Read the update on our vacancy for Rector , news about Messy Church and details of our new bible study entitled 'How to pray'.#Thank you Day a national day of saying thank you is planned on 4 th July ...... read more about what it is all about and what St. Mary's is planning.
Exciting news as 1 st Swynnerton BBS Scout Group will be re opening on 8th June for the Wolf cubs and 10 th June for Scout Troop.Could you be a car buddy ? Would anyone be able to give an occasonal lift to a one of our church family members who is now no longer able to come to our services independently ? Praying for climate change ahead of the G7 Summit next week read about Tearfund s prayer initiative for this important meeting of the world leaders to address our world's climate problems.
Exciting news as we prepare to move to the selection phase in our hopes for a new rector for our benefice!Our service sheet is for a service Holy Communion come and join us this Sunday as we celebrate Trinity Sunday.Our prayers this week have been prepared by June Steed.
What is the significance of Pentecost ? Well, is quite literally the moment that the church was born. Originally it was a Jewish celebration called the Feast of the Harvest that celebrated the early wheat harvest. Before Jesus ascended to heaven and left his disciples he told them to go to Jerusalem and wait for the helper or the Holy Spirit that he promised he would send. You can read in the New Testament in Acts Chapter 2 what happened when the Holy Spirit came in a very dramatic way and filled the disciples. It is Peter who then adresses a crowd of thousands gathered for the Festival and empowered by the Holy Spirit he proclaims the gospel. The result of his message was that three thousand people were baptised. Pretty powerful stuff for an uneducated fisherman from Galilee!This is why Christians still celebrate Pentecost. In St. Mary's on Sunday we will be celebrating this very special day with a service of Holy Communion at 10 am led by our Rural Dean the Rev. Ian Cardnal.
