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Pew News w/b Sunday 30th November
Advent Sunday/ St Andrew

Dear All
Hope you are keeping well.
We embark on the penitential Advent Season this Sunday amidst the ‘fripperies’ of the commercial season! 
It’s not always easy to keep our roots of faith deep and our eyes looking up to God…so I hope you might engage with the resources and opportunities we have here at St Gregs (see below) as well as take up a new spiritual habit/book/music to help you with your Advent preparations.
A prayer for Advent
Lord God-
In this Advent of expectation
draw us together in unity,
that our praise and worship
might echo in these walls
and also through our lives.
In this Advent of expectation
draw us together in mission,
that the hope within
might be the song we sing,
and the melody of our lives.
In this Advent of expectation
draw us together in service,
that the path we follow
might lead us from a stable
to a glimpse of eternity.
Amen.
 

THIS SUNDAY’S READINGS

Isaiah 2:15

Romans 13:11-end

Matthew 24:36-44

THIS WEEK

Sun 30th Nov Advent Sunday 

8am         Holy Communion

10am       Service of the Word with Baptism of Theodore Monk

4pm   Churches Together Advent Service- a special service of music, readings and light. Refreshments afterwards.

Weds 3rd December

9am Parish Prayer in the Hussey Chapel

11am Monthly Holy Communion

12pm-12.40pm Midday Prayer with reflections on the Advent Antiphons in the Hussey Chapel 1/3 led by Revd Gaenor

7pm   PCC meeting at The Rectory

Fri 5th Dec

7.30pm    Marnhull Community Choir Christmas Concert. Tickets available from local stores.

NEXT WEEK 

Sun 7th Dec Advent 2

8am        Holy Communion 

10am      Parish Communion with coffee afterwards

Weds 10th 

9am Parish Prayer in the Hussey Chapel

10.30am School Worship

12pm-12.40pm Midday Prayer with reflections on the Advent Antiphons in the Hussey Chapel 2/3 led by Revd Gaenor

Fri 12th

12pm Churches Together Village Prayer at Marnhull Methodist Church.

6pm         Wedding rehearsal 

Sat 13th 

3.30pm    Marriage of Molly Johnson and George de Klee

LOOKING AHEAD

Weds 17th

12-12.40pm Midday Prayer with reflections on the Advent Antiphons in the Hussey Chapel 3/3 led by Judith

All Christmas services -see separate flier sent previously -and pass on to neighbours and friends!

Please note new for this year: Tea and Cake served on Christmas Day 4-5.30pm- especially for anyone who finds themselves on their own. For more information please contact Revd Gaenor.

OTHER NEWS

PRAYERS

  • Please pray that you may be watchful, faithful and active in service as we wait for the coming of Christ this Advent.
  • Pray for those who are waiting for major news…that they may know and trust in the peace of Christ 
  • Pray for our ecumenical and parish services marking Advent season- for faith and hope to grow
  • Pray for our PCC meeting on Weds- for vision and action
  • Please pray for all in or from our parish who are currently ill in body, mind or spirit- for healing and wholeness
 
Every blessing this Advent season
Gaenor

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         Gordon Amery

07817 379006  [email protected]

Singing Group Louise Cousins

[email protected] 

ONLINE

Parish: www.stgregorysmarnhull.org.uk

Facebook: ‘stgregschurch’ & ‘musicatstgregs’

Diocese: www.salisbury.anglican.org

Church is open daily:  9am – 4.30pm

 

Pew News w/b Sunday 23rd November Christ the King, Sunday before Advent

Dear All 
 
I hope you are keeping well and warm!
 
Tomorrow Saturday 22nd November is our annual Gift Day for the wider village community and the church will be open all day (9am-4.30pm) to receive envelopes which were in the Marnhull Messenger, as well as via the electronic card machine.
 
You can also donate via BACS St Gregory’s Parish Church account 00815214 sort code 30-90-92- and please don’t forget Gift Aid which adds another 25% to your donation if you are a tax payer.
The Gift Day is a vital extra source of income for the current and future life and ministry of our church, especially as we have some large maintenance and development projects on the horizon…so if you aren’t a regular giver and/ or haven’t already given please consider doing so. Thank you!
There will be a welcome team to receive the envelopes and tea and coffee will be provided if you would like to stay a while…the heating will be on!
During the morning there will be a Christmas Flower Workshop run by Sandy Milne, who chairs the Sturminster Floral Group. It is now fully booked.
At 1.30-2.30pm there will be a free organ recital by Louise Cousins, as part of the Royal College of Church Music ‘Play the Organ Year’ including the Largo from Handel’s Xerxes – Ombra mai fui – at 2pm, along with church organists across the country!  https://www.rscm.org.uk/whats-on/directors-challenge
 
This Sunday is Christ the King, when we remember the Lordship of Christ over all things and we re-commit ourselves to pray for the coming of God’s kingdom, both now and to come. 
We invite the Holy Spirit to stir up our lives, our wills, our worship and our prayers, that we may be citizens of the heavenly kingdom, with our feet firm in where God has placed us to witness and to serve.
 
Stir up, we beseech thee, O Lord,
the wills of thy faithful people;
that they, plenteously bringing
forth the fruit of good works,
may of thee be plenteously rewarded;
through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

 

BCP Collect for Sunday before Advent 

 

THIS SUNDAY’S READINGS

Jeremiah 23:1-6

Colossians 1:11-20

Luke 23:33-43

THIS WEEK

Sunday 23rd Nov Christ the King/ Sunday before Advent

8am Holy Communion

10am Parish Communion- with coffee afterwards

Weds 26th

9am Parish Prayer

10am       St Greg’s Coffee (& Cake) Morning at the Legion Hall, Sodom Lane. Suggested donation £2. All welcome. Contact host : [email protected] 

10.30am  School Worship 

Sat 29th

9am-11am Church/churchyard working party.Coffee and bacon rolls provided.

NEXT WEEK 

Sun 30th Advent Sunday 

8am Holy Communion (traditional language)

10am  Service of the Word with Baptism of Theo

4pm   Churches Together Advent Service- a special service of music, readings and light. Refreshments afterwards. All welcome.

Weds 3rd December

9am Parish Prayer

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.

LOOKING AHEAD

Fri 12th Dec

12pm Churches Together village prayer at Marnhull Methodist Church.

All Christmas services -see separate flier sent last week- and please pass on to neighbours and friends!

OTHER NEWS

  • Christmas Parcels 2025 There is 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!
  • Also don’t forget the Gillingham Food bank – I enclose their 12 Days of Christmas Appeal information.
  • 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.

PRAYERS

  • Pray for the coming of God’s kingdom, both now and to come- in us and in our world today
  • Pray for the rulership of Christ the King to be evident in his Church- for gentleness and restoration of lives 
  • Pray for those in any kind of leadership in society- for compassion and integrity
  • Pray and give thanks for all involved with keeping our church building and churchyard safe and welcoming 
  • Please pray for all in or from our parish who are currently ill in body, mind or spirit- for healing and wholeness
 
Every blessing
Gaenor

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

[email protected] 

ONLINE

Parish: www.stgregorysmarnhull.org.uk

Facebook: ‘stgregschurch’ & ‘musicatstgregs’

Diocese: www.salisbury.anglican.org

Church is open daily:  9am – 4.30pm