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St Mary’s Weekly News12th July 2020
Regenerate’s Coffee Tuktuk ArrivesOpen 8am to 2pm Weekdays
St. Mary’s Church, Battersea12th July 2020
Welcome to St Mary’s Weekly Newsletter. After a happy but reflective first Sunday open last week, we’re building on our learning so that we can make St Mary’s a welcome place for those who are keen to meet others again in our church life and those who want to take it a bit more slowly. Simon our Vicar said last week that we should live our Christian life at a gentle place, being kind to us as God is kind. When you are ready, we hope there will be a warm and safe place for you to gather.
This Sunday at St Mary’s – The Fifth Sunday after TrinityWe conclude our four Sunday sermon theme considering issues that face us as we emerge from lockdown. We have explored Resilience, Relinquishment, Restoration. Today’s final theme is: Reconciliation.
8.30am Holy Communion (Traditional Language)President & Preacher: Reverend Aaron Kennedy
11.00am Parish Eucharist with Godly Play for Children (Modern Language)President: Canon Simon Butler; Preacher: Reverend Aaron KennedyReadings at both services: Genesis 3:8-15; John 1:1-14
Our Morning Services are both live-streamed on Facebook Live (Click)
Evening Services recommence in September.
If you would like to join us for coffee after church from home see here
Next Sunday: The Sixth Sunday after Trinity8.30am Holy Communion (Traditional Language)11.00am Parish Eucharist with Godly Play for Children (Modern Language)
Preacher at both Morning Services: Canon Simon Butler
Sunday Coffee Times 9.30am: Click Here
(Password: 7XNPO4)
12 noon: Click Here(Password: 6JLUEP)
Help Us on a Sunday as we RecoverNot all our volunteers are able or ready to come back to church yet, so we need some help with the following (contact the person mentioned):Welcoming: [email protected] Church: [email protected]
Refreshments: [email protected]
For Your Prayers
Our Intercessions Book is back in place for you to add the names of those you would like us to pray for. It’s by the pulpit.
The sick and those in need: Gerry O’Shaughnessy,Richard Dening, Virginia Piccioni, Christine LewisMary Paton and Hubert C. Maxwell.
The recently departed and their families: AlexNunes, Janet Skilbeck and Alan Williams.
St. Mary’s Church, Battersea12th July 2020
This Week’s Notices
Fruit & Veg: Come and visit the SW Fruit &Veg Stall every Wednesday to support freefood for those who go without locally. EveryWednesday 3pm to 6pm. Contact Aaron tovolunteer as well!…And Coffee: From tomorrow, a coffee tuktuk will appear in the Churchyard, run by the charity Regenerate, who work with local disadvantaged young adults to help them develop life skills and opportunities. Come and try it out!
A New Early Service at St Mary's?A number of people have mentioned to us that 11am is not always the best time for church for some families with children, especially when other activities or responsibilities are part of a regular Sunday commitment. We are therefore keen to see what appetite there might be for an earlier service on a Sunday morning. We don't want to lay on something that isn't entirely fitting, so this brief survey will help us get a sense of what would work for those who might be interested. Click here to participate. Aaron
Confirmation Preparation: If you would like to be prepared for confirmation (and adult baptism if not already baptised), Simon will be holding socially-distanced and/or virtual confirmation classes over the summer weeks. Please email him if you would like to join that group. Refresher attendees very welcome too!
New Honorary Treasurer: The Church Council elected a new Honorary Treasurer this week. Richard Cross will be taking over from Chris Moxey in the coming weeks. Thank you to them both. We will formally thank Chris at the Annual Meeting in October.
New Weekday Worship Pattern
St Mary’s continues to be open for private prayer Monday to Friday 9.30am to 12.30pm, and on Wednesday afternoons from 3pm to 6pm.
The weekday worship pattern has changed. All services will continue to be available on our Facebook Page, which will enable you to join an act of worship at a point convenient to your usual pattern of the day, but the times when the services will be actually live will be as follows:
Monday Morning Prayer at 8.30am Tuesday Holy Communion at 8.30amWednesday Bible Study at 8.30am* (by Zoom)Thursday Midday Prayer at Noon Friday Midday Prayer at Noon
*The Bible Study is a new opportunity to explore the coming Sunday’s readings in more depth. If you would like to join in, then click the link to join a Zoom conversation.
A small group will continue to say Morning Prayer together at 7.30am welcome others to join them.Click Here.
St. Mary’s Church, Battersea12th July 2020
How can we Support Care Homes and Carers?Evalyn Lee on behalf of the Meadbank Team
For the past twenty years, St Mary’s has had a team of lay people conducting services and holding a monthly coffee morning at our local nursing home, Meadbank in Parkgate Road. Every other Monday finds us giving communion, singing hymns and conducting room visits to pray with room-bound residents. We average 14-25 residents a service. This week, for the first time in
in three months, we were able to share room prayers with five residents, thanks to the loan of three iPads by the Katherine Low Settlement.
It was joyful moment and I confess that I wept.
These iPads have been a lifeline to residents, allowing them to speak with their families, as well as providing a point of contact at the end of life. We would like to share with the congregation that residents and carers have died at Meadbank from COVID19. When a date can be set for a Meadbank memorial service, we will share the date with the congregation.
Across the country there has been a perfect storm of problems for care homes: the sourcing and provision of PPE, patients untested for COVID-19 being released from hospitals into care homes and staff shortages. COVID-19 has acted like an X-ray and made clear some systemic inadequacies in the social care system that need to be tackled. You can CLICK THIS LINK to find a report from the Office for National Statistics about these issues.
So, what can we at St. Mary’s do to further help support the residents and staff at Meadbank?
First, it would be wonderful if you could hold the Meadbank managers, staff and residents in your daily prayers. The staff told us it made a difference to them knowing we were praying for all of them during lockdown. Also the cakes, the knitted hearts, the knitted dementia muffs and the loan of the iPads have been very much appreciated.
Secondly, we would like to share this link to a Citizen’s UK petition for a living wage for carers. The ONS report found that homes with paid sick leave and higher salaries had a lower rate of transmission, so we think tackling this issue could be a win-win, for staff, for residents, and for all of us. Please consider reading, signing and passing this petition on:
actionnetwork.org/letters/ask-your-mp-to-support-a-real-living-wage-for-careworkers
Thirdly, in the years ahead, do consider volunteering to be a part of the Meadbank team. It is a wonderful group of people. We cannot say that serving at Meadbank is always easy. It can, at times, be very sad and upsetting. But we do the work together and share the journey with staff, residents and each other and sometimes, especially when you are holding a resident’s hand and saying the Lord’s Prayer, you glimpse the wonder of God’s love as it spreads joy and grants peace.
From the Meadbank Team
BatterseaCoronavirus
Angels
Even Though Lockdown Eases…People Are Still in Need of Help
During the Pandemic…475 People Helped
430 Volunteers including40 Telephone Befrienders
£20,000 RaisedIf you know someone who still needs practical or
emotional support or can volunteer in some way:
text your name and phone number to
07394 [email protected]
Giving To St Mary’s
We invite and encourage everyone who considers St Mary’s their spiritual home to make a financial
contribution to our work.
The best way of doing this is through setting up a Standing Order, so that your giving doesn’t depend
upon how often you are able to get to church.
To do this, just use these details
Account Name: Battersea Parish Church PCC Sort Code: 502101
Account Number: 82127468
If you would like to Gift Aid your donation, please contact Chris & Erica Sage via the Parish Office
Contacts
St. Mary's ChurchThe Parish Office, St. Mary's Crypt Battersea Church Road London, SW11 3NAOpen Monday to Friday 9.30am to 12.30pmTel 020 7228 9648
Canon Simon ButlerVicar (Day Off: Thursday Evening/Friday)[email protected] 552407
Reverend Aaron KennedyAssociate Vicar for Community Development & Mission (Day Off: Friday)[email protected] 180273
The clergy are always ready to visit, or to offer confidential pastoral care. Please contact them directly. If you hear that a member of the parish is unwell or needs a visit or a call from one of the clergy, please let the clergy know. They may not have heard and are grateful to be kept informed.
