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Next First Thursday meeting is a snow drop walk with pub lunch at Walsingham

on FRIDAY 8TH FEB. Meet at church at 11am. Numbers to Jackie or Rachel by 1 Feb for lifts.

VALENTINES SUPPERSat 16th Feb from 6pm St John’s Hall

Tickets from Shaun Adult £5 Child £3

“ Regular Events SUNDAYS See Services 1st Sun 4-6pm Chat-Tea; Hall3rd Sundays 6-8pm Church Youth in Hall Mondays 9-11.15am St John’s Tots in Hall 3-5pm Little Miracles in HallTuesdays 10am Holy Communion at St John’s 9-11.15am Small Fellows Child Group in Hall4pm Rainbows, 6pm Brownies, 7pm Guides in Hall

AA meeting 7.30-9pm in Small HallWednesdays 10am Holy Communion at St Peter’s 9-11.15am St John’s Tots in Hall2nd Wed Christian Aid Lunch 12-1pm St P’s Hall

5.30-7pm Boxing coaching in Hall8-9.30pm Zumba in Hall

Thursdays 8.30am Team Prayers at St Peter’s6.30pm Dance Lesson in Hall

7.30pm Church Craft Club in the HallFirst Thursdays Women’s Group – see noticesFridays 7pm Choir Practice in Church

3-5pm Little Miracles & 7-9pm Youth in HallSaturdays 9am-3pm Ballet in Hall

St John’s PCC Tues 26th Feb 7.30pm

Coffee Morning St Wendreda’s HallWed Feb 6th 10.30am All Welcome.In support of “ World Day of Prayer”

Power Point Presentation of host country Slovenia

World Day of Prayer Servicewritten by the Women of Slovenia. All Welcome.Friday March 1st at St Wendreda’s Church. 7.30pm

Pause for Thought, Quiet Morning Mon 4th Feb 9.30am-1pm in St. Mary’s.

2019 programme ‘Nurturing Discipleship’ available

We are thinking about some hand rails to make access easier to the platform. Let us have views. Scaffolding up to repair Bell Tower will be there for about 3 weeks. Do you like kneelers at high

altar ?

Team Leader in Mission Rev Marcus Purnell 01354 659691 [email protected] Vicars Rev Anthony Chandler.Rev Jane Rees: 01354 463284 [email protected] Rev Jenny Webb 01354 [email protected] Lay Minister: Diane Wise 01354 651512 [email protected] Care Jamie Woodcock 655503 jamieheather97@sky.comYouthMinistryKarenPritchard07738294726karen@L8er.co.ukWarden & HALL BOOKINGS: Shaun Godfrey 461573 Mark Rengert 01354 661796 [email protected]

Treasurer Andy Beeson [email protected] 07947 387900 PCC Secretary Karen Hammond.

PLEASE TAKE THIS NOTICE SH EET HOME

Welcome to St John the Evangelist

in the March Team www.stjohnmarch.co.uk

All enquiries about Weddings Baptisms etc to Andrew

Team Rector: Rev Andrew Smith 01354 [email protected]

Operations manager [email protected]

Sunday 2 nd February 4 th Sunday after Epiphany

Feast of the Presentation of Christ, Purification of the Blessed Virgin Mary

or Candlemas

TODAY, the First Sunday in the Month8am Holy Communion at St John’s

9.30am in Church Sung Service (Laying on of hands)

9.30am FAMILY SERVICE in the HALL(Breakfast from 9am)

2pm Baptism of Laurie Mae Matthews CHAT-TEA – TODAY 4-6pm

All are invited to come for a meal, provided by our young people.

Next Sunday; 10 th February, Epiphany 5 Readings; 1 Corinthians 15 v1-11, Luke 5 v1-11.

8am Holy Communion at St John’s 1st & 3rd & 5th at St Wendreda’s 2 nd & 4 th 9.15am John’s JuniorsStarting in Hall, joining us in Church later.9.30am Sung Communion

Regular Midweek ServicesTuesday 10am Holy Communion at St John’s followed by refreshments

Wednesday 10am Holy Communion at St Peter’sfollowed by refreshments

FUNERALSMon 4th Feb 2.30pm St Mary’s; Barbara JohnsonTues 5th Feb 12.45pm St John’s; Olga GreenWed 6th Feb 2.30pm Fenland; Joan Richards Tues 12th Feb 3.30pm Fenland; Margaret MartinFri 15th Feb 10.45am St Wendreda; Gina Mortimer 12.30pm St Peter’s Peter Burnell

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http://www.stjohnmarch.co.uk/







2.30pm Fenland; John Sutterby

Sunday 2 nd Feb 2019, Epiphany 4

COLLECT – the Prayer for Today.Inspired by your Spirit, Lord, we gather in your temple to welcome your Son. Enlighten our minds and lay bare our inmost thoughts. Purify your people, and make us obedient to the demands of your law, so that we may mature in wisdom and grow to the full stature in your grace. We ask this through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God for ever and ever. Amen.

EPISTLE 1 Corinthians 13 v1-13 If I speak in the tongues of mortals and of angels, but do not have love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. And if I have prophetic powers, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing. If I give away all my possessions, and if I hand over my body so that I may boast, but do not have love, I gain nothing. Love is patient; love is kind; love is not envious or boastful or arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; it does not rejoice in wrongdoing, but rejoices in the truth. It bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. Love never ends. But as for prophecies, they will come to an end; as for tongues, they will cease; as for knowledge, it will come to an end. For we know only in part, and we prophesy only in part; but when the complete comes, the partial will come to an end. When I was a child, I spoke like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child; when I became an adult, I put an end to childish ways. For now we see in a mirror, dimly, but then we will see face to face. Now I know only in part; then I will know fully, even as I have been fully known. And now faith, hope, and love abide, these three; and the greatest of these is love.

GOSPEL Luke 2 v22-40 When the time came for their purification according to the law of Moses, they brought him up to Jerusalem to present him to the Lord (as it is written in the law of the Lord, ‘Every firstborn male shall be designated as holy to the Lord’), and they offered a sacrifice according to what is stated in the law of the Lord, ‘a pair of turtle-doves or two young pigeons.’ Now there was a man in Jerusalem whose name was Simeon; this man was righteous and devout, looking forward to the consolation of Israel, and the Holy Spirit rested on him. It had been revealed to

him by the Holy Spirit that he would not see death before he had seen the Lord’s Messiah. Guided by the Spirit, Simeon came into the temple; and when the parents brought in the child Jesus, to do for him what was customary under the law, Simeon took him in his arms and praised God, saying, ‘Master, now you are dismissing your servant in peace, according to your word; for my eyes have seen your salvation, which you have prepared in the presence of all peoples, a light for revelation to the Gentiles and for glory to your people Israel.’ And the child’s father and mother were amazed at what was being said about him. Then Simeon blessed them and said to his mother Mary, ‘This child is destined for the falling and the rising of many in Israel, and to be a sign that will be opposed so that the inner thoughts of many will be revealed—and a sword will pierce your own soul too.’ There was also a prophet, Anna the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Asher. She was of a great age, having lived with her husband for seven years after her marriage, then as a widow to the age of eighty-four. She never left the temple but worshipped there with fasting and prayer night and day. At that moment she came, and began to praise God and to speak about the child to all who were looking for the redemption of Jerusalem. When they had finished everything required by the law of the Lord, they returned to Galilee, to their own town of Nazareth. The child grew and became strong, filled with wisdom; and the favour of God was upon him.

Prayer after CommunionGod of promise, you renew your gift to those whose faces are lined and hearts are filled by the passage of years: give us grace, with Simeon and Anna, to see beyond the surface to where the Spirit shows the face and heart of God in Jesus Christ, the given Child. Amen.

For our prayers;C harity of the Month: Parkinson’s DiseaseThose who are ill, David Young, Denny Morley, Sylvia Band, Alex Smith. Those recently died; Cynthia Blackwell, Barbara Johnson, Olga Green, Joan Richards, Margaret Martin, Gina Mortimer, Peter Burnell, John Sutterby.Years mind, see the new book Feb 3-9

Windows Magazine.We hope to have a magazine back for MarchWe are planning the calendar of social and

fundraising activities for 2019 for each church.

If you have offers and ideas please let me know.Deanery Synod Thurs 31st Jan 7.30pm at Chatteris – Agenda will be largely about training, supporting and equipping people lay people for ministry and

mission. – Anyone is welcome to attend.St John’s PCC Tues 26th Feb 7.30pm


on FRIDAY 8TH FEB. Meet at church at 11am. Numbers to Jackie or Rachel by 1 Feb for lifts.





5.30-7pm Boxing in Hall8-9.30pm Zumba in Hall




FREE Next Sat 2 nd Feb St Peter’s Light Party 6-7pm under 11’s 7.30-8.30pm for 11+.

Adults welcome too !

For our prayers;C harity of the Month: SENSE, deaf blind childrenThose who are ill, David Young, Denny Morley, Sylvia Band, Alex Smith. Those recently died; Brenda Cox, Kevin Devlin, Cynthia Blackwell, Barbara Johnson, Olga Green.Years mind, see the new book Jan 27-Feb 2.

Team Leader in Mission Rev Marcus Purnell 01354 659691 [email protected] Vicars Rev Anthony Chandler.Rev Jane Rees: 01354 463284 [email protected] Rev Jenny Webb 01354 [email protected] Lay Minister: Diane Wise 01354 651512 [email protected] Care Jamie Woodcock 655503 jamieheather97@sky.comYouthMinistryKarenPritchard07738294726karen@L8er.co.ukWarden & HALL BOOKINGS: Shaun Godfrey 461573 Mark Rengert 01354 661796 [email protected]







Operations manager [email protected]

Sunday 27 th January 3 rd Sunday after Epiphany

HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL DAY


Next Sunday; 3 rd February, Epiphany 4, Candlesmas, Presentation, or Purification

Readings; 1 Corinthians 13 v1-13, Luke 2 v22-40.On the First Sunday in the Month

8am Holy Communion at St John’s9.30am in Church Sung Service (Laying on of hands)


CHAT-TEA – next on Feb 3rd 4-6pmAll are invited to come for a meal,

provided by our young people.



FUNERALSTue 29th 1.15pm St Wendreda; Cynthia BlackwellSat 2nd 12noon ashes, St Mary’s Marjorie IrelandMon 4th Feb 2.30pm St Mary’s; Barbara JohnsonTues 5th Feb 12.45pm St John’s; Olga Green

Windows Magazine.We hope to have a magazine back for March

Scaffolding up to repair Bell Tower (bell now working !!!) will be there for about 3 weeks.










Also thanks for the removal of some pews at front of North Aisls to develop some “prayer space”.

Do you like having kneelers at high altar ?COLLECT – the Prayer for Today.

God of salvation, in Jesus whose compassion embraces all peoples, you announce freedom and summon us to conversion. Enlighten us to see the beauty of the gospel and joy for the poor, that we may receive salvation with faith and, anointed by the Spirit, freely proclaim and embrace the demands of the gospel. Grant this through our Lord Jesus Christ. Amen.

EPISTLE 1 Corinthians 12 v12-31a Just as the body is one and has many members, and all the members of the body, though many, are one body, so it is with Christ. For in the one Spirit we were all baptized into one body—Jews or Greeks, slaves or free—and we were all made to drink of one Spirit. Indeed, the body does not consist of one member but of many. If the foot were to say, ‘Because I am not a hand, I do not belong to the body’, that would not make it any less a part of the body. And if the ear were to say, ‘Because I am not an eye, I do not belong to the body’, that would not make it any less a part of the body. If the whole body were an eye, where would the hearing be? If the whole body were hearing, where would the sense of smell be? But as it is, God arranged the members in the body, each one of them, as he chose. If all were a single member, where would the body be? As it is, there are many members, yet one body. The eye cannot say to the hand, ‘I have no need of you’, nor again the head to the feet, ‘I have no need of you.’ On the contrary, the members of the body that seem to be weaker are indispensable, and those members of the body that we think less honourable we clothe with greater honour, and our less respectable members are treated with greater respect; whereas our more respectable members do not need this. But God has so arranged the body, giving the greater honour to the inferior member, that there may be no dissension within the body, but the members may have the same care for one another. If one member suffers, all suffer together with it; if one member is honoured, all rejoice together with it. Now you are the body of Christ and individually members of it. And God has appointed in the church first apostles, second prophets, third teachers; then deeds of power, then gifts of healing, forms of assistance, forms of leadership, various kinds of tongues. Are all apostles? Are all prophets? Are all teachers? Do all work miracles? Do all possess gifts of healing? Do all speak in tongues? Do all interpret? But strive for the greater gifts.


2019 programme ‘Nurturing Discipleship’ availableGOSPEL Luke 4 v14-30

Jesus, filled with the power of the Spirit, returned to Galilee, and a report about him spread through all the surrounding country. He began to teach in their synagogues and was praised by everyone. When he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up, he went to the synagogue on the sabbath day, as was his custom. He stood up to read, and the scroll of the prophet Isaiah was given to him. He unrolled the scroll and found the place where it was written: ‘The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to bring good news to the poor.He has sent me to proclaim release to the captives and recovery of sight to the blind, to let the oppressed go free, to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favour.’ And he rolled up the scroll, gave it back to the attendant, and sat down. The eyes of all in the synagogue were fixed on him. Then he began to say to them, ‘Today this scripture has been fulfilled in your hearing.’ All spoke well of him and were amazed at the gracious words that came from his mouth. They said, ‘Is not this Joseph’s son?’ He said to them, ‘Doubtless you will quote to me this proverb, “Doctor, cure yourself!” And you will say, “Do here also in your home town the things that we have heard you did at Capernaum.” ’ And he said, ‘Truly I tell you, no prophet is accepted in the prophet’s home town. But the truth is, there were many widows in Israel in the time of Elijah, when the heaven was shut up for three years and six months, and there was a severe famine over all the land; yet Elijah was sent to none of them except to a widow at Zarephath in Sidon. There were also many lepers in Israel in the time of the prophet Elisha, and none of them was cleansed except Naaman the Syrian.’ When they heard this, all in the synagogue were filled with rage. They got up, drove him out of the town, and led him to the brow of the hill on which their town was built, so that they might hurl him off the cliff. But he passed through the midst of them and went on his way.

Prayer after CommunionGod of freedom, you break the seals and let the Spirit flow: make us impatient to greet the time fulfilled, then poor lifted up, then oppressed set free and your love made manifest. Free our fickle hearst from our need to divide and exclude; lead us through the storms of rage to a clear and new beginning, through Jesus Christ, whom hatred cannot touch. Amen.

We are planning the calendar of social and fundraising activites for 2019 for each church.

If you have offers and ideas please let me know.

Deanery Synod Thurs 31st Jan 7.30pm at Chatteris – Agenda will be largely about training, supporting and equipping people lay people for ministry and



on FRIDAY 8TH FEBRUARY. Meet at church at 11am.

Numbers to Jackie or Rachel by 1 Feb so lifts can be organized.





5.30-7pm Boxing in Hall8-9.30pm Zumba in Hall




Saturday 26th January 6pm Family Committee Quiz at St Peter’s

Quiz - teams up to 6 adults with any number of children. Come along as part of a team or join up on

the day to make teams. £2 adults, children free. Sat 2 nd Feb St Peter’s Light Party

Team Leader in Mission Rev Marcus Purnell 01354 659691 [email protected] Vicars Rev Anthony Chandler.Rev Jane Rees: 01354 463284 [email protected]

Rev Jenny Webb 01354 [email protected] Lay Minister: Diane Wise 01354 651512 [email protected] Care Jamie Woodcock 655503 jamieheather97@sky.comYouthMinistryKarenPritchard07738294726karen@L8er.co.ukWarden & HALL BOOKINGS: Shaun Godfrey 461573 Mark Rengert 01354 661796 [email protected]







Sunday 20 th January 2 nd Sunday after Epiphany

Week of Prayer for Christian Unity8am Holy Communion at St John’s 1 st & 3 rd & 5 th at St Wendreda’s 2nd & 4th 9.15am John’s JuniorsStarting in Hall, joining us in Church later.9.30am Sung Communion

2pm BAPTISM of Amelia Rose Higgins and Stewart James Higgins

4pm Week of Prayer for Christian Unity Service at St Mary’s with

Speakers from Kairos Prison Ministries.

On the First Sunday in the Month8am Holy Communion at St John’s

9.30am in Church Sung Service (Laying on of hands)9.30am FAMILY SERVICE in the HALL

(Breakfast from 9am) CHAT-TEA – next on Feb 3rd 4-6pm

All are invited to come for a meal, provided by our young people.



Next Sunday; 27 th January, Epiphany 3 Readings; 1 Corinthians 12 v12-31a, Luke 4 v21-30.









Communion at 9.30am. J J’s 9.15am

FUNERALSMon 21st Jan 11.30 Fenland; Brenda CoxThu 24th Jan 11.30am St Peter’s; Kevin DevlinTue 29th 1.15pm St Wendreda; Cynthia BlackwellMon 4th Feb 2.30pm St Mary’s; Barbara Johnson

Thanks to those who supported and organised Messy Church on Saturday

Sunday 20 th Jan 2019, Epiphany 2

COLLECT – the Prayer for Today.God of wonders, at Cana in Galilee you revealed your glory in Jesus Christ and summoned all humanity to life in him. Show to your people gathered on this day your transforming power and give us a foretaste of the wine you keep for the age to come. We make our prayer through our Lord Jesus Christ, with the inspiration of your Spirit. Amen.

EPISTLE 1 Corinthians 12 v1-11 Concerning spiritual gifts, brothers and sisters, I do not want you to be uninformed. You know that when you were pagans, you were enticed and led astray to idols that could not speak. Therefore I want you to understand that no one speaking by the Spirit of God ever says ‘Let Jesus be cursed!’ and no one can say ‘Jesus is Lord’ except by the Holy Spirit. Now there are varieties of gifts, but the same Spirit; and there are varieties of services, but the same Lord; and there are varieties of activities, but it is the same God who activates all of them in everyone. To each is given the manifestation of the Spirit for the common good. To one is given through the Spirit the utterance of wisdom, and to another the utterance of knowledge according to the same Spirit, to another faith by the same Spirit, to another gifts of healing by the one Spirit, to another the working of miracles, to another prophecy, to another the discernment of spirits, to another various kinds of tongues, to another the interpretation of tongues. All these are activated by one and the same Spirit, who allots to each one individually just as the Spirit chooses.

GOSPEL John 2 v1-11 There was a wedding in Cana of Galilee, and the mother of Jesus was there. Jesus and his disciples had also been invited to the wedding. When the wine gave out, the mother of Jesus said to him, ‘They have no wine.’ And Jesus said to her, ‘Woman, what concern is that to you and to me? My hour has not yet come.’ His mother said to the servants, ‘Do whatever he tells you.’ Now standing

there were six stone water-jars for the Jewish rites of purification, each holding twenty or thirty gallons. Jesus said to them, ‘Fill the jars with water.’ And they filled them up to the brim. He said to them, ‘Now draw some out, and take it to the chief steward.’ So they took it. When the steward tasted the water that had become wine, and did not know where it came from (though the servants who had drawn the water knew), the steward called the bridegroom and said to him, ‘Everyone serves the good wine first, and then the inferior wine after the guests have become drunk. But you have kept the good wine until now.’ Jesus did this, the first of his signs, in Cana of Galilee, and revealed his glory; and his disciples believed in him.

Prayer after CommunionLord of the wedding day, passion of joining and

spirit offestival: takem our hearts of stone and flood them with new wine that we might savour ordinary

miracles given to sense and taste, through Jesus Christ, the Winemaker. Amen.

For our prayers;C harity of the Month: SENSE, deaf blind childrenThose who are ill, David Young, Denny Morley, Sylvia Band, Alex Smith. Those recently died; Desmond Heaps, Brenda Hilliard, Jean Mason, Edith Hunt, Brenda Cox, Kevin Devlin, Cynthia Blackwell, Barbara Johnson, Olga Green.Years mind, see the new book Jan 20-2

WEEK of PRAYER for CHRISTIAN UNITY

Sunday 20 th January 4pm Christian Unity Service at St Mary’s

with a speaker from Kairos Prison ministries.Monday Jan 21st

2pm Prayer Meeting at Trinity.Tuesday Jan 22nd

7.30pm Service at CentenaryWednesday Jan 23rd

12noon Service followed by simple lunch at St Peter's (Volunteers to help with catering appreciated)

Thursday Jan 24thCafe style service 10am Elim at Centenary

Friday Jan 25 th 7.30pm Closing service at RC.


2019 programme ‘Nurturing Discipleship’ available

Windows Magazine.Very sadly, as Kevin, our editor for several years, died on Christmas Eve, there will be no magazine

this month and maybe for a while. Anyone interested in becoming editor see Andrew.

COFFEE MORNING for Talking Newspaperat Anthony and Helen’s 17 St Peter’s Road

Next Saturday 26th January 10-12

We are planning the calendar of social and fundraising activites for 2019 for each church.

If you have offers and ideas please let me know.

Team Service at St John’s THIS SUNDAYEpiphany Choral Evensong 4pm. including the welcome our new Operations Manager who is funded by the Market Town’s initiative, Rebecca Parnell. When she starts her March office base will be in St John’s Hall office. We will join Chat-Tea for refreshments after this service.

“ Regular Events SUNDAYS See Services 1st Sun 4-6pm Chat-Tea; Hall3rd Sundays 6-8pm Church Youth in Hall Mondays 9-11.15am St John’s Tots in Hall 3-5pm Little Miracles in HallTuesdays 10am Holy Communion at St John’s 9-11.15am Small Fellows Child Group in Hall4pm Rainbows, 6pm Brownies, 7pm Guides in HallWednesdays 10am Holy Communion at St Peter’s 9-11.15am St John’s Tots in Hall

THIS WEEK 2 nd Wed Christian Aid Lunch 12-1pm St Peter’s Hall

Thursdays 8.30am Team Prayers at St Peter’s 7.30pm Church Craft Club in the HallFirst Thursdays Women’s Group – see noticesFridays 7pm Choir Practice3-5pm Little Miracles & 7-9pm Youth in HallSaturdays 9am-3pm Ballet in Hall

Team Council Tues 8th Jan 7.30pm in St Peter’sDeanery Synod Thurs 31st Jan 7.30pm at Chatteris – Agenda will be largely about training, supporting and equipping people lay people for ministry and




1st Thursday Group are compiling their programme for the year, see Rachael and Jackie for details.

Team Leader in Mission Rev Marcus Purnell 01354 659691 [email protected] Vicars Rev Anthony Chandler.Rev Jane Rees: 01354 463284 [email protected]

Rev Jenny Webb 01354 [email protected] Lay Minister: Diane Wise 01354 651512 [email protected] Care Jamie Woodcock 655503 jamieheather97@sky.comYouthMinistryKarenPritchard07738294726karen@L8er.co.ukWarden & HALL BOOKINGS: Shaun Godfrey 461573 Mark Rengert 01354 661796 [email protected]



in the March Team www.stjohnmarch.co.ukAll enquiries about Weddings Baptisms etc to Andrew Team Rector: Rev Andrew Smith 01354 279232

[email protected]

Sunday 6 th January Feast of the Epiphanythe Manifestation of Christ to the World

8am Holy Communion at St John’s 1 st & 3 rd & 5 t h at St Wendreda’s 2nd & 4th

9.30am in Church Sung Service ( with Laying on of hands)

9.30am FAMILY SERVICE in the HALLBREAKFAST from 9am

4pm Epiphany CHORAL EVENSONG with Welcome of Rebecca in Church

CHAT-TEA – TODAY 4-6pmAll are invited to come for a meal,

provided by our young people.

Regular Midweek Services9.30am Sung Communion

Tuesday 10am Holy Communion at St John’s followed by refreshments


Next Sunday; Baptism of Christ,13 th January

Readings; Isaiah 43 v1-7, Matthew 3 v15-17 & 21-22.9.15am John’s JuniorsStarting in Hall, joining us in Church later.9.30am Sung Communion









FUNERALSMon 14th Jan 11am St Peter’s; Brenda HilliardThu 24th Jan 11.30am St Peter’s; Kevin Devlin


COLLECT – the Prayer for Today.Lord God of the nations, we have seen the star of your glory rising in splendour. The radiance of your incarnate Word pierces the darkness that covers the earth and signals the dawn of peace and justice. Make radiant the lives of your people with that same brightness, and beckon all the nations to walk as one in your light. We ask this through Jesus Christ, your Word made flesh, who live and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, in the splendour of eternal light, God for ever and ever. Amen.

EPISTLE Ephesians 3 v1-12 I, Paul, am a prisoner for Christ Jesus for the sake of you Gentiles— for surely you have already heard of the commission of God’s grace that was given to me for you, and how the mystery was made known to me by revelation, as I wrote above in a few words, a reading of which will enable you to perceive my understanding of the mystery of Christ. In former generations this mystery was not made known to humankind, as it has now been revealed to his holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit: that is, the Gentiles have become fellow-heirs, members of the same body, and sharers in the promise in Christ Jesus through the gospel. Of this gospel I have become a servant according to the gift of God’s grace that was given to me by the working of his power. Although I am the very least of all the saints, this grace was given to me to bring to the Gentiles the news of the boundless riches of Christ, and to make everyone see what is the plan of the mystery hidden for ages in God who created all things; so that through the church the wisdom of God in its rich variety might now be made known to the rulers and authorities in the heavenly places. This was in accordance with the eternal purpose that he has carried out in Christ Jesus our Lord, in whom we have access to God in boldness and confidence through faith in him.

GOSPEL Matthew 2 v1-12 In the time of King Herod, after Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea, wise men from the East came to Jerusalem, asking, ‘Where is the child who has been born king of the Jews? For we observed his

star at its rising, and have come to pay him homage.’ When King Herod heard this, he was frightened, and all Jerusalem with him; and calling together all the chief priests and scribes of the people, he inquired of them where the Messiah was to be born. They told him, ‘In Bethlehem of Judea; for so it has been written by the prophet: “And you, Bethlehem, in the land of Judah, are by no means least among the rulers of Judah;for from you shall come a ruler who is to shepherd my people Israel.” ’ Then Herod secretly called for the wise men and learned from them the exact time when the star had appeared. Then he sent them to Bethlehem, saying, ‘Go and search diligently for the child; and when you have found him, bring me word so that I may also go and pay him homage.’ When they had heard the king, they set out; and there, ahead of them, went the star that they had seen at its rising, until it stopped over the place where the child was. When they saw that the star had stopped, they were overwhelmed with joy. On entering the house, they saw the child with Mary his mother; and they knelt down and paid him homage. Then, opening their treasure-chests, they offered him gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh. And having been warned in a dream not to return to Herod, they left for their own country by another road.

Prayer after CommunionShepherd of Israel and Light of all nNations, made known in the gifts of those who call to other names and walk on different ways: My unjust powers and the hatred within us be dismayed by your friendship and dethroned by your love; through Jesus Christ, the open arms of grace. Amen.

For our prayers;C harity of the Month: SENSE, deaf blind childrenThose who are ill, David Young, Denny Morley, Sylvia Band, Alex Smith. Those recently died; Philip Moore, Ian Crabtree, Desmond Heaps, Brenda Hilliard, Kevin Devlin.Years mind; see the new book Jan 6-12.

WEEK of PRAYER for CHRISTIAN UNITYFriday Jan 18th

7.30pm Opening Service at St WendredaSaturday Jan 19th

9am Breakfast at MEF, and 11am-1pm Messy Church followed by Lunch at St John’s Church.

Sunday 20 th January 4pm Christian Unity Service at St Mary’s with a speaker from Kairos Prison ministries.

Monday Jan 21st2pm Prayer Meeting at Trinity.

Tuesday Jan 22nd7.30pm Service at Centenary

Wednesday Jan 23rd12noon Service followed by simple lunch at St Peter's (Volunteers to help with catering appreciated)



Next Team Service at St John’s is Epiphany Choral Evensong 4pm Sunday 6 th January . including the welcome our new Operations Manager who is funded by the Market Town’s initiative, Rebecca Parnell. When she starts her March office base will be in St John’s Hall office.

‘First Thursday Epiphany Bring and Share and planning evening Thurs 3rd Janu 7.30pm at the home of Jeannie Sceale. Please bring a salad or

jacket potato filling and lots of ideas for our meetings in 2019. Further details from Jackie

Gumbleton or Rachel Beeson.’ “ Regular Events

SUNDAYS See Services 1st Sun 4-6pm Chat-Tea; Hall3rd Sundays 6-8pm Church Youth in Hall Mondays 9-11.15am St John’s Tots in Hall 3-5pm Little Miracles in HallTuesdays 10am Holy Communion at St John’s 9-11.15am Small Fellows Child Group in Hall4pm Rainbows, 6pm Brownies, 7pm Guides in HallWednesdays 10am Holy Communion at St Peter’s 9-11.15am St John’s Tots in Hall2nd Wed Christian Aid Lunch 12-1pm St P’s HallThursdays 8.30am Team Prayers at St Peter’s 7.30pm Church Craft Club in the HallFirst Thursdays Women’s Group – see noticesFridays 7pm Choir Practice3-5pm Little Miracles & 7-9pm Youth in HallSaturdays 9am-3pm Ballet in Hall

YEARS MIND – NEW LIST STARTING 2019This Sunday is the last with the old list, and the

first with the new list, so please put any names in by the end of the year.

Team Council Tues 8th Jan 7.30pm in St Peter’sDeanery Synod Thurs 31st Jan 7.30pm at Chatteris – Agenda will be largely about training, supporting and equipping people lay people for ministry and

mission. – Anyone is welcome to attend.



Team Leader in Mission Rev Marcus Purnell 01354 659691 [email protected]

Vicars Rev Jane Rees: 01354 463284 [email protected] Rev Jenny Webb 01354 [email protected] Lay Minister: Diane Wise 01354 651512 [email protected] Care Jamie Woodcock 655503 jamieheather97@sky.comYouthMinistryKarenPritchard07738294726karen@L8er.co.ukWarden & HALL BOOKINGS: Shaun Godfrey 461573 Mark Rengert 01354 661796 [email protected]




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Sunday 30 th December Sunday after Christmas

8am Holy Communion at St John’s 1 st & 3 rd & 5 t h at St Wendreda’s 2nd & 4th 9.15am John’s JuniorsStarting in Hall, joining us in Church later.9.30am Sung Communion

Regular Midweek ServicesThis Tuesday is Christmas Day,

9.30am Sung CommunionTuesday 10am Holy Communion at St John’s followed by refreshments

including at St John’s on New Years DayWednesday 10am Holy Communion at St Peter’s

followed by refreshments Next Sunday; Feast of the Ephiphany,

6 th January Readings; Ephesians 3 v1-12, Matthew 2 v1-12.

First Sunday Services and Events.Also 4pm Epiphany CHORAL EVENSONG

with Welcome of Rebecca at St John’sSunday after Christmas, 30 th December

Sunday readings; 1 Samuel 2 v18-20, Colossians 3 v12-17, Luke 2 v41-52.On the First Sunday in the Month


9.30am FAMILY SERVICE in the HALL








(Breakfast from 9am) CHAT-TEA – next on Jan 6 th 4-6pm

All are invited to come for a meal, and to support our young people.

FUNERALSWed 2nd Jan 1.30pm St John’s; Philip MooreFri 4th Jan 2.45pm St Peter’s; Ian CrabtreeMon 14th Jan 11am St Peter’s; Brenda Hilliard

Happy New Year to you all.COLLECT – the Prayer for Today.

As your sons and daughters, O loving God, we come before you in thanksgiving, called and united in your eternal Word. Teach us to ponder the mystery of Nazareth, that we may find in you the source of our strength and the unity of our families. We ask this through Jesus Christ, your Word made flesh, who live and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, in the splendour of eternal light, God for ever and ever. Amen.

OLD TESTAMENT 1 Samuel 2 v18-20 Samuel was ministering before the Lord, a boy wearing a linen ephod. His mother used to make for him a little robe and take it to him each year, when she went up with her husband to offer the yearly sacrifice. Then Eli would bless Elkanah and his wife, and say, ‘May the Lord repay you with children by this woman for the gift that she made to the Lord’; and then they would return to their home. Now the child Samuel continued to gro both in stature and in favour with the Lord and with the people.

EPISTLE Colossians 3 v12-17 As God’s chosen ones, holy and beloved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, meekness, and patience. Bear with one another and, if anyone has a complaint against another, forgive each other; just as the Lord has forgiven you, so you also must forgive. Above all, clothe yourselves with love, which binds everything together in perfect harmony. And let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to which indeed you were called in the one body. And be thankful. Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly; teach and admonish one another in all wisdom; and with gratitude in your hearts sing psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs to God. And whatever you do, in word or deed, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.

GOSPEL Luke 2 v41-52 Every year the parents of Jesus went to Jerusalem for the festival of the Passover. And when he was

twelve years old, they went up as usual for the festival. When the festival was ended and they started to return, the boy Jesus stayed behind in Jerusalem, but his parents did not know it. Assuming that he was in the group of travellers, they went a day’s journey. Then they started to look for him among their relatives and friends. When they did not find him, they returned to Jerusalem to search for him. After three days they found him in the temple, sitting among the teachers, listening to them and asking them questions. And all who heard him were amazed at his understanding and his answers. When his parents saw him they were astonished; and his mother said to him, ‘Child, why have you treated us like this? Look, your father and I have been searching for you in great anxiety.’ He said to them, ‘Why were you searching for me? Did you not know that I must be in my Father’s house?’ But they did not understand what he said to them. Then he went down with them and came to Nazareth, and was obedient to them. His mother treasured all these things in her heart. And Jesus increased in wisdom and in years, and in divine and human favour.

Prayer after CommunionLord, your wisdom echoes in the child’s question, and the raw insight of youth: renew our curiosity and deepen our desire for a truth that lives and grows before you; through Jesus Christ, the Question and the Answer. Amen.

For our prayers;C harity of the Month: Alzheimer’s SocietyThose who are ill, David Young, Denny Morley, Sylvia Band. Those recently died; Barbara Bothamley, Jean Jerome, Philip Moore, Ian Crabtree, Desmond Heaps, Kevin Devlin..Years mind; Margaret Gilchrist, Ruth Brewin, Kenneth Crowston, Dorothy Kirby, Neil Green, and see the new book Jan 1-5.

Thanks to all who helped at our Christmas Services in so many ways.

WEEK of PRAYER for CHRISTIAN UNITYFriday Jan 18th

7.30pm Opening Service at St WendredaSaturday Jan 19th

9am Breakfast at MEF, and 11am-1pm Messy Church followed by Lunch at St John’s Church.

Sunday 20 th January 4pm Christian Unity Service at St Mary’s with a speaker from Kairos Prison ministries.

Monday Jan 21st2pm Prayer Meeting at Trinity.

Tuesday Jan 22nd7.30pm Service at Centenary

Wednesday Jan 23rd12noon Service followed by simple lunch at St Peter's (Volunteers to help with catering appreciated)




CHRISTMAS SERVICESSt John’s, Station Road

Dec 23rd 4.30pm Carol ServiceChristmas Eve 4.30pm Nativity Play 11.30pm Midnight CommunionChristmas Day 9.30am Communion

Also at St Peter’s, High Street Christmas Day 8am Holy Communion

Thanks to all who contributed to the Christmas Dinner and Dance, the Christingle Service and Messy Church, and to those who prepared and

decorated the church.

“ Regular Events SUNDAYS See Services 1st Sun 4-6pm Chat-Tea; Hall3rd Sundays 6-8pm Church Youth in Hall Mondays 9-11.15am St John’s Tots in Hall 3-5pm Little Miracles in HallTuesdays 10am Holy Communion at St John’s 9-11.15am Small Fellows Child Group in Hall4pm Rainbows, 6pm Brownies, 7pm Guides in HallWednesdays 10am Holy Communion at St Peter’s 9-11.15am St John’s Tots in Hall2nd Wed Christian Aid Lunch 12-1pm St P’s HallThursdays 8.30am Team Prayers at St Peter’s 7.30pm Church Craft Club in the HallFirst Thursdays Women’s Group – see noticesFridays 7pm Choir Practice3-5pm Little Miracles & 7-9pm Youth in HallSaturdays 9am-3pm Ballet in Hall

Next Team Service at St John’s is Epiphany Choral Evensong 4pm Sunday 6 th January . including the welcome our new Operations Manager who is funded by the Market Town’s initiative, Rebecca Parnell. When she starts her March office base will be in St John’s Hall office.

YEARS MIND – NEW LIST STARTING 2019Next Sunday will be the last with the old list so please put any names in by the end of the year.We are now compiling a new list for use from January 2019 in a diary at the back of church

(for use up to 2023).




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Sunday 23 rd December 4 th Sunday of Advent

8am Holy Communion at St John’s 1st & 3rd & 5th at St Wendreda’s 2 nd & 4 th 9.15am John’s JuniorsStarting in Hall, joining us in Church later.9.30am Sung Communion4.30pm CAROL SERVICE

Regular Midweek ServicesThis Tuesday is Christmas Day,

9.30am Sung CommunionTuesday 10am Holy Communion at St John’s followed by refreshments


There are services at St Peter’s on Boxing Day (this Wednesday) and at St John’s on New Years Day (week on Tuesday)

Sunday after Christmas, 30 th December Sunday readings; 1 Samuel 2 v18-20, Colossians 3 v12-17, Luke 2 v41-52.On the First Sunday in the Month





CHAT-TEA – next on Jan 6 th 4-6pm All are invited to come for a meal, and to support our young people.

FUNERALSWed 2nd Jan 1.30pm St John’s; Philip MooreFri 4th Jan 2.45pm St Peter’s; Ian Crabtree

RECTORY CHRISTMAS OPEN HOUSEFriday 28th December 10am-4pmDrop in any time for refreshments and good company. All Welcome.

ADVENT SONG & RESPONSE

Light the Advent candle one. Now the waiting has begun, we have started on our way: time to think of Christmas Day.

Light the Advent candle two. Think of humble shepherds who filled with wonder at the sight of the Child on Christmas night.

Light the Advent candle three. Think of heav’nly harmony: angels singing “Peace of earth” at the blessed Saviour’s birth.

Light the Advent candles now ! Sing of donkey, sheep and cow. Birthday candles for the King – let the Alleluyas ring.

Candle, candle, burning bright,shining in the winter night, Candle, candle burning bright,

fill our hearts with Christmas light.

People of God; prepare !God above all, maker of all, is one with us in Christ.All: Come Lord Jesus

God, the mighty God, bends down in love to earthAll: Come Lord Jesus

God with us, God beside us, comes soon to the world he has madeAll: Come Lord Jesus

We are God’s children, we seek the coming Christ.All: Come Lord Jesus.

COLLECT – the Prayer for Today.

Who are we, Lord God, that you should come to us? Yet you have visited your people and redeemed us in your Son. As we prepare to celebrate his birth, make our hearts leap for joy at the sound of your Word, and move us by your Spirit to bless your wonderful works. Amen.

OLD TESTAMENT Micah 5 v2-5a The Lord says to his people:But you, O Bethlehem of Ephrathah, who are one of the little clans of Judah, from you shall come forth for me one who is to rule in Israel, whose origin is from of old, from ancient days. Therefore he shall give them up until the time when she who is in labour has brought forth; then the rest of his kindred shall return to the people of Israel. And he shall stand and feed his flock in the strength of the Lord, in the majesty of the name of the Lord his God. And they shall live secure, for now he shall be great to the ends of the earth; and he shall be the one of peace.

EPISTLE Hebrews 10 v5-1o When Christ came into the world, he said,‘Sacrifices and offerings you have not desired, but a body you have prepared for me; in burnt-offerings and sin-offerings you have taken no pleasure. Then I said, “See, God, I have come to do your will, O God” (in the scroll of the book it is written of me).’ When he said above, ‘You have neither desired nor taken pleasure in sacrifices and offerings and burnt-offerings and sin-offerings’ (these are offered according to the law), then he added, ‘See, I have come to do your will.’ He abolishes the first in order to establish the second. And it is by God’s will that we have been sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.

GOSPEL Luke 1 v39-45 In those days Mary set out and went with haste to a Judean town in the hill country, where she entered the house of Zechariah and greeted Elizabeth. When Elizabeth heard Mary’s greeting, the child leapt in her womb. And Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit and exclaimed with a loud cry, ‘Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb. And why has this happened to me, that the mother of my Lord comes to me? For as soon as I heard the sound of your greeting, the child in my womb leapt for joy. And blessed is she who believed that there would be a fulfilment of what was spoken to her by the Lord.’

Prayer after Communion

God made known in the friendship of women, the word of greeting and unseen life enwombed: give us the courage of the teenage mother who brings into the world a song of joyful revolt and a god who needs her love; through Jesus Christ, the one who is to come. Amen.

For our prayers; C harity of the Month: Alzheimer’s SocietyThose who are ill, David Young, Denny Morley, Sylvia Band, Kevin Devlin. Those recently died; Barbara Bothamley, Jean Jerome, Philip Moore, Ian Crabtree, Desmond Heaps. Years mind, Elsie Lindsay, Sylvia Whittlesea, Phyllis Brewer, Maurice Parrish, Clifford Parsons, Kathleen West, Helen Slaw, June Beeson, Harold Buckley, Jill Easter, Brian Culledge, Judy Mould.

CHRISTMAS SERVICESSt John’s, Station Road

Dec 16th 4.30pm Christingle ServiceDec 20th 6-7pm Churches Together Carols at TescoDec 22nd 11-2 Messy Church in ChurchDec 23rd 4.30pm Carol ServiceChristmas Eve 4.30pm Nativity Play 11.30pm Midnight CommunionChristmas Day 9.30am Communion

Also at St Peter’s, High StreetDec 16th 6.30pm Carol Service by Candlelight Dec 19th 6.30pm Carols around the Christmas tree Christmas Day 8am Holy Communion 11am Communion with Carols

Christmas Dinner and Dance Sat 22 nd Dec 5pm- 11pm; Food at 6pm

Tickets £5adult, £3 child from Shaun or Anna

Christmas Fair £480 raised, £120 more than in 2017. “ Regular Events

SUNDAYS See Services 1st Sun 4-6pm Chat-Tea; Hall3rd Sundays 6-8pm Church Youth in Hall Mondays 9-11.15am St John’s Tots in Hall 3-5pm Little Miracles in HallTuesdays 10am Holy Communion at St John’s 9-11.15am Small Fellows Child Group in Hall4pm Rainbows, 6pm Brownies, 7pm Guides in HallWednesdays 10am Holy Communion at St Peter’s 9-11.15am St John’s Tots in Hall2nd Wed Christian Aid Lunch 12-1pm St P’s HallThursdays 8.30am Team Prayers at St Peter’s 7.30pm Church Craft Club in the HallFirst Thursdays Women’s Group – see noticesFridays 7pm Choir Practice3-5pm Little Miracles & 7-9pm Youth in HallSaturdays 9am-3pm Ballet in HallFOODBANK donations of teabags, tinned tomatoes and tinned carrots at the moment and also Christmas foods.For our prayers;

C harity of the Month: Alzheimer’s SocietyThose who are ill, David Young, Denny Morley, Sylvia Band. Those recently died; John Bowers, Jacqueline Gooch, Barbara Bottomley, Jean Jerome, Philip Moore, Ian Crabtree.Years mind, Mabel Bunn, Edna Pinning, Barbara Fenwick, Margaret Russell, George Mitchell, Bert Knock, Barbara Franks, Bill Ayres, Margaret Andrews, Sidney Asquith, Elsie Doughty, Molly Lambert, Sylvia Robinson, Lewis Mann, John Flello, Bill Heslop, Ronald Whittlesea.

YEARS MIND – NEW LIST STARTING 2019We are now compiling a new list for use from January

2019 in a NOW AVAILABLE diary at the back of church (for use up to 2023).

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Sunday 16 th December 3 rd Sunday of Advent

8am Holy Communion at St John’s 1 st & 3 rd & 5 th at St Wendreda’s 2nd & 4th 9.15am John’s JuniorsStarting in Hall, joining us in Church later.9.30am Sung Communion4.30pm CHISTINGLE SERVICE



Next Sunday, 23 rd December, Advent 4, Sunday readings; Micah 5 v2-5a, Hebrews 10 v5-10, Luke 1 v39-55.

Usual Services AND 4.30pm CAROL SERVICE.On the First Sunday in the Month





(Breakfast from 9am) CHAT-TEA – next on Jan 6 th 4-6pm

All are invited to come for a meal, and to support our young people.

FUNERALSTues 18th Dec 1.30pm Fenland Barbara BottomleyThurs 20th Dec 11.45am St Peter’s Jean JeromeWed 2nd Jan 1.30pm St John’s; Philip Moore

RECTORY CHRISTMAS OPEN HOUSEFriday 28th December 10am-4pmDrop in any time for refreshments and good company. All Welcome.

Next Team Service at St John’s is Epiphany Choral Evensong 4pm Sunday 6 th January . including the welcome our new Operations Manager who is funded by the Market Town’s initiative, Rebecca Parnell. When she starts her March office base will be in the Hilda Nicholson Room in St John’s Hall.ADVENT SONG & RESPONSE


Light the Advent candle two. Think of humble shepherds who filled with wonder at the sight of the Child on Christmas night.

Light the Advent candle three. Think of heav’nly harmony: angels singing “Peace of earth” at the blessed Saviour’s birth.



People of God; return !You are called to be God’s own.From the mountains announce the good news.God comes in justice and peace for all. You are God’s children.All: Lord make us one as we walk with Christ today and for ever. Amen.

COLLECT – the Prayer for Today.Almighty God, you sent your Son into a world where wheat must be winnowed from the chaff and evil clings to what is good. Let the fire of your Spirit purge us of greed and deceit, so that, purified, we may find our peace in you and you may delight in you and you may delight in us. Grant this through him whose coming is certain, whose day draws near: your Son, our Lord Jesus Christ, who

lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God for ever and ever. Amen.

OLD TESTAMENT Zephaniah 3 v14-20 Sing aloud, O daughter Zion; shout, O Israel! Rejoice and exult with all your heart, O daughter Jerusalem! The Lord has taken away the judgements against you, he has turned away your enemies. The king of Israel, the Lord, is in your midst; you shall fear disaster no more. On that day it shall be said to Jerusalem: Do not fear, O Zion;do not let your hands grow weak. The Lord, your God, is in your midst, a warrior who gives victory;he will rejoice over you with gladness, he will renew you in his love; he will exult over you with loud singing as on a day of festival. I will remove disaster from you,so that you will not bear reproach for it. I will deal with all your oppressors at that time. And I will save the lame and gather the outcast, and I will change their shame into praiseand renown in all the earth. At that time I will bring you home, at the time when I gather you; for I will make you renowned and praised among all the peoples of the earth, when I restore your fortunesbefore your eyes, says the Lord.

EPISTLE Philippians 4 v4-7 Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, Rejoice. Let your gentleness be known to everyone. The Lord is near. Do not worry about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.

GOSPEL Luke 3 v7-18 John said to the crowds that came out to be baptized by him, ‘You brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the wrath to come? Bear fruits worthy of repentance. Do not begin to say to yourselves, “We have Abraham as our ancestor”; for I tell you, God is able from these stones to raise up children to Abraham. Even now the axe is lying at the root of the trees; every tree therefore that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.’ And the crowds asked him, ‘What then should we do?’ In reply he said to them, ‘Whoever has two coats must share with anyone who has none; and whoever has food must do likewise.’ Even tax-collectors came to be baptized, and they asked him, ‘Teacher, what should we do?’ He said to them, ‘Collect no more than the amount prescribed for you.’ Soldiers also asked him, ‘And we, what should we do?’ He said to them, ‘Do not extort money from anyone by threats or false accusation, and be satisfied with your wages.’

As the people were filled with expectation, and all were questioning in their hearts concerning John, whether he might be the Messiah, John answered all of them by saying, ‘I baptize you with water; but one who is more powerful than I is coming; I am not worthy to untie the thong of his sandals. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire. His winnowing-fork is in his hand, to clear his threshing-floor and to gather the wheat into his granary; but the chaff he will burn with unquenchable fire.’ So, with many other exhortations, he proclaimed the good news to the people.

Prayer after CommunionGod of flood and fire, calling us to turn from dead halls echoing with greed: may the gift of your Spirit come to us from another place, burning with life and a hope that will not be quenched; through Jesus Christ, the one who is to come. Amen.

Choir sing-a-long and Christmas Fair Sat 8 th Dec 10-1. Please support – All Welcome



St Peter’s Christmas Tree Festival 7-9 Dec Friday 7th 10am-5pm Saturday 8th 9.30am-5pmSunday 9th 12.30-3pm Christingle Service at 3pm.

We have a monthly Charity at St John’s. Penny is compiling a list for 2019. Any suggestions to her.

Next Team Service at St John’s is Epiphany Choral Evensong 4pm Sunday 6 th January . including the welcome our new Operations Manager who is funded by the Market Town’s initiative, Rebecca Parnell. When she starts her March office base will be in the Hilda Nicholson Room in St John’s Hall.

FOODBANK would be grateful for any donations of teabags, tinned tomatoes and tinned carrots at the moment and also Christmas foods.

YEARS MIND We are now compiling a new list for use from January 2019 in a NOW AVAILABLE diary at the back of church (for use up to 2023).

CHRISTMAS SERVICESin the March Team

St John’s, Station RoadDec 7th 9.45am All Saints TotsDec 14th 10am All Saints School Dec 16th 4.30pm Christingle ServiceDec 20th 6-7pm Churches Together Carols at TescoDec22nd 11-2 Messy Church in Church

Dec 23rd 4.30pm Carol ServiceChristmas Eve 4.30pm Nativity Play 11.30pm Midnight CommunionChristmas Day 9.30am Communion

St Peter’s, High StreetDec 14th 7pm Mayor’s Carol ServiceDec 16th 6.30pm Carol Service by Candlelight Dec 19th 6.30pm Carols around the Christmas treeDec 23rd 11am Service includes Nativity Play Christmas Eve 4pm Crib and Carol Service 11.30pm Midnight Communion Christmas Day 8am Holy Communion 11am Communion with Carols

St Mary’s, WestryDec 23rd 3pm Carols by candlelightChristmas Day 9.15am Communion and Carols

St Wendreda’s The AvenueDec 23rd 6.30pm Carols by CandlelightChristmas Eve 4pm ChristingleChristmas Day 11am Family Communion



Sunday 2 nd December ADVENT SUNDAY

8am Holy Communion at St John’s 1 st & 3 rd & 5 th at St Wendreda’s 2nd & 4th



Churches Together Carol Singing in the Market Square at Town Christmas Fair – 12.45-1.10pm

CHAT-TEA – 4-6pmAll are invited to come for a meal.

Team Choral Advent Service of Light6.30pm in St Peter’s



Next Sunday, 9 th December, Advent 2, Sunday readings; Malachi 3v1-4, Philippians 4 v4-7, Luke 3 v1-6


9.15am John’s JuniorsStarting in Hall, joining us in Church later.

9.30am Sung CommunionFUNERALS

Wed 5th Dec 1.15pm St W’s Margaret SheppersonFri 7th Dec 2.30pm Fenland Kervin CampbellWed 12th Dec 3.30pm Fenland John BowersThur 13th Dec 12.15pm St Peter’s Jacqueline GoochFor our prayers; C harity of the Month: Alzheimer’s SocietyThose who are ill, David Young, Kath Sutton. Those recently died; Marjorie Ireland, Margaret Shepperson, Kervin Campbell, John Bowers.Years mind, Ivy Stockbridge, Patricia Gladwell, Renee Knock, Vera Hnatkovicz, Dorothy Page, Esther Braam, Peter Wilson, George Stevens, James Baker-Smith, Janice Marchant.

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People of God; awake !The day is coming soon when you shall see God face to face. Remember the ways and works of God, God calls you out of darkness to walk in the light of his coming. You are God’s children.All: Lord make us one as we walk with Christ today and for ever. Amen.

COLLECT – the Prayer for Today.God our Saviour, you utter a word of promise and hope and hasten the day of justice and freedom, yet we live in a world forgetful of your word, our watchfulness dulled by the cares of life. Keep us alert. Make us attentive to your word, ready to look on your Son when he comes in power and great glory. Make us holy and blameless, ready to stand secure when the day of his coming shakes the world with terror. We ask this through him whose coming is certain, whose day draws near: your Son, our

Lord Jesus Christ, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God for ever and ever. Amen.

OLD TESTAMENT Jeremiah 33 v14-16 The days are surely coming, says the Lord, when I will fulfil the promise I made to the house of Israel and the house of Judah. In those days and at that time I will cause a righteous Branch to spring up for David; and he shall execute justice and righteousness in the land. In those days Judah will be saved and Jerusalem will live in safety. And this is the name by which it will be called: ‘The Lord is our righteousness.’

EPISTLE 1 Thessalonians 3 v9-13 How can we thank God enough for you in return for all the joy that we feel before our God because of you? Night and day we pray most earnestly that we may see you face to face and restore whatever is lacking in your faith. Now may our God and Father himself and our Lord Jesus direct our way to you. And may the Lord make you increase and abound in love for one another and for all, just as we abound in love for you. And may he so strengthen your hearts in holiness that you may be blameless before our God and Father at the coming of our Lord Jesus with all his saints.

GOSPEL Luke 21 v25-35 Jesus said to his disciples: ‘There will be signs in the sun, the moon, and the stars, and on the earth distress among nations confused by the roaring of the sea and the waves. People will faint from fear and foreboding of what is coming upon the world, for the powers of the heavens will be shaken. Then they will see “the Son of Man coming in a cloud” with power and great glory. Now when these things begin to take place, stand up and raise your heads, because your redemption is drawing near.’ Then he told them a parable: ‘Look at the fig tree and all the trees; as soon as they sprout leaves you can see for yourselves and know that summer is already near. So also, when you see these things taking place, you know that the kingdom of God is near. Truly I tell you, this generation will not pass away until all things have taken place. Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away. ‘Be on guard so that your hearts are not weighed down with dissipation and drunkenness and the worries of this life, and that day does not catch you unexpectedly, like a trap. For it will come upon all who live on the face of the whole earth. Be alert at all times, praying that you may have the strength to escape all these things that take place, and to stand before the Son of Man.’

Prayers after Communion

Urgent God, breaking through the static to speak to our hearts: disarm our love of control and shake the silent heavens to reveal youre dawning glory, judging all in the light of love; through Jesus Christ, the one who is to come. Amen.

“ Regular Events SUNDAYS See Services 1st Sun 4-6pm Chat-Tea; Hall3rd Sundays 6-8pm Church Youth in Hall Mondays 9-11.15am St John’s Tots in Hall 3-5pm Little Miracles in HallTuesdays 10am Holy Communion at St John’s 9-11.15am Small Fellows Child Group in Hall4pm Rainbows, 6pm Brownies, 7pm Guides in HallWednesdays 10am Holy Communion at St Peter’s 9-11.15am St John’s Tots in Hall2nd Wed Christian Aid Lunch 12-1pm St P’s HallThursdays 8.30am Team Prayers at St Peter’s 7.30pm Church Craft Club in the HallFirst Thursdays Women’s Group – see noticesFridays 7pm Choir Practice3-5pm Little Miracles & 7-9pm Youth in HallSaturdays 9am-3pm Ballet in Hall

Choir sing-a-long and Christmas Fair Sat 8 th Dec 10-1.

Please support – All Welcome


Tickets £5adult, £3 child from Shaun or AnnaTWO events NEXT SUNDAY

Churches Together Carol Singing at March Town Christmas Fair – Sunday 2nd Dec

12.45-1.10pm in the Market Square.Team Choral Advent Service of Light

Sunday 2nd December.6.30pm in St Peter’s

St Peter’s Christmas Tree Festival 7-9 Dec Friday 7th 10am-5pm Saturday 8th 9.30am-5pmSunday 9th 12.30-3pm Christingle Service at 3pm.

First Thursday Ladies Group Last chance !Thursday 6 December 7pm for 7.30pm. Cost £15

per person for three courses. See Rachel Beeson for menu choices which must be made by 25

November. All ladies and partners welcome.

Next WORKING PARTY Wed 28 Nov Breakfast at Weatherspoons 8.30am; at Church

from 9.30am. Thanks for gardening and pew work.

“ Regular Events SUNDAYS See Sunday Services 1st Sunday 4-6pm Chat-Tea in Hall3rd Sundays 6-8pm Church Youth in Hall Mondays 9-11.15am St John’s Tots in Hall

3-5pm Little Miracles in HallTuesdays 10am Holy Communion at St John’s 9-11.15am Small Fellows Child Group in Hall4pm Rainbows, 6pm Brownies, 7pm Guides in HallWednesdays 10am Holy Communion at St Peter’s 9-11.15am St John’s Tots in Hall2nd Wed Christian Aid Lunch 12-1pm St P’s Hall Thursdays 8.30am Team Prayers at St Peter’s 7.30pm Church Craft Club in the HallFirst Thursdays Women’s Group – see noticesFridays 7pm Choir Practice3-5pm Little Miracles & 7-9pm Youth in HallSaturdays 9am-3pm Ballet in Hall


YEARS MIND We are now compiling a new list for use from January 2019 in a NOW AVAILABLE diary at the back of church (for use up to 2023).

Fenland Music Christmas ConcertNext Saturday, 1 st December 7-9pm in St Peter’s Tickets on door £7 adults, £5 conces, children free.




Sunday 25 th November 4 th Kingdom, “Stir-up” Sunday




Next Sunday, 2 nd December, ADVENT 1, Readings; Jeremiah 33 v14-16,

1 Thessalonians3 v9 -13, Luke 21 v25-35.On the First Sunday in the Month




CHAT-TEA – next on Dec 2 nd 4-6pm All are invited to come for a meal, and to support our young people.

FUNERALSThurs 29th Nov 9.30am Fenland Marjorie IrelandWed 5th Dec 1.15pm St W’s Margaret SheppersonFri 7th Dec 2.30pm Fenland Kervin Campbell

Thanks to all who supported and contributed to the Taize Service here last week. Team Service next Sunday evening, and next team Service at St John’s is Epiphany Service 4pm Sunday 6th January.

For our prayers; C harity of the Month: Motor Neurone DiseaseThose who are ill, David Young, Kath Sutton. Those recently died; Mike Kisby, Marjorie Ireland, Margaret Shepperson, Kervin Campbell.Years mind, Arthur Bunn, Hilda Nicholson, June Pratt, Debra White, Frank West, Sylvia Searle, Emily Tinker, Michael Mogford, Thomas Mitchell, Jim Doncaster, Kathrine Noyes.

Windows” magazine- editor [email protected] send information for notice sheet to Vicar..

COLLECT – the Prayer for Today.Almighty and eternal God, to Jesus Christ, the first-born from the dead, you have granted everlasting dominion and a kingship that will not pass away. Remove from us every desire for privilege and power, that we may imitate the sacrificial love of Christ our King and, as a royal and priestly people, serve you humbly in our brothers and sisters. Grant this through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God for ever and ever. Amen.

OLD TESTAMENT Daniel 7 v9-10 & 13-14, As I watched, thrones were set in place, and an Ancient One took his throne; his clothing was white as snow, and the hair of his head like pure wool; his throne was fiery flames, and its wheels were burning fire. A stream of fire issued and flowed out from his presence. A thousand thousand served him, and ten thousand times ten thousand stood attending him. The court sat in judgement, and the books were opened. As I watched in the night visions, I saw one like a human being coming with the clouds of heaven. And he came to the Ancient One and was presented before him. To him was given dominion and glory and kingship, that all peoples, nations, and languages should serve him. His dominion is an everlasting dominion that shall not pass away, and his kingship is one that shall never be destroyed.

NEW TESTAMENT Revelation 1 v4b-8

Grace to you and peace from him who is and who was and who is to come, and from the seven spirits who are before his throne, and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth.To him who loves us and freed us from our sins by his blood, and made us to be a kingdom, priests serving his God and Father, to him be glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen. Look! He is coming with the clouds; every eye will see him, even those who pierced him; and on his account all the tribes of the earth will wail.So it is to be. Amen. ‘I am the Alpha and the Omega’, says the Lord God, who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty.

GOSPEL John 18 v33b-40 Pilate asked Jesus, ‘Are you the King of the Jews?’ Jesus answered, ‘Do you ask this on your own, or did others tell you about me?’ Pilate replied, ‘I am not a Jew, am I? Your own nation and the chief priests have handed you over to me. What have you done?’ Jesus answered, ‘My kingdom is not from this world. If my kingdom were from this world, my followers would be fighting to keep me from being handed over to the Jews. But as it is, my kingdom is not from here.’ Pilate asked him, ‘So you are a king?’ Jesus answered, ‘You say that I am a king. For this I was born, and for this I came into the world, to testify to the truth. Everyone who belongs to the truth listens to my voice.’ Pilate asked him, ‘What is truth?’After he had said this, he went out to the Jews again and told them, ‘I find no case against him. But you have a custom that I release someone for you at the Passover. Do you want me to release for you the King of the Jews?’ They shouted in reply, ‘Not this man, but Barabbas!’ Now Barabbas was a bandit.

Prayers after CommunionYou who are, who were, who are to come, before whose judgement all fades away that is not love: save us from violence that seeks to claim our hearts so we might hear a different voice and belong to you in truth; through Jesus Christ, the woulded king of all. Amen.

Stir up, O Lord, the wills of your faithful people; that they, plenteously rewarded bringing forth the fruit of good works, may by you be plenteously rewarded; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.


St John’s, Station Road

Dec 7th 9.45am All Saints TotsDec 14th 10am All Saints School Dec 16th 4.30pm Christingle ServiceDec 20th 6-7pm Churches Together Carols at TescoDec22nd 11-2 Messy Church in ChurchDec 23rd 4.30pm Carol ServiceChristmas Eve 4.30pm Nativity Play 11.30pm Midnight CommunionChristmas Day 9.30am Communion

St Peter’s, High StreetDec 14th 7pm Mayor’s Carol ServiceDec 16th 6.30pm Carol Service by Candlelight Dec 19th 6.30pm Carols around the Christmas treeDec 23rd 11am Service includes Nativity Play Christmas Eve 4pm Crib and Carol Service 11.30pm Midnight Communion Christmas Day 8am Holy Communion 11am Communion with Carols



A TAIZE Service. 4pm at St John’s Sunday Nov 18th

Team Choral Advent Service of LightSunday 2nd December. 6.30pm in St Peter’s

First Thursday Ladies Group Thursday 6 December 7pm for 7.30pm. Cost £15


November. All ladies and partners welcome. Also we are looking for ideas for 2018 – 2019.

All suggestions welcome.’

Next WORKING PARTY Wed 28 Nov Breakfast at Weatherspoons 8.30am; at Church


Tuesday 20th Nov at 7 30pm at St Wendreda’s Hall.Meeting for anyone interested in participating in Women’s World Day of Prayer on March 1st 2019

Choir sing-a-long and Christmas Fair

Sat 8 th Dec 10-1. Please support – All Welcome




12.45-1.10pm in the Market Square.“ Regular Events

SUNDAYS See Sunday Services 1st Sunday 4-6pm Chat-Tea in Hall3rd Sundays 6-8pm Church Youth in Hall Mondays 9-11.15am St John’s Tots in Hall 3-5pm Little Miracles in HallTuesdays 10am Holy Communion at St John’s 9-11.15am Small Fellows Child Group in Hall4pm Rainbows, 6pm Brownies, 7pm Guides in HallWednesdays 10am Holy Communion at St Peter’s 9-11.15am St John’s Tots in Hall2nd Wed Christian Aid Lunch 12-1pm St P’s Hall Thursdays 8.30am Team Prayers at St Peter’s 7.30pm Church Craft Club in the HallFirst Thursdays Women’s Group – see noticesFridays 7pm Choir Practice3-5pm Little Miracles & 7-9pm Youth in HallSaturdays 9am-3pm Ballet in Hall

Friday 23 rd Nov MU Annual hour of silent prayer & witness, St Catharine's Chapel, Ely Cathedral 11.30-12.30. Please remember and pray for all.





Sunday 18 th November 3 rd in Kingdom Sunday,

8am Holy Communion at St John’s 1 st & 3 rd & 5 t h at St Wendreda’s 2nd & 4th 9.15am John’s JuniorsStarting in Hall, joining us in Church later.9.30am Sung Communion4pm at St John’s A TAIZE Service.

All WelcomeOn the First Sunday in the Month



CHAT-TEA – next on Dec 2 nd 4-6pm All are invited to come for a meal,


and to support our young people.



Next Sunday, 25 th November, Kingdom 4, Readings; Daniel 7 v9-10 & 13-14,

Revelation 1 v4b -8, John 18 v33b-40.9.30 Sung Communion and Junior Church as usual.

FUNERALFri 23rd Nov 2.45pm St Mary’s Michael Kisby

Next Friday, 23rd November 9.30-12noon,visit by several classes from Westwood to church.

For our prayers; C harity of the Month: Motor Neurone DiseaseThose who are ill, David Young, Kath Sutton, Kevin Devlin. Those recently died; Mike Kisby.Years mind, Margaret Dobson, Frank Smith, Norman Reeve, William Galley, Betty Smith, Beryl Thompson, Derek Hart.


COLLECT – the Prayer for Today.Your creation, O God, runs its appointed course, as from the ends of the earth you gather a people you call your own. Confirm us in the strength of your abiding word. Steady our hearts in the time of trial, so that on the day of the Son of Man we may without fear rejoice to behold his appearing. We ask this through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, with the inspiration of your Holy Spirit. Amen.

EPISTLE Hebrews 10 v11-25 Every priest stands day after day at his service, offering again and again the same sacrifices that can never take away sins. But when Christ had offered for all time a single sacrifice for sins, ‘he sat down at the right hand of God’, and since then has been waiting ‘until his enemies would be made a footstool for his feet.’ For by a single offering he has perfected for all time those who are sanctified. And the Holy Spirit also testifies to us, for after saying, ‘This is the covenant that I will make with them after those days, says the Lord: I will put my laws in their hearts, and I will write them on their minds’, he also adds,‘I will remember their sins and their lawless deeds no more.’ Where there is forgiveness of these, there is no longer any offering for sin.

Therefore, my friends, since we have confidence to enter the sanctuary by the blood of Jesus, by the new and living way that he opened for us through the curtain (that is, through his flesh), and since we have a great priest over the house of God, let us approach with a true heart in full assurance of faith, with our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water. Let us hold fast to the confession of our hope without wavering, for he who has promised is faithful. And let us consider how to provoke one another to love and good deeds, not neglecting to meet together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another, and all the more as you see the Day approaching.

GOSPEL Mark 13 v1-8 As Jesus came out of the temple, one of his disciples said to him, ‘Look, Teacher, what large stones and what large buildings!’ Then Jesus asked him, ‘Do you see these great buildings? Not one stone will be left here upon another; all will be thrown down.’ When he was sitting on the Mount of Olives opposite the temple, Peter, James, John, and Andrew asked him privately, ‘Tell us, when will this be, and what will be the sign that all these things are about to be accomplished?’ Then Jesus began to say to them, ‘Beware that no one leads you astray. Many will come in my name and say, “I am he!” and they will lead many astray. When you hear of wars and rumours of wars, do not be alarmed; this must take place, but the end is still to come. For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom; there will be earthquakes in various places; there will be famines. This is but the beginning of the birth pangs.

Prayer after CommunionSubversive God, deconstructing temples of power in which we would keep you trapped and tamed: lead us through violent times, unafraid to speak for peace, untempted by those who promise easy answers; may we follow him alone who renews the world in love; through Jesus Christ, who sits at God’s right hand. Amen.


St John’s, Station StreetDec 7th 9.45am All Saints TotsDec 14th 10am All Saints School Dec 16th 4.30pm Christingle ServiceDec 23 rd 4.30pm Carol Service Christmas Eve 4.30pm Nativity Play

11.30pm Midnight CommunionChristmas Day 9.30am Communion

St Peter’s, High StreetWed 28th Nov 6.30pm Guides Carol ServiceDec 4th 7pm Cubs in ChurchDec 7th to 9th Christmas Tree FestivalDec 9th 3pm Christingle ServiceDec 14th 2pm Burrowmore School 6.30pm Mayor’s Carol ServiceDec 16 th 6.30pm Carol Service by Candlelight Dec 19th 6.30pm Carols around the Christmas treeDec 20th 6-7pm Churches Together Carols at TescoDec 23rd 11am Service includes Nativity Play Christmas Eve 4pm Crib and Carol Service 11.30pm Midnight Communion Christmas Day 8am Holy Communion 11am Communion with Carols



YEARS MIND We are now compiling a new list for use from January 2019 in a NOW AVAILABLE diary at

the back of church (for use up to 2023). A TAIZE Service.

4pm at St John’s Sunday Nov 18th Team Choral Advent Service of Light

Sunday 2nd December.6.30pm in St Peter’s





Mon 12th Nov 9.30 to 1pm - Pause for Reflection: at St Mary’s Exploring our faith journey, looking

at the N.T. figure Timothy. Everyone welcome.

Next WORKING PARTY Wed 14 & 28 Nov Breakfast at Weatherspoons 8.30am; at Church


This Wednesday Christian Aid Lunch12-1pm in St Peter’s Hall

Tuesday 20th Nov at 7 30pm at St Wendreda’s Hall.

Meeting for anyone interested in participating in Women’s World Day of Prayer on March 1st 2019

Choir sing-a-long and Stalls

Sat 8 th Dec 10-1. Please support – All Welcome



Hi everyone!It's Emily writing from Zambia and my job teaching here at Katete Girls' Secondary school. I'm really enjoying myself here and enjoying teaching. I have three classes, two science ones in grade 8 and one maths class in grade 10. Everyone here is very friendly and I've met a lot of local people as well as teachers. It's the height of summer so it's about 32 degrees every day!We have a dog here (the volunteers before us adopted her and then she adopted us) and she recently had five puppies! That has kept us very busy, and she's being a very good mummy. She's called Galu (which is nyanja for dog). I have been trying to learn some nyanja, and I know a lot of basic nouns and greetings, which is good.We don't have half terms here and our longest holiday is coming up over Christmas, so we're going travelling - Victoria falls, then the skeleton coast of Namibia, then Cape Town for Christmas and New Years and finally safari in Botswana before coming back home for another term of teaching.Missing you lots but I'm having a great time here!

from Emily xx



Sunday 11 th November 2 nd Kingdom Sunday,

Remembrance SundayWe will remember them8am Holy Communion at St John’s 1st & 3rd & 5th at St Wendreda’s 2 nd & 4 th 9.15am John’s JuniorsStarting in Hall, joining us in Church later.9.30am Sung Communionwith Act of Remembrance

On the First Sunday in the Month




CHAT-TEA – next on Nov 4 th 4-6pm All are invited to come for a meal, and to support our young people.



Next Sunday, 18 th November, Kingdom 3, Readings; Hebrews 10v11-25, Mark 13 v1-8

8am Holy Communion9.30 Sung Communion and Junior Church as usual.

A TAIZE Service. Sunday November 18th

4pm at St John’sAll Welcome

FUNERALFri 23rd Nov 2.45pm St Mary’s Michael Kisby

This Tuesday 11-12 after the service we have one of our Study/discussion groups – all welcome.


PLEASE TAKE THIS NOTICE SH EET HOME COLLECT – the Prayer for Today.

Your sovereign rule, O God, draws near to us in the person of Jesus your Son. Your word summons us to faith; your power transforms our lives. Free us to follow Christ’s footsteps, so that neither human loyalty nor earthly attachment may hold us back from answering your call. We ask this through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, with the inspiration of your Holy Spirit. Amen.

EPISTLE Hebrews 9 v24-28 Christ did not enter a sanctuary made by human hands, a mere copy of the true one, but he entered into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God on our behalf. Nor was it to offer himself again and again, as the high priest enters the Holy Place year after year with blood that is not his own; for then he would have had to suffer again and again since the foundation of the world. But as it is, he has appeared once for all at the end of the age to remove sin by the sacrifice of himself. And just as it is appointed for mortals to die once, and after that the judgement, so Christ, having been offered once to bear the sins of many, will appear a second time,

not to deal with sin, but to `save those who are eagerly waiting for him.

GOSPEL Mark 1 v14-28 After John was arrested, Jesus came to Galilee, proclaiming the good news of God, and saying, ‘The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God has come near; repent, and believe in the good news.’ As Jesus passed along the Sea of Galilee, he saw Simon and his brother Andrew casting a net into the lake—for they were fishermen. And Jesus said to them, ‘Follow me and I will make you fish for people.’ And immediately they left their nets and followed him. As he went a little farther, he saw James son of Zebedee and his brother John, who were in their boat mending the nets. Immediately he called them; and they left their father Zebedee in the boat with the hired men, and followed him.

Prayer after CommunionLord of time fulfilled, who was born not of an angel but walked the common earth: with those you called by the lakeside may we share your mission to bring good news to all, to let the world know that God is among us; through Jesus Christ, the one who reigns. Amen.

For our prayers; C harity of the Month: Motor Neurone DiseaseThose who are ill, David Young, Kath Sutton. Those recently died; Jenny Ladds, Christopher Carruthers, Charles Edwards, Mike Kisby.Years mind, James Read, George Watson, Amy Ayres, Dick Galley, Margaret Fordham, Pam Moate, Alison Easey, Peter Davies.From our War Memorial; Lt RN HM Crofton; RN T Bradshaw, C Curry, E Norman, E Schofield; Capt FW Ford, Lt JL Abiss, JTL Abiss, RF Band, HQ Howerd, TE Vawser; Sgt HA English, R Harley R Hibberd, AP Wilkinson, C West; Cpl RW Aspland, H Bond, A Crofts, H Halls; L Cpl HF Andrews, C Brittain, F Daisley, HC Lamb, W Lefevre, H Seekings, J Snelling, E Vawser; Pt CS Anderson, CS Barton, GT Berridge, W Bond, JH Bessingham, F Bowers, A Bridgstock, R Bridgstock, J Church, AEEW Clarke, GT Hollis, F Emery, AE Fincham, JW Fincham, S Flagg, G Geagan, J Goodwin, F Green, H Gutteridge, EPW Halls, GW Heath, FF Hodgson, GR Hudson, RE Lee, PW Lewin, F Marriot, HE Moxon, H Moxon, P Nash, F Northfield, T Papworth, AW Prior, S Porter, J Reussell, AA Short, G Sismers, AF Smith, F Smith, F Smith, E Stevens, G Stevens, AG Sturman, CW Sturman, H Thimbley, WH Tofts, WH Turtleberry, HJ Watson, F Whitby, AE Woodbine, E Woodcock.

SHOEBOX APPEAL Coffee Morning at St Peter’s 17 th Nov 10-12

Return boxes and gifts to Church Just heard that our boxes this year will be going to Liberia and the Middle East, ‘Unfortunately, because some boxes will go to the Middle East, we cannot send any toothpaste or sweets due to the impossible customs requirement to list every consumable ingredient in every box. If your donors have already included them, don’t worry as they will be removed at the processing centre and sent to a centre where they can be used.’


12.45-1.10pm in the Market Square. “ Regular Events

SUNDAYS See Sunday Services 1st Sunday 4-6pm Chat-Tea in Hall3rd Sundays 6-8pm Church Youth in Hall Mondays 9-11.15am St John’s Tots in Hall 3-5pm Little Miracles in HallTuesdays 10am Holy Communion at St John’s 9-11.15am Small Fellows Child Group in Hall4pm Rainbows, 6pm Brownies, 7pm Guides in HallWednesdays 10am Holy Communion at St Peter’s 9-11.15am St John’s Tots in Hall2nd Wed Christian Aid Lunch 12-1pm St P’s Hall Thursdays 8.30am Team Prayers at St Peter’s 7.30pm Church Craft Club in the HallFirst Thursdays Women’s Group – see noticesFridays 7pm Choir Practice3-5pm Little Miracles & 7-9pm Youth in HallSaturdays 9am-3pm Ballet in Hall

YEARS MIND We are now compiling a new list for use from January 2019 in a NOW AVAILABLE diary at

the back of church (for use up to 2023).

THANKS VERY MUCH to all who have worked in church with the pews





CONCERT Sat Nov 10 th 11am in St Peter’s

Visual and audio experience “Out of Control” supporting epilepsy and other conditions.

Mon 12th Nov 9.30 to 1pm - Pause for Reflection: at St Mary’s Exploring our faith journey, looking

at the N.T. figure Timothy. Everyone welcome.



Tuesday 20th Nov at 7 30pm at St Wendreda’s Hall.Meeting for anyone interested in participating in Women’s World Day of Prayer on March 1st 2019

Deanery Synod Tues 6 th Nov at Coates. Speaker from Christian Aid. All WelcomeSt J pcc Tues 13th Nov 7.30pm in Church

Next major events at St John’sChoir sing-a-long and Stalls Sat 8th Dec 10-1.

Christmas Dinner and Dance Sat 22nd Dec

Hi everyone!It's Emily writing from Zambia and my job teaching here at Katete Girls' Secondary school. I'm really enjoying myself here and enjoyng teaching. I have three classes, two science ones in grade 8 and one maths class in grade 10. Everyone here is very friendly and I've met a lot of local people as well as teachers. It's the height of summer so it's about 32 degrees every day!We have a dog here (the volunteers before us adopted her and then she adopted us) and she recently had five puppies! That has kept us very busy, and she's being a very good mummy. She's called Galu (which is nyanja for dog). I have been trying to learn some nyanja, and I know a lot of basic nouns and greeetings, which is good.We don't have half terms here and our longest holiday is coming up over Christmas, so we're going travelling - Victoria falls, then the skeleton coast of Namibia, then Cape Town for Christmas and New years and finally safari in Botswana before coming back home for another term of teaching.Missing you lots but I'm having a great time here!from Emily xx




Sunday 4 th November


1 st Kingdom Sunday, All Saintstide




4pm Time to Remember Service at St Peter’s.



Next Sunday, 11 th November, Kingdom 2, Remembrance Sunday

Sunday readings; Hebrews 9v24-28, Mark 1 v14-209.15am John’s Juniors

Starting in Hall, joining us in Church later.9.30am Sung Communionwith Act of Remembrance

FUNERALSTues 6th Nov 1.30pm Fenland Jenny LaddsWed 7th Nov 1.30pm Fenland Charles EdwardsThu 8th Nov2.30pm Fenland Christopher Carruthers

TODDLERS will be laying crosses in the garden of the church at 9.30am on Friday 9th November.All members of the congregation will have this

opportunity during the service on 11th November

A TAIZE Service. Sunday November 18th

4pm at St John’sAll Welcome

Next Windows magazine ready ! “Windows” magazine- editor [email protected]

Please send information for notice sheet to Vicar..COLLECT – the Prayer for Today.

Lord our God, you are the one God and there is no other. Give us grace to hear and heed the great commandment of your kingdom, that we may love you with all our heart and love our neighbours as ourselves. We make our prayer through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, with the inspiration of your Holy Spirit. Amen.

PSALM 119 v1-8 Happy are they whose way is blameless, who walk in the law of the Lord.

Happy are those who observe his decrees, and seek him with their whole heart, who never do any wrong, but always walk in his ways. You laid down your commandments that we should fully keep them. O that my ways were made so direct that I may keep your statutes! Then I should not be put to shame, when I regard all your commandments. I will thank you with an unfeigned heart, when I have learned your righteous judgements. I will keep your statutes; do not utterly forsake me.

EPISTLE Hebrews 9 v11-14 Christ came as a high priest of the good things that have come, then through the greater and perfect tent (not made with hands, that is, not of this creation), he entered once for all into the Holy Place, not with the blood of goats and calves, but with his own blood, thus obtaining eternal redemption. For if the blood of goats and bulls, with the sprinkling of the ashes of a heifer, sanctifies those who have been defiled so that their flesh is purified, how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without blemish to God, purify our conscience from dead works to worship the living God!

GOSPEL Mark 12 v28-34 One of the scribes came near and heard the religious authorities disputing with one another, and seeing that Jesus answered them well, he asked him, ‘Which commandment is the first of all?’ Jesus answered, ‘The first is, “Hear, O Israel: the Lord our God, the Lord is one; you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind, and with all your strength.” The second is this, “You shall love your neighbour as yourself.” There is no other commandment greater than these.’ Then the scribe said to him, ‘You are right, Teacher; you have truly said that “he is one, and besides him there is no other”; and “to love him with all the heart, and with all the understanding, and with all the strength”, and “to love one’s neighbour as oneself”,—this is much more important than all whole burnt-offerings and sacrifices.’ When Jesus saw that he answered wisely, he said to him, ‘You are not far from the kingdom of God.’ After that no one dared to ask him any question.

Prayer after CommunionGod of love who asks no sacrifice of animal or outcast: turn our heart and mind to love all creatures and you, the source of life, that we may find our strength in the kingdom’s open feast; through Jesus Christ, the high priest of heaven. Amen.

For our prayers; C harity of the Month: Motor Neurone DiseaseThose who are ill, David Young, Kath Sutton. Those recently died; Grace Dickerson, Bill Holliday, Jenny Ladds, Christopher Carruthers, Margaret Lee, Charles Edwards, Beattie Whitty.Years mind, Agnes Dorman, Keith Coote, Jack Giddings, Emmie Birt, Beth Butler, Jay Johnson, Jack Wright, Jessie Green, Alexandra Rosedale, Elsie Hart.

SHOEBOX APPEAL Coffee Morning at St Peter’s 17 th Nov 10-12

Return boxes and gifts to Church Just heard that our boxes this year will be going to Liberia and the Middle East, ‘Unfortunately, because some boxes will go to the Middle East, we cannot send any toothpaste or sweets due to the impossible customs requirement to list every consumable ingredient in every box. If your donors have already included them, don’t worry as they will be removed at the processing centre and sent to a centre where they can be used.’

Regular Events SUNDAYS See Sunday Services 1st Sunday 4-6pm Chat-Tea in Hall3rd Sundays 6-8pm Church Youth in Hall Mondays 9-11.15am St John’s Tots in Hall 3-5pm Little Miracles in HallTuesdays 10am Holy Communion at St John’s 9-11.15am Small Fellows Child Group in Hall4pm Rainbows, 6pm Brownies, 7pm Guides in HallWednesdays 10am Holy Communion at St Peter’s 9-11.15am St John’s Tots in Hall2nd Wed Christian Aid Lunch 12-1pm St P’s Hall Thursdays 8.30am Team Prayers at St Peter’s 7.30pm Church Craft Club in the HallFirst Thursdays Women’s Group – see noticesFridays 7pm Choir Practice3-5pm Little Miracles & 7-9pm Youth in HallSaturdays 9am-3pm Ballet in Hall

YEARS MINDWe are now compiling a new list for use from January 2019 in a NOW AVAILABLE diary at the back of church (for use up to 2023).

‘Next First Thursday Ladies Group THIS Thursday 1st November at St Peter’s Rectory at 7.30pm. Pamela Smith will be talking to us about

exercise and well being.

Christmas meal at March Conservative Club on Thursday 6 December 7pm for 7.30pm. Cost £15






YEARS MINDWe are now compiling a new list for use from January 2019 in a NOW AVAILABLE diary at the back of church (for use up to 2023). In our churches we have the very good and valuable tradition of reading in our prayers the names of those who have died on the Sunday before their anniversary. However, the previous system allowed names to be added but not for them to cease. This means that the lists will get longer and means that names significant to us get “diluted” in a long list.You can put the name of anyone of significance to you who has died on the appropriate date. These can be existing people, or new ones. They can be your relatives or friends, or people who are of significance to the life of our church. You can put people down for the date they died, or their birthday or other anniversary, and, for example people who choose to have both their parents remembered together on the same date.

We value remembering and praying for those who have been special in our lives, and wish to keep that part of the service meaningful to those hearing the

names.

SHOEBOX APPEAL St Peter’s 17 th Nov 10-12 Return boxes and gifts to Church

Just heard that our boxes this year will be going to Liberia and the Middle East, ‘Unfortunately, because some boxes will go to the Middle East, we cannot send any toothpaste or sweets due to the impossible customs requirement to list every consumable ingredient in every box. If your donors have already included them, don’t worry as they will be removed at the processing centre and sent to a centre where they can be used.’



Next major events at St John’sChoir sing-a-long and Stalls Sat 8th Dec 10-1.

Christmas Dinner and Dance Sat 22nd Dec


Welcome to

St John the Evangelist in the March Team

www.stjohnmarch.co.uk

Sunday 28 ht October Last Sunday after Trinity


4pm Time to Remember Mourner’s Service at St John’s

4 th November, Kingdom 1, All Saints Readings; Psalm 119 v1-8 Hebrews 9v11-14,

Mark 12 v28-34On the First Sunday in the Month



CHAT-TEA – next on Nov 4 th 4-6pm All are invited to come for a meal, and to support our young people.



FUNERALSWed 31st Oct 2.45pm St Mary’s Grace Dickerson Thurs 1st Nov 1.30pm St Peter’s Bill HollidayTues 6th Nov 1.30pm Fenland Jenny LaddsWed 7th Nov 1.30pm Fenland Charles EdwardsThu 8th Nov2.30pm Fenland Christopher Carruthers

NEXT Friday 2 nd Nov at St Wendreda’s

“My Country wept”Come and hear one man’s incredible story of faith, hope and forgiveness in the Burundian Civil War

Sunday November 18th 4pm at St John’sA TAIZE Service. All Welcome

COLLECT – the Prayer for Today.Have pity on us, God our Saviour. Grant us grace and to courage to cast off our sins and to turn to you for healing. Show us in Christ the sure path of

salvation and strengthen us to follow gladly in the way of the gospel. We ask this through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, with the inspiration of your Holy Spirit. Amen.

PSALM 126When the Lord restored the fortunes of Zion, then were we like those who dream. Then was our mouth filled with laughter, and our tongue with shouts of joy;Then they said among the nations, ‘The Lord has done great things for them.’ The Lord has done great things for us, and we are glad indeed. Restore our fortunes, O Lord, like the watercourses in the Negev. Those who sowed with tears will reap with songs of joy. Those who go out weeping, carrying the seed, will come again with joy, shouldering their sheaves.

EPISTLE Hebrews 7 v23-28 The former priests were many in number, because they were prevented by death from continuing in office; but he holds his priesthood permanently, because he continues for ever. Consequently he is able for all time to save those who approach God through him, since he always lives to make intercession for them. For it was fitting that we should have such a high priest, holy, blameless, undefiled, separated from sinners, and exalted above the heavens. Unlike the other high priests, he has no need to offer sacrifices day after day, first for his own sins, and then for those of the people; this he did once for all when he offered himself. For the law appoints as high priests those who are subject to weakness, but the word of the oath, which came later than the law, appoints a Son who has been made perfect for ever.

GOSPEL Mark 10 v46b-52 As Jesus and his disciples and a large crowd were leaving Jericho, Bartimaeus son of Timaeus, a blind beggar, was sitting by the roadside. When he heard that it was Jesus of Nazareth, he began to shout out and say, ‘Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!’ Many sternly ordered him to be quiet, but he cried out even more loudly, ‘Son of David, have mercy on me!’ Jesus stood still and said, ‘Call him here.’ And they called the blind man, saying to him, ‘Take heart; get up, he is calling you.’ So throwing off his cloak, he sprang up and came to Jesus. Then Jesus said to him, ‘What do you want me to do for you?’ The blind man said to him, ‘My teacher, let me see again.’ Jesus said to him, ‘Go; your faith has made


you well.’ Immediately he regained his sight and followed him on the way.

Prayer after CommunionBeggar God, you call us from the roadside to see ourselves in you: let us take to heart and come to you, through your road that leads to Calvary and absent sun, to love revealed for lightless eyes; through Jesus Christ, the image of the invisible God. Amen

For our prayers; C harity of the Month: Christian AidThose who are ill, David Young, Kath Sutton, Kervin Campbell. Those recently died; Sue Gardner, Eileen Bradbury, Maureen Feary, Grace Dickerson, Bill Holliday, Jenny Ladds, Christopher Carruthers, Margaret Lee, Charles Edwards, Beattie Whitty.Years mind, William Parkinson, Anthony James, James Hunter, Roy Stockbridge. Anton Rippon, George Feary, Lillioan Townsend, Ida Baughen, Ellen Biggs.

Please let me (Andrew) have all information for this notice sheet, next magazine soon.

“Time to Remember”ANNUAL MOURNERS SERVICE.

Please put names of those who have died who you would like to be remembered on this list,IF YOU ARE COMING to the service at any of,

THIS Sunday October 28 th 4pm at St John’s

Annual Mourners Service.THIS Tuesday 30 th October

10am at St John’sAll Soul’s Communion Service.

Wednesday 31 st October 10am at St Peter’s All Saint’s Communion Service.

SUNDAY 4 th November 9.15am at St Mary’s Sunday 4 th November 4pm at St Peter’s

Annual Mourners Service.“Time to Remember”

Saturday 3 rd November 10am at St Peter’s Remembering Communion Service

During this service all the names of people whose funerals we have taken in the last year will be read out. You may also add additional names of those you wish to remember on the Remembering Communion Service list.

Thanks for all who made CHAT-TEA a great success – next on Nov 4 th 4-6pm All are invited to come for a meal,

and to support our young people.

WORKING PARTY Wed 24 th Oct Breakfast at Weatherspoons 8.30am; at Church

from 9.30am. Next ones 14th and 28th November.

‘Next First Thursday Ladies Group meeting Thursday 1 November at St Peter’s Rectory at

7.30pm. Pamela Smith will be talking to us about exercise and well being.

Christmas meal at March Conservative Club on Thursday 6 December 7pm for 7.30pm. Cost £15






Support the SHOEBOX APPEAL – details on poster.

Fri 2 nd Nov St Wendreda’s “My Country wept” Come and hear one man’s incredible story of faith, hope and forgiveness in the Burundian Civil War



names.

Please let me (Andrew) have all information for this notice sheet, unfortunately Kevin not well so

no magazine at present.




Sunday 21 st October 21 st Sunday after Trinity

8am Holy Communion at St John’s 1 st & 3 rd & 5 th at St Wendreda’s 2nd & 4th 9.15am John’s JuniorsStarting in Hall, joining us in Church later.9.30am Sung Communion6.30pm Evensong at St Peter’s



(Breakfast from 9am)



28 th October, 22 nd Sunday after Trinity Readings; Psalm 126 Hebrews 7v23-28,

Mark 10 v46b-529.15am John’s Juniors

Starting in Hall, joining us in Church later.9.30am Sung Communion

4pm Time to Remember Mourner’s Service at St John’s

WEDDINGSSaturday 27th October 3pm St John

Wayne Shepherd & Claire PritchardFUNERALS

Tues 23rd Oct 2.15pm St Peter’s Eileen BradburyFri 26th Oct 11.15am St Peter’s Maureen FearyThurs 1st Nov 1.30pm St Peter’s Ernest HollidayTues 6th Nov 1.30pm Fenland Jenny LaddsThu 8th Nov2.30pm Fenland Christopher Carruthers

Sunday November 18th 4pm at St John’sA TAIZE Service. All Welcome

DON’T FORGET TO ALTER YOUR CLOCKS NEXT WEEKEND

COLLECT – the Prayer for Today.Most Glorious God, in Jesus you show us that your will is to save. Grant to us your people the boldness to desire a place in your kingdom, and courage to drink the cup of suffering, and the grace to find in service the glory you promise. We ask this through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, with the inspiration of your Holy Spirit. Amen.

EPISTLE Hebrews 5 v1-10 Every high priest chosen from among mortals is put in charge of things pertaining to God on their behalf, to offer gifts and sacrifices for sins. He is able to deal gently with the ignorant and wayward, since he himself is subject to weakness; and because of this he must offer sacrifice for his own sins as well as for those of the people. And one does not presume to take this honour, but takes it only when called by God, just as Aaron was. So also Christ did not glorify himself in becoming a high priest, but was appointed by the one who said to him,‘You are my Son, today I have begotten you’; as he says also in another place,‘You are a priest for ever, according to the order of Melchizedek.’ In the days of his flesh, Jesus offered up prayers and supplications, with loud cries and tears, to the one who was able to save him from death, and he was heard because of his reverent submission. Although he was a Son, he learned obedience through what he suffered; and having been made perfect, he became the source of eternal salvation for all who obey him, having been designated by God a high priest according to the order of Melchizedek.

GOSPEL Mark 10 v35-45 James and John, the sons of Zebedee, came forward to him and said to him, ‘Teacher, we want you to do for us whatever we ask of you.’ And he said to them, ‘What is it you want me to do for you?’ And they said to him, ‘Grant us to sit, one at your right hand and one at your left, in your glory.’ But Jesus said to them, ‘You do not know what you are asking. Are you able to drink the cup that I drink, or be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with?’ They replied, ‘We are able.’ Then Jesus said to them, ‘The cup that I drink you will drink; and with the baptism with which I am baptized, you will be baptized; but to sit at my right hand or at my left is not mine to grant, but it is for those for whom it has been prepared.’ When the ten heard this, they began to be angry with James and John. So Jesus called them and said to them, ‘You know that among the Gentiles those whom they recognize as their rulers lord it over


them, and their great ones are tyrants over them. But it is not so among you; but whoever wishes to become great among you must be your servant, and whoever wishes to be first among you must be slave of all. For the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life a ransom for many.’

Prayer after CommunionSuffering God, in whose name we seek glory for ourselves: cast down the idols that serve our fear and guilt, our need for blame, for punishment; direct our angry hearts to him who bears our wounds where there is no more need to fight; through Jesus Christ, the true God and servant of all. Amen.

For our prayers; C harity of the Month: Christian AidThose who are ill, David Young, Margaret Lee, Kath Sutton, Kevin Devlin, Kervin Campbell. Those recently died; Sue Gardner, Jayne Lowe, Eileen Bradbury, Christopher Smith, Angela Swift, Betty Fry, Clare Barrett, Patricia Clark, Maureen Feary, Ernest Holliday, Jenny Ladds, Christopher Carruthers.Years mind, Edward Backlog, Mabel Crick, Margaret Henson, Arthur Wright, John McGrath, Paul Easter, Doris westwood, Jane Pond, Barry Watson.



Sunday October 28 th 4pm at St John’s

Annual Mourners Service.Tuesday 30 th October

10am at St John’sAll Soul’s Communion Service.





During this service all the names of people whose funerals we have taken in the last year will be read out. You may also add additional names of those you wish to remember on the Remembering Communion Service list.

THIS Sunday October 14 th March Mayor’s Civic Service 3pm St Wendreda’s

Thanks for all who made CHAT-TEA agreat success – next on Nov 4 th 4-6pm

Thanks for the G&G concert, £250 raised.

WORKING PARTY Wed 24 th Oct Breakfast at Weatherspoons 8.30am; at Church

from 9.30am. Next ones 14th and 28th November.

‘Next First Thursday Ladies Group meeting Thursday 1 November at St Peter’s Rectory at 7.30pm. Pamela Smith will be talking to us about exercise and

well being. Christmas meal at March Conservative Club on Thursday 6 December 7pm for 7.30pm. Cost £15 per person for three courses. See Rachel Beeson for menu

choices which must be made by 25 November. All ladies and partners welcome. Also we are looking for ideas for

2018 – 2019. All suggestions welcome.’

CONCERTS Next Sat Oct 20 th 11am in St Peter’s

Free Piano Recital by Natalia Williams-WandochSat Nov 10 th 11am in St Peter’s


Christian Aid Quiz Sheets £1 eachChristian Aid Lunch this Wed 12-1 at St Peter’s


Supper and Quiz Night Friday 19th October 6.30 pm Centenary Church Hall –£6 each. Profits for Christian Aid: Booking [email protected], or phone 07539010770. Come on your own or as a group.


We value remembering and praying for those who have been special in our lives, and wish to keep that

part of the service meaningful to those hearing the names.

Please let me (Andrew) have all information for this notice sheet, unfortunately Kevin not well so no magazine at present.PLEASE TAKE THIS NOTICE SH EET HOME



Sunday 14 th October 20 th Sunday after Trinity

8am Holy Communion at St John’s 1st & 3rd & 5th at St Wendreda’s 2 nd & 4 th 9.15am John’s JuniorsStarting in Hall, joining us in Church later.9.30am Sung Communion1.15pm Baptism of Alice Rose Halstead



(Breakfast from 9am) Regular Midweek Services



21 st October, 21 st Sunday after Trinity Readings; Hebrews 5v1-10, Mark 10 v35-45

8am Holy Communion9.15am John’s Juniors


6.30pm Evensong at St Peter’sWEDDINGS

Saturday 27th October 3pm St JohnWayne Shepherd & Claire Pritchard

FUNERALSMon 15th Oct 2.30pm Fenland Christopher SmithWed 17th Oct 11.30am Fenland Patricia ClarkThu 18th Oct 11.30am St Peter’s Clare Barrett 2.30pm Fenland Betty FryTues 23rd Oct 2.15pm St Peter’s Eileen BradburyFri 26th Oct 11.15am St Peter’s Maureen Feary

For our prayers; Charity of the Month: Christian Aid

Those who are ill, David Young, Margaret Lee, Kath Sutton, Kevin Devlin, Kervin Campbell. Those recently died; Sue Gardner, Edna Wray, Eileen Bradbury, Christopher Smith, Angela Swift, Betty Fry, Clare Barrett, Patricia Clark, Maureen Feary .Years mind, Ben Haylett, Phyllis Saunders, Alan Feek, Matthew Carroll, Dorothy Elsom, Jacqueline Ball.

COLLECT – the Prayer for Today.God of wisdom, whose word probes the motives of our hearts, with you all things are possible. Let the worldly treasurers not keep us from Jesus, who looks on us with love. Free us to leave all things and follow him. Grant this through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, with the inspiration of your Holy Spirit. Amen.

EPISTLE Hebrews 4 v12-16 The word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing until it divides soul from spirit, joints from marrow; it is able to judge the thoughts and intentions of the heart. And before him no creature is hidden, but all are naked and laid bare to the eyes of the one to whom we must render an account. Since, then, we have a great high priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus, the Son of God, let us hold fast to our confession. For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who in every respect has been tested as we are, yet without sin. Let us therefore approach the throne of grace with boldness, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need.

GOSPEL Mark 10 v17-31 As Jesus was setting out on a journey, a man ran up and knelt before him, and asked him, ‘Good Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?’ Jesus said to him, ‘Why do you call me good? No one is good but God alone. You know the commandments: “You shall not murder; You shall not commit adultery; You shall not steal; You shall not bear false witness; You shall not defraud; Honour your father and mother.” ’ He said to him, ‘Teacher, I have kept all these since my youth.’ Jesus, looking at him, loved him and said, ‘You lack one thing; go, sell what you own, and give the money to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; then come, follow me.’ When he heard this, he was shocked and went away grieving, for he had many possessions. Then Jesus looked around and said to his disciples, ‘How hard it will be for those who have wealth to enter the kingdom of God!’ And the disciples were perplexed at these words. But Jesus said to them again, ‘Children, how hard it is to enter the kingdom of God! It is easier for a camel to go


through the eye of a needle than for someone who is rich to enter the kingdom of God.’ They were greatly astounded and said to one another, ‘Then who can be saved?’ Jesus looked at them and said, ‘For mortals it is impossible, but not for God; for God all things are possible.’ Peter began to say to him, ‘Look, we have left everything and followed you.’ Jesus said, ‘Truly I tell you, there is no one who has left house or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or fields, for my sake and for the sake of the good news, who will not receive a hundredfold now in this age—houses, brothers and sisters, mothers and children, and fields, with persecutions—and in the age to come eternal life. But many who are first will be last, and the last will be first.’

Prayer after CommunionGod of the narrow way, you call us to shed all that burdens the lightness of life: help us to surrender false wealth, embrace our need of you and live for your kingdom above all things; through Jesus Christ, the richness of God. Amen.

St Mary’s Mothers Union Annual RallyThurs 18 th Oct at 2 30pm in St Mary’s Church. All members and non members are invited to attend.




Sunday October 28 th 4pm at St John’s Annual Mourners Service.

Tuesday 30 th October 10am at St John’s All Soul’s Communion Service.





During this service all the names of people whose funerals we have taken in the last year will be read out. You may also add additional names of those

you wish to remember on the Remembering Communion Service list.

There are letters at the back of church to invite funeral families to our Mourners’ Services. If

you could take and deliver any of these it would be most helpful.

URGENT – FOODBANK. Tinned & non-perishable food, etc, needed. (Not baked beans or dried pasta)

TODAY Sunday 7 th October 4-6pm CHAT-TEA Mayor of March coming to St John’s Hall to open our refurbished kitchen and to meet the Youth Group with

their ideas for a Community Meal.All people invited to this landmark occasion.

NEXT Sunday October 14 th March Mayor’s Civic Service 3pm St Wendreda’s

CONCERTS Fri Oct 12 th 7pm in St John’s

GILBERT & SULLIVANSat Oct 20 th 11am in St Peter’s



CRAFT FAIR at St Peter’s – Sat October 13th

Christian Aid Quiz Sheets £1 eachChristian Aid Lunch this Wed 12-1 at St Peter’s


Sat Oct 13 th 7pm at St Wendreda’s Dr & Mrs Donovan

‘A testimony of God’s Grace in a difficult situation’


Supper and Quiz Night Friday 19th October 6.30 pm Centenary Church Hall –£6 each. Profits for Christian Aid: Bookings [email protected], or phone 07539010770. Come on your own or as a group.

Catholic Women’s Group, Service Mon 10th Oct 2.30pm and refreshments supporting “Eddies” (Adults’

with learning difficulties). All invited to learn & support.

YEARS MINDWe are now compiling a new list for use from January 2019 in a NOW AVAILABLE diary at the back of church (for use up to 2023). In our churches we have the very good and valuable tradition of reading in our prayers the names of those who have died on the Sunday before their anniversary. However, the previous system allowed names to be added but not for them to cease. This means that the lists will get longer and means that names significant to us get “diluted” in a long list.You can put the name of anyone of significance to you who has died on the appropriate date. These can be existing people, or new ones. They can be your relatives

or friends, or people who are of significance to the life of our church. You can put people down for the date they died, or their birthday or other anniversary, and, for example people who choose to have both their parents remembered together on the same date.


names.



Sunday 7 th October 19 th Sunday after Trinity




6.30pm Evensong at St Peter’s.Evensong is held on the 1st and 3rd Sunday each month.



14 th October, 20 th Sunday after Trinity Readings; Hebrews 4v12-16, Mark 10 v17-31


9.30am Sung Communion1.30pm Baptism of Alice Rose Halstead

WEDDINGSSaturday 13th October St John 1pmRoger Tinkler & Amy Campbell


FUNERALSTues 9th Oct 12.45pm St Peter’s Edna WrayFri 12th Oct 2.45pm St Mary’s Angela SwiftMon 15th Oct 2.30pm Fenland Christopher SmithWed 17th Oct 11.30am Fenland Patricia ClarkThu 18th Oct 2.30pm Fenland Betty FryTues 23rd Oct 2.15pm St Peter’s Eileen Bradbury

For our prayers; Charity of the Month: Christian Aid

Those who are ill, David Young, Margaret Lee, Kath Sutton, Kevin Devlin, Kervin Campbell. Those recently died; Sue Gardner, Maurice Garton, Leonard Briscoe, Edna Wray, Jayne Lowe, Eileen Bradbury, Christopher Smith, Angela Swift, Betty Fry, Patricia Clark.Years mind, Alfred Papworth, Trevor Curtis, Gladys Mitchell, Phyllis Feary, Walter Ball.PLEASE TAKE THIS NOTICE SH EET HOME

COLLECT – the Prayer for Today.Creator God, in Christ you call man and woman to the fullness of glory for which you created them in your image. Heal our hardened hearts, renew our obedience to your spoken will, and conform our lives to your gracious design. Grant this through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, with the energy of your Holy Spirit. Amen.

EPISTLE Hebrews 1 v1-4 & 2 v5-12 Long ago God spoke to our ancestors in many and various ways by the prophets, but in these last days he has spoken to us by a Son, whom he appointed heir of all things, through whom he also created the worlds. He is the reflection of God’s glory and the exact imprint of God’s very being, and he sustains all things by his powerful word. When he had made purification for sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high, having become as much superior to angels as the name he has inherited is more excellent than theirs. Now God did not subject the coming world, about which we are speaking, to angels. But someone has testified somewhere,‘What are human beings that you are mindful of them, or mortals, that you care for them? You have made them for a little while lower than the angels; you have crowned them with glory and honour, subjecting all things under their feet.’Now in subjecting all things to them, God left nothing outside their control. As it is, we do not yet see everything in subjection to them, but we do see Jesus, who for a little while was made lower than the angels, now crowned with glory and honour because of the suffering of death, so that by the grace of God he might taste death for everyone. It was fitting that God, for whom and through whom all things exist, in bringing many children to glory, should make the pioneer of their salvation perfect through sufferings. For the one who sanctifies and those who are sanctified all have one Father. For this reason Jesus is not ashamed to call them brothers and sisters, saying, ‘I will proclaim your name to my brothers and sisters, in the midst of the congregation I will praise you.’

GOSPEL Mark 10 v2-16 Some Pharisees came, and to test Jesus, they asked, ‘Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife?’ He


answered them, ‘What did Moses command you?’ They said, ‘Moses allowed a man to write a certificate of dismissal and to divorce her.’ But Jesus said to them, ‘Because of your hardness of heart he wrote this commandment for you. But from the beginning of creation, “God made them male and female.” “For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh.” So they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, let no one separate.’ Then in the house the disciples asked him again about this matter. He said to them, ‘Whoever divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery against her; and if she divorces her husband and marries another, she commits adultery.’ People were bringing little children to him in order that he might touch them; and the disciples spoke sternly to them. But when Jesus saw this, he was indignant and said to them, ‘Let the little children come to me; do not stop them; for it is to such as these that the kingdom of God belongs. Truly I tell you, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God as a little child will never enter it.’ And he took them up in his arms, laid his hands on them, and blessed them.

Prayer after CommunionGod of the living law, whose will is to protect the weak and educate our desires: may we learn from you not to dominate or put aside but to give each other dignity and find in you true unity; through Jesus Christ, who makes us one household. Amen.



Sunday October 28 th 4pm at St John’s Annual Mourners Service.

Tuesday 30 th October 10am at St John’s All Soul’s Communion Service.





During this service all the names of people whose funerals we have taken in the last year will be read out. You may also add additional names of those

you wish to remember on the Remembering Communion Service list.

There are letters at the back of church to invite funeral families to our Mourners’ Services. If you could take and deliver any of these it would be most helpful.


Please let me (Andrew) have all information for this notice sheet, unfortunately Kevin not well so no magazine at present.NEXT Saturday 6 th October 10-4 at Neale Wade CELEBRATE MARKET TOWN CHURCHES

A day for all people in our churches.See leaflet at back of church.

“The next First Thursday meeting is THIS Thurs 4 th Oct at 7.30 at St Peter’s Rectory. Revd Andrew Smith will be talking about his life so

far. All ladies welcome.”

Sunday 7 th October 4-6pm CHAT-TEA Mayor of March coming to St John’s Hall to open

our refurbished kitchen and to meet the Youth Group with their ideas for a Community Meal.All people invited to this landmark occasion.

CONCERTS THIS Saturday 6 th October 7pm in St Peter’s

MARCH BRASS BAND CONCERT

Fri Oct 12 th 7pm in St John’s GILBERT & SULLIVANSat Oct 20 th 11am in St Peter’s




Christian Aid Quiz Sheets £1 eachSupport the SHOEBOX APPEAL

– details on poster.



Sunday October 14 th March Mayor’s Civic Service 3pm St Wendreda’s

Supper and Quiz Night Friday 19th October 6.30 pm Centenary Church Hall –£6 per person. Profits for Christian Aid. To book: email [email protected], or phone 07539010770. Come on your own or as a group.

Catholic Women’s Group, Service Mon 10th Oct 2.30pm and refreshments supporting “Eddies” (Adults’ with learning difficulties). All invited to learn & support.

For our prayers; Charity of the Month: Emmaus

Those who are ill, David Young, Margaret Lee, Kath Sutton, Kevin Devlin. Those recently died; Jean Preston, Jean Martin, Sue Gardner, Dan Rogers, Patricia Dudley, Maurice Garton, Leonard Briscoe, Edna Wray, Jess Lorne, Eileen Bradbury, Christopher Smith.Years mind, Ron Butler, Agnes Ward, Alan Cawdon, Carol Wright, Jack West, Queenie Millard, Winifred Piddington, Ethel Schenk, Rosetta Fitzjohn, Elsie Furbank.



Sunday 30 th September 18 th Sunday after Trinity

8am Holy Communion at St John’s 1 st & 3 rd & 5 th at St Wendreda’s 2nd & 4th 9.15am John’s JuniorsStarting in Hall, joining us in Church later.9.30am Sung Communion

We welcome for a Blessing, Alice Rose Halstead2pm Baptism of Jessica Bridget Shepherd

THIS Sunday 30 th Sept 6.30pm at St Mary’s

Choral Evensong for Michaelmaswith the Team’s combined choirs



(Breakfast from 9am) and 6.30pm Evensong at St Peter’s.

Evensong is held on the 1st and 3rd Sunday each month.



7 th October, 19 th Sunday after Trinity Readings; Hebrews 1v1-4 & 2 v5-12, Mark 10 v2-16

First Sunday Services – see above



FUNERALSThurs 4th Oct 11am St Peter’s Maurice GartonFri 5th Oct 10.45am St Mary’s Leonard BriscoeTues 9th Oct 12.45pm St Peter’s Edna WrayMon 15th Oct 2.30pm Fenland Christopher SmithTues 23rd Oct 2.15pm St Peter’s Eileen Bradbury


O God, protector of the poor and defender of the just, in your kingdom the last become first, the gentle are strong, and the lowly exalted. Give us wisdom from above, that we may find in your servant Jesus the pattern of true discipleship and the grace to persevere in following him, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Spirit, God for ever and ever. Amen.

OLD TESTAMENT Proverbs 31 v10-31 A capable wife who can find? She is far more precious than jewels. The heart of her husband trusts in her, and he will have no lack of gain. She does him good, and not harm, all the days of her life. She seeks wool and flax, and works with willing hands. She is like the ships of the merchant, she brings her food from far away. She rises while it is still night and provides food for her household and tasks for her servant-girls. She considers a field and buys it; with the fruit of her hands she plants a vineyard. She girds herself with strength, and makes her arms strong. She perceives that her merchandise is profitable. Her lamp does not go out at night. She puts her hands to the distaff, and her hands hold the spindle. She opens her hand to the poor, and reaches out her hands to the needy. She is not afraid for her household when it snows, for all her household are clothed in crimson. She makes herself coverings; her clothing is fine linen and purple. Her husband is known in the city gates, taking his seat among the elders of the land. She makes linen garments and sells them; she supplies the merchant with sashes. Strength and dignity are her clothing, and she laughs at the time to come. She opens her mouth with wisdom, and the teaching of kindness is on her tongue. She looks well to the ways of her household,


and does not eat the bread of idleness. Her children rise up and call her happy; her husband too, and he praises her: ‘Many women have done excellently, but you surpass them all.’ Charm is deceitful, and beauty is vain, but a woman who fears the Lord is to be praised. Give her a share in the fruit of her hands, and let her works praise her in the city gates.

PSALM 1Happy are they who have not walked in the counsel of the wicked,or lingered in the way of sinners, nor sat in the seats of the scornful; Their delight is in the law of the Lord, and they meditate on his law day and night. They are like trees planted by streams of water, bearing fruit in due season, with leaves that do not wither.everything they do shall prosper. It is not so with the wicked: they are like chaff that the wind blows away. Therefore the wicked shall not stand upright when judgement comes, nor the sinner in the council of the righteous; For the Lord knows the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked will is doomed.

GOSPEL Mark 9 v30-37 After leaving the mountain Jesus and his disciples 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.’

Prayer after CommunionGod, who draws near, who comes to our level, whose nature is revealed in lordship laid aside: give us grace to welcome you in the one who tests the bounds of our community: in the child, the outcast,

the one who comes with no power save that of remaking our hearts; through Jesus Christ, the one who will be betrayed. Amen.


Please let me (Andrew) have all information for this notice sheet, unfortunately Kevin not well so no magazine at present.

THIS Wednesday 26 th September 7 for 7.30 DEANERY Mini-Pilgrimage at Ely Cathedral

For those who wish it 5.30 Evensong followed by refreshments.

All members of congregation are invited

Sunday 30 th September 6.30pm at St Mary’s Choral Evensong for Michaelmaswith the Team’s combined choirs

CONCERTS THIS Sat 29 th Sept 7pm in St Peter’s

BIG BAND CONCERTSat 6 th October 7pm in St Peter’s MARCH BRASS BAND CONCERT

Fri Oct 12 th 7pm in St John’s GILBERT & SULLIVANSat Oct 20 th 11am in St Peter’s



Saturday 6 th October 10-4 at Neale Wade CELEBRATE MARKET TOWN CHURCHES

A day for all people in our churches.See programme at back of church.


Christian Aid Quiz Sheets £1 eachSupport the SHOEBOX APPEAL

– details on poster.




Sunday 7 th October 4-6pm Mayor of March coming to St John’s Hall to open our refurbished kitchen and to meet the Youth Group with

their ideas for a Community Meal.All people invited to this landmark occasion.




A BIG THANK YOU to all who decorated the Church for Harvest, brought Gifts for the

Foodbank, and the Bar-B-Q



Sunday 23 rd September 17 th Sunday after Trinity


David, Bishop of Huntingdon is retiring.Farewell Service 4pm 23rd Sept Ely Cathedral.







30 th September, 18 th Sunday after Trinity Readings; Proverbs 31v10-31, Psalm 1, Mark 9v30-37

8am Holy Communion9.15am John’s Juniors


6.30pm at St Mary’sChoral Evensong for Michaelmas

WEDDINGS

Saturday 13th October St John 1pmRoger Tinkler & Amy Campbell


FUNERALS18th September 11am St Mary’s; Judy Williams27th September 12.30pm Fenland Jean Martin 3.30pm Fenland; Jean Preston4th October 11am St Peter’s Maurice Garton5th October 10.45am St Mary’s Leonard Briscoe9th October 12.45pm St Peter’s Edna Wray


COLLECT – the Prayer for Today.Make us one, O God, in acknowledging Jesus the Christ. As we proclaim him by our words, let us follow him in our works; give us the strength to take up the cross and courage to lose our lives for his sake. We ask this through our Lord Jesus Christ in the power of the Spirit, God for ever and ever. Amen.

OLD TESTAMENT Proverbs 1 v20-33 Wisdom cries out in the street; in the squares she raises her voice. At the busiest corner she criesout; at the entrance of the city gates she speaks: ‘How long, O simple ones, will you love being simple? How long will scoffers delight in their scoffing and fools hate knowledge? Give heed to my reproof; I will pour out my thoughts to you;I will make my words known to you. Because I have called and you refused, have stretched out my hand and no one heeded, and because you have ignored all my counsel and would have none of my reproof, I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when panic strikes you, when panic strikes you like a storm, and your calamity comes like a whirlwind, when distress and anguish come upon you. Then they will call upon me, but I will not answer; they will seek me diligently, but will not find me. Because they hated knowledge and did not choose the fear of the Lord, would have none of my counsel, and despised all my reproof, therefore they shall eat the fruit of their way and be sated with their own devices. For waywardness kills the simple, and the complacency of fools destroys them; but those who listen to me will be secure and will live at ease, without dread of disaster.’

PSALM 19 The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament shows his handiwork. One day tells its tale to another, and one night imparts knowledge to another. Although they have no words or language; and their voices are not heard; yet their voice goes out through all the earth, their sound has gone out into all lands, and their message to the ends of the world. In the deep has he set a pavilion for the sun, it comes forth like a bridegroom out of his chamber,it rejoices like a champion to run its course.


It goes forth from the uttermost edge of the heavens and runs about to the end of it again; nothing is hidden from its burning heat. The law of the Lord is perfect, and revives the soul;the testimony of the Lord is sure and gives wisdom to the innocent. The statutes of the Lord are just and rejoice the heart; the commandment of the Lord is clear, and give light to the eyes; the fear of the Lord is clean, and endures for ever;the judgements of the Lord are true and righteous altogether. More to be desired are they than gold, more than much fine gold; sweeter far than honey, than honey in the honeycomb. By them also is your servant enlightened; and in keeping them there is great reward. Who can tell how often he offends? Cleanse me from my secret faults. Above all keep back your servant from presumptuous sins; let them not get dominion over me.Then shall I be whole and sound, and innocent of offence. Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in your sight, O Lord, my strength and my redeemer.

GOSPEL Mark 8 v27-38 Jesus went on with his disciples to the villages of Caesarea Philippi; and on the way he asked his disciples, ‘Who do people say that I am?’ And they answered him, ‘John the Baptist; and others, Elijah; and still others, one of the prophets.’ He asked them, ‘But who do you say that I am?’ Peter answered him, ‘You are the Messiah.’ And he sternly ordered them not to tell anyone about him. Then he began to teach them that the Son of Man must undergo great suffering, and be rejected by the elders, the chief priests, and the scribes, and be killed, and after three days rise again. He said all this quite openly. And Peter took him aside and began to rebuke him. But turning and looking at his disciples, he rebuked Peter and said, ‘Get behind me, Satan! For you are setting your mind not on divine things but on human things.’ He called the crowd with his disciples, and said to them, ‘If any want to become my followers, let them deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me. For those who want to save their life will lose it, and those who lose their life for my sake, and for the sake of the gospel, will save it. For what will it profit them to gain the whole world and forfeit their life? Indeed, what can they give in return for their life? Those who are ashamed of me and of my words in this adulterous and sinful generation, of them the Son of Man will also be ashamed when he comes in the glory of his Father with the holy angels.’

Prayer after CommunionScandalous God, you suffer our will to power, the narrowness of our faith: lead us on the path of loss where empires tremble and terror yields to wisdom’s cry and the open hands of love; through Jesus Christ, the crucified Lord. Amen.

For our prayers;Charity of the Month: EmmausThose who are ill, David Young, Margaret Lee, Eileen Bradbury, Kath Sutton. Those recently died; Judy Williams, Jean Preston, Jean Martin, Sue Gardner, Dan Rogers, Patricia Dudley, Maurice Garton, Leonard Briscoe, Edna Wray. Years mind, Constance Stimpson, Francesca McLoughlin, Valerie Warner, Ethel papworth, Hilda Birt, Pamela Fenwick, Pauline Guy, Les Grumbley, Wendy Godfrey.

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Regular Events SUNDAYS See Sunday Services 2nd & 4th Sundays 6-8pm Church Youth in Hall Mondays 9-11.15am St John’s Tots in Hall 3-5pm Little Miracles in HallTuesdays 10am Holy Communion at St John’s 9-11.15am Small Fellows Child Group in Hall4pm Rainbows, 6pm Brownies, 7pm Guides in HallWednesdays 10am Holy Communion at St Peter’s 9-11.15am St John’s Tots in Hall2nd Wed Christian Aid Lunch 12-1pm St P’s Hall Thursdays 8.30am Team Prayers at St Peter’s 7.30pm Church Craft Club in the HallFirst Thursdays Women’s Group – see noticeboardFridays 7pm Choir Practice3-5pm Little Miracles & 7-9pm Youth Group in HallSaturdays 9am-3pm Ballet in Hall

All enquiries about Weddings Baptisms etc to Andrew Team Rector: Rev Andrew Smith 01354 279232

[email protected] Leader in Mission Rev Marcus Purnell 01354 659691

[email protected] Rev Jane Rees: 01354 463284 [email protected] Rev Jenny Webb 01354 [email protected] Lay Minister: Diane Wise 01354 651512 [email protected] Care Jamie Woodcock 655503 jamieheather97@sky.comYouthMinistryKarenPritchard07738294726karen@L8er.co.ukWarden & HALL BOOKINGS: Shaun Godfrey 461573 Mark Rengert 01354 661796 [email protected]


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CONCERTS Sat 22 nd Sept 11am in St Peter’s

Free Organ Concert by James TrundleSat 29 th Sept 7pm in St Peter’s

BIG BAND CONCERTSat 6 th October 7pm in St Peter’s

MARCH BRASS BAND CONCERTFri Oct 12 th 7pm in St John’s





S aturday 6 th October 10-4 at Neale Wade CELEBRATE MARKET TOWN CHURCHES

A day for all people in our churches.See programme at back of church.


We are collecting OLD MOBILE PHONES

DEANERY Mini-Pilgrimage at Ely CathedralWednesday 26 th September 7 for 7.30 For those who wish it 5.30 Evensong

followed by refreshments.PLEASE SIGN LIST TODAY at back


Christian Aid Quiz Sheets £1 each


Sat Oct 13 th 7pm at St Wendreda’s Meet Dr and Mrs Donovan – former captives in Nigeria


St John’s PCC 7.30pm 18th Sept IN CHURCH

Sunday 7 th October 6pm Mayor of March coming to St John’s Hall to open

our refurbished kitchen and to meet the Youth Group with their ideas for a Community Meal.All people invited to this landmark occasion.


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HARVEST FESTIVAL16 th September 2018

8am Holy Communion at St John’s 1 st & 3 rd & 5 th at St Wendreda’s 2nd & 4th 9.30am HARVEST FESTIVAL Communion

Blessing of Jessica Jane Harrison





HARVEST BAR-B_QToday from 12.30pmRegular Midweek Services



23 rd September, 17 th Sunday after Trinity Readings; Proverbs 1v20-33, Psalm 19, Mark 8v27-38


9.30am Sung CommunionDavid, Bishop of Huntingdon is retiring.

Farewell Service 4pm 23rd Sept Ely Cathedral.



FUNERALS18th September 11am St Mary’s; Judy Williams27th September 12.30pm Fenland Jean Martin 3.30pm Fenland; Jean Preston




OLD TESTAMENT Joel 2 v21-27 Do not fear, O soil; be glad and rejoice, for the Lord has done great things! Do not fear, you animals of the field, for the pastures of the wilderness are green;the tree bears its fruit, the fig tree and vine give their full yield. O children of Zion, be glad and rejoice in the Lord your God;for he has given the early rain for your vindication, he has poured down for you abundant rain, the early and the later rain, as before. The threshing-floors shall be full of grain, the vats shall overflow with wine and oil. I will repay you for the years that the swarming locust has eaten,the hopper, the destroyer, and the cutter, my great army, which I sent against you. You shall eat in plenty and be satisfied, and praise the name of the Lord your God, who has dealt wondrously with you. And my people shall never again be put to shame. You shall know that I am in the midst of Israel, and that I, the Lord, am your God and there is no other.And my people shall never again be put to shame.

GOSPEL Matthew 6 v25-33 Jesus said to his disciples, ‘Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink, or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing? Look at the birds of the air; they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they? And can any of you by worrying add a single hour to your span of life? And why do you worry about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they neither toil nor spin, yet I tell you, even Solomon in all his glory was not clothed like one of these. But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which is alive today and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will he not much more clothe you—you of little faith? Therefore do not worry, saying, “What will we eat?” or “What will we drink?” or “What will we wear?” For it is the Gentiles who strive for all these things; and indeed your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things. But strive first for the

kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.

For our prayers;Charity of the Month: EmmausThose who are ill, David Young, Margaret Lee, Eileen Bradbury, Kath Sutton. Those recently died; Judy Williams, Jean Preston, Jean Martim, Sue Gardner. Years mind, John Wright, Edna Evans, Jackie Hucker, George Dobson, William Bowles, Grace Robinson.














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TOMORROW,World Suicide Prevention Day Mon 10 th Sept

Special Service at St. John’s Church at 7.30pm.


Regular Events SUNDAYS See Sunday Services 2nd & 4th Sundays 6-8pm Church Youth in Hall Mondays 9-11.15am St John’s Tots in Hall 3-5pm Little Miracles in HallTuesdays 10am Holy Communion at St John’s 9-11.15am Small Fellows Child Group in Hall4pm Rainbows, 6pm Brownies, 7pm Guides in HallWednesdays 10am Holy Communion at St Peter’s 9-11.15am St John’s Tots in Hall2nd Wed Christian Aid Lunch 12-1pm St P’s Hall Thursdays 8.30am Team Prayers at St Peter’s 7.30pm Church Craft Club in the HallFirst Thursdays Women’s Group – see noticeboard

Fridays 7pm Choir Practice3-5pm Little Miracles & 7-9pm Youth Group in HallSaturdays 9am-3pm Ballet in Hall

Saturday 6 th October 10-4 CELEBRATE MARKET TOWN CHURCHES

at Neale Wade Academy.A day for all people in our churches.



BIG BAND CONCERTFri Oct 12 th 7pm in St John’s




Team Council 7.30pm St Peter’s 11th SeptSt John’s PCC 7.30pm 18th Sept at Karen’s

New Christian Aid Quiz Sheetsavailable in both Churches. £1 each

Catholic Women’s Group, Service Mon 10th Sept 2.30pm and refreshments supporting “Eddies” (Adults’ with learning difficulties). All invited to learn & support.



15 th Sunday after Trinity 9 th September 2018

8am Holy Communion at St John’s 1st & 3rd & 5th at St Wendreda’s 2 nd & 4 th 9.30am Sung Communion

Hymns; 4pm FLOWER FESTIVAL SONGS of

PRAISE at St Mary’sOn the First Sunday in the Month



and 6.30pm Evensong at St Peter’s.Evensong is held on the 1st and 3rd Sunday each month.





16 th September, 16 th Sunday after Trinity Readings; Proverbs 1 v20-33, Mark 8 v27-38.

8am Holy Communion at St John’s9.15am John’s Juniors


WEDDINGSThis Friday 14th September 11am

25th Anniversary Blessing Peter & Maureen WrightSaturday 13th October St John 1pmRoger Tinkler & Amy Campbell


FUNERALS18th September 11am St Mary’s; Judy Williams27th September 3.30pm Fenland; Jean Preston

St MARY’s FLOWER FESTIVALToday until 4pm.


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COLLECT – the Prayer for Today.God of power and compassion, in Christ you reveal your will to heal and save. Open our ears to your redeeming word and move our hearts by the strength of your love, so that our every word and work may proclaim as Messiah Jesus the Lord, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God for ever and ever. Amen.

OLD TESTAMENT Proverbs 22 v1-2, 8-9, 22-33

A good name is to be chosen rather than great riches, and favour is better than silver or gold. The rich and the poor have this in common: the Lord is the maker of them all. Whoever sows injustice will reap calamity, and the rod of anger will fail. Those who are generous are blessed, for they share their bread with the poor. Do not rob the poor because they are poor, or crush the afflicted at the gate; for the Lord pleads their cause and despoils of life those who despoil them.

PSALM 125

Those who trust in the Lord are like Mount Zion, which cannot be moved, but stands fast for ever. The hills stand about Jerusalem, so does the Lord stand round his people, from this time forth and for evermore. For the sceptre of the wicked shall not hold sway on the land allotted to the just,so that the just may not put their hands to evil.Show your goodness, O Lord, to those who are good and to those who are true of heart. And for those who turn aside to crooked ways the Lord will lead them away with the evildoers; but peace be upon Israel!

GOSPEL Mark 7 v24-37 Jesus set out and went away to the region of Tyre. He entered a house and did not want anyone to know he was there. Yet he could not escape notice, but a woman whose little daughter had an unclean spirit immediately heard about him, and she came and bowed down at his feet. Now the woman was a Gentile, of Syrophoenician origin. She begged him to cast the demon out of her daughter. He said to her, ‘Let the children be fed first, for it is not fair to take the children’s food and throw it to the dogs.’ But she answered him, ‘Sir, even the dogs under the table eat the children’s crumbs.’ Then he said to her, ‘For saying that, you may go—the demon has left your daughter.’ So she went home, found the child lying on the bed, and the demon gone. Then he returned from the region of Tyre, and went by way of Sidon towards the Sea of Galilee, in the region of the Decapolis. They brought to him a deaf man who had an impediment in his speech; and they begged him to lay his hand on him. He took him aside in private, away from the crowd, and put his fingers into his ears, and he spat and touched his tongue. Then looking up to heaven, he sighed and said to him, ‘Ephphatha’, that is, ‘Be opened.’ And immediately his ears were opened, his tongue was released, and he spoke plainly. Then Jesus ordered them to tell no one; but the more he ordered them, the more zealously they proclaimed it. They were astounded beyond measure, saying, ‘He has done everything well; he even makes the deaf to hear and the mute to speak.’

Prayer after CommunionLord of the changing, you help us to find our voice that we might find our faith: we praise you for the Gentile woman who answered back the Sond of

God; release us from the crowds which command our silence and free our tongues to demand from you the healing of the earth; through Jesus Christ,

the opener of the gate. Amen.For our prayers;

Charity of the Month: EmmausThose recently died; Judy Williams, Jean PrestonYears mind, Geoffrey Schenk, Charles Loughton, Doris Ballard, Terry Sproston, Bob Dunnett, Judith Stewart, Janet Liddon, Reg Duval, Jean Richman, Lylie Mogford, Amy Mitchell, Phyllis Lambert, Daphne Warner.



Quiet Day/Pause for Reflection: next on Monday 10th

September from 9.30 to 1pm at St. Mary’s Church. Continuing the theme of our Christian Journey,

reflecting on St. Barnabas ‘Son of Encouragement’ . Open to anyone. Session repeated on Wed 12th Sept 7-9 pm at St. Mary’s – please advise Ann Braithwaite if you are coming to the evening session [email protected]






The kitchen refurbishment continues, and we are looking forward to the opportunities this will

bring


followed by refreshments.PLEASE SIGN LIST at back


World Suicide Prevention Day Mon 10 th Sept Special Service at St. John’s Church at 7.30pm.

Next 1 st Thursday meeting 6 th Sept at 7pm note time trip to Fenland aviation museum led by Adrian Kent. Further details. Rachel (07795436031) or Jackie (07733470684) All ladies are welcome.

Friday 12 th October 7pm in St John’s Church Gilbert & Sullivan Evening




Sat 22 nd Sept 11am in St Peter’s Free Organ Concert by James Trundle





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12 th Sunday after Trinity 19 th August 2018

8am Holy Communion at St John’s 1 st & 3 rd & 5 th at St Wendreda’s 2nd & 4th 9.30am Sung Communion

Hymns; 232, 281, 336, 282, 333 2pm Baptism of Hope Katie Ann Samworth
















26 th August, 13 th Sunday after Trinity Readings; Joshua 24 v1-2a & 14-18, Ephesians 6 v10-20, John 6 v56-69.9.30am Sung Communion

WEDDINGSSaturday 1st September 2pm

Andrew Beer & Susan AdamsFUNERALS

Mon 20th 12.45pm St Peter’s; Gerard Sauerman






Wise and gracious God, you spread a table before us and nourish your people with the word of life and the bread of heaven. In our sharing of these gifts, show us our unity in you and give us a taste of the life to come. We make our prayer through your Son Jesus Christ, in the love of the Holy Spirit. Amen.

OLD TESTAMENT Proverbs 9 v1-6 Wisdom has built her house, she has hewn her seven pillars. She has slaughtered her animals, she has mixed her wine, she has also set her table. She has sent out her servant-girls, she calls from the highest places in the town, ‘You that are simple, turn in here!’ To those without sense she says, ‘Come, eat of my bread and drink of the wine I have mixed.

Lay aside immaturity, and live, and walk in the way of insight.’

EPISTLE Ephesians 5 v15-20 Brothers and sisters, be careful then how you live, not as unwise people but as wise, making the most of the time, because the days are evil. So do not be foolish, but understand what the will of the Lord is. Do not get drunk with wine, for that is debauchery; but be filled with the Spirit, as you sing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs among yourselves, singing and making melody to the Lord in your hearts, giving thanks to God the Father at all times and for everything in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.

GOSPEL John 6 v51-58 Jesus said to the crowd, ‘ I am the living bread that came down from heaven. Whoever eats of this bread will live for ever; and the bread that I will give for the life of the world is my flesh.’ The Jews then disputed among themselves, saying, ‘How can this man give us his flesh to eat?’ So Jesus said to them, ‘Very truly, I tell you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you have no life in you. Those who eat my flesh and drink my blood have eternal life, and I will raise them up on the last day; for my flesh is true food and my blood is true drink. Those who eat my flesh and drink my blood abide in me, and I in them. Just as the living Father sent me, and I live because of the Father, so whoever eats me will live because of me. This is the bread that came down from heaven, not like that which your ancestors ate, and they died. But the one who eats this bread will live for ever.’

All who seek God are welcome here.All who would know Christ,

and receive the gift of his grace, are welcome here.

All who wish to partake of the Sacrament, the sign and pledge of Christ’s love,

are welcome to receive it, irrespective of the rules laid down

by other parts of the Christian Church.

JESUSBIDS YOU

WELCOME,AND WE WILL NOT







TURN YOU AWAY.There is no discrimination here on the basis of gender, or race,

or sexual orientation, or social class.The net is cast into the sea of humanity.

Notice discovered in the large medieval church of St Bartholomew the Great, in Smithfield. Smithfield was the square in London where, in the 16th Century, Catholics burnt Protestants, and Protestants burnt Catholics. They believed that the other’s beliefs, practices, and pictures of God were wrong. Today people still persecute those who are different from themselves. I hope that we in March can live up to fulfilling its challenges.

Prayer after CommunionDivine Love, undaunted by death and fear, who went to the depths to bring back life: in the power of the cross shape a people of service, breaking bread for a hungering world; through Jesus Christ, the holy one of God. Amen.

For our prayers;Charity of the Month: Amnesty InternationalThose recently died; Gladys Chatten, Malcolm Southwell, Gerard Sauerman, John Hawkins Bea Astbury, Diana Hyde, Mary Wood.Years mind, Marjorie Morton, David Bates, Betty Parish, Martin Bedford, Peggy Hart, Jim Mann, Bill Reed, Fred Robinson, Gladys Head, Ross Anderson


The next FLOWER FESTIVALwill be at St Mary’s on the weekend of Sept 7th -9th

There are posters around, and if anyone would like provide a display they will be most welcome.

SONGS of PRAISE 4pm Sunday 9 th St Mary’s DEANERY Mini-Pilgrimage at Ely Cathedral

Wednesday 26 th September 7 for 7.30 For those who wish it 5.30 Evensong






Regular Events

SUNDAYS See Sunday Services 2nd & 4th Sundays 6-8pm Church Youth in Hall Mondays 9-11.15am St John’s Tots in Hall 3-5pm Little Miracles in HallTuesdays 10am Holy Communion at St John’s 9-11.15am Small Fellows Child Group in Hall4pm Rainbows, 6pm Brownies, 7pm Guides in HallWednesdays 10am Holy Communion at St Peter’s 9-11.15am St John’s Tots in Hall2nd Wed Christian Aid Lunch 12-1pm St P’s Hall Thursdays 8.30am Team Prayers at St Peter’s 7.30pm Church Craft Club in the HallFirst Thursdays Women’s Group – see noticeboardFridays 7pm Choir Practice3-5pm Little Miracles & 7-9pm Youth Group in HallSaturdays 9am-3pm Ballet in Hall









St MARY’s FLOWER FESTIVALWeekend of Sept 7th -9th

Please support.SONGS of PRAISE 4pm Sunday 9 th St Mary’s




8am Holy Communion at St John’s 1st & 3rd & 5th at St Wendreda’s 2 nd & 4 th 9.30am Sung Communion

Hymns; 205, 434, 453, 484, 449 On the First Sunday in the Month

8am Holy Communion at St John’s







2 nd September, 14 th Sunday after Trinity Readings; Song of Solomon 2 v8-13,

Psalm 45 v1-2 & 7-10, Mark 7 v1-8, 14-15 & 21-23.First Sunday of the Month Services









In every age, O God, you give your people freedom to walk in faith or to turn away. Grant us grace to remain faithful to your Holy One, whose words are spirit and life, Jesus Christ, our Lord, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Spirit, God for ever and ever. Amen.

OLD TESTAMENT Joshua 24 v1-2a & 14-18 Joshua gathered all the tribes of Israel to Shechem, and summoned the elders, the heads, the judges, and the officers of Israel; and they presented themselves before God. And Joshua said to all the people, ‘Now therefore revere the Lord, and serve him in sincerity and in faithfulness; put away the gods that your ancestors served beyond the River and in Egypt, and serve the Lord. Now if you are unwilling to serve the Lord, choose this day whom

you will serve, whether the gods your ancestors served in the region beyond the River or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you are living; but as for me and my household, we will serve the Lord.’ Then the people answered, ‘Far be it from us that we should forsake the Lord to serve other gods; for it is the Lord our God who brought us and our ancestors up from the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery, and who did those great signs in our sight. He protected us along all the way that we went, and among all the peoples through whom we passed; and the Lord drove out before us all the peoples, the Amorites who lived in the land. Therefore we also will serve the Lord, for he is our God.’

EPISTLE Ephesians 6 v10-20 Be strong in the Lord and in the strength of his power. Put on the whole armour of God, so that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. For our struggle is not against enemies of blood and flesh, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers of this present darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places. Therefore take up the whole armour of God, so that you may be able to withstand on that evil day, and having done everything, to stand firm. Stand therefore, and fasten the belt of truth around your waist, and put on the breastplate of righteousness. As shoes for your feet put on whatever will make you ready to proclaim the gospel of peace. With all of these, take the shield of faith, with which you will be able to quench all the flaming arrows of the evil one. Take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God. Pray in the Spirit at all times in every prayer and supplication. To that end keep alert and always persevere in supplication for all the saints. Pray also for me, so that when I speak, a message may be given to me to make known with boldness the mystery of the gospel, for which I am an ambassador in chains. Pray that I may declare it boldly, as I must speak.

GOSPEL John 6 v56-69 Jesus said to the crowd: ‘Those who eat my flesh and drink my blood abide in me, and I in them. Just as the living Father sent me, and I live because of the Father, so whoever eats me will live because of me. This is the bread that came down from heaven, not like that which your ancestors ate, and they died. But the one who eats this bread will live for ever.’ He said these things while he was teaching in the synagogue at Capernaum. When many of his disciples heard it, they said, ‘This teaching is difficult; who can accept it?’ But








Jesus, being aware that his disciples were complaining about it, said to them, ‘Does this offend you? Then what if you were to see the Son of Man ascending to where he was before? It is the spirit that gives life; the flesh is useless. The words that I have spoken to you are spirit and life. But among you there are some who do not believe.’ For Jesus knew from the first who were the ones that did not believe, and who was the one that would betray him. And he said, ‘For this reason I have told you that no one can come to me unless it is granted by the Father.’ Because of this many of his disciples turned back and no longer went about with him. So Jesus asked the twelve, ‘Do you also wish to go away?’ Simon Peter answered him, ‘Lord, to whom can we go? You have the words of eternal life. We have come to believe and know that you are the Holy One of God.’

Prayer after CommunionOffensive God; refusing our religion of sacrifice and power: find us in our wandering, speak to us the word of life, liberate our violent hearts and let us stay with you; through Jesus Christ, the holy one of God. Amen.

For our prayers;Charity of the Month: Amnesty InternationalThose recently died; Gerard Sauerman, John Hawkins.Years mind, Daisy Brown, Eileen Jenkins, Gertrude Reading, Leslie Evans, Mary Denzey, Bill Tofts, Mary Chapman, Roy Shaw, Ella Mackay, Anne King.



THIS Thursday meeting 6 th Sept at 7pm note time trip to Fenland aviation museum led by Adrian Kent. Further details. Rachel (07795436031) or Jackie (07733470684) All ladies are welcome.















Team Council 7.30pm St Peter’s 11th SeptSt John’s PCC 7.30pm 18th Sept



14 th Sunday after Trinity 2 nd September 2018





BREAKFAST from 9am6.30pm Evensong at St Peter’s.




9 th September, 15 th Sunday after Trinity Readings; Proverbs 22 v1-2, 8-9, 22-23,

Psalm 125, Mark 7 v24-37.9.15am John’s Juniors


4pm FLOWER FESTIVAL SONGS of PRAISE at St Mary’s

WEDDINGS

FUNERALS


Father of light, giver of every good and perfect gift, bring to fruition the word of truth sown in our hearts by your Son, that we might rightly understand your commandments, live your law of love, and so offer you worship that is pure and undefiled. Grant this through your Son Jesus Christ, in the love of the Holy Spirit. Amen.

OLD TESTAMENT Song of Solomon 2 v8-13

The voice of my beloved! Look, he comes, leaping upon the mountains, bounding over the hills. My beloved is like a gazelle or a young stag.Look, there he stands behind our wall, gazing in at the windows, looking through the lattice. My beloved speaks and says to me:‘Arise, my love, my fair one, and come away;

for now the winter is past, the rain is over and gone.

The flowers appear on the earth; the time of singing has come, and the voice of the turtle-dove is heard in our land. The fig tree puts forth its figs, and the vines are in blossom; they give forth fragrance.Arise, my love, my fair one, and come away.

PSALM 45 v1-2 & 7-10 My heart is stirring with a noble song;let me recite what I have fashioned for a king;my tongue shall be the pen of a skilled writer.You are the fairest of men;grace flows from your lips,because God has blessed you for ever.Your throne, O God, endures for ever and ever,a sceptre of righteousness is the sceptre of your kingdom;you love righteousness and hate iniquity;Therefore God, your God, has anointed you with the oil of gladness above your fellows.

GOSPEL Mark 7 v1-8, 14-15, & 21-23 When the Pharisees and some of the scribes who had come from Jerusalem gathered around him, they noticed that some of his disciples were eating with defiled hands, that is, without washing them. (For the Pharisees, and all the Jews, do not eat unless they thoroughly wash their hands, thus observing the tradition of the elders; and they do not eat anything from the market unless they wash it; and there are also many other traditions that they observe, the washing of cups, pots, and bronze kettles.) So the Pharisees and the scribes asked him, ‘Why do your disciples not live according to the tradition of the elders, but eat with defiled hands?’ Jesus said to them, ‘Isaiah prophesied rightly about you hypocrites, as it is written,“This people honours me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me; in vain do they worship me, teaching human precepts as doctrines.” You abandon the commandment of God and hold to human tradition.’ Then he called the crowd again and said to them, ‘Listen to me, all of you, and understand: there is nothing outside a person that by going in can defile, but the things that come out are what defile.’ For it is from within, from the human heart, that evil intentions come: fornication, theft, murder, adultery, avarice, wickedness, deceit, licentiousness, envy, slander, pride, folly. All these evil things come from within, and they defile a person.’


God of unclean hands, touching those rejected by the world, despised by the religious: guide us from false purity which hides misshapen hearts; lead us to a joyful feast in which all are renewed; through

Jesus Christ, the beauty of God’s face. Amen.

For our prayers;Charity of the Month: EmmausThose recently died; Years mind, Irene Nicholls, Jack Bird, Judith Godfrey, Faith Lambert, Michelle Cousins, Frances Ravenor,Hazel Wayman, Ruth Pratt.



St MARY’s FLOWER FESTIVALNEXT Weekend of Sept 7th -9th

Please support.SONGS of PRAISE 4pm Sunday 9 th St Mary’s






Teddy Bear’s Picnic THIS Wednesday 15th Aug 11-2 in Church






Friday 12 th October 7pm in St John’s Church Gilbert & Sullivan Evening








The kitchen refurbishment continues, and we are looking forward to the opportunities this will

bring








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8am Holy Communion at St John’s 1st & 3rd & 5th at St Wendreda’s 2 nd & 4 th 9.15am John’s Juniors Starting in Hall, joining us in Church later.9.30am Sung Communion

Hymns; 37, 54, 272, 674, 3792pm Holy Baptism, Amelia Rose Bourne, and Matthew James Holland

On the First Sunday in the Month 8am Holy Communion at St John’s






19 th August, 12 th Sunday after Trinity Readings; Proverbs 9 v1-6,

Ephesians 5 v15-20, John 6 v51-58.8am Holy Communion9.15am John’s Juniors


2pm Baptism of Hope Katie Ann Samworth



Wed 15th 2.30pm St John’s; Gladys ChattenFri 17th 12.30pm St Peter’s; Malcolm SouthwellMon 20th 12.45pm St Peter’s; Gerard Sauerman




God our Father and provider, whose Son has given his flesh for the life of the world, sustain your pilgrim Church on its journey with the word of life and the bread of heaven. Draw us nearer to him in whose name we gather, that, following his way of sacrificial love, we may come to the banquet of eternal life. Grant this through your Son Jesus Christ, in the love of the Holy Spirit. Amen.

OLD TESTAMENT 1 Kings 19 v4-8 Elijah went a day’s journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a solitary broom tree. He asked that he might die: ‘It is enough; now, O Lord, take away my life, for I am no better than my ancestors.’ Then he lay down under the broom tree and fell asleep. Suddenly an angel touched him and said to him, ‘Get up and eat.’ He looked, and there at his head was a cake baked on hot stones, and a jar of water. He ate and drank, and lay down again. The angel of the Lord came a second time, touched him, and said, ‘Get up and eat, otherwise the journey will be too much for you.’ He got up, and ate and drank; then he went in the strength of that food for forty days and forty nights to Horeb the mount of God.

EPISTLE Ephesians 4 v25- 5 v2 Putting away falsehood, let all of us speak the truth to our neighbours, for we are members of one another. Be angry but do not sin; do not let the sun go down on your anger, and do not make room for the devil. Thieves must give up stealing; rather let them labour and work honestly with their own hands, so as to have something to share with the needy. Let no evil talk come out of your mouths, but only what is useful for building up, as there is need, so that your words may give grace to those who hear. And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, with which you were marked with a seal for the day of redemption. Put away from you all bitterness and wrath and anger and wrangling and slander, together with all malice, and be kind to one another, tender-hearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ has forgiven you. Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children, and live in love, as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us, a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God.

GOSPEL John 6 v35 & 41-51 Jesus said to thew crowd, ‘I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never be hungry, and whoever believes in me will never be thirsty.




Then the Jews began to complain about him because he said, ‘I am the bread that came down from heaven.’ They were saying, ‘Is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? How can he now say, “I have come down from heaven”?’ Jesus answered them, ‘Do not complain among yourselves. No one can come to me unless drawn by the Father who sent me; and I will raise that person up on the last day. It is written in the prophets, “And they shall all be taught by God.” Everyone who has heard and learned from the Father comes to me. Not that anyone has seen the Father except the one who is from God; he has seen the Father. Very truly, I tell you, whoever believes has eternal life. I am the bread of life. Your ancestors ate the manna in the wilderness, and they died. This is the bread that comes down from heaven, so that one may eat of it and not die. I am the living bread that came down from heaven. Whoever eats of this bread will live for ever; and the bread that I will give for the life of the world is my flesh.’

Prayer after CommunionUnseen God, drawing all people to the end of our

desires: teach us to know true bread from false and to feed on him who shares our flesh to share your

love, Jesus Christ, our communion. Amen.

For our prayers;Charity of the Month: Amnesty InternationalThose recently died; Gladys Chatten, Terry Annetts, Florence Howes, Malcolm Southwell,Ted Manchett, Gerard Sauerman, John Hawkins.Years mind, Craig Bird, Thomas Jenkins, Norman Stacey, Neville Blackwell, Peter Ansell, Roloand Goult, John Everitt, Ethel Law.


If you would like to make a donation, cheques should be made payable to EDBFand sent to the Diocese of Ely, Bishop

Woodford House, Barton Road, Ely CB7 4DX.



SONGS of PRAISE 4pm Sunday 9 th St Mary’s



Vicars Rev Jane Rees: 01354 463284 [email protected] Rev Jenny Webb 01354 [email protected] Lay Minister: Diane Wise 01354 651512 [email protected] Care Jamie Woodcock 655503 jamieheather97@sky.comYouthMinistryKarenPritchard07738294726karen@L8er.co.ukWarden & HALL BOOKINGS: Shaun Godfrey 461573

Mark Rengert 01354 661796 [email protected] Andy Beeson [email protected]

07947 387900 PCC Secretary Karen Hammond.

Thanks for all helping with the kitchen refurbishment.



at Neale Wade Academy.


Little Miracles in Church Fri 10th Aug 10-12Teddy Bear’s Picnic Wed 15th Aug 11-2 in Church


T HIS WEEKEND Sun 5th AugOpen Garden 10am-4pm 88 at Nene Parade

Next 1 st Thursday meeting 6 th Sept at 7pm note timetrip to Fenland aviation museum led by Adrian Kent. Further details. Rachel (07795436031) or Jackie (07733470684) All ladies are welcome.

The next FLOWER FESTIVALwill be at St Mary’s on the weekend of Sept 7th -9th There are

posters around, and if anyone would like provide a display they will be most welcome.




followed by refreshments.


Fri 12 th Oct Gilbert & Sullivan in Church 7pm

















9.30am FAMILY SERVICE in the HALL(No breakfast in Aug – kitchen refurb)

2pm HOLY BAPTISM Jack Daniel Rhys Mackintosh,

Leo Benjamin Spencer Mackintosh, Amy Louise Laws, Brandon Alexander Henry Mackintosh.

6.30pm Evensong at St Peter’s.Evensong is held on the 1st and 3rd Sunday each month.



12 th August, 10 th Sunday after Trinity Readings; 1 Kings 19 v4-8-4,

Ephesians 4 v25- 5 v2, John 6 v35 & 41-51.9.15am John’s Juniors


2pm Holy Baptism, Amelia Rose Bourne, and Matthew James Holland

WEDDINGSSaturday 11th August 12.30pm

Robert Bulpin & Charlie MandersSaturday 1st September 2pm


Tues 7th 12.30pm St John’s; Florence HowesWed 8th 1pm St Peter’s; Terry AnnettsThu 9th 10.30am Fenland; Ted ManchettWed 15th 2.30pm St John’s; Gladys ChattenFri 17th 12.30pm St Peter’s; Malcolm SouthwellMon 20th 12.45pm St Peter’s; Gerard Sauerman


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COLLECT – the Prayer for Today.Lord, giver of lasting life, satisfy our hunger through Christ, the Bread of Life, and quench our thirst with your gift of belief, that we may no longer work for the food that perishes, but believe in the One whom you have sent. We ask this through your Son Jesus Christ, in the love of the Holy Spirit. Amen.

OLD TESTAMENT Exodus 16 v2-4 & 9-15 The whole congregation of the Israelites complained against Moses and Aaron in the wilderness. The Israelites said to them, ‘If only we had died by the hand of the Lord in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the fleshpots and ate our fill of bread; for you have brought us out into this wilderness to kill this whole assembly with hunger.’ Then the Lord said to Moses, ‘I am going to rain bread from heaven for you, and each day the people shall go out and gather enough for that day. In that way I will test them, whether they will follow my instruction or not. Then Moses said to Aaron, ‘Say to the whole congregation of the Israelites, “Draw near to the Lord, for he has heard your complaining.” ’ And as Aaron spoke to the whole congregation of the Israelites, they looked towards the wilderness, and the glory of the Lord appeared in the cloud. The Lord spoke to Moses and said, ‘I have heard the complaining of the Israelites; say to them, “At twilight you shall eat meat, and in the morning you shall have your fill of bread; then you shall know that I am the Lord your God.” ’ In the evening quails came up and covered the camp; and in the morning there was a layer of dew around the camp. When the layer of dew lifted, there on the surface of the wilderness was a fine flaky substance, as fine as frost on the ground. When the Israelites saw it, they said to one another, ‘What is it?’ For they did not know what it was. Moses said to them, ‘It is the bread that the Lord has given you to eat.

EPISTLE Ephesians 4 v1-16 I, the prisoner in the Lord, beg you to lead a life worthy of the calling to which you have been called, with all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love, making every effort to maintain the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. There is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called to the one hope of your calling, one Lord, one faith, one baptism, one God and Father of all, who is above all and through all and in all. But each of us was given grace according to the measure of Christ’s gift. Therefore it is said,‘When he ascended on high he made captivity itself a captive; he gave gifts to his people.’ (When it says, ‘He ascended’, what does it mean but that he had also descended into the lower parts of the earth? He who descended is the same one who ascended far above all the heavens, so that he might fill all things.) The gifts he gave were that some would be apostles, some prophets, some evangelists, some pastors and




teachers, to equip the saints for the work of ministry, for building up the body of Christ, until all of us come to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to maturity, to the measure of the full stature of Christ. We must no longer be children, tossed to and fro and blown about by every wind of doctrine, by people’s trickery, by their craftiness in deceitful scheming. But speaking the truth in love, we must grow up in every way into him who is the head, into Christ, from whom the whole body, joined and knitted together by every ligament with which it is equipped, as each part is working properly, promotes the body’s growth in building itself up in love.

GOSPEL John 6 v24-35 When the crowd saw that neither Jesus nor his disciples were there, they themselves got into the boats and went to Capernaum looking for Jesus. When they found him on the other side of the lake, they said to him, ‘Rabbi, when did you come here?’ Jesus answered them, ‘Very truly, I tell you, you are looking for me, not because you saw signs, but because you ate your fill of the loaves. Do not work for the food that perishes, but for the food that endures for eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you. For it is on him that God the Father has set his seal.’ Then they said to him, ‘What must we do to perform the works of God?’ Jesus answered them, ‘This is the work of God, that you believe in him whom he has sent.’ So they said to him, ‘What sign are you going to give us then, so that we may see it and believe you? What work are you performing? Our ancestors ate the manna in the wilderness; as it is written, “He gave them bread from heaven to eat.” ’ Then Jesus said to them, ‘Very truly, I tell you, it was not Moses who gave you the bread from heaven, but it is my Father who gives you the true bread from heaven. For the bread of God is that which comes down from heaven and gives life to the world.’ They said to him, ‘Sir, give us this bread always.’ Jesus said to them, ‘I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never be hungry, and whoever believes in me will never be thirsty.

Prayer after CommunionGod of Moses, who rained down bread on Israel’s wandering people: lead us to the food that never leaves us craving, addicted to consuming, but fills our whole humanity with life enough for all; through Jesus Christ, the bread of heaven. Amen.

For our prayers;Charity of the Month: Amnesty InternationalThose recently died; Terry Annetts. Gladys Chatten, Florence Howes, Malcolm Southwell,Ted Manchett, Gerard Sauerman.Years mind, Rebecca Wood, Eric Cooper, Doris Porter, Fred Papworth, Daphne Whittlesea, Mike Beeson, Audrey Westley, Steve Hunt, Peter Read.



Vicars Rev Jane Rees: 01354 463284 [email protected] Rev Jenny Webb 01354 [email protected] Lay Minister: Diane Wise 01354 651512 [email protected]

Pastoral Care Jamie Woodcock 655503 jamieheather97@sky.comYouthMinistryKarenPritchard07738294726karen@L8er.co.ukWarden & HALL BOOKINGS: Shaun Godfrey 461573 Mark Rengert 01354 661796 [email protected]


Thank you to all who supported yesterday’s event at the Rectory.

Thanks for all helping with the kitchen refurbishment.


at Neale Wade Academy.Sharing Stories-Swapping Ideas-Workshops

Displays-ResourcesPlease take the leaflet home.


Little Miracles in Church Fri 3rd & 10th Aug 10-12Teddy Bear’s Picnic Wed 15th Aug 11-2 in Church

Regular Events SUNDAYS See Sunday Services 2nd & 4th Sundays 6-8pm Church Youth in Hall Mondays 9-11.15am St John’s Tots in Hall 3-5pm Little Miracles in HallTuesdays 10am Holy Communion at St John’s 9-11.15am Small Fellows Child Group in Hall4pm Rainbows, 6pm Brownies, 7pm Guides in HallWednesdays 10am Holy Communion at St Peter’s 9-11.15am St John’s Tots in Hall2nd Wed Christian Aid Lunch 12-1pm St P’s Hall Thursdays 8.30am Team Prayers at St Peter’s 7.30pm Church Craft Club in the HallFirst Thursdays Women’s Group – see noticeboardFridays 7pm Choir Practice3-5pm Little Miracles & 7-9pm Youth Group HallSaturdays 9am-3pm Ballet in Hall

NEXT WEEKEND Sat & Sun 4th & 5th AugOpen Garden 10am-4pm 88 at Nene Parade








Sunday 30 th September 6.30pm at St Mary’s Choral Evensong for Michaelmas







with the Team’s combined choirs

Sat 12 th Oct Gilbert & Sullivan in Church 7pm





9 th Sunday after Trinity 29 th July 2018

8am Holy Communion at St John’s 1 st & 3 rd & 5 th at St Wendreda’s 2nd & 4th 9.15am John’s Juniors Starting in Hall, joining us in Church later.9.30am Sung Communion

Hymns; 37, 152, 379, 556, 654On the First Sunday in the Month


9.30am FAMILY SERVICE in the HALL(Breakfast from 9am) (No b’fast in Aug)




5 th August, 10 th Sunday after Trinity Readings; Exodus 16 v2-4 & 9-15, Ephesians 4 v1-16, John 6 v24-35.

First Sunday services – see above.2pm Baptism of Jack Daniel Rhys Mackintosh,

Leo Benjamin Spencer Mackintosh, Amy Louise Laws, Brandon Alexander Henry Mackintosh.

WEDDINGSFriday 3rd August 1pm

Daniel Bryant & Isabel HurstSaturday 11th August 12.30pm



Tues 7th 12.30pm St John’s; Florence HowesWed 8th 1pm St Peter’s; Terry AnnettsWed 15th 2.30pm St John’s; Gladys ChattenFri 17th 12.30pm St Peter’s; Malcolm Southwell


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Sunday 29 th July 9 th Sunday after Trinity

COLLECT – the Prayer for Today.O God, you open wide your hand, giving us food in due season. Out of your never failing abundance, satisfy the hungers of body and soul and lead all peoples of the earth to the feast of the world to come. We make our prayer through your Son Jesus Christ, in the love of the Holy Spirit. Amen.

OLD TESTAMENT 2 Kings 4 v42-44 A man came bringing food from the first fruits to the man of God: twenty loaves of barley and fresh ears of grain in his sack. Elisha said, ‘Give it to the people and let them eat.’ But his servant said, ‘How can I set this before a hundred people?’ So he repeated, ‘Give it to the people and let them eat, for thus says the Lord, “They shall eat and have some left.” ’ He set it before them, they ate, and had some left, according to the word of the Lord.

EPISTLE Ephesians 3 v14-21 I bow my knees before the Father, from whom every family in heaven and on earth takes its name. I pray that, according to the riches of his glory, he may grant that you may be strengthened in your inner being with power through his Spirit, and that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith, as you are being rooted and grounded in love. I pray that you may have the power to comprehend, with all the saints, what is the breadth and length and height and depth, and to know the love of Christ that surpasses knowledge, so that you may be filled with all the fullness of God. Now to him who by the power at work within us is able to accomplish abundantly far more than all we can ask or imagine, to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus to all generations, for ever and ever. Amen.

GOSPEL John 6 v1-21 Jesus went to the other side of the Sea of Galilee, also called the Sea of Tiberias. A large crowd kept following him, because they saw the signs that he was doing for the sick. Jesus went up the mountain and sat down there with his disciples. Now the Passover, the festival of the Jews, was near. When he looked up and saw a large crowd coming towards him, Jesus said to Philip, ‘Where are we to buy bread for these people to eat?’ He said this to test him, for he himself knew what he was going to




do. Philip answered him, ‘Six months’ wages would not buy enough bread for each of them to get a little.’ One of his disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother, said to him, ‘There is a boy here who has five barley loaves and two fish. But what are they among so many people?’ Jesus said, ‘Make the people sit down.’ Now there was a great deal of grass in the place; so they sat down, about five thousand in all. Then Jesus took the loaves, and when he had given thanks, he distributed them to those who were seated; so also the fish, as much as they wanted. When they were satisfied, he told his disciples, ‘Gather up the fragments left over, so that nothing may be lost.’ So they gathered them up, and from the fragments of the five barley loaves, left by those who had eaten, they filled twelve baskets. When the people saw the sign that he had done, they began to say, ‘This is indeed the prophet who is to come into the world.’ When Jesus realized that they were about to come and take him by force to make him king, he withdrew again to the mountain by himself. When evening came, his disciples went down to the lake, got into a boat, and started across the lake to Capernaum. It was now dark, and Jesus had not yet come to them. The lake became rough because a strong wind was blowing. When they had rowed about three or four miles, they saw Jesus walking on the lake and coming near the boat, and they were terrified. But he said to them, ‘It is I; do not be afraid.’ Then they wanted to take him into the boat, and immediately the boat reached the land towards which they were going.

Prayer after CommunionGod of true abundance, in whom nothing is lost and all are fed: liberate us from meagre rations of scarce and grudging love for which we must copete; show us another kingdom which stills our all-consuming fear and fills us with new hope; through Jesus Christ, the peace of creation. Amen.

For our prayers;Charity of the Month: Christian Blind Mission Those recently died; Peter Howe, Florence Howes, Malcolm Southwell, Gladys Chatten, Terry Annetts. Years mind, Maurice Lockwood, Eliza Dow, Edith Hammond, Florence Butcher, Trevor Goult, Annie Henson, Barry Ellinor, Charlie Nunn.



Vicars Rev Jane Rees: 01354 463284 [email protected] Rev Jenny Webb 01354 [email protected] Lay Minister: Diane Wise 01354 651512 [email protected] Care Jamie Woodcock 655503 jamieheather97@sky.comYouthMinistryKarenPritchard07738294726karen@L8er.co.ukWarden & HALL BOOKINGS: Shaun Godfrey 461573

Mark Rengert 01354 661796 [email protected] Andy Beeson [email protected]

07947 387900 PCC Secretary Karen Hammond.




Saturday 28 th July OPEN HOUSE and GARDEN

at RECTORY 10am-4pmEveryone welcome to drop in

Thanks for those who organized Messy Church and Bar-B-Q yesterday.



FLOWER FESTIVAL at St Mary’s weekend of Sept 7th -9th There are posters around, and if anyone

would like provide a display they will be most welcome.





Displays-ResourcesA day for all people in our churches.







David, Bishop of Huntingdon is retiring.Farewell Service 4pm 23rd Sept Ely Cathedral


See info in Church for stalls etc.

Some Future Dates for your DiarySat & Sun 4th & 5th Aug Open Garden 10am-4pm 88 at Nene Parade




8 th Sunday after Trinity 22 nd July 2018

8am Holy Communion at St John’s 1st & 3rd & 5th at St Wendreda’s 2 nd & 4 th 9.15am John’s Juniors Starting in Hall, joining us in Church later.9.30am Sung Communion

Hymns; 186, 378, 205, 282, 297On the First Sunday in the Month






29 th July, 9 th Sunday after Trinity Readings; 2 Kings 4 v42-44,

Ephesians 3 v14-21, John 6 v1-21.8am Holy Communion

9.30am Sung Communion Service & Junior Church

WEDDINGSFriday 3rd August 1pm

Daniel Bryant & Isabel HurstSaturday 11th August 12.30pm


Andrew Beer & Susan Adams

FUNERALSTues 24th July 11.30am Fenland; Peter HoweTues 7th Aug 12,30pm St John’s; Florence HowesWed 8th Aug 1pm St Peter’s; Terry Annetts



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COLLECT – the Prayer for Today.Compassionate God, from far and near you gather your Church into one. Safeguard the unity of your flock through the teaching of Christ the Shepherd, that all your scattered children may find in him the guidance and nourishment they seek. We ask this through your Son Jesus Christ, in the love of the Holy Spirit. Amen.

OLD TESTAMENT Jeremiah 23 v1-6 Woe to the shepherds who destroy and scatter the sheep of my pasture! says the Lord. Therefore, thus says the Lord, the God of Israel, concerning the shepherds who shepherd my people: It is you who have scattered my flock, and have driven them away, and you have not attended to them. So I will attend to you for your evil doings, says the Lord. Then I myself will gather the remnant of my flock out of all the lands where I have driven them, and I will bring them back to their fold, and they shall be fruitful and multiply. I will raise up shepherds over them who will shepherd them, and they shall not fear any longer, or be dismayed, nor shall any be missing, says the Lord. The days are surely coming, says the Lord, when I will raise up for David a righteous Branch, and he shall reign as king and deal wisely, and shall execute justice and righteousness in the land. In his days Judah will be saved and Israel will live in safety. And this is the name by which he will be called: ‘The Lord is our righteousness.’

EPISTLE Ephesians 2 v11-22 Remember that at one time you Gentiles by birth, called ‘the uncircumcision’ by those who are called ‘the circumcision’—a physical circumcision made in the flesh by human hands— remember that you were at that time without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers to the covenants of promise, having no hope and without God in the world. But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far off have been brought near by the blood of Christ. For he is our peace; in his flesh he has made both groups into one and has broken down the dividing wall, that is, the hostility




between us. He has abolished the law with its commandments and ordinances, so that he might create in himself one new humanity in place of the two, thus making peace, and might reconcile both groups to God in one body through the cross, thus putting to death that hostility through it. So he came and proclaimed peace to you who were far off and peace to those who were near; for through him both of us have access in one Spirit to the Father. So then you are no longer strangers and aliens, but you are citizens with the saints and also members of the household of God, built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus himself as the cornerstone. In him the whole structure is joined together and grows into a holy temple in the Lord; in whom you also are built together spiritually into a dwelling-place for God.

GOSPEL Mark 6 v30-34 & 53-56 The apostles returned from their mission. They gathered around Jesus, and told him all that they had done and taught. He said to them, ‘Come away to a deserted place all by yourselves and rest a while.’ For many were coming and going, and they had no leisure even to eat. And they went away in the boat to a deserted place by themselves. Now many saw them going and recognized them, and they hurried there on foot from all the towns and arrived ahead of them. As he went ashore, he saw a great crowd; and he had compassion for them, because they were like sheep without a shepherd; and he began to teach them many things. When they had crossed over, they came to land at Gennesaret and moored the boat. When they got out of the boat, people at once recognized him, and rushed about that whole region and began to bring the sick on mats to wherever they heard he was. And wherever he went, into villages or cities or farms, they laid the sick in the market-places, and begged him that they might touch even the fringe of his cloak; and all who touched it were healed.

Prayer after CommunionGod of the storm’s still eye: when we are overwhelmed by pressures and demands which cut us off from life, take us to a place apart where we may find again our true heart’s centre, our far horizon, the silence that awaits a world where we can breathe; through Jesus Christ, who brings us near to you. Amen.

For our prayers;Charity of the Month: Christian Blind Mission Those recently died; Audrey Bird, Alan Sutton, Peter Howe, Terry Annetts, Florence Howes.

Years mind, Pansy Johnson, Agnes Smith, George Jupp, Bill Clapham, Bob Barfoot, Mary Forgie..



Vicars Rev Jane Rees: 01354 463284 [email protected] Rev Jenny Webb 01354 [email protected] Lay Minister: Diane Wise 01354 651512 [email protected] Care Jamie Woodcock 655503 jamieheather97@sky.comYouthMinistryKarenPritchard07738294726karen@L8er.co.ukWarden & HALL BOOKINGS: Shaun Godfrey 461573 Mark Rengert 01354 661796 [email protected] Andy Beeson [email protected] 07947 387900 PCC Secretary Karen Hammond.

Sat 28 th July OPEN HOUSE and GARDEN at RECTORY 10am-4pm

Everyone welcome to drop in

Save the date! Next 1 st Thursday meetings Saturday 21 July – summer barbeque at the home of Linda Locke. Please bring salad or dessert and own drinks. Time 7pm. Husbands and partners are invited. Thursday 6 September at 7pm( note time) – trip to Fenland aviation museum led by Adrian Kent.

Further details. Rachel (07795436031) or Jackie (07733470684) All ladies are welcome.


FLOWER FESTIVAL at St Mary’s weekend of Sept 7th -9th There are posters around, and if anyone would

like provide a display they will be most welcome.












Christian Aid Sponsored Walk TODAY Sunday 15th July 3pm at Whitemoor Reserve: approx. 1 hour – if unable to join in, please sponsor another walker –forms in church, from Christian Aid reps or Jenny 650855

David, Bishop of Huntingdon is retiring.Farewell Service 4pm 23rd Sept Ely Cathedral

RAFT FAIR at St Peter’s – Sat October 13th

See info in Church for stalls etc.

Some Future Dates for your DiaryNext Saturday 21st July Open Garden 2-5 Lincoln Villa, Wisbech RdSat & Sun 4th & 5th Aug Open Garden 10am-4pm 88 at Nene Parade




8am Holy Communion at St John’s 1 st & 3 rd & 5 th at St Wendreda’s 2nd & 4th 9.15am John’s Juniors Starting in Hall, joining us in Church later.9.30am Sung Communion

Hymns; 186 378, 205, 282, 297On the First Sunday in the Month






22 nd July, 8 th Sunday after Trinity Readings; Jeremiah 23 v1-6,

Ephesians 2 v11-22, Mark 6 v30-44 & 53-56.9.30am Sung Communion Service & Junior Church

BLESSINGSAmelia Rose Bourne, Matthew James Holland

WEDDING21st July 12.30pm Shaun Braam & Helen Upton

FUNERALS

Fri 20th July 12.30pm Fenland; Audrey Bird 3.30pm Fenland Alan SuttonTues 24th July 11.30am Fenland; Peter Howe



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MESSY CHURCH in St JOHN’s HALLNext Saturday 21 st July 11am-1pm


God of justice, God of salvation, from every land you call a people to yourself. Yours is the work we do, yours the message we carry. Keep your church single-minded and faithful to you. let failure not discourage us nor success beguile our hearts, as you send us to proclaim the gospel. We make our prayer through your Son Jesus Christ, in the love of the Holy Spirit. Amen.

OLD TESTAMENT Amos 7 v7-15 This is what he showed me: the Lord was standing beside a wall built with a plumb-line, with a plumb-line in his hand. And the Lord said to me, ‘Amos, what do you see?’ And I said, ‘A plumb-line.’ Then the Lord said, ‘See, I am setting a plumb-line in the midst of my people Israel; I will never again pass them by; the high places of Isaac shall be made desolate, and the sanctuaries of Israel shall be laid waste, and I will rise against the house of Jeroboam with the sword.’ Then Amaziah, the priest of Bethel, sent to King Jeroboam of Israel, saying, ‘Amos has conspired against you in the very centre of the house of Israel; the land is not able to bear all his words. For thus Amos has said,“Jeroboam shall die by the sword, and Israel must go into exile away from his land.” ’ And Amaziah said to Amos, ‘O seer, go, flee away to the land of Judah, earn your bread there, and prophesy there; but never again prophesy at Bethel, for it is the king’s sanctuary, and it is a temple of the kingdom.’ Then Amos answered Amaziah, ‘I am no prophet, nor a prophet’s son; but I am a herdsman, and a dresser of sycamore trees, and the Lord took me from following the flock, and the Lord said to me, “Go, prophesy to my people Israel.”

EPISTLE Ephesians 1 v3-14 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places, just as he chose us in Christ before the foundation of the




world to be holy and blameless before him in love. He destined us for adoption as his children through Jesus Christ, according to the good pleasure of his will, to the praise of his glorious grace that he freely bestowed on us in the Beloved. In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace that he lavished on us. With all wisdom and insight he has made known to us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure that he set forth in Christ, as a plan for the fullness of time, to gather up all things in him, things in heaven and things on earth. In Christ we have also obtained an inheritance, having been destined according to the purpose of him who accomplishes all things according to his counsel and will, so that we, who were the first to set our hope on Christ, might live for the praise of his glory. In him you also, when you had heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation, and had believed in him, were marked with the seal of the promised Holy Spirit; this is the pledge of our inheritance towards redemption as God’s own people, to the praise of his glory.

GOSPEL Mark 6 v14-21 King Herod heard of the healings and other miracles, for Jesus’ name had become known. Some were saying, ‘John the baptizer has been raised from the dead; and for this reason these powers are at work in him.’ But others said, ‘It is Elijah.’ And others said, ‘It is a prophet, like one of the prophets of old.’ But when Herod heard of it, he said, ‘John, whom I beheaded, has been raised.’ For Herod himself had sent men who arrested John, bound him, and put him in prison on account of Herodias, his brother Philip’s wife, because Herod had married her. For John had been telling Herod, ‘It is not lawful for you to have your brother’s wife.’ And Herodias had a grudge against him, and wanted to kill him. But she could not, for Herod feared John, knowing that he was a righteous and holy man, and he protected him. When he heard him, he was greatly perplexed; and yet he liked to listen to him. But an opportunity came when Herod on his birthday gave a banquet for his courtiers and officers and for the leaders of Galilee.

Prayer after CommunionGod of the prophets, whose word cuts through the webs of power and holds the tyrant to account: be with all who raise their voice against oppression and misrule, who are imprisoned and abused for freedom’s sake; help us to stand and speak with them and witness to your kingdom now; through Jesus Christ, the name above all others. Amen.

For our prayers;Charity of the Month: Christian Blind Mission

Those recently died; Bob Smith, Audrey Bird, Alan Sutton, Peter Howe, Laban Ohito, Terry Annetts.Years mind, Charles Saunders, Wendy Dutton-Wells, Herbert Lee, Rose Althoff, Jim Hucker, Muriel Johnson, Jean Brown, Marian Ewart, Charles Ravenor.



Vicars Rev Jane Rees: 01354 463284 [email protected] Rev Jenny Webb 01354 [email protected]

Lay Minister: Diane Wise 01354 651512 [email protected] Care Jamie Woodcock 655503 [email protected] [email protected]

Warden & HALL BOOKINGS: Shaun Godfrey 01354 461573Mark Rengert 01354 661796 [email protected] Andy Beeson [email protected] 07947 387900 PCC Secretary Karen Hammond.

YEARS MINDIn our churches we have the very good and valuable tradition of reading in our prayers the names of those who have died on the Sunday before their anniversary. This is something we very much hope to, and plan to continue. However, we do have an issue. The system allows names to be added to, but not for them to cease. This means that the lists will get longer and longer and may sometimes mean that the names which are significant to us get “diluted” in a long list of names.So, after discussion in each of our PCC’s we are suggesting that every four years, to coincide with the revision of our electoral role (the church militant here on earth) we revise the list of those departed in the faith whom we are remembering.This means that in the autumn we shall invite people to compile a new list for use from Jan 2019 (until we do it again at the end of 2022). You can put the name of anyone of significance to you who has died on the appropriate date. These can be existing people, or new ones. They can be your relatives or friends, or people who are of significance to the life of our church. We will provide a copy of the existing list to prompt you if necessary.You can put people down for the date they died, or their birthday or other anniversary, and I have known, for example people who choose to have both their parents remembered together on the same date.We are doing this because we value remembering and praying for those who have been special in our lives, and wish to keep that part of the service meaningful to those who are there to hear the names.

Any comments to me, or PCC members please. Andrew

Thanks to all who helped at the SUMMER FAIR

Save the date! Next 1 st Thursday meetings Saturday 21 July – summer barbeque at the home of Linda Locke. Please bring salad or dessert and own drinks. Time tba. Husbands and partners are invited. Thursday 6 September at 7pm( note time) – trip to Fenland aviation museum led by Adrian Kent.








Regular Events SUNDAYS See Sunday Services 2nd & 4th Sundays 6-8pm Church Youth in Hall Mondays 9-11.15am St John’s Tots in Hall 3-5pm Little Miracles in HallTuesdays 10am Holy Communion at St John’s 9-11.15am Small Fellows Child Group in Hall4pm Rainbows, 6pm Brownies, 7pm Guides in HallWednesdays 10am Holy Communion at St Peter’s 9-11.15am St John’s Tots in Hall2 nd Wed Christian Aid Lunch 12-1pm St P’s Hall Thursdays 8.30am Team Prayers at St Peter’s 7.30pm Church Craft Club in the HallFirst Thursdays Women’s Group – see noticeboardFridays 7pm Choir Practice3-5pm Little Miracles & 7-9pm Youth Group HallSaturdays 9am-3pm Ballet in HallNext Bread and Cheese Lunch for Christian Aid will be held on Weds 11th July from 12 –1 pm at St. Peter’s Church Hall. Everyone Welcome.








Christian Aid Sponsored Walk Sunday 15th July 3pm at Whitemoor Reserve: approx. 1 hour – if you are unable to join in, please sponsor another walker –forms in church, from Christian Aid reps or Jenny 650855

Some Future Dates for your DiarySat 14th July St Peter’s Bacon Butties FestivalSat 21st July Open Garden 2-5 Lincoln Villa, Wisbech RdSat 28 th July OPEN DAY at RECTORY 10-4 Sat & Sun 4th & 5th Aug Open Garden 10am-4pm 88 at Nene Parade




8am Holy Communion at St John’s 1st & 3rd & 5th at St Wendreda’s 2nd & 4th 9.15am John’s Juniors Starting in Hall, joining us in Church later.9.30am Sung Communion

Hymns; 486, 482,405, 239, Sheet2pm Baptism of Olivia Jay Louise Sheppard

& Theo William SullivanOn the First Sunday in the Month






15 th July, 7 th Sunday after Trinity Readings; Amos 7 v7-15,

Ephesians 1 v3-14, Mark 6 v14-21.Readings; Ezekiel 2 v1-5, Mark 6 v1-13.

8am Holy Communion at St John’s9.30am Sung Communion Service & Junior Church

BLESSINGMia Jayne Bulpin


FUNERALSWed 11th July 2.30pm St Mary’s; Bob SmithFri 20th July 12.30pm Fenland; Audrey BirdTues 24th July 11.30am Fenland; Peter Howe



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God of the prophets, in every age you send the word of truth, familiar yet new, a sign of contradiction. Let us not be counted among those who lack faith, but give us the vision to see Christ in our midst and to welcome your saving word. Grant this through your Son Jesus Christ, in the power of the Holy Spirit. Amen.



OLD TESTAMENT Ezekiel 2 v1-5 The heavens were opened, and I saw visions of God. When I saw this, I fell on my face, and I heard the voice of someone speaking. He said to me: O mortal, stand up on your feet, and I will speak with you. And when he spoke to me, a spirit entered into me and set me on my feet; and I heard him speaking to me. He said to me, Mortal, I am sending you to the people of Israel, to a nation of rebels who have rebelled against me; they and their ancestors have transgressed against me to this very day. The descendants are impudent and stubborn. I am sending you to them, and you shall say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord God.’ Whether they hear or refuse to hear (for they are a rebellious house), they shall know that there has been a prophet among them.

GOSPEL Mark 6 v1-13 Jesus came to his home town, and his disciples followed him. On the sabbath he began to teach in the synagogue, and many who heard him were astounded. They said, ‘Where did this man get all this? What is this wisdom that has been given to him? What deeds of power are being done by his hands! Is not this the carpenter, the son of Mary and brother of James and Joses and Judas and Simon, and are not his sisters here with us?’ And they took offence at him. Then Jesus said to them, ‘Prophets are not without honour, except in their home town, and among their own kin, and in their own house.’ And he could do no deed of power there, except that he laid his hands on a few sick people and cured them. And he was amazed at their unbelief. Then he went about among the villages teaching. He called the twelve and began to send them out two by two, and gave them authority over the unclean spirits. He ordered them to take nothing for their journey except a staff; no bread, no bag, no money in their belts; but to wear sandals and not to put on two tunics. He said to them, ‘Wherever you enter a house, stay there until you leave the place. If any place will not welcome you and they refuse to hear you, as you leave, shake off the dust that is on your feet as a testimony against them.’ So they went out and proclaimed that all should repent. They cast out many demons, and anointed with oil many who were sick and cured them.

Prayer after CommunionGod of unearthly wisdom, we take offence at your humanity; we lose our faith that you can change us: come to us who are your own; convert our inward looking eyes and take us on the road where all is lost and all is gained, through Jesus Christ, the prophet. Amen.

For our prayers;Charity of the Month: Christian Blind Mission Those recently died; Barbara Payne, Bob Smith, Audrey Bird, Peter Howe. Years mind, Walter Addington, Rose Jackson, Frank Palmer, Ernest page, Grace Dunham, Audrey Rippon, Valerie McGowan, Joan Harrington, Harold Grundy, Sarah Marriott.



Vicars Rev Jane Rees: 01354 463284 [email protected] Rev Jenny Webb 01354 [email protected]

Lay Minister: Diane Wise 01354 651512 [email protected] Care Jamie Woodcock 655503 [email protected] [email protected]

Warden & HALL BOOKINGS: Shaun Godfrey 01354 461573Mark Rengert 01354 661796 [email protected] Andy Beeson [email protected] 07947 387900 PCC Secretary Karen Hammond.

YEARS MINDIn our churches we have the very good and valuable tradition of reading in our prayers the names of those who have died on the Sunday before their anniversary. This is something we very much hope to, and plan to continue. However, we do have an issue. The system allows names to be added to, but not for them to cease. This means that the lists will get longer and longer and may sometimes mean that the names which are significant to us get “diluted” in a long list of names.So, after discussion in each of our PCC’s we are suggesting that every four years, to coincide with the revision of our electoral role (the church militant here on earth) we revise the list of those departed in the faith whom we are remembering.This means that in the autumn we shall invite people to compile a new list for use from Jan 2019 (until we do it again at the end of 2022). You can put the name of anyone of significance to you who has died on the appropriate date. These can be existing people, or new ones. They can be your relatives or friends, or people who are of significance to the life of our church. We will provide a copy of the existing list to prompt you if necessary.You can put people down for the date they died, or their birthday or other anniversary, and I have known, for example people who choose to have both their parents remembered together on the same date.We are doing this because we value remembering and praying for those who have been special in our lives, and wish to keep that part of the service meaningful to those who are there to hear the names.Any comments to me, or PCC members please. Andrew







SUMMER FAIR is getting near. Sat 7 th July Help, Cakes, Prizes etc needed,

Please contact June and Bob and Jeannie.

SAFEGUARDING TRAINING - anyone involved in children or vulnerable adults – if not done recently – this Tuesday 7-9pm at St Mary’s church.

Working party, Wednesday 4th July,early risers 8.30 Weatherspoons for breakfast,

or meet at St Johns for 9.45

Save the date! Next three 1 st Thursday meetings Thursday 5 July - river trip from 129 West End starting at 7.30pm. Please bring drinks and nibbles.Saturday 21 July – summer barbeque at the home of Linda Locke. Please bring salad or dessert and own drinks. Time tba. Husbands and partners are invited. Thursday 6 September at 7pm( note time) – trip to Fenland aviation museum led by Adrian Kent.


‘Pause for Reflection’ Quiet MorningMonday 25th June 9.30 – 1pm at St Mary’s.

looking at the O.T. prophet Micah.Everyone welcome for part or all of the morning.

DIOCESAN SYNOD We are electing 3 reps from our deanery. Anyone on the electoral role can be proposed.

Regular Events SUNDAYS See Sunday Services 2nd & 4th Sundays 6-8pm Church Youth in Hall Mondays 9-11.15am St John’s Tots in Hall

3-5pm Little Miracles in HallTuesdays 10am Holy Communion at St John’s 9-11.15am Small Fellows Child Group in Hall4pm Rainbows, 6pm Brownies, 7pm Guides in HallWednesdays 10am Holy Communion at St Peter’s 9-11.15am St John’s Tots in Hall2nd Wed Christian Aid Lunch 12-1pm St P’s Hall Thursdays 8.30am Team Prayers at St Peter’s 7.30pm Church Craft Club in the HallFirst Thursdays Women’s Group – see noticeboardFridays 7pm Choir Practice3-5pm Little Miracles & 7-9pm Youth Group HallSaturdays 9am-3pm Ballet in Hall



Some Future Dates for your DiarySat 30th June Open Garden 1-5pm 129 West EndSat 7 th July St John’s Summer Fair Sat 14th July St Peter’s Bacon Butties FestivalSat 21st July Open Garden 2-5 Lincoln Villa, Wisbech RdSat 28 th July OPEN DAY at RECTORY 10-4




4 th Sunday after Trinity 24 th June 2018 Sunday Services

8am Holy Communion at St John’s 1st & 3rd & 5th at St Wendreda’s 2nd & 4th 9.15am John’s Juniors Starting in Hall, joining us in Church later.9.30am Sung CommunionBlessing of Olivia Jay Louise Sheppard & Theo William Sullivan Hymns; 334, 354, 433, 279, 443

On the First Sunday in the Month 8am Holy Communion at St John’s



Evensong is held on the 1st and 3rd Sunday each month.Regular Midweek Services

Tuesday 10am Holy Communion

at St John’s followed by refreshmentsWednesday 10am Holy Communion at St Peter’s

followed by refreshments

1st July, 5 th Sunday after Trinity Readings; Lamentations 3 v22-33 Mark 5 v21-43.

FIRST SUNDAY SERVICES – see aboveWEDDING

21st July 12.30pm Shaun Braam & Helen Upton FUNERALS

Tues 26th June 11.30am St Peter’s Daphne Harrop



[email protected] Rev Jane Rees: 01354 463284 [email protected] Rev Jenny Webb 01354 [email protected] Lay Minister: Diane Wise 01354 651512 [email protected] Care Jamie Woodcock 655503 [email protected] [email protected]

Churchwardens: Shaun GodfreyMark Rengert 01354 661796 [email protected] Andy Beeson [email protected] 07947 387900 PCC Secretary Karen Hammond.

HALL BOOKINGS: Shaun Godfrey 01354 461573“Windows” monthly magazine - editor [email protected]

COLLECT – the Prayer for Today.In the beginning, O God, your word subdued the chaos; in the fullness of time you sent Jesus, your Son, to rebuke the forces of evil and bring forth new creation. By that same power transform our fear into faith and awe in your saving presence. We ask this through your Son Jesus Christ, in the power of the Holy Spirit. Amen.

OLD TESTAMENT 1 Samuel 17 v57- 18 v5 & v10-16

On David’s return from killing the Philistine, Abner took him and brought him before Saul, with the head of the Philistine in his hand. Saul said to him, ‘Whose son are you, young man?’ And David answered, ‘I am the son of your servant Jesse the Bethlehemite.’ When David had finished speaking to Saul, the soul of Jonathan was bound to the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as his own soul. Saul took him that day and would not let him return to his father’s house. Then Jonathan made a covenant with David, because he loved him as his own soul. Jonathan stripped himself of the robe that he was wearing, and gave it to David, and his armour, and even his sword and his bow and his belt. David went out and was successful wherever Saul sent him; as a result, Saul set him over the army. And all the people, even the servants of Saul, approved.

The next day an evil spirit from God rushed upon Saul, and he raved within his house, while David was playing the lyre, as he did day by day. Saul had his spear in his hand; and Saul threw the spear, for he thought, ‘I will pin David to the wall.’ But David eluded him twice. Saul was afraid of David, because the Lord was with him but had departed from Saul. So Saul removed him from his presence, and made him a commander of a thousand; and David marched out and came in, leading the army. David had success in all his undertakings; for the Lord was with him. When Saul saw that he had great success, he stood in awe of him. But all Israel and Judah loved David; for it was he who marched out and came in leading them. EPISTLE 2 Corinthians 6 v1-13 As we work together with him, we urge you also not to accept the grace of God in vain. For he says,‘At an acceptable time I have listened to you, and on a day of salvation I have helped you.’See, now is the acceptable time; see, now is the day of salvation! We are putting no obstacle in anyone’s way, so that no fault may be found with our ministry, but as servants of God we have commended ourselves in every way: through great endurance, in afflictions, hardships, calamities, beatings, imprisonments, riots, labours, sleepless nights, hunger; by purity, knowledge, patience, kindness, holiness of spirit, genuine love, truthful speech, and the power of God; with the weapons of righteousness for the right hand and for the left; in honour and dishonour, in ill repute and good repute. We are treated as impostors, and yet are true; as unknown, and yet are well known; as dying, and see—we are alive; as punished, and yet not killed; as sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and yet possessing everything. We have spoken frankly to you Corinthians; our heart is wide open to you. There is no restriction in our affections, but only in yours. In return—I speak as to children—open wide your hearts also.

GOSPEL Mark 4 v35-41 When evening had come, he said to them, ‘Let us go across to the other side.’ And leaving the crowd behind, they took him with them in the boat, just as he was. Other boats were with him. A great gale arose, and the waves beat into the boat, so that the boat was already being swamped. But he was in the stern, asleep on the cushion; and they woke him up and said to him, ‘Teacher, do you not care that we are perishing?’ He woke up and rebuked the wind, and said to the sea, ‘Peace! Be still!’ Then the wind ceased, and there was a dead calm. He said to them,








‘Why are you afraid? Have you still no faith?’ And they were filled with great awe and said to one another, ‘Who then is this, that even the wind and the sea obey him?’

Prayer after CommunionSaving God, entering the flood and storm of chaos and confusion: speak peace to our fearful hearts that we might find our faith in him whose word brings rest to all creation; through Jesus Christ, lord of wind and wave. Amen.

For our prayers;Charity of the Month: Wood Green Animal Centre Those recently died; Reginald Barnard, Alan Long, Ivan Smith, Ted Rengert, Joanne Bishop, Kathleen Lewis, Florence Shaw, Kenneth Pooley, Terry Thorpe.








Save the date! Next three 1 st Thursday meetings Thursday 6 July - river trip from 129 West End starting at 7.30pm. Please bring drinks and nibbles.Saturday 21 July – summer barbeque at the home of Linda Locke. Please bring salad or dessert and own drinks. Time tba. Husbands and partners are invited. Thursday 6 September at 7pm( note time) – trip to Fenland aviation museum led by Adrian Kent.


‘Pause for Reflection’ Quiet MorningMonday 25th June 9.30 – 1pm at St Mary’s.

looking at the O.T. prophet Micah.Everyone welcome for part or all of the morning.



DIOCESAN SYNOD We are electing 3 reps from our deanery.

Anyone on the electoral role can be proposed. Regular Events

SUNDAYS See Sunday Services 2nd & 4th Sundays 6-8pm Church Youth in Hall Mondays 9-11.15am St John’s Tots in Hall 3-5pm Little Miracles in HallTuesdays 10am Holy Communion at St John’s 9-11.15am Small Fellows Child Group in Hall4pm Rainbows, 6pm Brownies, 7pm Guides in HallWednesdays 10am Holy Communion at St Peter’s 9-11.15am St John’s Tots in Hall2nd Wed Christian Aid Lunch 12-1pm St P’s Hall Thursdays 8.30am Team Prayers at St Peter’s 7.30pm Church Craft Club in the HallFirst Thursdays Women’s Group – see noticeboardFridays 7pm Choir Practice3-5pm Little Miracles & 7-9pm Youth Group HallSaturdays 9am-3pm Ballet in Hall

Fenland Music Centre CONCERTa wide variety of music from players of all ages.

St Peter’s 7 pm Saturday 23 rd June.



Some Future Dates for your DiarySat 30th June Open Garden 1-5pm 129 West EndSat 7 th July St John’s Summer Fair Sat 14th July St Peter’s Bacon Butties FestivalSat 21st July Open Garden 2-5 Lincoln Villa, Wisbech RdSat 28 th July OPEN DAY at RECTORY 10-4



3 rd Sunday after Trinity 17 th June 2018 Sunday Services

8am Holy Communion at St John’s 1st & 3rd & 5th at St Wendreda’s 2nd & 4th 9.15am John’s Juniors Starting in Hall, joining us in Church later.9.30am Sung Communion Hymns; 608, 178, 43, 513, 4882pm Holy Baptism of Isla Daniella Carter, Matthew Charles Knight, Kylie Louise Beckett

On the First Sunday in the Month






24 th June, 4 th Sunday after Trinity Readings; 1 Samuel 17 v57- 18 v5,

2 Corinthians 6 v1-13, Mark 4 v35-41.9.30am Sung Communion and Junior Church


FUNERALSTues 26th June 11.30am St Peter’s Daphne Harrop


[email protected]

Working parties,Thursday 21st June & Wednesday 4th July,

early risers 8.30 Weatherspoons for breakfast,or meet at St Johns for 9.45

PLEASE TAKE THIS NOTICE SH EET HOME 3 rd Sunday after Trinity, 17 th June 2018

COLLECT – the Prayer for Today.O God, at whose bidding the seed will sprout and the shoot grow to full stature, hear the prayer of your assembled people. Make us trust in your hidden ways, that we may pray with confidence and wait for your kingdom growing in our midst. We ask this through your Son Jesus Christ, in the power of the Holy Spirit. Amen.

OLD TESTAMENT Ezekiel 17 v22-24 Thus says the Lord God: I myself will take a sprigfrom the lofty top of a cedar; I will set it out. I will break off a tender one from the topmost of its young twigs; I myself will plant it on a high and lofty mountain. On the mountain height of Israel I will plant it, in order that it may produce boughs and bear fruit, and become a noble cedar. Under it every kind of bird will live; in the shade of its branches will nest winged creatures of every kind. All the trees of the field shall know that I am the Lord. I bring low the high tree, I make high the low tree; I dry up the green tree and make the dry tree

flourish. I the Lord have spoken; I will accomplish it.

EPISTLE 2 Corinthians 5 v6-10 & 14-17 Brothers and sisters, we are always confident; even though we know that while we are at home in the body we are away from the Lord— for we walk by faith, not by sight. Yes, we do have confidence, and we would rather be away from the body and at home with the Lord. So whether we are at home or away, we make it our aim to please him. For all of us must appear before the judgement seat of Christ, so that each may receive recompense for what has been done in the body, whether good or evil. The love of Christ urges us on, because we are convinced that one has died for all; therefore all have died. And he died for all, so that those who live might live no longer for themselves, but for him who died and was raised for them. From now on, therefore, we regard no one from a human point of view; even though we once knew Christ from a human point of view, we know him no longer in that way. So if anyone is in Christ, there is a new creation: everything old has passed away; see, everything has become new!

GOSPEL Mark 4 v26-34 Such a large crowd gathered around Jesus that he got into a boat and began to teach them using many parables. Jesus said, ‘The kingdom of God is as if someone would scatter seed on the ground, and would sleep and rise night and day, and the seed would sprout and grow, he does not know how. The earth produces of itself, first the stalk, then the head, then the full grain in the head. But when the grain is ripe, at once he goes in with his sickle, because the harvest has come.’ He also said, ‘With what can we compare the kingdom of God, or what parable will we use for it? It is like a mustard seed, which, when sown upon the ground, is the smallest of all the seeds on earth; yet when it is sown it grows up and becomes the greatest of all shrubs, and puts forth large branches, so that the birds of the air can make nests in its shade.’ With many such parables he spoke the word to them, as they were able to hear it; he did not speak to them except in parables, but he explained everything in private to his disciples.

Prayer after CommunionLord of the misfit, whose prophets came like weeds to an ordered garden, shaking all that deadens your love: give us faith in your kingdom’s growth, unruly and exuberant and let it be a shelter wide enough for all; through Jesus Christ, our teacher. Amen.


For our prayers;Charity of the Month: Christian Blind Mission Those recently died; Beryl Gray, Elsie Franks. Years mind, Michael Williams, Doris Lee, Don Redhead, George Campbell, Arthur Andrews, Eva Larham, Herbert Freeman, Trevor Harvey, Ronald SmithThe total sum raised in March during Christian Aid Week was £3373.33, an increase of £400 on last year. Other fund-raising efforts have meant that the overall total raised in the past year has exceeded £6000. Thank you to everyone who has helped to contribute to this total. The monies raised during the year support special EU funded projects and for every £1 we raise, the EU contributes another £3. The current project is in Ghana providing employment and business training for disabled and vulnerable young people, in a country where over 50% of young people are unemployed



Team Vicars Rev Jenny Webb: 01354 [email protected]

Rev Jane Rees: 01354 463284 [email protected] Lay Minister: Diane Wise 01354 651512 [email protected] Care Jamie Woodcock 655503 [email protected] [email protected]



Thursday 7 th June 7.30pm at St John’s Sung Communion for the Feast of Corpus Christi

Due to weather conditions (the river closed) we are sorry but we will not able to have the boat back in time for the 1 st Thursday river trip. Instead there will be a Boatle Drive (a beetle drive but with a

nautical theme) on WEDNESDAY 6 JUNE at 7.30 at 129 West End. Please bring nibbles if you wish.

Raffle. All ladies welcome.

Regular Events SUNDAYS See Sunday Services 2nd & 4th Sundays 6-8pm Church Youth in Hall Mondays 9-11.15am St John’s Tots in Hall 3-5pm Little Miracles in HallTuesdays 10am Holy Communion at St John’s 9-11.15am Small Fellows Child Group in Hall 12-1pm Pilates Rainbows, Brownies, Guides in HallWednesdays 10am Holy Communion at St Peter’s

9-11.15am St John’s Tots in Hall Thursdays 8.30am Team Prayers at St Peter’s 1.45-2,45pm Pilates 7.30pm Church Craft Club in the HallFirst Thursdays Women’s Group – see noticeboardFridays 7pm Choir Practice3-5pm Little Miracles & 7-9pm Youth Group HallSaturdays 9am-3pm Ballet in Hall

Next Deanery Synod will have as its main agenda item BAPTISMS and how we follow up.

Anyone interested in this is welcome to attend.Thursday 14 th June 7.30pm in Welney Church

Some Future Dates for your DiarySat 16th June Open Garden 2-5pm 45 Henson RdSat 30th June Open Garden 1-5pm 129 West EndSat 7 th July St John’s Summer Fair Sat 14th July St Peter’s Bacon Butties Festival

St John’s PCC; Tues 12 th June 7.30pm in Church Team Council; Tuesday 5 th June 7.30pm St Peter’s

Working parties,Thursday 21st June & Wednesday 4th July,

early risers 8.30 Weatherspoons for breakfast,or meet at St Johns for 9.45

WEDDING16th June St John 3pm Martin Talmage & Amy Birt

FUNERALSTues 5th June 11.30am St Peter’s Michael ShermerTues 5th June 2.30pm Fenland Stephen KinghamWed 6th 4pm George will be brought into ChurchThur 7th June 11.30am St W’s Margaret Bedford 3.30pm St John’s George BishopFri 8th June 12.30pm Fenland Beryl GrayWed 13th June 12.45pm St John’s Elsie Franks



1 st Sunday after Trinity 3 rd June 2018

Sunday Services8am Holy Communion at St John’s 1st & 3rd & 5th at St Wendreda’s 2nd & 4th

On the First Sunday in the Month 9.30am FAMILY SERVICE








in the HALL(Breakfast from 9am)

and 9.30am in Church Sung Service with

Laying on of hands.6.30pm Evensong at St Peter’s.

Evensong is held on the 1st and 3rd Sunday each month.Other Sundays;9.15am John’s Juniors Starting in Hall, joining us in Church later.9.30am Sung Communion



10 th June, 2 nd Sunday after Trinity Readings; Genesis 3 v8-15,

2 Corinthians 4 v13 – 5 v1, Mark 3 v20-35.9.30am Sung Communion and Junior Church


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Thanks to those who came to Prayer workshop.If anyone is interested in leading prayers in our services we are producing a guide to help you.

Please see Andrew or Diane if interested1 st Sunday after Trinity, 3 rd June 2018

COLLECT – the Prayer for Today.Holy God you sanctified this day as a time for rest and worship. As its blessed hours unfold, place on our lips canticles of praise and in our hearts the charity of Christ, that this day may be a pledge and a foretaste of the eternal kingdom yet to come. We ask this through Jesus Christ, your Son, in the power of the Holy Spirit. Amen.

OLD TESTAMENT Deuteronomy 5 v12-15, The Lord says this: Observe the sabbath day and keep it holy, as the Lord your God commanded you. For six days you shall labour and do all your work. But the seventh day is a sabbath to the Lord your God; you shall not do any work—you, or your son or your daughter, or your male or female slave, or your ox or your donkey, or any of your livestock, or the resident alien in your towns, so that your male

and female slave may rest as well as you. Remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt, and the Lord your God brought you out from there with a mighty hand and an outstretched arm; therefore the Lord your God commanded you to keep the sabbath day.

EPISTLE 2 Corinthians 4 v5-12 We do not proclaim ourselves; we proclaim Jesus Christ as Lord and ourselves as your slaves for Jesus’ sake. For it is the God who said, ‘Let light shine out of darkness’, who has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ. 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. We are afflicted in every way, but not crushed; perplexed, but not driven to despair; persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed; always carrying in the body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be made visible in our bodies. For 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. So death is at work in us, but life in you.

GOSPEL Mark 2 v23 - 3 v6 One sabbath Jesus was going through the cornfields; and as they made their way his disciples began to pluck heads of grain. The Pharisees said to him, ‘Look, why are they doing what is not lawful on the sabbath?’ And he said to them, ‘Have you never read what David did when he and his companions were hungry and in need of food? He entered the house of God, when Abiathar was high priest, and ate the bread of the Presence, which it is not lawful for any but the priests to eat, and he gave some to his companions.’ Then he said to them, ‘The sabbath was made for humankind, and not humankind for the sabbath; so the Son of Man is lord even of the sabbath.’ Again he entered the synagogue, and a man was there who had a withered hand. They watched him to see whether he would cure him on the sabbath, so that they might accuse him. And he said to the man who had the withered hand, ‘Come forward.’ Then he said to them, ‘Is it lawful to do good or to do harm on the sabbath, to save life or to kill?’ But they were silent. He looked around at them with anger; he was grieved at their hardness of heart and said to the man, ‘Stretch out your hand.’ He stretched it out, and his hand was restored. The Pharisees went out and immediately conspired with the Herodians against him, how to destroy him.



God made known in human frailty; your chosen one walked though field where bitterness flourished and mercy was enclosed: break through our conspiracies of unholy power and teach us what it means to save and honour life; through Jesus Christ, lord of the sabbath. Amen.

For our prayers;Charity of the Month: Those recently died; James Norris, Kath Clarke, Grace Mann, Margaret Bedford, Michael Shermer, George Bishop, Beryl Gray, Elsie Franks. Years mind, Victoria Thornley, Leslie Stevens, June Saberton, John Steward, Michael Brown, Tony Wise, Harold Porter, Brenda Mottram







If you have any KEYS to the HALL please can you let Shaun know as we are updating the Register.



All- you-can eat Crumble and CustardTHIS Thursday 31st May 6-8pm

St John's Church Hall £5 adults, £3 childrenIf people would like to donate fruit or bring a crumble along, it would be much appreciated.

‘Next First Thursday will be on Wednesday 6th

June and will be an evening on or by the river at Rachel Beeson’s Home from 7.30.

All ladies welcome.Please bring cakes/nibbles

Regular Events SUNDAYS See Sunday Services 2nd & 4th Sundays 6-8pm Church Youth in Hall Mondays 9-11.15am St John’s Tots in Hall 3-5pm Little Miracles in Hall

Tuesdays 10am Holy Communion at St John’s 9-11.15am Small Fellows Child Group in Hall 12-1pm Pilates Rainbows, Brownies, Guides in HallWednesdays 10am Holy Communion at St Peter’s 9-11.15am St John’s Tots in Hall Thursdays 8.30am Team Prayers at St Peter’s 1.45-2,45pm Pilates 7.30pm Church Craft Club in the HallFirst Thursdays Women’s Group – see noticeboardFridays 7pm Choir Practice3-5pm Little Miracles & 7-9pm Youth Group HallSaturdays 9am-3pm Ballet in Hall



Some Future Dates for your DiarySat 16th June Open Garden 2-5pm 45 Henson RdSat 30th June Open Garden 1-5pm 129 West EndSat 7 th July St John’s Summer Fair Sat 14th July St Peter’s Bacon Butties Festival

WEDDING16th June St John 3pm Martin Talmage & Amy Birt

FUNERALSWed 30th May 1.30pm, Fenland, James Norris Thur 31st May 1.45pm St Mary’s Kath Clarke Fri 1st June 11.45am St John’s Grace MannTues 5th June 11.30am St Peter’s Michael ShermerTues 5th June 2.30pm Fenland Stephen KinghamThur 7th June 11.30am St W’s Margaret BedfordThur 7th June 3.30pm St John’s George Bishop

St John’s PCC; Tues 12 th June 7.30pm in Church Team Council; Tuesday 5 th June 7.30pm St Peter’s



TRINITY SUNDAY 27 th May 2018 Sunday Services

8am Holy Communion at St John’s 1st & 3rd & 5th at St Wendreda’s 2nd & 4th 9.15am John’s Juniors








Starting in Hall, joining us in Church later.9.30am Sung Communion Hymns; 259, 163, 274, 173, 7383.30pm Baptism of Helen Jennifer Anne Gowler and Logan Chapman

On the First Sunday in the Month at 9.30amFAMILY SERVICE in the HALL and

in Church Sung Service with Laying on of hands.



3 rd June, 1 st Sunday after Trinity Readings; Deuteronomy 5 v12-15,

2 Corinthians 4 v5-12, Mark 2 v23 - 3 v6.Communion 8am.

9.30am FAMILY SERVICE in the HALL and in Church 9.30am Sung Service

with Laying on of hands. 6.30pm Evensong at St Peter’s.

Evensong is held on the 1st and 3rd Sunday each month.PLEASE take a complementary copy

of the WINDOWS MAGAZINE


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Thanks to those who came to the Prayer workshop last week.

If anyone is interested in leading prayers in our services we are producing a guide to help you.

Please see Andrew or Diane if interestedTRINITY SUNDAY 27 th May 2018

COLLECT – the Prayer for Today.God our Father, you have given us a share in the life that is yours with your Son and the Holy Spirit. Strengthen the life of your Church, that we may know your presence, observe your commands, and proclaim the gospel to every nation. We ask this through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God for ever and ever. Amen.

OLD TESTAMENT Psalm 29Ascribe to the Lord, O heavenly beings, ascribe to the Lord glory and strength. Ascribe to the Lord the glory of his name; worship the Lord in holy splendour.

The voice of the Lord is over the waters; the God of glory thunders, the Lord, over mighty waters. The voice of the Lord is powerful; the voice of the Lord is full of majesty. The voice of the Lord breaks the cedars; the Lord breaks the cedars of Lebanon. He makes Lebanon skip like a calf, and Sirion like a young wild ox. The voice of the Lord flashes forth flames of fire. The voice of the Lord shakes the wilderness; the Lord shakes the wilderness of Kadesh. The voice of the Lord causes the oaks to whirl, and strips the forest bare; and in his temple all say, ‘Glory!’ The Lord sits enthroned over the flood; the Lord sits enthroned as king for ever. May the Lord give strength to his people! May the Lord bless his people with peace!

GOSPEL John 3 v1-17 There was a Pharisee named Nicodemus, a leader of the Jews. He came to Jesus by night and said to him, ‘Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher who has come from God; for no one can do these signs that you do apart from the presence of God.’ Jesus answered him, ‘Very truly, I tell you, no one can see the kingdom of God without being born from above.’ Nicodemus said to him, ‘How can anyone be born after having grown old? Can one enter a second time into the mother’s womb and be born?’ Jesus answered, ‘Very truly, I tell you, no one can enter the kingdom of God without being born of water and Spirit. What is born of the flesh is flesh, and what is born of the Spirit is spirit. Do not be astonished that I said to you, “You must be born from above.” The wind blows where it chooses, and you hear the sound of it, but you do not know where it comes from or where it goes. So it is with everyone who is born of the Spirit.’ Nicodemus said to him, ‘How can these things be?’ Jesus answered him, ‘Are you a teacher of Israel, and yet you do not understand these things? ‘Very truly, I tell you, we speak of what we know and testify to what we have seen; yet you do not receive our testimony. If I have told you about earthly things and you do not believe, how can you believe if I tell you about heavenly things? No one has ascended into heaven except the one who descended from heaven, the Son of Man. And just as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of Man be lifted up, that whoever believes in him may have eternal life. ‘For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him may not perish but may have eternal life.


‘Indeed, God did not send the Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him.

Prayer after CommunionEnfolding God, Trinity of love, you are our source, our goal, our life: may we be born again in you no more to live alone and unconnected, but sharing in the Spirit’s breath and carried to your heart; through Jesus Christ, who lifts us up. Amen.

For our prayers;Charity of the Month: British Heart Foundation Those recently died; Colin Shepherd, James Norris, Kath Clarke, Grace Mann, Margaret Bedford, Michael Shermer, George Bishop. Years mind, Mary Dicker, Derrick Dunmore, Sidney Butters.

Shaun takes up office with Mark as Churchwarden as Andrew has transferred to become our Treasurer.









THIS Wednesday Exploring Prayer 23 rd May 7pm at St John’s Hall

An evening to explore the diocesan “Way of Life”designed to help people deepen their prayer life.

Open to all, but perhaps especially those who lead our prayers in Sunday services and those would like to start.

Shaun takes up office with Mark as Churchwarden as Andrew has transferred to become our Treasurer.

One more session for those confirmed,THIS Thurs 24th May 7.30pm at St John’s Hall

Regular Events SUNDAYS See Sunday Services 2nd & 4th Sundays 6-8pm Church Youth in Hall Mondays 9-11.15am St John’s Tots in Hall 3-5pm Little Miracles in HallTuesdays 10am Holy Communion at St John’s 9-11.15am Small Fellows Child Group in Hall 12-1pm Pilates Rainbows, Brownies, Guides in HallWednesdays 10am Holy Communion at St Peter’s 9-11.15am St John’s Tots in Hall Thursdays 8.30am Team Prayers at St Peter’s 1.45-2,45pm Pilates 7.30pm Church Craft Club in the HallFirst Thursdays Women’s Group – see noticeboardFridays 7pm Choir Practice3-5pm Little Miracles & 7-9pm Youth Group HallSaturdays 9am-3pm Ballet in HallNext Deanery Synod will have as its main agenda item

BAPTISMS and how we follow up.Anyone interested in this is welcome to attend.Thursday 14 th June 7.30pm in Welney Church

CHRISTIAN AID – many thanks to all.Jane’s Coffee Morning total £473.15.Not too late to give to Christian Aid.

Some Future Dates for your DiarySat 26th May 11am Concert at St Peter’sSat 16th June Open Garden 2-5pm 45 Henson RdSat 30th June Open Garden 1-5pm 129 West EndSat 7 th July St John’s Summer Fair Sat 14th July St Peter’s Bacon Butties Festival

For our prayers;Charity of the Month: British Heart Foundation Those recently died; Norman Salmon, Colin Shpeherd, James Norris, Kath Clarke, Grace Mann, Margaret Bedford.








Years mind, Winifred Skinner, Ada Palfrey, Herbert Seaman, Muriel Munns, Grenville Sutton, Elsie Ball, Eric Piddington.


St John’s PCC; Tues 12 th June 7.30pm in Church




PENTECOST Whitsunday 20 th May 2018

Sunday Services8am Holy Communion at St John’s 1st & 3rd & 5th at St Wendreda’s 2nd & 4th 9.15am John’s Juniors Starting in Hall, joining us in Church later.9.30am Sung Communion Hymns; 409, 138, 367, 137, 342, 297PENTECOST SERVICE 4pm St Wendreda’s.





27 th May, TRINITY Sunday Readings; Psalm 29, John 3 v1-17.

Communion 9.30am; Junior Church as usual.3.30pm Baptism of Helen Jennifer Anne Gowler



[email protected] Vicars Rev Jenny Webb: 01354 650855

[email protected] Jane Rees: 01354 463284 [email protected]

Lay Minister: Diane Wise 01354 651512 [email protected] Care Jamie Woodcock 655503 [email protected] Ministry Karen [email protected]


FUNERALSThu 24th May 11am St John’s Colin ShepherdWed 30th May 1.30pm, Fenland, James Norris Thur 31st May 1.45pm St Mary’s Kath Clarke Fri 1st June 11.45am St John’s Grace MannThur 7th June 11.30am St W’s Margaret Bedford


Send down, O God, upon your people the flame of your Holy Spirit, and fill with the abundance of your sevenfold gift the Church you brought forth from your Son’s pierced side. may your life-giving Spirit lend fire to our words and strength to our witness. Send us forth to the nations of the world to proclaim with boldness your wondrous work of raising Christ to your right hand. We make our prayer through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God for ever and ever. Amen.

OLD TESTAMENT Ezekiel 37 v1-14 The hand of the Lord came upon me, and he brought me out by the spirit of the Lord and set me down in the middle of a valley; it was full of bones. He led me all round them; there were very many lying in the valley, and they were very dry. He said to me, ‘Mortal, can these bones live?’ I answered, ‘O Lord God, you know.’ Then he said to me, ‘Prophesy to these bones, and say to them: O dry bones, hear the word of the Lord. Thus says the Lord God to these bones: I will cause breath to enter you, and you shall live. I will lay sinews on you, and will cause flesh to come upon you, and cover you with skin, and put breath in you, and you shall live; and you shall know that I am the Lord.’ So I prophesied as I had been commanded; and as I prophesied, suddenly there was a noise, a rattling, and the bones came together, bone to its bone. I looked, and there were sinews on them, and flesh had come upon them, and skin had covered them; but there was no breath in them. Then he said to me, ‘Prophesy to the breath, prophesy, mortal, and say to the breath: Thus says the Lord God: Come from the four winds, O breath, and breathe upon these slain, that they may live.’ I prophesied as he commanded me, and the breath came into them, and they lived, and stood on their feet, a vast multitude. Then he said to me, ‘Mortal, these bones are the whole house of Israel. They say, “Our bones are dried up, and our hope is lost; we are cut off completely.” Therefore prophesy, and say to them, Thus says the Lord God: I am going to open your graves, and bring you up from your graves, O my people; and I will bring you back to the land of Israel. And you shall know that I am the Lord, when I open your graves, and bring you up from your







graves, O my people. I will put my spirit within you, and you shall live, and I will place you on your own soil; then you shall know that I, the Lord, have spoken and will act, says the Lord.’

NEW TESTAMENT Acts 2 v1-11 When the day of Pentecost had come, they were all together in one place. And suddenly from heaven there came a sound like the rush of a violent wind, and it filled the entire house where they were sitting. Divided tongues, as of fire, appeared among them, and a tongue rested on each of them. All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other languages, as the Spirit gave them ability. Now there were devout Jews from every nation under heaven living in Jerusalem. And at this sound the crowd gathered and was bewildered, because each one heard them speaking in the native language of each. Amazed and astonished, they asked, ‘Are not all these who are speaking Galileans? And how is it that we hear, each of us, in our own native language? Parthians, Medes, Elamites, and residents of Mesopotamia, Judea and Cappadocia, Pontus and Asia, Phrygia and Pamphylia, Egypt and the parts of Libya belonging to Cyrene, and visitors from Rome, both Jews and proselytes, Cretans and Arabs—in our own languages we hear them speaking about God’s deeds of power.’

GOSPEL John 15 v26-27 & 16 v4b-15 Jesus spoke to his disciples: ‘When the Advocate comes, whom I will send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth who comes from the Father, he will testify on my behalf. You also are to testify because you have been with me from the beginning. I have said these things to you so that when their hour comes you may remember that I told you about them. I did not say these things to you from the beginning, because I was with you. But now I am going to him who sent me; yet none of you asks me, “Where are you going?” But because I have said these things to you, sorrow has filled your hearts. Nevertheless, I tell you the truth: it is to your advantage that I go away, for if I do not go away, the Advocate will not come to you; but if I go, I will send him to you. And when he comes, he will prove the world wrong about sin and righteousness and judgement: about sin, because they do not believe in me; about righteousness, because I am going to the Father and you will see me no longer; about judgement, because the ruler of this world has been condemned. I still have many things to say to you, but you cannot bear them now. When the Spirit of truth comes, he will guide you into all the truth; for he will not speak on his own, but will speak whatever he hears, and he will declare to you the things that are to come. He will

glorify me, because he will take what is mine and declare it to you. All that the Father has is mine. For this reason I said that he will take what is mine and declare it to you.

Prayer after CommunionSpirit of truth: guide us into all truth; consume the lies that shroud the world in hate; pray in us with sighs too deep for words; and let the victims voice ring out with hope for a new world; through Jesus Christ, who goes to the right hand of God. Amen.

Archdeacon’s Visitation and Licensing of Churchwardens.

Service THIS Wednesday May 16th 7.30pm at St Mary’s

All are welcome at this service.Archdeacon Hugh will be spending the day in March, preaching at the 10am service at St Peter’s, and over

coffee until about 12noon there will be a chance to talk.Shaun will take up office as Churchwarden as Andrew

has transferred to become our Treasurer.

One more session for those confirmed,Thurs 24th May 7.30pm at St John’s Hall

Regular Events SUNDAYS See Sunday Services 2nd & 4th Sundays 6-8pm Church Youth in Hall Mondays 9-11.15am St John’s Tots in Hall 3-5pm Little Miracles in HallTuesdays 10am Holy Communion at St John’s 9-11.15am Small Fellows Child Group in Hall 12-1pm Pilates Rainbows, Brownies, Guides in HallWednesdays 10am Holy Communion at St Peter’s 9-11.15am St John’s Tots in Hall Thursdays 8.30am Team Prayers at St Peter’s 1.45-2,45pm Pilates 7.30pm Church Craft Club in the HallFirst Thursdays Women’s Group – see noticeboardFridays 7pm Choir Practice3-5pm Little Miracles & 7-9pm Youth Group HallSaturdays 9am-3pm Ballet in Hall

Christian Aid Week; 12 th -20 th May Please support by your gifts and taking envelopes out. Revd Jane Rees is hosting a Coffee Morning on 17th May from 10 – 11.30am 49 Gresley Way.



Wednesday 23 rd May 7pm at St John’s Hall Exploring Prayer



THY KINGDOM COMEThe Archbishop’s Initiative.

Vigil at St Wendreda’sStarting with Service 6pm Sat 19th May

followed by a Vigil until 9pmEnding with PENTECOST Service

4pm Sunday 20th May at St Wendreda’sAll Welcome



Sunday in Ascensiontide 13 th May 2018

Sunday Services8am Holy Communion at St John’s 1st & 3rd & 5th at St Wendreda’s 2nd & 4th 9.15am John’s Juniors Starting in Hall, joining us in Church later.9.30am Sung Communion Hymns; 240, 546, 701, 111, 1132pm Baptisms of Ronnie Paul Wood, Olivia Haper Jackson, David John Jackson





20 th May, PENTECOST, Whitsunday Ezekiel 37 v1-14, Acts of the Apostles 2 v1-11,

John 15 v26-27 & 16 v6-19,Communion (8&9.30) Junior Church as usual.PENTECOST SERVICE 4pm St Wendreda’s.



[email protected] Vicars Rev Jenny Webb: 01354 650855

[email protected] Jane Rees: 01354 463284 [email protected]

Lay Minister: Diane Wise 01354 651512 [email protected] Care Jamie Woodcock 655503 [email protected] Ministry Karen [email protected]


Thanks to all who supported, organised and enjoyed the Family Fun Day

FUNERALSWed May 16th 2.30pm Fenland Norman Salmon


God of power and might, in the mystery of the Ascension you have raised up and glorified your Son, and exalted our humanity at your right hand. Confirm the good news your Church proclaims, so that when Christ returns in glory all nations may be gathered into the kingdom, where he lives and reigns with you, now and always in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God for ever and ever. Amen.

ACTS of the APOSTLES 1 v15-17 &21-26 In those days Peter stood up among the believers (together the crowd numbered about one hundred and twenty people) and said, ‘Friends, the scripture had to be fulfilled, which the Holy Spirit through David foretold concerning Judas, who became a guide for those who arrested Jesus— for he was numbered among us and was allotted his share in this ministry.’ So one of the men who have accompanied us throughout the time that the Lord Jesus went in and out among us, beginning from the baptism of John until the day when he was taken up from us—one of these must become a witness with us to his resurrection.’ So they proposed two, Joseph called Barsabbas, who was also known as Justus, and Matthias. Then they prayed and said, ‘Lord, you know everyone’s heart. Show us which one of these two you have chosen to take the place in this ministry and apostleship from which Judas turned aside to go to his own place.’ And they cast lots for them, and the lot fell on Matthias; and he was added to the eleven apostles.

EPISTLE 1 John 5 v9-13 If we receive human testimony, the testimony of God is greater; for this is the testimony of God that he has testified to his Son. Those who believe in the Son of God have the testimony in their hearts. Those who do not believe in God have made him a liar by not believing in the testimony that God has given concerning his Son. And this is the testimony: God gave us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. Whoever has the Son has life; whoever does not have the Son of God does not have life.







I write these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, so that you may know that you have eternal life.

GOSPEL John 17 v6-19 Jesus looked up to heaven and prayed: ‘Father, I have made your name known to those whom you gave me from the world. They were yours, and you gave them to me, and they have kept your word. Now they know that everything you have given me is from you; for the words that you gave to me I have given to them, and they have received them and know in truth that I came from you; and they have believed that you sent me. I am asking on their behalf; I am not asking on behalf of the world, but on behalf of those whom you gave me, because they are yours. All mine are yours, and yours are mine; and I have been glorified in them. And now I am no longer in the world, but they are in the world, and I am coming to you. Holy Father, protect them in your name that you have given me, so that they may be one, as we are one. While I was with them, I protected them in your name that you have given me. I guarded them, and not one of them was lost except the one destined to be lost, so that the scripture might be fulfilled. But now I am coming to you, and I speak these things in the world so that they may have my joy made complete in themselves. I have given them your word, and the world has hated them because they do not belong to the world, just as I do not belong to the world. I am not asking you to take them out of the world, but I ask you to protect them from the evil one. They do not belong to the world, just as I do not belong to the world. Sanctify them in the truth; your word is truth. As you have sent me into the world, so I have sent them into the world. And for their sakes I sanctify myself, so that they also may be sanctified in truth.

Prayer after CommunionSanctifying God, your gift to us is one who overcame the system which enslaves and feeds upon the victim: send us to your world to speak truth in peace, to stand with those who suffer, to show another way; through Jesus Christ, the life of all things. Amen.

For our prayers;Charity of the Month: BRITISH HEART FOUNDATIONThose who are ill, Those recently died; Norman Salmon, Kath Clarke. Years mind, Hannah Hearne, Stanley Westwood, Patricia Rengert, Fred Saberton, Beatrice Housden, Alfred Faraday.

Some Future Dates for your DiarySat 26th May 11am Concert at St Peter’s

Sat 16th June Open Garden 2-5pm 45 Henson RdSat 30th June Open Garden 1-5pm 129 West EndSat 7 th July St John’s Summer Fair Sat 14th July St Peter’s Bacon Butties Festival

London Revolution - Tim Mills will be cycling 180

miles and 9000 ft of climbing around London on 12/13 May 2018 for Alzheimer’s Research UK. Please sponsor form at the back of church, see me or via My Donate at https://mydonate.bt.com/fundraisers/timmills1. Thanks


MAY DAY – THIS MONDAYFamily Fun Day 11am -3pm

Please come and enjoy !!!!A request please for raffle prizes, cakes and helpers.

THANK YOU to all who made last Sunday’s Confirmation such a moving experience.

One more session for those confirmed,Thurs 24th May 7.30pm at St John’s Hall

Please continue to pray forKatherine, Liam, Darren from St Peter’s,

Claire, Mary, Clare, Shannon, Sophie, Vicky, Janet Bob, Ken, Andrew, Dennis, Jacob, from St John’s

Christian Aid Week; 12 th -20 th May rapidly approaching. Please could you offer an hour for the Street/Supermarket collection on Saturday 12th May, or for house to house collecting in a street of your choice. Lists are available in churches.There is a special pre-Christian Aid Week lunch at St. Peter’s on 9th May at 12 noon – please book with Margaret Oatey 01354 655050Revd Jane Rees is hosting a Coffee Morning on 17th May from 10 – 11.30am 49 Gresley Way.




THIS Thursday 10 th May ASCENSION DAY

Sung Communion St Mary’s 7.30pm. All Welcome


Service Wed May 16th 7.30pm at St Mary’sAll are welcome at this service.

Archdeacon Hugh will be spending the day in March, preaching at the 10am service at St Peter’s, and over

https://mydonate.bt.com/fundraisers/timmills1

coffee until about 12noon there will be a chance to talk with him.

THY KINGDOM COMEThe Archbishop’s Initiative.

Vigil at St Wendreda’sStarting with Service 6pm Sat 19th May

followed by a Vigil until 9pmEnding with PENTECOST Service

4pm Sunday 20th May at St Wendreda’sAll Welcome

FUNERALSWed May 16th 2.30pm Fenland Norman Salmon




Sunday 5 th May Easter 6

Sunday ServicesToday is the First Sunday in the Month

so service are8am Holy Communion at St John’s 1st & 3rd & 5th at St Wendreda’s 2nd & 4th

FAMILY SERVICE 9.30am in the HALL

9.30am in ChurchSung Service with Laying on of hands

Hymns 22, 666, 730, 688, 5362pm Baptism of Deaglan James Edward Martin

6.30pm Evensong in St Peter’s ChurchEvensong is held on the 1st and 3rd Sunday each month.



13 th May, Sunday in Ascensiontide, Acts 1 v15-17 & 21-26, 1 John 5 v9-13, John 17 v6-19,

Communion 8am at St Wendreda’s9.15am John’s Juniors


2pm Baptism of Ronnie Paul Wood,

Olivia Haper Jackson, David John Jackson




Rev Jane Rees: 01354 463284 [email protected] Lay Minister: Diane Wise 01354 651512 [email protected] Care Jamie Woodcock 655503 [email protected] Ministry Karen [email protected]

Churchwardens:Mark Rengert 01354 661796 [email protected] Beeson 07947 387900 [email protected]


COLLECT – the Prayer for Today.God of all nations, in the gift of your Son you have embraced the world with a love that takes away our sin and bestows perfect joy. Grant to all who have been reborn in baptism fidelity in serving you and generosity in loving one another. We ask this through Jesus Christ, the first born from the dead, who lives and reigns with you, now and always in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God for ever and ever. Amen.

EPISTLE 1 John 5 v1-6 Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ has been born of God, and everyone who loves the parent loves the child. By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God and obey his commandments. For the love of God is this, that we obey his commandments. And his commandments are not burdensome, for whatever is born of God conquers the world. And this is the victory that conquers the world, our faith. Who is it that conquers the world but the one who believes that Jesus is the Son of God? This is the one who came by water and blood, Jesus Christ, not with the water only but with the water and the blood. And the Spirit is the one that testifies, for the Spirit is the truth.

GOSPEL John 15 v9-17 Jesus said to his disciples: “As the Father has loved me, so I have loved you; abide in my love. If you keep my commandments, you will abide in my love, just as I have kept my Father’s commandments and abide in his love. I have said these things to you so that my joy may be in you, and that your joy may be complete. ‘This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you. No one has greater love than this, to lay down one’s life for one’s friends. You are my friends if you do what I command you. I do not call you servants any longer, because the servant does not know what the







master is doing; but I have called you friends, because I have made known to you everything that I have heard from my Father. You did not choose me but I chose you. And I appointed you to go and bear fruit, fruit that will last, so that the Father will give you whatever you ask him in my name. I am giving you these commands so that you may love one another.”

Prayer after CommunionGod of abiding love, you choose us as your servants and dare to call us friends: take our fragmented hearts, commanding them to love, making whole our joy, our life reborn in you; through Jesus Christ, who laid down his life for us. Amen.

All enquiries about Weddings Baptisms to Rector Andrew Smith 01354 279232

Some Future Dates for your DiaryMon 7th May 2-5 Open Garden 24 Gordon AveSat 12th May from 9am Plant Sale at St Peter’sSat 12th May 1.30pm-5pm Open Garden 215 Creek RdSat 26th May 11am Concert at St Peter’sSat 16th June Open Garden 2-5pm 45 Henson RdSat 30th June Open Garden 1-5pm 129 West EndSat 7 th July St John’s Summer Fair Sat 14th July St Peter’s Bacon Butties Festival

Regular Events SUNDAYS See Sunday Services 2nd & 4th Sundays 6-8pm Church Youth in Hall Mondays 9-11.15am St John’s Tots in Hall 3-5pm Little Miracles in HallTuesdays 10am Holy Communion at St John’s 9-11.15am Small Fellows Child Group in Hall 12-1pm Pilates Rainbows, Brownies, Guides in HallWednesdays 10am Holy Communion at St Peter’s 9-11.15am St John’s Tots in Hall Thursdays 8.30am Team Prayers at St Peter’s 1.45-2,45pm Pilates 7.30pm Church Craft Club in the HallFirst Thursdays Women’s Group – see noticeboardFridays 7pm Choir Practice3-5pm Little Miracles & 7-9pm Youth Group HallSaturdays 9am-3pm Ballet in Hall

From our APM Thanks to all of you for a good year, and for all you have done. Especially for Tim standing down as Treasurer, and to Andrew transferring from Churchwarden to be treasurer. Looking forward !

Next working party: Thursday 3rd May. Early risers meet 8.30 Weatherspoons for breakfast or in Church for 9.45. Many cups of coffee, banter and, in general, a good time! Please join us.

London Revolution - Tim Mills will be cycling 180 miles and 9000 ft of climbing around London on 12/13

May 2018 for Alzheimer’s Research UK. Please sponsor

form at the back of church, see me or via My Donate at https://mydonate.bt.com/fundraisers/timmills1. Thanks

Thanks to Jackie who has done this notice sheet for several years. Trying a new format let me know what you think we need to include for regulars and visitors.

For our prayers;Charity of the Month: Eddies . Cambridgeshire charity providing services to children, young adults and adults with learning difficulties.Those who are ill, Those recently died; Mavis Peel, Kathryn Dryden, Norman Salmon. Years mind, Norah Bacon, Mary Bastille, Dennis Parish, Glen Whitby, Carole Burton, Malcolm Smith, Pam Frost.TODAY; All members of the congregations

are invited toConfirmation with Bishop Stephen of Ely is on Sunday April 29 th at 4pm in St John’s.

Please come and support the 15 candidates.Katherine, Liam, Darren from St Peter’s,

Claire, Mary, Clare, Shannon, Sophie, Vicky, Janet Bob, Ken, Andrew, Dennis, Jacob, from St John’s

SAFEGUARDING Training.See information at back, about who needs to go on

which courses, pcc members those who work with or are leaders with young or vulnerable people.

Christian Aid Week – Volunteers needed



Open to all, but perhaps especially those who lead our prayers in Sunday services

and those would like to start.

ASCENSION DAY Thursday 10 th May Sung Communion St Mary’s 7.30pm. All Welcome

Bishop of Ely is leading a pilgrimage to Holy land next Feb. See notice. We went last time – very good


Service Wed May 16th 7.30pm at St Mary’sAll are welcome at this service.

Archdeacon Hugh will be spending the day in March, preaching at the 10am service at St Peter’s, and over

coffee until about 12noon there will be a chance to talk with him.

A request please for raffle prizes, cakes and helpers for the May Day Family Fun Day. It all happens on Monday 7th May – 11:00am until 3:00pm.

Next First Thursday on FRIDAY 4 MAY. Afternoon tea at Three Tuns in Doddington. Time to be confirmed.


Cost - £8 full afternoon tea, £5 cream tea. All ladies welcome. Please let Rachel or Jackie know TODAY

Next working party: Thursday 3rd May. Early risers meet 8.30 Weatherspoons for breakfast or in Church for 9.45. Many cups of coffee, banter and, in general, a good time! Please join us. THANKS for this Week’s, the Wisbech Collge Students & Church people.

London Revolution - Tim Mills will be cycling 180 miles and 9000 ft of climbing around London on 12/13 May 2018 for Alzheimer’s Research UK. Please sponsor form at the back of church, see me or via My Donate at https://mydonate.bt.com/fundraisers/timmills1. Thanks.

FUNERALSTues May 1st 11.30 Fenland; Kathryn Dryden 1.45pm St Peter’s; Mavis PeelWed May 16th 2.30pm Fenland Norman Salmon



Sunday 29 th April Easter 5

Sunday Services8am Holy Communion at St John’s 1st & 3rd & 5th at St Wendreda’s 2nd & 4th 9.15am John’s Juniors Starting in Hall, joining us in Church later.9.30am Sung Communionwith Baptism of Joshua Jack Edward Goodman Hymns; 37, 730, 399, 215, 190

TODAY – All Welcome4pm CONFIRMATION Service at St John’s



Next Sunday, Easter 6, 6 th May Readings 1 John 5 v1-6, John 15 v9-17,

Communion 8am at St John’sFAMILY SERVICE 9.30am in the HALL

9.30am Service with Laying on of hands in Church2pm Baptism of Deaglan James Edward Martin

6.30pm Evensong in St Peter’s ChurchEvensong is held on the 1st and 3rd Sunday each month.




Rev Jane Rees: 01354 463284 [email protected] Lay Minister: Diane Wise 01354 651512 [email protected] Care Jamie Woodcock 655503 [email protected] Ministry Karen [email protected]

Churchwardens:Mark Rengert 01354 661796 [email protected] Beeson 07947 387900 [email protected]


Thanks to Jackie who has done this notice sheet for several years. Trying a new format let me know what you think we need to include for regulars and visitors.


O God, you graft us on to Christ, the true vine, and with tireless care, you nurture our growth in knowledge and reverence. Tend the vineyard of your Church, that in Christ each branch may bring forth to the glory of your name abundant fruits of faith and love. Grant this through Jesus Christ, the resurrection and the life, who lives and reigns with you, now and always in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God for ever and ever. Amen.

EPISTLE 1 John 4 v7-21 Beloved, let us love one another, because love is from God; everyone who loves is born of God and knows God. Whoever does not love does not know God, for God is love. God’s love was revealed among us in this way: God sent his only Son into the world so that we might live through him. In this is love, not that we loved God but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the atoning sacrifice for our sins. Beloved, since God loved us so much, we also ought to love one another. No one has ever seen God; if we love one another, God lives in us, and his love is perfected in us. By this we know that we abide in him and he in us, because he has given us of his Spirit. And we have seen and do testify that the Father has sent his Son as the Saviour of the world. God abides in those who confess that Jesus is the Son of God, and they abide in God. So we have known and believe the love that God has for us.God is love, and those who abide in love abide in God, and God abides in them. Love has been perfected among us in this: that we may have boldness on the day of judgement, because as he is, so are we in this world. There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear; for fear has to do with punishment, and whoever fears has not reached perfection in love. We love because he first loved us. Those who say, ‘I love God’, and hate their brothers or sisters, are liars; for those who do not








love a brother or sister whom they have seen, cannot love God whom they have not seen. The commandment we have from him is this: those who love God must love their brothers and sisters also.

GOSPEL John 15 v1-8 Jesus said th the disciples: ‘I am the true vine, and my Father is the vine-grower. He removes every branch in me that bears no fruit. Every branch that bears fruit he prunes to make it bear more fruit. You have already been cleansed by the word that I have spoken to you. Abide in me as I abide in you. Just as the branch cannot bear fruit by itself unless it abides in the vine, neither can you unless you abide in me. I am the vine, you are the branches. Those who abide in me and I in them bear much fruit, because apart from me you can do nothing. Whoever does not abide in me is thrown away like a branch and withers; such branches are gathered, thrown into the fire, and burned. If you abide in me, and my words abide in you, ask for whatever you wish, and it will be done for you. My Father is glorified by this, that you bear much fruit and become my disciples.

Prayer after CommunionGod of deep soil and luxuriant growth; you call us from our shallow selves to find our depth in you: may we abide in him alone who can teach us who we are; through Jesus Christ, the true vine. Amen.

For our prayers;Charity of the Month: Eddies . Cambridgeshire charity providing services to children, young adults and adults with learning difficulties.Those who are ill, Those recently died; Mavis Peel, Kathryn Dryden, Maureen Molyneux, Jean Manchett, Norman Salmon. Years mind, Mary Bird, Don Bays, Arthur Litchfield, Margaret Woolhouse, Vernon Mills, Linda Johnson, Edward Rippon, Gladys Barnard, Terence Westwood, Jason Curtis, William Jackson, Fanny Smith, Kelly Barford, George Dunham.

Some Future Dates for your DiaryMon 7th May 2-5 Open Garden 24 Gordon AveSat 12th May from 9am Plant Sale at St Peter’sSat 12th May 1.30pm-5pm Open GardenSat 26th May 11am Concert at St Peter’sSat 16th June Open Garden 2-5pm 45 Henson RdSat 30th June Open Garden 1-5pm 129 West EndSat 7 th July St John’s Summer Fair Sat 14th July St Peter’s Bacon Butties Festival

Regular Events SUNDAYS See Sunday Services 2nd & 4th Sundays 6-8pm Church Youth Group in Hall Mondays 9-11.15am St John’s Tots in Hall 3-5pm Little Miracles in HallTuesdays 10am Holy Communion at St John’s 9-11.15am Small Fellows Child Group in Hall 12-1pm Pilates

Rainbows, Brownies, Guides in HallWednesdays 10am Holy Communion at St Peter’s 9-11.15am St John’s Tots in Hall Thursdays 8.30am Team Prayers at St Peter’s 1.45-2,45pm Pilates 7.30pm Church Craft Club in the HallFirst Thursdays Women’s Group – see noticeboardFridays 7pm Choir Practice 3-5pm Little Miracles and 7-9pm Youth Group in HallSaturdays 9am-3pm Ballet in HallMonthly faith exploration groups; at St John’s 10.45-12noon

1st May, 12th June at St Peter’s 7.30-9pm 2nd May, 6th JuneAll enquiries about Weddings Baptisms to Rector

Andrew Smith 01354 279232 From our APM Thanks to all of you for a good year, and for all you have done. Especially for Tim standing down as Treasurer, and to Andrew transferring from Churchwarden to be treasurer. Looking forward !

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