St Barnabas Caversham Park and Emmer Green
Notices for Sunday 21st June: Trnity 3
This Sunday
- 9:30am Parish Holy Communion (in Church)
- 11:15am Café Church (Parish Centre)
Readings this Sunday:
Jeremiah 20.7-13 Romans 6.1b-11 Matthew 10.24-39
Prayer for the week:
God our saviour, look on this wounded world in pity and in power; hold us fast to your promises of peace won for us by your Son, our Saviour Jesus Christ. Amen.
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 and Abigail Ryan-Riley. Please also pray for young people sitting exams, and Louise and Chris as they prepare for their wedding-day.
Notices:
Wedding of Louise and Chris: Saturday 27th June. You are welcome to join in celebrating the marriage of our former churchwarden Louise Morgan, to Chris McGough. Service starts at 12 noon: it’ll be busy so arrive in good time!
We are recruiting! We are looking for a capable, 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 appropriate confidentiality, who’d like to join our team, please share these details with them. Applications close: Sun 5th July.
Summer Garden party 18th July: help needed to set up (from 9am) and take down (4pm). Offers to help man 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.
Open Gardens 2026: Full details are on green flyers in the Parish Centre. The first Open Garden event is 28th June in the Parish Centre and quiet garden, 2-4pm. Also a bonus: Irene’s garden also open at the same time!
National Emergency Briefing on the climate and nature crisis: this film, presented by Chris Packham, will be shown at St Barnabas on Tuesday 30th June at 7pm. For details and booking, click here.
Sunday speakers: On 5th July we’ll welcome Glyn & Jane Davies to tell us about Education for Life (Mombasa, Kenya). On 12th July we’ll hear from Clarie Lewis about the work of Christian Community Action in our area.
Cakes and lawn-mowing: Thank-you for all the recent offers of help. As our mission and ministry evolves, there are always opportunities opening up.
Eco tip for Gardeners: Water Wisely- early morning watering helps plants retain moisture and prevents fungal diseases.
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.
Notices for this sheet to reach Revd Kevin by 12 noon on Wednesday.
Contact details:
Vicar: Revd Kevin Lovell, 01189 475214, vicar@saintbarnabas.org.uk
PCC Secretary: Christine Bartlett pccsecretary@saintbarnabas.org.uk
Notices etc. for this sheet to reach Revd Kevin by 12 noon on Wednesday.
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