Services This Week
Giotto. (1310-18). Pentecost. [Egg tempera on wood (poplar, identified)]. Galleria Nazionale dell'Umbria, Perugia, Italy.
Dear All,
Please join us for services this week, which are taking place in person or via livestream through our YouTube Channel. You can find gathering times and service sheet links below.
Friday 22 May
10.30pm — BCP Holy Communion (Revd Dr Jeremy Morris)
Sunday 24 May
11.00pm — Holy Communion
Sermon: ‘Come Holy Spirit (Veni Sancte Spiritus!)’ (Revd Dr Mark Scarlata)
Service Sheet: Here
Other notices:
Groups — The men’s prayer & study group will meet next on Tuesday, 26 May at 7:00pm at St Edward’s and will meet bi-weekly. Please contact Peter Elliott or Sam Davidson for more information (stedschurchwarden@gmail.com)
Our Ladies of St Eds scripture study group will have its next meeting on 2 June at 7:00pm. The group will continue a study of the book of Exodus, using resources from Biola University and The Bible Project. Please contact Elizabeth Bam (elizabeth.bristol.18@gmail.com) for further information.
All Church Lunch: 7 June
Please join us for an all-church lunch after services on 7 June. This is an opportunity to celebrate God’s provision for our church community and to fellowship with one another.
Giving: We are grateful for all of your gifts! Offerings may be made via BACS (Sort: 20-17-19 / Acc. No.: 30851477 / Acc. Name: St Edwards Church), for standing orders, or the SumUp machine on the table by the door, for contactless giving. There is also a wall-mounted deposit box by the door for cash and/or cheques.
Pentecost - Malcolm Guite
Today we feel the wind beneath our wings
Today the hidden fountain flows and plays
Today the church draws breath at last and sings
As every flame becomes a Tongue of praise.
This is the feast of fire,air, and water
Poured out and breathed and kindled into earth.
The earth herself awakens to her maker
And is translated out of death to birth.
The right words come today in their right order
And every word spells freedom and release
Today the gospel crosses every border
All tongues are loosened by the Prince of Peace
Today the lost are found in His translation.
Whose mother tongue is Love in every nation.
Exciting Holiness - 21 May
The Empress Helena came to power in the Roman Empire when her son Constantine became Emperor, in the year 306. Although she had previously been abandoned by her husband, her son raised her to a position of great honour. As Helena was a Christian she gave her support to their cause and, in the year 326, she made a pilgrimage to the Holy Land. There she provided the wherewithal to found the building of a basilica on the Mount of Olives and another at Bethlehem. According to fourth-century historians, she discovered the cross on which Christ was crucified. In the Eastern Church, she is commemorated on this day, together with her son Constantine.
O God the King of glory, you have exalted your only Son Jesus Christ with great triumph to your kingdom in heaven: we beseech you, leave us not comfortless, but send your Holy Spirit to strengthen us and exalt us to the place where our Saviour Christ is gone before, who is alive and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever.
