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Worship with us: online or in person

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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 26 September: Seventeenth Sunday after Trinity
0800: Holy Communion (in person) at Praia da Luz
Booking required: email
[email protected]
1030: Holy Eucharist (in person and livestreamed) from Santa Casa da Misericórdia, Boliqueime 
To watch it on the Faith Online website this is the link:
https://app.faith.online/p/events/cVoDlJEZC
 You can also watch it on Facebook here:
https://www.facebook.com/stvincentsalgarve/live_videos/
or go to the St Vincent's Facebook page and look for the post there. ​
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1130: Holy Eucharist (in person and livestreamed) from Praia da Luz 
To watch it on the Faith Online website this is the link:
https://app.faith.online/p/events/nYvkOFfYE
 You can also watch it on Facebook here:
https://www.facebook.com/stvincentsalgarve/live_videos/
or go to the St Vincent's Facebook page and look for the post there. 
​After service chat on Zoom by following this link: https://is.gd/KamBGC
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Wednesday 29 September:
2030: Compline
https://us04web.zoom.us/j/307569100
Meeting ID: 307569100
Thursday 30 September:
1030: Holy Communion (in person) at Praia da Luz
Booking required: email
[email protected]
NB: NO BIBLE STUDY TODAY OR DURING OCTOBER
Sunday 3 October: Eighteenth Sunday after Trinity
0800: Holy Communion (in person) at Praia da Luz
Booking required:
email [email protected]
1030: Holy Eucharist (in person and livestreamed) from St Luke's, Palhagueira 
HARVEST FESTIVAL SERVICE
1130: Holy Eucharist (in person and livestreamed) from Praia da Luz 
To watch it on the Faith Online website this is the link:
https://app.faith.online/p/events/-cgel0F7c
 You can also watch it on Facebook here:
https://www.facebook.com/stvincentsalgarve/live_videos/
or go to the St Vincent's Facebook page and look for the post there. 
​After service chat on Zoom by following this link: https://is.gd/KamBGC
Contact St Vincent's: If you would like to join our mailing list, contact a priest or learn more about St Vincent's please use the button on the right to go to our contact form.
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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 [email protected]

1030: The East and Central congregations meet weekly for Eucharist in person ​(also livestreamed on Faith Online and our Facebook page). 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.  

1130: The West congregation meets weekly at Praia da Luz for Eucharist in person (also livestreamed on Faith Online and our Facebook page).

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://us02web.zoom.us/j/88675678715 

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


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).
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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


 Igreja Anglicana São Vicente, Casa do Jardim, Rua José de Conceição Conde, 8600-169, Luz (Lagos), Portugal, +351 282 789 660 
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