Weekly Newsletter

 

The Enham Team Ministry

Parishes of Knights Enham and Smannell with Enham Alamein

Twelfth Sunday after Trinity

22nd August 2010

 

Welcome to all those who have come to worship in our churches today.  If you are visiting or are new to this church, please do stay for coffee and a chat after the service to get to know us and us to know you!

 

If you would like to know more about this Team Ministry comprising of four churches, our services and work that we do for God in our communities, please either speak to one of the churchwardens or either Rev Andrew Ashdown, Team Rector or Rev Thomas Wharton, Team Vicar.

 

 

Collect for Today

Almighty and everlasting God, you are always more ready to hear than we to pray and to give more than either we desire or deserve:  pour down upon us the abundance of your mercy, forgiving us those things of which our conscience is afraid and giving us those good things which we are not worthy to ask but through the merits and mediation of Jesus Christ your Son our Lord; who is alive and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever.   Amen.

 

Today’s readings:

OT:  Jeremiah 1: 4 - 10

NT:  Hebrews 12: 18 - end

Gospel:  Luke 13: 10 - 17

Next week’s readings:

OT:  Jeremiah 2: 4 – 12

NT:  Hebrews 13: 1 – 8, 15 – 16

Gospel:  Luke 14: 7 - 14

 

Andrew is conducting the morning service at Nether Wallop in the Downs Benefice this morning as Chair of the Deanery Overseas Committee and in preparation for the visit of members of our Link Diocese in Uganda in October.

 

TODAY:  Sunday 22 August

                6.00pm                   Churches Together Evensong. St. Michaels KE

 

Tues  24th               HC & Breakfast.                      Church Centre

 

Next Sunday:   22nd August    Twelfth Sunday after Trinity

  8.30am                  Holy Communion                   St. Michael’s, Knights Enham

10.00am                  Mattins                                   Christ Church, Smannell         

10.30am                  Holy Communion                   St Pauls Church Centre

12.00pm                  Baptism                                   St. Michael’s, Knights Enham

6.00pm                   Churches Together Evening Service.   Bridge St Methodist

 

Churches Together Sunday Evening Services in August.

As usual, the Churches Together in Andover meet together on Sunday evenings for worship at different venues in the Town.  The venues are as follows:

Sunday 22nd August    6pm                    St Michael & All Angels, Knights Enham

Sunday 29th August    6pm                     Bridge St Methodist Church.

 

Calling those who came on the Parish Pilgrimage to Hereford & the Welsh Borders in June…  If you have copies of any photographs of the pilgrimage that could be used for a display at our Patronal Festival, please could you let Andrew have them before the end of the month.  Thank you.

 

HOUSE GROUPS:

We have two House Groups currently meeting in the Parish: one on 2nd & 4th Wednesday evenings of the month, and the other on alternate Thursday afternoons. EVERYONE is very welcome to either (or both!) of them. 

 

Evening House Group:  2nd & 4th  Wednesday evenings at 3 Hammond Sq.  Led by Violet Porter.  The Evening House Group re-starts in September with a Course entitled ‘Yours sincerely’, exploring the letters of the New Testament.

8 September:  Introductions.       22 September:   Instructions.

13 October:     Inspirations           27 October:       Corrections.

10 November:  Confirmations      24 November:    Communications.

 

Afternoon House Group:  Thursday afternoons from 1.30 – 3.30pm

Details of Autumn programme coming soon.

Please remember in your prayers this week: -

Anglican Communion:  

Anglican Church of Southern Africa.  Archbishop Thabo Makgoba

Link Diocese of Madi & West Nile.  Team visit to Andover in Autumn

Anglican Churches in Iran

Diocese: Southampton Inter-faith link and Council of Faiths

Team:   All those who are on holiday

 

Church Meetings and Events coming up……

 

Sunday 29 August  12.30pm    LUNCH ON THE LAWN.      Glebe House, KE

An opportunity for food and fellowship!  £10 per person including a full 4-Course meal (!) and wine.  All Welcome.  Please get tickets from Lotte as soon as possible.  First come first served!

 

Sunday 5 September    Smannell & Enham Tennis and Croquet Tournament

2pm  Tennis meet at Postgrove House.  4.30pm  Croquet meet at Camber House.  Tickets £5 available from Pete Bowker, Noel Pope or Enham Post Office, including Barbeque 6-6.30pm at Camber House.

 

Saturday 11 September    RIDE AND STRIDE.    More details to follow

 

Tuesday 14 September 7 for 7.30pm   AN EVENING OF CLASSICAL MUSIC.

St. George’s, Enham Alamein.    With String Quintet ‘Pentatonic’, playing a varied programme including Bach, Mendelsshon, Beethoven and Mozart.  Tickets £10 available from Liz Cosgrove 345848 or Thomas Wharton 352 827. Pentatonic are a group of outstanding musicians led by Andrew Watkinson who is lead Violinist of the internationally acclaimed Endellion String Quartet (endellionquartet.com). Book to avoid disappointment.

 

Coffee Mornings at Smannell and Enham

Wednesday 15th September from 10am at The Copse, Upper Enham in aid of the Countess of Brecknock (Andover) Hospice. Bring & Buy Stall, Christmas Cards and Raffle. Entrance £1. Please ring Liz Hall on 323239 for transport.

Thursday 21st October from 10am at Jubilee House Smannell

 

Advance Notices:

Sunday 26 September  6pm    Knights Enham Patronal Festival Evensong

Wednesday 29 September 12.30pm   Enham Community Lunch

Sunday 3 October    10.00am  Enham Harvest Service.  St. George’s, Enham

                                   10.30am  Knights Enham Harvest Festival.  St. Michaels, KE

Sunday 3 October  6pm                 Smannell Harvest  Songs of Praise

Sunday 17 October 1-6pm        ALAMEIN THANKSGIVING.   St. Mary’s Church

                                                 More details to follow.

Saturday 20 November              Knights Enham QUIET DAY.  Fullerton Mill.

 

STREET PASTORS.  An exciting new Street Pastors scheme is being launched in Andover.  If you are interested in becoming either a Street Pastor or Prayer Pastor, please put your name on the list at the back of the Church Centre or speak to Andrew.  You will need to fill in an Application Form (available from Andrew), with a Reference (from your Vicar!).  To be a Street Pastor, you need to be over 18 (no upper age limit), a church member, and able to commit to a 10 session training programme. There will be an information evening on 12 September.  Provisional dates for the first four training sessions are:  25th September, 9th October, 23rd October, 6th November.  To find out more about the scheme, visit www.streetpastors.org.uk; go to ‘Current Locations’; find Basingstoke and click on BBC News 2 Feb 10. 

 

ANDOVER FOOD BANK.   Continues to supply record numbers of people in the local area.  Desperate need of the following:  Tinned Fish.  Tinned meat.  Tinned potatoes. Tinned vegetables, Long life Milk (500ml)  Long Life Fruit Juice (1 ltr) Sugar (500gms)  Rice (500gms)  Spaghetti,  Teabags (40s)  Can Openers.  Frying Pans.  Deodorant.  Shaving Gel.  Andover Food Bank. Alexandra Rd. Andover SP10 3AD  Tel: 362111

 

 

O God, the Creator and Giver of all good things;

Thank you for the gifts you have given us through the years.

Bless our vision, and pour your wisdom and guidance upon us.

May all that we do inspire and serve the community,

And witness to your love and presence amongst us.

Grant us the spirit of faith and generosity,

that all our endeavours may be in your name and to your glory.

This we pray through Jesus Christ our Lord.  Amen

 

Useful Contacts

 

Team Rector:

Rev Andrew Ashdown

357032

Team Vicar:

Rev Thomas Wharton

352827

Reader:

Violet Porter 

350805

Community Development:

Chris Davies

323417

Churchwardens:

 

 

Lotte Mackness

Knights Enham

361722

John Nulty

Knights Enham

353253

Pete Bowker

Smannell & Enham

357201

 

Are you organising a church activity?  Having a coffee morning or

prayer lunch?  Please let me know so I can include it in this Newsletter by Thursday evening: Victoria Ashdown 357032, vashdown@talktalk.net

 

See also for Smannell: 

www.parishofsandea.co.uk

 

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