Weekly Pew Sheet

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Palm Sunday Year C Sunday 13^th April 2025

Sunday 13^th 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 - 17^TH APRIL 2025 - Holy Cross – 7 p.m. Service with Washing of Feet.

PLEASE WEAR AN EXTRA LAYER AS ONLY SOME HEATERS WORKING!!!!!

GOOD FRIDAY – 18^TH 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 19^TH APRIL – 8 a.m. Prayer Breakfast at St. Mary’s.

SATURDAY 19^TH April – Holy Cross – 10 a.m. to 12 noon – Coffee Morning and Bring and Buy;

EASTER SUNDAY – 20^th 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 6^th 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 11^th April 2025 – Parish Prayers – Holy Cross – 9.15 a.m. to 10 a.m.

Friday 11^th April 2025 - Soup and Sweet in St. Bart’s Hall – 12 noon to 1.30 p.m.

Sunday 13^th 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 - 17^TH APRIL 2025 - Holy Cross – 7 p.m. Service with Washing of Feet.

GOOD FRIDAY – 18^TH 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.

1^st 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

2^nd 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.

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.

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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4^th Sunday of Lent Year C Sunday 30^th 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 4^th April 2025 – Parish Prayers – Holy Cross – 9.15 a.m. to 10 a.m.

Friday 4^th April 2025 - Soup and Sweet in St. Bart’s Hall – 12 noon to 1.30 p.m.

Sunday 6^th 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.

1^st 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

2^nd 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.

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

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 30^th 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 9^th 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 16^th 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

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 23^rd 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 30^th 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.

1^st 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

2^nd 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.

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

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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).

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 2^nd 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 5^th March 2025 – 12 noon – Ashing and Communion – St. Bart’s

Wednesday 5^th March – 7 p.m. – Ashing and Communion – St. Mary’s

Friday 7^th March 2025 – Parish Prayers – Holy Cross – 9.15 a.m. to 10 a.m.

Sunday 9^th 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.

1^st 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

2^nd 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.

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.

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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Sunday next before LENT Year C Sunday 2^nd 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 5^th March 2025 – 12 noon – Ashing and Communion – St. Bart’s

Wednesday 5^th March – 7 p.m. – Ashing and Communion – St. Mary’s

Friday 7^th March 2025 – Parish Prayers – Holy Cross – 9.15 a.m. to 10 a.m.

Sunday 9^th 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.

This is the Gospel of the Lord. ALL SAY: Praise to you O Christ.

PARISH PRAYER FOR THE INTERREGNAM.

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