Please click on the links below for bible readings for specific weeks:

   Readings, Collects and Prayers 14th September 2025 (Trinity 13 / Holy Cross Day)

   Readings and Collect 7th September 2025 (Trinity 12)

   Readings and Prayers 31st August 2025 (Trinity 11)

You may also wish to include the following in your prayers:

Woodfield Team Prayer
God our Father,
You long to draw all people into your love;
increase in number your church here
and throughout the Woodfield Team,
deepen us as followers and learners of Christ and give us courage to share
the good news of your kingdom.
We pray this in the power of your Spirit,
to the glory of Jesus Christ our Lord.
Amen

Pebble Pools

In some of our churches in the Woodfield Team, we have Pebble Pools. Those who wish to offer prayers for themselves and others could place a pebble in a pool of water – it’s a different way of praying than with words alone. Many have found it helpful.

 
So, what about creating your own Pebble Pool at home?
All you need: a bowl of water and some pebbles!

Stone is a symbol of rootedness and security. The Bible tells us that Jesus is the ‘chief corner stone’, the foundation stone upon which Jesus meets with his people. Through Jesus Christ your prayer will be heard.

Water is a very powerful symbol of God’s love and God’s presence. Jesus said: “whoever drinks the water I give them will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give them will become in them a spring of water welling up to eternal life”. Water symbolizes new life and it helps wash clean impurity, bringing healing and wholeness. For Christians, it is the symbol of Baptism. Your prayers, immersed in the pool of water, are immersed in the healing presence of Christ.

• Place a stone representing your life in the bowl of water – thus placing yourself in the healing love of God.
• Choose another stone. You may wish to hold it quietly in your hand and say a prayer. Then place that in the water; it can represent a prayer for others, for a certain situation, something on your heart. It may be an act of remembrance in memory of someone.

Or you may wish to say this prayer as you place it in the water:

Heavenly Father, I place into your presence........................... In your mercy receive my prayer. This I ask in the name of Jesus Christ. Amen.

Every Sunday, empty your pool and pray for you and for all that those pebbles represent.