Midweek Bulletin

MID-WEEK BULLETIN – Wednesday 20th September 2023

‘As the rain and the snow come down from the heaven, and do not return to it without watering the earth and making it bud and flourish, so that it yields seed for the sower and bread for the eater, so is my word that goes out from my mouth: it will not return to me empty, but will accomplish what I desire, and achieve the purpose for which I sent it.’  (Isaiah 55:10-11)  

 

DIARY          

Saturday 23rd September

12.30pm: Wedding (Ruth CLARK & Steven RUDKIN) + Choir

 

Sunday 24th September (16th after Trinity)

11.00am: Harvest Festival & Communion, Withyham led by the Bishop of Chichester

Regarding receiving communion, especially since the pandemic some have preferred to dip their wafers into the wine (‘intinction’). Please note that Bishop Martin is strongly opposed to this practice on theological grounds – sharing the ‘common cup’.

Please bring dry food or tins for Family Support Work.

 

Monday 25th September

Harvest Supper: POSTPONED – see below

 

Thursday 28th & Friday 29th September: CHURCH CLOSED whilst dislodged ceiling tiles are re-fixed.  11.00am Holy Communion on Friday CANCELLED. 

 

Saturday 30th September 

7.00pm: Concert in Withyham Church - ‘An Evening of Song’   

Tickets £15 each from Sue Cooper or Gilly Halcrow.

 

Sunday 1st October

9.45am: Zoom, 11.00am Holy Communion, 6.30pm: Harvest Festival, Blackham

In the morning, continuing the Sermon Series on the 10 Commandments: the 4th

 

Sunday 15th October

12.15pm: after Matins, Harvest Lunch at The Rectory

 

The Kings Hall, Withyham

Next Village Lunch: Tomorrow 12.15 for 12.30pm.

 

For your PRAYERS

The Persecuted Church: Christians in MOZAMBIQUE. Believers in N. Mozambique are increasingly in danger from militant Islamic extremist groups, often based in neighbouring Somalia; thousands have been killed and Christians face daily threats of abduction or death. 

 

Those in particular need of our prayers: Sheila JONES – on 9th October she moves to a care home in Edenbridge ‘for the foreseeable future’.  Edenbridge Manor Care Home, Mont St Aignan Way, Edenbridge TN8 5FA + her current mobile number.

 

The Bereaved: The family and friends of those known to us.