This Week's Lifeline
Week commencing 19th April 2026
Mission shaped living—Being sent
Acts 1.4-8 & Matthew 28.16-20
Prayer for the week
Risen Christ, you filled your disciples with boldness and fresh hope:
strengthen us to proclaim your risen life and fill us with your peace,
to the glory of God the Father. Amen
Readings for the coming week
Monday Psalm 96, Exodus 19 & Luke 1.1-25
Tuesday Psalm 98, Exodus 20.1-21 & Luke 1.26-38
Wednesday Psalm 105, Exodus 24 & Luke 1.39-56
Thursday Psalm 5, Joshua 1.1-9 & Ephesians 6.10-20
Friday Psalm 107, Exodus 28.1-4a, 29-38 & Luke 2.1-20
Saturday Psalm 148, Isaiah 62.6-10 & Acts 12.25-13.13
For your prayers
For Evie Butterworth who is being baptised this Sunday (19th April) in St Andrew's, Compton Dundon. Pray that there would be peace talks in the Middle East. For all those in our churches who are unwell, recovering from surgery or undergoing treatment, including Pauline Gill, Phyll Greed, Christine Wright, Bob Lampert & Yvonne Guerin. For those who are grieving for a loved one they have lost.
Celebrate@6
This Sunday, 19th April, we continue our series on God@work and this month will welcome Ewen Huffmann, a member of the chaplaincy team at the Hinkley Point C construction site. This service of worship, teaching and prayer is open to all local churches and please invite others to come along. We meet in the Mission Church at 6pm. Refreshments are available.
New Sermon Series
From this Sunday, 19th April, our Sunday preaching will be based on Mission and how to be witnesses for Jesus in our everyday lives. Our house groups will be picking up these themes at their midweek meetings.
Coffee, Chat & Snacks
The Coffee, chat and snacks team are looking for more volunteers to come and help on a Saturday morning between 10.30am and 12noon. If you are up for making and serving tea and coffee (and washing up) and /or are able to come alongside others and welcome and be part of conversations, the team would love to hear from you. Please speak to Sister Rachel, Michael Long (Mission Church) or Jackie Houlden (Mission Church).
Please note that on Saturday 25th April, Coffee, chat and snacks will be meeting in the Parish Church.
Sister Rachel Pengelly
Rachel's final service with us will be on Sunday 31st May which will be our next benefice service in St Andrew's, Compton Dundon. Rachel is being licensed to her new benefice in South Petherton on Tuesday 23rd June. There will be more details to follow on both of these in our May and June magazines and elsewhere. Please continue to pray for Rachel and the family as they prepare to move on.
Christianity & Science Evening
Thank you to all who attended this fascinating evening led by Dr Eric Barrett last week. We have received a 'thank you' from Eric to both all those who came and for donations and gifts received. It was great to see so many in the Mission Church.
Explore Faith group
Our Tuesday evening nurture group continues from this Tuesday, 21st April with bible study in the Mission Church kitchen 7 - 8.30pm.
House groups
All our house groups have now restarted following Easter breaks, if you are interested in joining one of our midweek groups, please have a word with Ana.
APCM Preparation
Full details of our APCM arrangements are in April Life magazine and on our website. Please read the agenda, minutes, reports and accounts in advance and bring them to the meeting. These have been written by fellow church members and it's a great way of finding out all the good stuff that has been going on during 2025. These reports will be available on our website shortly but if you can't access them from there, please contact the church office or your PCC secretary requesting your own printed copy and they would be delighted to provide it. As part of our eco church commitment, we do not generally print multiple copies of these documents but just for individuals who ask. Nomination forms for PCC members, church wardens and deanery synod reps are available in our churches or from our website and please prayerfully consider whether you could stand or whether you could nominate someone to stand for one of these roles.
Date for your diary - Community Consultation Day
Holy Trinity, Walton will be holding a community consultation day on Saturday 2nd May in church to allow local people and interested parties to view and discuss their reordering plans. Please see April Life magazine for more details.
Street Repair Café
Street Repair Café meets again on Saturday April 25th 10 - 12noon at the Quaker Meeting House. We aim to repair all sorts of items including small domestic appliances, radios and electricals, clothing and other textiles. Bring your repairs or come along to our café. Contact us on streetrepaircafe@gmail.com if you have any questions.
Dates for the diary
Celebrate@6, Mission Church, 19th April
Youth Alpha, Mission Church, 20th April
Walton Friends, Walton Church, 24th April
The Hub, Mission Church, 27th April
APCM, Walton Church, 27th April
APCM, Compton Dundon, 28th April
APCM, Street Mission Church, 29th April
Walton Consultation, Walton Church, 2nd May
First Sunday Breakfast, Mission Church, 3rd May
What’s on this week
Sunday 19th April
9.15am Celebration@Walton, Holy Trinity Walton
10am Morning Worship & Baptism, St Andrew’s Compton Dundon
10.30am Celebration@theMission, Street Mission Church
11am Holy Communion, Street Parish Church
6pm Celebrate@6, Street Mission Church
Monday
8.45am Prayer meeting, Street Mission Church
6pm Youth Alpha, Street Mission Church
7.15pm Housegroup, Street Mission Church
Tuesday
2pm Walton re-ordering meeting, Holy Trinity Walton
7pm Explore Faith, Street Mission Church
7pm Housegroup, Zoom
Wednesday
10am Mid Week Communion, Street Mission Church
7.30pm Housegroup, Street Mission Church
7.30pm Handbells, Street Mission Church
Thursday
9.00am Prayer meeting, St Andrew’s Compton Dundon
10.30am Coffee morning, Holy Trinity Walton
7.30pm Housegroup, 33 Somerton Road Street
Friday
9.30-11 Little Stars, Street Mission Church
2-4 Walton Friends, Holy Trinity Walton
Saturday
10.30-12 Coffee, chat & snacks, Street Parish Church
Sunday 26th April
8.30am Holy Communion, Street Parish Church
9.15am Morning Worship, Holy Trinity Walton
10.00 am Holy Communion, St Andrew’s Compton Dundon
10.30am DigDeep@theMission, Street Mission Church