1/ CAFOD Harvest Fast 2nd collection is today. Daniel, a young man in Democratic Republic of the Congo, is carving a better future for his family with carpentry skills he learned in a CAFOD-funded training centre. Give to CAFOD on Sunday and you’ll fund training, tools, equipment and safe spaces so more people like Daniel can learn new skills and fulfil their God-given potential.
Please take an envelope including filling in the Gift Aid section if a UK tax payer & place it in the 2nd collection or donate through the contactless machines/card readers at the back of the church, otherwise you can donate at cafod.org.uk/envelope
Also please take a prayer card & join us in praying for CAFOD’s development and emergency response work all over the world.
2/ Creationtide Service – A retired Anglican priest living at Ramsay Hall in Byron Road, invites any parishioners from St Mary’s who may be interested to a non-Eucharistic Ecumenical Creationtide Service being held on 13th October at 3pm in their chapel, Their Chichester Diocesan Environment officer will be speaking on the theme of ” We are here to take care of God’s creation” and it will be followed by refreshments.
3/ Live Simply Tip of the Week Take time to pray and give thanks—Spend time every day to pray, to give thanks, and to the savour for the things that you do have
4/ Parish Projects for 2024 we have a number of projects & for the next few weeks we’ll be highlighting them one at a time Andy’s Angels Travels the grief journey with YOU. We provide safe spaces for adults & children who are navigating their grief journey after losing a loved one. andysangels.org.uk/
5/ The Columbans Adopt a Tree. This is one of our Parish Projects. It’s a joint project between the Higaonon indigenous people on the island of Mindanao, Southern Philippines and the Missionary Society of St. Columban. The Columban rep for the island of Mindanao spoke about the project on a Zoom call direct from the Philippines. You can listen to the recording of this inspirational project here https://us06web.zoom.us/rec/share/25v11k4Gz91mJJIn6LNtZjMIjYo0ay9i_G2sB2y5WKmUTwpwHpteCpIX41kJSqrn.toqeQtjys_0lTGSO
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