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The August Good News from Nettleham Thursday 1St 2019 to Saturday 31St August Trinity 7-10 No 112 All Saints St. Mary’s NETTLEHAM PARISH CHURCH RISEHOLME PARISH CHURCH The August Good News from Nettleham Thursday 1st 2019 to Saturday 31st August Trinity 7-10 No 112 Reverend Judy writes….. What does August mean to you? Perhaps it’s holidays and time away with family or friends or maybe it’s a time of sitting in the warmth of the sunshine on these light evenings enjoying a glass of wine. Or is it the excitement of the thunderstorms or watching the ripening corn in the field. Or maybe it’s that extra time on your hands to enjoy in any way you want. For children it’s a time to abandon the daily rush and routine of the school day. For families it’s a time to get away together often chasing the sunshine, although perhaps not this year, as we have been blessed with an abundance. For those who have grandchildren perhaps it’s a time for helping out with child care. In the summer God makes the daylight longer and warmer so that the crops and fruits ripen. But it also gives us the chance to be out in the evening where we might be able to talk to people who in the winter are hidden in their homes. It is also a pointer toward heaven when there shall no longer be any night. Long days show the glory of a God who is light, and in whom there is no darkness at all. God creates the summer to give us opportunities to travel and see His handiwork in other places or even enjoy what is on our own doorstep. To see mountains, lakes, rivers, plains, oceans and even here in Nettleham to play in the beck. Summer is for seeing and showing God. Summer is not a spiritual void, yes we do slightly less in church but it gives us the opportunity to see where God is displaying his glories, where He is caressing the world with mercy. Gods summer kindness is meant to lead us to join with Him in the light of his love. We sense that God is passing through the land with special blessing in these summer days. Quote of the month….. I love how late July and the month of August just hang there and make themselves felt, the heat all around us like God's love. We feel how intense it can be, and in making itself felt all we can do is surrender. When we surrender to God (as to Nature), the earth turns and tilts, the sun sleeps and wakes, the stars show themselves then hide, and we realise we are mere observers. All we can do is sit and slumber in God's heat, and though we do so little, God takes care of so much. He even finds the time to give us the welcoming trickle of the beck. Simon Vincent Prayer of the week… Father, Creator of all, thank You for summer! Thank you for the warmth of the sun and the increased daylight. Thank You for the beauty I see all around me and for the opportunity to be outside and enjoy Your creation. Thank You for the increased time I have to be with my friends and family, and for the more casual pace of the summer season. Draw me closer to You this summer. Teach me how I can pray no matter where I am or what I am doing. Warm my soul with the awareness of Your presence and light my path with Your Word and Counsel. As I enjoy Your creation, create in me a pure heart and a hunger and a thirst for You. - Author Unknown In need of prayer…. Tracey Davis, Nicholas Paulson, Josie Lane, Iris Wilson, Richard Haynes, Rita Chapman, Graham Chapman, Barry Crum, Heather Haynes, Chris Wooster, Jean Dewar, Monica Wooster, Julian Ellin, Harriet Rich, Julie Thornton, Ben Comins, Katie Smalley. RIP…. We give thanks for the lives, pray for the souls and ask comfort for the relatives and friends of Megan Ashley. Year’s Mind Week Commencing 1 August Derrick Buckingham (2010) Robert Mason (2007) Tony Cross (2007) Doris Goodacre (2007) John McCullock (2007) Catherine Jubb (2012) Mary Clarke (2011) Walter Meyer (2015) Week commencing 11 August Joan Brock (2015) Joan Freemantle (2008) Margaret Herrick (2012) Charles Cook (2008) Veronica Ann Fenwick (2009) Richard Thornton (2015) Marjorie Bayes (2014) Week commencing 18 August Jean Ingham (2008) Len Rook (2007) Wilfred Troop (2008) Margaret Millman (2015) Richard Barkwith (2015) Peggy Rook (2009) Week commencing 25 August Paul Wilson (2009) Elizabeth Flude (2014) Mark Cathcart (1968) May Dale (2013) John Middleton (2006) John Eyre (2018) Thomas Walker (2006) Doris Irene Walkley (2011) Future dates for your diary…. Tuesday 6 August. Film night in The Parish Centre. Part documentary and part fictional folk tale, The Cave Of The Yellow Dog follows Nansal Batchuluun, the eldest daughter of a nomadic Mongolian family, who finds a small dog and names him Zochor. Her father refuses to let her keep it, believing it will bring the family bad luck and lead wolves to their sheep but Nansal decides to defy her father by hiding it from the family. It is a beautifully filmed study of a Mongolian family, and is touching not only on a very human but also surprisingly spiritual level. Directed by Byambasuren Davaa. Saturday 14 September – Safeguarding Training at All Saints Church for all PCC members and volunteers. 9.30am to 12.30pm Sunday 22 September – Harvest lunch at 12.45 for 1pm. Tickets Adults £10 and child under 12 £5. Please advise if you are vegetarian or have other dietary needs. Please bring own drinks; glasses provided. Tickets available from end August - see posters. Saturday 19th October – Concert by the Lincolnshire Fire and Rescue Concert Band in All Saints Church 7pm. Tickets are £10 which includes light refreshments. Tickets available from mid September - see posters. What’s on during August… Week commencing 4th August Sunday 4th Trinity 7 8.00am Said Eucharist 9.30am Said Parish Eucharist 12.00pm Baptism of Thea Summersgill 1.00pm Baptism of Henry Garside 3.00pm Cuppa Time 7.30pm Saints Alive 11-16s in Parish Centre Monday 5th Oswald, king, martyr, 642 Tuesday 6th Transfiguration of our Lord 9.30am Ducklings 11.30am Said Eucharist 2.00pm Craft and Natter in the Parish Centre 7.00pm Film night in the Parish Centre – for details see Future Dates above Wednesday 7 John Mason Neale, priest, hymn writer, 1866 12 noon BCP Holy Communion 7.00pm PCC Meeting in the Parish Centre Thursday 8th Dominic, priest, founder of the Order of Preachers, 1221 9.30am CW Eucharist followed by coffee in the Parish Centre Friday 9th Mary Sumner, founder of the Mothers’ Union, 1921 12.00pm CW Eucharist Saturday 10th Laurence, deacon, martyr, 258 Week commencing 11th August Sunday 11th Trinity 8 8.00am Said Eucharist 9.30am Said Parish Eucharist 11.15am BCP HC St Mary’s Riseholme 3.00pm Cuppa Time Monday 12th Feria Tuesday 13th Jeremy Taylor, bishop, teacher of the faith, 1667; Florence Nightingale 1910 9.30am Ducklings 2.00pm Craft and Natter in the Parish Centre Wednesday 14 Maximilian Kolbe, friar, martyr, 1941 10.30am Home Communion at Church View 12 noon BCP Holy Communion Thursday 15th The Blessed Virgin Mary (festival) 9.30am CW Eucharist followed by coffee in the Parish Centre Friday 16th Feria 12.00pm CW Eucharist Saturday 17th Feria Week commencing 18th August Sunday 18th Trinity 9 8.00am Said Eucharist 9.30am Said Parish Eucharist 1.00pm Baptism of Darcey Borseberry 2.00pm Baptism of Pearl Benton 3.00pm Cuppa Time 6.00pm Celtic Evening Prayer with healing Monday 19th Feria Tuesday 20th Bernard, abbot, teacher of the faith, 1153; William and Catherine Booth, founders of the Salvation Army, 1912, 1890 2.00pm Craft and Natter in the Parish Centre Wednesday 21Feria 12 noon BCP Holy Communion Thursday 22nd Feria 9.30am CW Eucharist followed by coffee in the Parish Centre 6.00pm Nettleham Community Choir Vocal Workshop Friday 23rd Feria 12.00pm CW Eucharist Saturday 24th Bartholomew the Apostle Week commencing 25th August… Sunday 25th Trinity 10 8.00am Said Eucharist 9.30am Sung Eucharist 11.15am BCP MP St Mary’s Riseholme 2.00pm Baptism 3.00pm Cuppa Time Monday 26th Feria Tuesday 27th Monica, mother of Augustine of Hippo, 387 2.00pm Craft and Natter in the Parish Centre Wednesday 28 Augustine, bishop, teacher of the faith, 430 12 noon BCP Holy Communion Thursday 29th Beheading of John the Baptist 9.30am CW Eucharist followed by coffee in the Parish Centre 6.00pm Nettleham Community Choir Vocal Workshop Friday 30th John Bunyan, spiritual writer, 1688 12.00pm CW Eucharist Saturday 31st Aidan, bishop, missionary, 651 Readings Sunday 11 August – Trinity 8 Genesis 15.1-6 Psalm 33.12-21 Hebrews 11.1-3,8-16 Luke12.32-40 Readings Sunday 18 August – Trinity 9 Jeremiah 23.23-29 Psalm 82 Hebrews 11.29-12.2 Luke 12.49-56 Readings Sunday 25 August – Trinity 9 Isaiah 58.9b-14 Psalm103.1-8 Hebrews 12.18-29 Luke 13.10-17 Creation Season coming here in September... Words from the Church of England... We believe that responding to climate change is an essential part of our responsibility to safeguard God's creation. Our environmental campaign exists to enable the whole church to address - in faith, practice and mission - the issue of climate change. "Reducing the causes of climate change is essential to the life of faith. It is a way to love our neighbour and to steward the gift of creation." Justin Welby, Archbishop of Canterbury Creationtide’ or the ‘Season of Creation’ is the period in the annual church calendar (from 1st September to 4th October) dedicated to God as Creator and Sustainer of all life.
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