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A living faith, A warm welcome
It's not just about keeping an old building going in the face of adversity. The Parish of St. Thomas the Apostle is a thriving, living focus of community life within Elson and Hardway. Here, a warm welcome awaits you if you join us and share in God's Holy Sacraments and the Good News that he promises to each and every one of us.
The Parish Church has been a visible witness to the love of Christ since 1846, and as Gosport has grown up around and enveloped the small village of Elson, so the parish and its people have adapted and continued to proclaim the Kingdom of God with vigour and with friendly love.
Come and join us in worship and in fellowship and see what the love of Christ can do for you. Be fed at his Holy Table and enriched by his Holy Word, and discover the difference that the living faith can make to you. Whether you are nine, twenty-nine or ninety, St Thomas the Apostle welcomes you and can find a sacred space for you to encounter God.
Our life is lived through the sacramental worship of God; through the mass celebrated during the week and on Sundays, through the daily work of worship in the Daily Office of Morning and Evening Prayer and through encounters with God in alternative and meditative worship. hatever your preference, St Thomas can offer a worship experience for you.
Your parish priest is Fr. Simon Rundell, and he, along with all the people of this parish welcome you to come and join us, enjoy our fellowship and hospitality and share in our joyous worship.
- Postcard-sized Fridge Magnets for sale in Church: £1
Fr. Simon's New Book on Creative Liturgy and Mission
Fr. Simon is having his first theology book published at the end of July! Entitled Creative Ideas for Alternative Sacramental Worship this book shows you how YOU can achieve creative mission through sacramental liturgy.
To have a look at the book and it's first review, see here
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Church Hall Proposals
See our proposal to the Church's planning authorities here
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Scripture for the Day
Scripture for the Day
“You are the light of the world. A city on a hill cannot be hidden. In the same way, let your light shine before men, that they may see your good deeds and praise your Father in heaven.”
Matthew 5:14,16
Saint of the Day
Saint of the Day
Blessed Edward Powell
Commemorated on 30 July
Priest. Canon of Salisbury and a fellow of Oriel. Author of several treatises opposing Martin Luther.Counsellor to Queen Catherine of Aragon, wife of King Henry VIII.Convicted on high treason in 1534 on the basis of denying the king s supremacy over the Church.Spent six years imprisoned in the Tower of London before being martyred with Blessed Thomas Abel and Blessed Richard Featherstone.
Born: 1478 in Wales Died: hanged, drawn, and quartered on 30 July 1540 at Smithfield, England Beatified: 29 December 1886 by Pope Leo XIII Canonised: pending
Prayer for the Day
Prayer for the Day
The spirit of prayer
Give us grace, Almighty Father, to address you with all our hearts as well as with our lips.
You are everywhere present: from you no secrets can be hidden.
Teach us to fix our thoughts on you, reverently and with love, so that our prayers are not in vain, but are acceptable to you, now and always; through Jesus Christ our Lord.
(Adapted)
prayer number 117 out of 3017 selected at random from a collection by Frank Colquhoun
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