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NOTICES:
A very warm welcome to all who worship with us today, and many thanks to Rev Alan Webster for leading our worship. Please join us for morning tea following the service.
Items are now being sought for the next edition of the ‘Messenger’. Please send any contributions to Sally & Charlotte (hooty@xtra.co.nz) by 20 July. Thank you.
Annual Reports are now due. If you convene a parish group, please email a report to the Parish Office by 17th August. The AGM is on 21st September.
Wednesday Walkers 16 July: meet 9.30am near She Café Malt House, Colombo Street in Beckenham where we will have coffee. All welcome Sonya 027 253 3397.
Donations: if you would like to support the ministry at St Martins our bank account is: 03-1598-0011867-00. Please include your name as a reference.
Next Movie afternoon Peter is enthused about the movies and will show the next one on Saturday 26th July, 2pm in the church lounge. Come and see “Salmon Fishing in the Yemen”, described as a ” winning combination of romance and satire” based on the book of the same name. Dr Fred Jones, a scientist at the Dept of Fisheries, has his life thrown into turmoil when a fly fishing obsessed Yemeni Sheikh dreams of introducing salmon to the wadis of Yemen. The British Government seizes on the idea and appoints Dr Fred to oversee the project. One he thinks is mad. However, he is won over by the Sheikh and his representative Harriet. Thus Fred begins a journey of self-discovery and late blooming love.
THIS WEEK AT ST MARTINS
Monday 10am Tend cuppa & chat (lounge) Emily 022 094 1492
Monday 1.30pm U3A focus group (lounge) Richard 022 533 5444
Monday 7.15pm Meditation Group (lounge) Dugald 021 161 7007
Tuesday 10.30am South Elder Care (lounge) Jeannette 332 9869
Wednesday 9.30am Walking Group: Beckenham Sonya 027 253 3397
Wednesday 7-9pm Cantabile Choir (lounge) Rose 027 254 0586
Thursday 10am Crafty Crafters (lounge) Sally 332 4730
Thursday 1.30pm Sit & Be Fit (church) Anneke 021 077 4065
Thursday 5-11pm Private function (lounge)
Saturday 4-11pm Private function (whole complex)
Prayer (inspired by Luke 10: 25-37)
God of love, give us a deep love for you,
so that we can see the world as you see it,
feel the compassion you feel,
and be a people whose lives mediate your love to others.
So open our eyes that we might see what the Good Samaritan saw.
Grant us the insight to see the need in others,
the wisdom to know what to do, and the will to do it.
And so we pray for all those, who in many and various ways,
have been stripped, beaten and left for dead.
We pray for children who must grow up
in the most awful of circumstances,
especially for those starved of love, or food, or shelter or security.
May they receive the future you have planned for them.
We pray for those we might cross the road to avoid.
Who have been excluded socially because of their race,
their financial status, or their history.
May the dignity that is theirs be restored to them.
We pray for those whose need we would rather not face up to,
because it requires action of us,
those who suffer atrocities because of war, unjust trade rules,
or oppressive governments.
May the world receive a true picture of their suffering
and the factors that cause it, that justice may be done.
Open our eyes, that we might not cross the road from human need.
Give us a deep love for you,
that we might see your love at work in this world,
and that we might Go and do likewise.
From Baptist Union of Great Britain website