ST.  MARY’S  BURWELL & ST. ETHELDREDA & THE HOLY TRINITY REACH

WELCOME TO OUR CHURCHES & SERVICES

Verse for the week: ‘ for he shall give his angels charge over you, to keep you in all your ways.  They shall bear you on their hands, lest you dash your foot against a stone’

(Psalm 91:11-12)

Readings: 1^st :        Deuteronomy 26:1-11

          Gospel : Luke 4:1-13

8.00am Holy Communion (said, p.207): Burwell

               Reader: Ken Stoneley

9.30am Parish Communion: Burwell

        (see 3^rd Sunday service booklet)

       Reader: Anne Perkins

       Intercessions: Pat Chalmers

       Hymns: MP 498, 352, 702, 188

Today we celebrate 3 enrolments to the MOTHERS’ UNION: JOAN BADCOCK, MARGARET MORLEY, WENDY SMITH and hold them in our prayers.

The Share-a-Prayer ministry  follows every 9.30am service:

2 people on hand  to pray with you for your own or others’ needs/joys with a quiet place to wait in the chancel pews; or

  write a prayer request & place in box at back of church

This Week: 

Mon   Happy 80^th birthday Barbara Mercer.

          7.30pm Churchwardens’ meeting @ Vicarage

          7.30pm Bellringing Practice

          7.30pm Prayer & Bible Study (741156 for venue)

Tue    7.30pm Youth House Group in Guildhall

Wed 10.00am Holy Communion @ St. Mary’s

           2.30pm Mothers Union in Guildhall

          7.00 for 7.30pm WOW! in Guildhall-social night

Thur  7.30pm Lent Course (1) @ Trinity Church

                       – Edwin Myers: South Africa

Fri     7.00pm Choir Practice

          7.00-9.00pm St. Mary’s Youth Cafe in Guildhall

Sat  10.00-12.00pm St. Mary’s Gift Day

         7.30pm Gala Quiz Night @ Day Centre

Next Sunday   Lent 2  28/2

  8.00am Holy Communion (said) : Burwell

  9.30am Parish Communion: Burwell

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FOR YOUR PRAYERS:

-  for the diocesan Board for ‘Church in Society’ and the issues of justice, peace, & climate change it seeks to address with others.  Also for the Diocesan Finance Committee as it faces the challenges & difficulties of the present economic climate.

-  for the observance of a Holy and Spirit-filled Lent, that we may more & more be ‘transfigured’ into the likeness of Christ in our attitudes, words and deeds.

- thanksgiving for those newly enrolled into the Mothers’ Union, and for its work & fellowship in this parish, deanery & diocese & throughout the world.  We pray for Susan Baker, leading our own group & in her Archdeaconry role.

-  that our Gift Day this Sat. will be generously & enthusiastically supported as we face very considerable financial challenges.

-  for this parish:  for those living in The Paddocks, Dark Lane (Burwell), Chapel Lane (Reach).

-  for those in special need: Grace Bruce, Jean Pratt,  Stephen Thacker (& family),  Chloe Saunders, Irene Plumb, Vera & Len Lawrance, Anne Cooke (nee Griffiths), Ann Fuller, Renee Haslam, Vera Baker (Bella Swann’s Great Grandmother), Sylvia Palmer, Doug Biglin, Jean Fearn (mother of Janice).

-  For the bereaved and those remembering anniversaries of death at this time.     

                                                  

FOR YOUR ATTENTION:

*  LENT BOOKS: “Kingdom Encounters” produced by staff & students at Ridley Hall available from CentrePeace or Janine Stewart £5.

*  from the start of LENT, COLLECTING BOXES for CMS (Church Missionary Society) available from back of church for returning on EASTER SUNDAY for blessing.

 *  LENT COURSE (Churches Together) will run on successive Thurs evenings, starting 25 Feb, 7.30pm at Trinity Church themed “Experiences that Christians around the world face” .More details see Contact and Posters.

*  Nathan Shipley (Baptist Church Youth Worker) and I are starting up YOUTH ALPHA & the introductory meal is on Wed 24 Feb at Pizza Express. It will then be held for 10 more weeks at the Baptist Church every Wed 6-8pm.  Are there any willing volunteers able to cater for 20 or more for one of those weeks? Or provide a cake or pudding for a session?  If interested please phone Harriet on 07746517518 or email at missleefe@hotmail.co.uk . 
*  Our ANNUAL PAROCHIAL CHURCH MTNG is on Mon 1 March, 6.45 for 7pm start.  The Nomination Book for elections is at the back of St. Mary’s; there is one regular PCC vacancy & one place to be filled for the role of Deanery Synod representative (who automatically becomes a PCC member), in addition a churchwarden’s vacancy arises (already one nomination) which could also precipitate an assistant c/w’s vacancy (again, already one nomination)... the book makes this clear!  All nominees must be on the church electoral roll, which is now closed for new applicants until after the APCM following due notice.

*  MOTHERING SUNDAY. Make a MOTHERS' DAY by purchasing an ethical gift for your mother or in memory of your mother this year. In return you or your mother get a gift card form the Mothers' Union. Pick up a leaflet in church or contact Susan on 741791.

 *  MOTHERING SUNDAY (14/3) this year will be a Family Service (instead of 7/3) at 9.30am

*  SHOEBOX FOCUS MONTH. Once again we are asking you to pop in a few extra toiletries when you shop, especially flannels and toothpaste. We will use them at our coffee-morning and items can be left for me in CentrePeace. Thank you, Jenny Rogers 741205 

*  Advance Notice: SOCIAL EVENING:  Thurs 29 April, 7pm, The (new) Park Restaurant, Cambridge Regional College, Kings Hedges Rd, Cambridge.  A 1950s themed evening menu to follow, £17.50.  Table booked in Paula Spalding's name - if you would like to come ring 01223 418997 to add your name(s). 

*  MOPS  - Thur 25 Feb 10-11.30am Baptist Church. Come for a chat with other Mums, coffee/tea and cake & free crèche to enable you to have a break.  Call Alice on 614727 for more info.

* Thank you to Janice (Fearn & Frankham) for providing refreshments today. *  Coffee rota for 28/2 Abi & Pathfinders.

 

Revd Canon Stephen Earl (Vicar) :  741262

Revd David Bush (Honorary Assistant Priest) : 741839

Frances Leadon (Reader in training) : 741770

CentrePeace : 743539

 

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