Dear Friends,
Here is the update for this week.
A little word
Now Jesus loved Martha and her sister, Mary, and Lazarus. John 11.5 (NIV)
The gospels describe how Mary, Martha and their brother Lazarus gave Jesus hospitality in their home at Bethany outside Jerusalem. This coming week they are remembered in the church calendar. After Lazarus’s death, Jesus wept and was moved by the sisters’ grief: he brought Lazarus back from the dead that the glory of God might be shown. Martha recognized Jesus as the Messiah, while Mary anointed his feet and, on another occasion, was commended by Jesus for her attentiveness to his teaching while Martha served. From this, Mary is traditionally taken to be an example of the contemplative spiritual life and Martha an example of the active spiritual life. Lazarus, interestingly, like Joseph the carpenter, never has a single word attributed to him in the gospels.
Things to pray for
- Give thanks that we are all different, express our faith in different ways, and are all loved by Jesus.
- For those tackling the symptoms and causes of poverty.
- For our fundraising and the logistics as we work to get the project started in the Autumn.
Sunday services
9.15am Sunday Gathering
10.30am Holy Communion
Summer series – Inspiring Stories
Readings: Numbers 6.22-27
Our children’s provision, CoGs, is now in the summer break. Families are welcome to worship altogether.
7pm Reflective
This week is a meditation.
This Week’s Headlines
Fundraiser – latest update, £3120 raised.
The total is quickly mounting, thank you everyone who has given so far. We are almost at 1/3 of our target already.
Do share the news and campaign with friends and family.
Link to fundraiser: www.justgiving.com/campaign/ccpitsmoor or you can also give using our Card Machine or with a cheque or cash in the special envelopes on the Welcome Desk.
Summer Services
Starting this week, now the schools have broken up, we will be in our Summer series. Instead of a ‘sermon’ we will have an interview, where we get to know better some of the faces we see at the front, and learn a bit of their story and what motivates them. I hope you enjoy it.
This week is our Churchwarden, Blessing.
St. Peter’s Summer Fair
What’s on?
Wednesday 10am – Stay and Play on summer break. Re-starts in September.
Thursday 10am – Holy Communion in the Church followed by refreshments. Lunch Club takes a break for August.
Thursday 6.30pm – International Meal in the Welcome Centre.