The Wedding Banquet – 1880 painting by Utica artist Lawrence W. Ladd
Bible readings: Isaiah 25.1–9, Psalm 23, Philippians 4.1–9
Gospel Reading [NRSVA] Matthew 22.1–14
Once more Jesus spoke to them in parables, saying: ‘The kingdom of heaven may be compared to a king who gave a wedding banquet for his son. He sent his slaves to call those who had been invited to the wedding banquet, but they would not come. Again he sent other slaves, saying, “Tell those who have been invited: Look, I have prepared my dinner, my oxen and my fat calves have been slaughtered, and everything is ready; come to the wedding banquet.” But they made light of it and went away, one to his farm, another to his business, while the rest seized his slaves, maltreated them, and killed them. The king was enraged. He sent his troops, destroyed those murderers, and burned their city. Then he said to his slaves, “The wedding is ready, but those invited were not worthy. Go therefore into the main streets, and invite everyone you find to the wedding banquet.” Those slaves went out into the streets and gathered all whom they found, both good and bad; so the wedding hall was filled with guests.
‘But when the king came in to see the guests, he noticed a man there who was not wearing a wedding robe, and he said to him, “Friend, how did you get in here without a wedding robe?” And he was speechless. Then the king said to the attendants, “Bind him hand and foot, and throw him into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.” For many are called, but few are chosen.’
Readings for the Feast of Pol de Leon, Paul
1 Kings 17:8-16 and John 2:1-12 The Wedding at Cana.
CLUSTER INFORMATION & EVENTS
Celtic Morning Prayer – Each weekday morning on zoom 8:00am – 8:30am. Please email Keno for zoom details.
Breakfast and Breathe – This group for parents and carers meets every Monday at St Mary’s at 9:30am. We share breakfast, friendship and fellowship. We have craft activities and also have an optional gentle faith-related activity. Please let Hilary know if you are coming to this so we know numbers.
Fellowship Lunch at St Mary’s – Every Monday midday.
Lunch Club at Paul Hall. Every Monday at 12 noon.
Emmaus Group is a diverse, friendly group reflecting on a Bible reading every Tuesday, 5-6pm, at Paul Church Hall. All are very welcome. Kevin
Night Church at St Mary’s – 6pm to 9pm every Wednesday, join us for dinner, reflection and singing. A warm welcome awaits. This is a place for everyone. Victoria
Psalm Prayer Group – Every Thursday at 11:15am we read, pray and meditate on a Psalm. Come and join us at St Mary’s. Josie
Meditation Group – Every Friday a Meditation group meets at St Mary’s church at 10:30am. This is a welcoming and supportive space for everyone in the community. Vicky
Christian Meditation and Contemplative Prayer – Last Monday of the month at St Mary’s at 6pm. We look forward to being together in silent worship. Next on Monday 26th October. Vicky
Julian Prayer Group – The Julian Group meets at 6pm at St. Pol de Leon church on the first Sunday of the month, and online via zoom all other Sundays. If you would like to attend, please email Mel at mlevesconte@hotmail.co.uk for zoom details. Mel
St Mary’s Act on Poverty Group – St John’s Clothes Rack
Our launch event is next Wednesday 14th October at 2pm at the Community room at St John’s Church. Everyone is welcome to attend!
Penzance Mayor Andy Law is attending and for the launch event there will be refreshments. The Clothes Rack is for all and is prompting us to live more sustainably.
Thank you to everyone who has donated so far. We need to make the Clothes Rack Sustainable.
For more information or if you have donations then please contact Hilary.
Prayer Requests
If you are concerned about someone and would like their name included in the Prayer Request Group’s weekly prayer list, please do email Mel by 7pm on Tuesday evenings.
If you would like to join the group and could spend a little time each week praying the list in your personal prayer time, please do contact Mel at mlevesconte@hotmail.co.uk who will add you to the circulation list. Information is not shared and members’ names are not circulated within or outside the group. Mel
October Holiday Club – Donation Request
Thanks in part to your generous donations over the summer holidays, we are able to run 4 days of Holiday Club over October Half Term. If anyone is able to donate any of the following please could they contact Molly by text on 07341830277 or email soft.playpz@outlook.com or email Jenny Jenny.orpwood@penleecluster.org.uk by Friday 23rd October. We will then arrange collection over 24th & 25th. Thank you for your continuing support of Holiday Club. Molly & Jenny
Apples x 25
Chocolate for melting x 6 bars
Sprinkles x 3 small pots
White bread x 6 loafs
Fruit (bananas,oranges,apples)
Hot dogs x 6 tins
Hot dog rolls x 25
Hot chocolate x 2 jars
Mini Marshmallows x 2 bags
Cornflakes x 2 boxes
Cheerois x 1 box
Empty jam jars x 20
Hats, socks or blankets for the elderly – Hand knitted or pre owned in good condition please – (care packages for the elderly, local children will be handing these out to
residents)
Battery tea lights x 25
Clear Plastic lids (an example pringles)
Pumpkins x 25
Any cash donations to go towards the following day trips:
Helston museum – 25 x sausage Rolls
Flicka Donkey Sanctuary x 25 children’s hot chocolates
Wendron Pancake Barn x 25 children’s pancakes / Goat feed.
Send a Sheep
You may remember a project that took place earlier this year called ‘Send a Sheep’ organised by 1277 Make Them Count, a UK-wide network supporting church-based toddler groups. The campaign focused on raising awareness and praying for toddler group ministries, leaders, and the families they support and was centred around “Jesus the Good Shepherd” (based on John 10:14–16).
Groups from across the country created or provided sheep to represent their group, and these were taken to parliament to demonstrate to MPs and guests the scale and wonderful diversity of early-years community groups across the country.
In St Mary’s Church, the Monday morning ‘Breakfast and Breathe’ group made some sheep pictures for Little Lights Toddler group – you may remember some brightly coloured sheep as well as white, fluffy ones on display! We felt that these sheep represented the diversity of church users here at St Mary’s.
After the event in Parliament, representatives from church toddler groups were able to take a sheep back to their own church, so that they could pray for that group.
This week we were contacted by a lady called Michelle who runs a baby and toddler group called Little Nippers at River City Church in Hull! She adopted the picture of the diverse sheep (photo of our display) from the Playtime National Conference where she was encouraged to pray for the group. She asked us if there were any specific requests for prayer for Breakfast and Breathe Group.
Michelle said ‘I really do love the diversity! Just makes me think of how a church should be, little snippets of what it will be like as it says in Revelation!!’
It was a lovely surprise to hear from Michelle, and a blessing to have her prayers for us. Hilary and I will be in contact with her with our thanks.
Thank you to the members of Breakfast and Breathe who made sheep, we certainly didn’t know where they would end up! Let’s keep sharing the Baa-rilliant news of what we do here in Penlee Cluster! Jenny
Sacred Walking
Saturday 17 October
Meet 10.00am for coffee at Tremorran & the Angel (park in the gravel car park to the right of our drive off the main road and walk up through the garden to the kitchen.
RETURN 1pm
We will walk over the moors from Tremorran 3.6 miles sharing prayers, silence, readings and communion along the way. Sorry, no dogs. There are several stiles to negotiate! Wear good shoes/boots. Please bring drinking water, something to sit on, and a packed lunch to have on return. Booking essential as numbers limited. There is a wet weather plan!
Donations welcome for coffee and biscuits
Please note you walk at your own risk.
This is a free event. However bookings are required as numbers are limited.
Please contact Vicky Howard or Rev Annie to reserve a place.
Come ‘Back to the Garden’ to find peace, stillness, healing and restoration at Tremorran Quiet Garden
www.quietgarden.org
Tremorran B&B
Tremorran & the Angel Gallery
Back to the Garden
Truthwall
St Just
Penzance. TR19 7QJ
Tel: 07768 166309
email: missanniehenry@hotmail.com
