CHURCH NOTICES 6th May 2018

On behalf of Nina Dobson… Lucis Choir are performing a Concert of Light in Bath Abbey on Saturday

May 12th, to celebrate the end of WW1.

If anyone would like a free ticket in return for stewarding please speak to

Nina directly!

Saturdays at Eden 2018 Saturday 12th May "Cyberbullying in Youth

Culture today" Stuart McLachlan, Youth & Community Worker,

Holy Trinity Combe Down/St Andrews Community Church Foxhill

Eden House, Harts Lane, Hallatrow BS39 6EA 10-13.30 Coffee and cake, talk and questions,

buffet lunch No charge - donations appreciated.

Thy Kingdom Come 2018 Are you ready to join the global wave of prayer from

10th - 20th May 2018?

Join us at Bath abbey on Thursday 10th May at 7.30pm when the

Right Revd. Ruth Worsley, Bishop of Taunton, and Revd

Simon Ponsonby of St. Aldates’s Church, Oxford, will lead a

service of celebration of mark the start of Thy Kingdom Come 2018.

Community Houses of Prayer

There are 25 CHOPs in the Bath area, meeting at the same time in different community venues, praying for God’s blessing, for social needs and for people to come to know Christ as Lord and Saviour. The vision of this initiative is to gather with Christians from the area where you live, regardless of which church you attend.

Tuesday 15th May, 7.45pm

There will be a very special CHOP on 15th May as we are combing with Thy Kingdom Come, praying for God’s

kingdom to come into our communities. Tell others. Join and find the nearest one to you.

www.bathdeanery.org/communityhousesofprayer phone: 01225 461509 or email: bathchops@gmail.com

Instagram @bathchop, Facebook search: CHOPs Bath

Prayer Diary

Prayer Requests: Contact Ruth Holden via the Church office (01225 447103)

Please pray for St Michael’s - those on page 12 of the Church Directory. Continue to pray for the sick and those who care for them, including Sebastian Welch, Roz Dobson and for Stephen, a friend of Glenys. Please continue to pray for Barbara McLaughlin, now undergoing a new treatment.

Monday During the last watch of the night the Lord looked down from the pillar of fire and cloud at the Egyptian army and threw it into confusion. Exodus 14:24 Tuesday Then the Lord said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand over the sea so that the waters may flow back over the Egyptians and their chariots and horsemen.” Exodus 14:26 Wednesday But the Israelites went through the sea on dry ground, with a wall of water on their right and on their left. Exodus 14:29 Thursday And when the Israelites saw the great power the Lord displayed against the Egyptians, the people feared the Lord and put their trust in him and in Moses his servant Exodus 14:31 Friday Then Moses and the Israelites sang this song to the Lord: “I will sing to the Lord, for he is highly exalted. The horse and its rider he has hurled into the sea.” Exodus 15:1 Saturday “The Lord is my strength and my song; he has become my salvation. He is my God, and I will praise him, my father’s God, and I will exalt him.” Exodus 15:2 Sunday “The Lord is a warrior; the Lord is his name.” Exodus 15:3

GET SPORTED! Holiday activities for kids, run by

World Sports Ministries.

May 29-31st, 31st Jul-3rd Aug, 7th-10th Aug, 14th-17th Aug Multi Sport Day Camps: ages 5-12 years. Get Serious Cricket: for age 7-12

Get Serious Football: Also for age 7-12. Learn / improve your sports skills with great coaching. Develop your character & confidence through activities & team talk discussions, centred around our themed curriculum. It's fun, exciting & action packed!

See www.getsported.org for more details.

Trip to Austria for

The Oberammergau Passion Play

24th June - 1st July 2020

The Friends of Bath Abbey invite

you to register an interest in a visit

to Austria in the summer of

2020. Transport to & from

Heathrow airport will be provided,

as well as half-board

accommodation. There will also be

time to explore Oberammergau and

visit Ettal Monastery.

If you are interested in joining this

visit, please contact Diana Wade:

(01225) 462807 or diana-

wade@hotmail.com who will send

you full details.

Eco Church from Anne Egan

As part of the ‘Renewing our Vision’ project, a group of us met on Tuesday night this week to discuss the possibility of St Mike’s joining ‘Eco Church’, an award scheme for churches in England and Wales that want to demonstrate that they

care for God’s earth. It is set up and run by A Rocha UK. “From meditation to insulation, from location to invocation, loving God and his creation should impact everything in our church lives… Eco Church will help us ‘go green’ in all areas of our church life.” This could be a helpful way to focus

our energies in the area of Social Justice and Environment. Read more at arocha.org.uk

NEW Contemplative

Prayer Group

A brand new daytime group at

St. Michael’s for those who would

like to spend time in focused,

silent prayer.

It currently takes place on

Mondays 11 - 11.30am in the

side chapel and all are welcome.

12th - 27th May 2018

We are hosting around TWENTY festival events this year and there should be something to please everyone. There are literature events

featuring Susie Orbach and Clare Tomalin and mu-

sic from the Gould Trio, Jean Efflam-Bavouzet and the Kanneh Mason Family.

In addition a series of ‘Coffee Concerts’ will feature the complete Haydn pi-ano sonatas over 10 concerts, with renowned pianist Roman Rabinovich. For full details see the festival website or pick up a programme in church.

Holy Communion

Friday 11th May at 12noon in the side chapel