Anglo-Catholic Churches in Bath

Dear brothers and sisters,

Once again, I hope this email finds you all as safe as you can be as this extended period of lockdown continues.

Please find attached the weekly noticesheet and service sheet for Sunday 24^th May (7^th Sunday of Eastertide) which is intended for you to use either in conjunction with watching the service live or as a recording later in the day, or for you to use for your private meditation and devotions. As has become our custom, we will be streaming the service again on Zoom – this will give people the opportunity to see one another via video and to share in some online fellowship after the service has ended. If you want to engage with the service in this way, you will need to have downloaded the Zoom application on your smartphone/tablet/computer (it’s free to install). At around 10.20am on Sunday, log on to Zoom using this link https://zoom.us/j/4802110735 – or load Zoom and use the Meeting ID code 480 211 0735. At 10.30am, microphones will be muted so we can all engage in the act of worship, before being unmuted as the service ends when we can all simultaneously enjoy tea/coffee (or something stronger if you prefer) and fellowship. If you would prefer to stick with Facebook, we hope to simultaneously broadcast the service on the Bathwick Benefice News page (although the technology to support this seems rather fragile), and the service will also be copied afterwards to the Bathwick parishes YouTube channel.

Once again, I am very grateful to Tim Barrett for enabling this Zoom facility and hope that it will serve as an enhancement to our worship and fellowship. Please do continue to support one another through your prayers as well as phone calls and emails (perhaps even old-fashioned letter writing!) as we continue in our physical separation. Once again, a reminder to please contact me or another member of our ministry team if you’re feeling isolated or vulnerable – or if a friend or relative is suffering

Over recent years, the ten days from Ascension to Pentecost have been observed as a particular time of prayer for God’s kingdom to come on earth as it is in heaven. Prayers for ‘Thy Kingdom Come’ for use at home can be found on the attachment (2020 Novena of the Holy Spirit.pdf) or online at https://www.sswsh.com/uploads/Praying_at_Home_from_Ascension_to_Pentecost.pdf orhttps://www.thykingdomcome.global/ – I warmly commend these to you.

Also attached for those who are used to seeing it is this week’s bulletin from The Society (24-05-20.pdf)

With my continued prayers and best wishes for you all

Fr Peter

Revd Peter Edwards
Rector of Bathwick
(h) 01225 460052
(mb) 07776 227555

Once again, useful links to prayer resources etc:

• Bathwick Benefice website https://bathwickparishes.org/
• Bathwick Benefice Facebook page (can be accessed from the FB icon on the Bathwick Benefice website https://bathwickparishes.org) or direct onhttps://www.facebook.com/groups/1660453620942593
• YouTube channel for some recent services (search “Bathwick parishes” on YouTube)
• Prayers for the Covid-19 crisis at https://www.churchofengland.org/more/media-centre/coronavirus-covid-19-guidance-churches
• A resource leaflet (Coronavirus – Prayers for the Long Haul) prepared by +Jonathan Ebbsfleet specifically for lay people to use throughout this period of lockdownhttps://bathwickparishes.org/coronavirus-prayers-for-the-long-haul/
• Other resources identified by The Church Union athttps://www.churchunion.co.uk/coronavirusresources
• Thy Kingdom Come resources athttps://www.sswsh.com/uploads/Praying_at_Home_from_Ascension_to_Pentecost.pdf andhttps://www.thykingdomcome.global/