Last Week's LifeLine
Week commencing 23rd March
Readings
Isaiah 55.1-9 & Matthew 26.36-46
Prayer for the week
Eternal God, give us insight to discern your will for us, to give up
what harms us, and to seek the perfection we are promised in Jesus
Christ our Lord. Amen
Readings for the coming week
Monday Psalm 5, Jeremiah 11.1-17 & John 7.37-52
Tuesday Psalm 111, 1 Samuel 2.1-10 & Romans 5.12-end
Wednesday Psalm 38, Jeremiah 13.1-11 & John 8.12-30
Thursday Psalm 56, Jeremiah 14 & John 8.31-47
Friday Psalm 22, Jeremiah 15.10-end & John 8.48-end
Saturday Psalm 31, Jeremiah 16.10-17.4 & John 9.1-17
For your prayers
For our church family as we gather together from our different churches. For all those in our churches who are unwell, recovering from surgery or undergoing treatment, including John Potbury, Bob Lampert, Jane Doyle, Yvonne Guerin & Liz Selway. For those who are grieving for a loved one they have lost including the family and friends of Marion Hicks, Roger Forsey, Stan Nicholls & Pauline Clark.
Benefice Service
Welcome to our benefice service today. As well as sharing communion together and worshipping as a church family, we will have a safeguarding focus.
Church Electoral Roll rewrite - time is ticking...
This year the Electoral Rolls in each of our parishes need to be completely re-written. This means that if you wish to go on or stay on the roll, you will need to complete a form and return it to the Electoral Roll officers (Angela Reeve—Street, Sonia Beaty - Walton or Peter Robertson—Compton Dundon). There are plenty of forms at the back of the church which you can use for any of our parishes; the deadline for completion is TODAY, 23rd March.
Messy Easter
Our next Messy Church will be on an Easter theme taking place in Holy Trinity Walton this Tuesday 25th March from 3.30 - 5pm. Crafts, games, worship and food. This is for primary school aged children and their families. Who might you invite to come along?
APCMs
Our annual parish church meetings where we reflect on the past year and look to the year ahead as well as electing church officers will be taking place in our churches in early April (see dates in dates for the diary, below). Nomination forms for PCC and church warden are available in our churches and please consider who you might nominate. In addition, the agenda, minutes, reports together with the accounts and annual review for each of our parishes are available for download from our website (see News: latest news). To reduce our carbon footprint we will not be printing paper copies of these as a matter of course but if you are unable to access them online, please request them from the church office specifying which parish you need. We look forward to seeing you there.
Mothering Sunday Breakfast and Service in Compton Dundon
St Andrew's are holding a special Mothering Sunday service in the Meadway Hall in Compton Dundon next Sunday 30th March at 10am, preceded by a light breakfast at 9.30am. All are welcome (includes craft activities).
Thank you letters
There will be thank you letters for your financial giving in 2024 available in our churches from this week. If you cannot locate yours, please accept our apologies. Contact Sonia Beaty (Walton and Street) or Julie Gordon (Compton Dundon) our church treasurers who will be able to make sure we get a letter to you.
Service of blessing in St Andrew's
There will be a short service in St Andrew's on Thursday 3rd April at 9.30am as we welcome the return of the bells to the church, this is a unique opportunity to view the bells close up prior to their being re-hung in the tower. The service will be followed by refreshments and all are welcome.
First Sunday Breakfast in the Mission Church
Our next first Sunday breakfast will be on Sunday 6th April from 9.45 - 10.15am. Come and enjoy a light breakfast together before we worship.
Street Parish Church working party
All are welcome to join us to do some Spring cleaning and tidying on Saturday 12th April from 9.30am. Bring some tools, refreshments will be provided.
Walton Barn Dance
Saturday 12th April from 7pm in Walton Village Hall. Tickets are £12 including a hot dog, available from Andy Savage or Sandra Gristock, Walton. Cash bar. Raising funds for the church reordering project.
Pizza, games & chat
Our next youth meeting for those in year 6 and above will be on Wednesday 16th April at 6pm in the Mission Church Kitchen.
Don't forget next Sunday the clocks change!
As we move to British Summer Time, the clocks will move forward an hour next weekend, so set your alarms to ensure you make it to the Sunday services on time!
What’s on this week
Sunday 23rd March
10.30am Benefice Holy Communion, Street Mission Church
Monday
8.45am Prayer meeting, Street Mission Church
7.15pm Housegroup, Street Mission Church
Tuesday
11.30am Pauline Clark’s funeral, Street Parish Church
3.30-5pm Messy Easter, Holy Trinity Walton
7.00pm Housegroup, Zoom
Wednesday
10am Mid Week Communion, Street Mission Church
11-12 Lent Reflections, Street Mission Church
7.30pm Handbell practice, Street Mission Church
7.30pm Housegroup, Street Mission Church
Thursday
9.30am Prayer meeting, Linden Lea, Compton Dundon
10.30am Coffee morning, Holy Trinity Walton
10.30am Housegroup, Street Mission Church
Friday
9.30-12 Little Stars, Street Mission Church
2pm Bryan Webb’s funeral, St Andrew’s Compton Dundon
Saturday
10.30-12 Coffee, chat & snacks, Street Mission Church
Sunday 30th March
8.30am Holy Communion, Street Parish Church
9.15am Morning Worship, Holy Trinity Walton
9.30am Celebration of Mothering Sunday, Meadway Hall, Compton Dundon
10.30am DigDeep@theMission, Street Mission Church
Dates for the diary
Benefice Service, Mission Church, 23rd March
Messy Easter, Walton, 25th March
Mothering Sunday Service & breakfast, Meadway Hall, Compton Dundon, 30th March
APCM Walton, 7th April
APCM, St Andrew's, 8th April
APCM Street, Parish Church, 10th April
Churchyard working Party, Parish Church, 12th April
Walton Barn Dance, Village Hall, 12th April
Pizza, games & chat, Mission Church, 16th April