Dear friends
The links to our worship this week are below. Apologies for those who looked for Morning Worship last week and only found Evensong... I am hoping that this week's links are right - but I will probably have made some other mistakes elsewhere!
Best wishes
Revd Canon Anne Le Bas
September 13
Online
Morning Worship Morning service sheet Hymn words (both services)
Evensong Evensong service sheet
In Church
Please note – face coverings must be worn in church unless you are medically exempt.
10 am Holy Communion
4pm Outdoor Church in the churchyard
6.30pm Evensong
Wednesday 9.15 am Morning Prayer
Friday 10.30 am Friday Group on Seal Recreation Ground in groups of six, socially distanced.
Sunday Sept 20
10 am Holy Communion
4pm Outdoor Church in the churchyard
6.30pm Breathing Space Holy Communion
On Zoom this week email sealpandp@gmail.com for links
Zoffee – Zoom chat at 11.15 am every Sunday
This Sunday's link
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87897212843?pwd=T0JjREE0RzdoN09DMGt6a0p0T0xiZz09
Meeting ID: 878 9721 2843
Passcode: 595413
Wednesday Zoom Church 11 am. An informal service including Bible reading, prayer and a short talk.
Zoom Children’s Choir Wednesday 5pm & Thursday 4pm
Zoom Adult choir Wednesday 7.15 pm contact philiplebas@gmail.com for the link.
Trinity 13
Today’s gospel reading includes Jesus story of the Unforgiving Servant. A king’s servant owed a large amount to his master. When he couldn’t pay, the king ordered him to be thrown into prison, but the servant pleaded for mercy and the king forgave him. As he left, the servant met a fellow worker, who owed him a small amount, which he demanded back. When the man couldn’t repay the debt, the servant had him thrown into prison. This came to the ears of the king, he confronted the servant and withdrew his forgiveness. This picture, by the Flemish Renaissance painter, Jan van Hemmessen, (1500-1566) shows the moment when the king challenges his unforgiving servant, holding the pen by the window. He and his fellow servants have obviously been in the process of counting money. They have moved on with their work, as if nothing has happened. The figure in the middle is focussed entirely on the cash in his hands. But through the window we can see the man who owed the small debt being dragged away into prison.
Jan van Hemmessen seems to be reminding us that the things we do have consequences which we can easily turn away from and miss, deciding not to see. The king’s pointing finger could be pointing to the record book, in which, perhaps, he had struck out the servant’s debt, or it could be pointing out of the window at the desperate scene which is taking place on the margins, as if to say “Look at what you have done!”
- Has anyone ever showed you generous forgiveness? Have you ever struggled to forgive a small offence? What does this picture make you think and feel?
All Age resources
Come along and join us at our Outdoor Church at 4pm on Sunday in the churchyard for a story and prayers for all ages. No facemasks required! What story will we hear this week…?
- Fill a jar with pebbles, buttons, pasta or something else small. Ask those who share your house with you to guess how many there are in the jar. Then tip them out and count them. Whose guess was nearest? In the Gospel reading Peter asks how many times he should forgive someone - as many as seven times? Jesus gives him a very big number - 77. It's a way of saying that we shouldn't keep a count of the times we forgive people. It would be very hard to keep track of so many times. Instead we should be generous to each other and forgive them.
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