Newsletter - Harvest thanksgiving 2023
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- Sep 30, 2023
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1/10/23
Your weekly update from the Benwell & Scotswood Team
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Services this week
Sun 1 Oct
11am - Team Harvest thanksgiving at Ven Bede (Parish Eucharist)
Thurs 5 Oct
10.30am - Ven Bede Holy Communion
Dates for your diary
Thurs 5 Oct
12pm - Exploring Faith introductory session and lunch, at Ven Bede
News
Don't forget! Move to Ven Bede this Sunday
From 1st October the Hub service will be at 11am every Sunday at the Venerable Bede, West Road, NE4 8AP.
Harvest festival this Sunday
We will be holding our annual Harvest festival at 11am on Sunday 1st October at the Venerable Bede.
We will have a bring and share supper after. So please bring a dish!
Please also bring donations of non-perishable food items and toiletries. These will be given to the foodbank and Cornerstone. You will also be able to give financially if you prefer.
This will also be our first hub service back at the Ven Bede, the hub service will continue there at 11am on Sundays for the rest of the winter.
(Please note this will be a team service so there will be no other services in the team that day. This is a change to the original date to enable us all to attend the celebration of lay ministry on 24th September)
Exploring Faith group - this Thursday
INTERESTED IN LEARNING MORE ABOUT OUR FAITH?
KNOW SOMEBODY WHO YOU MIGHT INVITE?
Group will start in October
Come along for 12pm for Lunch and an introductory session at Ven Bede on Thursday 5th October to find out more.
(Please note the change of date to what was originally advertised)
Mothers' Union - Autumn Social
We have the MU autumn social coming up on 14th October at the Ven Bede. Open to everyone (not just MU members or women!).
There will be bingo, food, mulled wine raffle and more!
Free, but donations welcome.
St John's Autumn Fayre
Join us at St John's for an autumn fayre!
There will be cakes, crafts, tombola, bric-a-brac, plants, raffle and more!
Entrance 20p
Lay Ministry celebration service
Lay Ministry celebration service of our community who ha ve been training for the last year to become Authorised Lay Ministers in worship and pastoral care.
Here are some of the pictires from the cathedral last week!
Sunday Worship
Sunday 1st October 2023
Harvest Thanksgiving
Green
Intercessions
Prayers for others:
Maria Hawthorn
George Snowdon
Herbert Agbeko
Ellis Nelson
Pauline Nelson
Michell Wilson
Peter Wilson
Alan Taylor
Maureen Tayor
Irene Foskett
Lorraine Atkinson
Esther Kolie
Hook family
Rest in peace
Liz Holliman
Nick Hook
Baptisms
Sienna Fortune
If you would like to add someone to the prayer list please email church@benwellscotswood.com
The name will stay on the list for 1 month unless requested to be long-term.
Collect
Eternal God,
you crown the year with your goodness
and you give us the fruits of the earth in their season:
grant that we may use them to your glory,
for the relief of those in need and for our own well-being;
through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord,
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.
or
Creator God,
you made the goodness of the land,
the riches of the sea
and the rhythm of the seasons;
as we thank you for the harvest,
may we cherish and respect
this planet and its peoples,
through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Collect
Eternal God,
you crown the year with your goodness
and you give us the fruits of the earth in their season:
grant that we may use them to your glory,
for the relief of those in need and for our own well-being;
through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord,
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.
or
Creator God,
you made the goodness of the land,
the riches of the sea
and the rhythm of the seasons;
as we thank you for the harvest,
may we cherish and respect
this planet and its peoples,
through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Post Communion
Lord of the harvest,
with joy we have offered thanksgiving for your love in creation
and have shared in the bread and the wine of the kingdom:
by your grace plant within us a reverence for all that you give us
and make us generous and wise stewards
of the good things we enjoy;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.