St Margaret's Iver Heath

Welcome to the Website of St Margaret’s Parish Church Iver Heath.

.............................. .Last updated June 29th. 2020.

Coronavirus Update

We welcome you to St Margaret's for our 10.30 a.m. Sunday Eucharist this week.

Please read and follow the instructions below before attending.

KEEPING YOU SAFE

• Do not come to St. Margaret's if you are suffering ANY symptoms-the Welcome Team will assist You.

• Wash your hands with gel when you come in and when you leave.

• There are NO toilet facilities in use at present.

• There are NO kitchen facilities in use so no coffee or use of the Parish Room.

• Please do not sit in pews which are taped off. Maintain 1 metre distancing.

• No Books will be available for use in worship and no leaflets will be given out.

• Holy Communion will be received standing and in one kind only.

(please follow the directions of the Welcome Team)

• A one-way system is in operation. Entry through the porch and exit through the Parish Room.

These measures are to protect you and others. Thank you for following them!

We will continue using a video conference streaming program called ZOOM to hold virtual

Wednesday and other Sunday church services.

We will continue doing this for as long as the emergency lasts.

This screen shot shows the Rector in the large window with church members

in the small windows across the top of the screen during an Evening Prayer service.

Details of our services being streamed this week.

The computer program is called ZOOM, (https://zoom.us)

To join in, each service has a Meeting ID and a Password.

WEDNESDAY July 1st Eucharist (traditional)	10.00 am.	Meeting ID 812 7285 5735	Password 301 289
We welcome you to St Margaret's for our 10.30 a.m. Sunday Eucharist this week. See above - KEEPING YOU SAFE
SUNDAY July 5th Eucharist (Traditional)	8.00 am.	Meeting ID 860 9962 1018	Password 250 369
SUNDAY July 5th Evening Prayer (BCP)	6.00 pm.	Meeting ID 893 7917 0404	Password 250 777

Also in addition, these services will be streamed on our Facebook page, Tuesday-Saturday

Morning Prayer 8.30 a.m. & Evening Prayer 5 p.m.

If we can be of any assistance to you or someone you know, please contact Fr Andrew.

Stay well and pray with us for the ending of this emergency,

for the health workers and carers, and all who are suffering or who are afraid.

Now may the God of peace give you peace in believing and trusting in Him.

May God bless each one of you till we meet again.

Father Andrew

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A former Rector of Iver Heath to be a Bishop.

On April 29th, Downing Street announced the names of two new bishops in the Diocese of Chichester.

One of them is a former Rector of St. Margarets Iver Heath,

The Revd William Hazlewood.

Fr. Will was Rector of St. Margarets for 7 years before moving in 2011 to be the Vicar of Dartmouth and Dittisham in the Diocese of Exeter.

Many members of St, Margaret's remember him and his wife Sophie

and wish him well in his new appointment.

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From the leaders of St. Peter's & St. Leonard's Churches,

King's Church Iver and St. Margaret's Iver Heath

to our congregations and local community.

No matter where we are, we all have the great privilege and freedom to be able to call upon

God, individually and corporately, for healing in our nation. We would pray for all in leadership

at this time, making decisions about the containment of the Coronavirus, for those working in health and social care, and especially for the most vulnerable, whether elderly or those with underlying health conditions.

There are already stories being told of wonderful acts of kindness across neighbourhoods and we would like to commend the work Iver Parish Council has done in the recent days with their Community Kindness Kits and the outpouring of love from the community.

Alongside your prayers, we're encouraging you to take the opportunity to telephone or email someone who is isolated, buy some additional food for our local foodbank in Slough (please check their website about what they need: slough.foodbank.org.uk), or offer to deliver shopping for an elderly neighbour. We may not be able to touch physically, but we can make connections in so many other ways.

In the meantime, do please attend to all the government health advice that has been and will continue to be issued, and look out for resources from your home church teams. We do seem to be in unusual times, and wisdom and flexibility about worship gatherings are a key part of our Christian discipleship during this period.

We note that this call to prayer and action comes on Mothering Sunday: a time of thankfulness, remembering especially mothers who have served us, often in very costly ways. It is also a very mixed day for many. For some the remembrance is painful, and for others Mothering Sunday is a reminder of disappointment or loss. In many ways, this period under the shadow of the coronavirus will be prompting similarly diverse reactions and so it seems especially appropriate that the call to prayer is made this Sunday.

At this time of uncertainty join in with the National Day of Prayer and Action, lighting a candle of hope.

“Cast all your anxiety on him, because he cares for you'' 1 Peter 5:7

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A prayer to pray daily

Father in heaven, grant comfort to all who are suffering.

Give them hope, when dejected

And when alone assure them of the prayerful support of holy people.

We ask this through Christ our Lord.

Give them courage, when afraid,

Give them patience, when afflicted,

Give them hope, when dejected

And when alone assure them of the prayerful support of holy people.

We ask this through Christ our Lord.

St Margarets from the East

St. Margaret's is the parish church of Iver Heath in the south of Buckinghamshire.

We are here to serve God and to serve the people

of Iver Heath by sharing our worship, our faith and fun!

We are commited to being:

A Growing, Worshipping, Celebrating, Proclaiming, Christian Presence at the Heart of the Community.

and weekdays, to join one of our courses exploring

or situation.

Rector: Fr. Andrew Montgomerie

Groups @ St.Margaret's

Our regular Church services have all been cancelled

because of the of the Coronavirus emergency.

Jam Club

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( for Children aged 5 - 7, meets at 5 p.m.

in Iver Heath Scout Hut, St. Margaret's Close.)

Our regular activities have all been suspended because of the Coronavirus emergency.

Jam Tots

suspended because of the Coronavirus emergency.

Vintage Jam Club

Our monthly free lunch for senior citizens

is suspended because of the Coronavirus emergency.

Helping Slough Foodbank

Twice a month we deliver donated essential food items to the Slough Foodbank for those who

are in need. Stan & Sue Smith kindly deliver the crates of donations. A list of currently needed items is posted on the noticeboard in the Church annexe and we welcome your donations.

Thank you for your gifts!

Giving to the poor is at the heart of the Christian gospel.

The Bible says that ‘God loves the one who gives gladly' (2 Corinthians 9: 7).

To read about our Church in Community Project click here

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//////////// /To view a copy of our 2018 Annual Report click here (1.24 Mb PDF file)

www.facebook.com/stmargaretiverheath

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Safeguarding

If you have a safeguarding concern at St Margaret's

please contact our Parish Safeguarding Officer, Rob Penn

07768483385 or robipenn@aol.com