Sunday 12th March Lent 3 Welcome to our weekly newsletter How shall they hear? Unless you tell them. How much are you hearing from the clergy and those leading services? We want to learn and improve. So please tell us. Please complete audibility and comprehensibility survey in church each week for the next few weeks. Thank you! The Collect, the prayer for the week Eternal God, give us insight to discern your will for us, to give up what harms us, and to seek the perfection we are promised in Jesus Christ our Lord. Readings for Sunday: Exod. 17: 1-7, Ps 95 and John 4: 5-42. This Sunday: 8:00am BCP Holy Communion at St Mary’s 9:30am Holy Communion at St Thomas’ 11:15am BCP Holy Communion at St Mary’s 11:15am BCP Holy Communion at St Andrew’s 5pm Discoverers Please let us know if any of your Lenten habits are being helpful. It’s not too late to take one up. Why not join Ben for Morning prayer in church? We had a small but lovely group on Tuesday. It is not too late for you to invite someone and offer to come with them. Tuesday evenings, 7.45pm in Canterbury Room. This is designed for those who might be curious about who Jesus really is, what he really meant by his words and life. It uses 6 ways to look at him, and unpacks the 9 statements in the Beautitudes. South Stoke prayer walk Liz and Jo will be doing a prayer walk around South Stoke on next Wednesday (15th March) starting from St Andrew’s at 1:30pm. Anyone is welcome to join them. Pick-a-Flick, Thursday 16th March, 10:30am Pick-a-Flick takes place next week with the film “The Englishman who went up a Hill but came down a Mountain”. As usual, there will be coffee before the film and a light lunch afterwards and we ask for a contribution of £5 towards this. Pre-booking is required so please email Jenny Boyd or Sarah Fraser to book in and to ask for transport if you require it. Deliverer for paper copies of the newsletter (17th March) only :) Next week Geoffrey Horne, who faithfully delivers about 20 paper copies of the newsletter around Goring and Streatley every week, is unable to do so. If you might be able to help in a few streets in one or other (or both!) villages please contact the church office on 875651 or officeofgsandss@yahoo.com. Many thanks. Mothering Sunday Posies We will be making posies of flowers for distribution at our services on Mothering Sunday. Posy making for St Thomas’ will be at 10.30am on Saturday 18th March in the Canterbury Room. Anyone who would like to help would be very welcome. Audibility surveys Please take time to fill out one of these in church today and over the next few weeks. We really do want everyone to hear and find it helpful. News from Wallingford food bank Wallingford food bank has contacted us about an app you can download to your phone which highlights items that the foodbank particularly needs. Here is a link to a very short film explaining how it works. https://www.bankthefood.org/notjustbakedbeans/ If you have a smart phone, you can download the free app called “BankTheFood”, register and “follow” the Wallingford food bank. If you shop at Waitrose in Wallingford, or the Co-ops in Benson and Woodcote, the app will ping your phone with a list of the most urgent items they need when you arrive. Equally a user can check the app at any time to see what is needed and shop wherever they choose. Warm Space Come and enjoy some company, tea, coffee, toast and a chance to chat or do a jigsaw in the warmth of the Canterbury Room. Do bring a puzzle, a game or your knitting! Everyone is very welcome. Our doors are open on Mondays from 10am – 12noon until the end of March. Please pray for this venture and telephone the vicarage (875651) if you need help with a lift. Thank you to everyone who has volunteered to make it possible. We are asked to pray For the relief operation in Syria/Turkey. For our growing closer to God this Lent For those leading or participating in the Come and See course For the churches' plans and each of our invitation and welcome for Mothering Sunday For PCC meetings starting this week Daily Prayer is offered each morning in one of our churches. Why not join in one day? We listen to the Bible and pray for our world and church. Monday: 8.30am Goring, Tuesday and Thursday: 8.30am Streatley, Friday: 9am Goring Diary for next week: Monday 13th March 10:00am Warm Space in the Canterbury Room Tuesday 14th March 7:45pm Come and See group in the Canterbury Room Wednesday 15th March 10:30am BCP Holy Communion at St Thomas’ The readings will be Deut. 4: 1, 5-9, Ps. 147: 13-end and Matt. 5: 17-19. 7:45pm St Mary’s PCC meeting Thursday 16th March 10:30am Pick-a-Flick in the Canterbury Room Sunday 19th March, Mothering Sunday 8:00am BCP Holy Communion at St Thomas’ 9:30am Mothering Sunday service at St Thomas’ 11:15am Mothering Sunday Holy Communion at St Mary’s 11:15am Mothering Sunday service at St Andrew’s No wild church session Daily readings for the week beginning 13th March Monday am: Ps 5 Jer. 11. 1-17 John 7. 37-52 pm: Ps 17 Heb. 4.14-5.10 Tuesday am: Ps 9 Jer. 11.18-12.6 John 7.53-8.11 pm: Ps 64 Heb. 5.11-6.12 Wednesday am: Ps 38 Jer. 13. 1-11 John 8. 12-30 pm: Ps 39 Heb. 6. 13-end Thursday am: Ps 56 Jer. ch. 14 John 8. 31-47 pm: Ps 59 Heb. 7. 1-10 Friday am: Ps 22 Jer. 15. 10-end John 8. 48-end pm: Ps 69 Heb. 7. 11-end Saturday am: Ps 31 Jer. 16.10-17.4 John 9. 1-17 pm: Ps 116 Heb. ch. 8 Please send any notices or articles for the next news sheet by noon on Thursdays to vicarofgsandss@yahoo.com. 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We are asked to pray