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We are moving slowly back towards a mixed schedule of "in person" and online services. Details for the next week are below. Do join us! |
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THIS WEEK'S SERVICES
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Sunday 29 August: Thirteenth Sunday after Trinity
0800: Holy Communion (in person) at Praia da Luz
Booking required: email stvincentsalgarve.west@gmail.com
0800: Holy Communion (in person) at Praia da Luz
Booking required: email stvincentsalgarve.west@gmail.com
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1030: Holy Communion (in person) at Praia da Luz
https://is.gd/KamBGC The pewsheet for this service is available by hitting the red button on the right, from Saturday afternoon. |
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Thursday 26 August:
1030: Holy Communion (in person) at Praia da Luz
Booking required: email stvincentsalgarve.west@gmail.com
1030: Holy Communion (in person) at Praia da Luz
Booking required: email stvincentsalgarve.west@gmail.com
1030: Bible Study looking at the readings for next Sunday
Note: no Bible Study during August
https://us04web.zoom.us/j/7616945557
Meeting ID: 7616945557
Note: no Bible Study during August
https://us04web.zoom.us/j/7616945557
Meeting ID: 7616945557
Sunday 29 August: Thirteenth Sunday after Trinity
0800: Holy Communion (in person) at Praia da Luz
Booking required: email stvincentsalgarve.west@gmail.com
0800: Holy Communion (in person) at Praia da Luz
Booking required: email stvincentsalgarve.west@gmail.com
1130: Holy Communion (in person) at Praia da Luz and online (details to follow)
Booking required if in person: email stvincentsalgarve.west@gmail.com
Booking required if in person: email stvincentsalgarve.west@gmail.com
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Our current pattern of "in person" and online worship
Sundays
0800: Holy Communion (in person) at Praia da Luz
Booking required: email stvincentsalgarve.west@gmail.com
1030: The West congregation meets for Eucharist on Zoom.
https://is.gd/KamBGC
Meeting ID: 528 054 087 Passcode: 123
1030: The East and Central congregations meet weekly for Eucharist in person (also livestreamed on Zoom and relayed on this website here). Every first and third Sunday of the month this service takes place at St Luke's (near Santa Barbara de Nexe), and on second and fourth Sundays from the chapel at Santa Casa da Misericordia in Boliqueime. (On fifth Sundays there is service of Morning Prayer on Facebook (and livestreamed) from the Chaplaincy House at Boliqueime.)
Wednesdays
2030: We meet via Zoom videoconferencing for a quiet contemplative service of Compline at the end of the day. Here is the link: https://us04web.zoom.us/j/307569100 During this service, we give thanks for the many blessing of this life and also pray for the needs of those we know who are suffering illness or distress at this time. If you would like to add someone's name to our prayer list, please contact Maureen Kyle. Email and phone number details are here.
Thursdays
1030: Holy Eucharist in person at Praia da Luz. Everyone is welcome! Please contact Father Rob to book a place by email. Please arrive by 1020 to allow time for socially distanced seating.
1030: Bible Study via Zoom. The link is https://us04web.zoom.us/j/7616945557
Services in person are held under Covid-19 restrictions, so you will be required to wear a mask except when receiving Communion and to keep your distance from others!
'You who have done great things, O God, who is like you? You who have made me see many troubles and calamities will revive me again.' Psalm 71:19-20
0800: Holy Communion (in person) at Praia da Luz
Booking required: email stvincentsalgarve.west@gmail.com
1030: The West congregation meets for Eucharist on Zoom.
https://is.gd/KamBGC
Meeting ID: 528 054 087 Passcode: 123
1030: The East and Central congregations meet weekly for Eucharist in person (also livestreamed on Zoom and relayed on this website here). Every first and third Sunday of the month this service takes place at St Luke's (near Santa Barbara de Nexe), and on second and fourth Sundays from the chapel at Santa Casa da Misericordia in Boliqueime. (On fifth Sundays there is service of Morning Prayer on Facebook (and livestreamed) from the Chaplaincy House at Boliqueime.)
Wednesdays
2030: We meet via Zoom videoconferencing for a quiet contemplative service of Compline at the end of the day. Here is the link: https://us04web.zoom.us/j/307569100 During this service, we give thanks for the many blessing of this life and also pray for the needs of those we know who are suffering illness or distress at this time. If you would like to add someone's name to our prayer list, please contact Maureen Kyle. Email and phone number details are here.
Thursdays
1030: Holy Eucharist in person at Praia da Luz. Everyone is welcome! Please contact Father Rob to book a place by email. Please arrive by 1020 to allow time for socially distanced seating.
1030: Bible Study via Zoom. The link is https://us04web.zoom.us/j/7616945557
Services in person are held under Covid-19 restrictions, so you will be required to wear a mask except when receiving Communion and to keep your distance from others!
'You who have done great things, O God, who is like you? You who have made me see many troubles and calamities will revive me again.' Psalm 71:19-20
Father Reid talks about daily prayer and preparing a devotional space at home
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Dear Friends It looks like we're all going to be practicing our religion from home for some time to come. All of us should be diligent in daily prayer. All of us are going to have more or less success at it: so do remember to be merciful to yourselves! We'll necessarily be deprived of our normal community and our usual sacred spaces. Setting aside a space in your home for devotion will help you be more regular in prayer. That might be as simple as a prayer or a Bible on the corner of your dining table. The addition of a cross and a candle can offer focus and a way of marking the time you set aside. A cloth keeps candle wax off the table (everything we do in liturgy should have a practical as well as a theological purpose). |
Here's a way of thinking "wholistically" about what space you might set aside:
https://www.growchristians.org/2017/01/09/a-special-place-for-prayer-at-home/
And here are some photographs of home altars that people sent the author in response. I think some of these may be too "busy" - clutter is liable to be a distraction; but everyone has their own approach, so do what seems helpful to your meditations:
https://www.growchristians.org/2017/02/10/your-altars-at-home/
Prayer is the most important element of the work we have to do as Christians in this time, dear ones. A good outline for intercessory prayer is found at page 214 of Common Worship. "The prayers usually include these concerns and may follow this sequence: The Church of Christ; Creation, human society, The Sovereign and those in authority; The local community; Those who suffer; The communion of saints."
Blessings to all. Care for one another. Keep in touch. Pray for the Church and for the world.
Father Reid
https://www.growchristians.org/2017/01/09/a-special-place-for-prayer-at-home/
And here are some photographs of home altars that people sent the author in response. I think some of these may be too "busy" - clutter is liable to be a distraction; but everyone has their own approach, so do what seems helpful to your meditations:
https://www.growchristians.org/2017/02/10/your-altars-at-home/
Prayer is the most important element of the work we have to do as Christians in this time, dear ones. A good outline for intercessory prayer is found at page 214 of Common Worship. "The prayers usually include these concerns and may follow this sequence: The Church of Christ; Creation, human society, The Sovereign and those in authority; The local community; Those who suffer; The communion of saints."
Blessings to all. Care for one another. Keep in touch. Pray for the Church and for the world.
Father Reid