Newsletters

In GB the Newsletter is published quarterly.  This contains updates from across the country and the world.  It includes the readings, reflections and prayer that are used at every Team meeting.

The newsletter editors welcome items for inclusion – these can be reports on events, reflections on matters relating to marriage, families and church.  These could be in respect to relationship, prayer or policies.  Send to

editors@TeamsGB.org.uk

Hardcopy newsletters are sent to the Team Responsible Couple for onward distribution to their team.

July Team Meeting

Ephesians 4: 1-6

One Body, one Spirit, one Lord, one faith, one baptism, one God

I, the prisoner in the Lord, implore you to lead a life worthy of your vocation.  Bear with one another charitably, in complete selflessness, gentleness and patience.  Do all you can to preserve the unity of the Spirit by the peace that binds you together.  There is one Body, one Spirit, just as you were all called into one and the same hope when you were called.  There is one Lord, one faith, one baptism, and one God who is Father of all, over all, through all and within all.

Psalm 144 (145): 10-11, 15-18

R/ You open wide your hand, O Lord, and grant our desires.

All your creatures shall thank you, O Lord,
and your friends shall repeat their blessing.
They shall speak of the glory of your reign
and declare your might, O God.

The eyes of all creatures look to you
and you give them their food in due time.
You open wide your hand,
grant the desires of all who live.

The Lord is just in all his ways
and loving in all his deeds.
He is close to all who call him,
who call on him from their hearts.

Concluding Prayer

Lord, thank you for calling us to be one with you and each other.  We look at the divisions in our world and where we have failed to live up to that vision.  As we turn to you help us on that journey towards holiness and oneness.

Amen.

August Team Meeting

Ephesians 4:30-5:2

Forgive each other as readily as God forgave you

Do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God who has marked you with his seal for you to be set free when the day comes.  Never have grudges against others, or lose your temper, or raise your voice to anybody, or call each other names, or allow any sort of spitefulness.  Be friends with one another, and kind, forgiving each other as readily as God forgave you in Christ.

Try, then, to imitate God as children of his that he loves and follow Christ loving as he loved you, giving himself up in our place as a fragrant offering and a sacrifice to God.

Psalm 33 (34): 2-9

R/ Taste and see that the Lord is good.

I will bless the Lord at all times,
his praise always on my lips;
in the Lord my soul shall make its boast.
The humble shall hear and be glad.

Glorify the Lord with me.
Together let us praise his name.
I sought the Lord and he answered me;
from all my terrors he set me free.

Look towards him and be radiant;
let your faces not be abashed.
This poor man called, the Lord heard him
and rescued him from all his distress.

The angel of the Lord is encamped
around those who revere him, to rescue them.
Taste and see that the Lord is good.
He is happy who seeks refuge in him.

Concluding Prayer

Lord, teach us to forgive each other, to love as you love us.  When we feel hurt give us understanding, wisdom and healing.  Help us to heal and renew our love.

Amen.

Transatlantic Newsletter

The Super Region publishes a newsletter once a year; hard copies are distributed in the same way as the GB newsletter.  Copies are available from the Teams-transatlantic.org website.

International Newsletter

The END leading Team prepares an email newsletter regularly – monthly or bi-monthly; these will be forwarded by your Responsible Couple or are available on the Teams-transatlantic.org website.

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