Readings Exodus 32.7-14; Jeremiah 4:11-22.22-28; 1 Timothy 1.12-17; Luke 15.1-10
This week we remember in our prayers
Today 16th September
Archbishop Bernard Amos Malango Archbishop of Central Africa & Bishop of Upper ShireChurch of North India: Nasik – Bishop Pradip L. Kamble
Monday 17th September
Southern Nyanza - (Kenya) Bishop James Ochiel
Stapenhill Immanuel, Winshil
Tuesday 18th September
Southern Ohio - (USA) Bishop Thomas E Breidenthal
Suffragan Bishop: Bishop Kenneth Lester Price
Clergy: Brian Leathers, Michael Mookerji
Wednesday  19th September
Southern Philippines - Bishop Danilo Bustamante
MMA 57 - Stapenhill St Peter, Caldwell
Thursday 20th September
Southern Virginia - (USA) Bishop Robert (Bob) Johnson
Clergy: Michael Andreyev
Friday 21st September
Southwark Bishop Thomas Butler
Southwark - Croydon Bishop Nicholas Baines
Southwark - Kingston-upon-Thames - (Bishop Richard Cheetham
Southwark - Woolwich - Bishop Christopher Chessun
Retired clergy (Repton): Len Carpenter, George Goodall, Ian Jarvis, Stanley Morris, Geoffrey Willett
Saturday 22nd September
Southwell & Nottingham - Bishop George Cassidy
Southwell - Sherwood Bishop Anthony Porter
Bishop's Adviser for Child Protection – Colin Smillie
NOTICES FOR THE WEEK
Today - 16th September  - Trinity 15
8.00a.m. Holy Communion - Sutton
9.30a.m. Mattins - Boylestone
9.30a.m. Holy Communion - Church Broughton
11.00a.m. Holy Communion - Dalbury
11.00a.m. Mattins - Sutton
12noon Holy Communion - Trusley
7.00p.m. Evensong - Long Lane
Tuesday 18th September
7.30p.m. Long Lane PCC
Wednesday 19th September
8.00p.m. Church Broughton PCC
Friday 21st September
2.45p.m. School Harvest Service - Long Lane
Long Lane Harvest Supper
Saturday 22nd September
Visiting ringers at Church Broughton & Sutton
Next Sunday 23rd September - Trinity 16
Long Lane Harvest Thanksgiving
9.30a.m. Holy Communion - Boylestone
9.30a.m. Holy Communion - Longford
11.00a.m. Harvest Holy Communion - Long Lane
11.00a.m. Family Service - Sutton
6.45p.m. Evensong - Trusley
7.00p.m. Harvest Evensong - Long Lane
Sunday Groaner
Angels - As Explained by Children
I only know the names of two angels. Hark and Harold. -- Gregory, 5
Everybody's got it all wrong. Angels don't wear halos anymore. I forget why, but scientists are working on it. -- Olive, 9
It's not easy to become an angel! First, you gotta die. Then you go to heaven, then there's still the flight
training to go through. And then you got to agree to wear those angel clothes. -- Matthew, 9
Sheep’s Tale (Luke 15:1-7)
I didn’t know I was lost,
Just thought I’d try a new path,
Walk a different way for a while.
After all, the rest of the flock
Seemed so comfortable, so sure of themselves.
I’d sometimes felt alone
Even with the ninety-nine all around me.
Then there was my voice - always one bleat behind,
And just because I sat behind that particular bush
Where the ewes always congregate,
I got pushed to the edge of the flock.
So, yes, I’d strayed a bit,
But I wouldn’t say I was lost exactly,
Just wandering.
That was until night fell,
And I fell
Deep into danger,
Far from the flock,
Lonely and yes, lost now
And wanting so much to go home,
Not knowing how,
Needing help,
And the night so dark.
Then out of darkness
His voice of light,
Searching,
His arms of rescue,
Saving,
His heart of love,
Rejoicing
Because he found me,
My Shepherd.
He came to look
For me.
Daphne Kitching
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