Sunday 30th March: Mothering Sunday and 4th Sunday of Lent
- Timothy Astin
- Mar 29
- 3 min read
The first Wednesday of the month is usually when our Mothers’ Union branch come to the weekly 10am mid-week Communion service. But this coming Wednesday there will be no mid-week service as Chinthurst School are holding their end of Term service in church. The Mothers’ Union members are warmly invited to the mid-week service on the following Wednesday (9th April). The Lent Reflection and Lent Lunch will take place as usual in the Meeting Room, and coffee will be served there before the Lent Reflection as usual. The soups at the Lent Lunch that follows have been delicious.
Just to mention that overnight the clocks go forward, so please don’t arrive an hour late for tomorrow’s services!
May Christ bless and guide you,
Tim
Services for 30th March: Mothering Sunday and the 4th Sunday of Lent
8am: Holy Communion
10am: Parish Communion Service: Forgiveness
With Church Explorers (our Junior Church) which gathers in the Meeting Room
Services & Events for Next Week
Wednesday 2nd April
No mid-week Communion Service this week. From 11am coffee in the meeting room, then
11:15am: A Lent Reflection led by Anne Rusbridge
12 noon onwards: Lent lunch is served. Any donations for the Lent lunch (after expenses) will go to the Bishop of Southwark’s Lent Call. This is raising funds for projects that help children and young people recover from trauma and which encourage their mental wellbeing. We are supporting this type of work in the Diocese of Jerusalem and the Middle East, in our Link Dioceses in Zimbabwe and here in our own diocese.
Sunday 6th April
8am: Holy Communion
10am: Family Service: Mary Anoints Jesus
With our Junior Choir
1pm Parish Lunch in the Church Hall - please sign up at the back of the church by Tuesday this week at the latest
For our Prayers
We pray for Bonnie’s family and friends, especially Tom and their children, as her funeral service takes place on Thursday this week. We continue to pray for Simon and Lis Tongue following the death of Simon’s brother David; and for their mother Pamela.
We continue to pray for Revd Sharon Blain, at home again after a further visit to hospital this week.
Please pray for Mark, currently homeless, that he may find the help he is seeking.
MU Make a Mothers' Day Appeal
'Give the Gift of Peace' this Mothering Sunday. Information about this years appeal and the gifts available is at the back of church. If anyone would like to make a donation, please make contact with any of the MU committee, Karen Connor, Margaret Fitch, Margaret Fox and Rosemary Bennion. You can continue to donate after Mothering Sunday.
Lent Study Groups
Explore the Core Beliefs of the Christian Faith over 5 weeks; helping us to understand and live out faith as followers of Jesus Christ.
Mondays 7.30 pm (online) until the 7th April
Zoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88956631071
Just click on the link above to join the meeting
Thursdays 8.15 pm (Meeting Room) until the 10th April
Confirmation in 2025
We will be hosting a Confirmation Service for Reigate Deanery on Sunday 15th June at 5 pm. Confirmation preparation sessions for older children and for adults and will take place over six weeks on Sunday afternoons starting on May 4th. Please let Tim the Vicar know if you would like to prepare for Confirmation or if you have questions about what is involved.
Adults can also prepare by taking part in this year’s Lent Group. Thank you for those of you who have already told me about your interest in Confirmation.
Electoral Roll Revision
Thank you to everyone who has returned a form already. There are forms and a return box at the back of the church.
The electoral roll is the list of people who can vote for PCC members at the APCM. It is also a sign of ‘membership’ of this church. This year a completely new roll is being made (which happens every six years), so everyone on the old roll has to make a new application, together with people who have started coming to the church more recently.
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