SUNDAY 1st July
St Michael’s 8.00 am – Holy Communion
St Michael’s 10.30 am – Sung Eucharist
St Mary’s 10.30 am – Sung Eucharist
St Mary’s 12.30 pm – Baptism
St Mary’s 6.00 pm – Taize Service
MONDAY 2nd July
St Mary’s 12.00 pm – Service of Anointing for Healing
WEDNESDAY 4th July
St Mary’s 9.30 am – Holy Communion
THURSDAY 5th July
St Michael’s 12.30 pm – Holy Communion
FRIDAY 6th July
St Mary’s 9.30 am – Holy Communion
SATURDAY 7th July
St Mary’s 9.30 am – Holy Communion
St Mary’s 2.30 pm – Wedding
SEA SUNDAY 8th July
St Michael’s 8.00 am – Holy Communion
St Michael’s 10.30 am – Jazz Mass
St Mary’s 10.30 am – Sung Eucharist
St Mary’s 3.00 pm – Over 50’s Service
CONFIRMATION COURSE: 7 – 8 pm Wednesday at the Parish Office, 135 St Mary Street. Open to all, not just to those who wish to be confirmed.
EVERY FRIDAY MORNING AT ST MARY’S: 10.00 am – 12.00 noon COFFEE MORNING; 10.30 am BIBLE STUDY
THE 4C’s CLUB: CRAFT – CHAT – COFFEE – CAKE The Parish Office main room will be open on Fridays, from 2 – 4 pm, for the 4C’s Club. Bring along your knitting needles, crochet, cross stitch or any hobby that you enjoy doing. You can even bring your library book and join us for coffee and a chat. Please see Hazel or Marion for more details.
DUNSTAN & EMMA’S WEDDING: AT ST MICHAEL’S ON 14th JULY AT 2.00 pm. Longstanding members of the congregation might remember Dunstan Clarke as a teenage member of Happy’s serving team. Chris and Isabel Clarke extend an invitation to the fellowship to the wedding ceremony and a toast in the Square (or church if wet) afterwards
OLYMPIC TORCH: The Olympic Torch will be passing by both churches on Saturday, July 14th between 5 and 7 pm. What a wonderful opportunity for us to welcome and be hospitable to the many people who are expected to come. Team Rector
S P I R E L I T: Dear Dom, HAPPY BIRTHDAY! With love from our children, Krishna and Usha, also from me. Julie
Parish office,135 st. mary street. SO14 1NX Tel: 023 8033 0851; http://www.southamptonchurches.com; email: admin@sccpcofe.co.uk
office open monday – friday 9am to 5pm closed for lunch 12.30 – 1.30; the office is closed all day every tuesday and we would appreciate no visitors on this day
STEADFAST in PRAYER
Who touched me?
A question with so many different underlying meanings. There is a touch of love, or compassion, or protection or even pain.
This summer has already seen so much activity the news telling us about financial crisis, homes and businesses ruined by flood water, even England beaten in the quarter final of Euro 2012. With all that’s been happening we could so easily have missed a major event, one with profound historical meaning and implication. This week as part of the jubilee tour the Queen has visited Northern Ireland, during the visit her Majesty met with Martin McGuinness formally in leadership within the IRA. Their meeting involved a hand shake, they touched each other a touch that spoke more powerfully than a thousand words, a touch with the power to bring about both healing and reconciliation, for them and for the peoples of both Northern Ireland and England.
In this weeks Gospel reading the power of touch is also much in evidence. Jesus touched the little girl when He took her by the hand, a touch that brought life out of death and complete healing. The woman suffering from haemorrhages touched Jesus’ cloak, a touch that brought healing for her. There is a two way dynamic within relationships we touch or are touched.
Are we bold enough to allow Jesus to bring us from death to life, heal us in every way by His presence and touch? Then are we bold enough to reach out and touch others with His love?
Who have we touched today?
Revd Celia.
