Sunday 1 March 2015 Welcome to Tewkesbury Abbey TEWKESBURY ABBEY - BULLETIN SERVICES AND EVENTS THIS WEEK Monday 2 - Chad, bishop, missionary, 672 8.30 am Morning Prayer (St John the Baptist & St Catherine) 12.30 pm Holy Communion (St Margaret) 5.30 pm Choral Evensong Tuesday 3 8.30 am Morning Prayer (St John the Baptist & St Catherine) 11.00 am Funeral - Anthony Grossmith 5.30 pm Choral Evensong 6.30 pm Girls’ Brigade (Parish Hall) 7.00 pm Holy Communion (St John the Baptist & St Catherine) Wednesday 4 7.30 am Morning Prayer (St John the Baptist & St Catherine) 8.00 am Holy Communion (Lady Chapel) 2.00 pm Funeral - Mavis Allinson 5.30 pm Evening Prayer (St Margaret) Thursday 5 8.30 am Morning Prayer (St John the Baptist & St Catherine) 10.30 am Holy Communion Book of Common Prayer (Lady Chapel) 2.00 pm Funeral - David Hill 5.30 pm Choral Evensong 6.30 pm Junior Choir Practice (Camera Cantorum) 7.30 pm Bell Ringing Practice (Tower) 8.00 pm Lectio Divina (Abbey House) 9.00 pm Compline (Lady Chapel) Friday 6 - Perpetua, Felicity and companion martyrs. 203 7.30 am Morning Prayer (St John the Baptist & St Catherine) 8.00 am Holy Communion (St Margaret) 10.30 am POPITS (Parish Hall) 11.00 am Funeral - Robin Otter 1.30 pm Funeral - Rosamund Griffin 5.30 pm Choral Evensong sung by the Lay Clerks 7.00 pm Choir Practice (Camera Cantorum) Saturday 7 8.30 am Morning Prayer (St John the Baptist & St Catherine) 9.00 am Holy Communion (Founders Chapel) 10.30 am The Tea Room will opened by Fairtrade 5.00 pm Choral Evensong sung by St James’ School, Maryland, USA 7.30 pm Songbards Concert (Abbey House) Sunday 8 - Third Sunday of Lent 7.30 am Morning Prayer (St John the Baptist & St Catherine) 8.00 am Holy Communion - Book of Common Prayer (Lady Chapel) 9.15 am Parish Eucharist 11.00 am Litany and Sung Eucharist 5.00 pm Choral Evensong with Lenten Meditation Second Sunday of Lent 8.00 am Holy Communion (Lady Chapel) Collect and Readings for Second Sunday in Lent from the Book of Common Prayer 9.15 am 9.15 ogether 9.15 Together After this service Parish Breakfast will be served in the Visitor Centre. We invite our visitors to join us. There is a quiet play area set up in the North Aisle for pre-school children and their parents at the 9.15 & 11.00am services. 11.00 am 5.00 pm Litany and Sung Eucharist Choral Evensong with Lenten Meditation For Your Prayers The Sick Myrtle Banergee, Rex Lofts, Joan Milway, Stewart Morgan, Ann Pitt, Jeanne Ramsbottom The Departed Mavis Allinson, Rosamund Griffin, Barbara Grimley, Anthony Grossmith, David Hill, Robin Otter, Lily Ranson, Brian Shearmur Year’s Mind Marjorie Peel, Robert Jenkins, Dorothy Fisher, George Robinson If you know of someone who is sick and ought to be on this list please forward their name to the Abbey Office having first obtained their permission to do so. Abbey Family News Engagement I am pleased to announce the engagement of our Verger, Luke Marshall & Agnieszka (Aga) Ogórek, our prayers and congratulations are with you both. Music Scholarship Congratulations to John Etherington, the youngest member of the Abbey Choir, who has been awarded a Music Scholarship at RGS Springfield in Worcester for his singing and trombone playing. Well done John! Lent Book In God’s Hands by Desmond Tutu The Archbishop of Canterbury’s LENT BOOK for 2015 is available from the Abbey Shop. Monks in the Abbey Thank you to Paul and Trish Fearnley for all the hard work they have put into the Monks display in St Faith’s Chapel. Fr Paul Lent Booklets are available at the back of the Abbey. Note for your Diary Lily Ranson On Monday and Tuesday, 9 and 10 March, It is with great sadness that I announce Schola Cantorum will be recording their latest CD in the Abbey. the death of Lily. The following services will be moved Our thoughts and prayers are with to the Fitzhamon Room: Fr David and Sue Coulton. Monday 9 March Her funeral will be 12.30pm Holy Communion on Thursday 12 March at 2pm. 5.30pm Evening Prayer Robin Otter It is with great sadness that I announce the death of Robin. His funeral will be on Friday 6 March at 11am. Fr Paul TEWKESBURY FOODBANK Over 100 hampers were delivered to make a happier Christmas for various families, thank you for your generosity. We now need more of everything (except pasta, baked beans and soup) our stocks of longlasting milk and fruit juice are particularly low. Thanks in advance to all donors. Tony Cullingford Tuesday 10 March 5.30pm Evening Prayer 7.00pm Holy Communion The Abbey will close at 5pm on both days. Celebrate Need Guitars! We are starting a Guitar club at Celebrate to teach children and young adults to play Guitar and are searching for Guitars that are suitable for children and adults to use. If you have a guitar you would like to donate, we would be most grateful to receive it. Thank you! Please contact Revd Wendy on 07768 182769 or email [email protected]. Or contact Trevor Barnett our ‘resident guitar teacher’ on 07977 442624 email: [email protected] CHRISTIAN AID LUNCHES Wednesday 4 March 12 noon to 1.15pm at the Methodist Church Hall. Tasty homemade soup, roll and cheese, Tea and Coffee There will be a Traidcraft, Bring & Buy & Book Stalls. Do please come and support us. Jennifer Barrett The tearoom will be open on Saturday 7 March for Traidcraft Exchange from 10.30 to 2.30 for all the usual home made cakes plus bacon butties, cauliflower cheese, home made bread and soup etc. Plus TRAIDCRAFT STALL. Offers of HELP or baking to Margaret Gribble please - [email protected], 01684 290641, or pop into the tearoom. Supper Concert Saturday 7 March - 7.30pm in the Abbots Parlour, Abbey House The Dean Close School Music Scholars Tickets £8 from Linda Parsons 850426 Tickets include a buffet and a glass of wine or fruit juice. Women's World Day of Prayer St Joseph’s Church, Chance Street, Tewkesbury Friday 6 March at 2.30pm This service has been prepared by Christian Women of the Bahamas. Do Come along and share this with us. Everyone welcome The Severn Forum http://www.thesevernforum.org.uk/ Thursday 5 March 7.45pm Conceiving Jesus: re-examiningJesus’ conception in Canon, Christology and Creed Andrew Lincoln Former Portland Professor of New Testament Studies, University of Gloucestershire Lecture Theatre, TC 103, Elwes Building, The Park Campus, University of Gloucestershire, Cheltenham £3 to the public. Free to members and students The Diocesan Messenger is available at the back of the Abbey Pray for our school community Sunday 22 March 6.30pm at Tewkesbury Baptist Church GL20 5DR Local Churches Local Schools All welcome More info: www.tewkbaptist.org.uk Boat Bearers We are looking to recruit new boat bearers urgently. Boys or girls from age 4 would be most welcome. For further information please contact a Churchwarden; the Vicar or Mike Bristow, Head Server. Abbey Office: 01684 850959 [email protected]
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