Welcome to our parish. You are most welcome to come and share with us.
Welcome to our parish. You are most welcome to come and share with us.
Next Blesséd events:
22nd Feb 2010 at Ripon College, Cuddesdon (Theological College) Theme: God Calling...
13th Mar 2010 at S. Thomas the Apostle, Elson Theme: Mother
Tony & Dave have started work to level the floor - the first corner (the South West) is complete!
We will need to raise funds for carpet tiles for the whole Nave area. Please give generously!
See our proposal to the Church's planning authorities here
“[Love for Enemies] "You have heard that it was said, 'Love your neighbor and hate your enemy.' But I tell you: Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, that you may be sons of your Father in heaven. He causes his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous.”
Matthew 5:43-45
Commemorated on 9 February
Chancellor at the court of King Clotaire III. Benedictine monk. Abbot of Fontenelle, Normandy. Bishop of Rouen. Exiled to Hainaut by Pepin of Heristal.
Born: at Chaussy-sur-Epte, France Died: 695 at Hainaut of natural causes Canonised: Pre-Congregation
O Lord Jesus Christ, who didst behold with love the young ruler who came to thee and didst call him to follow thee: We pray that young people everywhere may hear and obey thy call; and grant them such a vision of thy loving purpose for the world that they may surrender themselves gladly and unreservedly to thyself for the service of thy kingdom. We ask this for the honour of thy holy name.
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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.
If Anglicans can worship together, no Covenant is required. If Anglicans cannot worship together, no Covenant will suffice. The oldest Anglican provinces outside of England (Scotland, America, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, Wales) will not accept a Covenant which places their several Churches under the juridical authority of foreign prelates. The oldest province (England) is legally barred from so doing. But the irreconcilables (Uganda, Nigeria, Kenya, Rwanda, Southern Cone) will settle for nothing less that all authority delivered into the hands of the Primates Meeting - and even then, only after half the Anglican Communion are tossed out of the room.
This is why we cannot accept an Anglican Covenant!
taken from Celebrating the Mass.