St Martin’s Church, Welton Revd Nat White Team Vicar, The Rectory 71 High St, , , NN11 7HS 01788 890298 Email – [email protected] Website - http://www.stmartinswelton.org.uk Facebook – St Martin’s Church Welton

12 May 2019 Easter 4 9-30am Service of Communion

Gill Beardmore will be leading our worship today, with Rev Nat.

WELCOME! If you don’t normally take communion but would like God’s blessing, please come up to the altar rail holding your service booklet. Please stay for tea or coffee after the service — we would love to chat with you.

MORNING SERVICES AT ST MARTIN’S, WELTON are held on the

12 May 19 May 26 May 02 June Easter 4 Easter 5 Easter 6 9.30am 9.30am 9.30am 9.30am St Martin’s Ashby St St Martin’s Ashby St Welton Ledgers Welton Ledgers READINGS READINGS READINGS READINGS Acts 9. 36-end Acts 11. 1-18 Acts 16. 9-15 John 10. 22-30 John 13. 31-35 John 14. 23-29 Chalice Gill Beardmore Sidesperson Jackie Hibbert Margaret Jones Reader Jackie Hibbert Margaret Jones Prayers Gill Beardmore Vicar Sacristan Jan Wall Roslyn Loades Refreshments Joan Roberts Joan Roberts Altar Flowers Jackie Hibbert Roslyn Loades This month we remember: Thomas Williamson, Graham Malcolm Hartwell, Gillian Mary Thompson, Ronald William McBean, Sheila Mary Hupfield, Joyce Dekker, Dorothy Overton, Lesley William Overton, Alfred Charles Ellis Price, Kay Weir, Robert Herbert Jeffs.

Thy Kingdom Come - May 30th - June 9th 2019 Thy Kingdom Come is a global prayer movement that invites Christians around the world to pray for more people to come to know Jesus. What started in 2016 as an invitation from the Archbishops of Canterbury and York to the Church of has grown into an international and ecumenical call to prayer. Join the global wave of prayer calling all Christians to pray between Ascension and Pentecost for more people to come to know Jesus Christ. Booklets are available in Martin’s Church.

Reading Acts 9.36-end Now in Joppa there was a disciple whose name was Tabitha, which in Greek is Dorcas. She was devoted to good works and acts of charity. At that time she became ill and died. When they had washed her, they laid her in a room upstairs. Since Lydda was near Joppa, the disciples, who heard that Peter was there, sent two men to him with the request, ‘Please come to us without delay.’ So Peter got up and went with them; and when he arrived, they took him to the room upstairs. All the widows stood beside him, weeping and showing tunics and other clothing that Dorcas had made while she was with them. Peter put all of them outside, and then he knelt down and prayed. He turned to the body and said, ‘Tabitha, get up.’ Then she opened her eyes, and seeing Peter, she sat up. He gave her his hand and helped her up. Then calling the saints and widows, he showed her to be alive. This became known throughout Joppa, and many believed in the Lord. Meanwhile he stayed in Joppa for some time with a certain Simon, a tanner.

Gospel Reading John 10.22-30 At that time the festival of the Dedication took place in Jerusalem. It was winter, and Jesus was walking in the temple, in the portico of Solomon. So the Jews gathered around him and said to him, ‘How long will you keep us in suspense? If you are the Messiah, tell us plainly.’ Jesus answered, ‘I have told you, and you do not believe. The works that I do in my Father’s name testify to me; but you do not believe, because you do not belong to my sheep. My sheep hear my voice. I know them, and they follow me. I give them eternal life, and they will never perish. No one will snatch them out of my hand. What my Father has given me is greater than all else, and no one can snatch it out of the Father’s hand. The Father and I are one.’

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Welton Good Neighbour Scheme (Tel. no 07938 237 070) Regular Events: Tuesday Café: Second Tuesday in the month (first session 14th May), Welton Village Hall 2-4pm. Open to everyone, but be warned – someone will speak to you! No need to book, just turn up. Small charge for refreshments. Friday Luncheon Club: Last Friday in the month, White Horse Welton, 12.30pm (first session 31st May.) Normal light lunch bar menu. Open to everyone. No need to book, but it would help us to know who was coming. Normal pub prices. Transport can be arranged for these events. Home support. There are volunteers who are ready and willing to carry out minor household maintenance tasks, undertake regular visiting, pick up shopping, prescriptions, etc., or provide transport to appointments. At the present time, this home support service is restricted to within the parish of Welton. Welton Good Neighbour Scheme is run entirely by volunteers. We are grateful for support from Council and Action with Communities in Rural England.

Christian Aid Week Sunday 12 – 18th May

Envelopes will be delivered around the village. Donation envelopes will be available in church.

Saturday 08th June at 1.30pm The marriage ceremony of Paul Rowell and Marie Austin will take place in St Martin’s Church. Congratulations and we wish Paul and Marie every blessing for their forthcoming marriage. PCC Meeting There will be a PCC Meeting on Tuesday 14th May at 6.00pm in St Martin’s Church.

Cream Teas at Ashby St Ledgers From 2.00pm on Sunday 26th May Plants, cakes, tombola.

Proceeds to St Leodegarius church (if wet will take place in the village hall)

Any news on forthcoming events: email [email protected]. Please let me know if you would like your name included or deleted from the mailing list which receives these pew leaflets. Thank you. Roslyn.