prayer for Christian Unity 2023 runs\nfrom 18 th to 23 rd January\, le
 d by the churches of\nMinneapolis\, Christians together seek to explore ho
 w\nthe work of Christian unity can contribute to the\npromotion of racial 
 justice across all levels of society.\nThrough this resource\, the Churche
 s Together in\nBritain Writers’ Group has also focused our attention\non
  the 30th anniversary of the murder of Stephen\nLawrence\, which is marked
  this year. The work of\nrestoring hope through justice undertaken in\nSte
 phen’s memory continues to inspire and change\n\nlives for the better.\n
 \nClaire is planning a Lent course to start on Tuesday 21\nFebruary meetin
 g at The Crown\, Peopleton at 7.00pm.\nClaire writes…….Our Lent course
  this year\, called Dust\nand Glory\, will explore how we can live well wi
 th the\nmess of everyday life. It encourages us to take a fresh\nlook at t
 he frustrations and failings that every day\nbrings and\, rather than pret
 ending we can always\navoid them\, seek to learn from them and grow closer
 \nto God through them. It will be relaxed and a good\nchance to relate scr
 ipture to real life.\n Please let Revd Claire know if you would like to t
 ake\npart on 07921101320 or revdclaireb@btinternet.com\nClaire has ordered
  booklets for the course which is\nbased on a book written by Rt Rev Dr Em
 ma Ineson\nwho was appointed as Bishop of Kensington just\nbefore Christma
 s. Her book is called Failure: what\nJesus said about Sin\, Mistakes and M
 essing up and is\nthe Archbishop of Canterbury’s recommended read\nfor L
 ent 2023. It is obtainable on the internet for\n£9.68 with the Kindle ver
 sion costing £7.99.\nThe Bishop of Worcester has sent out An Open letter\
 nto us all in the Diocese of Worcester concerning same-\nsex relationships
 . It is a beautifully written and very\nthought provoking document and can
  be found\non https://www.cofe-worcester.org.uk/an-open-\nletter-from-bish
 op-john.php
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