October - 1st November 2020
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Tri-weekly Notes 18 th October - 1 st November 2020 Our service pattern remains unchanged over the next few weeks! 8am BCP Holy Communion - just turn up (no need to book) and please bring a face covering to wear. For test and trace, you will need to give your name and contact number when you arrive. 9.30am Parish Eucharist - please book in advance to come. Call Ruth on 023 9255 6445, or email [email protected]. Please bring a face covering to wear. 11am Sundays@11 is now indoors and outdoors - you choose where to be! We’ll be meeting in the Bulson Hall and also on the grass outside. There will be a screen by the back doors of the Bulson Hall, so that people outside can see and hear. Wherever you’re going to sit, please bring your own picnic blanket or chairs to sit on if you can. You don’t need to book in advance (although we will need to record your presence for Track and Trace). All Parish Eucharists and Sundays@11 will be live streamed on YouTube and Facebook. Some 8am services will also be streamed. See online for information at stfaithslee.org/sunday-8am/ Thursday 11.30am Communion service - just turn up (no need to book) and please bring a face covering to wear. For test and trace, you will need to give your name and contact number when you arrive. Church Office and Vestry decorating Over the next 5/6 weeks we will have painters each Thursday, to paint the church office and vestry. As you can imagine there may be a ‘little bit of chaos’ but please do still ring/email through service bookings or other queries as usual. Ruth will be away for two weeks and Jo Drew will kindly be covering the office during this time. Many thanks for your patience and understanding whilst this work gets underway.
Transcript of October - 1st November 2020
Tri-weekly Notes
18th October - 1st November 2020
Our service pattern remains unchanged
over the next few weeks!
8am BCP Holy Communion - just turn up (no need to book) and please
bring a face covering to wear. For test and trace, you will need to give your
name and contact number when you arrive.
9.30am Parish Eucharist - please book in advance to come. Call Ruth on
023 9255 6445, or email [email protected]. Please bring a face
covering to wear.
11am Sundays@11 is now indoors and outdoors - you choose where
to be! We’ll be meeting in the Bulson Hall and also on the grass outside.
There will be a screen by the back doors of the Bulson Hall, so that people
outside can see and hear. Wherever you’re going to sit, please bring your
own picnic blanket or chairs to sit on if you can. You don’t need to book in
advance (although we will need to record your presence for Track and
Trace).
All Parish Eucharists and Sundays@11 will be live streamed on
YouTube and Facebook. Some 8am services will also be streamed.
See online for information at stfaithslee.org/sunday-8am/
Thursday 11.30am Communion service - just turn up (no need to book)
and please bring a face covering to wear. For test and trace, you will need to
give your name and contact number when you arrive.
Church Office and Vestry decorating Over the next 5/6 weeks we will have painters each
Thursday, to paint the church office and vestry. As you can
imagine there may be a ‘little bit of chaos’ but please do still
ring/email through service bookings or other queries as usual.
Ruth will be away for two weeks and Jo Drew will kindly be
covering the office during this time. Many thanks for your
patience and understanding whilst this work gets underway.
Annual Parochial
Church Meeting news Last Sunday we held our Annual
Parochial Church Meeting (APCM). Thanks to everyone
who joined online and in
person.
Thanks also to those who were willing to join the PCC - Joyce Dawson, Mandy
Fulton and Carolyn Keyzor - and Deanery Synod - Mike James, Luke Marshall
and Roger Vann. Cliff Rook and Mike Shrives have been elected as church-
wardens.
Much of the APCM was about looking back to 2019 (which feels a very long
time ago), but Paul spoke about the church’s current situation and plans for the
future. You can watch Paul’s short talk about these things on the St Faith’s
YouTube channel - please do so if you can!
There is a link to our YouTube channel, and to all the APCM documents, on
the APCM web page: www.stfaithslee.org.uk/apcm
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Remembrance Sunday
online - 8 November This Remembrance Sunday there will
be no gathering at the war memorial on the seafront. This is because
pandemic rules do not allow such
large gatherings at the moment.
We will however be recording an
Act of Remembrance for the Lee
community, and live streaming it at
10.50am on Remembrance Sunday.
We will encourage our local community to join in with this live stream, and for
the two minute’s silence, to stand on their doorsteps as they did for Clap for Carers earlier in the year.
At St Faith’s we will be holding our usual morning services on Remembrance
Sunday, and we will show the Act of Remembrance for the Lee Community on
the screen in the Bulson Hall before Sundays@11.
The Prayer Course -
it’s not too late to join This last week we started The Prayer Course -
and it’s not too late to join! The course is being held on Zoom; to register, please email Paul or sign up via the church website:
stfaithslee.org.uk/the-prayer-course
The course runs on Zoom at 7.30pm on Wednesday and Thursday evenings.
(You only need to come to either Wednesday or Thursday - the sessions are
repeated).
This is a great opportunity to learn
to pray and to explore prayer with
others who are learning too.
Everyone is welcome!
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Service of Remembrance and Thanksgiving
4pm Sunday 15th November Our annual Service of Remembrance and Thanksgiving is an opportunity for
people who have lost a loved-one to remember them at a special service. This
year the service will be held online, due to pandemic restrictions.
During the service, there will be an opportunity to remember loved ones
through prayer, reflections, candles, and a visual tribute of photos and names.
If you would like someone to be included in this visual tribute, please use the
form on our website to send us their name and a photo:
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People and Planet Meeting
7.30pm Tuesday 20th
October on Zoom The People and Planet group are
meeting this Tuesday on Zoom - If you wish to join the meeting please contact
Elaine Johnson for the Zoom link: [email protected].
Five things God can't do.
God can do anything and everything! The hope and help this truth offers is a balm
to my soul when I’m in need of answered prayer and strength to move on. But
there is also comfort in looking at the things God doesn’t do. It’s not that He
can’t… it’s more that He won’t. https://bit.ly/3loCivr
How do we deal with the invisible plague of shame?
Shame and guilt are often confused, and it is very important to distinguish them
clearly because they need dealing with in very different ways. Please note that
here I am not talking about the kind of shame that comes from being guilty. I am
writing of the kind of shame some have called ‘toxic shame’ which stands alone.
https://bit.ly/2Ffx3Pq
Running an unexpected course.
The author of Hebrews calls us to run the race with endurance. But each of us
must run a specific course—”the race that is set before us” (Heb. 12:1). The terrain affects the momentum with which we run and the effort we exert. The
more challenging the obstacles in our way, the more endurance we need.
https://bit.ly/3jIDwkE
Where to begin in learning about Social Justice.
The topic of social justice is receiving much attention within the church and
without. In scouring the Bible’s pages to see what it says about matters of justice
we may have overlooked the one book that is explicitly and specifically intended to
give us wisdom for this very topic. https://bit.ly/30JREmq
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Congratulations!
Frankie Gunns’ Son-in-Law Andrew of the Royal Engineers has been
awarded a CBE! This is fantastic news. Congratulations!
Volunteer Dog walking
Would you be able to help walk a dog for an elderly
person in Lee? If you are able to offer some spare time
to help with this, please contact Sandy Tumkin 07915
621660 for details.
Advent & Christmas 2020 - a year like no other... This year, due to the pandemic, Advent & Christmas will look different to the
past, and we are thinking creatively about how we can help our community
celebrate these special times. Below are some ways you can get involved in our different festivities this year….
Advent Trail This Advent St Faith’s would like to host an Advent
trail through Lee! Each week a number of windows
would be revealed, like windows in an Advent
calendar, for people to find. The window and where
it can be found will be posted online on the relevant
day with a short explanation of what it represents.
Get involved!
There are a number of
ways you can get involved with the Advent trail:
Do you live in Lee and have a window that can
be seen easily from the pavement that you
would consider giving over to a display from the
number you are allocated until 12th night?
Would you like to help design the windows?
Would you like to record a short explanation?
Contact Becca on 023 9200 6184 or at [email protected] to get
involved!
The Not-So-Live Nativity This year we can’t hold our
successful Live Nativity, but we are
going to record some of the sketch-
es from last year, for use in our
Christmas celebrations.
We’re looking for household/bubbles to volunteer to act a scene together,
recorded in the Bulson Hall. We welcome all ages, and bubble members who
don’t normally come to church as well as our regulars. So if you and your family/grandchildren/pals fancy having a go – do let Mary know (contact
details on the back page). We may even be able to tweak the scripts to suit
your particular group!
Welcome Teams on Sundays:
new people needed! Our Sunday Welcome Teams do some
really important things: welcoming people to the church, helping services run
smoothly, and keeping us all safe through Track and Trace lists, for example.
We need some more people to help on our Welcome Teams at Sunday
services! Full training will be given. If you can be a friendly face as people
arrive, and can help with some practical things around services, then it’s you
we’re looking for! Please contact Rita Morgan (023 9255 4078;
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Traidcraft Stall Sunday 18th October The next stall(s) will be on 18th October and 1st November. We will have new catalogues, Christmas
Cards, wrapping paper and Advent calendars in addition
to our usual items. Advent calendars are the same
price as last year at £3.99. Please do not leave it too
late to order what you
need! I will remain at the
back of the Church until just before the 11 am
service for the convenience of those attending
that service. The order sheet will be on the stall
plus hand sanitisers and wipes for the pen.
Looking forward to seeing you and thank you.
Cecily Parkinson
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Congratulations! Baby Elin Marged Townsend
(Welsh for Ellen Margaret)
arrived on Wednesday at 9.07am weighing 6lb 10oz and
is absolutely perfect! Anna
got home on Thursday to
meet her. Nicki.
For your prayers in these weeks
Collect for the 19th Sunday after Trinity (18th October)
O God, forasmuch as without you we are not able to please you;
mercifully grant that your Holy Spirit
may in all things direct and rule our hearts;
through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord,
who is alive and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever. Amen.
Collect for the Last Sunday after Trinity (25th October)
Blessed Lord, who caused all holy Scriptures to be written for our learning:
help us so to hear them,
to read, mark, learn and inwardly digest them
that, through patience, and the comfort of your holy word,
we may embrace and for ever hold fast the hope of everlasting life,
which you have given us in our Saviour Jesus Christ,
who is alive and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever. Amen.
All Saints’ Day (1st November)
Almighty God, you have knit together your elect
in one communion and fellowship
in the mystical body of your Son Christ our Lord:
grant us grace so to follow your blessed saints
in all virtuous and godly living
that we may come to those inexpressible joys
that you have prepared for those who truly love you;
through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord, who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.
Those who are unwell: Andrew Munro, Heather Beer, Marjorie Elliott,
Ryan, Sarah
Please pray for:
Our new PCC members, and for our plans for remembrance, Advent and
Christmas
For all those who will receive our Harvest gifts via the Food Bank in
Gosport
For scientists working on treatments and vaccines for Covid-19
For those who feel isolated and lonely at this time
For a closer walk with God for all of our church community
Vicar
Revd Dr Paul Chamberlain
023 9200 6184
Curate
Revd Dr Mary Kells
01329 556151
Director of Music
Richard Dewland
07561 318 355
Church Administrator
Ruth Dewland
023 9255 6445
Churchwarden
Cliff Rook
023 9255 1300
Churchwarden
Mike Shrives
023 9255 0525
Contact us!
www.stfaithslee.org.uk
www.stfaithsparishcentre.org.uk
