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w/b Sunday 28th April 2024
Easter 5
Dear All
I hope you are keeping well.
The village events are now increasing at speed, now we are into spring- there will be much more to come!
And for our church, among other things coming up, we have our Annual Parochial Church Meeting this Sunday 28th after coffee to reflect on the past year of our church’s life and look forward to the future as well. Please come!
As usual there are acknowledged comings and goings at the meeting: among them, we will be saying thank you to Nick Lalor who has served us as churchwarden for the past 3 years and hello to Judith Male at our 10am service as she begins her ministry here as LLM/ Lay Reader by The Ven Penny Sayer, Archdeacon of Sherborne.
In our Gospel reading this week we find Christ speaking of himself as the True Vine and we his followers are the branches, called to abide in Christ.
Abiding with Christ means staying with, living with him…it implies a personal and intimate relationship and in this passage implies that there will be times of pruning, times when what is unhealthy for our faith is faced and removed.
But this pruning is done not to destroy us, but to make us more fruitful. It is to renovate us, to regenerate us and to shape us more into the likeness of Christ and is done because God longs for us to continue living in His presence.
May we be open to the gentle pruning of God, in order that we may be fruitful for the Gospel in our lives.
SUNDAY’S BIBLE READINGS
Acts 8:26-end
1 John 4:7-end
John 15:1-8
THIS WEEK
Sunday 28th April Easter 5
8am Holy Communion
10am Parish Communion
Judith Male will be licensed as Licensed Lay Minister/Lay Reader to our parish by the Archdeacon of Sherborne. After coffee, it will be followed by our APCM- all electoral roll members are expected to attend! Please check you have seen a copy of the report. Please contact Chris if you havent pcc@stgregorysmarnhull.org.uk
Weds 1st May
9am Morning Prayer
11am Monthly Holy Communion
Fri 3rd May
2.45pm School Worship
LOOKING AHEAD
Thurs 9th May
11am Ascension Day Holy Communion
Fri 10th May
12pm Village Prayers at St Gregory’s
Weds 15th May
3pm Deanery Synod at St Mary’s Motcombe with the Dorset Wildlife Trust on Living Churchyards. All welcome.
Fri 17th May
11am Talk: on Spiritual Art- Ancient and Modern. Speaker Jacintha Bowe at Methodist Church. Followed by a light lunch. Hosted by Churches Together in Marnhull.
Sat 18th May
6.30pm Confirmation Service at Salisbury Cathedral
Sat 25th May
9am-11am Church and Churchyard working party. Coffee and bacon rolls provided.
Mon 3rd June. The Bishop of Salisbury will visit the school as it celebrates its 150th Anniversary. There will be a service in church followed by activities at the school and the Bishop will dedicate the spiritual garden.There will also be a family fun day on Sat 8th June, open to all the community. More details to follow..
Church Fete: if we are to have a fete this year we need a new group of volunteers to coordinate it. If we dont get a team of 6 by end of April we will have to cancel it. Please speak to Revd Gaenor ASAP if you can help.
PRAYERS
- Please continue to pray for military peace in the Middle East, Ukraine, Sudans and other areas of war- for reconciliation to be sought and found
- Pray for Zoe and Elliott who married here on Saturday- for joy and blessings in their future life together
- Pray for Judith as she begins her LLM ministry with us here- for it to blossom and flourish
- Pray for our APCM- that we may look back with gratitude and look forward with hope
- Pray for all in our parish who are ill in body, mind or spirit- for healing and wholeness
CONTACT US
Clergy:
Revd Gaenor Hockey, Rector
01258 821605 [email protected]
Part time: Sunday, Wednesday and Friday
Revd Angus Mayhew, Assistant Curate
07788100885 [email protected]
Shared full time curacy: Marnhull and Gillingham Team
Rest day: Monday
Churchwarden:
Nick Lalor01258 820553 [email protected]
Church is open daily:9am – 4.30pm