Key Diary Dates

Men's Breakfast

Back again on Saturday 4th September from 08.30. You'll have to cook your own breakfast during the summer months! [read more about Men's Breakfast]

Fun In The Park

17th July from 10.00 until 12 noon. Fun for all the family with Giant Jenga, Connect 4 and rounders. Free drinks. This is a Churches Together initiative and will continue on every 2nd Saturday in the month

The Rector's Leaving Party

Saturday July 24th at the Parish Church. BBQ, cream teas, punch and fun and games for the family. Musical entertainment in the church with performances by David Goode, The Choir, In Spirit, Jazz Trio. Tickets are available from the Parish Office (required for food and drinks). No charge! Presentations and speeches start in the church at 18.45. We hope to see you there!

The Gathering . . .

. . . is a meeting of Christians from the different Shepton Churches at the Salvation Army Citadel. We meet to help build a prayerful community and to respond to the needs of our town. We're also part of the 24/7 Prayer initiative and Shepton Mallet Prayer Room. The next gathering dates are: Sunday July 4th from 18.00 [read more about The Gathering]

Prayer for This Week

Praying Hands Logo Loving God, I entrust my whole life to Your loving care . . . [continue]

Prayer

As with any Church, prayer plays an important part in our daily worship and outreach. We have a dedicated prayer ministry team which is on-hand at all main services to offer prayer and support for any-one who requires it.

Would you like to share a prayer?

It can often be helpful to share prayers with others. If you would like to contribute a prayer so that others may pray it with you, please use the form on Prayer Corner.

ACTS

On Sunday January 1st 2006 Liz Smith presented the congregation with a Creative Sermon on ACTS: Adoration, Confession, Thanks and Supplication. The congregations was encouraged to offer its interpretation of these headings by suggesting words and phrases that were important to them as individuals. The results are below . . .

Adoration

We adore and worship God because of His love, peace, patience, generosity, help, mercy, grace, beauty, power, kindness, gentleness and understanding . . .

Confession

We are sorry to God because of our selfishness, ingratitude, complacency, apathy, intolerance, fear, not listening, worry, inward-looking, lack of faith, lack of hope, lack of compassion, judgmentalism . . .

Thanks

We are thankful to God for sunshine, Jesus, families (ours), keeping me safe, music, love, friends, Holy Spirit, freedom to worship, peace and joy, memories, children and young people, food and water, creation, Ipods!, health, eternity . . .

Supplication

We ask God for guidance, vision, radical change, who to reach out (especially to our young people), how to serve more effectively, peace in the world, Church development plan, how to use our individual gifts, more empathy and understanding, openness to change, losing of prejudices . . .

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