Benefice of Goring and Streatley with South Stoke : Sunday 23rd April 2023

Sunday 23rd April, Easter 3

Welcome to our weekly newsletter

Alleluia, Christ is risen….
…… He is risen indeed, Alleluia!

Jesus met, cheered and commissioned his frail imperfect disciples.
He has hope in us and calls us to prayer and service in his grace.

Come join together, rejoice and worship.

The Collect, the prayer for the week
Almighty Father,
who in your great mercy gladdened the disciples
with the sight of the risen Lord:
give us such knowledge of his presence with us,
that we may be strengthened and sustained by his risen life
and serve you continually in righteousness and truth;
through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord,
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.

Readings for this Sunday: Acts 2: 14a, 36-41, Ps. 116: 1-3, 10-end and Luke 24: 13-35

This Sunday:
8:00am      BCP Holy Communion at St Mary's
9:30am      Holy Communion at St Thomas’
11:15am    Mattins at St Mary’s
11:15am    Holy Communion at St Andrew’s
5.00pm Discoverers

Goring Chamber Choir Concert – Christ is Risen

This Saturday, 22nd April, at 3pm the Goring Chamber Choir will be singing a concert programme of Easter music by Italian and English composers. Groups of pieces by contemporary composers include Sascha Johnson Manning's 'The peacemakers' in response to the war in the world, and a setting of the spiritual Were you there? by Malcolm Archer. Randall Thompson's triumphant Alleluia is a total contrast to Monteverdi's touching duet Venite for two sopranos.

Music by Palestrina, Byrd, Elgar, William Harris and Richard Shephard shares the joy of the season with the quiet repose of Casciolini's Mass in A minor. Tickets are £12 (free for under 18’s) and obtainable from Inspiration, Goring, or from a choir member, or on the door.

St Thomas’ and St Mary’s Annual Parochial Church Meetings
The Annual Parochial Church Meetings for St Thomas’ will take place this Sunday, 23rd April, after the 9:30am service.
Paper copies of the annual report and accounts will be available in the church.
The Annual Parochial Church Meetings for St Mary’s will take place on Tuesday 25th April at 7:45pm. Paper copies of the annual report and accounts will be available in the church.

Coronation weekend
Our services on 7th May will be different from usual to reflect the celebrations over the weekend. There will be no 8am service but in addition to a main service at the usual times (9:30am and 11:15am) there will be a short service in recognition of the coronation at around 1:15pm as part of the villages' celebrations on the Gardiner recreation field, Goring.

Do come along and help lead the singing!
There will also be a coronation Come and Sing event in St Thomas’ at 5pm.

Great Big Green Day, Saturday 17 June
An exciting day is planned and happening to inspire us with how we can each make a difference.

The church is bringing together lots of other groups and organisations.
There are several jobs where we need help on the day.
Please offer your services to Ben. Thank you.

Daily Prayer will be taking place as usual. 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.

We are asked to pray

For preparations for the Coronation weekend and for each of us as we pray and reflect on who we are called to serve and how to live in God’s way as citizens.
For us to be peacemakers.

Diary for next week:

Wednesday 26th April
10.30am Little Lights at St Mary's
10.30am Coffee morning at St Andrew's
10:30am BCP Holy Communion at St Thomas’
The readings will be Acts 8. 1b-8, Ps. 66. 1-6 & John 6. 35-40.
2:30pm Funeral at St Thomas’

Thursday 27th April
11.00am Funeral at St Mary’s

Saturday 29th April
7.30pm Reading Bach choir concert "By Royal Command " at St Thomas’

Sunday 30th April, Easter 2
8:00am BCP Holy Communion at St Thomas’
10:30am Benefice Holy Communion at St Mary's

Daily readings for the week beginning 24th April

Monday am:	Ps 5	Josh. 1. 1-9	Eph. 6. 10-20	pm: Ps 3	John 15. 1-8
Tuesday am:	Ps 148	Isa. 62. 6-10	Luke 24. 1-12	pm: Ps 45	2 Tim. 4. 1-11
Wednesday am:	Ps 105	Deut. ch. 6	Eph. 2. 1-10	pm: Ps 72	Luke 1. 39-56
Thursday am:	Ps 136	Deut. 7. 1-11	Eph. 2. 11-end	pm: Ps 73	Luke 1. 57-end
Friday am:	Ps 107	Deut. 7. 12-end	Eph. 3. 1-13	pm: Ps 77	Luke 2. 1-20
Saturday am:	Ps 110	Deut. ch. 8	Eph. 3. 14-end	pm: Ps 27	Luke 2. 21-40

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Goring, Berkshire RG8 9DR

United Kingdom