'No one has ever gone into heaven except the one who came from heaven – the Son of Man. Just as Moses lifted up the snake in the wilderness, so the Son of Man must be lifted up, that everyone who believes may have eternal life in him.’ John 3 : 13 – 15Bible reading : John 3 : 1 - 17Thought for the weekToday is Trinity Sunday. It is a celebration of the completeness of God, who is Father, Son and Holy Spirit, living within the inter – relationship of divine love that is the Trinity. It is a celebration of the perfection of love that brings wholeness, order and life.In a world where in human terms nothing is ever really completed, where for example aspirations in terms of poverty and hardship are always unfinished, unity is fleeting at best, and ‘history’ is constantly being repeated, the Trinity is about completeness and unity and inter – relationship.The Trinity is about life, and particularly how as humans beings we are invited into sharing the divine life of the Lord who is Father, Son and Holy Spirit.As life begins to return in our nation, in our streets, and our homes, the Trinity is less about understanding the life the Lord offers us, and more about celebrating it and living it.So we are called to celebrate the relationship the Lord offers us. We are called to give thanks for our life of unity and completeness in Him. And we are called as the church to invite others. To celebrate with us, and discover what being truly loved means. Rev PaulPrayer for this weekGod for us, we call you Father;God alongside us, we call you Lord JesusGod within us we call you Spirit. Thank you for your presence in our lives. We worship you. AmenHoly God, faithful and unchanging :Enlarge our minds with the knowledge of your truth,And draw us more deeply into the mystery of your love,That we may truly worship you,Father, Son and Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.
The following services will be available via the St Ed's Facebook page or by attendance (as stated below):Trinity Sunday 30th May 9.30am Holy Communion (at St Eds and livestream)Trinity Sunday 30th May 11.15am Sunday Morning Worship (livestream)Trinity Sunday 30th May 6.30pm Sunday Club (livestream)Tuesday 1st June 10am Tiny Tunes (music for all young people) (livestream)Wednesday 2nd June 9am Midweek Moments! (livestream)Wednesday 2nd June 10.30am Holy Communion Rev Phil/Rev Paul (at St Ed’s)Additionally at 8am daily (daily except Wednesday and Sunday) we will be posting a ‘Daily bitesize prayer’ on the St Ed's Facebook pageWatch live if you are able --- or join later on 'catch up'.Everyone welcome.AdditionallyAttended services we now have a 9.30am service at St Ed’s weekly, a Wednesday 10.30am service at St Ed’s and services fortnightly at St Peter’s. We are trialling a period where it is not necessary to sign up in advance. Just come along!Reflection with Compline We are hoping to reinstate our times of reflection followed by Compline on Tuesday evenings. These will now be held at St Peter’s Ringland, and will begin fortnightly on Tuesday 8th June at 7.30pm. Everyone welcome!Ringland: future services at St Peter’s: Sunday 6th June 11.00am Morning Prayer – Jane DrydenTuesday 8th June 7:30pm Reflection with ComplineSunday 20th June 11.00am Holy CommunionTuesday 22nd June 7:30pm Reflection with ComplineChurches Count on Nature is running a ‘Love Your Burial Ground week’ from Saturday 5th June – Sunday 13th June 2021. We are invited to use the week to organise events involving making a record of wildlife in our churchyards. If you are interested in helping to organise events (maybe a wildlife trail for children/sponsored count for adults?) and to register for St Ed’s and/or St Peter’s Churchyards please let Rev Paul know. It would be great to have a ‘Wildlife Ambassador’ for each Churchyard!St Ed’s Plant Sale – Our plant sale at St. Edmund’s started on Saturday 29th May and will continue whilst we have plants to sell. If you have plants to spare, please bring them along for sale and then buy some from our selection too! Proceeds for church funds.Thank you Dian Frost from Ringland would like to thank everyone for their kindness, prayers, support and for their donations following Peter’s death. It is a difficult time for Dian and her family, and the support of the church family has been such a great help. Thank you to everyone.Val’s Ordination is on Sunday 27th June at 9.30am at the Cathedral. Please pray for Val, Richard, Jenny and Helen as Val makes this exciting step.We are hoping to livestream the service into St Ed’s on that morning – so our services in church will consist of the Ordination service, which apparently will take place at 9.30am for Val’s group, and then again at 11.00am. More details when we have them!
All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit enabled them. Acts 2 : 4Bible reading : Acts 2 : 1 – 21Bishop Graham’s address 22nd May for the Day of Prayer in the Cathedral. His words reflect our own PCC’s prayerful discernment and for each of us at St Ed’s and St Peter’s: “We gather in this ancient place of prayer, this place of Benedictine foundation and hospitality, remembering that the very first word that Benedict wrote in his Rule is the word ‘Listen’. And that is essentially what we do today. We come before God to listen. To listen attentively. To listen to have our own ideas changed and transformed. Our egos shaped in another way. We come to listen to what God desires and longs and hopes for the life of this Diocese (church). Because any vision…. Is somehow always incomplete because it’s just a reflection, a fraction of God’s desire for us. So part of our listening today is to listen to the wind of the Holy Spirit at this Pentecost time. St Bede wrote that we simply set our ship and pull up the sails to be filled with the Holy Spirit to guide us where God guides us. So today in a sense is a hoisting of the sails allowing the ship of this Diocese (church) to be guided by God into the future. A future that we do not yet know. That comes to us with hope and joy. So we are called to listen ever more attentively to the God who seeks to bring transformation in Christ to us. Who longs for us to be a prayerful people, a pastoral people, and a prophetic people. Thus says the Lord, ‘See I am doing a new thing. Now it springs up. Do you not perceive it?’”. Bp Graham, 22<sup>nd</sup> May 2021Prayer for this weekHoly Spirit, sent by the Father, ignite in us your holy fire; strengthen your children with the gift of faith, revive your Church with the breath of love, and renew the face of the earth, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen
The following services will be available via the St Ed's Facebook page or by attendance (as stated below):Pentecost Sunday 23rd May 9.30am Holy Communion (at St Eds and livestream)Pentecost Sunday 23rd May 11.am Morning Prayer (at St Peter’s followed at 12:15 by Vestry Meeting and APCM for 2020 and 2021)Pentecost Sunday 23rd May 11.15am Sunday Morning Worship (livestream)Pentecost Sunday 23rd May 6.30pm Sunday Club (livestream)Tuesday 25th May 10am Tiny Tunes (music for all young people) (livestream)Wednesday 26th May 9am Midweek Moments! (livestream)Wednesday 26th May 10.30am Holy Communion Rev Phil/Rev Paul (at St Ed’s)Additionally at 8am daily (daily except Wednesday and Sunday) we will be posting a ‘Daily bitesize prayer’ on the St Ed's Facebook pageWatch live if you are able --- or join later on 'catch up'.Everyone welcome.AdditionallyAttended services we now have a 9.30am service at St Ed’s weekly, a Wednesday 10.30am service at St Ed’s and services fortnightly at St Peter’s. We are trialling a period where it is not necessary to sign up in advance. Just come along!Ringland: future services at St Peter’s: Sunday 6th June 11.00am Morning Prayer – Jane DrydenSunday 20th June 11.00am Holy Communion
