Unwell/Recovering within the Benefice: John Bennett, Robin Brooks, Wendy Davey, Andrew Densham, George Lankester, Francis Montagu, Dave Palmer, Beryl Petty, Georgie Richards, Valerie Tincknell, Mike Wool, Ros Young, Joseph Outside the Benefice: Ken Bailey, Nick Ball, Veronica Bell, Billy Densham, Sheila Doleman, Phoebe Dowling, Tracey Gray, Brian Jenkins, Alan Justice, John Millman, David Parkes, Jean Pitt, Janet Richards, Henry Schofield, Ann, Jenny, Sara, Sarah, Suat Those who have recently died: Pearl Watts. Her funeral will be at Taunton Deane crematorium on Tuesday 10 May at 1.30pm. Alan Garrett. There will be a thanksgiving service for Alan at 12.00noon on Friday 13th May at All Saints’ Years’ Mind: Albert Bond, Grace Beevers, Brenda Lee, Roger Biggs, Nellie Bird, William Cater, Thelma Weeks, Peter Endicott, Sheila Tincknell, John Gill, Barbara Howe, Sheila Keys, Shirley Saunders, George Howe, Revd Peter Thorburn, Lillian Edwards, Brenda Warford A swift, peaceful and lasting end to the war in Ukraine The newly appointed Bishop of Bath and Wells, the Rt Revd Michael Beasley Post Communion Prayer: Living God, your Son made himself known to his disciples in the breaking of bread: open the eyes of our faith, that we may see him in all his redeeming work; who is alive and reigns, now and for ever. Amen

Benefice of Wrington with Redhill, Butcombe, Burrington and Langford MAY 29TH - EASTER 7 Diary for the coming week: Monday 30th May 8.30am Thy Kingdom Come Morning Prayer at Holy Trinity 12.30pm Funeral for Stanley Croker at Holy Trinity Tuesday 31st May 8.30am Thy Kingdom Come Morning Prayer at St Mary’s 10am Holy Communion at All Saints’ 4.30pm Prayers for Peace at All Saints’ 5pm All Saints’ Committee in All Saints’ Wednesday 1st June 8.30am Thy Kingdom Come Morning Prayer at St Michael’s 9.30am Jumblies at St Mary’s 7pm Redhill Ramblings on Zoom, Meeting ID: 764 7678 6380, Passcode: us8MwL 7.30pm Deanery Synod at St Mary’s Thursday 2nd June 8.30am Thy Kingdom Come Morning Prayer at Christ Church (replacing regular 9.00am MP) 10.30am-12pm Welcome Group Coffee Morning in the Wrington Reading Room 5.30pm Evening Prayer at St Michael’s Friday 3rd June 8.30am Thy Kingdom Come Morning Prayer at All Saints’ 1.30-2.30pm Sing for Fun at St Mary’s 6pm Wedding rehearsal in All Saints’ 7.45-9.15pm Cantiamo practising in All Saints’ Saturday 4th June 8.30am Thy Kingdom Come Morning Prayer at All Saints’ 10am Jubilee service at All Saints’ 12.30pm Wedding of Lillie-Mae King and Richard Yendell at All Saints’ Sunday 5th June – Pentecost Readings - Acts 2: 1-21; John 14: 8-17 [25-27] All Saints’ 8.00am Holy Communion 9.30am Pentecost Communion 6.30pm Joyful Spirit concert in All Saints’ St Mary’s 11am United Service Christ Church 11am Pentecost Communion Holy Trinity 8am Holy Communion (BCP) 12pm Jubilee service in the churchyard St Michael’s 11.15am Jubilee Thanksgiving and Celebration Please pray for: Unwell/Recovering within the Benefice: John Bennett, Robin Brooks, Wendy Davey, Andrew Densham, Francis Montagu, Dave Palmer, Georgie Richards, Valerie Tincknell, Mike Wool, Ros Young, Joseph Outside the Benefice: Ken Bailey, Nick Ball, Veronica Bell, Billy Densham, Sheila Doleman, Phoebe Dowling, Tracey Gray, Brian Jenkins, Alan Justice, John Millman, David Parkes, Jean Pitt, Janet Richards, Henry Schofield, Ann, Jenny, Sara, Sarah, Suat Those who have recently died: Stanley Croker, Beryl Petty Years’ Mind: June Wyatt, Janice Cutler, John Marsh, Marjorie Kinsman, Mike Bush, Derek Plumley A peaceful and lasting end to the war in Ukraine READINGS FOR EASTER 7 Collect Risen, ascended Lord, as we rejoice at your triumph, fill your Church on earth with power and compassion, that all who are estranged by sin may find forgiveness and know your peace, to the glory of God the Father. Amen Acts 16: 16-34 One day, as we were going to the place of prayer, we met a slave-girl who had a spirit of divination and brought her owners a great deal of money by fortune-telling. While she followed Paul and us, she would cry out, ‘These men are slaves of the Most High God, who proclaim to you a way of salvation.’ She kept doing this for many days. But Paul, very much annoyed, turned and said to the spirit, ‘I order you in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her.’ And it came out that very hour. But when her owners saw that their hope of making money was gone, they seized Paul and Silas and dragged them into the market-place before the authorities. When they had brought them before the magistrates, they said, ‘These men are disturbing our city; they are Jews and are advocating customs that are not lawful for us as Romans to adopt or observe.’ The crowd joined in attacking them, and the magistrates had them stripped of their clothing and ordered them to be beaten with rods. After they had given them a severe flogging, they threw them into prison and ordered the jailer to keep them securely. Following these instructions, he put them in the innermost cell and fastened their feet in the stocks. About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the prisoners were listening to them. Suddenly there was an earthquake, so violent that the foundations of the prison were shaken; and immediately all the doors were opened and everyone’s chains were unfastened. When the jailer woke up and saw the prison doors wide open, he drew his sword and was about to kill himself, since he supposed that the prisoners had escaped. But Paul shouted in a loud voice, ‘Do not harm yourself, for we are all here.’ The jailer called for lights, and rushing in, he fell down trembling before Paul and Silas. Then he brought them outside and said, ‘Sirs, what must I do to be saved?’ They answered, ‘Believe on the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved, you and your household.’ They spoke the word of the Lord[c] to him and to all who were in his house. At the same hour of the night he took them and washed their wounds; then he and his entire family were baptized without delay. He brought them up into the house and set food before them; and he and his entire household rejoiced that he had become a believer in God. John 17: 20-end ‘I ask not only on behalf of these, but also on behalf of those who will believe in me through their word, that they may all be one. As you, Father, are in me and I am in you, may they also be in us, so that the world may believe that you have sent me. The glory that you have given me I have given them, so that they may be one, as we are one, I in them and you in me, that they may become completely one, so that the world may know that you have sent me and have loved them even as you have loved me. Father, I desire that those also, whom you have given me, may be with me where I am, to see my glory, which you have given me because you loved me before the foundation of the world. ‘Righteous Father, the world does not know you, but I know you; and these know that you have sent me. I made your name known to them, and I will make it known, so that the love with which you have loved me may be in them, and I in them.’ Post Communion Prayer giver of love and power,Eternal God, your Son Jesus Christ has sent us into all the world to preach the gospel of his kingdom: confirm us in this mission, and help us to live the good news we proclaim; through Jesus Christ our Lord, Amen Contacts David Gent: 01934 862348 or 07773 537626 david@rectory.org.uk Andrew Hemming: 07584 124198 andrewmhemming@btinternet.com Sue Hoskins: 07771 579543 sue@rectory.org.uk Benefice Office, The Triangle, Wrington, BS40 5LB: Sarah works Tuesday, Wednesday andThursday mornings, 9am-1pm. At other times, messages can be left on 01934 861294, or at <church.office@rectory.org.uk> Website for Christ Church, Redhill Website for All Saints', Wrington Wrington benefice