This Sunday – 24th May

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“Now to each one the manifestation of the Spirit is given for the common good.”

(1 Corinthians 12:7)

This week, the sections of the email are:

  • Opening Reflection: Pentecost
  • Key notices: Are you called to serve on the PCC?, Life in Tudor Ramsgate
  • Coming Up: This Sunday, Dunkirk Little Ships service, Pentecost Service – Churches Together in Ramsgate, Annual Parochial Church Meeting
  • Opportunities to Serve: Tower and Crypt Tours at St. George’s
  • Interesting Blogs: When interruption becomes surrender, What makes anything right or wrong
  • Weekly Calendar
  • Online Forms: Event application, Submit a notice, maintenance report, access Safeguarding training

Scroll on…

Opening Reflection

This Sunday is Pentecost. It is the day we remember God sending his Holy Spirit onto the church. The events of the day itself were spectacular and memorable with the sound of a rushing wind, flames of fire settling on the disciple’s heads, the apostles praising God in different languages that visitors to Jerusalem could understand and, perhaps most amazingly, 3,000 people becoming Christians and being baptised!

The work of the Spirit is not ordinarily that spectacular, but it is aways important. It is not limited to those who speak up front in church services or to super-spiritual Christians. As our verse makes clear, it is given to each one of us that are truly Christians. If you have decided to follow Jesus and trust that he has achieved everything necessary to ensure the forgiveness of your sins, your status as a child of God and your place in God’s eternal home, then you have received the Holy Spirit in your life.

The Spirit is there to help us, assure us and comfort us, but it is also there to enable us to be a help for others. Our faith was never meant to be an individualistic faith between just me and God, it was always meant to be a faith to be lived in community. So, we are given ‘manifestations’ or ‘gifts’ of the Spirit to enable us to serve one another for the common good.

Each person’s service will be different, because the Spirit gifts us in all kinds of ways. For some it may enable them to take on official roles in the church, for others it may be just about how they informally encourage and support others around them. For some it may involve speaking God’s words to build  people up in the faith, whilst for others it will involve practical acts of service and care. All are essential and all are part of God’s plan to build his church. Let’s all pray for God’s Spirit to work more fully through us and among us.

Paul Worledge

Key Notices:

Are you called to serve on the PCC?

Nomination forms for the roles of PCC member, Church Warden and Deanery Synod representatives are now available at the back of church, along with role descriptions. At our Annual Meeting next Sunday after a shortened 9:30am service we will have our annual meeting. At this meeting we will be seeking to elect two Church Wardens, two Deanery Synod representatives and six PCC members. Please let Paul or Sue have nomination forms as soon as possible and by Sunday 31st May at the latest.

 

Life in Tudor Ramsgate

Last Saturday we were treated to a fantastic talk by Margaret Bolton on what it was like to live in Ramsgate in Tudor times. Margaret was dressed in Tudor attire and her talk included illustrations examples of what English would have sounded like in Tudor times and singing! There were 32 in the audience, and we raised £191.82 for the Church Restoration Fund. A big thank you to Margaret and to all those who helped host and provided the refreshments.

Coming Up:

This Sunday 24th May

St. George’s is hosting another parade service to celebrate the evacuation of the Allied forces from Dunkirk in May 1940. The service will take place at 11am. However, there will be a small short communion service in the chancel to celebrate Pentecost from 9:30-10:00am.

Pentecost Service – Churches Together in Ramsgate

Join other Christians from around Ramsgate for our next joint service on Sunday 24th May, 6pm at the Royal Harbour Academy, Upper Site, off the New Haine Road. There will be praise, prayer and Bible teaching, along with activities for all ages.

If you want a lift from St. Luke’s then let Paul know and we can give lifts from St. Luke’s from 5:30pm.

Opportunities to serve:

Tower and Crypt Tours at St. George’s

We are still looking for people to join a team of people who may be willing to help out with the tower and crypt tours on Saturdays in the summer at St. George’s church. This is a great way to show a warm welcome to the public and also raise funds for the church. If you are interested let Paul know.

Interesting Blogs to Share:

When interruption becomes surrender

In this reflective article, a nurse considers that come from the pressure of her intense job. Read more… (5 mins)

What makes anything right or wrong?

In this ten-minute video, Glen Scrivener, a Christian apologist debates with Stephen Woodford an Atheist about how we decide what is right or wrong. Watch the video

Weekly Calendar

Sunday 24th May – Pentecost

Short Holy Communion (St. George’s Church) 1 Cor. 12:3b-13 – 9:30am

Dunkirk Little Ships Service (St. George’s Church) – 11:00am-12:00pm

CTiR Pentecost Service (Royal Harbour Academy) – 6:00pm

Tuesday 26th

Prayer Meeting (St. George’s Church) – 9:30-10:00am

Community Meal (St. George’s Hall) – 5:30-7:00pm

Wednesday 27th

Community Soup (St. George’s Church) – 12:00-2:00pm

Thursday 28th 

Prayer Meeting (St. Luke’s Church) – 9:30-10:00am

Saturday 30th  

Prayer Meeting (St. George’s Church) – 9:30-10:00am

Community Soup (St. George’s Church) – 12:00-2:00pm

Sunday 31st – Trinity Sunday

Short Holy Communion (St. George’s Church) Matthew 28.16-20 – 9:30am

APCM (St. George’s Church) – 10:15-11:15am

Life Groups

Will you dare to share the Christian life with others? Life groups are a great way to meet together regularly with a small group of other Christians, for mutual support, to share in reading God’s word and to pray for one another.

Please see Paul if you are interested in joining one. There are now more groups available! They meet at the following times:

  • Monday evening (two groups)
  • Tuesday afternoon
  • Wednesday morning
  • Wednesday evening
  • Thursday morning

There is also a youth life group on a Sunday afternoon.

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.

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@churchramsgate.org), so that we can keep records of who has done the training.

Finally, let’s keep praying for greater works of the Spirit in our lives.

Yours in Christ

Paul Worledge

(Priest in Charge, St. George’s Ramsgate)

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