Newsletter - St James
- Church
- Jul 29, 2023
- 6 min read
30/7/23
Your weekly update from the Benwell & Scotswood Team
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Dates for your diary
Sun 30 July
11am - St James Patronal festival, team service
14-18 August
Holiday club at St Margaret's
26 August
'Benstock' Festival/concert at St James
Services this week
Sun 30 July
11am - Hub service at St James (Parish Eucharist)
Thurs 4 Aug
10.30am - Ven Bede Holy Communion
News
St James Patronal festival - Sun 30 July
We will have a team service on 30 July at St James, it will be St James' day and also Dominic's final service with us!
Come celebrate with us and say goodbye to Dominic at 11am.
(please note there will be no other services that day)
Bring a dish to share afterwards if you can!
New altar!
We have been gifted an altar by Newcastle Cathedral! After their renovation, they no longer had need of their nave altar. So we will be re-dedicating it as part of our patronal festival this Sunday at St James
The beautiful oak altar has a simple modern shape that we think sits beautifully in St James as the centre of our worship without blocking off the surroundings.
Holiday club - 14-18 August
This August you are invited to our freeholiday club at St Margaret's! Aimed at primary school children there will be crafts, games, activities, awesome stories from the Bible and more. A healthy lunch will also be provided every day with a family BBQ on Friday at 1pm.
Benstock! Sat 26 Aug
There will be an open mic followed by a concert held on the 26th August at St James Church (not the football stadium), and we need volunteers to help run it. If you’re free that day and would like to help out, email Echo at garrattecho1@gmail.com, or talk to Echo and we can find a job that you’d find fun.
If you know any band that could play a set, email Echo, and if possible provide a video or recording of some of their stuff.
And if neither of those apply to you, keep an ear out in the notices over the next few weeks, as tickets will be on sale soon.
St John's events - Sat 5 Aug
10am-12pm - coffee morning. No charge
6 pm - Summer Holiday Social.
Fancy dress optional.
Buffet. Entrance £4, children free.
Addison Court Sunday Fun day - 6 Aug
Addison Court are holding a fundraising event from 1.30pm on Sunday 6th August.
Haig Crescent, NE15 6AW
There will be stalls, face painting, raffle, crafts, hook-a-duck, refreshments and more!
There are also tables available for £5 if you would like to run your own stall. Please speak to Daniel if you are interested.
Fundraising questionnaire -
Several members of the congregation have been meeting to come up with fundraising ideas to raise funds for vital repairs and upkeep of the churches in our parish.
We are hoping to get some ideas of what kind of fund-raising events you would like to see happening across all 4 churches and weigh up which events would be most cost effective and how much people would be willing to pay at these events.
The questionnaires will be handed out in church, please return them to a member of clergy, churchwarden, or Kath McIntyre (administrator) who will treat all the information confidentially. Or you can download it and send it back to us at church@benwellscotswood.com
Junior church
We love kids to be fully part of our community and worship. To do this we want to make sure they are safe.
We will now ask all parents to complete a short form the first time they bring their children. This will include information about allergies etc. The helper at the children's table will have forms available, as will the wardens and welcomers at the back of church.
Items for the notices.
If you would like to announce something in the newsletter or the church service, please send the item in advance to Kath McIntyre at the church email address church@benwellscotswood.com
Please include details and no more than 2-3 short sentences about the item. If you have a preferred image please also include it in the email.
Sunday Worship
Sunday 30th July 2023
James the Apostle
Red
Sermon
Revd Dominic
Intercessions
Prayers for others:
Maria Hawthorn
George Snowdon
Herbert Agbeko
Ellis Nelson
Pauline Nelson
Michell Wilson
Peter Wilson
Alan Taylor
Maureen Tayor
Kathleen Germain
Irene Foskett
Lorraine Atkinson
John Taylor
Diane Curran
Hilary Dixon
George Grant
Rest in peace
Angie Newman
May Taylor
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
Merciful God,
whose holy apostle Saint James,
leaving his father and all that he had,
was obedient to the calling of your Son Jesus Christ
and followed him even to death:
help us, forsaking the false attractions of the world,
to be ready at all times to answer your call without delay;
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.
Readings
Jeremiah 45.1–5
45The word that the prophet Jeremiah spoke to Baruch son of Neriah, when he wrote these words in a scroll at the dictation of Jeremiah, in the fourth year of King Jehoiakim son of Josiah of Judah: 2Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel, to you, O Baruch: 3You said, ‘Woe is me! The Lord has added sorrow to my pain; I am weary with my groaning, and I find no rest.’ 4Thus you shall say to him, ‘Thus says the Lord: I am going to break down what I have built, and pluck up what I have planted—that is, the whole land. 5And you, do you seek great things for yourself? Do not seek them; for I am going to bring disaster upon all flesh, says the Lord; but I will give you your life as a prize of war in every place to which you may go.’
This is the word of the Lord.
All: Thanks be to God.
Acts 11.27—12.2
27 At that time prophets came down from Jerusalem to Antioch. 28One of them named Agabus stood up and predicted by the Spirit that there would be a severe famine over all the world; and this took place during the reign of Claudius. 29The disciples determined that according to their ability, each would send relief to the believers* living in Judea; 30this they did, sending it to the elders by Barnabas and Saul. James Killed and Peter Imprisoned 12About that time King Herod laid violent hands upon some who belonged to the church. 2He had James, the brother of John, killed with the sword.
This is the word of the Lord. All: Thanks be to God. or
2 Corinthians 4.7–15
7 But we have this treasure in clay jars, so that it may be made clear that this extraordinary power belongs to God and does not come from us. 8We are afflicted in every way, but not crushed; perplexed, but not driven to despair; 9persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed; 10always carrying in the body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be made visible in our bodies. 11For while we live, we are always being given up to death for Jesus’ sake, so that the life of Jesus may be made visible in our mortal flesh. 12So death is at work in us, but life in you. 13 But just as we have the same spirit of faith that is in accordance with scripture—‘I believed, and so I spoke’—we also believe, and so we speak, 14because we know that the one who raised the Lord Jesus will raise us also with Jesus, and will bring us with you into his presence. 15Yes, everything is for your sake, so that grace, as it extends to more and more people, may increase thanksgiving, to the glory of God.
This is the word of the Lord.
All: Thanks be to God.
Gospel Reading
Hear the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to Matthew.
All: Glory to you, O Lord.
Matthew 20.20–28
20 Then the mother of the sons of Zebedee came to him with her sons, and kneeling before him, she asked a favour of him. 21And he said to her, ‘What do you want?’ She said to him, ‘Declare that these two sons of mine will sit, one at your right hand and one at your left, in your kingdom.’ 22But Jesus answered, ‘You do not know what you are asking. Are you able to drink the cup that I am about to drink?’* They said to him, ‘We are able.’ 23He said to them, ‘You will indeed drink my cup, but to sit at my right hand and at my left, this is not mine to grant, but it is for those for whom it has been prepared by my Father.’ 24 When the ten heard it, they were angry with the two brothers. 25But Jesus called them to him and said, ‘You know that the rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and their great ones are tyrants over them. 26It will not be so among you; but whoever wishes to be great among you must be your servant, 27and whoever wishes to be first among you must be your slave; 28just as the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life a ransom for many.’
This is the Gospel of the Lord. All: Praise to you, O Christ.
Post Communion
Almighty God,
who on the day of Pentecost
sent your Holy Spirit to the apostles
with the wind from heaven and in tongues of flame,
filling them with joy and boldness to preach the gospel:
by the power of the same Spirit
strengthen us to witness to your truth
and to draw everyone to the fire of your love;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Lord God, the source of truth and love,
keep us faithful to the apostles’ teaching and fellowship,
united in prayer and the breaking of bread,
and one in joy and simplicity of heart,
in Jesus Christ our Lord.