Newsletter - Trinity 4 (Confirmations)
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- Jul 9, 2022
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10/7/22
Your weekly update from the Benwell & Scotswood Team
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Dates for your diary
Sunday 10th July 2022
11am, St James
Confirmation service
Sunday 17th July 2022
4pm, St Margaret's
Patronal festival
Thurs 28th July 2022
7.30pm, St Margaret's
PCC meeting
Mon 1st - Fri 5th Aug 2022
10am - 2pm, St Margaret's
Holiday Club
Services this week
Sunday 17th
9.45 at St John's - Holy Communion
11am at St James - Hub Service (eucharist)
4pm at St Margaret's - Patronal festival (eucharist)
News
Confirmations this Sunday 11am at St James
Join us for this very special service when members of our community will be baptised and/or confirmed. This is a huge step when we declare that we want to follow Jesus Christ, to receive the Holy Spirit, and to be part of his church always finding ways to love God and one another. So please pray for the candidates as they prepare for this.
Bishop Stephen Platten Honorary Assistant Bishop, will be with us to lead the service.
If you feel inspired to baptised or confirmed in the future then just let us know!
New coffee morning at St James - Mondays 9.30am - 1pm
Join us from this Monday at St James for tea and coffee. Drop-in at any point and stay for a chat, meet your community, use our wifi, explore the church and our beautiful churchyard.
Speak to Chris Foskett if you would like any more info!
St Margaret's Patronal Festival - Sun 17 Jul, 4pm
at St Margaret Scotswood, NE15 6AR
Next Sunday we celebrate St Margaret's day with a eucharist at St Margaret's church.
Come along and celebrate our community in Scotswood!
Holiday club - Mon 1 to Fri 5 August
at St Margaret Scotswood, NE15 6AR
This August you are invited to our free holiday club at St Margaret's! For ages 5-10 there will be crafts, games, activities, awesome stories from the Bible and more.
Monday 1st to Friday 5th August
10am to 2pm
Sunday 11am celebration service followed by a BBQ (at St James)
Places will be on a first come first served basis.
Worship Texts
Slideshow
The Collect
O God, the protector of all who trust in you,
without whom nothing is strong, nothing is holy:
increase and multiply upon us your mercy;
that with you as our ruler and guide
we may so pass through things temporal
that we lose not our hold on things eternal;
grant this, heavenly Father,
for our Lord Jesus Christ’s sake,
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.
Amen.
Reading
Colossians 1.1–14 1Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and Timothy our brother, 2 To the saints and faithful brothers and sisters in Christ in Colossae: Grace to you and peace from God our Father. 3 In our prayers for you we always thank God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, 4for we have heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and of the love that you have for all the saints, 5because of the hope laid up for you in heaven. You have heard of this hope before in the word of the truth, the gospel 6that has come to you. Just as it is bearing fruit and growing in the whole world, so it has been bearing fruit among yourselves from the day you heard it and truly comprehended the grace of God. 7This you learned from Epaphras, our beloved fellow-servant. He is a faithful minister of Christ on your behalf, 8and he has made known to us your love in the Spirit. 9 For this reason, since the day we heard it, we have not ceased praying for you and asking that you may be filled with the knowledge of God’s will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding, 10so that you may lead lives worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing to him, as you bear fruit in every good work and as you grow in the knowledge of God. 11May you be made strong with all the strength that comes from his glorious power, and may you be prepared to endure everything with patience, while joyfully 12giving thanks to the Father, who has enabled you to share in the inheritance of the saints in the light. 13He has rescued us from the power of darkness and transferred us into the kingdom of his beloved Son, 14in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.
Gospel
Luke 10.25–37 25 Just then a lawyer stood up to test Jesus. ‘Teacher,’ he said, ‘what must I do to inherit eternal life?’ 26He said to him, ‘What is written in the law? What do you read there?’ 27He answered, ‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your strength, and with all your mind; and your neighbour as yourself.’ 28And he said to him, ‘You have given the right answer; do this, and you will live.’ 29 But wanting to justify himself, he asked Jesus, ‘And who is my neighbour?’ 30Jesus replied, ‘A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell into the hands of robbers, who stripped him, beat him, and went away, leaving him half dead. 31Now by chance a priest was going down that road; and when he saw him, he passed by on the other side. 32So likewise a Levite, when he came to the place and saw him, passed by on the other side. 33But a Samaritan while travelling came near him; and when he saw him, he was moved with pity. 34He went to him and bandaged his wounds, having poured oil and wine on them. Then he put him on his own animal, brought him to an inn, and took care of him. 35The next day he took out two denarii, gave them to the innkeeper, and said, “Take care of him; and when I come back, I will repay you whatever more you spend.” 36Which of these three, do you think, was a neighbour to the man who fell into the hands of the robbers?’ 37He said, ‘The one who showed him mercy.’ Jesus said to him, ‘Go and do likewise.’
Sermon
By Bishop Stephen Platten
Intercessions
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.
Prayers for others:
Moe and Mary
Alison Campbell
John Taylor
Irene Foskett
John Nicholson
Alan Robson
Michelle Wilson
Liz Holliman
Joan Finley
The Riches Family
George Snowden
Claire Mozaffari
Herbert Agbeko
Baptism & confirmation
Moslem, Mehrab, Dara, Sardar, Kianoush, Ali, Fatemeh, Farhad, Arjomand, Mohammad, Honar, Khaled, Leland, Ash, Tony, Daniel, Imogen.
Rest in Peace
Paul Cassidy
Post Communion prayer
Eternal God,
comfort of the afflicted and healer of the broken,
you have fed us at the table of life and hope:
teach us the ways of gentleness and peace,
that all the world may acknowledge
the kingdom of your Son Jesus Christ our Lord.
Amen.