Last Week's LifeLine

Week commencing 10th March 2024
Readings— Mothering Sunday
2 Kings 4.1-7 & John 6.1-14

Prayer for the week
God of love, passionate and strong, tender and careful: watch over
us and hold us all the days of our life; through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Amen

Readings for the coming week
Monday                  Psalm 77, Exodus 2.11-22 & Hebrews 9.1-14
Tuesday                 Psalm 79, Exodus 2.23-3.20 & Hebrews 9.15-end
Wednesday Psalm 90, Exodus 4.1-23 & Hebrews 10.1-18
Thursday Psalm 86, Exodus 4.27-6.1 & Hebrews 10.19-25
Friday Psalm 102, Exodus 6.2-13 & Hebrews 10.26-end
Saturday Psalm 32, Exodus 7.8-end & Hebrews 11.1-16
 
For your prayers
Thank you for praying for the drought in Zambia. For your encouragement, the week after we prayed, it rained. More rain is still needed to ensure a good harvest and so please continue to pray. For all those in our churches who are unwell, recovering from surgery or undergoing treatment, including Brenda Bergner, Jane Doyle, Kath Sully & John Potbury. For those who are grieving for a loved one they have lost including the families and friends of Delyth Wride, Sheila Holland, Rita Banks & Brenda Eades.
 
Lent Lunches
We will be offering a simple bread and soup lunch on Mondays through the Lent weeks (free of charge) but donations would be welcome. Starting on Monday 19th February - Monday 25th March at 12 noon. The lunches will be in the meeting room, Meadway Hall, Ham Lane, Compton Dundon.
 
Celebrate@6
Our next celebrate@6 service will be on Sunday 17th March 6pm in the Mission Church. Join us for a time of worship, teaching and ministry on the theme of whole-life worship. If you have never been, why not give it a try.
 
Food Bank Urgent help needed
Street Foodbank, run by our friends at the Salvation Army, have been     experiencing unprecedented demand in recent weeks and their supplies are   almost exhausted. There is a list of items needed on posters in each of our churches or on our benefice Facebook page. Please consider supporting at this time with donations of food and other items, thank you for your help. 
 
Coffee, snacks and chat
We have decided to extend our coffee, snacks and chat drop-in on         Saturday mornings beyond the end of March as it has been so well received by those who come. We would love to have one or two more helpers from any of our churches to join the team. If you can offer a cup of coffee, a   welcome and enjoy a chat, this could be you. Please talk to Sister Rachel Pengelly.
 
Little Stars baby and toddler group - we are growing!
Our Friday morning term-time group for pre-school aged children and their parents / carers just keeps growing. This is a great problem to have but it does mean we are in need of more helpers on the team. If you love small children this could be for you. To find out more, please contact Julie Day (Mission Church).
 
Have you got design skills?
We are looking for somebody with design skills and some familiarity with powerpoint who could offer a few hours of help as we seek to improve the way we communicate with our communities. If that's you, please have a word with Kevin Lawrence (Mission Church).
 
Exciting Plans at Walton
Walton PCC have been discussing plans for Holy Trinity over the last few months and we will be presenting these to the church family during the morning service on the 17th March. Please put the date in your diary if you are a member of Walton and we hope to see you there. We will also be   discussing these plans at the Walton Coffee Morning on 21st March.
 
Easter Afternoon Tea - Mission Church
You are warmly invited to join us for Easter afternoon tea on Thursday 21st March 2.30 - 4pm in the Mission Church. Ana Lawrence will be bringing the Easter story.
 
Good Stewards Practical Actions
As part of our Lent sermon series, Creation matters, there are weekly    suggestions of ways you can respond which can be downloaded from our church website or requested from the church office. Why not try these    simple actions as part of your Lenten discipline? Our benefice Eco Church team would love to hear how you get on.
 
Bell Appeal Comedy Night
St Andrew's Compton Dundon Bell Appeal committee have organised a comedy night in the Meadway Hall, Compton Dundon on Saturday 16th March. For more details and tickets, please see posters in our churches.
 
Maundy Thursday Passover Meal 
This year, we will be holding a benefice Passover Meal and service on Thursday 28th March at 7pm in the Mission Church. There are sign-up sheets in each of our churches and please complete these to let us know you are coming and whether you can offer a casserole for the shared meal. With over 50 booked so far, it looks like this is going to be a great evening, so come and join us.For more details, please talk to David or Pauline Hatrey.
 
Messy Easter at Walton
We are really looking forward to Messy Easter at Walton for primary aged children and their families. If you have grandchildren, nephews, nieces etc in the area, why not invite them along on Tuesday 26th March 3.30 - 5pm in Holy Trinity, Walton. Pick up a postcard in our churches which contains more details of what Messy Church is about.
 
Car parking at our churches
There is very limited parking at all of our churches with even the Mission Church, the only one with dedicated parking of its own, regularly seeing all the spaces full on a Sunday. At the Mission Church & St Andrew's, we are trying to keep spaces available for those with limited mobility but for all our churches, please consider walking or car sharing and please park with   consideration for our near neighbours.
 
Preparing for Easter
In March Life, on our website and Facebook page, you will find full details of our Easter services and events. Please put these dates in your diaries and be telling others.
 
SWCD Book Group
Book Group meetings are now on a Tuesday in alternate months. Our next meeting is next week on 12th March at 11am; we will be discussing The Beekeeper of Aleppo by Christi Lefter. Even if you haven’t read the book you are welcome to come. Looking ahead on 7th May we will be discussing Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortensen & David Oliver Relin. If you have books to suggest for future meetings please do let me or Caroline know or ask Sonia to pass a message on to us. Sue Ripley (Street)
 
What’s on this week
Sunday 10th
8.30am        Holy Communion BCP, Street Parish Church
9.15am        Morning Worship, Holy Trinity Walton
10.00am      Holy Communion, St Andrew’s Compton Dundon
10.30am      Communion@themission, Street Mission Church
Monday
12 noon       Lent Lunches, Meadway Hall, Compton Dundon
1.15pm Walton School Collective Worship
7.15pm Housegroup, Street Mission Church
Tuesday
11am SWCD bookclub, Street Mission Church
7pm Housegroup, Zoom
Wednesday
10am Midweek Communion, Street Mission Church
7.30pm Handbell practise, Street Mission Church
7.30pm Housegroup, Street Mission Church
Thursday
9.30am Prayer meeting, St Andrew’s Compton Dundon
10.30am Coffee morning, Holy Trinity Walton
11am Sheila Holland’s funeral, Street Mission Church
12 noon Soulful Nature, Street Mission Church
Friday
9.30-11am Little Stars, Street Mission Church
Saturday
10.30-12 Drop in coffee and chat, Street Mission Church
7pm Comedy Night, Compton Dundon village hall
Sunday 17th
9.15am Celebration@Walton, Holy Trinity Walton
10am Morning Worship, St Andrew’s Compton Dundon
10.30am Celebration@theMission, Street Mission Church
11am Holy Communion, Street Parish Church
6pm Celebrate@6, Street Mission Church
 
Dates for your diary
Comedy Night, 16th March, Compton Dundon
Presentation of Plans, 17th March, Holy Trinity, Walton
Celebrate@6, 17th March, Mission Church
Afternoon Tea, 21st March, Mission Church
Messy Easter, 26th March, Walton
Passover Meal, 28th March, Mission Church