31st October 2021

The Parish Churches of

St Michael & St Wulfad, Stone, with

St Saviour Aston by Stone

In todays Gospel, Jesus summarises the whole law and the whole bible into one word – Love. If we have it, nothing more is needed. If we don’t, have it, everything is lost.  To love God with all our heart, soul, mind and strength is to always remember him and to do his will every moment of our lives.

We show love of him through having conversations with him through prayers, singing praises,, reading scriptures and maintaining a joyful attitude at all times.

To love others as we love ourselves means to treat them as we treat ourselves, to take care of them as we take care of ourselves.

Understanding the real meaning of love brings us near the Kingdom of God but having love in our hearts brings us into the Kingdom of God.

“God is Love, and those who live in love live in God, and God lives in them”.

Nichola Abbott

Hymns for today

                        Aston                          Stone

            396                              396

            39                                39

                        464                              133

127                              227/311

356                              143

Please pray for the sick in the benefice:

Elsie Richardson, Vera Tomkinson, Gary Kelsall, John Richardson, Peter Bowler, Catherine Ritchie, Miles Brain, John & Ann Shuttleworth, Margaret Wright, Molly Wright, Norman Latham, Gillian Wright, John Hargreaves, Val Morris, June Stringer, Jim Hammersley, Alison Holmes, Pam Miles, Jean Gulliver, Margaret Tomlinson, Dave McGlynn, Sue Kenchington, Elsie Woodcock, Lindsey Knowles, Carl Hartley, Mike Thompson, Bob Davis

For the recently departed, remembering their families and friends:

 Pat Wynne, Justine Rose, George Holland, Baby Creed-Lux O’Neill, Irene Simpson

Remembering their families and friends at this time

This week:

Tuesday 2^nd  11.45am – 1pm DROP INN CAFÉ St Michael’s Hall

Thursday 8^th 10.30am Holy Communion – St M&W

Thursday 4^th 7.30pm – Bell Ringers AGM in church

SERVICE SHEETS, BOOKS AND HYMNBOOKS. We do wish to be careful about this and will ask you to return them to a table at the rear of Church, rather than sidespeople putting them away immediately.

ALL SOULS DAY Nov 2^nd.  Service 7.30pm – all welcome. Lists for remembering names available at both churches

PREPARE FOR CHRISTMAS  This year we will have three Bible studies, via Zoom, on some of the Old Testament passages we use at this time of year – “The people that walked in darkness…” et al. Dates are 24^th November, 1^st and 8^th December. Interested? Watch this space

Ladies Outing:Christmas Lunch at Trentham on Friday 10^th December. Cost approximately £20. Please speak to Steph today to book your place.