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Pilgrimage to Walsingham – There will be a meeting TODAY after the Eucharist .
It would be of great help if you would consider signing up for the tea and coffee rota, as the list is becoming more difficult to fill. It is a simple job that requires you to bring milk (which you can be reimbursed with that same morning) and to leave the service when the last hymn starts in order to make adequate preparation. A minimum of 2 people are required. The sign up sheet for this ministry is to the right of the urn. Any queries, please speak to Jane Harmsworth tel: 265514
Families Barbecue Sunday 1st September at the vicarage 12 noon onwards
All church families welcome
Friends of St. Thomas a`Becket Golf Day Saturday 7th September
Start times from 11 am.
Please sign up on the list on the notice board.
Michael will be selling tickets in church on SUNDAY 1st September (£6.50 each)
The winner`s cup has been won by Len Cooper for two years running!!!!
This cup was donated by Don Hoare from the Lamb Inn in memory of his son.
For further details please contact Michael on 263537
Coffee and Scripture 2nd and 9th September: Meeting will be held at 16 Springfield (Shirley’s) 266107.
Our next Parish Book is `Death in Holy Orders` by P.D. James. Discussion groups will take place on Thursday 12th September at 10am and Monday 16th September at 8pm. See the Book Group notice board at the back of church for further info and sign up sheets.
Curate for the Parish: The diocese has planned to send us a curate for training next summer. She is married with two children; name to follow shortly. This is a great compliment to Pagham: to be entrusted with giving a newly-ordained person a wide-ranging and good experience of ministry.
Keith McRae: Keith’s funeral will take place at St Peter’s Church, Henfield on Friday 30th August at 11.15 am.
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Weekly Pews News
No.639 25th August 2013
Colour of the season: Green
Thirteenth Sunday after Trinity
Collect for the day:
Almighty God, who called your Church to bear witness that you were in Christ reconciling the world to yourself: help us to proclaim the good news of your love, that all who hear it may be drawn to you: through him who was lifted up on the cross, and reigns with you in the unity of the Hoy Spirit, one God, now and for ever.
The Response to Psalm 103: Bless the Lord, O my soul!
Our Opportunities for Worship today
8.00 am Holy Communion
Readings: Galatians 3: 16-22, Luke 10: 23-37
9.45 am Parish Eucharist
Readings: Isaiah 58:9b-end, Hebrews 12: 18-end,
Luke 13: 10-17
Psalm: 103: 1-8
Hymns: 375, 45, 580, 565
12 noon Baptisms of
Harry Adams, Freddie Carter & Freddie Chandler
6.00 pm Evening Worship – Common Worship
Readings: Isaiah 30: 8-21, 2 Corinthians 9
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Collect for the day: Sunday 1st September 2013
Almighty God, whose only Son has opened for us a new and living way into your presence: give us pure hearts and steadfast wills to worship you in spirit and in truth: through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord, who is alive and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever.
8.00 am Holy Communion
Readings: Galatians5: 16-24, Luke 17:11-19
9.45 am Parish Eucharist
Readings: Ecclesiasticus 10.12-18, Hebrews 13.1-8, 15-16,
Luke 14:1, 7-14
Psalm: 112
Hymns: 19,484,114,631
6.00 pm Evening Worship – Common Worship
Readings: Isaiah 33:13-22, John 3: 22-36
Response to psalm 112: Light shines in the darkness for the upright.
After the Parish Eucharist you are welcome to gather for refreshments
in St. Andrew`s chapel, where we can get to know each other better
Sunday 25th August Thirteenth Sunday after Trinity
Intention: Pray for our diocese of Chichester, our Bishops, Martin and Mark, the archdeacons, clergy and people; for the work of Diocesan Synod and Church House;
for the witness of Chichester Cathedral.
8.00 am Holy Communion
9.45 am Parish Eucharist
12 noon Baptisms of Harry Adams, Freddie Carter & Freddie Chandler
6.00 pm Evening Worship – Common Worship
Monday 26th August
Intention: Pray for the elderly, lonely and bereaved; for all those in residential care
and those who care for them. Anniversary: Raymond Johnson de Marvine (1981)
9.30 am Service before Pilgrims leave for Walsingham
10.30 am Coffee and scripture at 5 The Ridings
Tuesday 27h August Monica, Mother of Augustine of Hippo, 387
Intention: Pray for Christian Unity: Pray for Peace. For the European Union and the United Nations Organisation.
11.00 am Burial of ashes of Joan Lenihan
7.00 pm Eucharist
Wednesday 28th August Augustine, Bishop of Hippo, 430
Intention: Pray for vocations to the ordained ministry, especially any within our own parish; for our theological colleges and for all ordinands in training.
Anniversary: Robert Lack (1979)
10.00 am Holy Communion
Thursday 29th August The Beheading of John the Baptist
Intention: Pray for our mission to our own parish; for the outreach of our parish newsletter; for all newcomers to Pagham and to our church family.
Anniversary: Eric Lock (2003)
8.00 pm Chichester Voices Rehearsal.
Friday 30th August John Bunyan, Spiritual Writer, 1688
Intention: Pray for our neighbouring churches, and for the work of Churches Together in Bognor Regis and District.
Anniversaries: Primrose Green (1973), William Smith (1996)
Saturday 31st August Aidan, Bishop of Lindisfarne, Missionary, 651
Intention: Pray for those married here and preparing for marriage this year; for family life and especially for any families facing adversity.
1.30 pm Wedding of Elliot Minett and Hannah Oakley
Weekday Morning and Evening Prayer
Monday 26th – Friday 30th August – no morning/evening prayer
The church will be open
Week beginning Monday 2nd September
Morning prayer: Monday to Thursday and Saturday 9.20 am. Friday 8.30 am
Evening Prayer: Monday to Thursday 5.20 pm. Friday 4.30 pm
Prayers and Intentions
Prayer for the Sick
For urgent prayer
contact Angela Halfacree to activate the Prayer Chain (tel. 864353)
For longer-term prayer needs contact Gillian Purvis (tel. 267597)
We pray for all in need and especially those in need of healing in mind, body or spirit: Graham Wilds, Bob Tomlinson, Michael Nash, Judy March, Christine, Ian, Elsa, Maggie and Elizabeth Wells
We pray for those who have died recently,
George Garland, Sue Baker, Keith McRae and Joan Lenihan
and for those recorded in our Memorial Book whose anniversaries occur at this time. We pray for all those who mourn their passing.
We pray for Harry Adams, Freddie Carter and Freddie Chandler to be baptized today (25th August) and for Elliot Minett and Hannah Oakley to be married on Saturday 31st August, and for Ian Leahy and Kim Mitchell to be married on Saturday 7th September.
Parish Pastoral Care Course: There will be a course next January to equip a team of `parish visitors`. Start thinking and praying about whether this might be where God is calling you and if interested, see Mark. Examples of visiting would be the bereaved, baptism families, the sick and housebound.
Communion before Confirmation: Course for children to commence in October. Please get your slips back to Mark as soon as possible so the exact times can be set.
Worship: We will be experimenting with doing a few things slightly differently at the 9.45 am Parish Eucharist starting on 8th September, for example a period of quiet at the very start and proclaiming the gospel from the midst of the people.
Next Sunday Fifteenth Sunday after Trinity (G)
8.00 am Holy Communion
Galatians 6: 11-18, Matthew 6: 24 34
9.45 am Parish Eucharist
Readings: Deuteronomy 30: 15 – end, Philemon 1-21,
Luke 14: 25 -33
Psalm: 1
Hymns: 572,211,626,551
6.00 pm Evening Worship – Taize