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6 The Parish Magazine - July/August 2023 Please mention The Parish Magazine when responding to advertisements Winter Issue | Hair Cutting and Beauty Therapy | Experts in Colouring and Permanent Waving | Hairdressing for Men, Women and Children @stylebyjulieReading @stylebyjulie @stylebyjulieRG Private Hair and Beauty Salon Badgers Rise, Woodley, Reading, RG5 3AJ 0118 4378178 salon@stylebyjulie.co.uk www.stylebyjulie.co.uk Banish limescale with a TwinTec Water Softener • Enjoy a scale-free kitchen and bathrooms • Protect and improve the efficiency of your boiler • Lower your energy bills • Reduce time spent cleaning • Enjoy softer skin and shinier hair No buttons or routine maintenance: it’s easy Call for a free installation survey or quote Twyford: 0118 9344485 Finchampstead: 0118 9733110 thamesvalleywatersofteners.co.uk 10 YEAR GUARANTEE THAMES VALLEY WATER SOFTENERS
the parish noticeboard — 1 UCB pray-over-the-phone service is looking for pray-ers. Could you help? Many years ago, a couple who listened to the United Christian Broadcasters radio station wanted to be able to offer prayer to anyone who wanted to receive it. They found some phone lines, shared the number, and people began to call. UCB now receives hundreds of calls every day and more than 100,000 a year. Since Covid the number has increased. All kinds of people call up. Many ask for a prayer for healing. Others want prayer for a difficult situation or relationship. Some are in a crisis or are lonely. Some want to share an answer to prayer. Some have mental health challenges and need compassion and support. Some want prayer for faith. VOLUNTEERS Prayerline volunteers give a couple of hours a week, and are set up with a simple system from home so that they can be available for anyone who calls. They are supported by a team at UCB’s main office in Stoke. You may have prayed for a friend, or for someone at church. Or you may have had someone pray for you. It can make a tremendous difference in people’s lives. Like the Samaritans, there is training and a selection process, so that those answering the phone are able to listen well to the complexities and vulnerabilities of different personal situations. But unlike the Thai Noipho, dreamstime.com Samaritans, it is not a counselling service. It simply offers prayers using verses from Scripture. Those who have volunteered have said it has helped them give hope and solace to callers, grow in their use of Scripture in prayer, be stretched and trained in their spiritual life and found a network with the same calling and compassion. One said, 'I have been a Prayerline volunteer for a number of years. I have received far more than I have given.' If you know someone who would benefit from calling Prayerline, the number is 0178 236 3000 If you would be interested in finding out more about volunteering with Prayerline, or you know someone who might be interested, go to: https://www.ucb.co.uk/pray For your prayers in July and August — All who are travelling for work and pleasure — All NHS workers on its 75th anniversary — Teachers preparing for a new academic year — Young people seeking their first jobs — The bereaved and lonely staying at home Hd3ds, dreamstime.com The Parish Magazine - July/August 2023 7 What does the pulpit say to you? Lord Carey preaching from St Andrew's pulpit Indy Biddulph By Rev Dr Jo White The pulpit is one of the four most obvious pieces of ‘furniture’ in a church; the others being the lectern, altar and the font. Today it is usually the place where the preacher stands to give the sermon. It is raised higher than the pews, so the preacher can be seen by the congregation. Pulpits often have a ‘sounding’ board canopy above them, so that the words may ‘resound’ more audibly. In Anglican churches they are likely to be between the nave, where the congregation sits, and the chancel, where the choir or church leaders sit. In bygone generations, the pulpit was used for all sorts of announcements. Without any microphones, it was better to use a raised area from which to address people. So the pulpits were used not only by priests for preaching, but also by the churchwardens for notices. The pulpit was also where Marriage Banns were called, excommunications were pronounced, and indulgences were advertised. In fact, pulpits were not much used for sermons before the Reformation because the clergy in those days were required to preach only four times a year. Most commonly, the pulpit was used for the bidding prayers. These, partly in English, were said for the leaders of the Church, the King, the governing orders, the people, special needs, and, finally, for those parishioners who had paid to have their names read out. What does both the pulpit and the sermons that you hear from it reflect about your faith?
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