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Pew News w/b Sunday 18th January 2026 Epiphany 2

Dear All
 
I hope this finds you keeping well.
It has been a challenging week as I return to the parish with the news of Barrie’s peaceful but sudden death and a number of people in the parish quite unwell or in hospital. We keep Mary and all those we are concerned for in our prayers.
 
The month of January can feel difficult for a range of reasons at the best of times.
So perhaps we can choose to prayerfully focus on the season of Epiphany, the season of revelation (not resolution!) and ask God to reveal more of who He is to us in our daily lives.
 
To this end I enclose an evening Epiphany Examen- from the Ignatian tradition- to help us.
May the light of Christ our Lord shine in all our hearts this Epiphany season.
 
THIS SUNDAY’S READINGS

Isaiah 49:1-7

1 Corinthians 1:1-9

John 1:29-42

THIS WEEK

Week of Prayer for Christian Unity 18-25 January

Sunday 18th January  Epiphany 2 

8am   Holy Communion

10am  Covenant Service with Marnhull Methodist Church so no 10am service at St Gregs

Tues 20th 

2pm Deanery Synod at Shillingstone Church Centre-see below

Weds 21st 

9am Parish Prayer

10.30am School Worship

Fri 23rd

12pm Village Prayer at Our Lady’s RC Church- see below

NEXT WEEK

Sunday 25th January Epiphany 3

8am        Holy Communion (traditional language)

10am      Parish Communion with coffee afterwards

LOOKING AHEAD

Sun 1st February  Candlemas

4 pm     Christingle Service for all the family

Weds 18th Feb Ash Wednesday

11am           Ash Wednesday Eucharist with imposition of ashes 

Thurs 19th Feb

2.30pm       Thanksgiving Service for Barrie Jenks

Fri 20th Feb

12pm-1pm Churches Together weekly Friday Lent Talk 1/6 followed by a soup lunch at Marnhull Methodist Church, Burton St.

Theme: Exploring the meaning of the hymns we love to sing. 

Everyone is welcome. 

OTHER NEWS

Tues 20th Deanery Synod: anybody involved or interested in the faculty process are warmly invited to hear a presentation by Dan Crooke and Revd Canon Jonathan Triffitt on the faculty system and the internal review carried out by the diocese in 2025. Dan is the DAC Secretary, oversees the Church Buildings Team and is Diocesan Lead for Net Zero. Jonathan is the Deputy Diocesan Secretary, Director of Ministry & Mission and Bishop’s Missioner. They will address the concerns that arose in January 2025 and Deanery Synod’s vote of no confidence in the faculty procedure.

Fri 23rd 

Churches Together in Marnhull will observe Christian Unity Week with a unified service which will incorporate materials developed by the Armenian Church. The theme for the global 2026 Week of Prayer for Christian Unity is drawn from the Letter to the Ephesians: “There is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called to the one hope of your calling” (Eph 4:4). Please come and share this lovely service of unity.

PRAYERS

  • Please pray for proactive Christian unity worldwide- especially in divided and war torn places – for confidence in our calling to be one body in Christ.
  • https://ctbi.org.uk/resources/week-of-prayer-for-christian-unity-2026/
  • Pray for the school children, staff and families as they begin the spring term- this term’s school value is FAITH.
  • Pray for our Deanery Synod members Miriam and Sharon and for all lay and ordained members- as they serve the wider deanery and their parishes in 2026
  • Please pray for the recently bereaved- especially Mary Jenks and the family as they mourn the death of Barrie- for the comfort of the Holy Spirit and the presence of Christ.
  • Please pray for all in or from our parish who arecurrently ill in body, mind or spirit especially Elspeth Colebrook and Margaret Cheeseman currently in hospital – for healing and wholeness
 
Every blessing
Gaenor

CONTACT US

Rector Revd Gaenor Hockey    

01258 821605  [email protected] 

Judith our LLM is on holiday until March 24th

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

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Diocese: www.salisbury.anglican.org

Church is open daily:  9am – 4.30pm

 

Re-routed by God: an Epiphany Examen

  • Re-routed by God: an Epiphany Examen 

𝘈𝘴 we walk through 𝘵𝘩𝘦 season of 𝘌𝘱𝘪𝘱𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘺, 𝘸𝘦 𝘱𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘴 𝘸𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘭𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰𝘥𝘢𝘺, 𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘦𝘵 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘨𝘶𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘥—𝘰𝘳 𝘶𝘯𝘴𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦𝘥—𝘶𝘴. 𝘓𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘔𝘢𝘨𝘪, 𝘸𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘥𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘯 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘴, 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘨𝘯𝘪𝘻𝘦 𝘎𝘰𝘥 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘷𝘦.

ʙᴇᴄᴏᴍᴇ ꜱᴛɪʟʟ ᴀɴᴅ ᴡᴇʟᴄᴏᴍᴇ ɢᴏᴅ’ꜱ ʟɪɢʜᴛ

As this day ends, place yourself gently in God’s presence.

Imagine the quiet night sky and a single star shining steadily above you.

Ask for the grace to see your day as God sees it.

ɢɪᴠᴇ ᴛʜᴀɴᴋꜱ ꜰᴏʀ ᴛʜᴇ ꜱᴛᴀʀꜱ ᴏꜰ ᴛᴏᴅᴀʏ

Where did God offer you guidance today—

a word that clarified, a moment that reoriented you,

a quiet joy that assured you that you were on the right path?

Receive these as gifts and give thanks.

ɴᴏᴛɪᴄᴇ ʏᴏᴜʀ ᴊᴏᴜʀɴᴇʏ ᴀɴᴅ ɪᴛꜱ ᴅᴇᴛᴏᴜʀꜱ

Like the Magi, where did you travel with trust today?

Where did you feel lost, distracted, or unsure of your direction?

Without judgment, notice what drew you closer to God

and what pulled you away.

ꜱᴛᴀɴᴅ ʙᴇꜰᴏʀᴇ ᴛʜᴇ ᴄʜɪʟᴅ ᴀɴᴅ ᴏꜰꜰᴇʀ ʏᴏᴜʀ ʜᴇᴀʀᴛ

In prayer, enter the house at Bethlehem.

See Mary and the Child. Kneel with the Magi.

What do you place before Jesus tonight—your questions, desires, fears, hopes?

Rest there in silence.

ʟᴏᴏᴋ ᴛᴏᴡᴀʀᴅ ᴛᴏᴍᴏʀʀᴏᴡ ᴡɪᴛʜ ʜᴏᴘᴇ

Ask for the grace to follow God’s light tomorrow,

even if the way is unfamiliar.

Trust that the same star will rise again

and lead you onward.

Close with a slow breath and a quiet Amen.

Taken from: Jesuit Conference Asia Pacific