Sunday 22nd March 2015

'Bringing the community to life'

All are welcome whatever their background. 

Why not join us for refreshments after the service?

About Today's Service 
Sunday 22nd March 2015 - 10:00am - Lent 5 
Leader/Celebrant/Preacher: Nic 
Assistant: Sandra 
Welcomers: Sandra A, Stella & Kath 
Readings: Jeremiah 31; 31-34 read by Dennis 
                  John 12, 20-33 
Prayers: Sandra B 
Bread & Wine: Jill & Dennis 
Climbers: Angie & Michelle 
Sunday Club: Carolyn, Marika, Janice and Kerry 
Projector: Stella 
Tea: Jill, Jean & Jan 

 This Sunday (22nd) after Worship

Annual District Church Meeting 

with a 

Bring & Share Lunch 

All are welcome  

 

 

Holy Week at St Anne and All Saints 

       All through Holy Week (starting 30th March) we will be hosting Prayer Spaces in partnership with All Saints Primary School. These provide an opportunity to explore the events of Easter. The church will be open Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday evenings for people to use them. 

       We could really do with some adult volunteers to staff the church during the day Mon-Wed to enable the school groups to make full use of them, too. 

       

Thursday 2nd April  9.00am       - All Saints Primary School Easter Service. 

                             7.30pm       - Maundy Thursday Service of Holy Communion.

Friday 3rd April      10.00am       - Good Friday Workshop for school aged children. 

                            12.30pm       - Good Friday Service (led by the children) 

                              2.00pm       - The Final Hour. 

Saturday 4th April  11.00am to 12 noon - Holy Saturday - The Gospel According to Mark: 

                                                                                   a dramatic reading. 

Sunday 5th April    10.00am - Easter Sunday - All Age Communion 

                                                                    with baptisms by full immersion. 

 Easter Fete 

Monday 6th April

Helpers & ideas needed, 

Please see Angie 

Donated items required: Chocolates/Chocloate Eggs; 

Wine; Empty screw-top wine bottles; bottle bags; 

unwanted gifts; Raffle & tombola prizes.

Notices 

Church Membership List (Electoral Roll). Each year we have to revise our membership list. If you attend the church regularly and would like to be included on this list, please speak to Lorna

Lent Prayer Course - the final session of our five week Lent Course called Life Source is on Tuesday at 7.30pm. All are welcome. “At times prayer can seem like hard work or a bit of a mystery. At other times, it's an encounter with the Living God. Wherever you are on the journey of faith, Life Source will encourage a discovery of new-found joy and delight in prayer for novices and old hands alike.”
 

   Easter Flowers

   A collection is now being taken for anyone who would like to donate towards the Easter Flowers.

   Please give monies to either Jean or Stella.

Serving each other in church. It is great that we are able to depend on each other as so many people help out in so many different ways in church. Sometimes it isn't possible to make it when we are on a rota, but please do remember to try to arrange someone to cover if you aren't able to help in the way that was planned, and please do check your rota regularly. 
Love your church The church is open every Saturday from 10am-12noon for cleaning, tidying, fixing, moving, sorting, trimming, planting, painting, bonding, helping, doing, watching, organising, teamworking, decorating and building. Please feel free to drop in and “love your church”.  

Please pray: 
• For the peace of the whole world, for the welfare of the Holy Church of God, and for the unity of all. 
• The Global economies at this difficult time 
• For all those using our building 
• For God's blessing upon the church members and the local community. 
• We thank God for all those who serve as Spiritual Directors. We pray for Bishop John who will be addressing the diocesan Spiritual Directors at one of their regular meetings on Wednesday. 
• We pray that God would hold safe our brothers and sisters in Kaduna diocese during the forthcoming troubled times of the Nigerian elections. Help all those in authority, whatever their faith, to encourage peace and reconciliation during these elections. 
• We pray for those who have lost their lives and homes in Vanuatu caused by Cyclone Pam 

Pray for those in special need at this time and those recovering from illness: 
Colin O’Shea; Les & Joyce Cave; J R Lindsey; Florizel Anderson; Canon Andrew White; Gill Wiles; Emma Smith; Albert Hagan; Milly; Chris Edmunds 

Prayer for Today 
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. Amen.