WELCOME TO ST MARY'S AND ALL SOULS
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Ready Steady Grow Pre-School |
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Take a look at the churches in the Benefice from the air |
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St Mary's and All Souls Services We will post any revisions to services here and on our Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/StMarysAndAllSouls |
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St Mary's and All Souls latest Newsletter |
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PCC Papers You can now download minutes and other PCC documents from the PCC page |
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Food Bank latest needs: https://bromleyborough.foodbank.org.uk/give-help/donate-food/ *PLEASE DON'T SEND US FROZEN OR CHILLED ITEMS AS WE DON'T HAVE THE CORRECT STORAGE FOR IT AND IT SPOILS BEFORE WE CAN DISTRIBUTE IT* WE'VE GOT PLENTY OF PASTA, CEREAL & BISCUITS
Thank you!
Judith Simmonds will be taking the Parish contributions towards the end of the month so please drop your donations into our box in the porch before then. |
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The Church Of England Daily Prayer |
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Rev Martin writes:
Thank you and Hello?
Normally one would be writing a ‘thank you’ and ‘farewell’ and talking about looking forward to a new ministry in a different place. So, with fond memories I have said my farewells, during a benefice service at Well Hill, and been very grateful for the warmth and kindness you have shown me over my time as a curate.
I am excited and looking forward to a start of a new ministry and in some ways, it will be very different, and others very similar particularly as I’m not going very far as I accepted the call, by the bishop, to minister amongst you. To say farewell and remain is quite a unique experience.
Benjamin Franklin said “In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes”. I would add another, ‘change,’ and I wonder how we will engage with the changes.
These are changes not only for myself, although I have, recently retired form working with the United Reformed Church and ended my curacy, which are big changes in themselves.
However, I’m not alone as the wider church, e.g. the Diocese and Archdeacon, have also decided to engage with the changes in ordained ministry in this benefice. Revd Susan, the Rector, has seen an opportunity and thanks to her I now start a new ministry.
Christ calls on all of us to follow him, and that creates change. However, we must ask ourselves who is the change for? We should never follow our own agenda or ambitions for in the long run it leads us nowhere.
The Psalmist says in Psalm 127
1 Unless the Lord builds the house,
the builders labour in vain.
Unless the Lord watches over the city,
the guards stand watch in vain.
2 In vain you rise early
and stay up late,
toiling for food to eat—
for he grants sleep to[a] those he loves.
With that in mind there are a lot of things we could do, but praying for discernment in what Christ is calling us to do will be key.
I look forward to working with Revd Susan, the Readers, the Wardens, PCC members and all of you as we are all called to build the Kingdom of God, knowing that the changes God wants are for everyone’s benefit so as Christ said ‘that you may have life in all its fullness’ John 10:10.
So, I finish by thanking you again for your fellowship and the wonderful gift of a red stole, I now have the set; and I look forward to ministering amongst you all in these coming years.
Reverend Martin
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