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Pew News w/b Sunday 16th November Safeguarding Sunday/ 2nd before Advent
Dear All
I hope you are keeping well and dry!
This Sunday is national Safeguarding Sunday when we say thank you to everyone who endeavours to ensure that our churches safe and welcoming to all. Miriam Gaston is our trained volunteer Parish Safeguarding Officer and her contact details are in the church porch and below on our contact list as well as on our parish website if you have any safeguarding concerns. Miriam will give a short presentation within our 10am All Age Service.
The readings chosen for this particular Sunday are about the good news of God’s transformation and the call to mercy and compassion, just as Christ is merciful and compassionate towards us, as we find in our Gospel reading:
“Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.” Matthew 11.23–29
Compassion is, by definition, given between people and it is part of what makes us human. To deny compassion to others means to deny our full humanity and indeed human history tells us what happens when compassion is completely forgotten, especially towards those who are the most vulnerable.
May our church always be a place of welcome, security and compassion: that all who worship here may do so in safety and in the knowledge of God’s love and that all those who are in need may find God’s healing and peace.
May the doors of this church be narrow enough
to shut out pettiness and pride, envy and enmity.
May the threshold of this church be no stumbling block
to young or frail feet.
May the threshold of this church be too high
to admit complacency and self-seeking.
May this church be, for all who enter,
a safe place and the doorway to a richer life in Christ.
Thomas Ken
THIS SUNDAY’S READINGS
Isaiah 61.1–3
Romans 12.17–21
Matthew 11.23–29
THIS WEEK
Sun 16th Nov Safeguarding Sunday/ 2nd bf Advent
8am Holy Communion
10am All Age Worship including a short presentation from Miriam our PSO- followed by coffee.
Please note: Revd Gaenor is away on retreat Mon-Weds
Weds 19th
9am Parish Prayer
Thurs 20th
2.30pm Thanksgiving Service for Michael Espley
Saturday 22nd Nov Gift Day
9am-4.30pm Church open to receive gifts from the village
10am-12.30pm Christmas Floral Workshop with Sandy Milne, Chair of Sturminster Newton Floral Group. For beginners and learners. Only £5pp NOW FULL!
NEXT WEEK
Sunday 23rd Nov Christ the King
8am Holy Communion
10am Parish Communion- with coffee afterwards
Weds 26th
9am Parish Prayer
10am St Greg’s Coffee Morning at the Legion Hall, Sodom Lane. Donation £2. [email protected]
10.30am School Worship
Sat 29th
9am-11am Church/churchyard working party.Coffee and bacon rolls provided.
LOOKING AHEAD
Sun 30th Advent Sunday
10am Service of the Word with Baptism
4pm Churches Together Advent Service
Weds 3rd December
11am Monthly Holy Communion
7pm PCC meeting at The Rectory
Fri 5th Dec
7.30pm Marnhull Community Choir Christmas Concert. Tickets available from local stores.
Fri 12th Dec
12pm Churches Together village prayer at Marnhull Methodist Church.
All Christmas services -see information below. There will also be fliers to take home/give to friends available in church.
OTHER NEWS
- Christmas Parcels 2025 There will be a box in church for your donations of small festive gifts for the elderly and isolated in our community which will be then gathered and distributed locally w/b 20th December. Thank you in advance!
- If you are hard of hearing, we recommend you sit in the main nave towards the chancel, where our sound system is the most effective.
- A very BIG thank you to everyone who shared their garden produce over the summer and autumn for others to enjoy- we are keeping this opportunity open until the end of November.
- Marnhull Lunch with Friends at the Village Hall: Lunch with Friends is for everyone but especially those living alone. It happens on the first Friday of the month from 12 midday at the Village Hall.There is a 2-course lunch for £12 (which can be waived if necessary) The next one is Friday 5 December and will be a Christmas special. Booking in advance is essential. Transport can be arranged. The organisers say they can provide for more- so if you haven’t tried it, why not give it a go?Or maybe you know someone in the village who might like to come. Call: Liz 01258 821378 or Dawn 01258 820642 for more details or to book.
- Christmas Tea and Cake. If you or someone you know will be on their own on Christmas Day I will be serving tea and cake in church (which will be looking lovely!) from 4-5.30pm for anyone to come along. If you would like to know more/can help please speak to me.
PRAYERS
- Please give thanks and pray for Miriam our Parish Safeguarding Officer, all other PSOs and the Diocesan Safeguarding Team- for compassion in their roles: www.salisbury.anglican.org/workingforjustice/safeguarding
- Pray for Gill Espley and family- for the love of God to surround them in their grief
- Give thanks for those giving on Gift Day- for a deeper connection with God and with the life of our parish
- Please pray for all in or from our parish who are currently ill in body, mind or spirit- for healing and wholeness
CONTACT US
Rector Revd Gaenor Hockey
01258 821605 [email protected]
Licensed Lay Minister Judith Male
07852 780517 [email protected]
Churchwarden Barrie Jenks
01258 821604 [email protected]
Parish Safeguarding Officer Miriam Gaston
01258 821573 [email protected]
Organist & Music Season Gordon Amery
07817 379006 [email protected]
Singing Group Louise Cousins
ONLINE
Parish: www.stgregorysmarnhull.org.uk
Facebook pages: ‘stgregschurch’ & ‘musicatstgregs’
Diocese: www.salisbury.anglican.org
Church is open daily: 9am – 4.30pm
