Blessings for Edmonton!

Come, Holy Spirit, fill the hearts of your faithful

and kindle in them the fire of your love

What do Christians do when things are going well?

Praise the Lord!

What do we do in bad times, when things are hard?

Praise the Lord!

Whatever life is like, it is always the right time to praise God.

And it is always the right time to ask God for blessings –

whether life is full of joy or each day is a struggle.

And never more than at Pentecost, when we are reminded of the gift of the Holy Spirit – help, advocate, comforter, empowerer. So today, along with friends from All Saints and St Peter's Bounces Road, today we begin a novena, a nine-day festival of prayer and praise, in which we focus our prayers on the Holy Spirit and ask God to pour down God’s blessings on us, on our churches, on our homes, workplaces, families and friends. To pour down blessings on Edmonton.

This will be nine days of prayer, nine days of worship and praise and we invite you all to join in. We have a programme of activities and opportunities for prayer - prayer stations in our open churches, blessed ribbons to take away from our railings, prayer walks where we pray for the streets and places in our parish, a Healing Service and an afternoon of prayer, anointing and praise on Sunday 15th. You can find out more on our Blessings for Edmonton webpage.

We also have nine days of scripture and reflections to help you pray this week - pop into church to pick up a booklet or go to our website to find the prayers for each day.

If you do nothing else, please pray with us. But we would love to see you in church - come along on Sunday at 10 or treat yourself and come next weekend, Sunday 15 June for a service at 3pm with joyful music from our choir and worship band, and anointing by the Bishop of Edmonton, the Right Reverend Dr Anderson Jeremiah.

Come, Holy Spirit, fill the hearts of your faithful and kindle in them the fire of your love.

Send forth your Spirit and they shall be created,and you shall renew the face of the earth. Amen

Notices

In church this week, Sunday 8 June 2025

Pentecost

Morning Prayer 8am Monday to Saturday on Zoom (see below)

Today               3pm Parish Prayer Walk

Mon 9 June    10am Parish Prayer Walk

Tues 10 June  6pm Parish Prayer Walk

Thurs 12 June 10am Holy Communion          Book of Common Prayer

                          7pm Healing Service, St Peter’s Bounces Road

Sun 15 June    9am Morning Prayer

Trinity             10am Eucharist   

3pm  Prayer and Praise service with Bishop Anderson

Blessings for Edmonton At the back of church you will find prayer booklets for the week ahead – please take one and join in our prayers. Details of events are above.

The three prayer walks will take us around the boundary of the parish – each walk will last 40-60 minutes or so, depending on the needs of the walkers, and we will pray for all the streets in the parish. All welcome.

Most importantly – come to the Prayer and Praise service next Sunday at 3pm – and invite others to join you.

Coach trip to Southend The Mothers’ Union is arranging a day out in Southend-on-Sea on Saturday 2 August. See noticeboards for more information.