HUNDRED RIVER & WAINFORD BENEFICE Brampton, , , , , , , , Weston Sunday 13th June 2021—Trinity 2 COLLECT FOR TRINITY 2 Lord, You have taught us that all our doings without love are nothing worth: send Your Holy Spirit and pour into our hearts that most excellent gift of love, the true bond of peace and of all virtues, without which whoever lives is counted dead before You. Grant this for Your only Son Jesus Christ's sake, who is alive and reigns with You, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever.

WORSHIP THIS SUNDAY SUNDAY READINGS 9:30am St Peter, Redisham Morning Worship Morning: 10:00am All Saints, Ringsfield Holy Communion 1 Samuel 15.34 - 16.13; Psalm 20; 2 Corinthians 5.6-10 [11- 11:00am St John Baptist, Shadingfield Holy Communion 13]14-17; Mark 4.26-34 6:30pm St Margaret, Stoven Evening Worship Evening: Psalm 39; Jeremiah 7.1-16; Romans 9.14-26; Luke 7.36 - 8.3

REFLECTION FOR TRINITY 2 There has been a lot of discussion around the football team on whether they should ‘take the knee’ at the beginning of a match, to say that black lives matter. For the team themselves, this gesture is to highlight the racism that still exists in and around football – the abuse given to individual players; the racist chanting that comes from the terraces; online racist and abusive comments. It is a sad indictment of our culture that the way someone looks, in this case skin colour, still informs our interaction with them and our valuing of them. When Israel decided that they needed a king, they chose someone because of how he looked. Saul is described as ‘an im- pressive young man without equal among the Israelites—a head taller than any of the others.’ When Samuel was called by God to anoint the king of His choosing, Samuel fell into the same mindset: When they arrived, Samuel saw Eliab and thought, "Surely the Lord's anointed stands here before the Lord." 1 Samuel 16: 6 But God responded, saying to Samuel: "Do not consider his appearance or his height, for I have rejected him. The Lord does not look at the things man looks at. Man looks at the outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart." 1 Samuel 16: 7 So when God sent His only Son: He had no beauty or majesty to attract us to Him, nothing in His appearance that we should desire Him. He was despised and rejected by men, a man of sorrows, and familiar with suffering. Isaiah 53:2-3 (ANIV) He was/is not the blue-eyed blonde as depicted in many works of art and stained-glass windows. What is important to God is who a person is, what is in their heart, not what they look like. God is colour-, gender-, race-, ethnicity- blind. Psalm 139 speaks to all of us, whether male or female, straight or LGBTQ, whatever our skin colour, rich or poor … the list goes on. When we kneel to pray, take the knee before God, He sees into our hearts and how they have responded to His love. Rev Phil WORSHIP NEXT WEEK READINGS—Sunday 20th June - Trinity 3 Wednesday 16th June Morning 10:00am St Margaret, Sotterley Midweek Communion 1 Samuel 17.[1a,4-11, 19-23]32-49; Psalm 9.9-20; Sunday 20th June—Trinity 3 Psalm 133; 2 Corinthians 6.1-13; Mark 4.35-41 10:00am All Saints, Ringsfield Morning Prayer Evening 11:00am St John Baptist, Shadingfield Morning Worship Psalm 49; Jeremiah 10.1-16; Romans 11.25-36; 11:15am Westhall Village Hall Family Worship Luke 8.26-39 6:30pm St Andrew, Ilketshall Holy Communion

TERESA KENT Teresa Kent’s funeral will be on Thursday 17th June, 11:30am at St Peter, Redisham. This is a private ceremony with a memorial service planned for later in the year. Teresa was a long standing member of St Peter, Redisham, where she served as Churchwarden and Deanery Synod Rep. Please hold Teresa’s family and the congregation at St Peter’s in your prayers at this time. REVD CLAIRE KIDDY I am delighted to announce that Revd Claire Kiddy will be joining our Benefice as Associate Priest from July this year. Claire’s licensing will take place on Monday 5th July at St Andrew, Westhall, details to follow. We look forward to welcoming Claire and pray for her ministry with us. MIDWEEK COMMUNION We have restarted our midweek Communion around the Benefice. These are Benefice Communions, so all are welcome to come along. PCC TREASURER We are looking for a PCC Treasurer for St Margaret, Sotterley. If you feel able to help or know of someone who would be willing to take on this role, please contact Rev Phil. COFFEE AND CHAT As we come out of restrictions there are opportunities for meeting up with friends and neighbours. The Rural Coffee Caravan will be visiting Sotterley Chapel on Thursday 30th June from 10:30am Brampton and Stoven Village Hall have started up their fortnightly coffee morning. The next is on Tuesday 15th June starting at 10:00am.

Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, they are a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come! 2 Corinthians 5: 17

PLEASE REMEMBER IN YOUR PRAYERS: • God’s vision for us as a Benefice • Revd Claire Kiddy as she prepares to join our Benefice • The work of Chaplains across the Diocese • Ordinands and Licensed Lay Ministers in Training especially Helen Kerridge • The continued roll out of vaccinations to younger people • The work of Ringsfield Hall • Growing in God Diocesan Aims (Growing Younger, Growing in Number, Growing in Depth and Growing in Influence • The work of the Rural Coffee Caravan and Meet Up Mondays in connecting with the lonely and isolated • Those recently bereaved: Carol Bromley, Pat Fearn, the families of Penny Ling, Penny Mills, Hazel Marshall, Brian Blowers, Teresa Kent

CLERGY CONTACTS Revd Philip Miller Rector (Day off: Monday) 01502 714786 [email protected] Website: www.hundredriverandwainfordbenefice.org.uk