Dear Sisters and Brothers, Welcome to our weekly pew sheet and updates blog. Remember to try and keep this sheet digital but do print copies for those who may need them.
Sunday Morning:
The link for our readings:
Please note the complete readings are in full at the end of the blog.
Collect Prayer:
O God the King of glory,
you have exalted your only Son Jesus Christ
with great triumph to your kingdom in heaven:
we beseech you, leave us not comfortless,
but send your Holy Spirit to strengthen us
and exalt us to the place where our Saviour Christ is gone before,
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.
Post Communion Prayer:
Eternal God, giver of love and power,
your Son Jesus Christ has sent us into all the world
to preach the gospel of his kingdom:
confirm us in this mission,
and help us to live the good news we proclaim;
through Jesus Christ our Lord. Upcoming Dates This Week:
Sunday 12th May - Easter 7
9.30am: St Peter's Holy Communion - the service will be live streamed on ww.facebook.com/huttonparish
11.15am: All Saints' Holy Communion
4.00pm: Younger Youth at St Peter's
Monday
2.00pm: Bible Study St Peter's
Tuesday to Friday
4.30pm: Thy Kingdom Come Prayer meeting, St Peter's Chapel
Monday to Saturday
10.00am - 12midday: Food Collection at St Peter's
Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday & Saturday
9.30am-12.30: Daily Bread Cafe at St Peter's
Tuesday, Thursday & Friday
9.00am: Live streamed Morning Prayer http://www.facebook.com/huttonparish
Wednesday
9.00am: Morning Prayer in the Cafe
9.30am: Holy Communion at All Saints
7.00pm: Bible Study
Thursday
9.30am: Little Fishes
7.30pm: PCC Meeting
Next Sunday: 19th May - Pentecost
9.30am: St Peter's Holy Communion
11.15am: All Saints' Holy Communion
6.00pm: St Peter's Seek First Service
Notices
Seek First, Sunday 19th May at 6.00pm is a joint service with CTHS at St Peter's
Parish Announcement
Thy Kingdom Come Prayer Meeting
From Ascension to Pentecost, Evening Prayer Group. This will take place at 4.30pm in the Chapel at St Peter's. 14th , 15th , 16th & 17th May.
Mothers’ Union
Future dates - June 12th at Bonnies for afternoon tea £19.50. October 9th – lunch, details to follow.
We look forward to seeing you. Please contact Margaret Morris 01277 217398 for more details.
Curate Update - Reverend Sue
Sue will shortly be going on placement to West Horndon Parish as part of her Curacy training, initially for a period of 3 months. We will not see her on Sundays in Hutton Parish but she can still be contacted on sue@huttonparish.com
Planned Giving
If you give regularly via the collection plate or by card donation, would you consider Planned Giving by standing order or the Parish Giving Scheme? This makes administration easier and allows us to plan more effectively. Forms are available at the back of church, to be returned to the Parish Office.
Thank you all for your continued generosity.
Afternoon Prayer and Meditation
“Be still and know that I am God”. Psalm 46 v 10.
Quiet Prayer and Meditation on the 4th Wednesday afternoon of each month. The next session takes place this Wednesday 22nd May at St Peter's Chapel, 2pm-4pm.
Rooted Community
Please email rooted@huttonparish.com for more details.
Youth Group (for Year 6 - 10)
For food, friendship, faith and fun held at St Peter's, please email sue@huttonparish.com. The next session will be this Sunday 12th May.
Older Youth
Join us for exploring faith, creating friendship and having fun. For more information please email andy@huttonparish.com.
Bible Study
The next meeting is this Monday at 2.00pm and the Wednesday at 7.00pm at St Peter's. The Wednesday meetings will continue to be on the 1st and 3rd Wednesday of the month.
School Admissions - Church attendance:
If you are considering applications to either Becket Keys Secondary School or Hutton All Saints School in the next year, or another school application which will need Fr Andy to sign a Supplementary Information Form to verify your church attendance, please email andy@huttonparish.com.
In all cases, we strongly encourage parents to get involved in the life of the church and introduce themselves to the clergy, so that when the time comes for forms to be signed, it does not cause any embarrassment on either side.
Men's Breakfast
For more information please contact andy@huttonparish.com
Save the Date
The Parish is planning to take part in the Bradwell Pilgrimage on Saturday 6th July. This is a free event, more details will be available nearer the time. Please contact the office@huttonparish.com with an expression of interest.
This Sunday is the start of Christian Aid Week. This charity sends aid in times of crisis and also works with local partners to help people, mostly in third world countries, to become self sufficient and so able to feed and care for their families. Please click HERE to donate as we are not having envelopes this year.
With every blessing, Andy
Ezekiel 36:24-28
24 I will take you from the nations, and gather you from all the countries,
and bring you into your own land. 25 I will sprinkle clean water upon you,
and you shall be clean from all your uncleannesses, and from all your
idols I will cleanse you. 26 A new heart I will give you, and a new spirit I
will put within you; and I will remove from your body the heart of stone
and give you a heart of flesh. 27 I will put my spirit within you, and make
you follow my statutes and be careful to observe my ordinances. 28 Then
you shall live in the land that I gave to your ancestors; and you shall be
my people, and I will be your God.
Psalm 1
1 Blessed are they who have not walked
in the counsel of the wicked, •
nor lingered in the way of sinners,
nor sat in the assembly of the scornful.
2 Their delight is in the law of the Lord •
and they meditate on his law day and night.
3 Like a tree planted by streams of water
bearing fruit in due season, with leaves that do not wither, •
whatever they do, it shall prosper.
4 As for the wicked, it is not so with them; •
they are like chaff which the wind blows away.
5 Therefore the wicked shall not be able to stand in the judgement, •
nor the sinner in the congregation of the righteous.
6 For the Lord knows the way of the righteous, •
but the way of the wicked shall perish.
Acts 1:15-17, 21-26
15 In those days Peter stood up among the believers (together the crowd
numbered about one hundred and twenty people) and said, 16 ‘Friends,
the scripture had to be fulfilled, which the Holy Spirit through David
foretold concerning Judas, who became a guide for those who arrested
Jesus— 17 for he was numbered among us and was allotted his share in
this ministry.’
21 So one of the men who have accompanied us throughout the time that
the Lord Jesus went in and out among us, 22 beginning from the baptism
of John until the day when he was taken up from us—one of these must
become a witness with us to his resurrection.’ 23 So they proposed two,
Joseph called Barsabbas, who was also known as Justus, and
Matthias. 24 Then they prayed and said, ‘Lord, you know everyone’s
heart. Show us which one of these two you have chosen 25 to take the
place in this ministry and apostleship from which Judas turned aside to
go to his own place.’ 26 And they cast lots for them, and the lot fell on
Matthias; and he was added to the eleven apostles.
John 17:6-19
6 ‘Father, I have made your name known to those whom you gave me
from the world. They were yours, and you gave them to me, and they
have kept your word. 7 Now they know that everything you have given me
is from you; 8 for the words that you gave to me I have given to them, and
they have received them and know in truth that I came from you; and
they have believed that you sent me. 9 I am asking on their behalf; I am
not asking on behalf of the world, but on behalf of those whom you gave
me, because they are yours. 10 All mine are yours, and yours are mine;
and I have been glorified in them. 11 And now I am no longer in the world,
but they are in the world, and I am coming to you. Holy Father, protect
them in your name that you have given me, so that they may be one, as
we are one. 12 While I was with them, I protected them in your name that
you have given me. I guarded them, and not one of them was lost
except the one destined to be lost, so that the scripture might be
fulfilled. 13 But now I am coming to you, and I speak these things in the
world so that they may have my joy made complete in themselves. 14 I
have given them your word, and the world has hated them because they
do not belong to the world, just as I do not belong to the world. 15 I am not
asking you to take them out of the world, but I ask you to protect them
from the evil one. 16 They do not belong to the world, just as I do not
belong to the world. 17 Sanctify them in the truth; your word is truth. 18 As
you have sent me into the world, so I have sent them into the
world. 19 And for their sakes I sanctify myself, so that they also may be
sanctified in truth.
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