Emily Thomas will play a mixed repertoire including pieces by Beethoven, Rachmaninov and Gershwin.
Free in St Matthew’s Church.
Events
Piano Recital
Saturday, 26 May @ 2.30pm
Bring and Share Lunch
Sunday, 27 May @ 1.00pm
Do join us for a ‘bring and share lunch’ to celebrate the baptisms and to formally welcome Billy and Caleb.
Bring your favourite main course, salad or pudding and let’s eat together!Church Prayer Meeting
Monday, 28 May @ 8.00pm
Excited about what God is doing in and through St Matthew’s?
Want to pray for St Matthew’s and the communities we are a part of?Come and join us on Monday night at 8pm for just one hour. No previous experience necessary.
Children’s Work Consultation
Wednesday, 30 May @ 7.30pm
We will be holding a meeting to discuss our children’s work this evening. The purpose of the meeting is to review what we do now and seek God’s way forward for its development and growth.
If you are involved in children’s work including Messy Church you are most welcome to attend. If you’d like to know more or want to provide input but cannot attend do speak to Cath Hubbuck or Mat Ineson.
Please do pray for us and for our children and those involved in working with them.
Bristol Phoenix Choir Summer Concert
Saturday, 9 June @ 7.30pm
‘Gloriana’ – A concert to celebrate the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee; including Zadok the Priest (Handel), Dances from Gloriana (Britten) etc.
Tickets £10 Bristol Phoenix Choir
(Phoenix Choir are one of the regular choirs that practise during the week at St Matthew’s)
Cancer Prayer Support Group
Wednesday, 13 June @ 7.30pm
Two years ago I was diagnosed with cancer. I had surgery and six months of chemotherapy. It was the worst year of my life, but a year in which I have never felt closer to God. He upheld me with enough hope, peace and strength to face each day.
Almost 1 in 3 people have cancer at some time in their lives. In the UK there are many secular support groups, but no Christian ones that I can find. God is stirring me to support, with His love, people going through cancer, and to pass on to them the same comfort I found in Him. I long to see a ministry develop which offers prayer, day and weekend retreats, hospital visiting/encouragement and practical ways to support families (e.g. meal delivery and house cleaning).
St Matthew’s has Bristol’s Oncology Hospital in our parish! What an opportunity we therefore have to ‘bind up the brokenhearted… to comfort all who mourn… and bestow on them a crown of beauty instead of ashes’ (Isaiah 61
). That is my desire as we start a ‘Cancer Prayer Support Group’ here in June. Could you join me in the journey? Maybe your life has been affected by cancer and you would like to encourage others? Perhaps you could pray for or with people? Or bake cakes? Or offer worship at a retreat? If you can help in any way, please contact me on or via the office.
Yours in Christ, Helen Jones
Helen gives her testimony and talks more about the project in this podcast, recorded on Sunday, 13 May.
Listen Again (sermon only)
Tea and Theologians 8
Sunday, 17 June @ 4.30pm
“For Ethiopia” is back!
Saturday, 7 July
We are hosting a Summer Fete in the garden at St Matthew’s in aid of For Ethiopia, who you may remember from Art on the Railings in 2009. This time it is to be a traditional summer fete, with a delightful Swing band (Baly’s Cream), children’s races, cream teas, fizz, sideshows and even a novelty dog show…Please keep the date clear—there will be more details to follow—Sue Thomas.
For Ethiopia is a local charity, linked with an area of rural Ethiopia. They support the local community, building wells, helping with schools and upgrading rural clinics with equipment and solar fridges.
Tea and Theology 9
Sunday, 15 July @ 4.30pm
Kingsdown Homegrown
Saturday, 15 September
A community festival held in and around St Matthew’s there is something for everyone—competitions, stalls, children’s entertainment, live music, delicious things to eat, cider and much much more…including a Salsa event in the evening!
See the Homegrown website for details and updates.
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