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This month ...

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Week beginning:

  • * Sunday 27th July
  • * Sunday 3rd August
  • * Sunday 10th August
  • * Sunday 17th August
  • * Sunday 24th August
  • * Sunday 31st August

calendar of saints days in August

Next month

(today is Wednesday, 20 August)

a large wooden cross being carried shoulder high down Gillingham High Stree on Good Fridaya ringer holding a ropeflowers and candles surrounding the Blessed Sacrament on the Altar of Repose on Maundy Thursdaya Guide on Parade at Harvest Thanksgiving

St. Mary's Church decorated for Easter

The High Altar with a predominantly gold altar frontal and Easter Sepulchre full of flowers

... and beyond

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Week beginning Sunday 27th July 2008

The Praying Hands

Collect for the week

Let your merciful ears, O Lord,
be open to the prayers of your humble servants;
and that they may obtain their petitions
make them to ask such things as shall please you;
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.
Amen.

Services at St. Mary the Virgin, Gillingham (unless shown otherwise)

might Milton-on-Stour suit you instead?

Sunday
27th July

10th Sunday after Trinity

readings for the day

8.00am: Holy Eucharist

10.00am: Parish Eucharist

6.30pm: Evening Worship

Monday
28th July

7.30pm: bell ringing practice

Tuesday
29th July

Mary, Martha and Lazarus

Companions of our Lord Wikipedia entries for Mary, Martha and Lazarus
collect, readings and more

7.30am: Morning Prayer with Holy Eucharist

5.00pm: Evening Prayer

Wednesday
30th July

William Wilberforce

Social Reformer, 1833 Wikipedia entry; collect, readings and more

8am: Morning Prayer

10.30am: Holy Eucharist

5.00pm: Evening Prayer

Thursday
31th July

Ignatius of Loyola

Founder of the Society of Jesus, 1556 Wikipedia entry;collect, readings and more

8am: Morning Prayer

5.00pm: Evening Prayer

Friday
1st August

Lammas

8am: Morning Prayer

12noon: Holy Eucharist

5.00pm: Evening Prayer

Parish Barbecue - the Rectory

Saturday
2nd August

 

Please contact the Parish Office (01747 821598) for any other details you may require (open Tues-Fri, 9am-1pm).

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Week beginning Sunday 3rd August 2008

The Praying Hands

Collect for the week

O God, you declare your almighty power
most chiefly in showing mercy and pity:
mercifully grant to us such a measure of your grace,
that we, running the way of your commandments,
may receive your gracious promises,
and be made partakers of your heavenly treasure;
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.
Amen.

Services at St. Mary the Virgin, Gillingham (unless shown otherwise)

might Milton-on-Stour suit you instead?

Sunday
3rd August

11th Sunday after Trinity

readings for the day

8.00am: Holy Eucharist

10.00am: Parish Eucharist

Traidcraft shop logo

at coffee time (after 10am Eucharist)

6.30pm: Evening Prayer

Monday
4th August

Jean-Baptist Vianney

Curé d'Ars, Spiritual Guide, 1859
Wikipedia entry; collect, readings and more

7.30pm: bell ringing practice

Tuesday
5th August

7.30am: Morning Prayer with Holy Eucharist

5.00pm: Evening Prayer

Wednesday
6th August

The Transfiguration

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The Transfiguration of our Lord

Wikipedia entry; collect, readings and more

The Praying Hands

Father in heaven,
whose Son Jesus Christ was wonderfully transfigured
before chosen witnesses upon the holy mountain,
and spoke of the exodus he would accomplish at Jerusalem:
give us strength so to hear his voice and bear our cross
that in the world to come we may see him as he is;
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.
Amen.

8am: Morning Prayer

10.30am: Holy Eucharist

5.00pm: Evening Prayer

7.30pm: Parish Eucharist

Thursday
7th August

John Mason Neale

Priest, Hymn Writer, 1866
Wikipedia entry; collect, readings and more

8am: Morning Prayer

5.00pm: Evening Prayer

Friday
8th August

Dominic

Priest, Founder of the Order of Preachers, 1221
Wikipedia entry; collect, readings and more

8am: Morning Prayer

12noon: Holy Eucharist

5.00pm: Evening Prayer

Saturday
9th August

Mary Sumner

Founder of the Mothers' Union, 1921
Wikipedia entry; collect, readings and more

Please contact the Parish Office (01747 821598) for any other details you may require (open Tues-Fri, 9am-1pm).

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Week beginning Sunday 13th August 2008

The Praying Hands

Collect for the week

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.

Services at St. Mary the Virgin, Gillingham (unless shown otherwise)

might Milton-on-Stour suit you instead?

Sunday
10th August

12th Sunday after Trinity

readings for the day

8.00am: Holy Eucharist

10.00am: Parish Eucharist

Sunday Lunch next Sunday - book by today please (sign the list in the porch)

3.30pm Prayer and Praise - The Mellowes - everyone welcome

6.30pm: Evening Prayer

Monday
11th August

Clare of Assisi

Founder of the Order of Minoresses (Poor Clares), 1253
Wikipedia entry; collect, readings and more

John Henry Newman

Priest, Tractarian, 1890
Wikipedia entry; collect, readings and more

7.30pm: bell ringing practice

Tuesday
12th August

7.30am: Morning Prayer with Holy Eucharist

5.00pm: Evening Prayer

7.30pm: Music Group practice

Wednesday
13th August

Jeremy Taylor

Bishop of Down and Connor, Teacher of the Faith, 1667
Wikipedia entry; collect, readings and more

Florence Nightingale

Nurse, Social Reformer, 1910
Wikipedia entry; collect, readings and more

Octavia Hill

Social Reformer, 1912
"Impact" article about Octavia Hill; Wikipedia entry; collect, readings and more

8am: Morning Prayer

10.30am: Holy Eucharist

"Impact" copy date - copy to the Parish Office by 1pm please

5.00pm: Evening Prayer

Thursday
14th August

Maximilian Kolbe

Friar, Martyr, 1941
Wikipedia entry; collect, readings and more

8am: Morning Prayer

5.00pm: Evening Prayer

Friday
15th August

the Virgin Mary with Jesus as a baby in a fleur de lys, a traditional Marian symbol

P&P Gallery

The Blessed Virgin Mary ("The Assumption")

Wikipedia entries about St. Mary; about the Assumption;
collect, readings and more

The Praying Hands

Almighty God,
who looked upon the lowliness of the Blessed Virgin Mary
and chose her to be the mother of your only Son:
grant that we who are redeemed by his blood
may share with her in the glory of your eternal kingdom;
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.
Amen.

8am: Morning Prayer

12noon: Holy Eucharist

5.00pm: Evening Prayer

Saturday
16th August

 

Please contact the Parish Office (01747 821598) for any other details you may require (open Tues-Fri, 9am-1pm).

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Week beginning Sunday 17th August 2008

The Praying Hands

Collect for the week

Almighty God,
who called your Church to bear witness
that you were in Christ reconciling the world to yourself:
help us to proclaim the good news of your love,
that all who hear it may be drawn to you;
through him who was lifted up on the cross,
and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.
Amen.

Services at St. Mary the Virgin, Gillingham (unless shown otherwise)

might Milton-on-Stour suit you instead?

Sunday
17th August

13th Sunday after Trinity

readings for the day

8.00am: Holy Eucharist

10.00am: Family Eucharist

Traidcraft shop logo

at coffee time (after Family Eucharist) and at the Sunday lunch

12.30pm for 1.00pm: Sunday Lunch in the Vicarage Schoolroom - cost £6.00 (book by 10th please - list in church south porch)

6.30pm: Evening Worship at Milton

Monday
18th August

2.30pm - 4.00pm: Monday Tea with St. Mary's

7.30pm: bell ringing practice

Tuesday
19th August

7.30am: Morning Prayer with Holy Eucharist

5.00pm: Evening Prayer

Wednesday
20th August

Bernard

Abbot of Clairvaux, Teacher of the Faith, 1153 Wikipedia entry; collect, readings and more

William and Catherine Booth

Founders of the Salvation Army, 1912 and 1890
Wikipedia entrries about William and Catherine; collect, readings and more

The Gillingham and Shaftesbury Show

8am: Morning Prayer

10.30am: Holy Eucharist

5.00pm: Evening Prayer

Thursday
21st August

8am: Morning Prayer

5.00pm: Evening Prayer

Friday
22nd August

8am: Morning Prayer

12noon: Holy Eucharist

5.00pm: Evening Prayer

Saturday
23rd August

 

Please contact the Parish Office (01747 821598) for any other details you may require (open Tues-Fri, 9am-1pm).

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Week beginning Sunday 24th August 2008

The Praying Hands

Collect for the week

Almighty God,
whose only Son has opened for us
a new and living way into your presence:
give us pure hearts and steadfast wills
to worship you in spirit and in truth;
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.
Amen.

Services at St. Mary the Virgin, Gillingham (unless shown otherwise)

might Milton-on-Stour suit you instead?

Sunday
24th August

CC-Art.com

St. Bartholomew the Apostle

Wikipedia entry;
collect, readings and more

The Praying Hands

Almighty and everlasting God,
who gave to your apostle Bartholomew grace
truly to believe and to preach your word:
grant that your Church
may love that word which he believed
and may faithfully preach and receive the same;
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.
Amen.

8.00am: Holy Eucharist

10.00am: Parish Eucharist

6.30pm: Evening Worship

Monday
25th August

No bell ringing practice (Bank Holiday)

Tuesday
26th August

7.30am: Morning Prayer with Holy Eucharist

5.00pm: Evening Prayer

Wednesday
27th August

Monica

mother of Augustine of Hippo, 387
Wikipedia entry; collect, readings and more

"Impact" publication date

8am: Morning Prayer

10.30am: Holy Eucharist

5.00pm: Evening Prayer

Thursday
28th August

Augustine

Bishop of Hippo, Teacher of the Faith, 430
Wikipedia entry; collect, readings and more

8am: Morning Prayer

5.00pm: Evening Prayer

Friday
29th August

The Beheading of John the Baptist

Wikipedia entry; collect, readings and more

8am: Morning Prayer

12noon: Holy Eucharist

5.00pm: Evening Prayer

Saturday
30th August

John Bunyan

Spiritual Writer, 1688
Wikipedia entry; collect, readings and more

Please contact the Parish Office (01747 821598) for any other details you may require (open Tues-Fri, 9am-1pm).

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Week beginning Sunday 31st August 2008

The Praying Hands

Collect for the week

God, who in generous mercy sent the Holy Spirit
upon your Church in the burning fire of your love:
grant that your people may be fervent
in the fellowship of the gospel
that, always abiding in you,
they may be found steadfast in faith and active in service;
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.
Amen.

Services at St. Mary the Virgin, Gillingham (unless shown otherwise)

might Milton-on-Stour suit you instead?

Sunday
31st August

15th Sunday after Trinity

readings for the day

8.00am: Holy Eucharist

10.00am: Parish Eucharist

6.30pm: Evening Prayer

Monday
1st September

Giles of Provence

Hermit, c.710
Wikipedia entry; collect, readings and more

7.30pm: bell ringing practice

Tuesday
2nd September

The Martyrs of Papua New Guinea

1901 and 1942
Read about the Martyrs; collect, readings and more

7.30am: Morning Prayer with Holy Eucharist

5.00pm: Evening Prayer

Wednesday
3rd September

Gregory the Great

Social Reformer, 1833
Wikipedia entry; collect, readings and more

8am: Morning Prayer

10.30am: Holy Eucharist

5.00pm: Evening Prayer

7.30pm: Welcome service for new Methodist Ministers - Gillingham Methodist Church

Thursday
4th September

Birinus

Bishop of Dorchester (Oxon), Apostle of Wessex, 650
Wikipedia entry; collect, readings and more

8am: Morning Prayer

5.00pm: Evening Prayer

Friday
5th September

8am: Morning Prayer

12noon: Holy Eucharist

5.00pm: Evening Prayer

Saturday
6th September

Allen Gardiner

founder of the South American Missionary Society, 1851
Wikipedia entry; collect, readings and more

Please contact the Parish Office (01747 821598) for any other details you may require (open Tues-Fri, 9am-1pm).

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