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The Benefice of St. James, High Wych,
St. Mary, Gilston and St. Botolph, Eastwick
For the period of lockdown churches will be closed, except for the advertised times, for private prayer
Sunday 15th November
9.30am Holy Communion, St James, High wych
For the time being Benefice Sunday services will go back being streamed along with Evening prayer at St Botolph, Eastwick and St. Mary, Gilston on Tuesdays and Fridays at 6.30pm which are also streamed.
Benefice churches will be open for private prayer. St James is open on Sundays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays from 2pm until 4pm. An information notice is displayed inside and outside the church.
For advice on opening St Botolph’s and St Mary’s Churches, for private prayer. Please contact Sarah Bagnall who will advise.
Prayer for this time of uncertainty
Keep us, good Lord, under the shadow of your mercy in this time of uncertainty and distress. Sustain and support the anxious and fearful and lift up all who are brought low; that we may rejoice in your comfort knowing that nothing can separate us from your love in Christ Jesus our Lord. Amen
Please pray for those who are ill and those who care for them: Mary Bates, Tara King, Sue Benson. Joyce Sullivan. Denise Murphy.
(Please let me know if anybody is now better and needs removing from this list, or needs to be added to the long-term sick list)
And for the long-term sick:
Jenny Pemble, Jennifer, Ruth Ashton, Kelly Osborne, Donna Reynolds, Ian Neilson, Emma Wharton, Doreen Cunningham, Malcolm Law, William Monk, Jean Beeching, Rita Bird, Adele, Rosemarie, The Rev’d David Wright (past priest for our Benefice), Deidre and Harold Rawlings, Sue Saunders, Linda Wilby, Daphne Austin, John Ross, Andrew, and Len Castree.
Recently Departed and those who mourn them:
Anniversaries of Death
Marjory Knapp, Betty Burne, June Ashley, Peggy Holden, Dorothy Mary Love, Emily Ethel Knightley, Maree Richards, James Cunningham, Phyllis Whitbread, Sylvia Grace Reynolds, David Ian Carroll
For Prayer, this week:
- Rev.d Su Tarran, for the time and care she is giving us during our vacancy.
- Bishop Alan, Bishop Michael and Bishop Richard.
- Parish of Sawbridgeworth, Parish priest Rev’d Simon Vivian, Associate Minister Debbie Hore & Diana Kitson Reader.
- Parish of Knebworth (Stevenage) , Rev’d Jim Pye, with thanksgiving for the people of the church and community they serve.
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ST JAMES, ST MARY'S & ST BOTOLPH'S CHURCH WELCOME SHEET - 15TH NOVEMBER 2020 15 November, 2020