Monday 14th - Sunday 20th October Mon 14th Tues 15th
Wed 16th
10am-2pm Open Church in St Ben’s. Come and join us! 11.30am Funeral of Joy Mullins Mendip Crematorium. 7pm Tai Chi, St Ben’s Church.
Vicar Not Available today 9am 10.30am 10.30am 1.15pm
Morning Prayer, St Ben’s Church. Holy Communion, St Patrick’s Chapel. Holy Communion, St Ben’s Church. St Ben’s School Service, St Ben’sChurch.
9am 10.15am 11am 12noon 3.30pm 6.30pm 7pm
Morning Prayer, St Ben’s Church. Glastonbury Voices Choir, St Mary’s, Meare. Funeral of Jackie Vowles, St Ben’s Church. St John’s Lunch, Abbey Tea Rooms. Spirituality Group meeting, Abbey House. ReMix Youth Group, St Ben’s Church. Churches Together Autumn Forum, Methodist Church. All welcome!
Thurs 9am 17th 9.15am
Morning Prayer, St Mary’s Church, Meare. St John’s School Harvest Festival, St Ben’s Church. 10am-4pm Away Day for Vicar, Administrator & St John’s Churchwardens, the Vicarage. 10.30am Holy Communion, St Margaret’s Chapel. 7pm Choir practice, St Ben’s Church. 7.45pm Bell-ringing practice, St Ben’s Church.
Fri 18th
9am 12noon 1pm 3pm
Sat 19th
Morning Prayer, Abbey House. Soup lunches, St Ben’s Church. Funeral of MalcolmClark, Haycombe Crematorium, Bath. Wedding rehearsals, St Mary’s Church, Meare.
10am-12 ‘Coffee Morning’, St Ben’s Church. All Welcome! 10am-3pm Diocesan Synod. 3pm Wedding, St Mary’s Church, Meare. SUNDAY 20TH OCTOBER 2019 The Eighteenth Sunday After Trinity 8am: Holy Communion [BCP], St Ben’s Church 9.30am: Holy Communion, St Ben’s Church 11am: Baptism, St Mary’s Church, Meare 11.15am: Café Style Service, St Ben’s Church Readings: 2 Tim.3:14-4.5; Luke 18:1-8
P L EA S E CO NT A CT U S: Vicar & Area Dean: The Revd. David MacGeoch Day off Monday Tel: (01458) 834281 Mob: 07712 862 692 Email: vicarabbeyparish@btinternet.com Pioneer Minister: The Revd. Diana Greenfield Day off Monday Tel: (01458) 446838 Mob: 07921 858 094 Email: dmgreenfield@me.com Trainee Youth Worker: Naomi Peachey Mob : 07792 393 455
Day off Monday College Tuesday
BENEFICE OFFICE: 3, Church Lane, GLASTONBURY, Somerset, BA6 9JQ. Tel: (01458) 830060 E-mail: abbeyparishes@gmail.com OFFICE OPEN THIS WEEK: MONDAY, TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY & FRIDAY 9AM - 4PM [Closed for lunch between 1 & 2pm]
Please visit your church website to check for recent updates: St John's: stjohns-glastonbury.uk St Ben’s: www.stbens.ukpc.net St Mary's, Meare:: is.gd/stmarymeare Abbey Parishes online diary:www.apdiary.ukpc.net
Welcome to the Benefice of Glastonbury with Meare
Sunday 13th October 2019
St. Benedict’s 8am: Holy Communion [BCP] Celebrant: The Vicar 10.30am: Shared Service at the URC 12.30pm: Baptism The Revd. Robin Ray 5pm: Healing Service Led by: The Revd. Pamela Heazell St .Mary’s, Meare 11am: HARVEST FESTIVAL & LUNCH Celebrant: The Vicar Preacher: Mrs. Di Grenter COLLECT
Almighty God, you have made us for yourself, and our hearts are restless till they find their rest in you: pour your love into our hearts and draw us to yourself, and so bring us at last to your heavenly city where we shall see you face to face; 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 11am Harvest Service at St Mary’s: 101, 138, 524 & 534
The next “MEN’S BREAKFAST” will be at 9am next Saturday 19th October at Wetherspoons in Street. Please could you let the Vicar know if you’re coming. Thank you. David
READINGS NEW TESTAMENT ~ 2 Tim.2: 8-15 Remember Jesus Christ, raised from the dead, a descendant of David—that is my gospel, for which I suffer hardship, even to the point of being chained like a criminal. But the word of God is not chained. Therefore I endure everything for the sake of the elect, so that they may also obtain the salvation that is in Christ Jesus, with eternal glory. The saying is sure: If we have died with him, we will also live with him; if we endure, we will also reign with him; if we deny him, he will also deny us; if we are faithless, he remains faithful — for he cannot deny himself. A Worker Approved by God Remind them of this, and warn them before God that they are to avoid wrangling over words, which does no good but only ruins those who are listening. Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved by him, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly explaining the word of truth.
GOSPEL ~ Luke 8: 4 - 15 The Parable of the Sower When a great crowd gathered and people from town after town came to him, he said in a parable: ‘A sower went out to sow his seed; and as he sowed, some fell on the path and was trampled on, and the birds of the air ate it up. Some fell on the rock; and as it grew up, it withered for lack of moisture. Some fell among thorns, and the thorns grew with it and choked it. Some fell into good soil, and when it grew, it produced a hundredfold.’ As he said this, he called out, ‘Let anyone with ears to hear listen!’ The Purpose of the Parables Then his disciples asked him what this parable meant. He said, ‘To you it has been given to know the secrets of the kingdom of God; but to others I speak in parables, so that “looking they may not perceive, and listening they may not understand.” The Parable of the Sower Explained ‘Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God. The ones on the path are those who have heard; then the devil comes and takes away the word from their hearts, so that they may not believe and be saved. The ones on the rock are those who, when they hear the word, receive it with joy. But these have no root; they believe only for a while and in a time of testing fall away. As for what fell among the thorns, these are the ones who hear; but as they go on their way, they are choked by the cares and riches and pleasures of life, and their fruit does not mature. But as for that in the good soil, these are the ones who, when they hear the word, hold it fast in an honest and good heart, and bear fruit with patient endurance.
COME AND JOIN US for coffee, biscuits or cake and a chat on Saturday 19th October in St. Ben’s Church, 10am – 12noon. Donations appreciated (£2?) and all proceeds will go to St. John’s Church funds. It will be good to see you! Jessie Henderson & Joy Taylor There will be a Ploughman's Lunch on Saturday 26th October, 12-2pm in the Methodist Church. Donations for Christian Aid. Please support. Thank you. Jessie Henderson
To REVD. ANDREA HARWOOD who will be taking up a 1/2 time post at Middlezoy, Othery, Moorlynch & Stawell with Greinton on 28th November 2019. Please continue to pray for Andrea, Andrew and Laura. David
Please keep the following people & their families in your prayers: Amber Liz Affleck-Edwards Dorothy Badman Steve Brain John Brunsdon Fr. Robert Featherstone Joan Green Marie Harris Rosemary Martin Valerie Moreton Rick Pudner Jean Rooney Andrew & Sheila Scott-Evans Rosemary Turnbull For Baptism… Jamie Birchenough; Logan Hynds; Mia Lavender R.I.P: Mary Bassett; Malcolm Clark; Joy Mullins; Jackie Vowles