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Dear Friends,
Our Christian celebration of the Jewish Festival of Pentecost is called
the birthday of the Church. It is when the promised Holy Spirit came on the
disciples, and as we know from the Bible, they all spoke in various languages.
It was so that those in Jerusalem at the time, Jewish people from many
different countries come to celebrate the Festival, could understand.
It’s called the birthday of the Church because it’s not until then that
the disciples really understood what was going on. It was then that they truly
became Jesus’ body on earth, filled with the Holy Spirit, able to give witness
to Jesus and to bring others to know His love and salvation. As we read the
pages of Acts, we see how quickly this good news spread and the Church grew at
a phenomenal rate.
Before this, they’d come to believe that Jesus was their awaited
Messiah. They must felt let down when He was crucified. Even when they and
others had the joy of seeing Him after the resurrection, that first Easter was
bewildering for them, and many of them doubted. We’re told they also doubted
when they saw Him on the hillside before His ascension, which this year was
celebrated at the end of May: they were asking Him then when He was going to
restore Israel; they still hadn’t got what Jesus came to do.
But as the Holy Spirit came on them, just as Jesus promised, they
recalled His words and now understood what was going on. They found themselves
relying on the Holy Spirit to guide them and help them. They were taken to
places they’d never been before, being people they never thought they would be
before. As Jesus promised in Luke 24.49 they were, ‘clothed with power from on
high.’ And so the Church was born.
We are part of that wonderful Church, Christ’s body here on earth, to
witness to Him through that same power of the Holy Spirit. We are promised that
we have the Holy Spirit living in us, as Jesus with us, in all we do.
We’re celebrating Pentecost this year as a Resource Area at the service
at St Andrew’s, 8th June, 11am.
Do come and join us, and bring a picnic to have afterwards, in the
garden or the hall.
Love in Christ, Clare
June Services
Date
Minister
Organist
Duty Elder
1st June
Rev’d.
Fiona Ogg
David Lovell-Brown
Thad
8th
June
11am - Service
at St. Andrew’s
n/a
n/a
15th
June
Rev’d.
Fiona Ogg
Communion
Ann Llowarch
Anne and Tony
22nd
June
Rev’d.
Clare Davison
John Hall
Frankie
29th
June
Rowena Ward-Barrow
Ann Llowarch
Frank
All
services commence at 10.30am unless otherwise stated.
Notes to Services
Please note that the Service on Sunday 8th June is
at St. Andrew’s, Netherton, Peterborough at 11am. Anyone who
needs transport can either contact Lisa or Glynn, or organise a car-share with
someone else who is going to the service.
Reminder – Evergreen are inviting Friends of
Evergreen to join them:
“We would love to see any former volunteers,
staff, members, family of members and supporters of Evergreen. Sunday June 1st
3pm at All Saints Church Stamford with refreshments served afterwards
in the Unity Centre. We do hope you can join us in celebrating God’s
faithfulness to this work for the last 20 years”. (see flyer later on).
Flower Rota
1st
June In Memory of Megan Dartnell
8th
June n/a
15th June Tony Blow
22nd June Anne
Thompson
29th June Esther
Lambert
Resource Area News
Do join us if you can for
the weekly Zoom prayer meeting, every Thursday at 7pm. The focus, as always, is
the mission of our churches in the Resource Area. If you’re unable to join in,
please find time to pray in the week. The following can be used as a guide.
This month, please pray
for the Stamford Schools’ Festival on 4th June, welcoming one school group in
the morning and one in the afternoon.
In our Resource Area
churches, please pray:
~ for our Resource Area
Service at St Andrew’s on 8th June as we celebrate Pentecost together
~ for St Andrew’s, for
those who have committed to taking their mission forward at their Church Day in
May, and that continuing the Leading your Church into Growth Local course will
be a blessing.
~ for Spalding, planning
their next Messy Church
~ for continued meetings
with Westgate New Church and Queen Street Whittlesey on future ministry
Area Worship For your
diary:
Sunday 8th June, 11am,
Resource Area service at St Andrew’s URC. Bring your own packed lunch, for a picnic
outside if it’s nice weather, or in the Hall.
Save the date: Kenya
Fundraising event
A social event for our
Resource Area to get together as well as raise funds, with more details than
last week (see overpage). A sign-up sheet will be available in church for the
car trail (see Lisa or Glynn if you want a space in a car) or just come for tea
and cake afterwards
Christian Aid week
As a church we have raised £93 for Christian Aid, thank
you.
As Christian Aid is working in Palestine, I believe we
should all pray for the cessation of war between the Palestinians and Israel,
particularly the change in heart of the leaders of Israel and Hamas, our own government
to stop supplying arms to Israel, the leaders of the Christian churches ,
particularly in this country, to condemn the war and starvation tactics,
America to assert its weight behind peace negotiations. Indeed it would be good if some of us can
write to our MP or even to the PM to express our wishes, also to the leaders of
the URC to tell them what we think and see how they condemn the war.
I need to point out that this will be the last year I will be the Christian Aid
rep and someone needs to take on the roll, It is not very onerous, the
information, envelopes and posters come from the main organiser who is Alison
Warwick, and she will get in touch with you as regards delivering the things.
The treasurer is Ian Husbands who is also easy to contact. If you feel
you can spare a few hours in May for this please contact either me or the
Elders.
Thank you,
Ishobel Macnab ishobel.macnab@btinternet.com
Service of Welcome into South Lincs. Resource Area and Induction of
Rev’d. Clare Davison
It was lovely to welcome East Midlands Deputy Synod Moderator
Rev’d. Jane Wade to Star Lane on 18th May to conduct the Welcome
Service for Stamford URC into the South Lincs. Resource Area and Clare’s Induction
Service, along with other guests from St. Andrew’s and Spalding URC’s. It was
good to share tea and cakes in the Church Hall afterwards.
Thank You
Thank you to all those who made the Welcome and Induction
a great occasion in our church life. It was good to see so many from our
church, as well as representatives from St Andrew’s and Spalding URC’s. My
husband, Brian, felt very welcome, and we look forward to a good few years with
you all. Clare
Update on Hall Renovation
Project.
As Geoff Milnes was
visiting us on 25th May, the Elders and others involved in the Hall
Renovation project held a meeting after coffee with Geoff in his capacity as
East Midlands Property Officer, to review our application to the Synod Trust
and clarify our route forward.
Geoff explained
that greater detail was required in the other supporting documents as part of
our application and gave an overview of the type of input required, which
equates to a more formal business plan. He said that Synod Trust meets
quarterly, the next meetings being in late July and October.
It was agreed that
those in the room and Clare would form the basis of the project group and meetings
would be scheduled to work towards improving our submission prior to the
October meeting, as it was felt it was not realistic to do the work required by
the July meeting.
The next Elders’
Meeting on 4th June will set out the timetable in more detail.
Evergreen 20th
Anniversary Service:
Concert in Star Lane on Weds. 11th
June:
Ellie Turner has asked us to advertise this
jazz concert. Half-Price tickets for all URC churchgoers available on the door,
or call 07811444935, or email Ellie on info@eleanorturner.com
to reserve your half-price tickets!’ (Nice!)
And finally…sadly, we lost another of our previous
long-time church members when Alan Miller passed away last week. Alan checked
the church accounts for Pat Hinks when she was Treasurer and covered the
position after her departure before Lisa took on the role, with Alan continuing
to offer valued support when needed.
We hold Diane and their family in our thoughts
and prayers.
Quote of the
month:
“(God) will
cause the bright dawn of salvation to rise on us and to shine from heaven
on all those who live in the dark shadow of death, to guide our steps into
the path of peace.
Luke, Ch.1, v.78-79 (GNB)
MINISTER
COULD ANY ITEMS FOR THE JULY EDITION PLEASE REACH GLYNN BY JUNE
23rd AT:
HALL LETTINGS
REVD. CLARE DAVISON
MRS. SUE SAMUELS
revclare.urc2004@gmail.com
urcstarnews@gmail.com
sues25@outlook.com
01733 260164 07476 958269
07428 820671
WE HOPE EVERYONE IS
STAYING SAFE, WELL AND HAPPY
Dear Friends,
Our Christian celebration of the Jewish Festival of Pentecost is called the birthday of the Church. It is when the promised Holy Spirit came on the disciples, and as we know from the Bible, they all spoke in various languages. It was so that those in Jerusalem at the time, Jewish people from many different countries come to celebrate the Festival, could understand.
It’s called the birthday of the Church because it’s not until then that the disciples really understood what was going on. It was then that they truly became Jesus’ body on earth, filled with the Holy Spirit, able to give witness to Jesus and to bring others to know His love and salvation. As we read the pages of Acts, we see how quickly this good news spread and the Church grew at a phenomenal rate.
Before this, they’d come to believe that Jesus was their awaited Messiah. They must felt let down when He was crucified. Even when they and others had the joy of seeing Him after the resurrection, that first Easter was bewildering for them, and many of them doubted. We’re told they also doubted when they saw Him on the hillside before His ascension, which this year was celebrated at the end of May: they were asking Him then when He was going to restore Israel; they still hadn’t got what Jesus came to do.
But as the Holy Spirit came on them, just as Jesus promised, they recalled His words and now understood what was going on. They found themselves relying on the Holy Spirit to guide them and help them. They were taken to places they’d never been before, being people they never thought they would be before. As Jesus promised in Luke 24.49 they were, ‘clothed with power from on high.’ And so the Church was born.
We are part of that wonderful Church, Christ’s body here on earth, to witness to Him through that same power of the Holy Spirit. We are promised that we have the Holy Spirit living in us, as Jesus with us, in all we do.
We’re celebrating Pentecost this year as a Resource Area at the service at St Andrew’s, 8th June, 11am.
Do come and join us, and bring a picnic to have afterwards, in the garden or the hall.
Love in Christ, Clare
June Services
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Date |
Minister |
Organist |
Duty Elder |
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1st June |
Rev’d. Fiona Ogg |
David Lovell-Brown |
Thad |
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8th June |
11am - Service at St. Andrew’s |
n/a |
n/a |
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15th June |
Rev’d. Fiona Ogg Communion |
Ann Llowarch |
Anne and Tony |
|
22nd June |
Rev’d. Clare Davison |
John Hall |
Frankie |
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29th June |
Rowena Ward-Barrow |
Ann Llowarch |
Frank |
All services commence at 10.30am unless otherwise stated.
Notes to Services
Please note that the Service on Sunday 8th June is at St. Andrew’s, Netherton, Peterborough at 11am. Anyone who needs transport can either contact Lisa or Glynn, or organise a car-share with someone else who is going to the service.
Reminder – Evergreen are inviting Friends of Evergreen to join them:
“We would love to see any former volunteers, staff, members, family of members and supporters of Evergreen. Sunday June 1st 3pm at All Saints Church Stamford with refreshments served afterwards in the Unity Centre. We do hope you can join us in celebrating God’s faithfulness to this work for the last 20 years”. (see flyer later on).
Flower Rota
1st June In Memory of Megan Dartnell
8th June n/a
15th June Tony Blow
22nd June Anne Thompson
29th June Esther Lambert
Resource Area News
Do join us if you can for the weekly Zoom prayer meeting, every Thursday at 7pm. The focus, as always, is the mission of our churches in the Resource Area. If you’re unable to join in, please find time to pray in the week. The following can be used as a guide.
This month, please pray for the Stamford Schools’ Festival on 4th June, welcoming one school group in the morning and one in the afternoon.
In our Resource Area churches, please pray:
~ for our Resource Area Service at St Andrew’s on 8th June as we celebrate Pentecost together
~ for St Andrew’s, for those who have committed to taking their mission forward at their Church Day in May, and that continuing the Leading your Church into Growth Local course will be a blessing.
~ for Spalding, planning their next Messy Church
~ for continued meetings with Westgate New Church and Queen Street Whittlesey on future ministry
Area Worship For your diary:
Sunday 8th June, 11am, Resource Area service at St Andrew’s URC. Bring your own packed lunch, for a picnic outside if it’s nice weather, or in the Hall.
Save the date: Kenya Fundraising event
A social event for our Resource Area to get together as well as raise funds, with more details than last week (see overpage). A sign-up sheet will be available in church for the car trail (see Lisa or Glynn if you want a space in a car) or just come for tea and cake afterwards
Christian Aid week
As a church we have raised £93 for Christian Aid, thank you.
As Christian Aid is working in Palestine, I believe we should all pray for the cessation of war between the Palestinians and Israel, particularly the change in heart of the leaders of Israel and Hamas, our own government to stop supplying arms to Israel, the leaders of the Christian churches , particularly in this country, to condemn the war and starvation tactics, America to assert its weight behind peace negotiations. Indeed it would be good if some of us can write to our MP or even to the PM to express our wishes, also to the leaders of the URC to tell them what we think and see how they condemn the war.
I need to point out that this will be the last year I will be the Christian Aid rep and someone needs to take on the roll, It is not very onerous, the information, envelopes and posters come from the main organiser who is Alison Warwick, and she will get in touch with you as regards delivering the things. The treasurer is Ian Husbands who is also easy to contact. If you feel you can spare a few hours in May for this please contact either me or the Elders.
Thank you, Ishobel Macnab ishobel.macnab@btinternet.com
Service of Welcome into South Lincs. Resource Area and Induction of Rev’d. Clare Davison
It was lovely to welcome East Midlands Deputy Synod Moderator Rev’d. Jane Wade to Star Lane on 18th May to conduct the Welcome Service for Stamford URC into the South Lincs. Resource Area and Clare’s Induction Service, along with other guests from St. Andrew’s and Spalding URC’s. It was good to share tea and cakes in the Church Hall afterwards.
Thank You
Thank you to all those who made the Welcome and Induction a great occasion in our church life. It was good to see so many from our church, as well as representatives from St Andrew’s and Spalding URC’s. My husband, Brian, felt very welcome, and we look forward to a good few years with you all. Clare
Update on Hall Renovation Project.
As Geoff Milnes was visiting us on 25th May, the Elders and others involved in the Hall Renovation project held a meeting after coffee with Geoff in his capacity as East Midlands Property Officer, to review our application to the Synod Trust and clarify our route forward.
Geoff explained that greater detail was required in the other supporting documents as part of our application and gave an overview of the type of input required, which equates to a more formal business plan. He said that Synod Trust meets quarterly, the next meetings being in late July and October.
It was agreed that those in the room and Clare would form the basis of the project group and meetings would be scheduled to work towards improving our submission prior to the October meeting, as it was felt it was not realistic to do the work required by the July meeting.
The next Elders’ Meeting on 4th June will set out the timetable in more detail.
Evergreen 20th Anniversary Service:
Concert in Star Lane on Weds. 11th June:
Ellie Turner has asked us to advertise this jazz concert. Half-Price tickets for all URC churchgoers available on the door, or call 07811444935, or email Ellie on info@eleanorturner.com to reserve your half-price tickets!’ (Nice!)
And finally…sadly, we lost another of our previous long-time church members when Alan Miller passed away last week. Alan checked the church accounts for Pat Hinks when she was Treasurer and covered the position after her departure before Lisa took on the role, with Alan continuing to offer valued support when needed.
We hold Diane and their family in our thoughts and prayers.
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Quote of the month:
“(God) will cause the bright dawn of salvation to rise on us and to shine from heaven on all those who live in the dark shadow of death, to guide our steps into the path of peace.
Luke, Ch.1, v.78-79 (GNB) |
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MINISTER |
COULD ANY ITEMS FOR THE JULY EDITION PLEASE REACH GLYNN BY JUNE 23rd AT: |
HALL LETTINGS |
|
REVD. CLARE DAVISON |
MRS. SUE SAMUELS |
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|
revclare.urc2004@gmail.com |
urcstarnews@gmail.com |
sues25@outlook.com |
|
01733 260164 07476 958269 |
|
07428 820671 |
WE HOPE EVERYONE IS STAYING SAFE, WELL AND HAPPY