St Mary Our Lady: June 2024

Sidlesham Fete 2024

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Sidlesham Fete 2:00pm on Saturday 27 July 2024

23 June 2024

Sunday 23rd June 2024 Fourth Sunday after Trinity

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At last summer has arrived! On a beautiful summers morning we met at 10 am for our Parish Eucharist at St Marys. Father Chris was the celebrant and we are well into Trinity now.

The Choir sang The Irish Blessing setting by Bob Chilcott as the anthem.

We had coffee afterwards in the rooms and set off home in lovely sunshine.

There are one or two events coming up!

On the 7th July in the afternoon we have a concert in aid of the RNLI given by the Emsworth Meridian Choir and Friends. There will be Tea and Cake after the performance. The choir will sing an interesting mixture of music, something for everyone! Do come along. Tickets 10 pounds.

The Fete our major event of the year will be held on the 27th of July. This year in addition to the afternoon activities there will also be music food and drink available into the evening!

1 Samuel 17:32-49

A reading from the first book of Samuel.

David said to Saul,

‘Let no one’s heart fail because of him;

your servant will go and fight with this Philistine.’

Saul said to David,

‘You are not able to go against this Philistine to fight with him;

for you are just a boy,

and he has been a warrior from his youth.’

But David said to Saul,

‘Your servant used to keep sheep for his father;

and whenever a lion or a bear came, and took a lamb from the flock,

I went after it and struck it down,

rescuing the lamb from its mouth;

and if it turned against me,

I would catch it by the jaw,

strike it down, and kill it.

Your servant has killed both lions and bears;

and this uncircumcised Philistine shall be like one of them,

since he has defied the armies of the living God.’

David said,

‘The Lord, who saved me from the paw of the lion

and from the paw of the bear,

will save me from the hand of this Philistine.’

So Saul said to David,

‘Go, and may the Lord be with you!’

Saul clothed David with his armour;

he put a bronze helmet on his head

and clothed him with a coat of mail.

David strapped Saul’s sword over the armour,

and he tried in vain to walk,

for he was not used to them.

Then David said to Saul,

‘I cannot walk with these;

for I am not used to them.’

So David removed them.

Then he took his staff in his hand,

and chose five smooth stones from the wadi,

and put them in his shepherd’s bag, in the pouch;

his sling was in his hand,

and he drew near to the Philistine.

The Philistine came on and drew near to David,

with his shield-bearer in front of him.

When the Philistine looked and saw David,

he disdained him,

for he was only a youth,

ruddy and handsome in appearance.

The Philistine said to David,

‘Am I a dog,

that you come to me with sticks?’

And the Philistine cursed David by his gods.

The Philistine said to David,

‘Come to me,

and I will give your flesh to the birds of the air

and to the wild animals of the field.’

But David said to the Philistine,

‘You come to me with sword and spear and javelin;

but I come to you in the name of the Lord of hosts,

the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have defied.

This very day the Lord will deliver you into my hand,

and I will strike you down and cut off your head;

and I will give the dead bodies of the Philistine army

this very day to the birds of the air and to the wild animals of the earth,

so that all the earth may know that there is a God in Israel,

and that all this assembly may know

that the Lord does not save by sword and spear;

for the battle is the Lord’s

and he will give you into our hand.’

When the Philistine drew nearer to meet David,

David ran quickly towards the battle line to meet the Philistine.

David put his hand in his bag,

took out a stone, slung it,

and struck the Philistine on his forehead;

the stone sank into his forehead,

and he fell face down on the ground.

2 Corinthians 6:1-13

A reading from the secon dletter of Paul to the Corinthians.

As we work together with Christ,

we urge you also not to accept the grace of God in vain.

For he says,

‘At an acceptable time I have listened to you,

and on a day of salvation I have helped you.’

See, now is the acceptable time;

see, now is the day of salvation!

We are putting no obstacle in anyone’s way,

so that no fault may be found with our ministry,

but as servants of God we have commended ourselves in every way:

through great endurance, in afflictions,

hardships, calamities,

beatings, imprisonments, riots,

labours, sleepless nights, hunger;

by purity, knowledge, patience, kindness,

holiness of spirit, genuine love,

truthful speech, and the power of God;

with the weapons of righteousness for the right hand and for the left;

in honour and dishonour,

in ill repute and good repute.

We are treated as impostors, and yet are true;

as unknown, and yet are well known;

as dying, and see—we are alive;

as punished, and yet not killed;

as sorrowful, yet always rejoicing;

as poor, yet making many rich;

as having nothing, and yet possessing everything.

We have spoken frankly to you Corinthians;

our heart is wide open to you.

There is no restriction in our affections,

but only in yours.

In return—I speak as to children—open wide your hearts also.

Mark 4:35-41

Hear the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to Mark.

When evening had come, Jesus said to his disciples,

‘Let us go across to the other side.’

And leaving the crowd behind,

they took him with them in the boat, just as he was.

Other boats were with him.

A great gale arose, and the waves beat into the boat,

so that the boat was already being swamped.

But he was in the stern, asleep on the cushion;

and they woke him up and said to him,

‘Teacher, do you not care that we are perishing?’

He woke up and rebuked the wind, and said to the sea,

‘Peace! Be still!’

Then the wind ceased, and there was a dead calm.

He said to them, ‘Why are you afraid?

Have you still no faith?’

And they were filled with great awe

and said to one another,

‘Who then is this,

that even the wind and the sea obey him?’

St Mary our Lady

Church Farm Lane, Sidlesham, Chichester PO20 7RE

Presents

The Emsworth Meridian Choir

and Friends

Sunday 7^th July 2024 3pm

For an afternoon of music and song followed by the traditional

St Mary's tea and cake.

Tickets £10 for the RNLI and a retiring collection in aid of St Mary our Lady

Please come and support this concert for the RNLI in its 200th year and also our church. Tickets are availale from Hilary Platts after 10am service and also on the door (but we would prefer to know in advance how many are coming for the refreshments).

16 June 2024

Sunday 16th June 2024 Third Sunday after Trinity

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Our third Sunday pattern is back again! As we are now in ordinary time we had 2 services to choose from. In the Church Hall Father Chris held a 'Crafty Communion' with lots of activities for children of all ages! At the same time Father Roger came and we had a sung matins in CHurch. The choir sang the Benedictus in the setting in C V Stanford in C. It is the centenary of his death this year.

The Anthem wsa 'Thou Visitest the Earth' setting by Maurice Green.

There was coffee after the service.

1 Samuel 15:34-16:13

A reading from the first book of Samuel.

Then Samuel went to Ramah;

and Saul went up to his house in Gibeah of Saul.

Samuel did not see Saul again until the day of his death,

but Samuel grieved over Saul.

And the Lord was sorry that he had made Saul king over Israel.

The Lord said to Samuel,

‘How long will you grieve over Saul?

I have rejected him from being king over Israel.

Fill your horn with oil and set out;

I will send you to Jesse the Bethlehemite,

for I have provided for myself a king among his sons.’

Samuel said,

‘How can I go?

If Saul hears of it, he will kill me.’

And the Lord said,

‘Take a heifer with you, and say,

“I have come to sacrifice to the Lord.”

Invite Jesse to the sacrifice,

and I will show you what you shall do;

and you shall anoint for me the one whom I name to you.’

Samuel did what the Lord commanded,

and came to Bethlehem.

The elders of the city came to meet him trembling, and said,

‘Do you come peaceably?’

He said, ‘Peaceably;

I have come to sacrifice to the Lord;

sanctify yourselves and come with me to the sacrifice.’

And he sanctified Jesse and his sons and invited them to the sacrifice.

When they came,

he looked on Eliab and thought,

‘Surely the Lord’s anointed is now before the Lord.’

But the Lord said to Samuel,

‘Do not look on his appearance or on the height of his stature,

because I have rejected him;

for the Lord does not see as mortals see;

they look on the outward appearance,

but the Lord looks on the heart.’

Then Jesse called Abinadab,

and made him pass before Samuel.

He said, ‘Neither has the Lord chosen this one.’

Then Jesse made Shammah pass by.

And he said, ‘Neither has the Lord chosen this one.’

Jesse made seven of his sons pass before Samuel,

and Samuel said to Jesse,

‘The Lord has not chosen any of these.’

Samuel said to Jesse,

‘Are all your sons here?’

And he said, ‘There remains yet the youngest,

but he is keeping the sheep.’

And Samuel said to Jesse, ‘

Send and bring him;

for we will not sit down until he comes here.’

He sent and brought him in.

Now he was ruddy, and had beautiful eyes,

and was handsome.

The Lord said,

‘Rise and anoint him;

for this is the one.’

Then Samuel took the horn of oil,

and anointed him in the presence of his brothers;

and the spirit of the Lord came mightily upon David from that day forward.

Samuel then set out and went to Ramah.

2 Corinthians 5:6-10

A reading from the second letter of Paul to the Corinthians.

Brothers and sisters,

we are always confident;

even though we know that while we are at home in the body

we are away from the Lord—

for we walk by faith, not by sight.

Yes, we do have confidence,

and we would rather be away from the body

and at home with the Lord.

So whether we are at home or away,

we make it our aim to please him.

For all of us must appear before the judgement seat of Christ,

so that each may receive recompense

for what has been done in the body,

whether good or evil.

Mark 4:26-34

Hear the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to Mark.

Such a large crowd gathered around Jesus

that he got into a boat and began to teach them using many parables.

Jesus said,

‘The kingdom of God is as if someone would scatter seed on the ground,

and would sleep and rise night and day,

and the seed would sprout and grow,

he does not know how.

The earth produces of itself,

first the stalk, then the head, then the full grain in the head.

But when the grain is ripe,

at once he goes in with his sickle,

because the harvest has come.’

Jesus also said,

‘With what can we compare the kingdom of God,

or what parable will we use for it?

It is like a mustard seed,

which, when sown upon the ground,

is the smallest of all the seeds on earth;

yet when it is sown it grows up

and becomes the greatest of all shrubs,

and puts forth large branches,

so that the birds of the air can make nests in its shade.’

With many such parables he spoke the word to them,

as they were able to hear it;

he did not speak to them except in parables,

but he explained everything in private to his disciples.

09 June 2024

Sunday 9th June 2024 Second Sunday after Trinity

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This morning we met at 10 am for a celebration of the Eucharist. Father Chris is away for a short break, so we welcomed Father Peter as our Celebrant. We sang some of his favourite hymns and he joined us for coffee after the service.

We are gearing up for the Fete on the 27th of July, if you can help on the day do sign up on the list in Church!

On the 7th of July we are going to have an afternoon of choral music from The Emsworth Meridian Choir and Friends, this will be followed by tea. Tickets are £10 in aid of the RNLI. All are welcome do come along!

1 Samuel 8:4-11

A reading from the first book of Samuel.

All the elders of Israel gathered together

and came to Samuel at Ramah,

They said to him,

‘You are old and your sons do not follow in your ways;

appoint for us, then,

a king to govern us, like other nations.’

But the thing displeased Samuel when they said,

‘Give us a king to govern us.’

Samuel prayed to the Lord,

and the Lord said to Samuel,

‘Listen to the voice of the people in all that they say to you;

for they have not rejected you,

but they have rejected me from being king over them.

Just as they have done to me,

from the day I brought them up out of Egypt to this day,

forsaking me and serving other gods,

so also they are doing to you.

Now then, listen to their voice;

only—you shall solemnly warn them,

and show them the ways of the king who shall reign over them.’

So Samuel reported all the words of the Lord to the people

who were asking him for a king.

He said,

‘These will be the ways of the king who will reign over you:

he will take your sons and appoint them to his chariots

and to be his horsemen, and to run before his chariots;

2 Corinthians 4:13 - 5:1

A reading from the second letter of Paul to the Corinthians.

Just as we have the same spirit of faith

that is in accordance with scripture—

‘I believed, and so I spoke’—

we also believe, and so we speak,

because we know that the one who raised the Lord Jesus

will raise us also with Jesus,

and will bring us with you into his presence.

Yes, everything is for your sake,

so that grace, as it extends to more and more people,

may increase thanksgiving, to the glory of God.

So we do not lose heart.

Even though our outer nature is wasting away,

our inner nature is being renewed day by day.

For this slight momentary affliction

is preparing us for an eternal weight of glory beyond all measure,

because we look not at what can be seen

but at what cannot be seen;

for what can be seen is temporary,

but what cannot be seen is eternal.

For we know that if the earthly tent we live in is destroyed,

we have a building from God,

a house not made with hands,

eternal in the heavens.

Mark 3:20-35

Hear the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to Mark.

The crowd came together again,

so that they could not even eat.

When his family heard it, they went out to restrain him,

for people were saying, ‘He has gone out of his mind.’

And the scribes who came down from Jerusalem said,

‘He has Beelzebul,

and by the ruler of the demons he casts out demons.’

And he called them to him, and spoke to them in parables,

‘How can Satan cast out Satan?

If a kingdom is divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand.

And if a house is divided against itself,

that house will not be able to stand.

And if Satan has risen up against himself and is divided,

he cannot stand, but his end has come.

But no one can enter a strong man’s house and plunder his property

without first tying up the strong man;

then indeed the house can be plundered.

‘Truly I tell you,

people will be forgiven for their sins

and whatever blasphemies they utter;

but whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit

can never have forgiveness,

but is guilty of an eternal sin’—

for they had said, ‘He has an unclean spirit.’

Then his mother and his brothers came;

and standing outside, they sent to him and called him.

A crowd was sitting around him;

and they said to him,

‘Your mother and your brothers and sisters are outside,

asking for you.’

And he replied, ‘Who are my mother and my brothers?’

And looking at those who sat around him, he said,

‘Here are my mother and my brothers!

Whoever does the will of God is my brother and sister and mother.’

04 June 2024

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Do you want to integrate whole families into your church?

Would you like your children’s group to come to adult church?

Do you want to integrate the care of the environment into your church life?

Come and find out how!

Chichester Deanery is holding a
Deanery Day

Enabling & Equipping parish ministry

- Integrating children and families into our churches

- Integrating the care of the environment in church life

Keynote speakers include:

Revd Canon Rob Dillingham

(Parish Development Officer and Deputy Director for Apostolic Life)

Bishop Nick Holtam

(Formerly lead bishop on the environment)

To be held at St Paul’s Church, Chichester PO19 6FT

on Saturday 29^th June 2024

9:00am for a 9:30am start, ending with lunch at 1.30pm

The morning is open to all in your church interested, not just Synod members.

Click Here to Register

02 June 2024

Sunday 2nd June 2024 Corpus Christi

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We had a busy weekend at St Marys with an all age Eucharist on Sunday morning for the Feast of Corpus Christi, which included the baptism of 2 new Christians! Annabel and Edie were baptised during the service.

The Choir sang Pannus Angelicus as the anthem.

There was coffee afterwards.

In the afternoon there was a sung Evensong at 3:30,The choir sang the Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis in the setting by Thomas Moreley, and as the anthem 'Teach me O Lord' by Thomas Attwood.

There was tea and cake after this service.