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A Harvest Festival of Flowers,  at  Turlough Parish Church,  in the Season of Creation 2026 ‘Keep me as the apple of Your eye;  Hide me under the shadow of Your wings.’ (Psalm 17:8)             'Olive's Apples' " Consider the lilies, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin; yet I tell you, even Solomon in all his glory was not clothed like one of these." (Luke 12)   Turlough Church  parishioners put together a wonderful array of floral displays and creatively themed arrangements of all kinds of produce, for this year's Harvest Thanksgiving Festival, on Saturday  12 September 2026. The hope was to welcome visitors from far and wide into the church, purely for the joy of doing so and as an expression of the love and hospitality of God, as well as to raise some funds towards the ongoing upkeep of the church. Our hopes were not disappointed, with a steady flow of kindly visitors in the afternoon, and a full church in th...

  Please scroll down for today's gospel , news,  notes and notices. 'God So Loved the World' at Turlough Parish Church's Harvest Festival of Flowers, by the children of Turlough Church (with a little help from a few parents and teachers!)  Today's Gospel  Reading      John 3:13-17 No one has ascended into heaven except the one who descended from heaven, the Son of Man.  And just as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of Man be lifted up, that whoever believes in him may have eternal life. ‘For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him may not perish but may have eternal life. ‘Indeed, God did not send the Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him. God So Loved the World John Stainer (1840 - 1901) Wikimedia Commons,  from Choral WIKI" at:  http://www.cpdl.org/wiki/index.php/God_so_loved_the_world_(John_Stainer...

  Today's Gospel  reading,  notes and notices David Fair, Hilary McInerney and Heather Fair,  with Valerie and Doreen, two of the many afternoon visitors  to the Turlough Harvest Festival of Flowers, on Sat 12 Sept.  Today's Gospel  Reading      Matthew 18: 21-35 Then Peter came and said to him, ‘Lord, if another member of the church sins against me, how often should I forgive? As many as seven times?’ Jesus said to him, ‘Not seven times, but, I tell you, seventy-seven times. ‘For this reason the kingdom of heaven may be compared to a king who wished to settle accounts with his slaves. When he began the reckoning, one who owed him ten thousand talents was brought to him; and, as he could not pay, his lord ordered him to be sold, together with his wife and children and all his possessions, and payment to be made. So the slave fell on his knees before him, saying, “Have patience with me, and I will pay you everythi...