St Barnabas Caversham Park and Emmer Green
Notices for Sunday 5th July: Trinity 5
This Sunday:
- 8:00am Holy Communion (BCP) (in Church)
- 9:30am Parish Holy Communion (in Church)
- 11:15am Café Church (in Church)
Readings this Sunday:
Zechariah 9.9-12 Romans 7.15-25a Matt 11.16-19, 25-end
Prayer for the week:
Almighty God, send down upon your Church the riches of your Spirit, and kindle in all who minister the gospel your countless gifts of grace; through Jesus Christ our Lord.
What’s On This Week:
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Please pray for:
Those who have asked for our prayers: Judy Ball, Cathy Cordery, Mike Edwards, Nick and Alison Gibbon, Pauline Smith, Beatrice Taylor, Jess Wroe. And those who have died recently: Richard Hammond. Please also pray for Louise and Chris as they begin their married life together; for the process to recruit our Parish Administrator; also for our PCC who meet this week.
Notices:
This Sunday (5th July), we welcome Glyn and Jane Davies to give us an update on Education for Life (one of the African education charities we support). Next Sunday we’ll hear about the work of CCA (Christian Community Action).
Thank-you to everyone who contributed to making Louise and Chris’ wedding such a joyful occasion last Saturday.
Open Gardens 2026: Full details (with phone numbers & addresses) are on green flyers in the Parish Centre. The next Open Garden is 12th July, 2-4pm.
Young Adults are meeting this Monday 6th July, 7pm in the Parish Centre.
We’re recruiting - applications close this Sunday 5th July! We’re looking for an organised, person to be our Parish Administrator and Bookkeeper (16 hrs/wk). Full details at saintbarnabas.org.uk/vacancies. If you know someone who is fluent with technology, attentive to detail and can maintain confidentiality, who’d like to join our team, please share these details with them ASAP.
Summer Garden party 18th July: help needed to set up (from 9am) and take down (4pm). Offers to help run stalls is greatly appreciated. We also need items to sell and prizes, such as bottles, unwanted gifts, books, handicrafts. Cakes on the day (with ingredients listed). Does anyone have a gazebo they could offer for the day? Please speak to Wendy Howell for more information.
Eco tip: Plastic Free July: try cutting down on single use plastic this week: reuse the bags that cereal comes in or bread bags instead of clingfilm.
The church Building Team would love to get some small repairs done (mostly painting) before the autumn arrives. If anyone can spare a bit of time to help, please sign your name on the list at the back of church.
Regular giving to St Barnabas: If you consider St Barnabas is your church, please support our mission and ministry. The best way is to give regularly through the Parish Giving Scheme by clicking here. Or see the ‘Giving’ page on our website. Ask Brian Bartlett (our regular giving advisor) or Revd Kevin for further details. Also ‘Generous Giving’ packs on the table at the back of church.
Contact details:
Vicar: Revd Kevin Lovell, 01189 475214, vicar@saintbarnabas.org.uk
PCC Secretary: Christine Bartlett pccsecretary@saintbarnabas.org.uk
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