Pew News Sunday 18th January 2015 Vol. 8, No.3 Second Sunday of Epiphany Welcom e to t his Service If you are new to this church or a visitor please do make yourself known to us. Toda y’s readin gs: Proverbs 13:6-9 and Rev ela tio ns 2:8- 1 1, 3:14 - 22 Toda ys Servic e Theme – Let ters to S my ma a nd t o La od icea Smyrna, a proud and beautiful Asian city (modern Izmir) closely aligned with Rome and eager to meet its demands for emperor worship plus a hostile Jewish population made it extremely difficult to live there as a Christian. Laodicea, near modern Denizli was the wealthiest city in Phrygia during Roman times, it was widely known for its banking establishments. The Christians at Smyrna are not wealthy at all in human terms, in fat they are poor, yet they are rich in Jesus. This is a letter of encouragement for them as they face hardships, encouragement to keep going. Yet in Laodecia they see themselves as rich but are poor in spirit and don’t realise it -‐ they are lukewarm in their faith (Matthew 5:3). We often use Revelation 3:20 as a verse to encourage people investigating the Christian faith to make that stow of faith, but this is written to a church, to Christians, so believers need to be awake to Jesus’ knocking and be ready to open the door. Age UK Service Belle Friday Centre Wednesday 21st January at 2pm More Info from Mary Gollop Kingsdown & Creekside Core Values v v v Jesus as the centre of all we are. Relationship with God, each other and those not yet part of the church family. Mission – the spreading of the good news of Jesus Christ. Diocese Lent Course This year we are looking at ‘Food for the Journey’. We will be running two courses during Lent on a Tuesday morning (10-‐11:30am) and a Wednesday evening (8-‐9:30pm), these will start on the 24th/25th February. Sign of sheets will be at the back of Church. Quiet Times of Bible Reading and Prayer Monday 12 Noon Norton Tuesday 8:30 a.m. Lynsted Tuesday 12 Noon Oare Thursday 2:30 p.m. Newnham Friday 9:00 a.m. Doddington Saturday 9:30 a.m. Teynham Items for inclusion in Pew News email [email protected] by Wednesday 9am Fam ily Food B ank SER V IC ES NEXT W E EK (familyfoodbank.org.uk) rd January Meetings th Monday 19 January – 8pm Norton Steering Group Norton Village Hall th Tuesday 20 January – 7:45pm Lynsted Steering Group 1 Lynsted Lane th th 8 -‐13 August 2015 There is an opportunity to go and celebrate God on a fun camping Holiday. The cheapest rate has been st extended until the 31 January and if there are plenty of people wishing to attend we can place a group booking. For more information and to book talk to Steve. th Sunday 25 January, 3 Sunday of Epiphany 9:00 a.m. Doddington, Holy Communion BCP 9:00 a.m. Lynsted, Holy Communion CW 10:30 a.m. Newnham, Family Service 10:30 a.m. Oare, Morning Worship 10:30 a.m. Teynham, Family Communion 3:30 p.m. Teynham, Evensong 6:00 p.m. Lynsted, Breakthrough Support for the Family Food Bank is now in your church…help families in distress by donating….there is a box in your church…Go to the website to see how you might help…donate food…money ..or time! The box has details on it too! Non food items such as nappies and wipes are also needed. Steve and Richard now have vouchers and boxes available to those in need. Detling Summer Celebration 2015 st Wednesday 21 January – 8pm MLT Martha ** 10 Waterside Close, Faversham ** VENUE CHANGE Date for your Diary th th Friday 15 and Saturday 16 May 2015 The Gathering at Canterbury Cathedral this year’s theme is Food for the Journey The Ministry Leadership Team would be pleased to pray for you or someone close to you Steve Lillicrap on 522510 Richard Birch on 886265 John Huggins on 01227 752027 Please note their days off which are Richard Mondays, Steve Thursdays and John Thursday Lis Bayford on 886392 Pauline Duncan on 520129 Nicky Lord on 886473 Mary Gollop on 522165 Les & Barbara Roberts on 886332 Jo Sidney on 521714 Bob Sutton on 522255 Janice Wright on 521287 David Wood on 521581 Steve & Emma Sivyer on 536136 Sue Baldry on 522975 Bob Kinnear on 521125 Parish Administrator: Charlotte Lillicrap is available on [email protected] Item to appear on the Parish website should be sent to [email protected]