Services in the 4 Marys Benefice
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Benefice Churches Open
All the churches in our benefice are open for visiting every day during daylight hours.
Church Services for June 2025
Sunday, 1st June:
7th Sunday of Easter
10am Stratford Parish Communion
with Baptism
Sunday 8th June:
Pentecost
10am Higham A service to celebrate
the Festival of Pentecost (with Communion)
Sunday 15th June:
Trinity Sunday
10am
Holton Parish Communion
Tuesday, 17th June:
7 for 7.30pm in Shelley
Archdeacons’ Visitation with swearing
in of Churchwardens
Please come and support our
churchwardens who have offered
to serve the churches
in our benefice for another year!
Sunday 22nd
June:
1st Sunday after Trinity
10am Raydon
Parish Communion
9.30am Stratford St Mary Café Church
in the Parish Room
Join us for breakfast with pastries and
cafetiere coffee (or tea) followed by
an informal time of worship. All ages welcome!
Sunday,
29th June:
2nd Sunday after
Trinity
8.30am Higham BCP Communion
4pm Pet Service in Higham
Looking ahead to July
Sunday 6th
July:
3rd Sunday after Trinity
10am Stratford Family Communion with Baptism
Hello Café Church
The Café-Church, will next meet on Sunday, 22nd June at 9.30am.
Join us for pastries, cafetière Coffee / tea and orange juice. Young and old gather round tables to have breakfast together, from babies, a few months old and toddlers to the over 90-year olds and any age in between.
We reflect on a Bible reading, discuss a current topic, hear a ‘Thought for the day’ or may have the odd craft activity for the young or the young at heart. It is an informal friendly gathering for all generations. Come and join us – we are looking forward to seeing you and to welcoming new faces.
Benefice Bible Study / House Group
This month the House
Group will next on
Thursday, 26th
June at 2.30pm.
Please get in touch with Judith, Sandy, Christine if you would like to know more.
Prayer pointers for the Benefice
We
pray for all those who are ill or in any way unwell, among them Bridget Hutton,
Nicky
Bull, Steve Meech, Daphne Horrex, Jim Lowe, Amanda Berry, Andrew Potter, Penny
Watkins and Josie Wakelin.
We remember all those who have passed from this
life to the next, remembering especially Greta Mason.
May they rest in peace and rise in glory.
And we pray for all who mourn. May they be held in God’s love and
comforted in their grief.
We pray for Pope Leo XIV as his begins his ministry as leader of the world-wide
Roman Catholic Church.
Prayers for our next Archbishop & Bishop
Heavenly Father, Shepherd of your Church,
send us a faithful pastor to lead with wisdom, courage, and love,
proclaiming your Gospel, celebrating the sacraments,
and guiding your people in unity and truth.
Pour out your Holy Spirit upon the person you choose to lead
the Church of England and the wider
Anglican Communion.
Grant him or her strength, courage, and
discernment to navigate the challenges and opportunities before them.
May they lead with humility, love, and a profound
understanding of your will. Amen.
We pray for the person who will be called to take up the role as the next Bishop of St Edmundsbury & Ipswich. May they be guided by the Holy Spirit and may God’s will be done. Strengthen the churches in our Diocese, we pray, guide all those who serve in many different roles and direct us in your ways; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
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- Raydon
- Suffolk
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