Notices for Sunday 17th May: Easter 7
- 9:30am Parish Holy Communion (in Church)
- 11:15am Café Church (Parish Centre)
Readings this Sunday:
Acts 1.6-14 1 Peter 4.12-14 & 5.6-11 John 17.1-11
Prayer for the week:
Risen, ascended Lord, as we rejoice at your triumph, fill your Church on earth with power and compassion, that all who are estranged by sin may find forgiveness and know your peace, to the glory of God the Father. Amen
What’s On This Week:
See our What's On page
Join online morning Prayer on Facebook: click this link.
Please pray for:
Those who have asked for our prayers: Judy Ball, Cathy Cordery, Mike Edwards, Nick and Alison Gibbon, Pat Morgan, Abigail Ryan-Riley, Pauline Smith, Janet. And those who have died recently: Jennifer Hijazi, Nathan Stevens and Nigel Boucher.
Notices:
This week is Christian Aid week. The cash collection box will remain in church until Sunday 17th, but if you wish to donate online (and gift aid your donation), Aid please use this link to the Christian website. Thank-you!
Attention hearing aid/Zoom users: we’re holding a ‘help’ session on Mon 18th May at 9:30am in church, to assist you in getting the best results from our loop system. We’ll also cover questions on how best to receive the Zoom livestream. For more information, ask Christine Bartlett. If you have an ipad or iphone please bring it with you. All welcome.
Do you volunteer for CTC work? Come to the Churches Together in Caversham Annual Meeting on Mon 18th May (7:30pm) at Caversham Baptist Church, RG4 8HY. Please come along, to celebrate CTC’s work and commission our volunteers for the coming year.
REinspired Craft Café 21st May, 9:30–11:00am, Gosbrook Road Methodist church: just turn up! If you would like to help REinspired, please email Anna at reinspiredcaversham@gmail.com
Hong Kong ministry: the first fellowship meeting was successful: click here to see some photos of the event. The next meeting is on 23rd May, from 10am: please do pop in and say ‘Hi’.
From Efficiency to Net Zero: a resourcing event for churches. Talks and Q&A with experts, chaired by Bishop Mary. Monday 1st June, 7-9pm, St Laurence church Reading. All welcome, follow this link for more details.
Reading Dusseldorf Churches Interchange has an exciting series of events planned for the next 12 months. Please click this link to find out more.
Eco tip: Tissues, kitchen roll and paper towels are made from very thin and flimsy pulp that is too weak to be recycled effectively and if you recycle them, the material simply disintegrates and breaks down into unusable sludge, causing problems at the Recycling Plant.
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.
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
Notices etc. for this sheet to reach Revd Kevin by 12 noon on Wednesday.
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