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Comes to North Gower
Sat Sept 27th
Come and see!
ss `and Brecon
Finding An Agent That’s Right For You
This Week:- Monday Deanery Chapter, Pennard 9.30 am Tuesday Funeral Catherine Sheila Felsted, St Gwynour’s 1 pm
(prayers at Abercedi 12.40) Combined Prayer Meeting, Bethel chapel 7 pm St Rhydian & Illtyd’s’s PCC, in church 7.30 pm Wednesday St David’s & St Gwynour’s PCC, St Gwyn’s 7pm Friday Gower Music Festival, Jubilee Quartet, Llanrhids 7.30 pm Saturday St Cenydd Fete, Llangennith 11.30am Sunday Readers Licencing (including Biddy), Cathedral 3.30 pm
July 11th Clergy Synod, Brecon 10 am 12th Llanrhidian Village Fayre 2 pm 13th Memorial Stone WW 1 & 2, unveiling by Karl Jenkins, service with church and chapels, Penclawdd 12 Noon 26th St David’s Summer Fayre (church funds) SEPTEMBER 20th Cream Teas (Soldiers & Combat Stress) OCTOBER 11th Diocesan Conference, Brecon 10 am
26th Confirmation (can include candidates from our churches)
St Illtyd’s Ilston 10.30 am
Today
PLEASE PRAY FOR Oklahoma - (VII,
The Episcopal Church) The Rt Revd
Edward Konieczny
thoughts... final
OUR BISHOP + JOHN AND HIS
FAMILY, JO, KATE AND
CHRISTOPHER
In the week
Monday: The Bishop's Private Secretary
Mrs. Maire Griffiths and for a faith that
doesn’t doubt
Tuesday: The Diocesan Secretary
All who live and work in monastic
communities
Weds: The Diocesan Legal Officers
Gerard Elias (Chancellor) Christopher
Vosper (Deputy-Chancellor) Timothy
Davenport. (Registrar) James
Davenport. (Acting-Deputy Registrar)
Thurs: The Diocesan Trust
All who suffer for the faith
Friday: The Diocesan Administrative
Staff in Brecon and The St. Barnabas
Centre, Swansea
Saturday: The Diocesan Inspector of
Parsonages, Mr. Simon Holland
We pray also for the churches of
Nigeria, Canada and Japan.
ON THIS DAY WE CELEBRATE a special feast of the
Church, symbolised by the two great apostles, Peter and
Paul. They were the two men around whom the mission
of Jesus to establish the Kingdom was centred and from
whom it grew and spread to every corner of the world.
Peter represents that part of the Church which gives it
stability: its traditions handed down in an unbroken way
from the very beginnings, the structures which help to
preserve and conserve those traditions, the structure
which also gives consistency and unity to the Church,
spread as it is through so many races, cultures,
traditions, and geographical diversity.
Paul, on the other hand, represents another key role, the
prophetic and missionary role. It is that part of the
Church which constantly works on the edge, pushing
the boundaries of the Church further out, not only in a
geographical sense but also pushing the concerns of the
Church into neglected areas of social concern and
creatively developing new ways of communicating the
Christian message. This is the Church which is semper
reformanda, a Church which needs to be constantly
renewed.
Sacred Space, a Jesuit Reflection
Sunday June 29th 2014
“I will praise Yahweh from my heart; let the humble hear and rejoice. Proclaim with me the greatness of Yahweh, let us acclaim his name together. I seek Yahweh and he answers me, frees me from all my fears... Taste and see that Yahweh is good. How blessed are those who take refuge in him.” (Psalm 34.2-5, 8).
New Jerusalem Bible
Contact us: Fr Tim Ardouin 01792 391353 Fr Nigel Doyle 01792 850659 Email: [email protected] [email protected] Website: http://www.churchinnorthgower.com/
Vicarage, Llanrhidian, Gower SA3 1EH
Living
Faith
Discipleship group. Wednesday Evenings in homes in Llanrhidian and Llanmorlais, 7 pm till 9. New module beginning this week. YOU are welcome!
Yr Eglwys yng Ngogledd
Gŵyr
The Church in North Gower
Llanrhidian Village
Summer Fayre
Saturday
July 12th
Fancy dress – prize for the
“best” – stalls, games,
activities, food, fun…
All welcome!
July 13th
Community
Eucharist
Llanmorlais Hall
10 am
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God Is God (Three)
Intercessions Rota JUNE
INTERCESSION 1st 8th 15th 22nd 29th
St.Gwynour Gloria Maggie Rita Pam E Pam D
St.David’s Maldwyn Emilia Derrick Sandra
St.Rhidian Pam M Susan M Peter & Jo Emilia
PLEASE REMEMBER IN YOUR PRAYERS: Roy Bennett, Anne Berry, Dick and Edna Beynon, Paul Carman, Karen Coppin, Marian Evans, Mary Farmer, baby Ellie Catherine Fennell, Alan Grove, Doreen and Peter Matthews, Sylvia Rowlands, Mary Spacie, Margaret Thomas, Dorothy Tucker, Jean Tucker, Maria Watkins and all who are sick in hospitals or at home, as well as those who care for them. PLEASE PRAY FOR THE RECENTLY DECEASED: Catherine Sheila Felsted and all those whose Anniversaries occur at this time. May their souls and the souls of all faithful departed through the mercy of God rest in peace. WE OFFER INTERCESSION FOR: the homeless, those subjected to domestic violence, the destitute, all immigrants struggling with our culture, all those who "can't cope".
The very night before Herod was going to bring him out, Peter, bound with two chains, was sleeping between two soldiers, while guards in front of the door were keeping watch over the prison. Suddenly an angel of the Lord appeared and a light shone in the cell. (Acts 12.6,7)
Sunday Services:- 8 am Holy Eucharist St Gwynour’s (Penclawdd) 11. 15 Morning Worship St Gwynour’s (First Sunday of Month) 11. 15 Holy Eucharist St Gwynour’s (Fourth Sunday of Month) 9.30 Holy Eucharist St David’s (Wernffrwd) 11.15 Holy Eucharist Ss Rhydian & Illtyd (Llanrhidian) Tuesday :- 9 am Morning Office Ss Rhydian & Illtyd (Llanrhidian) Wednesday :- 10 am Holy Eucharist Ss Rhydian & Illtyd (Llanrhidian) Thursday:- 5 pm Evening Office St David’s (Wernffrwd)
THIS WEEK, I want to encourage you
to reflect on three moments in our
reading from the Acts of the Apostles
(Acts 12.1-11). First, let’s look at
Herod. I quote from the New
Jerusalem Bible because its choices in
translation strike me as being
particularly deep.
A) 12.1 It was about this time that
King Herod started persecuting certain
members of the church.
2 He had James the brother
of John beheaded,
3 and when he saw that this pleased
the Jews he went on to arrest Peter as
well.
Herod is concerned about pleasing the
crowd. The kind of power he has is
dependent on appeasing his Roman
overlords and at the same time
somehow pleasing the populace of the
puppet-kingdom they allow him, in
full cooperation with the Empire, to
“rule”. Herod is a symbol of the
Regular Worship for North East Gower
The next sentence sets the
scene for the angelic deliverance of
Peter from the prison.
How important is the unremitting
prayer of the faithful toward the
liberating action of the passage? What
is the writer’s intention in the inclusion
of verse 5 at this point in the narrative?
Where is the unremitting prayer of the
church in evidence in this parish? Are
there people here who could provide
this important ministry in a structured
or coordinated way? How might this
benefit the mission of the church in this
time/place?
C) 10 They passed through the first guard post and then the second and reached the iron gate leading to the city. This opened of its own accord; they went through it and had walked the whole length of one street when suddenly the angel left him. 11 It was only then that Peter came to himself. And he said, 'Now I know it is all true.
There is great light in the cell. Peter’s
shackles fall off and, as he walks with
the angel, all barriers to his freedom
are removed. But it is when the angel
leaves him at the end of the street that
Peter realises his liberation is not just
vision but reality.
Where is the angel now in - the life of
the church – your life? What is the
vision? What is the reality? Why are
the barriers to Peter’s freedom
removed? What are the barriers for
us/you now? How ready are we/you for
the shackles to fall or the gates to open
of their own accord?
fr tim writes
The News Letter is written on Thursdays. If you would like to include someone in these lists, please give names to church wardens before then. There will be boxes provided in the churches for prayer requests soon. God calls us all to intercede for one another. If you would like to do so during services, please speak to Fr Tim or Sandra (St David’s), Maggie (St Gwynour’s), Sue Medwell (St Rhydian’s).
Peter and Paul depicted in a 4th Century etching.
worldly political mover. He is
ready to sell out all integrity
for the sake of maintaining
his own position. Peter,
James and the other post -
Pentecost followers of Jesus
are willing to die rather than
trade in their fledgling
Christian integrity.
Where do you see Herod
today in – the world – the
church – yourself? And
where in these do you see
Peter or Paul?
How far should today’s
church/you be seeking to
please people, the state, the
individual? At what price?
B) 5 All the time Peter was under guard the church prayed to God for him unremittingly.
Unremitting - never
slackening or stopping;
unceasing; constant…
