Bowland Benefice
9 June 2024
Pews News
Collect for Trinity 2
Lord, you have taught us

that all our doings without love are nothing worth:

send your Holy Spirit

and pour into our hearts that most excellent gift

of love,

the true bond of peace and of all virtues,
without which whoever lives is counted dead

before you.

Grant this for your only Son Jesus Christ’s sake,
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever. Amen.
This Week in the Benefice

Sunday
9 June

10.30am Holy
Communion in
Upton
Snodsbury
10.30am Family Service
in White Ladies
Aston
4.00pm All Age Family
Service in
Broughton
Hackett

Saturday
15 June

10.30am Coffee
Morning with
book stall in
The Parish
Room, White
Ladies Aston

Sunday
16 June
Trinity 3

10.30am

Benefice Holy
Communion in
White Ladies
Aston
Please do come along to St Leonard’s on Sunday
at 4.00pm to take part in an informal All Age
Family Service in Broughton Hackett and

show your support.

A Prayer for our nation for the coming weeks
Eternal God, Light of the nations,
in Christ you make all things new:
guide our nation in the coming days through the

inspiration of your Spirit,

that understanding may put an end to discord and all

bitterness.

Give us grace to rebuild bonds of trust
that together we may work for the dignity and

flourishing of all;
through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

I am putting this Pews news together on the

anniversary of D Day.
You, like me probably watched
the commemorations held in Normandy last evening
and the mind-blowing sight of over 4000 British war
graves individually lit, loving and respectfully tended

over all these years.

There is nothing to add other than prayers for lives
lost and the state of the world 80 years on.
God our refuge and strength,
as we remember those
who faced danger and death in Normandy.

eighty years ago,

grant us courage to pursue what is right,
the will to work with others,

and strength to overcome tyranny and oppression,

through Jesus Christ,
to whom belong dominion and glory
now and for ever. Amen.
Lord of all nations,
We honour the bravery and sacrifice
of those who served.
Grant us similar courage to recognise
and restrain evil in our own day
and may those who lead the nations of the world
work together to defend human liberty,
that we may live peaceably one with another.
This we ask in the name of the Prince of Peace,
our Saviour Jesus Christ. Amen.
Diary dates for June…. For our neighbour
Bishampton - Swindon Male Voice Choir presents
this Sunday at 3:30pm in St James,  Bishampton,
a concert of modern classics with tea and cake to raise
funds for church roof repairs. Tickets cost £10. Details
from Delia Harding 077547 86005 or
[email protected]
………For Peopleton

Saturday 22 June – a coffee morning on the Rectory
lawn from 10.30 until noon. Home made cakes,

scones, stalls and raffle.

A Thank You Service of favourite hymns, readings and
prayers will be held at St Nicholas’ Church, Peopleton
on Sunday 30 June at 4.00pm.  It will be a celebration
to thank anyone who does anything at all, large or
small, to help keep the church building and God’s
ministry alive and vibrant.   Refreshments will be
provided and you will receive a warm welcome
whether you are a regular visitor or have never set
foot inside the church.  We look forward to seeing you

there.

………..For White Ladies Aston
Saturday 29 June – Village Fete 2pm to 4.30pm at
Redfern House (behind the church). Come and enjoy
the traditional attractions of a country summer fete!