Last Week's LifeLine

Readings

1 Samuel 3.1-21 & Luke 10.1-12
 
Prayer for the week
Risen Christ, by the lakeside you renewed your call to your disciples: help
your Church to obey your command and draw the nations to the fire of
your love, to the glory of God the Father. Amen
 
Readings for the coming week
Monday                  Psalm 65, Deuteronomy 26 & 1 Peter 4.1-11
Tuesday Psalm126, Deuteronomy 28.1-14 & 1 Peter 4.12-end
Wednesday Psalm 132, Deuteronomy 28.58-end & 1 Peter 5
Thursday Psalm 110, Isaiah 52.7-end & Hebrews 7.26-end
Friday Psalm 81, Deuteronomy 29.2-15 & 1 John 1.1-2.6
Saturday Psalm 85, 1 Samuel 2.1-10 & Mark 3.31-end
 
For your prayers
For those struggling with their mental health. For all those coming to the Alpha course and for more people to sign up. For all those in our churches who are unwell, recovering from surgery or undergoing treatment, including Bob Lampert & Yvonne Guerin. For those who are grieving for a loved one they have lost including the families and friends of Dan Casey, Terrence Sherwood & Alison Blake.
 
First Sunday Breakfast
Our next breakfast at the Mission Church is next Sunday 1st June 9.45- 10.15am. A reminder that we are looking for one or two people to join the team providing this as it grows in popularity. Please speak to Sarah Ruddock (Mission Church). 
 
Pizza Chat & Games
We will next be meeting on Monday 2nd June 6 - 7pm in the Mission Church. Come along and enjoy pizza and games. This is open to all young people in year 6 and above.
 
Regular Praying for our churches
We are introducing a regular time of prayer for the church family to pray for the benefice. The idea is that at 5pm every Sunday, wherever you are,   whatever you're doing, take 5 minutes to pause and pray in the silence or aloud, as you feel comfortable. There are more details in the May Life     Magazine with specific prayers to pray. Thank you for praying.
 
Our Mission statement
We are currently reflecting together in our sermons on our SWCD Churches Mission statement: 'Worship God, love our communities, grow in faith'. If you are unable to be with us on a Sunday and would value the opportunity to   listen to our sermons online, please have a word with Ana. We have, in the past, added recorded sermons to the website, but we're unclear whether enough people would value this and want to gauge interest. 
 
Contacts List
We are revising and updating the benefice contacts list over the coming weeks. By now you should have received either an email or a phone call from me; if you have not, it means that I do not have your contact details, in which case would you please complete a 'welcome' card. There is a supply of    welcome cards at the back of each of our churches and the completed cards can be handed to your churchwarden. Thank you. Sonia
 
Alpha Course
The Alpha course is starting on Tuesday 3rd June and will run every Tuesday until 29th July and following a short break in August will resume for a further two weeks in September. Please be prayerfully considering who you might invite to join this course.  If you would like to attend the course or have invited someone to attend, please let Sonia in the office know as she is compiling the guest list. Please pray for Alpha both now and during the course.
 
Ascension Day Service
Our service to mark Ascension Day will be this Thursday 29th May 7pm in the Parish Church. This will be a communion service where we will also launch 'Thy Kingdom Come'
 
Messy Church goes wild
Our next Messy Church for primary school aged children and their parents / carers will be on Tuesday 3rd June from 3.30 - 5pm in Holy Trinity Walton. Weather permitting, the event will be outside with lots of activities as well as worship and food. Please let those families you know about this fantastic free event.
 
Thy Kingdom Come (TKC)
As we prepare for this international wave of prayer between Ascension Day and Pentecost, please be thinking about the 5 people for whom you will be praying. To help us all get ready: 
TKC resources including journals, novenas and materials for young people are available to download free from the TKC website at https://www.thykingdomcome.global/resources-0
We will be running an afternoon of continuous prayer in the parish church, Street on Saturday 7th June from 12noon to 6pm. There are sign up sheets in each of our churches from today, 25th May for you to sign up for one or more prayer 'slots'. 
 
Food Bank Donations
There are donation points in each of our churches for non-perishable food items for the foodbank run by Street Salvation Army. Please support their work with some of the most in need in our communities particularly as we remind ourselves this week that we are called to love our communities. 
 
Benefice service
Our next benefice service will take place on Sunday 8th June in St Andrew's Church, Compton Dundon. We will be welcoming Bishop Michael who will be preaching, presiding and dedicating the newly restored bells in St       Andrew's. During the service, there will be children's work and they will go out to their own activities. The service will be followed by a light lunch (generously donated by an anonymous bell project supporter) for both the church family and invited guests who have been part of the bell project. We would love to see as many of the church family there as possible and if you need or can offer transport to Compton Dundon, please speak to your church warden. 
 
Open Gardens in Compton Dundon
On the afternoon of Sunday 15th June from 1 - 6pm, Compton Dundon   Village will be hosting an 'Open Gardens' event with proceeds split between St Andrew's Church and Cancer Research. Please see full details on the posters in each of our churches. Tickets (£5, under 16s free) will be      available from the Meadway Hall on the day.
 
Due to relocation, a church member has a small chest freezer and a      dishwasher that needs a new home. If anyone would find these useful, please contact Paul Atkins at Compton Dundon. Available in return for a  donation to the church of your choice in the benefice. 
 
Independent Examiner required
Is there anyone in the congregations of our 4 churches who could look at the accounts of Cox’s Charity (administered through Street).  There are about 30 entries for the whole year so it is not a massive task!  Please let me know if you can help, thanks. Sonia Beaty (Walton and church office).
 
What’s on this week
Sunday 25th May
8.30am        Holy Communion, Street Parish Church
9.15am        Morning Worship, Holy Trinity Walton
10am             Holy Communion, St Andrew’s Compton Dundon
10.30am           DigDeep@theMission, Street Mission Church
1pm              Robert & Elizabeth’s wedding, Holy Trinity Walton
Monday
8.45am        Prayer meeting, Street Mission Church
2pm Home Communion, Southlawns
Wednesday
10am Mid Week Communion, Street Mission Church
7.30pm Housegroup, Street Mission Church
7.30pm Handbell practice, Street Mission Church
Thursday
9.30am Prayer meeting, St Andrew’s Compton Dundon
10.30am Coffee morning, Holy Trinity Walton
7pm Holy Communion, Street Parish Church
Saturday
10.30-12 Coffee, chat & snacks, Street Mission Church
Sunday 1st June
9.15am Holy Communion, Holy Trinity Walton
10am Morning Worship, St Andrew’s Compton Dundon
10.30am First Sunday, Street Mission Church
11am Holy Communion, Street Parish Church
3pm Bereavement Café, Street Mission Church
 
Dates for the diary
Ascension Day Service, Street Parish Church, 29th May
First Sunday Breakfast, Mission Church, 1st June
Bereavement Cafe, Mission Church, 1st June
Pizza and games, Mission Church, 2nd June
Messy Church goes Wild, Walton, 3rd June
Benefice Service, St Andrew's, Compton Dundon, 8th June
Open Gardens, Compton Dundon, 15th June