16/7/23
Your weekly update from the Benwell & Scotswood Team
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Dates for your diary
Sun 23 July
4pm - St Margaret's Patronal festival
Sun 30 July
11am - St James Patronal festival, team service
14-18 August
Holiday club at St Margaret's
26 August
'Benstock' Festival/concert at St James
Services this week
Sun 16 July
9.30am - St John's Holy Communion
9.45am - St Margaret's Holy Communion
11am - Hub service at St James (Parish Eucharist)
Thurs 20 July
10.30am - Ven Bede Holy Communion
News
Exhibition of Something Wonderful - 13 July
You are invited to an exhibition of the Something Wonderful Art Club consisting of mini solo exhibitions of over 20 members, each will be sharing their artwork and stories.
The exhibition will continue until the 14th September and end with a Fundraising Auction where all displayed artworks will be on sale.
Holiday club - 14-18 August
This August you are invited to our freeholiday club at St Margaret's! Aimed at primary school children there will be crafts, games, activities, awesome stories from the Bible and more. A healthy lunch will also be provided every day with a family BBQ on Friday at 1pm.
St Margaret's Patronal festival - 23 July, 4pm
Celebrate St Margaret of Antioch's day with us at St Margaret Scotswood on 23rd July!
At 4pm at NE15 6AR.
St James Patronal festival - Sun 30 July
We will have a team service on 30 July at St James, it will be St James' day and also Dominic's final service with us!
Come celebrate with us and say goodbye to Dominic at 11am.
(please note there will be no other services that day)
Benstock! Sat 26 Aug
There will be an open mic followed by a concert held on the 26th August at St James Church (not the football stadium), and we need volunteers to help run it. If you’re free that day and would like to help out, email Echo at garrattecho1@gmail.com, or talk to Echo and we can find a job that you’d find fun.
If you know any band that could play a set, email Echo, and if possible provide a video or recording of some of their stuff.
And if neither of those apply to you, keep an ear out in the notices over the next few weeks, as tickets will be on sale soon.
Addison Court Sunday Fun day - 6 Aug
Addison Court are holding a fundraising event from 1.30pm on Sunday 6th August.
Haig Crescent, NE15 6AW
There will be stalls, face painting, raffle, crafts, hook-a-duck, refreshments and more!
There are also tables available for £5 if you would like to run your own stall. Please speak to Daniel if you are interested.
Items for the notices.
If you would like to announce something in the newsletter or the church service, please send the item in advance to Kath McIntyre at the church email address church@benwellscotswood.com
Please include details and no more than 2-3 short sentences about the item. If you have a preferred image please also include it in the email.
Sunday Worship
Sunday 16th July 2023
6th Sunday after Trinity
Proper 10
Green
Sermon
Revd Dominic
Intercessions
Prayers for others:
Maria Hawthorn
George Snowdon
Herbert Agbeko
Ellis Nelson
Pauline Nelson
Michell Wilson
Peter Wilson
Alan Taylor
Maureen Tayor
Kathleen Germain
Irene Foskett
Lorraine Atkinson
John Taylor
Diane Curran
Rest in peace
Angie Newman
May Taylor
If you would like to add someone to the prayer list please email church@benwellscotswood.com
The name will stay on the list for 1 month unless requested to be long-term.
Collect
Merciful God,
you have prepared for those who love you
such good things as pass our understanding:
pour into our hearts such love toward you
that we, loving you in all things and above all things,
may obtain your promises,
which exceed all that we can desire;
through 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.
or
Creator God,
you made us all in your image:
may we discern you in all that we see,
and serve you in all that we do;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Readings
Isaiah 55.10–13
Isaiah 55.10-13
10 For as the rain and the snow come down from heaven,
and do not return there until they have watered the earth,
making it bring forth and sprout,
giving seed to the sower and bread to the eater,
11 so shall my word be that goes out from my mouth;
it shall not return to me empty,
but it shall accomplish that which I purpose,
and succeed in the thing for which I sent it.
12 For you shall go out in joy,
and be led back in peace;
the mountains and the hills before you
shall burst into song,
and all the trees of the field shall clap their hands.
13 Instead of the thorn shall come up the cypress;
instead of the brier shall come up the myrtle;
and it shall be to the Lord for a memorial,
for an everlasting sign that shall not be cut off.
This is the word of the Lord.
All: Thanks be to God.
Gospel Reading
Hear the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to Matthew.
All: Glory to you, O Lord.
Matthew 13.1–9, 18–23
13That same day Jesus went out of the house and sat beside the lake. 2Such great crowds gathered around him that he got into a boat and sat there, while the whole crowd stood on the beach. 3And he told them many things in parables, saying: ‘Listen! A sower went out to sow. 4And as he sowed, some seeds fell on the path, and the birds came and ate them up. 5Other seeds fell on rocky ground, where they did not have much soil, and they sprang up quickly, since they had no depth of soil. 6But when the sun rose, they were scorched; and since they had no root, they withered away. 7Other seeds fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up and choked them. 8Other seeds fell on good soil and brought forth grain, some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty. 9Let anyone with ears listen!’ 18 ‘Hear then the parable of the sower. 19When anyone hears the word of the kingdom and does not understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away what is sown in the heart; this is what was sown on the path. 20As for what was sown on rocky ground, this is the one who hears the word and immediately receives it with joy; 21yet such a person has no root, but endures only for a while, and when trouble or persecution arises on account of the word, that person immediately falls away. 22As for what was sown among thorns, this is the one who hears the word, but the cares of the world and the lure of wealth choke the word, and it yields nothing. 23But as for what was sown on good soil, this is the one who hears the word and understands it, who indeed bears fruit and yields, in one case a hundredfold, in another sixty, and in another thirty.’
This is the Gospel of the Lord. All: Praise to you, O Christ.
Post Communion
God of our pilgrimage,
you have led us to the living water:
refresh and sustain us
as we go forward on our journey,
in the name of Jesus Christ our Lord.