The Kingswood Foodbank is in need of tined tomatoes, meat and potatoes, pasta and curry sauces, coffee, hot chocolate, rice pudding, crisps, microwave rice and toilet roll. Thank you all very much.
Music in Kingswood Park. Sit back and enjoy live performances from local musicians on Sundays 23rd August and 6th September from 3pm to 5pm. Feel free to bring along your own chairs and refreshments to make the most of the afternoon. The Marshfield Band will be playing on the 23rd.
Anthony Hick is hosting a Quiet Day on Monday (17th), 10.30 - 2.15, at Wesley Cottage. It would be helpful if you could contact him to let him know if you hope to attend, by phone to 07726342744.
Lectionary 16th to 22nd August. Genesis 45:1-15; Psalm 133; Romans 11.1-2a,29-32; Matthew 15 (10-20), 21-28. From the heart. Joseph is now a powerful leader in Egypt. Having tested his brothers’ motivations, he reveals himself to them and an emotional reconciliation ensues. Joseph sees the hand of God in all that has happened to him. As Joseph’s story concludes, we see him showing great emotion to his brothers and treating them with boundless generosity, which leads to restoration and reconciliation. As we consider these examples, we might question whether we operate ‘from the heart’ in our response to situations in our lives.
Next Saturday (22nd) is the International Day commemorating the victims of acts of violence based on religion or belief.
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Next Sunday (23rd) is the International Day for Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition.
The purpose of Kingswood Methodist Church is to respond to God's Love in Christ and to live out that love in God's world