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Contacts Rector The Revd Canon Paul Richardson Curate Gerry Lynch LLM Parish Administrator Catherine Brown 724389 Licensed Lay Ministers Chris Cox 728716 Churchwardens Peter Crofts 725740 Jane Scorer 720168 Bob Simpson 725728 Hon. Treasurer Becky Edgington 722680 PCC Secretary Liz Overthrow 722404 Electoral Roll Officer Catherine Brown 724389 Organist Chris Totney 01672 562886 Bell Ringers St John's: Liz Merritt 726767 St Mary's: Barry Osborn 725389 PARISH MAGAZINE Flower Guild Heather Blyth 724347 Parish Magazine Distribution Peter Crofts 725740 September Parish Magazine Editor Catherine Brown 724389 Mothers' Union Juliet Bazeley 829610 2020 Children’s Church Catherine Brown 739253 Parish Safeguarding Officer Jerry King 723830 Health and Safety Officer Alan Martin 0755 7790 363 Representatives on Churches Together in Devizes David Evans 721527 50p 20 Bible readings for September 1 Luke 4.31-37 / 17 Luke 7.36-end/ Contents 1 Cor. 2.10b-end 1 Cor. 15.1-11 2 Luke 4.38-end/ 18 Luke 8.1-3/ 1 Cor. 3.1-9 1 Cor. 15.12-20 3 & 4 Letter from The Sudans Emergency Appeal 3 Luke 5.1-11/ 19 Luke 8.4-15/ 5 Ride and Stride Update 1 Cor. 3.18-end 1 Cor. 15.35-37, 42-49 20 Exod. 16.2-15 6 News from The Rector 4 Luke 5.33-end/ 1 Cor. 4.1-5 Jonah 3.10-end of 4 7 Prayer Request Box Phil. 1.21-end 5 Luke 6.1-5/ Matt. 20.1-16 8 1 Cor. 4.6-15 What happens to our greetings Cards….. 21* Prov. 3.13-18 6 Exod. 12.1-14 9 2 Cor. 4.1-6 Services in September Ezek. 33.7-11 Matt 9.9-13 Rom. 13.8-end 10 & 11 Devizes’ own Andy Capp ! Matt 18.15-20 22 Luke 8.16-18/ Prov.3.27-34 12 A relic from the bombing of Nagasaki 7 Luke 6.6-11/ Luke 8.19-21/ 1 Cor. 5.1-8 Prov. 21.1-6,10-13 13 Bento of Ashes 8 Luke 6.12-19/ 23 Luke 9.1-6/ 1 Cor. 6.1-11 Prov.30.5-9 14 St Johns and me ……. 9 Luke 6.20-26/ 24 Luke 9.7-9/ 15 ‘Aquadeacon’ - what’s that then ? 1 Cor. 7.25-31 Eccles.1.2-11 16 New Diocesan Appointment... 10 Luke 6.27-38/ 25 Luke 9.18-22/ 1 Cor. 8.1-7,11-end Eccles. 3.1-11 17 Book Review 11 Luke 6.39-42/ 26 Luke 9.43b-45/ 1 Cor. 9.16-19,22-end Eccles. 11.9-12.8 18 Psalms for September 12 Luke 6.43-end/ 27 Exod. 17.1-17 19 Bible readings for September 1 Cor. 10.14-22 Ezek. 18.1-4, 25-end Phil. 2.1-13 20 Parish Contacts 13 Exod. 14.19-end Matt. 21.23-32 Gen. 50.15-21 28 Luke 9.46-50 Rom. 14.1-12 If you would like to read this magazine electronically, please Job 1.6-end go to this page on our website: Matt. 18.21-35 29* Gen. 28.10-17/ 14 Luke 7.1-11/ http://www.stjohnwithstmary.org.uk/about-us/church-life/ Rev. 12.7-12 1 Cor. 11.17-26,33 John 1.47-end overview-of-church-life 15 Luke 7.11-17/ Rev. 12.7-12 1 Cor. 2.12-14, 27-end Heb. 1.5-end and follow the link. John 1.47-end 16 Luke 7.31-35/ 1 Cor. 12.31b-end of 13 30 Job. 9.1-12, 14-16 Luke 9.57-end 2 19 Psalms for September From the Sudans Emergency Appeal Thank you. With cheques and donations, as well as your generous giving via our 1 145.10-17 2 62 JustGiving page, we have reached £50,000. 3 24.1-6 4 37.3-8 5 145.18-end 6 149 or 119.33-40 At the start of July, the Bishop of Salisbury launched an Emergency 7 5.5-9a 8 149.1-5 Appeal for the Sudans, saying: “I hope and pray we will be generous. Whatever you can give will be an 9 45.11-end 10 139.1-9 encouragement and a source of hope as well as a practical help in the 11 84.1-6 12 116.10-end present crisis." 13 114 14 22.23-28 15 100 16 33.1-12 And the response has been amazing. We have not only reached our target 17 118.1-2,17-20 18 17.1-8 of £50,000 - we will exceed it. 19 30.1-5 20 105.1-6,37-end 21 119.65-72 22 119.1-8 Bishop Nicholas said: 23 119.105-112 24 90.1-6 “Thank you to everyone for such a heartening response. It is generous, 25 144.1-4 26 90.1-2,12-end outward looking and caring. I have spoken to both the Archbishops of 27 78.1-4,12-16 or 25.1-8 28 17.1-11 Khartoum and Juba in the last week and they are deeply thankful for the support of this appeal.” 29 103.19-end 30 88.1-6,14-16 While Covid-19 is causing significant problems here in the UK, in Sudan and South Sudan a lethal combination of starvation in the North and a lack of basic sanitation in the South has exacerbated the threat. “They would rather die of Covid-19 than hunger” was the distressing plea delivered by Archbishop Ezekiel Kondo in Khartoum, a plea which triggered the Appeal. The funds, which were raised through a combination of a JustGiving site, individual donations and fundraising by parishes, will be divided equally between the Churches in Sudan and South Sudan. They will be used to provide food for Sudan, where a quarter of the Sudanese population is severely food-insecure. This proportion, the highest ever recorded, is being blamed on the ongoing economic and political crises which have been exacerbated by the impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic. They will also provide life-saving sanitisers and basic hand washing facilities for South Sudan, where poor sanitation in the refugee camps means coronavirus is able to spread freely among a weakened population. 18 3 International agencies say that more than 9.6 million people in the Sudans are in need of urgent assistance. Book Review Chair of the Diocese of Salisbury's Sudans Link Committee Canon Ian Woodward said: “Our 48 year partnership of the Diocese of Salisbury with the Churches in Sudan and South Sudan is at the heart of the life of our Diocese and the Tumbling Sky – Psalm Devotions for Weary Souls generosity of our congregations and supporters will help change peoples’ By Matt Searles, 10Publishing, £3.99 lives in these very troubling times - thank you.” Gentle and wise, this devotional is balm for bruised souls. It will comfort and enable you to see the love of God afresh. Honest and wholly Christ-centred, these Psalm devotions shine the light of God's truth and grace into some of the darkest corners of our emotions. They help us to see the joy we can have even in the midst of pain, giving rich comfort, refreshment and hope to the suffering believer. ………………………………………….……………………………………………... ……………………………………………………………………………… Exiles on Mission: How Christians Can Thrive in a Post- Christian World By Paul Williams, Bible Society, £13.99 Fran Stott would like to say: What does faithful Christian witness look like in a post- Christian culture? “how very grateful I am for the amazing support I’ve received from Devizes friends in Paul Williams, the CEO of Bible Society, explores the the past very difficult weeks” experience of living as Christians in the 21st century, including the dissonance with culture that is often felt. He calls for a truly And that her new address is: 29 School Road, East Molesey, missional understanding of post-Christendom Christianity, and invites us to Surrey. KT8 0DN. No landline yet, reimagine local churches as embassies of the kingdom of God and Christians as ambassadors in all spheres of life and work. but mobile is as ever, 07989958417 Williams encourages readers to embrace the language of exile for the scattered and gathered church in the post-Christian West. He helps Christians make sense of the world in which they live, and more authentically integrate their faith with everyday life. 4 17 The Diocese of Salisbury are delighted to announce the Ride and Stride, September 12th, 2020. appointment of the Revd Canon Jonathan Triffitt to the post of Director of Mission and Ministry/ Deputy Diocesan Secretary. Jonathan, who has been serving as Rector of Blandford Forum and Last month I explained why the funds raised by the annual Langton Long, will lead a team to support and serve resource local Ride and Stride will be especially important this year in churches in 3 key areas: discipleship, leadership and community helping to fund repairs to local churches. The event will go transformation. th ahead on Saturday September 12 . In response to his appointment, Jonathan said: Please be generous in your support for Riders and Striders "I am delighted and humbled to be invited to serve the Diocese in this role of our parish. They will certainly include me and I hope that I at such an important and significant time for the Church and wider society. Having served most of my ministry as a Parish Priest, I passionately can persuade a couple of others to participate.