After a gap of four weeks – welcome to the resumed St. Clement’s Midweek Message.
The reason for the gap has almost entirely been due to Sybille & I being on holiday & away from Prague for two and a half weeks. We returned safely last Wednesday 22nd evening and it was good to see so many of you still in Prague at this present time, at our Eucharist last Sunday morning. Many people last Sunday were kindly enquiring about our holiday. We did have a wonderful time and if you want to know more, then you are welcome to visit my blog www.rickyyates.com where I’m currently writing about it & have posted a few photos. I’ll post some more material over the next few days.
Sunday Worship in August
There will be a Sung Eucharist at 11am each Sunday during August. As I mentioned last Sunday when preaching, having had the story of Jesus feeding the 5000 from the beginning of the Gospel of John chapter 6 which was the Gospel Reading last Sunday, over the next four Sundays, the Gospel Reading will be the successive parts of John chapter 6 which records Jesus’ discourse that follows that miracle including his declaration that ‘I am the Bread of Life’. I would encourage you to read the whole chapter (yes all 71 verses!) in advance of our worship this coming Sunday.
There will be no Sunday School during August but children will still be most welcome and the ‘Rug Rats’ provision will be available as normal at the back of Church. It was lovely to have nine children present last Sunday morning. Likewise, there will be no Coffee Hour during August either but instead cool drinks will be served at the back of Church after the service. My thanks to all those who have signed up to help serve the cool drinks. We are now covered for this coming Sunday morning but, the last time I looked, there were still some gaps for Sundays later in the month. Please may we have a few more volunteers?
Sunday School and Coffee Hour will resume on Sunday 6th September.
Thursday at 7pm
Our midweek meeting for supper, fellowship, study & prayer will resume next week on Thursday 6th August at 7pm at the Chaplaincy flat. The topic for study is yet to be decided and if any of the regular attendees has a burning issue they would like us to consider then please get in touch. New attendees are always welcome – just drop me a line if you are planning to come as it helps with catering arrangements.
Some good news
My predecessor as Chaplain John Philpott, has recently been in email contact with me. He is currently providing holiday cover at St. Michaels, Paris. In response to my enquiry regarding his health he writes saying, “I’m pleased to say my health is holding up in the rather stickier atmosphere of Paris and we are walking many kilometres”.
With my prayers & best wishes wherever you are at this present time
Ricky
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