Sunday Worship on Sunday 4th February Second Sunday before Lent St Mary’s School Hall: 10.00am Family Communion with Little Fishes Revd Canon Poppy Hughes, Presiding, and Revd Dr Steve Bullock Preaching You can also share in the 10am worship in church or on live stream Please click here to join the service or watch the recording later You do not need to have a facebook account to watch the service Please click here for the order of service for Sunday 4th February Please click here for the Readings and hymns 4th February
Prayer focus for the week beginning 4th February 2024: Before you pray, give thanks that ‘You, O Lord, are good and forgiving, abounding in steadfast love to all who call upon you. Give ear, O Lord, to my prayer. (Ps.86 V.5) • Tetbury Praying the Town: Park Close and Priory Way • The Parish of Beverston • Our Benefice Administrator – may she know God’s peace, wisdom and joy as she serves our churches and community so faithfully • The Departed and those who mourn their loss remembering especially Emily Bishop (Funeral at St Marys’ Tetbury on Monday 5th February…
Tetbury Advertiser February 2024 “The church is a beautiful historic building but … it has to be looking forward not back if it is to be relevant today.” That’s a powerful statement and just one of the responses to the conversations we’ve been having with the people of Tetbury: asking you to imagine how the church building might better serve and support the community, and what’s needed make that possible. Meeting last month, St Marys’ trustees – Parochial Church Council (PCC) – had a chance to review what you said. Most importantly, we heard how much people value the St…
Sunday Worship on Sunday 28th January – Presentation of Christ (Candlemas) led by Canon Poppy Hughes with Peter Hyson, preaching. Plese click here to watch a recording of the service Please click here for the readings and hymns for 28th January Please click here for the order of service for Sunday 28th January 2024
Lenten Choral Concert in Tetbury The season of Lent has provided a rich canvas for choral composers over the centuries and the Avebury Vocal Ensemble (AVE) will be making much of the musical opportunities at their concert in St. Mary’s church, Tetbury on Saturday 16th March at 7.00pm. The two main works make musical use of the chanting that was common in liturgical settings in times past. Allegri’s Miserere is a Latin setting of Psalm 51 written for the papal choir in Rome around 1638 and alternates choral verses with verses of monophonic Gregorian chanting for the exclusive use of…
Praying together Would you like to pray with others? Every Tuesday: 8.15 – 8.45am you are invited to join us for prayers. Using a shortened form of morning prayer and the weekly prayer focus, do join us as we pray together for the things that are on our hearts and minds this week. All prayers spoken or written in the chat boxes will be treated in confidence. Click on the link to join the zoom prayers Dial in on a land line (local rate call): 0208 080 6591 Meeting ID: 859 0979 6485 Passcode: 453971 One tap mobile +442080806591,,87065629885#,,,,*358791# United…
Big Garden Birdwatch is fun, free and for everyone. And you don’t need a garden to take part! Counting birds from your balcony, or your local park will play a vital role in helping us understand how UK birds are doing. Sign up for your free guide and let’s look out for birds together on 26-28 January. The fact that we’ve lost 38 million birds from UK skies in the last 50 years underlines that nature is in crisis. We see it in our own back gardens with house sparrows struggling and starlings undergoing a severe decline. As a conservation…
Sunday Worship on Sunday 28th January – Presentation of Christ (Candlemas) St Mary’s School Hall: 10.00am Family Communion with Little Fishes You can also share in the 10am worship in church or on live stream Please click here to join the service or watch the recording later You do not need to have a facebook account to watch the service Please click here for the readings and hymns for 28th January Please click here for the order of service for Sunday 28th January 2024
St Marys’ Church Service meets in St Mary’s School Hall AND THERE’S LITTLE FISHES SUNDAY SCHOOL TOO As you may know already, we have made a temporary move of our 10am Sunday Worship from St Marys’ Church to St Mary’s School hall until Sunday 11th February. Please do come along: Little Fishes is meeting as usual. The theme this Sunday is Jesus as the light of the world. We’ll talk about different ways of understanding dark/light. We’ll hear the story of the Presentation of Jesus in the Temple and for the craft, we’ll make a stain-glass window with card and…