Wessex Rotary Shoebox Scheme
This year Eastleigh Rotary are once again supporting the area appeal for filled shoeboxes to be delivered to disadvantaged or displaced children in Moldova, Montenegro, Romania and Ukraine (via Poland).
There are a number of flat box templates in the Narthex ready to be collected and filled with items outlined in the leaflets which you also find there.
Please return filled boxes to St Peter’s by 29 October, ready to be delivered by Christmas!
Ride & Stride
This year’s RIDE & STRIDE FOR CHURCHES is due to take place on Saturday 13 September. It’s a chance for you, your family and friends to visit churches, chat with church representatives and learn more about the history and heritage of the churches. You can be sure the sponsorship money you raise will be used for repairs and restoration to the churches and chapels of Hampshire and the Isle of Wight. For more information visit Ride and Stride.
We need volunteers
More volunteers are needed to help with readings on a Sunday and as welcomers.
If you like help out and be included on the rota please let Jan Shearing have your contact details.
Walking the Wessex Way
Don’t worry – this isn’t about long-distance walking! But it is about the challenge offered by the Right Revd Philip Mounstephen, Bishop of Winchester, to all in our parishes across the diocese – how can we as individuals and as churches be better at
Serving – Christlike engagement with our communities, bringing peace, hope and reconciliation.
Learning – deepening our discipleship as followers of Christ.
Growing – the renewal of the Church as the Body of Christ.
Loving – making the loving presence of Jesus known in our midst, as his body.
Do reflect and pray about this! You can read more by following these links:
Walking the Wessex Way
Walking the Wessex Way Commitments – 2025
How are you doing with daily worship, bible reading and prayer time?
For daily worship and prayer time there are a few apps available which you might find useful: the free Lectio 365 App helps you pray the Bible each day by meditating on the scriptures and asking God to speak through them – a sustainable and life-giving model of spiritual formation and prayer for ordinary people – from the 24-7 Prayer International organisation led by Pete Greig; the Everyday Faith App is a free devotional application developed by the Church of England, designed to inspire, equip, and encourage users in their faith every day, not just on Sundays; it offers daily reflections, selected Bible readings, and simple prayers to help users connect with God throughout their daily lives; the free Daily Prayer App and Pod-cast is the official app to help you follow Church of England morning, evening and night prayer, wherever you are – with the readings, prayers, psalms and canticles set out in full, and a full audio podcast; the Reflections for Daily Prayer App from the Church of England requires a subscription and provides reflections (often by well-known contributors) based on the Common Worship Lectionary daily readings, and allows you to read the text of the day’s Morning Prayer Bible readings in full and integrate the Reflection into a simple pattern of Morning Prayer. Do ask any in the Ministry Team if you need further information or guidance on these apps. There are of course other apps you could try, and there are traditional daily Bible reading notes available for purchase.