Please keep the following people & their families in your prayers: Liz Affleck-Edwards, Steve Brain, Fr. Robert Featherstone, Joan Green, Marie Harris, Valerie Moreton, Rick Pudner, Jean Rooney, Andrew & Sheila ScottEvans & Rosemary Turnbull.
St Mary’s Church, Meare
St John’s Church St Benedict’s Church
Sunday 18th August 2019
St. Benedict’s 8am: Holy Communion [BCP] Celebrant: The Revd. Pamela Heazell 9.30: Holy Communion Celebrant & Preacher : The Revd. Robin Ray 11.15am: Café Style Service Team-led
Collect Almighty God, who sent your Holy Spirit to be the life and light of your Church: open our hearts to the riches of your grace, that we may bring forth the fruit of the Spirit in love and joy and peace; through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord, who is alive and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen. Hymn No’s for the 9.30am Service in St Ben’s: 517, 120, 235 & 310 Bible Readings for today:
Heb.11:29-12.2; Luke 12:49-56
I’M DELIGHTED TO SAY THAT St John’s Church will reopen on SUNDAY 23RD FEBRUARY 2020! This has taken longer than expected as the organ will need to undergo major renovation works which means bits will be spread all over the church! David, Vicar DATE FOR YOUR DIARY - ‘Cream Tea’, Saturday 31st August 2 - 4pm at 10 Kennard Close, Glastonbury. £2.50 per person. There is also a raffle. All proceeds will go to St John’s Church funds. David & Jenny Randall ROBIN & BINA WILLIAMSON ALL ACOUSTIC CONCERT in St Ben’s Church Saturday 31st August at 8pm, doors open 7.30pm. Tickets £12 & £10 concessions; available on the door on the night or from Labyrinth Books in Glastonbury. Refreshments available. FOOBANK EMERGENCY APPEAL: We are urgently in need of food eg tinned and dried goods, coffee, biscuits, sugar, tea, fruit juices, etc for the Foodbank. Thank you. Jessie Henderson CHILDREN’S SOCIETY BOXES: The money from the boxes for The Children's Society this year raised £278.17. Thank you to all those who put their loose change in them to reach this amount, more than last year! During the past year the Children's Society has helped 11,031 children and young people with complex needs, helping to keep many off the streets, helping to keep them off of drugs and to give them hope with personal mentoring. If you would like a box to have in your home over the year to collect those odd pennies or coins, please see me for more information. Ann Merritt tel: (01458) 832599 THE PARISH OFFICE IS NORMALLY OPEN : MONDAY - FRIDAY Tel. (01458) 830060 Email: abbeyparishes@gmail.com
Vicar & Area Dean : The Revd. David MacGeoch