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A member of the Three Rivers Group
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Chippenham, Fordham, Isleham, Kennett & Snailwell
The
Diocese of Ely,
The Church of England
St
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Trinity 17 Foodbank Please don't forget to bring your contributions to church or the local Co-op shops. Your contributions are still very much needed and really valued. There is also a call for toiletries - soap, shampoo, shower gel, toothpaste and so on. Sunday services in the Three Rivers group Group Service - a Mozart Mass on Sunday September 23 at Chippenham at 6.30pm On Sunday September 23 at St Margaret’s Chippenham 6.30pm the combined choirs of the group led by singers from Chippenham will be singing a Mass setting by Mozart as part of a Communion service. An opportunity to hear some beautiful music in a liturgical setting, to come to church without a job to do, to meet people from the other churches in the group. September 23 – Trinity 17
Midweek Communion and Coffee We’re thinking of starting a midweek 10am communion service followed by coffee/tea. Is anyone interested? Pioneer Partner Review The diocese is reviewing the Pioneer Partner scheme, evaluating where it has been successful. David and Mel will be feeding in to this process but the diocese is keen that other Churchgoers voices should be heard. If you could write or few words or talk to Mel or David to pass on comments that would be appreciated. Mel is now heading into the second and final year of her placement with us. There is an opportunity to join Mel on a 'Mission Shaped Ministry' course for anybody who is interested in finding out more about Fresh Expressions, mission and how to engage more with people currently outside of the church. Sessions will run on the first Thursday of each month, 9:30 - 1pm in Bishop Woodford House, Ely, starting on October 4. Please contact Mel if you are interested in attending. The Monday Prayer Group - next on September 24 The prayer group meets at 1.30pm on Mondays for an hour of prayer. We meet at 1 West Street, Isleham. Tuesday mornings - opportunities to meet:
If you are interested and would like to know more about the Day Centre please contact Judith Wood. Tel: 01638 720328. The Way of Life Study Courses
- two new courses at Isleham We are going to be running the diocesan study course “The Way of Life” over the next few years. The hope is that everyone who worships regularly with us will complete it at some point. Two new courses start soon at St Andrew's Social Centre in Isleham. Wednesday mornings 10.30-noon starting on September
12 for six weeks. This will be a version which is designed for those who prefer a more visual and interactive experience. There is a lot of information about the Way of Life study course on the Ely diocese web site: http://www.elydiocese.org/way-of-life Messy Church - next on October 14 For families - Crafts, story/song session and a simple meal at Fordham church from 3.30-5.30pm on the second Sunday of the month. If you know anyone who would like to take part, or you would like to help in any way please do speak to one of the Ministry Team. Annual Parochial Church Meeting - Reports for download The ACPM held on Tuesday April 24 at Fordham School. A speaker from the Diocesan Stewardship Department made a presnetaion at the start of the meeting. Reports (in PDF format) from the Group and the parishes can be downloaded from the links below: Is God calling you to something? There are a few things around which it might be good for our churches to be involved with. If anyone would like to take a more active part in prayer, reading the bible, working with young people, thinking about church growth, visiting baptism families, thinking about our faith, and many other things, then please contact David if this is something God might be nudging you towards. Mid-week services
Major Festivals: Easter, Christmas Day 8am Holy Communion BCP at Fordham. Home Communions where requested. All three schools attend church at Harvest, Christmas and Easter and at other times as they ask. Sunday Services in The Three Rivers Group
Healing Eucharist will always be on the 3rd Sunday of the month in the evening and is held at Fordham at 6.30pm. September 23 – Trinity 17
September 30 – Trinity 18
Children and Holy
Communion All five PCC’s have now agreed that our church family younger children (aged 7 and above) may be admitted to Holy Communion after appropriate instruction. Muriel Hood and Ruth Ogden have agreed to instruct our young people. If there are young people in your family who would like to receive communion, then please do speak with Mike. Sunday September 23 at St Andrew's Isleham -Trinity 17 9.30am Eucharist Collect Almighty God, you have made us for yourself, and our hearts are restless till they find their rest in you: pour your love into our hearts and draw us to yourself, and so bring us at last to your heavenly city where we shall see you face to face; through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord, who is alive and reigns with you. But the ungodly by their words and deeds summoned death; considering him a friend, they pined away and made a covenant with him, because they are fit to belong to his company. For they reasoned unsoundly, saying to themselves, ‘Short and sorrowful is our life, and there is no remedy when a life comes to its end, and no one has been known to return from Hades. ‘Let us lie in wait for the righteous man, because he is inconvenient to us and opposes our actions; he reproaches us for sins against the law and accuses us of sins against our training. He professes to have knowledge of God, and calls himself a child of the Lord. He became to us a reproof of our thoughts; the very sight of him is a burden to us, because his manner of life is unlike that of others, and his ways are strange. We are considered by him as something base, and he avoids our ways as unclean; he calls the last end of the righteous happy, and boasts that God is his father. Let us see if his words are true, and let us test what will happen at the end of his life; for if the righteous man is God’s child, he will help him,
and will deliver him from the hand of his adversaries. Let us test him with insult and torture, so that we may find out how gentle he is, and make trial of his forbearance. Let us condemn him to a shameful death, for, according to what he says, he will be protected.’ Thus they reasoned, but they were led astray, for their wickedness blinded them, and they did not know the secret purposes of God, nor hoped for the wages of holiness, nor discerned the prize for blameless souls. 1 Save me, O God, by your name, Who is wise and understanding among you? Show by your good life that your works are done with gentleness born of wisdom. But if you have bitter envy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not be boastful and false to the truth. Such wisdom does not come down from above, but is earthly, unspiritual, devilish. For where there is envy and selfish ambition, there will also be disorder and wickedness of every kind. But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, willing to yield, full of mercy and good fruits, without a trace of partiality or hypocrisy. And a harvest of righteousness is sown in peace for those who make peace. Those conflicts and disputes among you, where do they come from? Do they not come from your cravings that are at war within you? You want something and do not have it; so you commit murder. And you covet something and cannot obtain it; so you engage in disputes and conflicts. You do not have, because you do not ask. You ask and do not receive, because you ask wrongly, in order to spend what you get on your pleasures. Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded. They went on from there and passed through Galilee. He did not want anyone to know it; for he was teaching his disciples, saying to them, ‘The Son of Man is to be betrayed into human hands, and they will kill him, and three days after being killed, he will rise again.’ But they did not understand what he was saying and were afraid to ask him. Then they came to Capernaum; and when he was in the house he asked them, ‘What were you arguing about on the way?’ But they were silent, for on the way they had argued with one another about who was the greatest. He sat down, called the twelve, and said to them, ‘Whoever wants to be first must be last of all and servant of all.’ Then he took a little child and put it among them; and taking it in his arms, he said to them, ‘Whoever welcomes one such child in my name welcomes me, and whoever welcomes me welcomes not me but the one who sent me.’ Lord, we pray that your grace may always precede and follow us and make us continually to be given to all good works; through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Duty rotas
St. Andrews - Isleham Church Key Rota July to December 2018 Please do not feel locked into this rota, but do arrange your own swaps and indicate on lists in church and .social centre.. Note:. On Fridays, campanologists ring the changes and . return key to holder. On Sunday evenings please check that relevant bin is ready for collection on pavement. Any problems or concerns, please contact Stuart, as above.
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