This Week's Lifeline
Week commencing 12th April 2026
Readings
1 Peter 1.3-9 & John 20.19-end
Prayer for the week
Risen Christ, for whom no door is locked, no entrance barred: open the doors of our hearts, that we may seek the good of others and walk the joyful road of sacrifice and peace, to the praise of God the Father. Amen
Readings for the coming week
Monday Psalm 19, Exodus 15.1-21 & Colossians 1.1-14
Tuesday Psalm 8, Exodus 15.22-16.10 & Colossians 1.15-end
Wednesday Psalm 30, Exodus 16.11-end & Colossians 2.1-15
Thursday Psalm 28, Exodus 17 & Colossians 2.16-3.11
Friday Psalm 61, Exodus 18.1-12 & Colossians 3.12-4.1
Saturday Psalm 84, Exodus 18.13-end & Colossians 4.2-end
For your prayers
For all who continue to be affected by the conflict in the Middle East. For our partner parish in Mfuwe in the grip of serious flooding. 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 including the family of Rae Auton & Muriel Barker.
Coffee, Chat & Snacks
Following a break over Easter, our warm space which has now ended until later in the year will be replaced by coffee, chat & snacks. Join us on Saturday mornings from 10.30am - 12noon. This restarts today, Saturday 11th April.
Benefice Prayer Meetings
Our benefice prayer meetings both resume this week on Monday 13th April 8.45am in the Mission Church and Thursday 16th April 9.30am in St Andrew's.
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
You are warmly invited to an evening being led by Dr Eric Barrett, internationally honoured earth and space scientist who will lead us in a debate as to whether Christianity and science are compatible. On Tuesday 14th April in the Mission Church starting at 7pm, there will be refreshments available. For more details, please speak to Steve Clark (Mission Church).
Explore Faith group
Our Tuesday evening nurture group is taking a break over Easter and will resume on 14th April with the open meeting on Christianity and Science. From the following week, the group will continue to meet on Tuesday evenings in the Mission Church for bible study 7 - 8.30pm.
Connections@theMission
This monthly afternoon group next meets this Thursday 16th April, 2.30- 4pm. Come along this month and hear Sister Rachel talk about her placement in Bristol earlier in the year. Tea, cake and conversation to follow.
Celebrate@6
On 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.
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.
Dates for the diary
Men's Breakfast, Mission Church, 11th April
Coffee, chat & snacks, Mission Church, 11th April
Christianity & Science Evening, Mission Church, 14th April
Connections@theMission, Mission Church, 16th April
Celebrate@6, Mission Church, 19th April
APCM, Walton Church, 27th April
APCM, Compton Dundon, 28th April
APCM, Street, 29th April
Walton Consultation, Walton Church, 2nd May
What’s on this week
Sunday 12th April
8.30am Holy Communion, Street Parish Church
9.15am Morning Worship, Holy Trinity Walton
10.00 am Morning Worship, St Andrew’s Compton Dundon
10.30am Communion@theMission, Street Mission Church
Monday
8.45am Prayer meeting, Street Mission Church
7.15pm Housegroup, Street Mission Church
Tuesday
7pm Christianity & Science evening, Street Mission Church
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
2.30pm Connections, Street Mission Church
7.30pm Housegroup, 33 Somerton Road Street
Saturday
10.30-12 Coffee, chat & snacks, Street Mission Church
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