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Welcome to the Church of St Gluvias, Penryn
St Gluvias is a Church of England parish
in the Anglican Diocese of Truro.
We are a living community, seeking to worship God and to grow in faith,
serving the people of the parish and the wider world
in the name of Jesus Christ.
Christian people have worshipped on this site since - and probably before - a church was dedicated on 25th July 1318 to St Gluvias the Martyr. It is our great delight to join with the whole people of God world-wide and through all ages in worshipping daily the One in whom we live and move and have our being.
We invite you to join us. We worship on Sundays at 10.00am and (on most Sundays - check the Church Diary page) at 6.00pm and, on the fourth Sunday of the month at 4.00pm, in our Tea-Time Service for all ages.
We serve refreshments in Church every Sunday after Parish Mass.
We regret that Children's Church is not currently available.
See our Church Diary page for details of Sunday worship and the Regular Worship page for weekday worship and other prayer and study resources. Check the Parish Notices immediately below for any detailed changes.
Parish Notices
for the week beginning
Sunday 20th May 2012
THE SEVENTH SUNDAY OF EASTER
(Sunday after Ascension Day)
Services today and during the week - see Church Diary page
Intentions at Mass this week:
Sunday The revival of the Christian faith in Cornwall.
Tuesday Celebrating the first Celtic missionaries coming to Cornwall.
THIS WEEK'S NOTICES
Two cancellations:
There will be no service of EVENSONG at St Gluvias today.
Apologies from Richard to regulars and visitors alike.
There will be no TEA-TIME SERVICE on Pentecost Sunday, 27th May due to planned absences.
CONFIRMATION: there will no Confirmation class on 21st May. Please pray for the two young candidates as they prepare to take this step in their journeying with us towards maturity in Christ.
HOUSE OF BISHOPS MEETING: Bishop Tim asks for your prayers for him and the whole House of Bishops as they meet on Monday and Tuesday, 21st/22nd May, to consider the draft legislation concerning women in the episcopate (in preparation for its presentation to General Synod in July).
SUMMER FAYRE PLANNING MEETING - There will be a planning meeting for the Summer Fayre in church at 7.00.pm. on Wednesday 23rd May. Please come along if you can, or, if you cannot, send a message to Norton or Roger to tell us what you can offer in the way of help, running a stall or things to sell.
On the Feast of Pentecost on Sunday 27th May there will be an Ecumenical Celebration at Gwennap Pit at 3.00.pm. when the preacher will be the Revd Leo Osborne, President of the Methodist Church. Bishop Tim and the Revd Steve Wild will take part in this event. See notice in porch.
SUMMER FAYRE: Saturday 9th June to be held in and around the church.
RAFFLE TICKETS for the Summer Fayre are now available for you to buy and sell! Not only will the sale of these boost Church funds, but they also provide insurance against disastrous weather on the day. Please get tickets from Chris and Chris Gardner, or Norton, and sell as many as you can. The Draw will be held whether it rains or shines!
POSTERS for the Summer Fayre are available on the table. Please take one to display. Ask Roger if there are none left.
St Michael’s Penwerris, are organising a coach for the Glastonbury Pigrimage on Saturday 16th June. There is a list on the notice board by the door for you to sign-up if you wish to go.
CORPUS CHRISTI Mass - On Thursday 7th June, at 7.00.pm., we shall be hosting the Deanery Corpus Christi Mass and procession. An offer to organise tea/coffee and biscuits would be appreciated; please see Roger.
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… and the PENRYN FOOD BANK still needs your support. -
Please keep filling the box at the back of church.
9 May 2012
Last week alone we provided food for over 40 people. Monday Distribution at the Highway Community Centre was really busy last week and it was lovely to see people in need supporting one another over a coffee and cake, while they waited for their food to be packed.
The following items are starting to deplete from our store:
Sweets
Chocolate
Biscuits
Full Fat Milk
Tinned Potatoes
Tinned Fruit
Jam
Marmalade
Many thanks once again. Foodbank Spring Newsletter - download [pdf 650kB]
Clare Chandler
Foodbank Coordinator
T: 01 326 618 575
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Please leave items for this BULLETIN in the wallet underneath the social notice board (by the door) - information may be left there by 3.00.pm. Friday, or send by e-mail to roger.clarke [at] stgluvias.org.uk ...
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Monthly Prayer Diary webpage (Diocese of Truro)
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Prayers |
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. Amen
Collect for the Seventh Sunday of Easter |
A prayer during Eastertide |
God of Life,
who for our redemption gave your only-begotten Son to the death of the cross,
and by his glorious resurrection have delivered us from the power of our enemy:
grant us so to die daily to sin,
that we may evermore live with him in the joy of his risen life;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.. Amen
A collect for Eastertide (from C of E, Common Worship) |
A prayer for the environment
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As we breathe the very air which sustains us,
we remember your love, God,
which gives us life.
Fill us with your compassion for Creation.
Empty us of apathy, selfishness and fear,
of all pessimism and hesitation.
Breathe into us solidarity
with all who suffer now
and the future generations who will suffer
because of our environmental irresponsibility.
Move us into action
to save our earth
and to build your sustainable Kingdom.
Amen
Jane Deren
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Further seasonal Prayer Resources
from ThisIsChurch.com can be found here. |
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The Diocese of Truro
Discovering God’s Kingdom
Growing the Church
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A topical reflection...
There's a lot of gloomy pontificating about religion in the news these days. The impression is often created - by both secular and faith-based commentators - that those with a narrow, exclusive or bigoted approach are setting the agenda. Surely it is not without significance, then, that the biggest audience for a religious website in the UK comes to Ekklesia - which takes a broad, open and transformative approach? Just a thought. The world is not always "as reported".
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