E-Newsletter St Mary's & St Michael's Parish of Shalford & Peasmarsh Week of Harvest 2020
GALLERY OF NEWS THIS WEEK
Louis is baptised and welcomed into the church family; Shalford Guides in St Mary' wild churchyard sow wildflower seeds, gather moths & go on night-time wild safari; Stuart & Maria put up our new bird feeder in St Mary's wild churchyard (thanks Maria, Ann & Stuart for kind donation); St Mary's PAT dog Dougan begins his reading with children in Shalford Infants school
This Sunday: Harvest Thanksgiving St Mary's & St Michael's Harvest Festival A service of the word Sunday 11th October at St Mary's 9.30am (no 10.30 see below) 3-in-1 ways to join together - in person, on zoom, on youtube
Please bring your offerings for Guildford Foodbank (see below)
and leave at the back of church as you arrive. Grateful thanks to Sheila, and Julie, Rosemary, Alison and Abi for preparing St Mary's church so beautifully in our harvest thanksgiving, and to Christine for our harvest sheath.
Young St Mary's - watch this space.... This Sunday 10.30am - Very sadly we have had to postpone our 10.30am Wild Young Worship Harvestdue to the complexities of making all covid safe for all and with not enough time to re-arrange things for joyful worship together within new guidelines for mixed ages together. We'll get there in time for Nov & Dec so for young St Mary's Sunday diaries: 10.30am 13th Dec Young St Mary's Christmas Festival Sunday, and 10.30am all ages Remembrance Sunday 8th Nov.
But.... much more to come soon for the coming weeks for young families in Shalford & Peasmarsh to enjoy and join in through to and during Christmas. Please watch this space!
HARVEST - This week's... Together @ Home - Family Worship Activities to share at Home
Most Needed for Guildford Foodbank - Donations for St Mary's Harvest Festival -
All donations very gratefully received, including financial particularly, also: baked beans, tinned vegetables, pasta, shampoo/conditioner & liquid laundry detergent
Also seeking volunteer help to deliver food parcels to clients. Just contact Zoe at foodbank directly on: 07583 025435www.northguildfordfoodbank.co.uk
Please forward this newsletter to any who you think might be interested, and ask them to email us if they'd like to receive St Mary's e-news regularly.
Join Sunrise + St Mary's Worship Together Every Thursday 3.30pm, all welcome to join from home on zoom or with Rev Sarah in St Mary's church, as we join via zoom with our friends at Sunrise care home in Peasmarsh for an informal time of worship and companionship together. Please email Sarah for zoom link to join from your home. A wonderful way to be with friends in care homes, particularly at this time unable to receive personal visits.
Sermon from Archdeacon Paul ('our' Archdeacon) for Generous October - preaching on the parable of the Good Samaritan Luke 10:25-37
THE JOY OF SIX! Register now to join with just a few others, at home via zoom or in person in St Mary's.... St Mary's Small Fellowship Groups See below for the 3 groups on offer starting in October. Please give a small group a try if you can and spread the word to all your friends & neighbours particularly in Shalford & Peasmarsh as we enable relationships, community support, fellowship to grow and opportunities to explore faith together - very easy for anybody to change their mind if it doesn't fit! Just emailvicar.shalford@icloud.comto sign up or for more info (or to request change of day/time - all are flexible!).
Pilgrim Small Fellowship Group Exploring the Eucharist
with the Pilgrim course A chance to join others to gently explore together our communion with God and with others through the eucharist, which sits at the heart of our worship.
Wednesdays 5pm, starting Wednesday 21st Oct for 4 weeks join via zoom at home or in person in St Mary's
Register or more info at: vicar.shalford@icloud.com
Pastoral Small Fellowship Group Bereavement Support Group Join with others who have been bereaved (recently or any time ago), in a confidential, mutually supportive, time together. Facilitated by St Mary's pastoral care bereavement support, but led simply by all who wish to come to be together (via zoom or in person in St Mary's). Starting Monday 9th November 5-6pm (tbc), via zoom at home or in person in St Mary's. Please invite all you think would value meeting with others. Register or more info via Tony Beet or Rev Sarah
Sanctuary Small Fellowship Group Exploring Mental Health, community & church A chance to think more deeply, learn from short video and other from Sanctuary course, & discuss in small, confidential group issues prevalent in our community, families & personal lives around mental health, stigma, recovery, self-care, role of community and church. Facilitated by Jill Lawrence, Rev Sarah, and Theresa Coleman. Starting Tues 3rd Nov for 3 week taster, 7.30-8.30pm via zoom. Register or more info: lawrence693@btinternet.comPlease invite your friends & neighbours across Shalford & Peasmarsh
Mondays - Simply Space for Silence
Silent Parish Prayers Drop in to light a candle and simply sit alongside others present
in the stillness of silent sacred space. All welcome of course.
Drop in and nip out whenever you like between 6 and 6.30pm every Monday.
Looking for a wonderful Cleaner? Our wonderful church cleaner, a mum in Shalford who also works through Age UK, has a few spaces for more home cleaning help for anybody that would like help in Shalford or surrounds. Please pass on the message to your friends & neighbours too. References & DBS certificate, sanitiser & mask, all in place. Contact via St Mary's parish office for now: admin@stmary-shalford.org.uk
Contemplative Service of Remembrance & Thanksgiving All Souls, Monday 2nd November, 6.30pm St Mary's Church If you would like the name of somebody read out as we light candles celebrating the lives of those we remember, please email or phone Ellen in the parish office by end Oct.
Remembrance Sunday, 10.30am Sunday 8th November
We will be holding a short service of remembrance in St Mary's church and simultaneously via zoom and youtube. More details soon.
Wildlife Ball 2020 - Join for a Virtually Unmissable Evening
Support our local friends in Shalford, the David Shepherd Wildlife Foundation’s (DSWF), as they work to turn the tide on extinction. You are invited to the annual Wildlife Ball - a pivotal fundraising event in DSWF calendar and a wonderful opportunity to celebrate wildlife, champion conservation and help combat extinction of wildlife across the world. The DSWF family and Board of Trustees, invite you to join on November 6th 2020 at 8pm GMT for a Virtually Unmissable Evening of entertainment, awareness and an exclusive silent auction by Hosting at Home. More details here and a chance toRegister Today
APCM - St Mary’s & St Michael’s
Our delayed Parish of Shalford APCM will be held on Sunday 25th October, 11am
This will be held as a hybrid meeting – with all able to join at home via zoom (Click the link here: Oct 25, 2020 11:00 AM London Join Zoom Meetinghttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/89550100885or via St Mary's website) or phone in, and for those without internet you can be present in St Mary’s church building too for 11am start.
GIVING TO Shalford Parish Just click on the big blue button below (or the one on St Mary's website) if you would like to donate to Shalford Parish church (St Mary's & St Michael's) life, ministry, serving community. Along with so many other areas of life at the moment, churches have been hit hard financially through the pandemic and we would be so grateful for your donations anytime. The button will take you directly to our Justgiving site for one-off or regular online donations, where we can also receive gift aid. If you would be willing to discuss setting up regular giving through direct debit in the Parish Giving Scheme, that would be a wonderful help - please contact Ann Thomas to discuss. Thank you so much for all your support.
Weekly Worship, Prayer & Reflection Join together, St Mary's Shalford - 3-in-1 Online & Off Join the same service together as one inclusive St Mary's worshipping community online and off, worshipping together in the way that works best for you
Sunday Worship at St Mary's Sundays 9.30am Weekly: Service of Holy Communion (plus, on 2nd Sundays of most months a 10.30am Young St Mary's worship/gathering) See St Mary's website homepage for links to also join online via Zoom or Youtube
Midweek Communion at St Mary's Wednesdays 12 noon Weekly: Holy Communion in St Mary's church No zoom or youtube, in person only
Monday Silent Parish Prayers/Vigil Mondays 6-6.30pm Weekly - in St Mary's church No zoom or youtube, in person only
Thursday Sunrise - St Mary's Worship Together Thursdays 3.30pm via zoom (please email Rev Sarah for zoom link)
Weekday Daily Morning Prayer & Nighttime Contemplative Worship Online Facebook Live Monday to Fridays: Mondays - Thursdays: 8.30am Prayers to Go: short morning prayer to fit into your day.
Tuesdays & Thursdays: 9pm Contemplative Compline or Night Prayer.
Fridays: 8.30am A Morning Prayer service with longer reflection.
All can be found on......St Mary's Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/StMarysShalford
