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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 Publishing on Creative Liturgy and Mission
Fr. Simon's first theology book has now been published! 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
Another comment from a fellow priest was that it was "annoyingly good" :-)
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Church Hall Proposals
See our proposal to the Church's planning authorities here
Useful information for today...
Scripture for the Day
Scripture for the Day
“This is what the LORD says— your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: "I am the LORD your God, who teaches you what is best for you, who directs you in the way you should go.”
Isaiah 48:17
Saint of the Day
Saint of the Day
Saint Marinus
(also known as Marino;Marinao;Marinus of San Marino;Marinus the Dalmatian;Marinus of Dalmatia)
Commemorated on 3 September
Stonemason who worked at Monte Titano in modern San Marino. Layman preacher who converted many, and minstered to Christians who had been sentenced to quarry work as punishment for their faith. Deacon, ordained by Saint Gaudentius. Bishop of Rimini.Though he belonged to no order that required it, he was a confirmed, life-long bachelor.Falsely accused by an insane woman of Rimini of being her estranged husband, he fled to a cave on Monte Titano, and lived there as a hermit.The small country of San Marino is named for him.
Born: 5th century Albe, Dalmatia Died: of natural causes; relics in the Basilica of Saint Marinus
Prayer for the Day
Prayer for the Day
Almighty and everlasting God, by whose grace thy servants are enabled to fight the good fight of faith and ever prove victorious: We humbly beseech thee so to inspire us that we may yield our hearts to thine obedience and exercise our wills on thy behalf. Help us to think wisely, to speak rightly, to resolve bravely, to act kindly, to live purely. Let the assurance of thy presence save us from sinning, and bless us both in body and soul; for the sake of Jesus Christ our Lord.
prayer number 2685 out of 3017 selected at random from a collection by Frank Colquhoun
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