WELCOME TO
St George’s Wilton
www.stgeorgescofetaunton.co.uk
email: stgeorgesoffice@googlemail.com
Telephone: 01823 284253
17th August 2014: 9th Sunday after Trinity
TODAY
8.00am Traditional quiet Communion service (BCP)
10.00am Worship with Communion
READINGS:
Romans 11. vv1-2a, 29-32; Matthew 15. vv10-28
Collections will be for: Church Mission Society in support of Freda
Carey. Freda Carey has been instrumental in
providing successful Christian education for tribal groups in Pakistan.
Since 1971, the Pakistan Committee for Theological Education by
Extension has provided Christian Education materials for adults
through a series of Biblical and theological courses combining selfstudy workbooks with weekly evening classes for group discussion
and practical application of what has been learnt.
Prayer Focus: Christians in Pakistan Only about 3% of Pakistan's
population are Christians and they are mostly poor and socioeconomically disadvantaged.
Most Pakistani Christians are Punjabis, descendants of Hindu 'lowcaste' groups, who became Christians during amazing mass
movements between 1880 and 1930.
10am
There will be refreshments in the hall after
the 10am service today
All Welcome
Worship with Holy
Communion
DIARY FOR THE WEEK
Tuesday
19th August
10.00am
Holy Communion
2.30pm
Holy Communion
(MU)
at
Mountbatten Nursing Home
Sunday 24th August
8.00am Traditional quiet Communion service
10.00am Worship with Communion
4.00pm Evening Worship at St George’s Home
READINGS:
Acts 5.vv12-16; Luke 22. vv24-30
Collections will be for: The Disasters Emergency appeal for Gaza. The
14 leading UK charities working in Gaza are helping to provide
shelter items, hygiene kits and baby care supplies, but the needs are
simply overwhelming. The immediate need for clean drinking water is
urgent, as is the work which they are beginning to rehabilitate vital
water infrastructure. Rebuilding of schools and counselling services
for traumatised children are also being scaled up as children are
amongst the worst affected.
Prayer Focus: Those who work at sea on fishing boats, merchant
ships, cruise ships, Royal Navy, etc. There's a very wide range of
people working at sea e.g. cruise ships will have entertainers, chefs,
stewards, chaplains etc
NEW NOTICES
DEPRESSION IN THE NEWS
NHS research shows that
approximately 15% of people
suffer a bout of severe
depression at some point in their
lives. This figure is likely to be
even higher as many people who
suffer from depression do not get
help, or are not formally diagnosed
with the condition. Despite this,
depression rarely makes headlines
but this week has been an
exception; the media has been full
of the sad news of the death of
Robin Williams who, it appears,
committed suicide while
depressed, reminding us that
depression can be fatal. We don't
have any comic geniuses or film
stars at St George's but we do
have people who are depressed.
(Faith doesn't prevent you from
becoming ill.) Please pray for
them.
SAD NEWS
I have heard that former
members of St George's, Ian
McKee and Libby Webber, were on
holiday in Madeira when Ian
tragically died on Tuesday. Please
pray for Libby and Ian's two
daughters.
ANNIE'S RIDE
On Thursday 7th August Annie
Suddaby and her horse, Gypsy,
visited St George's as part of her
journey of 150 miles round 50
Somerset churches in 24 days.
She is raising money to recast and
rehang the bells at St Mary
Magdalene's here in Taunton. (It
will cost £300,000.)
When Annie arrived at our church
she found a friend she had not
seen for 45 years waiting to greet
her. While her horse was tethered
to a tree in the churchyard, Annie
joined our ringers doing their
stuff in our ringing chamber
before moving on to the next of
the remaining 38 churches. If you
want to track Annie's progress or
make a donation, the website is
www.appealforabell.com
RIDE AND STRIDE AS
ANNOUNCED PREVIOUSLY
Somerset Churches Trust is a
charitable, non-denominational,
environmental trust which make
grants to Christian churches and
chapels in Somerset to help meet
the costs of repair and works to
widen community use. Ride and
Stride, is the Trust’s most
important fund raising event.
Participants on cycles, on foot, on
horseback or in vehicles get
themselves sponsored to visit as
many churches and chapels as they
think they are able to achieve.
This year it will be on Saturday
13th September.
St George's is on one of the R & S
routes this year. We need
volunteers to take a turn in
providing refreshments
throughout the day. If you are
able to spare an hour, could you
please add your name to the sign
up sheet in the church porch.
R & S in addition to the previous
announcement.
If you would like to actually ride
or stride yourself, could you
please contact Peter Joyce, leave
a message at the Church Office or
visit
www.somersetchurchestrust.org
WENDY
This Sunday will be the last one at
St George's for Wendy Jones.
She is moving to live closer to her
children. Wendy's time with us has
been characterised by her
willingness to volunteer, her hard
work and her thoroughness in the
many tasks she has undertaken.
We shall pray for her at the
10a.m. service and hope that she
finds a church community where
she will quickly feel at home.
The flowers in church this morning
have been provided by Wendy's
children, Anna & Gareth. In
addition, when most people would
be fully occupied with all the
demands of moving house, I gather
that Wendy has made time to
bake cake to go with our coffee
after the service. I did say she
wasn't afraid of hard work.
James Clapham
DATES for your DIARY
Sat 30 August 9.30 – 12.30
Churchyard Gardening
Sat 13 September
‘Ride & Stride’ Event 2014
Fri 26 September
Harvest Supper
Sat 27 September 9.30 – 12.30
Churchyard Gardening
Sat 11 October 12 – 1.15
Soup Lunch
Sat 11 October
Rock ‘n Roll evening
Sat 18 October
Whiz Quiz 6.45pm
Sat 25 October 9.30 – 12.30
Churchyard Gardening
Sat 8 November 12 – 1.15
Soup Lunch
GARDENING IN THE
CHURCHYARD
MANY THANKS to all
who help keep the churchyard
looking as neat, tidy and welcoming
as possible - weeding, edging,
pruning, strimming, raking,
sweeping, etc. Some people who
are not free on Saturday mornings
volunteer to do a specific task in
their own time, but if you are free
to help on a Saturday morning, we
meet as a group between 9.30am –
12.30pm on the last Saturday of
each month between April and
October. Please bring any tools
and garden sacks that you can, and
don’t forget your gloves – there
are lots of brambles! Many hands
make light work! Please bring your
own drinks, but cake will be
provided!
NEXT SESSION: SATURDAY 30
August 9.30 – 12.30
REPEAT NOTICES
HAVE YOU BORROWED ONE?
All the sermons at the 10 a.m.
service on Sunday mornings are
recorded on cassette tapes for
the benefit of anyone who wants
to hear a sermon again or perhaps
was unable to get to church that
day. The tapes are reused after a
period of time. The stock of
tapes is nonetheless reducing. It
suggests that perhaps people who
have borrowed tapes have
forgotten to return them. If you
are in that situation, could you
please return them to the Church
Office soon.
St George’s Church, Wilton
Charity Registration Number: 1134647