Trinity13 News
Priest-in-Charge: Fr John Ainslie (revjohnainslie@gmail.com; 01628 629827)
Do please join us after Mass for Tea, Coffee and Cake in the Vestry Hall - just ask if you don’t know the way!
Services this week: Said Mass on Thursday at 10.30am; Saturday Mass OLW 10.30am; next Sunday Sung Mass at 10.30am – all followed by Tea, Coffee and Cake.
Saints for this week: On Monday the Church remembers St Aidan,7th Century Bishop of Lindisfarne; on Wednesday we remember the 20th century martyrs of Papua New Guinea, reminding us that martyrs are very much a part of the modern world and not just part of the early Church; the Church celebrates St Gregory the Great on Thursday; and on Friday we return to the 7th Century for the Feast Day of St Birinus of Dorchester (Oxfordshire), apostle of Wessex.
A big Thank You to those who have once again spent time in church this week doing cleaning and tidying – you know who you are !! If you would like to join in cleaning, tidying or gardening in preparation for our Festival Weekend, please speak to Zoe.
FLOWER FESTIVAL AND HERITAGE WEEKEND – this major Festival Weekend is part of our 150th Anniversary Celebrations and takes place 11th-13th September. Please plan to be here!
Flower Festival Friday 11th - Sunday 13th Church open with displays about the history and significance of the Church Organ recitals morning and afternoon on Saturday 12th Saturday 12th at 3.45pm - A Talk by Tom Middleton, National Director of FiF, on the present state of the Catholic Movement in the CofE, followed by discussion over Tea/Coffee/Cake.
Ride & Stride in aid of Friends of Kent Churches also takes place on Saturday 12th September. Catherine Garland is our parish organiser, and is also looking for sponsorship as she cycles and walks around local churches – Please support Catherine and sign her sponsorship form at the Back of Church. Money raised is split 50:50 between our church and the Friends of Kent Churches. The Friends offer grants towards maintenance and repair of Kent churches, and the PCC will be approaching them for a grant towards our new heating system – so it will be good if once again we are seen to be supporting the Friends on Ride & Stride day.
FOR OUR PRAYERS:
We pray for our Festival Weekend in September, for all the preparations and for the success of the events. In the Richborough Cycle of Prayer we pray this week for Bishop Luke, his chaplain and his administrator, and for Society Parishes in the diocese of Canterbury and Chelmsford, for their Priests and people. We pray for those who have care of the young, and for the schools in our parish and especially the St Michaels Schools, for WendyHouse Nursery and for the St Michaels Scouts, guides and brownies.
We pray for those in need, especially Glynis Reynolds, Yvonne Young, Lindsay Wheeler, David Green, Norman Farrington, Phil and Marion, Joe, Keira, Freya, Isaac, Lexie Nicholson, Sarah, Janet, Ralph Austin, Isobel and Fay, Ruby Corquaye and Jessica.
We pray for the recently departed, including Linda Martin whose funeral rites take place in church on Thursday. We remember those who have faithfully served God in this place in previous generations, and for those whose year’s mind occurs this week:
FROM THE BELL TOWER: Sunday, 23 August 1250 Yorkshire Surprise Major 1 Stephen Coaker 2 Philip Jarvis 3 Jane L Kostelnyk 4 Emma Jarvis 5 Svetlana Sokolova 6 Mark Elvers 7 Ian Mills 8 Neil Jones (C) Remembering Father Paul Gibbons, Priest of this church for many years, 23/8/22, R.I.P. SUPPORT ST MICHAELS: to make a donation towards the work and worship of St Michael’s Church go to: www.parishgiving.org.uk/donors/find-your-parish/maidstone-st-michael-and-aa-maidstone/