Knowlton Circle Benefice
The Quiver Trinity 5 July 5 2026
Jesus calls to all who are wearied by the changes and chances of this fleeting world, and invites them to lay down their burdens and rest. Here is an invitation to a different path through life; here is an offer of hope. The prophet Zechariah picks up this theme as he speaks of a longing for peace, for freedom and for joy. These readings ask us what we long for in life – and they invite us to work for the hope of the kingdom.
SERVICES TODAY
9.30am Breakfast Church at Gussage All Saints Village Hall
9.30am Service of the Word at Woodlands 388 63 376
11.00am High Mass at Wimborne St Giles 376 63 263* 294 235
3.00pm Holy Baptism of Mia Klaver at Cranborne
6.00pm Evensong at Cranborne Ps 56 (p.415) H 464 374 252
Day by Day – Martin How View me, Lord – Richard Lloyd
Give praise and thanks to God and pray for his help and healing:
For the Church: The Diocese of Salisbury and the Deanery of Wimborne
The Episcopal Church of Sudan (Diocese of Nzara & Deanery of Yabongo)
For the World: Nations and their leaders; justice, peace and development. Refugees and victims of war. the dispossessed, the hungry, the persecuted.The Middle East
The housebound: Gerry & Pat Cope
Those in need : Katherine Woodland Sylvia Gray Frank Russell Gill Lee Michael Goold Jax Sharp Clifford House Tereasa Harrison Martin Instone Diana & Ian Mashford Donovan Docherty Pearl Dickinson Jean & Alan Elliott Stuart Harding Declan Connolly Freddie Boughton Mike Yarrow Olivia Mark-Bell Jane Scott Jack Allard
For those who have died Margaret Clyde Jane Guppy
THIS WEEK
Monday 7.30pm Bell Ringing at Cranborne
Pray for Bell Ringers
Tuesday Pray for the people of Venezuela
Wednesday 10.00am Holy Communion at Woodlands
7.30pm Sounds of Summer Concert at Wimborne St Giles
Pray for the Diocese of Salisbury
Thursday 7.30pm Choir Practice at Cranborne
Pray for local government & community leaders
Friday 8.45am Morning Prayer at Cranborne
Pray for peace & justice in the world
Saturday Pray for Tewkesbury Abbey (Feast of St Benedict)
SERVICES FOR NEXT SUNDAY – TRINITY 6
9.30am Benefice Communion at Cranborne
11.00am Celtic Meditation at Edmondsham
11.00am Elevenses at Wimborne St Giles
3.00pm Pet Service at Gussage All Saints
Isaiah 55.10-13 Romans 8.1-11 Matthew 13.1-9, 18-23
There is a basket available at the back of church for the Charity of the Month. During July this will be for the Salisbury - Sudan Medical Link which funds the training of clinical officers, nurses, midwives and other staff to provide quality care as well as purchasing and distributing primary health care its to clinics run by the ECSSS.
On the First Sundays in July & August there will be post-11 o’clock service picnics on the Village Green at Wimborne St Giles.
Forthcoming Events
Wednesday July 8 Sounds of Summer Concert 7.30pm Wimborne St Giles
Saturday, July 18th Edmondsham Fete 11am – 4pm
Saturday, July 18th / Sunday, July 19th Wimborne St Giles Flower Festival
Saturday, August 29th / Sunday, August 30th Edmondsham Flower & Produce Show + Village Sunflower & Scarecrow Competition
Wimborne St Giles Flower Festival – July 18th/19th Please sign up if you can help with stewarding (we are very short of stewards), baking a cake or serving teas on Sunday.
A message from Rev Jan Brown
Dear All, many thanks for all cards and gifts, especially very generous gift from Benefice. So much appreciated. Rev Jan Brown
COLLECT
Almighty and everlasting God,
by whose Spirit the whole body of the Church
is governed and sanctified:
hear our prayer which we offer for all your faithful people,
that in their vocation and ministry
they may serve you in holiness and truth
to the glory of your name;
through our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ,
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.
FIRST READING Zechariah 9.9-12
Rejoice greatly, O daughter Zion!
Shout aloud, O daughter Jerusalem!
Lo, your king comes to you;
triumphant and victorious is he,
humble and riding on a donkey,
on a colt, the foal of a donkey.
He will cut off the chariot from Ephraim
and the war horse from Jerusalem;
and the battle bow shall be cut off,
and he shall command peace to the nations;
his dominion shall be from sea to sea,
and from the River to the ends of the earth.
As for you also, because of the blood of my covenant with you,
I will set your prisoners free from the waterless pit.
Return to your stronghold, O prisoners of hope;
today I declare that I will restore to you double.
SECOND READING Romans 7.15-25a
I do not understand my own actions. For I do not do what I want, but I do the very thing I hate. Now if I do what I do not want, I agree that the law is good. But in fact it is no longer I that do it, but sin that dwells within me. For I know that nothing good dwells within me, that is, in my flesh. I can will what is right, but I cannot do it. For I do not do the good I want, but the evil I do not want is what I do. Now if I do what I do not want, it is no longer I that do it, but sin that dwells within me.
So I find it to be a law that when I want to do what is good, evil lies close at hand. For I delight in the law of God in my inmost self, but I see in my members another law at war with the law of my mind, making me captive to the law of sin that dwells in my members. Wretched man that I am! Who will rescue me from this body of death? Thanks be to God through Jesus Christ our Lord!
GOSPEL Matthew 11.16-19, 25-30
At that time Jesus said: "But to what will I compare this generation? It is like children sitting in the marketplaces and calling to one another,
"We played the flute for you, and you did not dance;
we wailed, and you did not mourn.'
For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, "He has a demon'; the Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, "Look, a glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!' Yet wisdom is vindicated by her deeds."
At that time Jesus said, "I thank you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from the wise and the intelligent and have revealed them to infants; yes, Father, for such was your gracious will. All things have been handed over to me by my Father; and no one knows the Son except the Father, and no one knows the Father except the Son and anyone to whom the Son chooses to reveal him.
"Come to me, all you that are weary and are carrying heavy burdens, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me; for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light."
POST COMMUNION
Grant, O Lord, we beseech you,
that the course of this world may be so peaceably ordered
by your governance,
that your Church may joyfully serve you in all godly quietness;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.
View me, Lord, a work of thine! Shall I then lie downed in night? Might thy grace in me but shine, I should seem made all of light.
Cleanse me, Lord, that I may kneel At thine altar pure and white; They at once thy mercies feel, Gaze no more on earth's delight.
Worldly joys like shadows fade When the heavenly light appears; But the covenants Thou hast made, Endless, know not days nor years.
In thy word, Lord, is my trust, To thy mercies fast I fly; Though I am but clay and dust, Words: Thomas Campion (1567-1620) Yet thy grace can lift me high. Music: Richard Lloyd (1933-2021)