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Bromley and Sheppard’S CollegeS

   W eekly Herald
                             20 June 2021

Midsummer Night’s Dream                             Thought for the Week
                                                “Hope” is the thing with feathers -
                                                That perches in the soul -
                                                And sings the tune without the words -
Bromley and Sheppard’s colleges have a          And never stops - at all –
long tradition of involvement with local        Emily Dickenson
theatres. They are so grateful for our
hosting of this opening up celebration.
To alleviate any tensions and concerns
the producer and directors would like to
come and meet with collegians,
hopefully with a view to future
collaborations beyond this event. Ideas
for how this could happen are welcome
– let Jo know in the office.
If the Government delays opening up
beyond 19 July, the event will be
cancelled.
The July rehearsal schedule on the South
Lawn is:
Sun 11: 3-6pm
Sat 17: 10am to 10pm – tech set up and          Maintenance
run through                                     Fairthorn Farrell and Timms have
Sun 18: 10am to 10pm - double run               provided a comprehensive set of
Mon 19: 6.30 to 10.30pm - final dress           maintenance plans. The trustees will
Performances                                    formally receive these at their next
20-24 6.30 to 10.30pm                           meeting.
Tickets available here:                         Our annual Fire Assessment is booked
www.BCATheatre.com                              for July; and we will be pleased to show
11 tickets were pre-sold to collegians          real progress in works and plans since
and these will be given reserved, named         last year.
seats.                                          Quotations have been received for the
Please move cars parked by the South            boiler replacements; we must make a
lawn to the rear parking from 20 July, to       small adjustment to the specification,
clear the performance space.                    but nearly there.
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Coffee Morning                                      Summer borders
The next coffee morning is Thursday 24
June at 10.30 am in the Old Quad to
raise money for Whitechapel Mission.

https://whitechapel.org.uk/supporting-us

Service rota
The July Rota is on its way round.
We are starting again by including
everyone. Please be encouraged to join
in, and pass the rota on quickly.
Linda Balmer
Linda is away on annual leave returning
to work on Monday 28 June. Helen will
be covering for her.
Pam Dawson and daughter
Coming to visit around 10.30am on
Friday 25 June – there will be coffee on
the lawn.
Chaplain offsite
Chaplain will be at the Bewith
Community on 5 and 6 July.

                             Did you see            3 after Trinity
                             the bee?

Roadmap out of lockdown
The roadmap has been delayed until 19
July. Pray that victory will be won over
this virus so that life can return to a level
of normality.
https://www.gov.uk/coronavirus
                                                    Brandy Pearson

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Collect                                         Psalm 9.9-end
Almighty God,
you have broken the tyranny of sin              Mark 4:35-41
and have sent the Spirit of your Son            When evening had come, he said to
into our hearts                                 them, ‘Let us go across to the other
whereby we call you Father:                     side.’ And leaving the crowd behind,
give us grace to dedicate our freedom           they took him with them in the boat,
to your service,                                just as he was. Other boats were with
that we and all creation                        him. A great gale arose, and the waves
may be brought to the glorious liberty          beat into the boat, so that the boat was
of the children of God;                         already being swamped. But he was in
through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord,         the stern, asleep on the cushion; and
who is alive and reigns with you,               they woke him up and said to him,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,                ‘Teacher, do you not care that we are
one God, now and for ever.                      perishing?’ He woke up and rebuked the
Amen                                            wind, and said to the sea, ‘Peace! Be
                                                still!’ Then the wind ceased, and there
SCRIPTURE                                       was a dead calm. He said to them, ‘Why
                                                are you afraid? Have you still no
Job 38:1-11                                     faith?’ And they were filled with great
The LORD answered Job out of the                awe and said to one another, ‘Who then
whirlwind: ‘Who is this that darkens            is this, that even the wind and the sea
counsel by words without knowledge?             obey him?’
Gird up your loins like a man, I will
question you, and you shall declare to
me. ‘Where were you when I laid the             Post Communion Prayer
foundation of the earth? Tell me, if you        O God, whose beauty
have understanding. Who determined              is beyond our imagining
its measurements—surely you know!               and whose power
Or who stretched the line upon it? On           we cannot comprehend:
what were its bases sunk, or who laid its       show us your glory
cornerstone when the morning stars              as far as we can grasp it,
sang together and all the heavenly              and shield us from knowing
beings shouted for joy? ‘Or who shut in         more than we can bear
the sea with doors when it burst out            until we may look upon you
from the womb? when I made the                  without fear;
clouds its garment, and thick darkness          through Jesus Christ our Saviour.
its swaddling band, and prescribed              Amen
bounds for it, and set bars and doors,
and said, “Thus far shall you come, and
no farther, and here shall your proud           Lost mobile ‘phone – found on
waves be stopped”?                              driveway: “Duro” brand (not SMART) let
                                                office know if it is yours.

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Prayer Diary
Anglican Cycle              The Church of North India (United)
                            Kondoa Our Companion Diocese, Kondoa:
Rochester Cycle
                            The Rt Rev Given Gaula, Bishop
Colleges                    Anthony Watkins and Derek Shilling [T]

Community                   Mildmay Hospital and Leprosy Mission
                      Charles Potter, Frank and Yvonne Gough (2007), David and
                      Diane Cossar (2012), Mary Watts (2015), Pam Dawson
Collegians moved away (2019). John and Joyce Ilson (2020), Ken Hewitt (2020),
                      Sarah Grove(2020)
                            Anne Townsend, Matthew Coxen, June Dakin, Chris Davies,
Those who have asked        Karen Layton, Maureen Edmonds, Nigel and Diane Pilgrim,
for prayer                  Peter Hemming, Vic Shaw, Julian White, Liz Whiting,
                            John Williams
Year’s Mind
                            Felix Abraham Dias-Abeyesinghe and Rose Lowe
Anniversary
Those who have died
Let the office know of additions and removals from the prayer list

Activities diary
What and when       Time       President/leader Reader             Intercessor
Sun 20 June                                         Anne
                    10am       Paul Jenkins                        Brandy Pearson
Communion                                           Townsend
Please remember to label or remove vestments in the Chapel by today (20 June)
Daily office        9am/5pm Monday to Saturday
Mon 21 June
                    5.30pm     In Chapel
Silent Prayer
Thur 24 June
Birth of John the   10am       Chaplain             Valerie Pearce John Townsend
Baptist
                               Coffee on the lawn in aid of The Whitechapel
Thurs 24 June       10.30am
                               Mission
Sun 27 June
                    5pm        Chaplain
Evensong
ADVANCE NOTICE
                    5pm        St John’s choir visiting
Evensong 18 July

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