St. Luke s Church, Maidenhead

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1 St. Luke s Church, Maidenhead 8.00 am Holy Communion am Word Service In Celebration of Angels 3.00 pm CTIM Service: Outside Sainsburys 4.00 pm Sunday Half-hour: Neve House Church Office: Week commencing: 5th August th Sunday After Trinity Retiring collection for charity after church today WELCOME TO OUR WORSHIP If you are new to St. Luke s please do make yourself known to the ministers or the sidespeople. You may like to complete the contact form on the back of this sheet. Everyone is welcome to join us for refreshments after the am service at the back of church. Please stay if you can. This week at St. Luke s: Everyone is welcome to all of our services and activities Tuesday 7th 8.30 am Morning Prayer 8.00 pm Re-ordering Meeting Wednesday 8th 8.30 am Morning Prayer am Holy Communion 7.00 pm Wedding Rehearsal Thursday 9th 8.30 am Morning Prayer pm Thursday Teas 5.00 pm Evening Prayer Friday 10th 8.30 am Morning Prayer noon Vestry Hour 5.00 pm Evening Prayer Saturday 11th 9.00 am Morning Prayer 1.30 pm Wedding of Daniel Lewis and Natasha Geary

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4 Next Sunday, 12th August: 10th Sunday of Trinity 8.00 am Holy Communion President: The Reverend Sally Lynch am Holy Communion and Baptism President: The Reverend Sally Lynch Preacher: The Reverend Terrie Robinson Next week s Bible reading: John 6.35, For your prayers Please pray for: Our ministry and vision for the future, our giving of ourselves to God All those married here this summer, especially Daniel and Natasha to be married here this week and Tom and Lisa, Charlie and Bea married here last week. Pupils, staff, governors and families at our Primary School Those who live and work in Wellington Road Jude being baptised here this week and those baptised here recently, their families and godparents. The sick and those who care for them: Gillian Fitzpatrick, Tim Williams, Win and Len Reynolds, Nick, Katharine, Steve N. Hilary Fortnam, Stephen Sands, Beryl Horsham, Melanie, John Francis, Carl Bartholomew, Jo Jones, Keith Martin. Alan Maclean, Claudia Earle, Julie Tulloch, baby twins Florence Lily and Alice Rose, Michael Seward Those who have died recently, and those who mourn them: Gillian Dawson, Jean Stevens, Sidney Allen, Donald Theobold. If you are new to us We d love to stay in touch with you, so please complete the following and pass it to one of the sidespeople or put it in the office mailbox. Name (s) Address Contact number I / we agree to our information being kept on the parish database. Date Signed

5 The floodlighting has not been sponsored this week by: What s happening? See below, and......check out our website too WORSHIP AND SPIRITUALITY: Reaching Out: We have postponed this pastoral course so that we can run all the sessions in one go and hopefully be joined by folk from another church. Therefore the sessions will be, 29th August, 5th September, 12th September, 19th September. All contactors and pastoral care team are strongly urged to come along. All at 8 pm in the Parish Centre. Oxford Biblical Studies on Line: is a new free resource available to all of us from the RBWM library service. All you need to take advantage of it is a library card available free from any RBWM Library. More information from bookmarks available at the back of church, or the church library! St Luke's Wave of Prayer: One of the ministries that everyone and anyone can be involved in, is the ministry of prayer. At St Luke's we pray constantly for the world, its communities and people, and for all creation. The newly formed Social Gospel working group would like to support this ministry by setting up an 'Wave of Prayer'. Everyone taking part in the Wave will receive a fortnightly with brief information about events or situations that have a particular need for peace and justice, together with prayer points. If you would like to join in the Wave of Prayer, please send your address to terrie.robinson@aco.org<mailto:terrie.robinson@aco.org> with 'Wave of Prayer - Count me in' in the subject line. The Social Gospel Working: will next meet at 8.00pm on 14 August at 7 Golden Ball Lane. Please call Terrie or terie.robinson@aco.org if you would like to come along and need directions. All welcome. There will be no Tuesday evening service of Holy Communion for the next three weeks. The next service will be at 7.30 (note time) on Tuesday 28th August, followed by a PCC meeting. Members of the PCC are warmly encouraged to attend the service before the meeting. Normal service resumes at 7.15pm on Tuesday 4th September. Due to holidays there will be no service at 10 am on Wednesday 15th August. All Saints church has a service of Holy Communion at 10 am on Wednesdays and Church of the Good Shepherd at 10 am on Thursdays (in the pastoral Centre). Everyone is warmly invited to those services Pools of Stillness: An opportunity for quiet reflection in church: followed by Compline. For more details ask Sally. Starts again in the autumn. Readings: If you are reading in church and would like a copy in advance to practice please let the office know.

6 INFORMATION Church Community: we are always keen to improve communication in church and one way we hope to do this is by sending out a weekly update. We have many peoples addresses and hope you are happy for us to update you in this way. If you know or think that we do not have your address, please can you the Parish Office on admin@stlukeschurchmaidenhead.org.uk and in the subject line update please include me. We will be starting this from the end of August. Gift Envelopes: Our offerings are taken in the middle of the service. If you pay tax you may wish to use the gift envelope in the pews for your offering Vision meeting: Thanks to all who came to the first of our new way of holding meetings. The Vision Meetings, and Focus Planning Groups for the rest of the year are: (All at 8.00 pm in church) Sept. 25th: Children & Young People Social Gospel Social & Fundraising Nov. 27th: Liturgy Fabric Nurture Jan. 22nd: Children & Young People Social Gospel Social & Fundraising Outreach Notes of the meeting held on the 24th July are now available at the back of church, PCC members will have a copy ed to them. Pastoral Care: at our recent ministry team meeting we discussed how we might best support pastoral need within the parish and congregation. If you have or know of any particular pastoral need please let one of the ministry team know in the first instance and we will determine the best way in which to support. This may be visiting, home communion or a whole variety of other care. Charles Davis Trust: are giving grants of supermarket vouchers to the elderly. If you are (or know of someone) over the age of 70 years who are resident in the Old Borough of Maidenhead who is on limited income then please apply. Successful applicants are invited to a service at St. Mary s Church on Friday 9th November Application forms are available from the Town Hall. Further details at the back of church. SOCIAL and FUNDRAISING Local Weekly Evening Walks: All are welcome on the following rambles, meeting at 7.15pm - just 4 more now before the evenings get too dark. Note that we are trying a new system of advanced booking so that we know that at least 2 others will join us. You are asked to tell the Leader, preferably on the Sunday or at the least by 5pm on the day of the walk if you intend coming, otherwise it may not happen. Wed. 8 Aug [Note change of Leader] Meet at Public Car Park near Hurley Church (GR825840) for a 3.5mm flat walk via lanes, fields and the Thames towpath. Leader: Roger Clarke T Thur 16 Aug. Meet at the Horse & Groom (GR803779) on the A4 at Hare Hatch for a 3m flatish walk in the Ruscombe area. Leader: Roger Bevitt T Please share cars if possible and if it s raining phone Leader to check that the walk is still on. Saturday Ramble: Next Saturday 18th August, when we plan to walk about 8

7 miles on the Berkshire Downs. Meet at church for a departure, bring sensible walking boots, waterproofs, etc., and a picnic lunch. Afterwards please join us for an evening meal to round off the day. More details from Roger C. Tel: Ladies Breakfasts: An opportunity for ladies of all ages to be spoilt with a delicious breakfast hear an interesting speaker and chat together. Saturdays am. Next dates 15th September, 24th November Foodshare: Are in need of a regular supply of food. We are looking for people to commit to regular donations of a can/packet of food a week. If you are able to help, please see Sue Brett or bring food to the box at the back of church, for dedication each Sunday Charities Fair: All those who are willing to help choose the range of preserves etc to be sold, and designing the stall and setting it up on the day are invited to a short meeting to plan the details on Wednesday 5th September, 7.45 for 8.00 pm at 22 Wavell Rd. New volunteers as well those with previous experience are welcome - please note the date and let me know if you can come. Many thanks for the empty Bon Maman jars and lids you ve given me so far for my marmalade making. Please keep them coming. I know it seems a long way ahead but the fruits are ripening so jam-makers and preservers will soon be going into action for us. Jilly Bevitt T Ride + Stride: This annual sponsored event (previously called CRoW) raises money for the Berks Churches Trust (who give grants toward the restoration of churches of all denominations throughout the county), and for our own church. Peter Goford (T ) has kindly agreed to lead a sponsored team of cyclists visiting various churches. Please contact him soon if you are interested in joining that team ride. Alternatively, if you are more of a strider you could walk as an individual or a group to visit other churches (Roger Bevitt T for details). Many churches will be open under the Heritage Open Day scheme and Ann Darracott is already organising a team of guides for our church. Roger B. Littlewick Green show draw tickets: are now available please see Helen Poynter to buy your tickets. Please do support the draw we get the takings from what we sell! Foodshare: St. Luke s School organised a drop off donation day for Food Share on the 13 July. They are also planning to set up a regular donation day from September onwards. The school have received a lovely letter from Foodshare. Please take a moment to read it at the back of church. Contactors: a new letter slip is now available at the back of church for you to drop off to your contactees if you wish. Welcoming: there is also a slip to drop through the door of people who move into homes in the parish welcoming them and telling them about the church please do use them. For streets in our parish only.

8 HELP NEEDED CTIM: we have had an from CTiM asking if we have any names to add to the list of those invited to the Christmas day lunch. Those who are eligible would have no family or friends with whom to share the day and must come from within the Maidenhead area (including Holyport, Bray, Cookham and Bourne End). Suitable transport can be arranged within these boundaries only. If you know of anyone who you think should be invited please let Sue Brett know via the Church Office asap. The Big Clean and Church Care Time: If you like to see our church really clean and in good order and enjoy working with others to achieve this and help our finances, please note the date for this major effort. We shall soon be compiling lists of volunteers to offer an hour or more of help in a team for the Big Clean (contact Chris Sawyers T ) or a team for maintenance/diy tasks (contact Roger Bevitt T ). Further details on future Pew Sheets. More Than Gold: together with CTIM are holding an open air service on 2nd September at 3pm outside Sainsburys. They are looking for volunteers to welcome people as they arrive and hand out song sheets. They are also in need of volunteers to help erect a gazebo over the area where the musicians and equipment will be. If you can help in either of these activities, please can you contact Sue in the office. REGULAR ACTIVITIES St. Luke s Toddler Group meet in the Community Hall every Thursday morning during term time, 9:30am - 11:00am, Brownies meet in the Community Hall every Thursday evening, 6:30pm - 7:45pm.The Sunday Club, for children aged 3 to 10 years, meet every Sunday at 10.00am in the Parish Centre, (except the first Sunday in the month, which is an all-age worship service in church). The Sparklers, for young people aged 10+, meet in the Community Hall for discussions. Sparklers leave church before the sermon. Emmaus Discussion Group about aspects of our faith. Contact: Eileen Goford (T ) Emmaus 05 (2nd Course) Contact: Sue Harbour (T ) Timeout topical issues aired and shared. Contact: Shula Tajima (T ) BRF (discussion about bible reading notes) Contact: Revd Dick Cheek (T ) Prayer Group 1st Wednesday in the month. 3:00pm in church St. Luke s Church Office open Tuesday and Friday 9.30 am pm Administrator: Mrs. Sue Brett (01628) Vicar: The Reverend Sally Lynch (01628)