The Marden Vale Team Ministry Christ Church, Derry Hill – St. John the Baptist, Foxham – St. Martin, Bremhill

Sunday 5th July – Trinity 4

Also available: 8.10am Sunday Worship on BBC Radio 4 with The Revd Lucy Winkett, 9am on the Church of England’s website Revd Helen Dearnley, the service comes from HMPs Stocken, Low Newton and Pentonville. 1.15pm Songs of Praise on BBC1 celebrating Florence Nightingale and the NHS.

Bells Tune in to ‘Bells on Sunday’ on Radio 4 at 5.43am: The Parish Church of Our Lady and St Nicholas, Pier Head, in Liverpool. Or follow this link and listen later online:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000j139

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Light a Candle May I encourage you to continue this practice of praying, and lighting a candle and placing it in a window as a sign of hope each Sunday evening?

Prayer Join with the Church of England Daily Prayer by visiting our website: www.mardenvale.org.uk and clicking on ‘Pray’ on the top line.

In the coming week please also pray for: • all who are affected by coronavirus, for all who

work on the frontline to keep us safe, to help the sick, to keep us fed…

• those who are anxious, exhausted, isolated. May those whose mental health is fragile be able to access the counselling, medication and support they need

• our local schools: the children and young people, staff and governors. We pray especially for Derry Hill Primary and headteacher Hayley Roberts

• local shops and businesses as they begin to open up…and those hoping to trade again

• Kingston House residents and all who work there • Lucy Aylen (YWAM) as she leads & teaches at

Discipleship Training School • the work of Christian Aid • our brothers and sisters in Sudan & South Sudan;

in Yemen • all who are sick, awaiting diagnosis, those in

hospital. Especially we pray for: Mark Steele, Christine Gundry, Mark Jennings, Lynne Cottrell, Rob Simons, Len Jones, Jacob Maloy, Paul Crayford, Jennifer Pope, Helen Lewis, Jackson Goodship, Jane Jordan, Angela Barker, Liz Kinch, Doreen Williams, Bill Norman, Brenda Beint, Peter Lansdell, Sonia Strange, and Barbara Starr.

• All who have recently died, the bereaved, & all whose anniversary of death falls at this time. Anglican Cycle of Prayer: Pray for the united Church of Pakistan, The Most Revd Humphrey Peters - Bishop of Peshawar & Moderator of the Church of Pakistan.

Calne Food Bank is currently based at Church House, 30 Church St., Calne. 12-4pm on Tue & Fri. https://www.calnefoodbank.co.uk

The Salisbury-Sudan Link Emergency Appeal The Bishop of Salisbury, Nicholas Holtam, makes his appeal on behalf of Sudan and South Sudan. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bC60aAcM59w&feature=youtu.be

Today’s services in the Marden Vale Team:

Eucharist from St Mary’s, Calne. Click on the link: https://youtu.be/Xi7OBW9Bw6I Rev Teresa Michaux presiding

For our younger folk This week, we explore what Jesus means when he says: ’Come to me all who are weary’? Find it on Derry Hill’s Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/pg/christchurchdh/posts/ or https://vimeo.com/435308577

Keeping in touch

Website www.mardenvale.org.uk and Derry Hill’s Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/pg/christchurchdh/posts/

Contact Linda on 01249 817926 or email lindac@mardenvale.org.uk

Readings and Prayers for Trinity 4:

Zechariah 9:9-12 Rejoice greatly, O daughter Zion! Shout aloud, O daughter Jerusalem! Lo, your king comes to you; triumphant and victorious is he, humble and riding on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a donkey. He will cut off the chariot from Ephraim and the warhorse from Jerusalem; and the battle-bow shall be cut off, and he shall command peace to the nations; his dominion shall be from sea to sea, and from the River to the ends of the earth.

As for you also, because of the blood of my covenant with you, I will set your prisoners free from the waterless pit. Return to your stronghold, O prisoners of hope; today I declare that I will restore to you double.

Matthew 11:16-19, 25-end ‘But to what will I compare this generation? It is like children sitting in the market-places and calling to one another, “We played the flute for you, and you did not dance; we wailed, and you did not mourn.” For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, “He has a demon”; the Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, “Look, a glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax-collectors and sinners!” Yet wisdom is vindicated by her deeds.’ At that time Jesus said, ‘I thank you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from the wise and the intelligent and have revealed them to infants; yes, Father, for such was your gracious will. All things have been handed over to me by my Father; and no one knows the Son except the Father, and no one knows the Father except the Son and anyone to whom the Son chooses to reveal him. ‘Come to me, all you that are weary and are carrying heavy burdens, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me; for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.’

Collect Gracious Father, by the obedience of Jesus you brought salvation to our wayward world: draw us into harmony with your will, that we may find all things restored in him, our Saviour, Jesus Christ.

Reflection Take 5 minutes to be still, to rest in Christ’s peace. Let go of whatever burdens you. Listen to this, be refreshed. And know that Jesus walks with you… and carries you when you struggle to put one foot in front of another. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bi6IZCJx3qA

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Christ Church, Derry Hill is open for individual, private prayer for a maximum of 4 people at any one time

The church will be open at the following times: Sunday: midday to 4pm Tuesday to Saturday: 10am to 4pm

Please do: ü use hand sanitiser (provided at entrance and exit) ü observe 2m social distance ü use the chairs at the front of church ü exit by the sanctuary door (front left of church)

Please note: § there is no access to Toilet, Kitchen, Choir Vestry,

Balcony, Font area, Children’s Area or Pews § avoid using altar rail § wipes are available for chairs

Please do not attend if you have symptoms of COVID-19 (new continuous cough, high temperature, loss of or change in your normal sense of taste or smell)

You will notice that no Bibles, books, leaflets, devotional items, candles, lighters, pens etc are available. This is to minimise any risk of transmission of COVID-19.

External and internal doors will be kept open to minimise the need to touch door handles. All accessible areas will be cleaned when the church is closed each day.

As Christ Church will be open for between 4-6 hours six days a week there should be ample opportunity for people to find the time and space to feel comfortable in this sacred space.

SundayworshipinourchurchesFollowing the announcement that churches may open from 5th July for worship, further risk assessments are being carried out in each of the parish churches this week. As ever our primary concern is the safety and wellbeing of all parishioners. We look forward to resuming worship in our churches once we are confident that social distancing and hygiene measures can be satisfactorily implemented. RevLindaCarter,DerryHill,BremhillandFoxhamPCCs.