2nd Sunday of Easter Year C Sunday 27th April 2025
St Mary’s - 9.30a.m. Holy Communion
St. Bartholomew’s 9.30 a.m. – Morning Worship
Holy Cross 11 a.m. - Holy Communion
Friday 2nd May - 9.15 a.m. to 10 a.m. - Parish Prayers in Holy Cross
Sunday 4th May 2025
St. Mary’s - 8 a.m. Holy Communion – BCP
St. Mary’s – 9.30 a.m. All Age Worship
St. Bartholomew’s 9.30. a.m. Holy Communion
Holy Cross – 11 a.m. – Morning Worship
COLLECT: Risen Christ, for whom no door is locked, no entrance barred: open the doors of our hearts, that we may seek the good of others and walk the joyful road of sacrifice and peace, to the praise of God the Father.
1st Reading; Exodus 14.10-end. As Pharaoh drew near, the Israelites looked back, and there were the Egyptians advancing on them. In great fear the Israelites cried out to the Lord. They said to Moses, ‘Was it because there were no graves in Egypt that you have taken us away to die in the wilderness? What have you done to us, bringing us out of Egypt? Is this not the very thing we told you in Egypt, “Let us alone and let us serve the Egyptians”? For it would have been better for us to serve the Egyptians than to die in the wilderness.’ But Moses said to the people, ‘Do not be afraid, stand firm, and see the deliverance that the Lord will accomplish for you today; for the Egyptians whom you see today you shall never see again. The Lord will fight for you, and you have only to keep still.’ Then the Lord said to Moses, ‘Why do you cry out to me? Tell the Israelites to go forward. But you lift up your staff and stretch out your hand over the sea and divide it, that the Israelites may go into the sea on dry ground. Then I will harden the hearts of the Egyptians so that they will go in after them; and so, I will gain glory for myself over Pharaoh and all his army, his chariots, and his chariot drivers. And the Egyptians shall know that I am the Lord, when I have gained glory for myself over Pharaoh, his chariots, and his chariot drivers.’ The angel of God who was going before the Israelite army moved and went behind them; and the pillar of cloud moved from in front of them and took its place behind them. It came between the army of Egypt and the army of Israel. And so, the cloud was there with the darkness, and it lit up the night; one did not come near the other all night. Then Moses stretched out his hand over the sea. The Lord drove the sea back by a strong east wind all night and turned the sea into dry land; and the waters were divided. The Israelites went into the sea on dry ground, the waters forming a wall for them on their right and on their left. The Egyptians pursued, and went into the sea after them, all of Pharaoh’s horses, chariots, and chariot drivers. At the morning watch the Lord in the pillar of fire and cloud looked down upon the Egyptian army and threw the Egyptian army into panic. He clogged their chariot wheels so that they turned with difficulty. The Egyptians said, ‘Let us flee from the Israelites, for the Lord is fighting for them against Egypt.’ Then the Lord said to Moses, ‘Stretch out your hand over the sea, so that the water may come back upon the Egyptians, upon their chariots and chariot drivers.’ So, Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and at dawn the sea returned to its normal depth. As the Egyptians fled before it, the Lord tossed the Egyptians into the sea. The waters returned and covered the chariots and the chariot drivers, the entire army of Pharaoh that had followed them into the sea; not one of them remained. But the Israelites walked on dry ground through the sea, the waters forming a wall for them on their right and on their left. Thus, the Lord saved Israel that day from the Egyptians; and Israel saw the Egyptians dead on the seashore.
Israel saw the great work that the Lord did against the Egyptians. So, the people feared the Lord and believed in the Lord and in his servant Moses.
Then the prophet Miriam, Aaron’s sister, took a tambourine in her hand; and all the women went out after her with tambourines and with dancing. And Miriam sang to them: ‘Sing to the Lord, for he has triumphed gloriously; horse and rider he has thrown into the sea.’
This the Word of the Lord. Thanks be to God
2nd Reading :’ Acts 5.27-32 .When they had brought them, they had them stand before the council. The high priest questioned them, saying, ‘We gave you strict orders not to teach in this name, yet here you have filled Jerusalem with your teaching, and you are determined to bring this man’s blood on us.’ But Peter and the apostles answered, ‘We must obey God rather than any human authority. The God of our ancestors raised up Jesus, whom you had killed by hanging him on a tree.
God exalted him at his right hand as Leader and Saviour, so that he might give repentance to Israel and forgiveness of sins. And we are witnesses to these things, and so is the Holy Spirit whom God has given to those who obey him.’ This the Word of the Lord. Thanks be to God
GOSPEL John 20:19-end. Hear the Gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ according to John. All say. Glory be to you Oh God. When it was evening on that day, the first day of the week, and the doors of the house where the disciples had met were locked for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood among them and said, ‘Peace be with you.’ After he said this, he showed them his hands and his side. Then the disciples rejoiced when they saw the Lord. Jesus said to them again, ‘Peace be with you. As the Father has sent me, so I send you.’ When he had said this, he breathed on them and said to them, ‘Receive the Holy Spirit. If you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven them; if you retain the sins of any, they are retained.’ But Thomas (who was called the Twin), one of the twelve, was not with them when Jesus came. So, the other disciples told him, ‘We have seen the Lord.’ But he said to them, ‘Unless I see the mark of the nails in his hands and put my finger in the mark of the nails and my hand in his side, I will not believe.’ A week later his disciples were again in the house, and Thomas was with them. Although the doors were shut, Jesus came and stood among them and said, ‘Peace be with you.’ Then he said to Thomas, ‘Put your finger here and see my hands. Reach out your hand and put it in my side. Do not doubt but believe.’ Thomas answered him, ‘My Lord and my God!’ Jesus said to him, ‘Have you believed because you have seen me? Blessed are those who have not seen and yet have come to believe.’ Now Jesus did many other signs in the presence of his disciples, which are not written in this book. But these are written so that you may come to believe that Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of God, and that through believing you may have life in his name. This is the gospel of the Lord. All; Praise to you Oh, Christ
POST COMMUNION PRAYER: Lord God our Father, through our Saviour Jesus Christ you have assured your children of eternal life and in baptism have made us one with him: deliver us from the death of sin and raise us to new life in your love, in the fellowship of the Holy Spirit, by the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ.
PARISH PRAYER FOR THE INTERREGNUM.
DEAR GOD, WE THANK YOU FOR BEING OUR LOVING FATHER. PLEASE MAY YOU BLESS OUR PARISH DURING THE INTERREGNAM AND GUIDE US FORWARD ONE DAY AT A TIME. MAY WE WORK TOGETHER AS A UNITED COMMUNITY, SERVING YOU AND ONE ANOTHER WITH RESPECT AND LOVE. AMEN
True and humble king, hailed by the crowd as Messiah: grant us the faith to know you and love you, that we may be found beside you on the way of the cross, which is the path of glory. Amen.
PRAY FOR THOSE WHO ARE UNWELL: Richard, April and Ella A, James B, Valerie H, Lindsey P, Ray J, Graeme A, Anita B, Paul M, Clare, Aaron W, Abbie N, Gordon & Marita W, Sheila M, Annie and Alisdair W, Kim H, Joy N, Alexandra, Linda M, Marian B, Andrew P, Brian, Joan S, baby Logan Lay, Julie and Richard, Don, Sarah, Liz, Patsy M, Mike E, Beverley, Simon S, Matilda R, John C, , Kevin J, Jean H, Mary H , Del, Sandy Rogers, Geoff N, Floss, Paul A, Babette, John and Olivia and family,
Sue D, Toby, Carrie, Michael, John B, Sue B, Anthony, Sally L, Elizabeth N, George S, Alison, Mary .h and Tony A.
URGENTLY NEEDED FOR UKRAINE,
Mens shirts, buttoned (warm if possible) for the hospital. Antiseptic cream, & Sanitary wear, Toiletries, Medical Items, Dry Food, Tinned Food, Blankets, Torches, Batteries,
Just a bar of soap will be OK.
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EASTER SUNDAY – 20th April 2025
St. Mary’s – 8.00 a.m. – Holy Communion
St. Mary’s – 9.30 a.m. Holy Communion
St. Bart’s – 9.30 a.m. Holy Communion
Holy Cross – 11 a.m. Holy Communion
Friday 25th April - 9.15 a.m. to 10 a.m. - Parish Prayers in Holy Cross
Friday 25th April - 10 a.m. to 12 noon – Messy Church in Hoath Village Hall
Friday 25th April 12 noon to 1.30 p.m. Soup and Sweet in St. Bart’s Hall.
Saturday 26th April – 11 a.m. – Wedding in St. Mary’s.
27th April 2025
St Mary’s - 9.30a.m. Holy Communion
St. Bartholomew’s 9.30 a.m. – Morning Worship
Holy Cross 11 a.m. - Holy Communion
COLLECT : God of glory, by the raising of your Son you have broken the chains of death and hell:
fill your Church with faith and hope; for a new day has dawned and the way to life stands open
in our Saviour Jesus Christ.
1st Reading; Isaiah 65.17–25. I am about to create new heavens and a new earth; the former things shall not be remembered or come to mind. But be glad and rejoice forever in what I am creating; for I am about to create Jerusalem as a joy, and its people as a delight. I will rejoice in Jerusalem, and delight in my people; no more shall the sound of weeping be heard in it, or the cry of distress. No more shall there be in it an infant that lives but a few days, or an old person who does not live out a lifetime; for one who dies at a hundred years will be considered a youth, and one who falls short of a hundred will be considered accursed. They shall build houses and inhabit them; they shall plant vineyards and eat their fruit. They shall not build, and another inhabit; they shall not plant, and another eat; for like the days of a tree shall the days of my people be, and my chosen shall long enjoy the work of their hands. They shall not labour in vain, or bear children for calamity; for they shall be offspring blessed by the LORD – and their descendants as well. Before they call I will answer, while they are yet speaking, I will hear. The wolf and the lamb shall feed together, the lion shall eat straw like the ox; but the serpent – its food shall be dust! They shall not hurt or destroy on all my holy mountain, says the LORD.
This the Word of the Lord. Thanks be to God
2nd Reading : Acts 10: 34-43. Peter began to speak to those assembled in the house of Cornelius ‘I truly understand that God shows no partiality, but in every nation anyone who fears him and does what is right is acceptable to him. You know the message he sent to the people of Israel, preaching peace by Jesus Christ – he is Lord of all. That message spread throughout Judea, beginning in Galilee after the baptism that John announced: how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power; how he went about doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, for God was with him. We are witnesses to all that he did both in Judea and in Jerusalem. They put him to death by hanging him on a tree; but God raised him on the third day and allowed him to appear, not to all the people but to us who were chosen by God as witnesses, and who ate and drank with him after he rose from the dead. He commanded us to preach to the people and to testify that he is the one ordained by God as judge of the living and the dead. All the prophets testify about him that everyone who believes in him receives forgiveness of sins through his name.’
GOSPEL : John 20: 1-18. Here the Gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ according to John. All say. Glory be to you oh God. Early on the first day of the week, while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene came to the tomb and saw that the stone had been removed from the tomb. So, she ran and went to Simon Peter and the other disciple, the one whom Jesus loved, and said to them, ‘They have taken the Lord out of the tomb, and we do not know where they have laid him.’ Then Peter and the other disciple set out and went towards the tomb. The two were running together, but the other disciple outran Peter and reached the tomb first. He bent down to look in and saw the linen wrappings lying there, but he did not go in. Then Simon Peter came, following him, and went into the tomb. He saw the linen wrappings lying there, and the cloth that had been on Jesus’ head, not lying with the linen wrappings but rolled up in a place by itself. Then the other disciple, who reached the tomb first, also went in, and he saw and believed; for as yet they did not understand the scripture, that he must rise from the dead. Then the disciples returned to their homes. But Mary stood weeping outside the tomb. As she wept, she bent over to look into the tomb; and she saw two angels in white, sitting where the body of Jesus had been lying, one at the head and the other at the feet. They said to her, ‘Woman, why are you weeping?’ She said to them, ‘They have taken away my Lord, and I do not know where they have laid him.’ When she had said this, she turned around and saw Jesus standing there, but she did not know that it was Jesus. Jesus said to her, ‘Woman, why are you weeping? For whom are you looking?’ Supposing him to be the gardener, she said to him, ‘Sir, if you have carried him away, tell me where you have laid him, and I will take him away.’ Jesus said to her, ‘Mary!’ She turned and said to him in Hebrew, ‘Rabbouni!’ (which means Teacher). Jesus said to her, ‘Do not hold on to me, because I have not yet ascended to the Father. But go to my brothers and say to them, “I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.”’ Mary Magdalene went and announced to the disciples, ‘I have seen the Lord’; and she told them that he had said these things to her.
This is the gospel of the Lord. All; Praise to you Oh, Christ
POST COMMUNION PRAYER: God of glory, by the raising of your Son you have broken the chains of death and hell: fill your Church with faith and hope; for a new day has dawned and the way to life stands open in our Saviour Jesus Christ.
PARISH PRAYER FOR THE INTERREGNUM.
DEAR GOD, WE THANK YOU FOR BEING OUR LOVING FATHER. PLEASE MAY YOU BLESS OUR PARISH DURING THE INTERREGNAM AND GUIDE US FORWARD ONE DAY AT A TIME. MAY WE WORK TOGETHER AS A UNITED COMMUNITY, SERVING YOU AND ONE ANOTHER WITH RESPECT AND LOVE. AMEN
Most merciful God, who by the death and resurrection of your Son Jesus Christ delivered and saved the world: grant that by faith in him who suffered on the cross we may triumph in the power of his victory; through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord, who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.
PRAY FOR THOSE WHO ARE UNWELL: Richard, April and Ella A, James B, Valerie H, Lindsey P, Ray J, Graeme A, Anita B, Paul M, Clare, Aaron W, Abbie N, Gordon & Marita W, Sheila M, Annie and Alisdair W, Kim H, Joy N, Alexandra, Linda M, Marian B, Andrew P, Brian, Joan S, baby Logan Lay, Julie and Richard, Don, Sarah, Liz, Patsy M, Mike E, Beverley, Simon S, Matilda R, John C, , Kevin J, Jean H, Mary H , Del, Sandy Rogers, Geoff N, Floss, Paul A, Babette, John and Olivia and family,
Sue D, Toby, Carrie, Michael, John B, Sue B, Anthony, Sally L, Elizabeth N, George S, Alison, Mary .h and Tony A.
URGENTLY NEEDED FOR UKRAINE,
Mens shirts, buttoned (warm if possible) for the hospital. Antiseptic cream, & Sanitary wear, Toiletries, Medical Items, Dry Food, Tinned Food, Blankets, Torches, Batteries,
Just a bar of soap will be OK.
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Palm Sunday Year C Sunday 13th April 2025
Sunday 13th April 2025 - PALM SUNDAY
Joint Service at St. Mary’s - 9.30 a.m. Choir Anthems, Liturgy and Communion.
St. Bart’s - 6.30 p.m. Stations of the Cross.
MAUNDY THURSDAY - 17TH APRIL 2025 - Holy Cross – 7 p.m. Service with Washing of Feet.
PLEASE WEAR AN EXTRA LAYER AS ONLY SOME HEATERS WORKING!!!!!
GOOD FRIDAY – 18TH APRIL 2025 -
9.15 a.m. to 10 a.m. - Parish Prayers in Holy Cross
10 a.m. to 12 noon – Messy Church in Hoath Village Hall
12 noon to 1.30 p.m. Soup and Sweet in St. Bart’s Hall.
2 p.m. HOUR AT THE CROSS. In all three churches –
SATURDAY 19TH APRIL – 8 a.m. Prayer Breakfast at St. Mary’s.
SATURDAY 19TH April – Holy Cross – 10 a.m. to 12 noon – Coffee Morning and Bring and Buy;
EASTER SUNDAY – 20th April 2025
St. Mary’s – 8.00 a.m. – Holy Communion
St. Mary’s – 9.30 a.m. Holy Communion
St. Bart’s – 9.30 a.m. Holy Communion
Holy Cross – 11 a.m. Holy Communion
COLLECT : True and humble king, hailed by the crowd as Messiah: grant us the faith to know you and love you, that we may be found beside you on the way of the cross, which is the path of glory.
1st Reading ; Isaiah 50.4-9a. The Lord God has given me the tongue of a teacher, that I may know how to sustain the weary with a word. Morning by morning he wakens— wakens my ear to listen as those who are taught. The Lord God has opened my ear, and I was not rebellious, did not turn backwards. I gave my back to those who struck me, and my cheeks to those who pulled out the beard; I did not hide my face from insult and spitting. The Lord God helps me; therefore, I have not been disgraced; therefore, I have set my face like flint, and I know that I shall not be put to shame; he who vindicates me is near. Who will contend with me? Let us stand up together. Who are my adversaries? Let them confront me. It is the Lord God who helps me; who will declare me guilty? All of them will wear out like a garment; the moth will eat them up.
This the Word of the Lord. Thanks be to God
2nd Reading; Philippians 2.5-11 Let the same mind be in you that was in Christ Jesus, who though he was in the form of God, did not regard equality with God as something to be exploited, but emptied himself, taking the form of a slave, being born in human likeness. And being found in human form, he humbled himself and became obedient to the point of death— even death on a cross. Therefore, God also highly exalted him and gave him the name that is above every name, so that at the name of Jesus every knee should bend, in heaven and on earth and under the earth,
and every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
his is the Word of the Lord. Thanks be to God.
GOSPEL : The Passion of St. Luke as in the Service Sheet.
POST COMMUNION PRAYER: Lord Jesus Christ, you humbled yourself in taking the form of a servant, and in obedience died on the cross for our salvation: give us the mind to follow you and to proclaim you as Lord and King, to the glory of God the Father.
PARISH PRAYER FOR THE INTERREGNUM.
DEAR GOD, WE THANK YOU FOR BEING OUR LOVING FATHER. PLEASE MAY YOU BLESS OUR PARISH DURING THE INTERREGNAM AND GUIDE US FORWARD ONE DAY AT A TIME. MAY WE WORK TOGETHER AS A UNITED COMMUNITY, SERVING YOU AND ONE ANOTHER WITH RESPECT AND LOVE. AMEN
Merciful Lord, absolve your people from their offences, that through your bountiful goodness we may all be delivered from the chains of those sins which by our frailty we have committed; grant this, heavenly Father, for Jesus Christ’s sake, our blessed Lord and Saviour, who is alive and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.
PRAY FOR THOSE WHO ARE UNWELL: Richard, April and Ella A, James B, Valerie H, Lindsey P, Ray J, Graeme A, Anita B, Paul M, Clare, Aaron W, Abbie N, Gordon & Marita W, Sheila M, Annie and Alisdair W, Kim H, Joy N, Alexandra, Linda M, Marian B, Andrew P, Brian, Joan S, baby Logan Lay, Julie and Richard, Don, Sarah, Liz, Patsy M, Mike E, Beverley, Simon S, Matilda R, John C, , Kevin J, Jean H, Mary H , Del, Sandy Rogers, Geoff N, Floss, Paul A, Babette, John and Olivia and family,
Sue D, Toby, Carrie, Michael, John B, Sue B, Anthony, Sally L, Elizabeth N, George S and Alison.
URGENTLY NEEDED FOR UKRAINE,
Mens shirts, buttoned (warm if possible) for the hospital. Antiseptic cream, & Sanitary wear, Toiletries, Medical Items, Dry Food, Tinned Food, Blankets, Torches, Batteries,
Donations towards Easter Flowers would be most welcome in all three churches. Please put in an envelope marked Easter Flowers and put in the plate –
thank you in advance.
Any help at St. Mary’s on Easter Saturday morning to arrange flowers would be welcome - please Contact Sue Kennedy.
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5th Sunday of Lent Passiontide begins Year C Sunday 6th April 2025
St. Mary’s – 8.00 a.m. – Holy Communion
St. Mary’s – 9.30 a.m. All Age Worship
St. Bart’s – 9.30 a.m. Holy Communion
Holy Cross – 11 a.m. Morning Worship
Friday 11th April 2025 – Parish Prayers – Holy Cross – 9.15 a.m. to 10 a.m.
Friday 11th April 2025 - Soup and Sweet in St. Bart’s Hall – 12 noon to 1.30 p.m.
Sunday 13th April 2025 - PALM SUNDAY
Joint Service at St. Mary’s - 9.30 a.m. Choir Anthems, Liturgy and Communion.
St. Bart’s - 6.30 p.m. Stations of the Cross.
MAUNDY THURSDAY - 17TH APRIL 2025 - Holy Cross – 7 p.m. Service with Washing of Feet.
GOOD FRIDAY – 18TH APRIL 2025 -
9.15 a.m. to 10 a.m. - Parish Prayers in Holy Cross
10 a.m. to 12 noon – Messy Church in Hoath Village Hall
2 p.m. HOUR AT THE CROSS. In all three churches –
COLLECT : Gracious Father, you gave up your Son out of love for the world: lead us to ponder the mysteries of his passion, that we may know eternal peace through the shedding of our Saviour’s blood, Jesus Christ our Lord.
1st Reading ; Isaiah 43.16–21 Thus says the LORD, who makes a way in the sea, a path in the mighty waters, who brings out chariot and horse, army and warrior; they lie down, they cannot rise, they are extinguished, quenched like a wick: Do not remember the former things, or consider the things of old. I am about to do a new thing; now it springs forth, do you not perceive it? I will make a way in the wilderness and rivers in the desert. The wild animals will honour me, the jackals and the ostriches; for I give water in the wilderness, rivers in the desert, to give drink to my chosen people, the people whom I formed for myself so that they might declare my praise.
This the Word of the Lord. Thanks be to God
2nd Reading; Philippians 3.4b–14 If anyone else has reason to be confident in the flesh, I have more: circumcised on the eighth day, a member of the people of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew born of Hebrews; as to the law, a Pharisee; as to zeal, a persecutor of the church; as to righteousness under the law, blameless. Yet whatever gains I had, these I have come to regard as loss because of Christ. More than that, I regard everything as loss because of the surpassing value of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I have suffered the loss of all things, and I regard them as rubbish, in order that I may gain Christ and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own that comes from the law, but one that comes through faith in Christ, the righteousness from God based on faith. I want to know Christ and the power of his resurrection and the sharing of his sufferings by becoming like him in his death, if somehow I may attain the resurrection from the dead. Not that I have already obtained this or have already reached the goal; but I press on to make it my own, because Christ Jesus has made me his own. Beloved, I do not consider that I have made it my own; but this one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead, I press on towards the goal for the prize of the heavenly call of God in Christ Jesus.
This is the Word of the Lord. Thanks be to God.
GOSPEL John 12.1–8. Hear the Gospel of Jesus Christ according to John ALL SAY; Glory to you O Lord.’ Six days before the Passover Jesus came to Bethany, the home of Lazarus, whom he had raised from the dead. There they gave a dinner for him. Martha served, and Lazarus was one of those at the table with him. Mary took a pound of costly perfume made of pure nard, anointed Jesus’ feet, and wiped them with her hair. The house was filled with the fragrance of the perfume. But Judas Iscariot, one of his disciples (the one who was about to betray him), said, ‘Why was this perfume not sold for three hundred denarii and the money given to the poor?’ (He said this not because he cared about the poor, but because he was a thief; he kept the common purse and used to steal what was put into it.) Jesus said, ‘Leave her alone. She bought it so that she might keep it for the day of my burial. You always have the poor with you, but you do not always have me.’
This is the Gospel of the Lord. ALL SAY: Praise to you O Christ.
POST COMMUNION PRAYER: Lord Jesus Christ, you have taught us that what we do for the least of our brothers and sisters we do also for you: give us the will to be the servant of others as you were the servant of all, and gave up your life and died for us, but are alive and reign, now and for ever.
PARISH PRAYER FOR THE INTERREGNUM.
DEAR GOD, WE THANK YOU FOR BEING OUR LOVING FATHER. PLEASE MAY YOU BLESS OUR PARISH DURING THE INTERREGNAM AND GUIDE US FORWARD ONE DAY AT A TIME. MAY WE WORK TOGETHER AS A UNITED COMMUNITY, SERVING YOU AND ONE ANOTHER WITH RESPECT AND LOVE. AMEN
Almighty God, whose most dear Son went not up to joy but first he suffered pain, and entered not into glory before he was crucified: mercifully grant that we, walking in the way of the cross, may find it none other than the way of life and peace; through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord, who is alive and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.
PRAY FOR THOSE WHO ARE UNWELL: Richard, April and Ella A, James B, Valerie H, Lindsey P, Ray J, Graeme A, Anita B, Paul M, Clare, Aaron W, Abbie N, Gordon & Marita W, Sheila M, Annie and Alisdair W, Kim H, Joy N, Alexandra, Linda M, Marian B, Andrew P, Brian, Joan S, baby Logan Lay, Julie and Richard, Don, Sarah, Liz, Patsy M, Mike E, Beverley, Simon S, Matilda R, John C, , Kevin J, Jean H, Mary H , Del, Sandy Rogers, Geoff N, Floss, Paul A, Babette, John and Olivia and family,
Sue D, Toby, Carrie, Michael, John B, Sue B, Anthony, Sally L, Elizabeth N, George S and Alison.
URGENTLY NEEDED FOR UKRAINE,
Mens shirts, buttoned (warm if possible) for the hospital. Antiseptic cream, & Sanitary wear, Toiletries, Medical Items, Dry Food, Tinned Food, Blankets, Torches, Batteries,
Contact Details for Iain & Ros Farquhar
As we no longer have a landline phone number, all calls now need to be to our mobile phones. Please delete our landline (01227 372402) from your phone book.
Iain Farquhar Mob: 07734 580805
Ros Farquhar Mob: 07739 152703
Donations towards Easter Flowers would be most welcome in all three churches. Please put in an envelope marked Easter Flowers and put in the plate –
thank you in advance.
Any help at St. Mary’s on Easter Saturday morning to arrange flowers would be welcome - please Contact Sue Kennedy.
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4th Sunday of Lent Year C Sunday 30th March 2025
St. Mary’s – 8.00 a.m. – Holy Communion
St. Mary’s – 9.30 a.m. Morning Worship
St. Bart’s – 9.30 a.m. Holy Communion
Holy Cross – 11 a.m. Morning Worship
Friday 4th April 2025 – Parish Prayers – Holy Cross – 9.15 a.m. to 10 a.m.
Friday 4th April 2025 - Soup and Sweet in St. Bart’s Hall – 12 noon to 1.30 p.m.
Sunday 6th April 2025
St. Mary’s – 8.00 a.m. Holy Communion
St. Mary’s - 9.30 a.m. All Age Worship
St. Bart’s – 9.30 a.m. Holy Communion
Holy Cross – 11 a.m. Morning Worship
COLLECT : God of love, passionate and strong, tender and careful: watch over us and hold us all the days of our life; through Jesus Christ our Lord.
1st Reading; 1 Samuel 1.20–28 Hannah conceived and bore a son. She named him Samuel, for she said, ‘I have asked him of the LORD.’ The man Elkanah and all his household went up to offer to the LORD the yearly sacrifice, and to pay his vow. But Hannah did not go up, for she said to her husband, ‘As soon as the child is weaned, I will bring him, that he may appear in the presence of the LORD, and remain there forever; I will offer him as a nazirite for all time.’ Her husband Elkanah said to her, ‘Do what seems best to you, wait until you have weaned him; only – may the LORD establish his word.’ So the woman remained and nursed her son, until she weaned him. When she had weaned him, she took him up with her, along with a three-year-old bull, an ephah of flour, and a skin of wine. She brought him to the house of the LORD at Shiloh; and the child was young. Then they slaughtered the bull, and they brought the child to Eli. And she said, ‘Oh, my lord! As you live, my lord, I am the woman who was standing here in your presence, praying to the LORD. For this child I prayed; and the LORD has granted me the petition that I made to him. Therefore, I have lent him to the LORD; as long as he lives, he is given to the LORD.’ She left him there for the LORD.
This the Word of the Lord. Thanks be to God
2nd Reading; Colossians 3.12–17 As God’s chosen ones, holy and beloved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, meekness, and patience. Bear with one another and, if anyone has a complaint against another, forgive each other; just as the Lord has forgiven you, so you also must forgive. Above all, clothe yourselves with love, which binds everything together in perfect harmony. And let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to which indeed you were called in the one body. And be thankful. Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly; teach and admonish one another in all wisdom; and with gratitude in your hearts sing psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs to God. And whatever you do, in word or deed, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him. This is the Word of the Lord. Thanks be to God.
GOSPEL John 19: 25b-27 Hear the Gospel of Jesus Christ according to John ALL SAY; Glory to you O Lord.’ Standing near the cross of Jesus were his mother, and his mother’s sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene. When Jesus saw his mother and the disciple whom he loved standing beside her, he said to his mother, ‘Woman, here is your son.’ Then he said to the disciple, ‘Here is your mother.’ And from that hour the disciple took her into his own home.
This is the Gospel of the Lord. ALL SAY: Praise to you O Christ.
POST COMMUNION PRAYER: Loving God, as a mother feeds her children at the breast you feed us in this sacrament with the food and drink of eternal life: help us who have tasted your goodness to grow in grace within the household of faith; through Jesus Christ our Lord.
PARISH PRAYER FOR THE INTERREGNUM.
DEAR GOD, WE THANK YOU FOR BEING OUR LOVING FATHER. PLEASE MAY YOU BLESS OUR PARISH DURING THE INTERREGNAM AND GUIDE US FORWARD ONE DAY AT A TIME. MAY WE WORK TOGETHER AS A UNITED COMMUNITY, SERVING YOU AND ONE ANOTHER WITH RESPECT AND LOVE. AMEN
O Holy Spirit, giver of light and life, impart to us thoughts better than our own thoughts, and prayers better than our own prayers, and powers better than our own powers, that we may spend and be spent in the ways of love and goodness, after the perfect image of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. Amen
PRAY FOR THOSE WHO ARE UNWELL: Richard, April and Ella A, James B, Valerie H, Lindsey P, Ray J, Graeme A, Anita B, Paul M, Clare, Aaron W, Abbie N, Gordon & Marita W, Sheila M, Annie and Alisdair W, Kim H, Joy N, Alexandra, Linda M, Marian B, Andrew P, Brian, Joan S, baby Logan Lay, Julie and Richard, Don, Sarah, Liz, Patsy M, Mike E, Beverley, Simon S, Matilda R, John C, , Kevin J, Jean H, Mary H , Del, Sandy Rogers, Geoff N, Floss, Paul A, Babette, John and Olivia and family,
Sue D, Toby, Carrie, Michael, John B, Sue B, Anthony, Sally L, Elizabeth N, George S and Alison. URGENTLY NEEDED FOR UKRAINE,
Mens shirts, buttoned (warm if possible) for the hospital. Antiseptic cream, & Sanitary wear, Toiletries, Medical Items, Dry Food, Tinned Food, Blankets, Torches, Batteries,
PLEASE NOTE:
Contact Details for Iain & Ros Farquhar
As we no longer have a landline phone number, all calls now need to be to our mobile phones. Please delete our landline (01227 372402) from your phone book.
Iain Farquhar Mob: 07734 580805
Ros Farquhar Mob: 07739 152703
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There is a new Electoral Roll being prepared this year, according to the Church of England 6 year cycle, and this will take effect from 31st March (in time for the APCM on 15th April 2025).
All current names will be removed. Every parishioner who wishes to be included on the new roll must complete a new application form & return it to the Electoral Roll Officer, Ros Farquhar, by 19th March at the very latest. This is a requirement if you wish to hold office &/or vote at the APCM.
Forms can be sent to Ros Farquhar at 11 Ravensbourne Avenue, Herne Bay CT6 7ET or handed to a church warden who will pass it on.
The new roll will be published in each church on 31st March 2025.
Don’t forget the clocks go forward at 2 a.m. on the 30th March 2025 .
You don’t want to be late for Mothering Sunday !
Hope you remembered!!!!!!!!
THE UNITED PARISH OF:
St Mary, Reculver; St Bartholmew, Herne Bay; Holy Cross, Hoath.
Annual Meeting of the Parishioners and Parochial Church Meeting
at the St Bartholmew’s Church, Herne Bay
on 9th April 2025, 7.30pm
Agenda for Annual Meeting of the Parishioners
1. Welcome by Chair
2. Appointment of Clerk to the Meetings
3. Election of Churchwardens
Agenda for Annual Parochial Church Meeting
Opening Prayer
1. Apologies for absence
2. Minutes of meeting held on Tuesday 16th April 2024 (as exhibited)
3. Matters arising
4. Annual Report of the Parochial Church Council 31.12.24
(a) Electoral Roll Changes
(b) Report on PCC Proceedings
(c) Financial Statements and Accounts
5. Fabric goods and ornaments of the churches:
St Mary’s, Reculver
St Bartholomew’s, Herne Bay
Holy Cross, Hoath
6. Reculver Deanery Synod
7. Elections to the Parochial Church Council
Co-options
8. Deanery Synod report
9. Appointment of Independent Examiner
10. Archdeacon’s Visitation for the induction of Churchwardens, new PCC and Sidespersons:
(Canterbury Archdeaconry) TBC
12. Annual Reports from Groups and Organisations
a) Mission:
b) Safeguarding
c) Hall
c) Fund Raising 2024
13. Any Other Business (Submitted to the Chair or Secretary before the start of meeting).
14. Closing Prayer
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3rd Sunday of Lent Year C Sunday 23rd March 2025
Sunday 23rd March 2025
St. Mary’s – 9.30 a.m. – Holy Communion
St. Bart’s – 9.30 a.m. Morning Worship
Holy Cross – 11 a.m. Holy Communion
Friday 28th March 2025 – Parish Prayers – Holy Cross – 9.15 a.m. to 10 a.m.
Friday 28th March 2025 - Soup and Sweet in St. Bart’s Hall – 12 noon to 1.30 p.m.
Sunday 30th March 2025
Mothering Sunday
St. Mary’s – 8.00 a.m. – Holy Communion
St. Mary’s – 9.30 a.m. Morning Worship
St. Bart’s – 9.30 a.m. Holy Communion
Holy Cross – 11 a.m. All Age Worship
COLLECT : Eternal God, give us insight to discern your will for us, to give up what harms us, and to seek the perfection we are promised in Jesus Christ our Lord.
1st Reading; Isaiah 55.1–9. The LORD says this: Everyone who thirsts, come to the waters; and you that have no money, come, buy and eat! Come, buy wine and milk without money and without price. Why do you spend your money for that which is not bread, and your labour for that which does not satisfy? Listen carefully to me, and eat what is good, and delight yourselves in rich food. Incline your ear, and come to me; listen, so that you may live. I will make with you an everlasting covenant, my steadfast, sure love for David. See, I made him a witness to the peoples, a leader and commander for the peoples. See, you shall call nations that you do not know, and nations that do not know you shall run to you, because of the LORD your God, the Holy One of Israel, for he has glorified you. Seek the LORD while he may be found, call upon him while he is near; let the wicked forsake their way, and the unrighteous their thoughts; let them return to the LORD, that he may have mercy on them, and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon. For my thoughts are not your thoughts, nor are your ways my ways, says the LORD. For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts.
This the Word of the Lord. Thanks be to God
2nd Reading; 1 Corinthians 10.1–13. I do not want you to be unaware, brothers and sisters, that our ancestors were all under the cloud, and all passed through the sea, and all were baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea, and all ate the same spiritual food, and all drank the same spiritual drink. For they drank from the spiritual rock that followed them, and the rock was Christ. Nevertheless, God was not pleased with most of them, and they were struck down in the wilderness. Now these things occurred as examples for us, so that we might not desire evil as they did. Do not become idolaters as some of them did; as it is written, ‘The people sat down to eat and drink, and they rose up to play.’ We must not indulge in sexual immorality as some of them did, and twenty-three thousand fell in a single day. We must not put Christ to the test, as some of them did, and were destroyed by serpents. And do not complain as some of them did and were destroyed by the destroyer. These things happened to them to serve as an example, and they were written down to instruct us, on whom the ends of the ages have come. So, if you think you are standing, watch out that you do not fall. No testing has overtaken you that is not common to everyone. God is faithful, and he will not let you be tested beyond your strength, but with the testing he will also provide the way out so that you may be able to endure it.
This is the Word of the Lord. Thanks be to God.
GOSPEL Luke 13: 1-9 Hear the Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Luke ALL SAY; Glory to you O Lord. There were some present who told Jesus about the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices. He asked them, “Do you think that because these Galileans suffered in this way, they were worse sinners than all other Galileans? No, I tell you; but unless you repent, you will all perish as they did. Or those eighteen who were killed when the tower of Siloam fell on them – do you think that they were worse offenders than all the others living in Jerusalem? No, I tell you; but unless you repent, you will all perish just as they did.’ Then he told this parable: ‘A man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard; and he came looking for fruit on it and found none. So, he said to the gardener, “See here! For three years I have come looking for fruit on this fig tree, and still, I find none. Cut it down! Why should it be wasting the soil?” He replied, “Sir, let it alone for one more year, until I dig around it and put manure on it. If it bears fruit next year, well and good; but if not, you can cut it down.”’ This is the Gospel of the Lord. ALL SAY: Praise to you O Christ.
POST COMMUNION PRAYER: Merciful Lord, grant your people grace to withstand the temptations of the world, the flesh and the devil, and with pure hearts and minds to follow you, the only God; through Jesus Christ our Lord.
PARISH PRAYER FOR THE INTERREGNAM.
DEAR GOD, WE THANK YOU FOR BEING OUR LOVING FATHER. PLEASE MAY YOU BLESS OUR PARISH DURING THE INTERREGNAM AND GUIDE US FORWARD ONE DAY AT A TIME. MAY WE WORK TOGETHER AS A UNITED COMMUNITY, SERVING YOU AND ONE ANOTHER WITH RESPECT AND LOVE. AMEN
Almighty God, whose Son Jesus Christ fasted forty days in the wilderness, and was tempted as we are, yet without sin: give us grace to discipline ourselves in obedience to your Spirit; and, as you know our weakness, so may we know your power to save; through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord, who is alive and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever.
Amen.
PRAY FOR THOSE WHO ARE UNWELL: Richard, April and Ella A, James B, Valerie H, Lindsey P, Ray J, Graeme A, Anita B, Paul M, Clare, Aaron W, Abbie N, Gordon & Marita W, Sheila M, Annie and Alisdair W, Kim H, Joy N, Alexandra, Linda M, Marian B, Andrew P, Brian, Joan S, baby Logan Lay, Julie and Richard, Don, Sarah, Liz, Patsy M, Mike E, Beverley, Simon S, Matilda R, John C, , Kevin J, Jean H, Mary H , Del, Sandy Rogers, Geoff N, Floss, Paul A, Babette, John and Olivia and family,
Sue D, Toby, Carrie, Michael, John B, Sue B, Anthony, Sally L, Elizabeth N, George S and Alison.
URGENTLY NEEDED FOR UKRAINE,
Mens shirts, buttoned (warm if possible) for the hospital. Antiseptic cream, & Sanitary wear, Toiletries, Medical Items, Dry Food, Tinned Food, Blankets, Torches, Batteries,
PLEASE NOTE:
Contact Details for Iain & Ros Farquhar
As we no longer have a landline phone number, all calls now need to be to our mobile phones. Please delete our landline (01227 372402) from your phone book.
Iain Farquhar Mob: 07734 580805
Ros Farquhar Mob: 07739 152703
-----------------------------------------------------------
There is a new Electoral Roll being prepared this year, according to the Church of England 6 year cycle, and this will take effect from 31st March (in time for the APCM on 15th April 2025).
All current names will be removed. Every parishioner who wishes to be included on the new roll must complete a new application form & return it to the Electoral Roll Officer, Ros Farquhar, by 19th March at the very latest. This is a requirement if you wish to hold office &/or vote at the APCM.
Forms can be sent to Ros Farquhar at 11 Ravensbourne Avenue, Herne Bay CT6 7ET or handed to a church warden who will pass it on.
The new roll will be published in each church on 31st March 2025.
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Sunday next before LENT Year C Sunday 2nd March 2025
St. Mary’s – 8 a.m. Holy Communion – BCP.
St. Mary’s – 9.30 a.m. – All Age Worship
St. Bart’s – 9.30 a.m. Holy Communion
Holy Cross – 11 a.m. Morning Worship
Wednesday 5th March 2025 – 12 noon – Ashing and Communion – St. Bart’s
Wednesday 5th March – 7 p.m. – Ashing and Communion – St. Mary’s
Friday 7th March 2025 – Parish Prayers – Holy Cross – 9.15 a.m. to 10 a.m.
Sunday 9th March 2025
St. Mary’s – 9.30 a.m. – Holy Communion
St. Bart’s – 9.30 a.m. All Age Worship
Holy Cross – 11 a.m. Holy Communion
COLLECT : Holy God, you know the disorder of our sinful lives: set straight our crooked hearts, and bend our wills to love your goodness and your glory in Jesus Christ our Lord.
1st Reading;. Exodus 34.29–35. Moses came down from Mount Sinai. As he came down from the mountain with the two tablets of the covenant in his hand, Moses did not know that the skin of his face shone because he had been talking with God. When Aaron and all the Israelites saw Moses, the skin of his face was shining, and they were afraid to come near him. But Moses called to them; and Aaron and all the leaders of the congregation returned to him, and Moses spoke with them. Afterwards all the Israelites came near, and he gave them in commandment all that the LORD had spoken with him on Mount Sinai. When Moses had finished speaking with them, he put a veil on his face; but whenever Moses went in before the LORD to speak with him, he would take the veil off, until he came out; and when he came out, and told the Israelites what he had been commanded, the Israelites would see the face of Moses, that the skin of his face was shining; and Moses would put the veil on his face again, until he went in to speak with him. This is the Word of the Lord. Thanks be to God
2nd Reading ; 2 Corinthians 3.12 – 4.2 .Since we have such a hope, we act with great boldness, not like Moses, who put a veil over his face to keep the people of Israel from gazing at the end of the glory that was being set aside. But their minds were hardened. Indeed, to this very day, when they hear the reading of the old covenant, that same veil is still there, since only in Christ is it set aside. Indeed, to this very day whenever Moses is read, a veil lies over their minds; but when one turns to the Lord, the veil is removed. Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom. And all of us, with unveiled faces, seeing the glory of the Lord as though reflected in a mirror, are being transformed into the same image from one degree of glory to another; for this comes from the Lord, the Spirit. Therefore, since it is by God’s mercy that we are engaged in this ministry, we do not lose heart. We have renounced the shameful things that one hides; we refuse to practise cunning or to falsify God’s word; but by the open statement of the truth we commend ourselves to the conscience of everyone in the sight of God. This is the Word of the Lord. Thanks be to God.
GOSPEL Luke 9: 28-36[37-43a] Hear the Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Luke ALL SAY; Glory to you O Lord. Jesus took with him Peter and John and James and went up on the mountain to pray. And while he was praying, the appearance of his face changed, and his clothes became dazzling white. Suddenly they saw two men, Moses and Elijah, talking to him. They appeared in glory and were speaking of his departure, which he was about to accomplish at Jerusalem. Now Peter and his companions were weighed down with sleep; but since they had stayed awake, they saw his glory and the two men who stood with him. Just as they were leaving him, Peter said to Jesus, ‘Master, it is good for us to be here; let us make three dwellings, one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah.’ Peter did not know what he said. While he was saying this, a cloud came and overshadowed them; and they were terrified as they entered the cloud. Then from the cloud came a voice that said, ‘This is my Son, my Chosen; listen to him!’ When the voice had spoken, Jesus was found alone. And the disciples kept silent and in those days told no one any of the things they had seen. [On the next day, when they had come down from the mountain, a great crowd met him. Just then a man from the crowd shouted, ‘Teacher, I beg you to look at my son; he is my only child. Suddenly a spirit seizes him, and all at once he shrieks. It throws him into convulsions until he foams at the mouth; it mauls him and will scarcely leave him. I begged your disciples to cast it out, but they could not.’ Jesus answered, ‘You faithless and perverse generation, how much longer must I be with you and bear with you? Bring your son here.’ While he was coming, the demon dashed him to the ground in convulsions. But Jesus rebuked the unclean spirit, healed the boy, and gave him back to his father. And all were astounded at the greatness of God. Everyone was amazed at all that he was doing.]
This is the Gospel of the Lord. ALL SAY: Praise to you O Christ.
POST COMMUNION PRAYER: Holy God, we see your glory in the face of Jesus Christ: may we who are partakers at his table reflect his life in word and deed, that all the world may know his power to change and save. This we ask through Jesus Christ our Lord.
***In each Church there are copies of notes taken at the recent meeting with Archdeacon Will, Area Dean Simon and Deanery Lay Chair Malcolm to explain and discuss informally how the Parish of the three churches is to be managed during the upcoming period of interregnum and the considerations for future planning. Please do make sure you take a copy home with you. ***
PARISH PRAYER FOR THE INTERREGNAM.
DEAR GOD, WE THANK YOU FOR BEING OUR LOVING FATHER. PLEASE MAY YOU BLESS OUR PARISH DURING THE INTERREGNAM AND GUIDE US FORWARD ONE DAY AT A TIME. MAY WE WORK TOGETHER AS A UNITED COMMUNITY, SERVING YOU AND ONE ANOTHER. AMEN
Almighty God, who alone can bring order to the unruly wills and passions of sinful humanity:
give your people grace so to love what you command and to desire what you promise, that, among the many changes of this world, our hearts may surely there be fixed where true joys are to be found; through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord, who is alive and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.
PRAY FOR THOSE WHO ARE UNWELL: Richard, April and Ella A, James B, Valerie H, Lindsey P, Ray J, Graeme A, Anita B, Paul M, Clare, Aaron W, Abbie N, Gordon & Marita W, Sheila M, Annie and Alisdair W, Kim H, Joy N, Alexandra, Linda M, Marian B, Andrew P, Brian, Joan S, baby Logan Lay, Julie and Richard, Don, Sarah, Liz, Patsy M, Mike E, Beverley, Simon S, Matilda R, John C, , Kevin J, Jean H, Mary H , Del, Sandy Rogers, Geoff N, Floss, Paul A, Babette, John and Olivia and family,
Sue D, Toby, Carrie, Michael, John B, Sue B, Anthony, Sally L, Elizabeth N, George S and Alison.
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URGENTLY NEEDED FOR UKRAINE,
Mens shirts, buttoned (warm if possible) for the hospital. Antiseptic cream, & Sanitary wear, Toiletries, Medical Items, Dry Food, Tinned Food, Blankets, Torches, Batteries,
PLEASE NOTE:
Contact Details for Iain & Ros Farquhar
As we no longer have a landline phone number, all calls now need to be to our mobile phones. Please delete our landline (01227 372402) from your phone book.
Iain Farquhar Mob: 07734 580805
Ros Farquhar Mob: 07739 152703
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Sunday next before LENT Year C Sunday 2nd March 2025
St. Mary’s – 8 a.m. Holy Communion – BCP.
St. Mary’s – 9.30 a.m. – All Age Worship
St. Bart’s – 9.30 a.m. Holy Communion
Holy Cross – 11 a.m. Morning Worship
Wednesday 5th March 2025 – 12 noon – Ashing and Communion – St. Bart’s
Wednesday 5th March – 7 p.m. – Ashing and Communion – St. Mary’s
Friday 7th March 2025 – Parish Prayers – Holy Cross – 9.15 a.m. to 10 a.m.
Sunday 9th March 2025
St. Mary’s – 9.30 a.m. – Holy Communion
St. Bart’s – 9.30 a.m. All Age Worship
Holy Cross – 11 a.m. Holy Communion
COLLECT : Holy God, you know the disorder of our sinful lives: set straight our crooked hearts, and bend our wills to love your goodness and your glory in Jesus Christ our Lord.
1st Reading;. Exodus 34.29–35. Moses came down from Mount Sinai. As he came down from the mountain with the two tablets of the covenant in his hand, Moses did not know that the skin of his face shone because he had been talking with God. When Aaron and all the Israelites saw Moses, the skin of his face was shining, and they were afraid to come near him. But Moses called to them; and Aaron and all the leaders of the congregation returned to him, and Moses spoke with them. Afterwards all the Israelites came near, and he gave them in commandment all that the LORD had spoken with him on Mount Sinai. When Moses had finished speaking with them, he put a veil on his face; but whenever Moses went in before the LORD to speak with him, he would take the veil off, until he came out; and when he came out, and told the Israelites what he had been commanded, the Israelites would see the face of Moses, that the skin of his face was shining; and Moses would put the veil on his face again, until he went in to speak with him. This is the Word of the Lord. Thanks be to God
2nd Reading ; 2 Corinthians 3.12 – 4.2 .Since we have such a hope, we act with great boldness, not like Moses, who put a veil over his face to keep the people of Israel from gazing at the end of the glory that was being set aside. But their minds were hardened. Indeed, to this very day, when they hear the reading of the old covenant, that same veil is still there, since only in Christ is it set aside. Indeed, to this very day whenever Moses is read, a veil lies over their minds; but when one turns to the Lord, the veil is removed. Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom. And all of us, with unveiled faces, seeing the glory of the Lord as though reflected in a mirror, are being transformed into the same image from one degree of glory to another; for this comes from the Lord, the Spirit. Therefore, since it is by God’s mercy that we are engaged in this ministry, we do not lose heart. We have renounced the shameful things that one hides; we refuse to practise cunning or to falsify God’s word; but by the open statement of the truth we commend ourselves to the conscience of everyone in the sight of God. This is the Word of the Lord. Thanks be to God.
GOSPEL Luke 9: 28-36[37-43a] Hear the Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Luke ALL SAY; Glory to you O Lord. Jesus took with him Peter and John and James and went up on the mountain to pray. And while he was praying, the appearance of his face changed, and his clothes became dazzling white. Suddenly they saw two men, Moses and Elijah, talking to him. They appeared in glory and were speaking of his departure, which he was about to accomplish at Jerusalem. Now Peter and his companions were weighed down with sleep; but since they had stayed awake, they saw his glory and the two men who stood with him. Just as they were leaving him, Peter said to Jesus, ‘Master, it is good for us to be here; let us make three dwellings, one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah.’ Peter did not know what he said. While he was saying this, a cloud came and overshadowed them; and they were terrified as they entered the cloud. Then from the cloud came a voice that said, ‘This is my Son, my Chosen; listen to him!’ When the voice had spoken, Jesus was found alone. And the disciples kept silent and in those days told no one any of the things they had seen. [On the next day, when they had come down from the mountain, a great crowd met him. Just then a man from the crowd shouted, ‘Teacher, I beg you to look at my son; he is my only child. Suddenly a spirit seizes him, and all at once he shrieks. It throws him into convulsions until he foams at the mouth; it mauls him and will scarcely leave him. I begged your disciples to cast it out, but they could not.’ Jesus answered, ‘You faithless and perverse generation, how much longer must I be with you and bear with you? Bring your son here.’ While he was coming, the demon dashed him to the ground in convulsions. But Jesus rebuked the unclean spirit, healed the boy, and gave him back to his father. And all were astounded at the greatness of God. Everyone was amazed at all that he was doing.]
This is the Gospel of the Lord. ALL SAY: Praise to you O Christ.
POST COMMUNION PRAYER: Holy God, we see your glory in the face of Jesus Christ: may we who are partakers at his table reflect his life in word and deed, that all the world may know his power to change and save. This we ask through Jesus Christ our Lord.
***In each Church there are copies of notes taken at the recent meeting with Archdeacon Will, Area Dean Simon and Deanery Lay Chair Malcolm to explain and discuss informally how the Parish of the three churches is to be managed during the upcoming period of interregnum and the considerations for future planning. Please do make sure you take a copy home with you. ***
PARISH PRAYER FOR THE INTERREGNAM.
DEAR GOD, WE THANK YOU FOR BEING OUR LOVING FATHER. PLEASE MAY YOU BLESS OUR PARISH DURING THE INTERREGNAM AND GUIDE US FORWARD ONE DAY AT A TIME. MAY WE WORK TOGETHER AS A UNITED COMMUNITY, SERVING YOU AND ONE ANOTHER. AMEN
Almighty God, who alone can bring order to the unruly wills and passions of sinful humanity:
give your people grace so to love what you command and to desire what you promise, that, among the many changes of this world, our hearts may surely there be fixed where true joys are to be found; through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord, who is alive and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.
PRAY FOR THOSE WHO ARE UNWELL: Richard, April and Ella A, James B, Valerie H, Lindsey P, Ray J, Graeme A, Anita B, Paul M, Clare, Aaron W, Abbie N, Gordon & Marita W, Sheila M, Annie and Alisdair W, Kim H, Joy N, Alexandra, Linda M, Marian B, Andrew P, Brian, Joan S, baby Logan Lay, Julie and Richard, Don, Sarah, Liz, Patsy M, Mike E, Beverley, Simon S, Matilda R, John C, , Kevin J, Jean H, Mary H , Del, Sandy Rogers, Geoff N, Floss, Paul A, Babette, John and Olivia and family,
Sue D, Toby, Carrie, Michael, John B, Sue B, Anthony, Sally L, Elizabeth N, George S and Alison.
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URGENTLY NEEDED FOR UKRAINE,
Mens shirts, buttoned (warm if possible) for the hospital. Antiseptic cream, & Sanitary wear, Toiletries, Medical Items, Dry Food, Tinned Food, Blankets, Torches, Batteries,
PLEASE NOTE:
Contact Details for Iain & Ros Farquhar
As we no longer have a landline phone number, all calls now need to be to our mobile phones. Please delete our landline (01227 372402) from your phone book.
Iain Farquhar Mob: 07734 580805
Ros Farquhar Mob: 07739 152703
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