Key Diary Dates

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 initiiative and Shepton Mallet Prayer Room. The next gathering dates are: Sunday March 7th from 18.00, Saturday April 3rd from 19.00 - social and worship following the 24 hours of prayer, Sunday May 2nd from 18.00, Sunday June 6th from 18.00, and Sunday July 4th from 18.00 [read more about The Gathering]

Men's Breakfast

Saturday 6th March at The Shrubbery, Shepton Mallet. 8.15 for 8.30 start. The speaker this month is Richard Munro from MAF. For more information contact James Kendall on 01749 347683 [read more about Men's Breakfast]

Charity Coffee Morning

At the Baptist Church on 6th March from 10.30 until 12.30

Singles Lunch

7th March at 12.45 in Peter Street Rooms

Cream Tea Concert by the China Tour Quintet, Wells Cathedral School

Sunday March 21st at 15.00 in the Parish church. A free concert with retiring collection for Church funds. Programme to include Schubert, Kodaly, Bach, Wieniawski, Halvorsen. Just turn up for wonderful music and a cream tea - we'd love to see you! [read more about concerts]

Fairtrade Fortnight

22nd February to 7th March

Revd Dave Parr

Lent Course

This year's course is entitled Love For The Future and commences on Tuesday 23rd February at 7.30 pm in Peter Street Rooms. There will also be a Wednesday afternoon course.

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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