Monday 4th - Sunday 10th November Mon 4th
10am-2pm Open Church in St Ben’s. Come and join us! 7pm Tai Chi, St Ben’s Church.
Tues 5th
9am 10.30am 10.30am 1.30pm 7.15pm
Morning Prayer, St Ben’s Church. Holy Communion, St Patrick’s Chapel. Holy Communion, St Ben’s Church. Funeral of Jean Norris, St Ben’s Church. Deanery Synod meeting.
9am 11am 6pm 6.30pm
Morning Prayer, St Ben’s Church. Staff meeting, St John’s Centre. Archdeaconry Pastoral Group meeting, Wells. ReMix Youth Group, St Ben’s Church.
Wed 6th
Thurs 9am 7th 7.15pm 7pm 7.45pm
Morning Prayer, at the home of Anne Lampson. Standing Committee meeting, the Vicarage. Choir practice, St Ben’s Church. Bell-ringing practice, St Ben’s Church.
Fri 8th
9am 12noon 12.30pm 7pm
Morning Prayer, Abbey House. Soup lunches, St Ben’s Church. Funeral of Sheila Harmon, Mendip Crematorium. Avalon Ladies W.I. meeting, St Ben’s Church.
Sat 9th
10am-12pm Open Church in St Ben’s. Come and join us
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
Welcome to the Benefice of Glastonbury with Meare 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 Day off Monday Email: Naomi.youthwork@hotmail.com College Tuesday
BENEFICE OFFICE: 3, Church Lane, GLASTONBURY, Somerset, BA6 9JQ. Tel: (01458) 830060 E-mail: abbeyparishes@gmail.com
Sunday 3rd November 2019
St. Benedict’s 8am: Holy Communion [BCP] Celebrant: The Vicar 11am: Holy Communion Combined Service
Celebrant: The Vicar Preacher: Mrs. Margaret Wynn 5pm: Service of Remembrance & Light Led by: The Vicar & Clergy
COLLECT
SUNDAY 10TH NOVEMBER 2019
REMEMBRANCE SUNDAY
OFFICE OPEN THIS WEEK:
[The Third Sunday Before Advent]
MONDAY - THURSDAY 9am - 4pm
8am: Holy Communion [BCP], St Ben’s Church
[Closed for lunch between 1 & 2pm]
10.45am: Act of Remembrance at the Cenotaph followed by Remembrance Service in Glastonbury Town Hall 10.45am: Village Remembrance Service, St Mary’s Church, Meare 5pm: Healing Service, St Ben’s Church Readings: 2 Thess. 2:1-5, 13-end; Luke 20:27-38
FRIDAY: 9am - 1pm
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
Almighty and eternal God, you have kindled the flame of love in the hearts of the saints: grant to us the same faith and power of love, that, as we rejoice in their triumphs, we may be sustained by their example and fellowship; 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
Hymns for the 11am Service in St Ben’s: 134; 156; 247 & 164
Please keep the following people & their families in your prayers:
READINGS NEW TESTAMENT - 2 Thess. Ch.1 Salutation Paul, Silvanus, and Timothy, To the church of the Thessalonians in God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
Amber Scott Barki Joan Green Rosemary Martin Jean Rooney
Liz Affleck-Edwards Dorothy Badman Steve Brain Fr. Robert Featherstone Marie Harris Brian & Eve Low Valerie Moreton Rick Pudner Sheila Scott-Evans Rosemary Turnbull
RIP : Ian Bateman; Sheila Harmon; Irene Luff; Jean Norris;
GOSPEL - Luke 19:1-10 Jesus and Zacchaeus He entered Jericho and was passing through it. A man was there named Zacchaeus; he was a chief tax-collector and was rich. He was trying to see who Jesus was, but on account
Thanksgiving We must always give thanks to God for you, brothers and sisters, as is right, because your faith is growing abundantly, and the love of every one of you for one another is increasing. Therefore we ourselves boast of you among the churches of God for your steadfastness and faith during all your persecutions and the afflictions that you are enduring.
of the crowd he could not, because he was short in stature.
The Judgement at Christ’s Coming This is evidence of the righteous judgement of God, and is intended to make you worthy of the kingdom of God, for which you are also suffering. For it is indeed just of God to repay with affliction those who afflict you, and to give relief to the afflicted as well as to us, when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven with his mighty angels in flaming fire, inflicting vengeance on those who do not know God and on those who do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus. These will suffer the punishment of eternal destruction, separated from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of his might, when he comes to be glorified by his saints and to be marvelled at on that day among all who have believed, because our testimony to you was believed. To this end we always pray for you, asking that our God will make you worthy of his call and will fulfil by his power every good resolve and work of faith, so that the name of our Lord Jesus may be glorified in you, and you in him, according to the grace of our God and the Lord Jesus Christ.
saw it began to grumble and said, ‘He has gone to be the
So he ran ahead and climbed a Sycamore tree to see him, because he was going to pass that way. When Jesus came to the place, he looked up and said to him, ‘Zacchaeus, hurry and come down; for I must stay at your house today.’ So he hurried down and was happy to welcome him. All who guest of one who is a sinner.’ Zacchaeus stood there and said to the Lord, ‘Look, half of my possessions, Lord, I will give to the poor; and if I have defrauded anyone of anything, I will pay back four times as much.’ Then Jesus said to him, ‘Today salvation has come to this house, because he too is a son of Abraham. For the Son of Man came to seek out and to save the lost.’
Carnival Day: Refreshments on sale from 10am - 5pm on Saturday 16th November in St Ben’s Church. Volunteers needed please to help serve, make soup/sandwiches &/ or cakes. Profits to be shared equally between both churches. Please contact Kay Wych tel: 833255 or Di Grenter tel: 835187 or you can sign up on the sheet at the back of the church. Di Grenter “Saying Goodbye!”….We will be having a Benefice Lunch on Sunday 24th November at 1pm in St Ben’s Church to say goodbye to Andrea, Andrew and Laura. If you are able to help with the provision of food &/or you would like to make a donation, please contact the respective Churchwardens of the three churches. The Churchwardens of St John’s will be organising the lunch. Thank you. David, Vicar The Ploughman's Lunch, held last Saturday (26th Oct) at the Methodist Church Hall, raised £250 for the work of Christian Aid. Thank you to those who came; it was a very friendly and enjoyable meal! Ann Merritt & Jessie Henderson WANTED - do you have any unwanted adult socks? St. Ben's Soup [Lunch team] would be very grateful if you could donate these. They will then be given to visitors at the Lunch who require them. Many thanks Jenny Randall Help required please: As the nights start drawing in, life will become more difficult for the vulnerable members of our community who come to our Friday Soup Lunch. The months : November - February, can be crucial and, while we have maintained a steady regular group of Volunteers over the last five years, we are now extremely busy experiencing between 60 - 80 people each Friday. Additionally, we now receive several boxes of donated food from local Supermarkets each week which all needs managing. Would you be willing to consider joining our Team on a regular basis? We require one person : Between 10.30am - 12noon to help set up lunch / sort food to be distributed; To clear tables between 12.30pm - 1.15pm then help clear the Church afterwards; To help in the kitchen between 12.30pm - 2pm; To take (8-10) large cardboard boxes to the tip every Friday around lunchtime; If you can help please phone Sandra Booth on tel: (01458) 835067. Soup Lunch Team