Weekly Pews News
no 21-31
1.8.2021
Eighth Sunday after Trinity
Sunday 1st August
08:00 Morning Prayer (Book of Common Prayer – with Roland Ell LLM)
09:30 Parish Family Eucharist
15:00 Holy Baptism of Primrose Mabel Carter
Collect Gracious Father, revive your Church in our day, and make her holy, strong and faithful,
for your glory’s sake in Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
Readings Exodus 16: 2–4, 9–15; Psalm 78: 23–29; Ephesians 4: 1–16; John 6: 24–35
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Sunday 1st August
Intention: our Parish Team – Clergy: Lucy Sullivan, Colin Wood, Bill Meyer; Reader: Roland Ell; Churchwardens: Mike Wake, Alex Brockhurst.
Monday 2nd August
Intention: our hospitals, doctors, nurses and midwives, home care assistants, pharmacists, therapists, opticians, dentists; all who provide health care.
09:00 Morning prayer (in church)
Tuesday 3rd August
Intention: those baptised and confirmed here during the year, their parents, godparents or sponsors, and our own godchildren.
17:30 Evening prayer (on Zoom)
Wednesday 4th August
Intention: all imprisoned in any way, and those caught up in modern slavery; the prisoners, staff, chaplains and visitors at HMP Ford.
17:30 Evening Prayer (on Zoom)
Thursday 5th August – Oswald, king, martyr, 642
Intention: our children and young people, and their leaders; our Sunday School and Saints (older children).
09:00 Morning prayer (in church)
10:00 Holy Communion
13:30 Funeral of Lila Cowee
Friday 6th August – TRANSFIGURATION OF OUR LORD
Intention: our Archbishops, Justin Welby of Canterbury and Stephen Cottrell of York; the work of the Archbishops’ Council and General Synod; the worldwide Anglican Communion.
Saturday 7th August
Intention: our schools, colleges and universities; all teachers and learners, governors and administrators.
Sunday 8th August – 10th Sunday after Trinity
Readings: 1 Kings 19: 4–8; Psalm 34: 1–8; Ephesians 4: 25—5: 2; John 6: 35, 41–51
PRAYERS AND INTENTIONS
We pray for all in need of healing in body, mind or spirit Lynette, Rosie Sims, Terry Haskell, Barbara Crew, Jean Martin, Karen Cox, Jim Fowler, Sheila King, John Kitchener, Dawn Spurway Pearson, Mo Ford, Roxanne & Mark Hollamby, Nicola Simpson, Steve Lomas.
For urgent prayer, contact Gillian Purvis (267597) or Pat Rush (262561) to activate the Prayer Chain.
The recently departed Lila Cowee, Madge Breakspear.
Anniversary of death Robert Tomlinson, Roy Ell (3rd).
We remember Church family who live in residential care or usually receive communion at home: Beatrice Armstrong, Mary Baxter.
We pray for Primrose Carter who is to be baptised today, and her parents and godparents.
NOTICES
Churchwardens After much delay I am pleased to say that Mike Wake and Alex Brockhurst are to be ‘sworn in’ as our churchwardens for this year by the Archdeacon of Chichester at a service on Saturday 31st July. Please pray for them as they continue to serve in Pagham.
Sunday 1st August 08:00 Please note that the 08:00 service on Sunday 1st August is prayer book Morning Prayer and not Holy Communion. The Parish Eucharist is celebrated at 09:30 as normal, or there is a service of Prayer Book Holy Communion at 08:00 at St Richard’s, Aldwick, to which you will be warmly welcomed.
Lila Cowee Lila’s funeral is to take place in church on Thursday 5th August at 13:30 followed by a reception at Pagham Yacht Club. All are very welcome to attend.
Lifting of Covid restrictions From 19th July there was a significant change in the compulsory restrictions in place to protect against the transmission of Covid-19. Please see the separate sheet with details about how we are continuing to keep safe at St Thomas à Becket.
Booking is essential while we still have some arrangements in place to create a safe and comfortable environment for all. Please contact Trudi Kearsley to book, T 263597, M 07703 597353.
Scratch Choir The scratch choir continue to add a very welcome element to our worship on Sunday mornings. This is a very informal set-up for all who would like to sing during our service. There is a brief rehearsal each week from 9am for that morning’s hymns. If you enjoy singing and would like to take part, please contact Mthr Lucy or just turn up at 09:00 on Sunday morning. Please note that while there is now no restriction on numbers, if space is limited priority will be given to children on the first Sunday of the month.
Book Group Our first meeting is on Friday 6th August at 2.30 pm in church. More information about the Book Group from Linda Tempest, lindatempest@hotmail.com, 07443 905893.
Churchyard maintenance A huge thank you to those who have been regularly turning out to help with churchyard maintenance over the last month or so. If you are able to help this team with strimming/mowing (and especially if you have your own petrol strimmer/mower and kit) the churchwardens would be very pleased to hear from you. Their details are below.
Admission to Holy Communion before Confirmation Thank you to those who have registered their interest in this. A short course of preparation will run in the autumn – details to be shared in due course. If you have a child/children in school year 6 or above who are interested in this, please do contact Mthr Lucy.
Reverend Pauline Lucas A Thanksgiving Service for Pauline will be held at St John the Baptist Church, Kirdford on Saturday 11th September at 12 noon. For further details, please contact Trudi as above.
CONTACT DETAILS – find us on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter @StThomasPagham.
The Revd Lucy Sullivan: 19 Willowhale Avenue, Bognor Regis, West Sussex, PO21 4AU.
mthrlucy.pagham@gmail.com, 01243 941551.
Churchwardens: Mike Wake and Alex Brockhurst: churchwarden@paghamchurch.org 07899 705632//07792 544259.
Church website update: email editor@paghamchurch.org.
Safeguarding Officer: Jan Brockhurst, safeguarding@paghamchurch.org.
Pews News: Alison Blenkinsop, pewsnews@paghamchurch.org, 261131, 07784 544981.