Christ Church, Gosport Family Service

Sunday 16th August 2015

Welcome to Christ Church!

www.christchurchgosport.co.uk Twitter: @ccgosport

Main Service on Sunday: 9.30am Parish Communion

......Except on every third Sunday (LIKE TODAY!):

10.00am Family Service

Quiet Communions: 8.00am on Sundays; and 10.00am on Wednesdays (Healing prayer is offered at services on 1st Sundays and 1st Wednesdays)

Information about services and events coming up, can be found at the back of this booklet!

Vicar: The Revd Andy Davis, 9 Britannia Way, Gosport, PO12 4FZ.

Tel: 023 9258 0173 Mobile: 07709 919602 andy-chris@adavis.fsbusiness.co.uk

Assistant Curate – Priest (Part-time) The Revd Pete Lambert 07926 382725 Churchwardens Eric Baker: 023 9235 2436 Thelma O’Toole: 023 9236 7070

(Deputy Wardens as needed: Bob Harrop and Adrian Groves) Readers (Lay Ministers) Roger Miles:01329 515500 Sue Lambert: 07761 263651

Today’s service is based around the “Iona” service, based in the Celtic tradition. We will be sharing bread and wine together today, too! Welcome! We are silent for a while, remembering that God is with us……… Call to Worship: Gather us in, the lost and the lonely, the broken and breaking, the tired and the aching who long for the nourishment found at your feast. ALL: Gather us in. the done and the doubting, the wishing and wondering, the puzzled and pondering who long for the company found at your feast. ALL: Gather us in. the proud and pretentious, the sure and superior, the never inferior, who long for the levelling found at your feast. ALL: Gather us in.

the bright and the bustling, the stirrers, the shakers, the kind laughter makers who long for the deeper joys found at your feast. ALL: Gather us in. from corner or limelight, from mansion or campsite, from fears and obsession, from tears and depression, from untold excesses, from treasured successes, to meet, to eat, be given a seat, be joined to the vine, be offered new wine, become like the least, be found at the feast. ALL: Gather us in! Song Lord Jesus Christ, you have come to us, you are one with us, Mary’s Son; cleansing our souls from all their sin, pouring your love and goodness in Jesus, our love for you we sing, living Lord. Lord Jesus Christ, now and every day, teach us how to pray, Son of God. you have commanded us to do this in remembrance, Lord, of you. Into our lives your power breaks through, living Lord.

Lord Jesus Christ, you have come to us, born as one of us, Mary’s Son. Led out to die on Calvary, risen from death to set us free, living Lord Jesus help us see, you are Lord. Lord Jesus Christ, I would come to you, live my life for you, Son of God. All your commands I know are true, your many gifts will make me new, into my life your power breaks through, living Lord. We think about the things we have done wrong….. We say sorry: For the times we have been hurtful to others All Lord, we are sorry For the times we have not done what we should All Lord, we are sorry For the times we have done what we shouldn’t All Lord, we are sorry Reading John 15.12-15 Jesus said to his disciples: 12

‘This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you. 13

No one has greater love than this, to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.

14You are my friends if you do what I command you.

15I do not call you servants any longer,

because the servant does not know what the master is doing; but I have called you friends, because I have made known to you everything that I have heard from my Father. This is the Word of the Lord All Thanks be to God Talk Song (Money will be collected for the church’s work) Bind us together, Lord, Bind us together with cords That cannot be broken. Bind us together, Lord, Bind us together, Lord, Bind us together in love. There is only one God, there is only one King. There is only one Body, that is why we sing: We are the fam'ly of God, we are his promise divine, We are his chosen desire, we are the glorious new wine. Prayers

Song (during which the “bread and wine” is prepared at the High Altar) (Sung twice) God's love is like a circle, a circle big and round. And when you see a circle no ending can be found. That's how it is with God's love, goes on eternally, Forever and forever more I know that God loves me. So now we do as Jesus did. We take this bread and wine, the produce of the earth and fruit of human labour. In this bread and wine, Jesus has promised to be present; through this bread and wine, Christ can make us whole. Merciful God, send now, in kindness, your Holy Spirit to settle on this bread and wine and fill them with the fullness of Jesus.

And let that same Spirit rest on us, converting us from the patterns of this passing world, until we conform to the shape of him whose food we now share. ALL: Amen. All come forward for the blessed bread and wine [During which, music will play] The Lord’s Prayer All Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name; thy kingdom come; thy will be done; on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation; but deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom, the power and the glory, for ever and ever. Amen.

Celebrations and Birthdays Notices Shaker Song! You shall go out with joy and be led forth with peace, and the mountains and the hills shall break forth before you. There'll be shouts of joy and the trees of the field shall clap, shall clap their hands. And the trees of the field shall clap their hands, and the trees of the field shall clap their hands, and the trees of the field shall clap their hands, and you'll go out with joy. Closing Responses: Christ's food in our souls, ALL: Our food shared like his. Christ's life in our hands, ALL: Our lives shaped by his. Christ's love in our hearts, ALL: Our love warmed through his. Christ's peace on our path, ALL: Our path following his.

The Next Family Service is: Sunday 20

th September at 10.00am

(Harvest Festival) Youth Club! “CC Youthie” meets in our new Parish Centre on the first Friday of the month: 6.30pm to 8.15pm for Juniors and Seniors together. Dance Group! Meets in church from 6.00pm to 7.30pm on Wednesdays in term time. Please stay for refreshments and chat after the service! If you would like something to go into the notices, please speak to...or email.......or telephone The Vicar, Andy by 12noon on Thursday. Contact details are on the front cover! Do stay on after the main service for refreshments and chat – at the back of the church every Sunday and do join in the CAKE RAFFLE: We use this to raise money for charitable causes, and for specific church initiatives! TODAY: Holy Trinity, 6.00pm Vespers and Benediction Monday August 17: Andy (Vicar)’s Day off.

Holy Trinity, 1.00pm to 1.30pm Organ Recital: Callum Alger

Tuesday August 18: Holy Trinity, 9.30am Holy Communion Wednesday August 19: 10.00am Holy Communion Holy Trinity, 6.30pm Holy Communion Friday August 21: Holy Trinity, 5.00pm Holy Communion

NEXT SUNDAY: August 23rd

[12th

after Trinity] 8.00am Holy Communion

9.30am Parish Communion Holy Trinity, 11.00am Parish Mass

Holy Trinity, 6.00pm: Vespers and Benediction

Wednesday August 26: 11.00am Wedding Rehearsal (Skilton and Walker) Friday August 28: Barbecue at Elizabeth and Adrian Groves’ [SEE NOTICES!] Saturday August 29: 12noon Wedding (Skilton and Walker) Wednesday September 2: HEALING PRAYER Friday September 4: 6.30pm to 8.15pm “CC Youthie” (Juniors and Seniors) Saturday September 5: 2.00pm Child Blessing (Higgins) Sunday September 6: HEALING PRAYER Holy Trinity, 3.30pm, Tea-Time Concert Rowner, 6.00pm Deanery Mass for the Blessed Virgin Mary Thursday September 10: Holy Trinity, Pam Rhodes from BBC’s Songs of Praise from 2.00pm to 3.00pm (tickets from Gosport Tourist Office) Christ Church Centre, 7.00pm, Ladies’ Group Saturday September 12: 10.00am Church Cleaning Sunday September 13: 2.00pm Baptism (Jacobs) Saturday September 19: Harvest prep 2.00pm Renewal of Vows (Wood) Sunday September 20: 10.00am HARVEST Family Service Bridgemary, 6.00pm Deanery Mass for St Matthew Monday September 21: Holy Trinity, 1.00pm to 1.30pm Organ Recital 1.30pm Newtown School Harvest Service Friday September 25: 10.00am to 12noon in the Church: “World’s Biggest Coffee Morning” (Macmillan) Saturday September 26: 2.00pm Baptism (Collins-Toyer) Sunday September 27: 9.30am Service, Preacher, Canon Geoffrey Curtis (former Curate at Christ Church.....as part of the 150th celebrations) Tuesday September 29: Christ Church Centre, 11.30 to 2.30 “Last Tuesday Lunch Club” Deanery Synod at Rowner Friday October 2: 6.30pm to 8.15pm “CC Youthie” (Juniors and Seniors) Barn Dance Sunday October 4: HEALING PRAYER Holy Trinity, 3.30pm, Tea-Time Concert St Faith's, Alverstoke, 6.30pm Deanery Evensong for St Francis and St Faith Wednesday October 7: HEALING PRAYER Thursday October 8: Christ Church Centre, 7.00pm, Ladies’ Group Saturday October 10: 10.00am Church Cleaning

A fuller calendar can be found online at http://www.christchurchgosport.co.uk/calendar/

Could you be a Sidesman or a Server? If you are interested, do have a quiet word with the Vicar! Could you take a disabled lady swimming? If so, please speak to the Vicar....... Barbecue! Adrian and Elizabeth invite you to a Barbecue at 54 Privett Road on Friday 28th August from 6 pm to dusk. Food is free. Bring your own tipple.

Donations gratefully received for the Door/Floor fund. Please sign the list at the back of church if you are going to attend. Many thanks! Father Pete Lambert: Father Pete has been ordered by the medics to have six weeks off work, following a heart-related incident and that – of course - includes his work as a priest. Please keep Father Pete, Sue and all the family firmly in your prayers, and please be sensitive to his and the family’s need for quiet and rest. Church Up-Keep and Cleaning: If you are willing to do gardening, tidying, cleaning, minor odd jobs, repairs etc, Adrian Groves (Deputy Churchwarden) would be pleased to hear from you: akgroves@btinternet.com or 023 92 586168. In particular, please help keep our church looking clean on the second Saturday of the month. We start at 10am. Even if you can only spare half an hour, every little helps. Questionnaire: Please see the questionnaire at the end of this booklet headed “In five years time, what would I like to see at Christ Church?” .....and please make sure that you have your say by filling it in and returning it! Gosport Deanery: Fr Andy resigned as Area Dean (with effect from 1st June). Please pray for whoever will succeed him, and for the life of the deanery. The next Deanery Event is Sunday September 6: Rowner - 6.00pm Mass for the Blessed Virgin Mary. You are encouraged to attend in support of the life of our Deanery. Donations to Food Banks: Thanks to Adrian Groves there is a large plastic box at the back of church for donations of non-perishable foods, also toiletries and cosmetics for local food banks, which are overwhelmed by demand at present. Used Ink Cartridges: Do put your used printer ink cartridges in the box at the back of church......they do raise some money for our church! Support for Sea-farers: Would you be willing to knit some balaclavas, gloves, mitts for sea-farers? See Kath Ford (our organist) for details, and for a pattern. Our Memorial Book: There is a fee of £10.00 per name, to add a departed loved one to the book....to cover the inscribing and a donation to church funds. Forms are available in church. Sponsoring the bread and wine on a Sunday: If a particular Sunday in the year falls on or near a significant date (perhaps the anniversary of a loved one’s death; a birthday, an anniversary, etc) you can fill in the details on the list in church, and please put £5.00 into the collection. Your name(s), and the dedication (s) will appear in the service booklet for that week. SEE LIST....

In five years time, what would I like to see at Christ Church? Here are the answers given to that question by members of the PCC. Now it’s your turn! On the “tear off” slip at the end, you are asked to put the PCC’s list in order of YOUR priorities, and add anything that you think the PCC has missed....

Please note, this is a random list! The order does not indicate ANY priorities from the PCC!

1) A range of exciting services to appeal to different age groups. 2) An even more thriving Church Hall/ Centre. 3) Growing congregation of different ages 4) Having done the necessary repairs to the outside of the church, to improve the inside too. 5) Open the church as much as possible, and any time it is open, have a little board outside to

say come on in – the Church is open. 6) Coffee shop drop in. 7) Develop a multi faith aspect – something representative of other faiths. 8) An annual event – to welcome the community in 9) Bible Study 10) Children’s choir 11) Have the church open as a young person’s venue more regularly. 12) Change patterns of worship to reflect family attendance.

....................>.................................>...................................>........................................>.. Name (optional)____________________________________________________________ Here are the PCC’s suggestions in MY OWN PRIORITY ORDER:

1) 2) 3) 4) 5) 6)

7) 8) 9) 10) 11) 12) Other comments, or other things that SHOULD be on the list: