The parable of the sower
God loves to bless His children, and Today he has a New Powerful Message to you that you’ve never imagined!
We want to stand with you in faith today.
We trust that God’s timing is perfect. Don’t miss what He has for you!
We have an in-person service in St. Augustine church at 10:00
We don’t have a morning service in St. Clement church this Sunday.
But, we will have Family Church in St. Clements
If you do not feel confident to come public place, yet. That is fine, we continue the ZOOM service
at the same time as In-person Service in St. Augustine Church.
Here's the zoom link to join in the morning:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84159453626?pwd=SXphZGdudDBuWWJhZ0ttV3ZZNEEwdz09
Meeting ID: 841 5945 3626
Passcode: H&Azoom
Thanksgiving for Earth’s Bounty
Psalm 65
To the leader. A Psalm of David. A Song.
Praise is due to you,
O God, in Zion;
and to you shall vows be performed,
O you who answer prayer!
To you all flesh shall come.
When deeds of iniquity overwhelm us,
you forgive our transgressions.
Happy are those whom you choose and bring near
to live in your courts.
We shall be satisfied with the goodness of your house,
your holy temple.
By awesome deeds you answer us with deliverance,
O God of our salvation;
you are the hope of all the ends of the earth
and of the farthest seas.
By your strength you established the mountains;
you are girded with might.
You silence the roaring of the seas,
the roaring of their waves,
the tumult of the peoples.
Those who live at earth’s farthest bounds are awed by your signs;
you make the gateways of the morning and the evening shout for joy.
You visit the earth and water it,
you greatly enrich it;
the river of God is full of water;
you provide the people with grain,
for so you have prepared it.
You water its furrows abundantly,
settling its ridges,
softening it with showers,
and blessing its growth.
You crown the year with your bounty;
your wagon tracks overflow with richness.
The pastures of the wilderness overflow,
the hills gird themselves with joy,
the meadows clothe themselves with flocks,
the valleys deck themselves with grain,
they shout and sing together for joy.
The Parable of the Sower
Mark 4:1-20
1Again he began to teach beside the lake. Such a very large crowd gathered around him that he got into a boat on the lake and sat there, while the whole crowd was beside the lake on the land. 2He began to teach them many things in parables, and in his teaching he said to them: 3‘Listen! A sower went out to sow. 4And as he sowed, some seed fell on the path, and the birds came and ate it up. 5Other seed fell on rocky ground, where it did not have much soil, and it sprang up quickly, since it had no depth of soil. 6And when the sun rose, it was scorched; and since it had no root, it withered away. 7Other seed fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up and choked it, and it yielded no grain. 8Other seed fell into good soil and brought forth grain, growing up and increasing and yielding thirty and sixty and a hundredfold.’ 9And he said, ‘Let anyone with ears to hear listen!’
The Purpose of the Parables
10 When he was alone, those who were around him along with the twelve asked him about the parables. 11And he said to them, ‘To you has been given the secret of the kingdom of God, but for those outside, everything comes in parables; 12in order that
“they may indeed look, but not perceive,
and may indeed listen, but not understand;
so that they may not turn again and be forgiven.” ’
13 And he said to them, ‘Do you not understand this parable? Then how will you understand all the parables? 14The sower sows the word. 15These are the ones on the path where the word is sown: when they hear, Satan immediately comes and takes away the word that is sown in them. 16And these are the ones sown on rocky ground: when they hear the word, they immediately receive it with joy. 17But they have no root, and endure only for a while; then, when trouble or persecution arises on account of the word, immediately they fall away. 18And others are those sown among the thorns: these are the ones who hear the word, 19but the cares of the world, and the lure of wealth, and the desire for other things come in and choke the word, and it yields nothing. 20And these are the ones sown on the good soil: they hear the word and accept it and bear fruit, thirty and sixty and a hundredfold.’
SUNDAY SCHOOL
We look forward to welcoming our children and young people back to St Augustine’s and St Clement’s this Sunday morning!
St Augustine’s children and youth will be meeting in St Augustine’s garden from 10.00-11.00,
St Clement’s children and youth will have a Family Church at 15:30 in St. Clement Church
If you are planning on coming it would be helpful if you could please let Anna know on
07907 358037 so that we have an idea of the numbers.
Thank you