Dear Friends,
As we enter September, we feel autumn is coming with fruitful harvest. Blackberries in the hedgerow and apples in the orchard shower us with the goodness of God’s natural world. May our hearts be filled with gratefulness also in the provision in our churches and the church family.
We are looking forward to Rev Louise returning to our Mission Community next week, after a well-deserved break.
There are services, concerts and harvest feasts planned; let us look to help in any way possible to make a great season of fruitfulness.
God bless,
Revd Peter
Louise has a new email address: [email protected]
During her leave of absence until mid September, the account will be monitored by a member of the leadership team.
Safeguarding
For any safeguarding concerns, please contact :
Katie Gray: [email protected]
For issues with rough sleepers:
Elizabeth Reed: [email protected]
Please send all contributions for the newsletter to Gill Yates by Thursday evening.
Services and calendar for the week
Sunday 14thSeptember10.00 a.m.
10.00 a.m.
6.30 p.m.
Holy Communion
Holy Communion
Evensong
St. Margaret’s
St. Luke’s
St. Margaret’s
Monday 15thSeptember10.00 a.m
7.00 p.m.
Mini Messy Church
Compline
St. Margaret’s
Zoom
Tuesday 16thSeptember9.00 a.m.
2.30 p.m.
Morning Prayer
Thanksgiving Service – Patrick Beasley
St. Luke’s
St. Margaret’s
Wednesday 17thSeptember10.00 a.m.
1.15
2.30 p.m.
Morning Worship
Lunchtime concert
Tea and cake
Zoom
St. Margaret’s
St. Margaret’s
Thursday 18thSeptember10.00 a.m.Mini-Messy ChurchSt. Margaret’sFriday 19thSeptember9.00 a.m.
Morning Prayer
St. Margaret’s
Saturday 20thSeptember2.00 p.m.Wedding BlessingSt. Margaret’sSunday 21stSeptember8.00 a.m.
10.00 a.m.
BCP Holy Communion
Joint Holy Communion
St. Margaret’s
St. Margaret’s
The Zoom links and meeting IDs for all the Zoom events are on our pages on ACNY (A Church Near You)
Bookings
St. Margaret’s bookings are managed by Caryll Ingerslev.
Contact:[email protected]
St. Luke’s Church and Church Rooms bookings are managed by Sandra Greedy.
[email protected] or phone 01392 271458
St. Luke’s church is open on Wednesdays afternoons between 2.00 and 4.00.
St. Margaret’s is open every day between 9.00 and 5.00.
St. Margaret’s
Dream Big
Please note that a charity Salmon Supper will be held on Thursday 16th October at 7pm in Route 2 café. This replaces the event in church mentioned in this month’s Estuary magazine, but will still be a fundraiser for the Dream Big project. Tickets will be available through Topsham Bookshop at £25 per person. Sincere thanks to PCC member Liz Hodges for organising this, and to her family and friends who are supporting our project. Other fundraising events are also planned.
Parish Walks
The next walk will be on Monday September 22nd. Carolyn Keep will lead a walk round Woodbury. The vicar of Woodbury may join us.
2.00 meet at St. Swithun’s Church, Woodbury.
This will be quite a short walk, so accessible to most.
If you have not already expressed an interest in these walks and would like to be added to the list please email Gill Yates
Mini-messy Church
Mini-messy church will be meeting on Mondays and Thursdays at 10.00 a.m. in St. Margaret’s.
Coffee and Cake
Wednesday afternoon at 2.30 p.m. - coffee, tea, cake and a chat!
♥️ 🧁
Lunchtime Concert
Wednesday September 17th at 1.15 - SaXes-4 Quartet, Bach to Blues, Jazz standards to ragrtime
Exmouth Food Bank
This month we would welcome donations of the following items:
Tinned meat meals (e.g. stew, meatballs)
Tinned cold meat (e.g. ham, corned beef)
Porridge oats & instant porridge
Pasta
Stir in pasta/pasta bake sauces
Tinned fruit
Fruit squash/juice
Longlife whole milk
Thank you so much ❤️
For further information email: [email protected] 07787758511
Please find the Food bank newsletter attached.
Prayers
For those who are ill or in need of our prayers:
Jill and Adrian, Kirsten, Jan, Roger, David Byrne, Marlene Gardner, Pam Wormald, Mary, Peter, John Heal, Rosemary Henry, Gail Miller, Carol Walker
Housebound or in nursing/care homes:
Alfred Wonnacott, Janet Mutter, Georgina Lear
Please pray for Anne Plested supporting the work of Bethlehem Bible College, and Ben and Katy Ray in Tanzania, St. Luke’s CMS mission link.
Anne spent ten weeks at Bethlehem Bible College earlier this summer. During this time she acted as chaplain to their annual summer course in Peace and Justice studies, which included several visits around the country, and also taught an English language course.
Anniversaries
Philip Trigger
Margaret Boyce, Victor Bowler, Paul Bax, Karel Edworthy, Vera Trout
Recently departed
Dave Crozier, Molly Fricker, Patrick Beasley
Gospel Readings for the coming week
Sunday 14th September John 3: 13-17
Monday 15th September Luke 7: 1-10
Tuesday 16th September Luke 7: 11-17
Wednesday 17th September Luke 7: 31-35
Thursday 18th September Luke 7: 36-end
Friday 19th September Luke 8: 1-3
Saturday 20th September Luke 8: 4-15
Sunday 21st September Matthew 9: 9-13
Collect and reading for Sunday 14th September
Almighty God, who in the passion of your blessed Son made an instrument of painful death to be for us the means of life and peace: grant us so to glory in the cross of Christ that we may gladly suffer for his sake; who is alive and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever.
John 3.13-17
And no man hath ascended up to heaven, but he that came down from heaven, even the Son of man which is in heaven.
And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up:
That whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life.
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.
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