Dates for your Diary Events for the week (in the St Mary's Centre) Monday 6.00pm Community Choir Wednesday 2.30pm Keep Fit Next Sunday (in St Mary's Church) 9:45am Family Communion 1 st Reading: Isaiah 65:1-9 The Righteousness of God’s Judgement 1 I   was   ready   to   be   sought   out   by those   who   did   not   ask,   to   be   found by    those    who    did    not    seek    me.    I said,   ‘Here   I   am,   here   I   am’,to   a nation that did not call on my name. 2   I   held   out   my   hands   all   day   long to   a   rebellious   people,   who   walk   in a   way   that   is   not   good,   following their own devices; 3   a   people   who   provoke   me   to   my face      continually,      sacrificing      in gardens    and    offering    incense    on bricks; 4   who   sit   inside   tombs,   and   spend the   night   in   secret   places;who   eat swine’s      flesh,      with      broth      of abominable things in their vessels; 5   who   say,   ‘Keep   to   yourself,   do   not come   near   me,   for   I   am   too   holy   for you.’    These    are    a    smoke    in    my nostrils,    a    fire    that    burns    all    day long. 6   See,   it   is   written   before   me:   I   will not   keep   silent,   but   I   will   repay;   I will indeed repay into their laps 7 their   iniquities   and   their   ancestors’ iniquities    together,    says    the    Lord; because   they   offered   incense   on   the mountains    and    reviled    me    on    the hills,   I   will   measure   into   their   laps full payment for their actions. 8 Thus   says   the   Lord: As   the   wine   is found   in   the   cluster,   and   they   say, ‘Do    not    destroy    it,    for    there    is    a blessing   in   it’,   so   I   will   do   for   my servants’   sake,   and   not   destroy   them all. 9    I    will    bring    forth    descendants from      Jacob,      and      from      Judah inheritors    of    my    mountains;    my chosen    shall    inherit    it,    and    my servants shall settle there. Gospel: Luke 8:26-39 Jesus Heals the Gerasene Demoniac 26 Then   they   arrived   at   the   country of   the   Gerasenes,   which   is   opposite Galilee. 27 As   he   stepped   out   on   land,   a   man of    the    city    who    had    demons    met him.   For   a   long   time   he   had   worn no   clothes,   and   he   did   not   live   in   a house but in the tombs. 28 When   he   saw   Jesus,   he   fell   down before   him   and   shouted   at   the   top   of his    voice,    ‘What    have    you    to    do with    me,    Jesus,    Son    of    the    Most High     God?     I     beg     you,     do     not torment me’— 29 for     Jesus     had     commanded     the unclean    spirit    to    come    out    of    the man.   (For   many   times   it   had   seized him;   he   was   kept   under   guard   and bound   with   chains   and   shackles,   but he   would   break   the   bonds   and   be driven     by     the     demon     into     the wilds.) 30 Jesus    then    asked    him,    ‘What    is your   name?’   He   said,   ‘Legion’;   for many demons had entered him. 31 They    begged    him    not    to    order them to go back into the abyss. 32 Now   there   on   the   hillside   a   large herd   of   swine   was   feeding;   and   the demons    begged    Jesus    to    let    them enter     these.     So     he     gave     them permission. 33 Then   the   demons   came   out   of   the man   and   entered   the   swine,   and   the herd    rushed    down    the    steep    bank into the lake and was drowned. 34 When    the    swineherds    saw    what had   happened,   they   ran   off   and   told it in the city and in the country. 35 Then    people    came    out    to    see what   had   happened,   and   when   they came   to   Jesus,   they   found   the   man from   whom   the   demons   had   gone sitting   at   the   feet   of   Jesus,   clothed and    in    his    right    mind.    And    they were afraid. 36 Those   who   had   seen   it   told   them how      the      one      who      had      been possessed     by     demons     had     been healed. 37 Then     all     the     people     of     the surrounding        country        of        the Gerasenes     asked     Jesus     to     leave them;    for    they    were    seized    with great   fear.   So   he   got   into   the   boat and returned. 38 The   man   from   whom   the   demons had   gone   begged   that   he   might   be with   him;   but   Jesus   sent   him   away, saying, 39 ‘Return   to   your   home,   and   declare how   much   God   has   done   for   you.’ So     he     went     away,     proclaiming throughout   the   city   how   much   Jesus had done for him.

The First Sunday after Trinity Week beginning: Sunday 23rd June 2019 Today 9:45am Holy Communion Service Celebrant: Rev G Boucher Preacher: Mrs B Midgley Intercessor: Mrs N Bowerman Sidesperson: Mr P Bowerman 1st reading: Isaiah 65:1-9 Gospel: Luke 8:26-39 Hymns (Complete Anglican) 220 God is our strength from days of old 382 Let all the world in every corner sing 343 Jesus, lover of my soul 67 Be still, for the presence of the Lord 419 Lord, the light of your love is shining Collect for 1. First Sunday after Trinity O God, the strength of all those who put their trust in you, mercifully accept our prayers and, because through the weakness of our mortal nature we can do no good thing without you, grant us the help of your grace, that in the keeping of your commandments we may please you both in will and deed; through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord, who is alive and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen. 2. First Sunday after Trinity God of truth, help us to keep your law of love and to walk in ways of wisdom, that we may find true life in Jesus Christ your Son. Amen.