Services This Week
Dear All,
Services this week are taking place in person or via livestream through our YouTube Channel. Please find gathering times and service sheet links below:
Friday 25 August
10.30am - BCP Morning Prayer
Sunday 27 August / Twelfth Sunday After Trinity
11am - Holy Communion
Sermon: ‘Who Do You Say That I Am?’
Service Sheet: Here
Hymnsheet: Here
Other news:
Volunteer Rota: In addition to the sign-up sheet in church, we are making it easier to volunteer by attaching an online rota with the weekly email here. (N.B. There will be an initial delay before access is granted to the form, in order that only church members can see and edit it.) Please do consider if you are able to help out in any of the ways listed – we are particularly in need of regular volunteers to set-up tea and coffee and stay a little longer after each service to wash-up/leave away. If you have any queries please speak to Peter on Sunday. Many thanks!
Three-Part Series on the Book of Hebrews: At 5pm on three consecutive Wednesdays in September (13th, 20th, 27th), Judson Greene (PhD Candidate at the Faculty of Divinity) will be presenting three lectures on the Epistle to the Hebrews at St Edward’s:
Wednesday 13 September @ 5pm – ‘The Book of the Better: Argument and Purpose in Hebrews’
Wednesday 20 September @ 5pm – ‘Jesus, Priest and Vicitm: Atonement in Hebrews’
Wednesday 27 September @ 5pm – ‘The Promised Land: Eschatological Earth in Hebrews’
All are welcome to attend!
Advance Notice of Church Lunch: Our service of dedication & harvest celebration will be held at 11am on Sunday 1 October this year followed by an all church lunch. If you would like to contribute to, or assist with, the lunch please speak to Hosanna Greene.
Giving: As always we are grateful for all of your gifts! Offerings may still be given during this time via a basket collection during live services, Standing Orders, or one time bank transfer, via BACS [SORT: 20-17-19 / ACCT #: 30851477 – “St Edwards Church Vestry Fund”]. There is now also a SumUp machine by the door of the church, for those of you who wish to give contactlessly: Simply power on, enter the amount you wish to give on the screen, and then tap your card.
Exciting Holiness (Thursday 24 August):
It has long been assumed that Bartholomew is the same as Nathanael, though it is not a certainty. The gospels speak of Philip bringing Nathanael to Jesus, who calls him an Israelite worthy of the name. He is also present beside the Sea of Galilee at the resurrection. Although he seems initially a somewhat cynical man, he recognizes Jesus for who he is and proclaims him as Son of God and King of Israel.
Almighty and everlasting God, who gave to your apostle Bartholomew grace truly to believe and to preach your word: grant that your Church may love that word which he believed and may faithfully preach and receive the same; 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.
