30 June 2024
10:00 | 
Posted by
Dr Platts |
This Sunday we had 2 services, The Parish Eucharist at 10 am and Choral Evensong at 3:30.
Father Chris was the celebrant at 10 am and took the evening office.
The choir sang the Ave Verim setting by W/A. Mozrt at the 10 am service. The children joined us at th communion an dtold us about their session at the end of the Service.
There was coffee and biscuits after the service .
At 3:30 we met again for the Evensong service. The set psalm was 53, and the Magnificat and Nunc Dimitis were in the setting in B flat by C.V.Stanford.
The anthem was 'All in the April Evening'
after the service there was tea and cake in the rooms.
2 lovely and quite different services!
Next Sunday we have a concert in the afternoon by the Emsworth Meridian Choir in aid of the RNLI. Tickets are £10. There will be tea to follow.
The Fete is past approaching, keep the 27th July in mind and come along for the social event of the year!
A reading from the second book of Samuel.
After the death of Saul,
when David had returned from defeating the Amalekites,
David remained two days in Ziklag.
David intoned this lamentation over Saul and his son Jonathan.
(He ordered that The Song of the Bow be taught to the people of Judah;
it is written in the Book of Jashar.)
He said:
Your glory, O Israel,
lies slain upon your high places!
How the mighty have fallen!
Tell it not in Gath,
proclaim it not in the streets of Ashkelon;
or the daughters of the Philistines will rejoice,
the daughters of the uncircumcised will exult.
You mountains of Gilboa,
let there be no dew or rain upon you,
nor bounteous fields!
For there the shield of the mighty was defiled,
the shield of Saul, anointed with oil no more.
From the blood of the slain, from the fat of the mighty,
the bow of Jonathan did not turn back,
nor the sword of Saul return empty.
Saul and Jonathan, beloved and lovely!
In life and in death they were not divided;
they were swifter than eagles,
they were stronger than lions.
O daughters of Israel, weep over Saul,
who clothed you with crimson, in luxury,
who put ornaments of gold on your apparel.
How the mighty have fallen in the midst of the battle!
Jonathan lies slain upon your high places.
I am distressed for you, my brother Jonathan;
greatly beloved were you to me;
your love to me was wonderful,
passing the love of women.
How the mighty have fallen,
and the weapons of war perished!
2 Corinthians 8:7-15
A reading from the second letter of Paul to the Corinthians.
You excel in everything—
in faith, in speech, in knowledge, in utmost eagerness,
and in our love for you—
so we want you to excel also in this generous undertaking.
I do not say this as a command,
but I am testing the genuineness of your love
against the earnestness of others.
For you know the generous act of our Lord Jesus Christ,
that though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor,
so that by his poverty you might become rich.
And in this matter I am giving my advice:
it is appropriate for you who began last year
not only to do something but even to desire to do something—
now finish doing it,
so that your eagerness may be matched by completing it
according to your means.
For if the eagerness is there,
the gift is acceptable according to what one has—
not according to what one does not have.
I do not mean that there should be relief for others and pressure on you,
but it is a question of a fair balance between
your present abundance and their need,
so that their abundance may be for your need,
in order that there may be a fair balance.
As it is written,
‘The one who had much did not have too much,
and the one who had little did not have too little.’
Mark 5:21-43
Hear the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to Mark.
When Jesus had crossed again in the boat to the other side,
a great crowd gathered round him;
and he was by the lake.
Then one of the leaders of the synagogue named Jairus came
and, when he saw him,
fell at his feet and begged him repeatedly,
‘My little daughter is at the point of death.
Come and lay your hands on her,
so that she may be made well, and live.’
So he went with him.
And a large crowd followed him and pressed in on him.
Now there was a woman
who had been suffering from haemorrhages for twelve years.
She had endured much under many physicians,
and had spent all that she had;
and she was no better, but rather grew worse.
She had heard about Jesus,
and came up behind him in the crowd and touched his cloak,
for she said,
‘If I but touch his clothes, I will be made well.’
Immediately her haemorrhage stopped;
and she felt in her body that she was healed of her disease.
Immediately aware that power had gone forth from him,
Jesus turned about in the crowd and said,
‘Who touched my clothes?’
And his disciples said to him,
‘You see the crowd pressing in on you;
how can you say, “Who touched me?” ’
He looked all round to see who had done it.
But the woman, knowing what had happened to her,
came in fear and trembling, fell down before him,
and told him the whole truth.
He said to her,
‘Daughter, your faith has made you well;
go in peace, and be healed of your disease.’
While he was still speaking,
some people came from the leader’s house to say,
‘Your daughter is dead.
Why trouble the teacher any further?’
But overhearing what they said,
Jesus said to the leader of the synagogue,
‘Do not fear, only believe.’
He allowed no one to follow him
except Peter, James, and John, the brother of James.
When they came to the house of the leader of the synagogue,
he saw a commotion, people weeping and wailing loudly.
When he had entered, he said to them,
‘Why do you make a commotion and weep?
The child is not dead but sleeping.’
And they laughed at him.
Then he put them all outside,
and took the child’s father and mother and those who were with him,
and went in where the child was.
He took her by the hand and said to her,
‘Talitha cum’, which means, ‘Little girl, get up!’
And immediately the girl got up and began to walk about
(she was twelve years of age).
At this they were overcome with amazement.
He strictly ordered them that no one should know this,
and told them to give her something to eat.
St Mary our Lady
Church Farm Lane, Sidlesham, Chichester PO20 7RE
Presents
The Emsworth Meridian Choir
and Friends
Sunday 7th 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).
