St Catherine - St Christopher - St Laurence - St Mark - St Mary
THE PARISH OF ST LAURENCE-IN-THANET
Five Churches United in Christ
Pew News
7th July
Sixth Sunday after Trinity
Should you have a gluten allergy and wish to receive communion please let one of the sides people know at least 10 minutes before the service starts so that a gluten free wafer may be provided (St Laurence).
READINGS FOR TODAY
Ezekiel 2:1-5 & 2:9-10, Psalm 123, 2Corinthians 12:2-10, Mark 6:1-13
THE COLLECT FOR TODAY
Merciful God, you have prepared for those who love you, such good things as pass our understanding; pour into our hearts such love toward you that we, loving you in all things and above all things, may obtain your promises, which exceed all that we can desire. Through our Lord and saviour Jesus Christ – who is alive and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.
PEOPLE FOR PRAYER
Lucas, Nicky, Shirley, Dave S, David, Dennison, Adam, Orla, Frederick, Freda, Val, Pam, Barbara S, Susan, David, Wendy, Peter, Torben, Matt, Alistair
THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK
“What you are is God’s gift to you, what you become is your gift to God.”
– Hans Urs von Balthasar
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What’s on this Week |
TODAY 7th July, 2024
18:30 Evening Service St Mark - CM
2Samuel 8:1-15, Psalm 60
MONDAY 8th July
TUESDAY 9th
18:30 - 19:30 Beginners’ Bellringing Practice St Laurence Tower
19:30 - 21:00 Bellringing Practice St Laurence Tower
Contact Freda Parker 07732 864076
19:00 Home Group - Bible Study. PLEASE NOTE NEW START TIME
Contact 01843 583103 if you are interested in joining this group
WEDNESDAY 10th
10:00 - 12:00 Knit and Natter St Mark Lounge
50p contribution for refreshments. Contact Frances Barnes on 01843 869043 or 07359 421662
19:00 Licensing of Rev Catherine Tucker St Laurence
There will be additional parking available in the Pie Factory Music site in High Street St Lawrence (opposite Ellington Infant School)
THURSDAY 11th
14:00 Thursday Fellowship St Mark Lounge
Contact Prim Williamson 01843 594512
FRIDAY 12th
11:00 Prayer Group St Mark
Contact Jan Austin 07766 547510
SATURDAY 13th
10:00 - 14:00 Open Church St Laurence
Contact Barbara Byne: 07867 974275
14:00 - 17:00 Summer Fayre St Laurence
Notices and Forthcoming Events
THE LICENSING OF REVD CATHERINE TUCKER AS PRIEST-IN-CHARGE:
7.00pm on Wednesday 10th July. The Parochial Wardens of St Laurence-in-Thanet would be delighted if you will celebrate the Licensing of the Revd Catherine Tucker as Priest-in-Charge of the St Laurence-in-Thanet Benefice by the Rt Revd Rose Hudson-Wilkin, Bishop of Dover with the Ven. Dr William Adam, Archdeacon of Canterbury. The service will take place at St Laurence-in-Thanet Church, St Lawrence, Ramsgate CT11 0QT, with refreshments following the service.
REV CATHERINE TUCKER: On the first four Sundays of her ministry, Rev Catherine will preach at all four churches and much looks forward to worshipping with you all.
ST LAURENCE SUMMER FAYRE: Saturday 13th July. Donations of raffle/tombola prizes, cakes and even cash so prizes can be bought, would be gratefully received. If you can help with the Fayre in any way, please speak to Ann Gregson or Kelly Gooding at St Laurence after the Sunday services.
ST LAWRENCE CLOCK APPEAL: We have a “Go fund me” page up and running, it can be found at https://gofund.me/581f5ddd Please pass this on to anyone who would like to donate to the fund. There are also posters up in St Laurence Church with Go fund me tags for people to take the information home.
The BANK ACCOUNT details for the clock appeal are Lloyds Bank, sort code 30-99-50 and account number 37336762. The account name is St Lawrence Clock Restoration Appeal. You are able to pay donations direct into this account either as a one off donation or a monthly direct debit. Please support us where you can, the more people who make donations or come to our events, the quicker we will reach the target and get the restoration work underway. - Freda Parker (Tower Captain)
THANET FOOD LINK: July’s most wanted items are: pasta sauce, packet meals, tinned meat (with ring-pulls), long-life juice, squash. Please take donations to your church or directly to the food bank base behind B&Q. Contact me (JP) for verbal directions.
WORSHIP NEXT SUNDAY
14th July, 2024, 7th Sunday after Trinity
Amos 7:7-15, Psalm 85:8-end, Ephesians 1:3-14, Mark 6:14-29
ST LAURENCE
10:00 Communion Rev Ken Cox & Rev Catherine Tucker
12:00 Baptism Rev Ken Cox
ST CATHERINE
10:00 Service of the Word Amanda Madgwick
ST CHRISTOPHER
Shared service with St Mark
ST MARK
10:00 Communion Rev Brian Griffiths
18:30 Evening service Christine Martin
Psalm 67, 2Samuel 7:18-29
ST MARY
10:00 Service of the Word Sue Cox
PARISH OFFICE
2 Newington Road, Ramsgate, CT11 0QT
01843 592478
Please note that the office only has volunteers manning it. Regularly, this is Sue Cox on a Thursday morning and Barbara Byne on a Friday morning (9-11am).
Here are some useful contacts:
Parochial Wardens: Sharon Cutler warden2@stlaurenceparish-ramsgate.org.uk
Kevin Spain kmschurchwarden @hotmail.com
Parish Treasurer: Alison Willoughby-Browne treasurer@stlaurenceparish-ramsgate.org.uk
Baptism Clerk: Kelly Gooding baptisms@stlaurenceparish-ramsgate.org.uk
Pew News: Julia Penn via text message on 07979 989115 / email diamond-jules@hotmail.co.uk
The Pew News is prepared on a Wednesday afternoon and printed copies are produced on a Thursday morning.
