“But you, man of God, flee from all this, and pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, endurance and gentleness. Fight the good fight of the faith.”
(1 Timothy 6:11-12a)
Sunday Service, 27th April 11am – At St. George’s
This Sunday is our annual joint service at St. George’s church at 11am, followed by the St. George’s Day parade down the High Street and a lunch in the hall. Do join us for the service and as much else as you can manage.
St. George is the patron saint for England. He was a Roman soldier who became a Christian and was ultimately killed for his faith in AD 303, executed by the then Roman Emperor, Diocletian only a few years before the emperor Constantine came to power and converted to Christianity himself.
Over the next few weeks, we will be celebrating some key moments in our nations history that celebrate some important military successes. On 8th May, we celebrate Victory in Europe day, the 80th anniversary of the final defeat of Nazi Germany. We will reflect on this at our services on 4th May. Then on the week beginning 18th May, there will be big celebrations in Ramsgate of the evacuation of the British Army in Dunkirk in 1940, when through a combination of perfect weather, great military planning and the involvement of small boat owners around the English coast 338,000 allied soldiers were evacuated from Dunkirk. The result was nothing short of miraculous and a key moment in our national history.
As we celebrate these great military victories, it is worth remembering that the Christian life is often described in the Bible as a battle or a fight. It does not involve the normal weapons of war, but it does involve the inner struggle with our own temptations and the battle to persuade a sceptical world of the glorious truth of the good news about Jesus Christ.
In the Second World War, many people in our country worked extremely hard, took great risks and made great sacrifices to defeat the evil of Naziism. If we want to see the church grow in our town today, we, like St. George, need to be up for the fight.
Paul Worledge
APCM and PCC membership
Our Annual Church meeting (APCM) will be on Thursday 12th May at 7:00pm in the Church. At this meeting we will be updating you on plans for our Vision 2030 and electing members to our PCC. Please put the date in the diary. Also, please consider standing for our PCC or nominating someone who would be a good fit. We need the wisdom of a variety of church members to help us guide the church over the coming years.
Services in May
Sunday 4th May, 9:30am
Holy Communion, VE Day thanksgiving and blessing of standard
Sunday 11th May, 9:30am
Holy Communion, Sunday School join us from 10:30am
Sunday 18th May, 11:00am
Dunkirk Little Ships Parade Service
Sunday 25th May, 9:30am
Holy Communion
Youth Hangout – Restarting this Thursday!
We are re-opening the after-school club, Youth Hangout from Thursday 1st May for Year 6 pupils and upwards. It will run in St. Luke’s church. Come along, for refreshments, to hang out and play games. Please encourage your youngsters to come and bring friends. Drop in anytime between 3 and 6pm.
Youthscape Launchpad Diocesan Event
6:30-9:00pm on Monday 2nd June at St. Laurence church in Ramsgate. Led by Bp Rose Hudson-Wilkin, with Jen Tobin the Diocesan Lead Officer for Children & Young People’s Work and Launchpad Youth Scape Representatives. This is an intergenerational event for young people 11 years old and upwards and those helping to lead young people’s work. See Paul Worledge if you are interested in going as part of a group from St. George’s.
Treasurer Role
After many years of faithful service, Derek Tench is looking to step down as treasurer. This is an important role in the life of the church and involves various tasks: Bookkeeping, PAYE management for staff, reclaiming Gift Aid, Negotiating Utilities & Procurement and producing accounts for the annual report. If you think you might be able to take on some or all of these tasks, then please see Paul, Mark or Derek. Derek will of course offer training and support to whoever would like to take over.
Tower and Crypt Tours – Can you help?
Please contact Jemima on either 07971782477 or via email regenerationofficer@stgeorgechurchramsgate.uk if you are able to get involved with helping to host the tours.
They will be on during the summer to coincide with the Yard Sales and Heritage Open Days and we are also doing a couple of dates in May as well. The dates are Saturdays: 17th May, 24th May, 14th June, 12th July, 9th August, 13th September and 20th September.
Links to Share:
Defeatist Mentality?
In this article the writer argued that the church is besieging hell. Read more…
The death of progress?
In this article, the writer claims that the myth of technological progress is being proved false. Read more…
Finally, in the light of Christ’s victory in the Resurrection, let’s keep fighting the good fight.
Yours in Christ
Paul Worledge
(Priest in Charge, St. George’s Ramsgate)
Prayer Requests
Be assured I will do my best to check that people are happy for the requests to be shared before including them. Please pray for…
- Our joint St. George’s day service and parade
- Carter, who is only five months old and has been diagnosed with Leukemia. Give thanks that he is responding well to treatment.
- Malcolm Searchfield has now finished his radiotherapy and is awaiting tests. Pray for positive results.
- Betty Searchfield, for her diabetes to be under control.
- Kevin (Malcolm and Betty’s son-in-law), give thanks that he is now a lot better.
Weekly Calendar
Sunday 27th – St. George’s Day celebration
Joint All Age Service (St. George’s Church), 2 Tim. 2:1-13, 11:00am-12:00pm
St. George’s Day Parade and Lunch in St. George’s Hall, 12:00pm onwards
Monday 28th
Prayer Meeting (St. Luke’s Church) – 9:30-10:00am
Tuesday 29th
Prayer Meeting (St. George’s Church) – 9:30-10:00am
Community Meal (St. George’s Hall) – 5:30-7:00pm
Wednesday 30th
Community Soup (St. George’s Church) – 12:00-2:00pm
Maundy Thursday 1st May
Prayer Meeting (St. Luke’s Church) – 9:30-10:00am
Saturday 3rd
Churches Together in Ramsgate Prayer Breakfast (St. Laurence Church) – 9:00-10:00am
Community Soup (St. George’s Church) – 12:00-2:00pm
Sunday 4th – Third Sunday of Easter
Eucharist – VE Day Thanksgiving (St George’s, 9:30am), Psalm 126
Online Forms
Under the ‘Contact’ tab on the website, there are now three forms that you can use to help us in managing the church:
- Events Application Form. Use this if you are organising a church event that needs a church room booked, advertising or ticketing.
- Submit a Notice. Use this if you want to ask us to include a prayer request or other notice in the church notice sheet or email.
- Maintenance Reporting Form.Use this to report any non-urgent issues with our buildings or grounds.
St. George’s Website
- What’s On – a page which lets you know what is happening this week and gives information about upcoming events.
- Notices – You can read the latest notices on this page.
- Sermons – Read a transcript of a recent sermon or watch the YouTube version recorded at St. Luke’s. There are now videos for all the sermons over the summer.
Safeguarding Training
If you volunteer in anyway at church the national authorities are strongly encouraging you to take at least the Basic Module in safeguarding training once every three years.
If you have not completed the training in the last three years, then the module can be completed online and takes about ninety minutes. You can access the training by following this link. You will need to first register, to access the training. Once the training is completed, you will be sent a certificate. Please forward that certificate to James (office@stlukesramsgate.org), so that we can keep records of who has done the training.
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