St Mary's Newsletter

St. Mary's Newsletter 24th May
Blog readers, Tomorrow Bank Holiday Monday 25th May 12.30 to 4.30pm Come to St Mary's on Bank Holiday Monday for tea and cake. There will be a table with plants, baked goods, and a nearly new sale. We look forward to seeing you there.   Next Sunday is Pentecost Come and celebrate with Churches together in Berkeley and Painswick Beacon Gospel Choir Sunday 31st May at 6pm, St. Mary's Church, Bring and Share Supper. (9.30 and 11.00 services as usual)
Ordination of Christine Birkett to the Priesthood   Christine invites you to join her at Gloucester Cathedral on Saturday 6th June at 4.30pm for the Ordination Service. Most seats are not reserved, so plan to get there in good time. The service itself will last at least 90 minutes. If you would like a ride to Gloucester or can offer space in a car, please contact Richard Avery so that we can make the best use of transport.	Sunday, 24 May 09:30 Morning Prayer 11:00 Informal Communion 18:00 Evensong Tuesday, 26 May 08:30 Morning Prayer 12:00 Cornish Ringers at Tower Wednesday, 27 May 19:30 Bell Ringing Practice Friday, 29 May 08:30 Morning Prayer 19:00 Choir Practice Sunday, 31 May 09:30 Parish Communion 11:00 Informal Worship 18:00 United Berkeley Service Monday, 1 June 19:30 Wotton Deanery Inagural Service Tuesday, 2 June 08:30 Morning Prayer Wednesday, 3 June 19:30 Bell Ringing Practice Friday, 5 June 08:30 Morning Prayer 10:00 Little Fishes 19:00 Choir Practice Sunday, 7 June 09:30 Parish Communion 11:00 Informal Worship 14:30 Cream Teas (Hill) 18:00 Evensong Tuesday, 9 June 08:30 Morning Prayer Wednesday, 10 June 19:30 Bell Ringing Practice Friday, 12 June 08:30 Morning Prayer 10:00 Little Fishes 19:00 Choir Practice Saturday, 13 June 19:00 Thornbury Orchestra
Amalgamation of the Deaneries  of Dursley and Hawkesbury There will be an Inaugural Service of the new Deanery of Wotton at St Mary's Church, Wotton- Under-Edge on Monday 1st June at 7.30pm. Rt. Revd Michael Perham, Bishop of Gloucester, will take the service. All are welcome.  For catering purposes, please tell Richard Avery if you are attending.  It may also be possible to combine transport.
Thornbury Orchestra Concert at St Mary's Church Saturday 13th June 7.30pm Elin White will be performing Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto. The concert will also feature a piece by local composer Jonathan Trim and will culminate in the performance of Symphony No 2 by Sibelius. For those who are inspired by Elin to join in local music-making, the orchestra is also offering two open evenings on Wednesdays 17th June and 24th June at 7.45pm. The free-of-charge sessions will take place at the orchestra's usual rehearsal venue of the United Reformed Church in Thornbury. Prospective members will have a chance to join the orchestra for a relaxed and informal play-through of Finlandia by Sibelius and Tintagel by Bax. Thornbury Orchestra is particularly keen to hear from trumpet and trombone players and musicians from local schools. Players need to be of a good standard and wishing to improve. Tickets for the concert, which is in aid of Church Restoration Funds and the charity CLIC Sargent, cost £6, concessions £5, children under 16 £2. Tickets may be purchased in person at The Berkeley Arms Hotel in Berkeley (pre-concert meal available to book) or by calling the concert organisers on 01453 811833.
Visiting Ringers On Tuesday  26th May we have visiting ringers from Cornwall.
Jesus Prays for His Disciples (John 17:6-19 TNIV)  6 "I have revealed you to those whom you gave me out of the world. They were yours; you gave them to me and they have obeyed your word. 7 Now they know that everything you have given me comes from you. 8 For I gave them the words you gave me and they accepted them. They knew with certainty that I came from you, and they believed that you sent me. 9 I pray for them. I am not praying for the world, but for those you have given me, for they are yours. 10 All I have is yours, and all you have is mine. And glory has come to me through them. 11 I will remain in the world no longer, but they are still in the world, and I am coming to you. Holy Father, protect them by the power of your name, the name you gave me, so that they may be one as we are one. 12 While I was with them, I protected them and kept them safe by that name you gave me. None has been lost except the one doomed to destruction so that Scripture would be fulfilled.     13 "I am coming to you now, but I say these things while I am still in the world, so that they may have the full measure of my joy within them. 14 I have given them your word and the world has hated them, for they are not of the world any more than I am of the world. 15 My prayer is not that you take them out of the world but that you protect them from the evil one. 16 They are not of the world, even as I am not of it. 17 Sanctify them by the truth; your word is truth. 18 As you sent me into the world, I have sent them into the world. 19 For them I sanctify myself, that they too may be truly sanctified.	Readings for this Sunday 9.30am Morning Prayer Acts 1:15-17,21-26 John 17:6-19 11.00am Eleven - Informal Communion 1 John 5:9-13  John 17:6-19 6.00pm Evensong Acts 1:15-17,21-26 John 17:6-19
Vicar- Rev'd Richard Avery Phone 01453 810294 E-mail averys@rjavery.co.uk Not available on Mondays except in emergency Curate- Rev'd Christine Birkett Phone 01453 511080  E-mail  christine.birkett@virgin.net Not available on Mondays except in emergency   To have items included in next week's Pew Sheet contact Peter Yardley Phone 01454 319749 or email pewsheet@stmarys-berkeley.co.uk More stuff on the website: www.stmarys-berkeley.co.uk To stop receiving future newsletters - click here If you send items to Peter Yardley for the printed Pew Sheet, they should make it into this newsletter.