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t WEST DOWNLAND BENEFICE NOTICES Brightwalton with Catmore, Chaddleworth, Fawley, Great Shefford with Shefford Woodlands, Leckhampstead and Welford with Wickham TODAY Summer BCP Evensong th Sunday 7 July – the Third Sunday after Trinity Sunday 21st July 6pm Fawley. All are welcome 9.30am Holy Communion at Fawley 11.00am Holy Communion at Wickham 2.00pm Baptism at Fawley. 5.15pm ‘Thanksgiving for the Natural World’ at Great Shefford. WELCOME Flower displays in the churches and Open “Being sent out” Gardens from 11am to 5pm in Great Shefford Today’s Gospel Reading begins with the wonderful and Shefford Woodlands: Sunday 7th July - vision of God “sending out his people” in order to cream teas, plants, cakes and jams & jellies stalls spread the Word of God to every town and place. He available in the village hall. The day will end with warns; it will not be easy, in fact it will be hard, but a short service ‘Giving thanks for the natural trust in the Lord and be glad in the task. Travel light, world’ at St Mary’s Church at 5.15pm the Lord says, “carry no purse, no bag, no sandals; and greet no one on the road”. We are all called, as the body of Christ, to administer God’s word in every Welford and Wickham Primary School Summer place and to all. Deacons are called to a particular Production. This year the children are ministry; to serve. First and foremost, to serve God, by giving their lives to his service and secondly to presenting ‘Blast Off!’ at Arlington Arts on th serve others with humility and love. In the coming Thursday 18 July at 1.30pm. If you would like months and years, I hope to serve you well. to come and see the show please let Miri know Whatever our calling, we should have ”joy in our and she will book you a ticket, or alternatively hearts, and be glad in it”. contact Beth in the school office. May I take this opportunity to thank all the ladies that cleaned the rectory ahead of my arrival and made it feel more homely. Also, thank you for the wonderful food parcels, packed with lots of goodies, which really helped at a time when there was much to think about. Blessings Julie 3 School End of Year and Leavers’ Services NEXT WEEK th Wednesday 10 July Welford & Wickham School Leavers’ Service 5.00pm Evening Prayer at Welford. Friday 19th July 9am Readings: Judg. 9.22-end; Luke. 16. 1-18. St Gregory’s Church, Welford Sunday 14th July – Sea Sunday the Fourth Sunday after Trinity Brightwalton School Leavers’ Service 8.00am Holy Communion at Brightwalton Friday 19th July 2pm 9.30am Holy Communion at Great Shefford 11.00am Holy Communion at Leckhampstead (with All saints’ Church, Brightwalton coffee before from 10.40am) 11.00am Matins at Wickham Chaddleworth St Andrew’s and Shefford INFORMATION Federated Schools Rector Leavers’ Service and Celebration Worship The Reverend Miriam Keen rd The Rectory, Church Street, Great Shefford, RG17 7DU Tuesday 23 July 2.30pm Tel: 01488 649927 or 07954 117 093 Great Shefford site email: [email protected] Curate The Reverend Julie Howell The Rectory, Main Street, Chaddleworth, RG20 7EW Tel: 01488 638142 or 07919 207 137 Email: [email protected] Pew Sheet To receive your Pew Sheet each week by e-mail, to have someone added to the prayer list, or to place an entry in the Pew Sheet, please contact Mike Hedges-Jackson email: [email protected] COLLECTS AND READINGS Collect they provide, for the labourer deserves to be Almighty God, you have broken the tyranny of paid. Do not move about from house to house. sin and have sent the Spirit of your Son into our Whenever you enter a town and its people hearts whereby we call you Father: give us grace welcome you, eat what is set before you; cure to dedicate our freedom to your service, that we the sick who are there, and say to them, “The and all creation may be brought to the glorious kingdom of God has come near to you.” But liberty of the children of God: through Jesus whenever you enter a town and they do not Christ your Son our Lord, who is alive and reigns welcome you, go out into its streets and say, with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, “Even the dust of your town that clings to our now and for ever. Amen feet, we wipe off in protest against you. Yet New Testament Reading know this: the kingdom of God has come near.” Gal.6.7-16 ‘Whoever listens to you listens to me, and Do not be deceived; God is not mocked, for you whoever rejects you rejects me, and whoever reap whatever you sow. If you sow to your own rejects me rejects the one who sent me.’ flesh, you will reap corruption from the flesh; The seventy returned with joy, saying, ‘Lord, in but if you sow to the Spirit, you will reap eternal your name even the demons submit to us!’ He life from the Spirit. So let us not grow weary in said to them, ‘I watched Satan fall from heaven doing what is right, for we will reap at harvest like a flash of lightning. See, I have given you time, if we do not give up. So then, whenever we authority to tread on snakes and scorpions, and have an opportunity, let us work for the good of over all the power of the enemy; and nothing all, and especially for those of the family of faith. will hurt you. Nevertheless, do not rejoice at See what large letters I make when I am writing this, that the spirits submit to you, but rejoice in my own hand! It is those who want to make a that your names are written in heaven.’ good showing in the flesh that try to compel you PLEASE PRAY to be circumcised—only that they may not be Please pray for Henry Smith who will be persecuted for the cross of Christ. Even the baptised today at Fawley. circumcised do not themselves obey the law, Please pray for those who are sick or are but they want you to be circumcised so that they recovering from illness, among them, Jean may boast about your flesh. May I never boast Hickson, Laura Cuninghame, Ryan Keenan, and of anything except the cross of our Lord Jesus Stuart Futcher. Christ, by which the world has been crucified to A number of local families have suffered recent me, and I to the world. For neither circumcision bereavements. Please continue to pray for nor uncircumcision is anything; but a new God’s comfort and peace for all those grieving creation is everything! As for those who will for ‘those we love but see no longer’. In follow this rule—peace be upon them, and particular please remember in your prayers the mercy, and upon the Israel of God. families and friends of Christine Mills whose Gospel Reading funeral will took place this week. Luke 10.1-11, 16-20 North Newbury Benefice is the focus for this The Lord appointed seventy others and sent week’s Deanery Prayer Cycle. We pray for its them on ahead of him in pairs to every town and ministers Will Hunter, Joy Mawdesley LLM and place where he himself intended to go. He said Jane Sutton. to them, ‘The harvest is plentiful, but the Post Communion Collect labourers are few; therefore ask the Lord of the O God, whose beauty is beyond our imagining harvest to send out labourers into his harvest. and whose power we cannot comprehend: Go on your way. See, I am sending you out like show us your glory as far as we can grasp it, and lambs into the midst of wolves. Carry no purse, shield us from knowing more than we can bear no bag, no sandals; and greet no one on the until we may look upon you without fear, through Jesus Christ our Saviour. Amen. road. Whatever house you enter, first say, “Peace to this house!” And if anyone is there Next Week’s Readings who shares in peace, your peace will rest on that Deut.30.9-14; Col. 1.1-14; Luke 10.25-37. person; but if not, it will return to you. Remain in the same house, eating and drinking whatever .