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Week beginning:

  • * Sunday 31st August
  • * Sunday 7th September
  • * Sunday 14th September
  • * Sunday 21st September
  • * Sunday 28th September

calendar of saints days in September

This month

(today is Monday, 08 September)

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 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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Week beginning Sunday 7th September 2008

The Praying Hands

Collect for the week

O Lord, we beseech you mercifully to hear the prayers
of your people who call upon you;
and grant that they may both perceive and know
what things they ought to do,
and also may have grace and power faithfully to fulfil them;
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
7th September

16th 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
8th September

The Birth of the Blessed Virgin Mary

Wikipedia entry; collect, readings and more

7.30pm: bell ringing practice

Tuesday
9th September

Charles Fuge Lowder

Priest, 1880
Wikipedia entry; collect, readings and more

7.30am: Morning Prayer with Holy Eucharist

5.00pm: Evening Prayer

Wednesday
10th September

8am: Morning Prayer

10.30am: Holy Eucharist

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

5.00pm: Evening Prayer

Thursday
11th September

8am: Morning Prayer

5.00pm: Evening Prayer

Friday
12th September

8am: Morning Prayer

12noon: Holy Eucharist

5.00pm: Evening Prayer

Saturday
13th September

John Chrysostom

Bishop of Constantinople, Teacher of the Faith, 407
Wikipedia entry; collect, readings and more

cycle ride logo: click for more information about this event

Sponsored cycle ride in support of the Dorset Historic Churches Trust

St. Mary's open 10am - 6pm

Support this event by:

  • Sponsor others
  • Take part - details incl. sponsorship forms here or contact Margaret Porter (Parish Organiser)
  • Welcome cyclists - be in church for an hour or two on the day to welcome riders and walkers with a drink and a bite to eat – a rota to sign up for this will be on the notice board in August.

Sponsorship money raised is divided equally between the Trust and the cyclist's chosen church. Let’s be really keen this year and see if we can win the trophy awarded to the parish that makes the best effort.

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 14th September 2008

The Praying Hands

Collect for the week

Almighty God,
you have made us for yourself,
and our hearts are restless till they find their rest in you:
pour your love into our hearts and draw us to yourself,
and so bring us at last to your heavenly city
where we shall see you face to face;
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
14th September

a cross on a hill

Atlantic Fish

Holy Cross Day

read about Holy Cross Day (on Wikipedia); collect, readings and more

The Praying Hands

Almighty God,
who in the passion of your blessed Son
made an instrument of painful death
to be for us the means of life and peace:
grant us so to glory in the cross of Christ
that we may gladly suffer for his sake;
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.

8.00am: Holy Eucharist

10.00am: Parish Eucharist

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

6.30pm: Evening Prayer

Monday
15th September

Cyprian

Bishop of Carthage, Martyr, 258
Wikipedia entry; collect, readings and more

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

7.30pm: bell ringing practice

Tuesday
16th September

Ninian

Bishop of Galloway, Apostle of the Picts, c.432
Wikipedia entry; collect, readings and more

Edward Bouverie Pusey

Priest, Tractarian, 1882
Wikipedia entry; collect, readings and more

7.30am: Morning Prayer with Holy Eucharist

5.00pm: Evening Prayer

7.30pm: Music Group practice

Wednesday
17th September

Hildegard

Abbess of Bingen, Visionary, 1179
Wikipedia entry; collect, readings and more

8am: Morning Prayer

10.30am: Holy Eucharist

5.00pm: Evening Prayer

Thursday
18th September

8am: Morning Prayer

5.00pm: Evening Prayer

Friday
19th September

Theodore of Tarsus

Archbishop of Canterbury, 690 Wikipedia entry; collect, readings and more

8am: Morning Prayer

12noon: Holy Eucharist

5.00pm: Evening Prayer

Saturday
20th September

John Coleridge Patteson

First Bishop of Melanesia, and his Companions, Martyrs, 1871 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 21st September 2008

The Praying Hands

Collect for the week

Almighty and everlasting God,
increase in us your gift of faith
that, forsaking what lies behind
and reaching out to that which is before,
we may run the way of your commandments
and win the crown of everlasting joy;
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
21st September

Jesus calling Matthew from being a tax collector

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St. Matthew, Apostle and Evangelist

Wikipedia entry; collect, readings and more

The Praying Hands

O Almighty God,
whose blessed Son called Matthew the tax collector
to be an apostle and evangelist:
give us grace to forsake the selfish pursuit of gain
and the possessive love of riches
that we may follow in the way of your Son Jesus Christ,
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.

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 14th please - list in church south porch)

6.30pm: Evening Worship at Milton

Monday
22nd September

7.30pm: bell ringing practice

Tuesday
23rd September

7.30am: Morning Prayer with Holy Eucharist

5.00pm: Evening Prayer

7.00pm: Choir practice

Wednesday
24th September

8am: Morning Prayer

10.30am: Holy Eucharist

"Impact" publication date

5.00pm: Evening Prayer

Thursday
25th September

Lancelot Andrewes

Bishop of Winchester, Spiritual Writer, 1626
Wikipedia entry; collect, readings and more

Sergei of Radonezh

Russian Monastic Reformer, Teacher of the Faith, 1392
Wikipedia entry; collect, readings and more

8am: Morning Prayer

cup of coffee

10.30am-12noon: Coffee morning - at Culvers Farm
We look forward to seeing you and your friends.
Please support this event by your presence.

5.00pm: Evening Prayer

Friday
26th September

Wilson Carlile

Founder of the Church Army, 1942 Wikipedia entry; collect, readings and more

8am: Morning Prayer

12noon: Holy Eucharist

5.00pm: Evening Prayer

Saturday
27th September

Vincent de Paul

Founder of the Congregation of the Mission (Lazarists), 1660
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 28th September 2008

The Praying Hands

Collect for the week

O God, forasmuch as without you
we are not able to please you;
mercifully grant that your Holy Spirit
may in all things direct and rule our hearts;
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
28th September

Harvest Thanksgiving (19th Sunday after Trinity)

readings for the day

sun shining above the word harvest, wheat ears below

Atlantic Fish

The Praying Hands

Eternal God,
you crown the year with your goodness
and you give us the fruits of the earth in their season:
grant that we may use them to your glory,
for the relief of those in need and for our own well-being;
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.

8.00am: Holy Eucharist

10.00am: Harvest Eucharist

5.00pm: Harvest Thanksgiving

Please bring gifts of money to be given to support the work of the Church in providing education in Lui Diocese in the Sudan

The Thanksgiving Service will be followed by a Harvest Supper, with "home grown" entertainment, at 6.30pm in the Vicarage Schoolroom – cost £7.00.

If you wish to come please add your name to the list in church or contact the Parish Office.

Monday
29th September

Satan bound by the angel, from the John Brown Bible. Reproduction of St. Michael Defeating Satan, by Guido Reni, 1635, in Church of Santa Maria della Concezione, Rome.

CC-Art.com

St. Michael and All Angels

Wikipedia entry; collect, readings and more

The Praying Hands

Everlasting God,
you have ordained and constituted
the ministries of angels and mortals in a wonderful order:
grant that as your holy angels always serve you in heaven,
so, at your command,
they may help and defend us on earth;
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.

7.30pm: bell ringing practice (tbc)

Tuesday
30th September

Jerome

Translator of the Scriptures, Teacher of the Faith, 420
Wikipedia entry; collect, readings and more

7.30am: Morning Prayer with Holy Eucharist

5.00pm: Evening Prayer

Wednesday
1st October

Remigius

Bishop of Rheims, Apostle of the Franks, 533
Wikipedia entry; collect, readings and more

Anthony Ashley Cooper

Earl of Shaftesbury, Social Reformer, 1885
Wikipedia entry; collect, readings and more

8am: Morning Prayer

10.30am: Holy Eucharist

5.00pm: Evening Prayer

Thursday
2nd October

8am: Morning Prayer

5.00pm: Evening Prayer

Friday
3rd October

8am: Morning Prayer

12noon: Holy Eucharist

5.00pm: Evening Prayer

Saturday
4th October

Francis of Assisi

Friar, Deacon, Founder of the Friars Minor, 1226
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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