St Helens with Seaview
Pew News
The website: www.havenchurches.org.uk
Sunday 22nd May Trinity Sunday
Wednesday 25th May
Thursday 26th May
Sunday 29th May Trinity 1
Morning Prayer
The office of Morning Prayer will be said in the Churches as follows:-
Mon. St Helen's 9.30am
Tues. St Peter's 9.30am
Wed. St Helen's 8.00am
Thurs. St Peter's 9.30am
All are welcome at these services.
ST PETER'S/ST HELEN'S 10am SERVICE READINGS
29th May Trinity 1
1 Kings 8. 22-23,41-43
Galatians 1. 1-12
Luke 7. 1-10
The duty rota is displayed on the notice
board at both churches. If you are unable to fulfil the scheduled
task please swap with another and please inform
Sylvia Beardsmore for Seaview and Rose Gillett for St Helen's.
PLEASE USE THIS PEW LEAFLET
TO INFORM YOUR PRAYERS
INTERCESSIONS
Worldwide Anglican Church:
Pray for Archbishop Justin Welby; The Anglican Church of Mexico
This Diocese: Pray for
Bishop Christopher; Archdeacon Peter; Rob, our Priest-in-Charge; the Parish of St Mary & St Nicholas Carisbrook, & Gatcombe.
World: Pray for the victims of all natural disasters
Island: Pray for all students about to sit their GCSEs
Sick:
Peggy, Terry, Anne
Recently Died :
Gordon Alexander & Diana Hummel-Newell
All who suffer as a result of natural disasters,
or as a result of acts of terrorism, violence or armed
conflict.
Our armed forces and their families.
Mothers' Union Prayers
‘We were born to unite with our fellow men, and to join in community with the human
race.’ Cicero, Roman philosopher and politician, 107-44 BC. Lord, you created us to live in
community. May we be a positive force for good as we share life together.
Diary Dates
May 23rd 10.30am Bible Study/House Group
May 24th 2.30pm St Helen's Funeral Gordon Alexander followed by burial in the churchyard
May 25th 1.00pm St Helen's Funeral Diana Hummel-Newell
May 28th 10.00am St Peter's Coffee Morning in the church hall
Pompey Chimes
Don't forget to pick up a copy, or click
here.
Pew Leaflets
Items for the pew leaflet to Sue Whitewick by Wednesday 5.00pm
latest, please, preferably by e-mail susanwhitewick(at)btinternet(dot)com.
Bottles Needed
To raise funds for St Helen's Church, Rose Gillett and John Kerslake will be holding a bottle tombola stall at the St Helens Fete on 26th June. This is one of the main fundraising events for St Helen's Church - please give generously!! Thanks in anticipation.
Cashiers
If there is anyone who would be willing to help count and bank the money collected at the Sunday services please have a word with Sue.
Confirmation
The service of Confirmation will take place in September. If there is any one who would like to be confirmed please speak to Rob.
St Thomas à Becket Award
Bishop Christopher has instituted a
diocesan award in the name of St Thomas à Becket, patron saint of Portsmouth Cathedral, to mark notable Christian Service in the Church and wider
community. It was a great privilege for me to be one of the first 14 recipients of this award.
My thanks go to all who came to support me at Choral Evensong in the Cathedral on 15th May during which these awards were presented by the Bishop.
Sue Whitewick
Rodney Fox, Sue Whitewick and Ian Smith who, along with Randall Cross,
were the Isle of Wight recipients of the St Thomas Award.
The design for the award is based on a medieval pilgrim badge showing Thomas returning from exile in France.
Queen's 90th birthday
To celebrate the Queen's birthday we would like to make a
display of any personal mementos, anecdotes, photos etc that you are willing to share with others.
The display will be at St Peter's Church on June 5th. Please contact Theresa or see her at the 10.00am services until 29th May.
Treasurer Seaview PCC
Someone to take over as the treasurer is urgently required. If you would like to find out what this involves please contact Rob or Sylvia.
Pat Whiteland
Grateful thanks to all who sent cards and flowers on the occasion of Pat's 90th birthday. She had a wonderful day.
Choir Concert at St Helen's
CDs of this concert which took place during the recent Flower Festival are now on sale and are available from Sue or Jim Proctor.
Minimum asking price £7.50. All proceeds to the fabric fund.
Mothers' Union
The Seaview and St Helen's branch of the Mothers' Union will meet on Tuesday 24th May at 2.00pm in St Peter's Church Hall, Seaview.
The meeting will include speakers from Age UK speaking on some new initiatives for supporting people in their local communities.
Non-members very welcome and the meeting includes raffle and refreshments.
