Eaglais na hÉireann + The Church of Ireland
MALLOW UNION of Parishes
SUNDAY 18th July 2021
The Seventh Sunday after Trinity
WEEKLY NEWSLETTER
FÁILTE / WELCOME to everyone who worships in our churches today.
Please take a moment to check you have switched off your phone before worship begins.
Please ensure that our churches are safe spaces for everyone by observing all social distancing and hygiene protocols.
Holy Communion will continue to be administered in one kind only and worshippers will receive the consecrated bread.
Sadly, it is still not safe to enjoy hospitality and refreshments after services. With this in mind, please do not gather together around the church doors to talk after services.
SERVICES TODAY
10.00am at St Mary’s, Castletownroche
MORNING PRAYER
10.00am at St Mary’s, Doneraile
THE EUCHARIST
11.45am at St James’s, Mallow
THE EUCHARIST
NEXT WEDNESDAY Eve of St Mary Magdalene 11.00am
THE EUCHARIST
in St James’s Church Mallow
2 Corinthians 5.14-17
John 20.1-2,11-18
TODAY’S READINGS
2 Samuel 7: 1-14a
Now when the king was settled in his house, and the Lord had given him rest from all his enemies around him, the king said to the prophet Nathan, ‘See now, I am living in a house of cedar, but the ark of God stays in a tent.’ Nathan said to the king, ‘Go, do all that you have in mind; for the Lord is with you.’ But that same night the word of the Lord came to Nathan: Go and tell my servant David: Thus says the Lord: Are you the one to build me a house to live in? I have not lived in a house since the day I brought up the people of Israel from Egypt to this day, but I have been moving about in a tent and a tabernacle.
Wherever I have moved about among all the people of Israel, did I ever speak a word with any of the tribal leaders* of Israel, whom I commanded to shepherd my people Israel, saying, ‘Why have you not built me a house of cedar?’ Now therefore thus you shall say to my servant David: Thus says the Lord of hosts: I took you from the pasture, from following the sheep to be prince over my people Israel; and I have been with you wherever you went, and have cut off all your enemies from before you; and I will make for you a great name, like the name of the great ones of the earth. And I will appoint a place for my people Israel and will plant them, so that they may live in their own place, and be disturbed no more; and evildoers shall afflict them no more, as formerly, from the time that I appointed judges over my people Israel; and I will give you rest from all your enemies. Moreover, the Lord declares to you that the Lord will make you a house. When your days are fulfilled and you lie down with your ancestors, I will raise up your offspring after you, who shall come forth from your body, and I will establish his kingdom. He shall build a house for my name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom for ever. I will be a father to him, and he shall be a son to me. When he commits iniquity, I will punish him with a rod such as mortals use, with blows inflicted by human beings.
Mark 6: 30-34, 53-56
The apostles gathered around Jesus, and told him all that they had done and taught. He said to them, ‘Come away to a deserted place all by yourselves and rest a while.’ For many were coming and going, and they had no leisure even to eat. And they went away in the boat to a deserted place by themselves. Now many saw them going and recognized them, and they hurried there on foot from all the towns and arrived ahead of them. As he went ashore, he saw a great crowd; and he had compassion for them, because they were like sheep without a shepherd; and he began to teach them many things. When they had crossed over, they came to land at Gennesaret and moored the boat. When they got out of the boat, people at once recognized him, and rushed about that whole region and began to bring the sick on mats to wherever they heard he was. And wherever he went, into villages or cities or farms, they laid the sick in the market-places, and begged him that they might touch even the fringe of his cloak; and all who touched it were healed.
NEWS ITEMS
SUMMER FÊTE
It is proposed to hold the fête on Saturday 7th August (unless public health guidelines change between now and then) at St James’s Church, Mallow from 11.00am to 2.30pm. Only 26 days to go!
SELECT VESTRY MEETING
At a meeting of the Select Vestry of Mallow Union last Tuesday, useful discussions were had, and decisions taken about:
1) Management of the Parish Hall,
2) Maintenance Committees for each of our three churches,
3) Five new policies relating to governance of Mallow Union as a Charity
4) Harvest thanksgiving services in October.
And much more! Have you some spare time to give to the Parish?
MOTHERS’ UNION
Thanks to all who helped with the visit of the all-Ireland President of the Mothers’ Union (MU), June Butler, to St Mary’s Doneraile last Friday.
GODSPEED
One of our parishioners at St James’s Mallow, Martha Gallogly, is moving home to County Leitrim. We wish Martha well in this new chapter, give thanks for her friendship and assure her of our prayers as she moves northwards. May God bless you – and keep in touch, Martha!
GOLDEN WEDDING
We congratulate Pat and Avril Gubbins on their Golden Wedding anniversary on July 11th and wish them every blessing and happiness together for the future.
PASTORAL CARE
The Rector is delighted to have begun visiting fully vaccinated parishioners in their homes, as well as taking Holy Communion to those who are unable to attend church. If you know of anyone who would especially appreciate a pastoral visit at this stage (or you would appreciate one yourself), you are very welcome to contact the Rectory.
FOR YOUR PRAYERS
For Paul, our Bishop; and for the clergy and people of this united Diocese. In the Anglican Communion, for the Anglican Church of Rwanda.
We pray for all those known to us, including Jimmy Sheehan, Thomas, Peter, Nicky, Ned Foott, Ann Ladd, Melissa, Margaret, Imran.
We give thanks to God for all who have received their vaccination – and pray for those waiting to be called, along with all who work in the healthcare sector.
We pray for all who are on holiday at this time and those whose work and family commitments make holidays impossible at this time.
We commend to God’s mercy all who have recently died, along with those we have loved and lost whose anniversary of death occurs at this time of year. KEEPING IN TOUCH
The Reverend MEURIG WILLIAMS
Rector of Mallow Union
Telephone (022) 21473
mllwyd@aol.com
www.mallow.cloyne.anglican.org
Social-Media Channels
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Diocesan Readers
Avril Gubbins (022) 24267
Emmanuel Adebisi
0868467464
NEXT SUNDAY
25th July 2021 (The Eighth Sunday after Trinity)
2 Samuel 11. 1-15; John 6. 1-21
10.00am THE EUCHARIST in St Mary’s, Castletownroche
10.00am MORNING PRAYER in St Mary’s, Doneraile
11.45am MORNING PRAYER in St James’s, Mallow