| St Thomas à Becket
Registered charity number : 1134842 |
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| Church in Vacancy | ||||||||||||
| Churchwarden: Mr Alex Brockhurst
Tel: 07792 544259 |
Churchwarden: Mrs Sue O’Neill
Tel: 07867 904780 Email: suesdesignservices@gmail.com |
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| Licensed lay minister: Mrs Rosemary Towse
Email: rosemarytowse@talktalk.net |
Safeguarding officer: Mrs Jan Brockhurst
Email: safeguarding@paghamchurch.org |
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| : www.paghamchurch.org | * StThomasPagham@gmail.com | @StThomasPagham | ||||||||||
| Sunday
28th April 2024 Easter 5 |
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| Sunday | 28th | 09:30 | Parish Eucharist | |||||||||
| Monday
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29th | 09:00 | Morning Prayer | |||||||||
| Tuesday | 30th | 18:00
19:00 |
Evening prayer
Tuesday @7 |
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| Wednesday
Philip and James, Apostles |
1st May | 09:30
18:00 |
Breakfast Club at Manor Nursery
Evening prayer |
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| Thursday | 2nd | 09:00
10:00 |
Morning Prayer
Holy Communion |
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| Friday | 3rd | 14:00 | Book club.
No public Worship Today |
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| Saturday | 5th | No public Worship Today | ||||||||||
| Sunday
Easter 6 |
6th | 09:30 | Parish Family Eucharist | |||||||||
| The Collect (Opening Prayer) for the Fifth Sunday of Easter: | ||||||||||||
| Almighty God, who through your only-begotten Son Jesus Christ have overcome death and opened to us the gate of everlasting life: grant that, as by your grace going before us you put into our minds good desires, so by your continual help we may bring them to good effect; through Jesus Christ our risen Lord, who is alive and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen. | ||||||||||||
| New Testament Reading Acts 8.26-40 | ||||||||||||
| Then an angel of the Lord said to Philip, ‘Get up and go towards the south to the road that goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza.’ (This is a wilderness road.) So he got up and went. Now there was an Ethiopian eunuch, a court official of the Candace, queen of the Ethiopians, in charge of her entire treasury. He had come to Jerusalem to worship and was returning home; seated in his chariot, he was reading the prophet Isaiah. Then the Spirit said to Philip, ‘Go over to this chariot and join it.’ So Philip ran up to it and heard him reading the prophet Isaiah. He asked, ‘Do you understand what you are reading?’ He replied, ‘How can I, unless someone guides me?’ And he invited Philip to get in and sit beside him. Now the passage of the scripture that he was reading was this: ‘Like a sheep he was led to the slaughter, and like a lamb silent before its shearer, so he does not open his mouth. In his humiliation justice was denied him. Who can describe his generation? For his life is taken away from the earth. The eunuch asked Philip, ‘About whom, may I ask you, does the prophet say this, about himself or about someone else?’ Then Philip began to speak, and starting with this scripture, he proclaimed to him the good news about Jesus. As they were going along the road, they came to some water; and the eunuch said, ‘Look, here is water! What is to prevent me from being baptized?’ He commanded the chariot to stop, and both of them, Philip and the eunuch, went down into the water, and Philip baptized him. When they came up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord snatched Philip away; the eunuch saw him no more, and went on his way rejoicing. But Philip found himself at Azotus, and as he was passing through the region, he proclaimed the good news to all the towns until he came to Caesarea. | ||||||||||||
Psalm 22.25-31 |
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Response- ‘All the ends of the earth shall turn to you, O Lord’. |
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| New Testament Reading 1 John 4.7-21 | ||||||||||||
| Beloved, let us love one another, because love is from God; everyone who loves is born of God and knows God. Whoever does not love does not know God, for God is love. God’s love was revealed among us in this way: God sent his only Son into the world so that we might live through him. In this is love, not that we loved God but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the atoning sacrifice for our sins. Beloved, since God loved us so much, we also ought to love one another. No one has ever seen God; if we love one another, God lives in us, and his love is perfected in us. By this we know that we abide in him and he in us, because he has given us of his Spirit. And we have seen and do testify that the Father has sent his Son as the Saviour of the world. God abides in those who confess that Jesus is the Son of God, and they abide in God. So we have known and believe the love that God has for us. God is love, and those who abide in love abide in God, and God abides in them. Love has been perfected among us in this: that we may have boldness on the day of judgement, because as he is, so are we in this world. There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear; for fear has to do with punishment, and whoever fears has not reached perfection in love. We love because he first loved us. Those who say, ‘I love God’, and hate their brothers or sisters, are liars; for those who do not love a brother or sister whom they have seen, cannot love God whom they have not seen. The commandment we have from him is this: those who love God must love their brothers and sisters also.
Gospel Reading: John 15.1-8 ‘I am the true vine, and my Father is the vine-grower. He removes every branch in me that bears no fruit. Every branch that bears fruit he prunes to make it bear more fruit. You have already been cleansed by the word that I have spoken to you. Abide in me as I abide in you. Just as the branch cannot bear fruit by itself unless it abides in the vine, neither can you unless you abide in me. I am the vine, you are the branches. Those who abide in me and I in them bear much fruit, because apart from me you can do nothing. Whoever does not abide in me is thrown away like a branch and withers; such branches are gathered, thrown into the fire, and burned. If you abide in me, and my words abide in you, ask for whatever you wish, and it will be done for you. My Father is glorified by this, that you bear much fruit and become my disciples. |
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| Prayers of Intercession | ||||||||||||
| The sick and those who care for them: | ||||||||||||
| Barbara Crew, Karen Cox, Sheila King, Dawn Spurway Pearson, Mike Hatzfeld, Pam Browning, Lucia, Jessie Hutchins, Bea Tucker, Tony, Charles Paterson, Stephen Tribe, Colin May and Shirley Whitcomb.
Recently departed: |
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| Anniversary of death: | ||||||||||||
| 28th – Ronald Reed, 29th – Ernie Webb, Derek Willson, 1st May – Gordon Eddy, 2nd – Norma Tuckett, 3rd – George Harrington, George Jones, 4th – Sidney Wood, Hannah Goodley
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| We pray for peace and especially for and with the people of Ukraine. We pray for all those caught up in conflict, and for those seeking safety and refuge on these shores.
We pray for the people of Israel, Gaza and the West Bank. For the peace of the Holy Land. For those who will weep, and fear, and die this day. For urgent prayer, contact Gillian Purvis (267597) or Pat Rush (262561) to start the Prayer Chain. |
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Post Communion Prayer: |
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| Eternal God, whose Son Jesus Christ is the way, the truth, and the life: grant us to walk in his way, to rejoice in his truth, and to share his risen life; who is alive and reigns, now and for ever. Amen. | ||||||||||||
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| The Book Group will be meeting on Friday 3rd May in St Andrew’s Chapel to discuss A Nun’s Story by Sister Agatha. All welcome. If you would like to be added to the Book Group mailing list, or have any questions, please email lindatempest@hotmail.com.
Breakfast club meets on Wednesday 1st May 2024 at Manor Nursery Palm Court cafe 09.30hrs. The cost of breakfast at Manor Nursery is between £10.00 and £14.00. All are welcome to come along and enjoy a cooked breakfast with like-minded people with wide ranging conversation. Any queries contact Alex Brockhurst 07792 544259.
Bell Ringing Have you ever wanted to try bell ringing? Practice takes place on Mondays at 19:30 and new members are most welcome. Contact: Mike Wake- Tower Captain for more details 01243 264254
St Richard’s Lunch Please note that the lunch will now be held on Sunday 12th May as part of the church’s celebration of the 90th anniversary of the consecration of St Richard’s on 12th May 1934 by the Right Rev’d George Bell, Bishop of Chichester. There will be a very warm welcome for everyone who wishes to attend this ‘bring and share’ lunch. Further details will be available next week.
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| Friends of Pagham Church Raising funds to help maintain this beautiful 13th Century Church. Events organised through the year. We would be very pleased to welcome you to join us. For further information contact: Maureen Hatzfeld 01243 268 576
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He is risen! |
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| Next week’s readings:
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| Easter 6
Acts 10.44-48, Psalm 98 |
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| SUPPORT FOR THE FOODBANK IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN EVER.
Urgently needed this week: tinned fish/meat, pasta, tinned carrots/sweetcorn, tinned soup, UHT fruit juice. |
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| The Collection plate | ||||||||||||
| If you would like to make an offering, please use the contactless Payaz machine or the collection plate, both can be found by the door. Thank you for your generosity. | ||||||||||||
