This
month our special focus is on Sonning Deanery Synod
Please
pray for:
Area Dean: Rev’d Richard Lamey
Lay Chair: John Smith
Associate Area Dean: Rev’d Jane Kraft
Secretary: Bridget Crossley
Treasurer: Vacant
Quinquennial Inspection Secretary: Michael Byrne
Ecumenical Representative: David Hare
Standing Committee: Rev’d Richard Lamey, John Smith, Rev’d Jane Kraft, Bridget Crossley, Pauline Humphreys, Judith Scott, Rev’d Catherine Vaughan
Representatives on Diocesan Synod: Rev’d Richard Lamey, Rev’dHugh Barne, Martin Hughes, Judith Scott, John Smith, Peter Barrett
In Synod please pray:
For
the Deanery Plan, that we will continue to listen to God as we listen to each
other and try to enact our plan for the local Churches in four groups:
encouraging lay discipleship,
reaching out to the new housing estates
being built locally,
setting up the right training courses to
deepen our faith
building stronger relationships within
the Deanery.
Praying
for all those involved in these groups as they start working in these areas, so
that we might become a stronger Deanery, becoming better at supporting the
ministry of each parish and its people.
In the Deanery please pray
for:
The Environment Impact Conference at
Beech Hill Memorial Hall 7th November
The evening entitled “Christians
Together on Climate” on 23rd November, 6:30 for 7 till 9 at St Lawrence’s
Reading as they consider the responses from the local churches and diocesan
funding
St Mary’s, Winnersh holding fund raising events in November, a Hand Bell
Concert and a Pamper Evening to raise the £10.000 needed for a new boiler
Give thanks for the appointment of a
new Parish Administrator for Winnersh Parish, that there will be a
strengthening of the good links with the public, local schools,
residential homes, funeral directors, and enhance communication with the
Diocese and Deanery.
St. Catherine’s Church Bearwood
celebrating its Patronal Festival on the Feast of Christ the King (24th
November) with a Joint Eucharist with St. Mary’s Winnersh at 11.00am that the
Holy Spirit will lead us into God’s preferred and promised future for the
parish.
The
Quench, the Christian Bookshop, at Holme Grange, Wokingham, experiencing
difficulty with team personal health and family issues and reduction in sales.
The Adult Experience of Divorce. The evening covers some of the feelings experienced by people – anger, sorrow, low esteem and helplessness. Some ways of dealing with these feelings are also explored. The Effect of Divorce on the Children. This session looks at how children react to separation and divorce, with suggestions for making this period as easy as possible for them. Legal Aspects of Divorce. A local solicitor gives advice and information on the financial and legal aspects of divorce. Happiness, Confidence & Independence. An opportunity to explore who we are, who we can be and how to move forward towards our own happiness. Quotes From Former Participants. ‘… it was good to be with other people who knew how I was feeling, because they were feeling it too.’ ‘… the solicitor helped us to see what questions we needed to ask and which practical issues needed to be faced.’ ‘… the specialists helped us to understand what was happening and were a springboard for the discussions that followed.’ ‘… the course took me forward.’
This is a 4-session course designed for anyone who is at any stage of separation, break up or divorce. It has been created to help people understand the process involved in splitting up. There is an opportunity to meet and gain support from other people in a similar situation. Each evening consists of a short talk, followed by the chance to discuss experiences in small groups. Dates: Wednesday evenings at 8:00pm 6th, 13th, 20th and 27th November 2019 Venue: St Sebastian’s Parish Centre, Nine Mile Ride, Wokingham. Cost: There is a small fee of £10.00 to cover refreshments, administration costs, etc. However, please do ask if this proves difficult as fees can be reduced or waived. Please Contact: St Sebastian’s Parish Centre, Nine Mile Ride, Wokingham, RG40 3AT Telephone: 01344 761050 (9:00am – 3:00pm Monday-Friday)
This
month our special focus is on St John the Baptist Church Crowthorne
Please
pray for:
Vicar: Rev’d Dr. Lisa Cornwell
Associate Priest: Rev’d David Ramsbottom
LLMs: Gillian Gyenes, Hazel Berry, Julia Norton, Dr Lewis Simmons
Church Wardens: Leslie Richardson, Leigh Welham
PCC Secretary: Mary Harwood
Treasurer: Rebecca Al-Jadir
Assistant Treasurer: Julie Sharpe
Choir Director: Katherine Bond Smith
In the Parish please
pray for:
Our clergy and all those who lead services and
preach, intercessors
and those who read the lessons
Carol
Frost in her training as an LLM.
Our
PCC
The
Choir and the visiting organists who play for our services
The
Net (our Sunday School): for the teachers, children and parent helpers.
Pathfinders,
the leaders and the young people attending
Minus
5s, those who lead, singing, pray and tell stories to the children and their
parents.
More
leaders for all the children and young people’s work
The
Church yard team and those who will cut and strim the hedges ready for winter.
Our
continuing Christian Spirituality Course, October 7the Formed Spirituality/
John Calvin, October 14 The Spirituality of Compassion/ Jean Vanier, Oct 21
Spirituality of Cynthia Bourgeault/ Centering Prayer
Our
annual ‘Tea and Favourite Hymns’ on 20 October
The
All Souls and All Saints services
Our
Mindfulness Quiet Day in November lead by Tim Stead.
All
the groups who use our hall during the week
In the
Deanery please pray for:
St
George’s Church in Owlsmoor, someone to please come forward to become Treasurer
The Church Urban Fund event at the
Exeter Hall in Kidlington, on October
7th when there will be an afternoon of
discussion around church growth, discipleship and social action, to which all
will be welcome.
All the many new communities in our Deanery
All young people going away to University and
College.
All the work done by C.R.O.W. – ‘Crowthorne
reduce our waste’
