The Benefice of The Good Shepherd, Lake & St Saviour on the Cliff, Shanklin
in the Diocese of Portsmouth
and under the episcopal care of the Bishop of Richborough
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THE BENEFICE OF THE GOOD SHEPHERD, LAKE
AND ST SAVIOUR ON THE CLIFF, SHANKLIN
in the Diocese of Portsmouth and the See of Richborough
‘Living and sharing the love of God in the Bay’
BENEFICE BULLETIN
Sunday 14th December 2025
THIRD SUNDAY OF ADVENT
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Welcome to this week’s Benefice Bulletin.
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TODAY - THIRD SUNDAY OF ADVENT
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MORNING PRAYER, 9.30am, at The Good Shepherd ​
MORNING PRAYER, 11am, at St Saviour's
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Monday - The Good Shepherd, 10am
Tuesday- St Albans, Upper Ventnor – 10am
Wednesday - St Saviour, Shanklin, - 9.30am
Thursday - All Saints Godshill – 10am.
Friday - Fr Tony's DAY OFF.
Saturday – All Saints Godshill –11am.​
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Next Sunday - FOURTH SUNDAY OF ADVENT
THE PARISH MASS 9,30am, at The Good Shepherd
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THE PARISH MASS, 11am, at St Saviour's
​Nine Lessons and Carols, 6.30pm, at St Saviour's
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Please see Forthcoming services page for all the Christmas services
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​Notices
NO MASS Tues 16th at St Albans due to St Francis school Christingle service in church. Help needed with Christingle assembly please on the day.
Lectio Divina is now on Christmas Break and will start up again in the new year. Date to follow.
Treasurer needed at St Saviours, would you be able to help out, we desperately need an ‘online savvy’ treasurer as Sarah has now moved to the mainland and can no longer do this job. She is willing to help out as a hand over. Is there anyone in your family or friends who may be able to help.
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​Thank you to those who supported Good Shepherd Carols and Christingle service. This is one to grow on next year.
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Milk bottle Tops…. Ability dogs have now stopped collecting these, so please recycle into your green bins. Thank you to all who have supported this over the years.
PLEASE continue to support all the food collections in our churches over the Christmas period, it is easy to forget those in need when we have plenty
Next Sunday, 21st please support All Saints, Godshill 3pm Lessons & Carols with costumed Nativity and St Saviours Shanklin, 6.30pm Lessons & Carols, both with refreshments afterwards.
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Please make sure you pick up your Christmas service programme today.
Your prayers are asked for…
The sick:
Holly, Anne-Marie Rainsford, Ben Entwistle, Marion Caruana, Peggy, Carl, Ashley, Richard Davey, Bonnie, Roy Langley, Roger Crew, Hayley, Agnes, Anna Nightingale, Pamela Moore, Ben, Danni Hawes, Kayden, John Kibble, Baby Alexander, Sian, Denise, Ricky, Natasha, Anna.
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For the recently departed
Barry Hewlett, Henry Nobbs
Anniversaries of Death
14 Ethel Thompson, Winifred Steer.
15 Rose Stanbury, William Blyde.
16 Bernard Harvey, Harry Clark, Evelyn Box,
17 Patrick Jenkins, Peggy Corney, Sylvia Walker, James McElhinney, Dora Ringrose, Frederick Gisbourne.
18 Eric Burrows, Alfred Jarvis, Mandy,
19 John Outram (P), Gilbert Swaney, Kathleen Burden.
20 Shelia Wilson, John Day, Morag Hobbs, Jeanne Thies, Kathleen Winchcombe, Mary Simmons, Florence Snooke, David Dale (P), Muriel Davis.
21 Dolly Marking, Mary Wall, Dennis Cobbett, Maud Billett.
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For any other information please contact respective Church Wardens. Please go to the contacts page.
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Information for Pews Sheet
Contact Julie by email on
Telephone:594357.
NO LATER THAN THURSDAY AFTERNOON PLEASE.