Parish Eucharist
Ninth Sunday after Trinity
2 August 2026
Taking the five loaves and the two fish, Jesus looked up to heaven, and blessed and broke the loaves, and gave them to the disciples, and the disciples gave them to the crowds. And all ate and were filled; and they took up what was left over of the broken pieces, twelve baskets full. And those who ate were about five thousand men, besides women and children.
Matthew 14: 19-21
Eularia Clarke, The Five Thousand, Oil on canvas laid down on board, 1962. From the Methodist Modern Art Collection © TMCP, used with permission. www.methodist.org.uk/artcollection
Welcome to our service of Holy Communion at 10am today. Revd Simon Winn, Vicar, is presiding and preaching. The Choir and Children's Church are on holiday.
A prayer from Embrace the Middle East
Almighty God,
We turn to you as we witness the rising of conflict
And the fear laid upon ordinary lives.
Trusting in your steadfast love,
we hold before you our friends and partners across the Middle East
in communities already stretched beyond endurance.
We remember before you all whose hearts are filled with dread today.
Surround them with your protection.
Be a fortress for those who cannot flee
and a shield for those whose work is to heal and to hope.
Open paths for wisdom, restraint, and justice
where none seem possible.
Give courage to peacemakers
and teach us to stand with those who suffer,
to pray without ceasing
and to hope, even now, in your redeeming love.
Amen.
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