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Diary Dates
Today
8th March
Next Tue 10th March
Next Sat 14th March
@ 6:00pm
St. Andrew’s Church
Concert
@ 7:45pm
‘Bumbles’, Medstead
Lent Course “Called to Contemplative Action”
@ 4:00-6:00pm Jubilee Hall, Bentworth
Messy Church
See inside for The Lenten Lunch Programme
Services next week
Sunday 15th March @11:00am
Parish Communion
Prayer requests. At the back of the church, on the table by the door, is a
book that can be used to request prayer. If you have a particular need that
you would like us to bring to the Lord during our services, please let us know.
There is also provision on our website, or you can always ask someone to pray
with you.
8th March 2015
Pewsheet No. 1119
St.Andrew’S PAriSh ChurCh
Medstead
THE third Sunday of lent
Visitors are always welcome and are warmly invited to
join us in the Church Hall for refreshments after the service.
08:00 Holy Communion
Celebrant: The Reverend Flenley
First Reading
Exodus 20. 1-17
read by Philip Standing
Second Reading
1 Corinthians 1. 18-25
read by Ian Jurd
Gospel Reading
John 2. 13-22
read by Celebrant
Sermon
Celebrant
Intercessions led by John Hammond
(OT p68)
(NT p162)
(NT p89)
On duty are: Churchwarden: Ian Jurd
Sidesman: John Hammond
11:00 Family Service Officiant: The Reverend Flenley
First Hymn
273 Lord Jesus Christ
Second Hymn 272 Lord, I lift your name on high
Third Hymn
365 Seek ye first the kingdom of God
Fourth Hymn
28 At the name of Jesus
Reading
John 2. 13-22
Prayers
led by Officiant
On duty are: Churchwarden:
Music: Carol Fuller
Refreshments: Diane Palmer
Bells: Nathan Smoothy
Stephen Blackshaw
Sidesman: Stephen Blackshaw
Cleaning: Wilma & Ian Hainsworth
There are no flowers during Lent.
Collect for today
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
Church Web Site www.standrews.hampshire.org.uk
Contact Details
Rector
The Reverend Ben Flenley
PCC Secretary
The Rectory, Bentworth, GU34 5RB
Wendy Busby 01420 564168
01420 563218
[email protected]
[email protected]
Organists
Assistant Curate
Adrian Barnes 01420 562854
The Reverend Kathryn Flenley
Patrick Busby 01420 564168
[email protected]
[email protected]
Licensed Lay Ministers
Carol Fuller 01420 562445
Choir
Charlie Shaylor 01256 381351
Wendy Busby 01420 564168
Churchwardens
[email protected]
Debby Barnes 01420 562854
Ian Jurd 01420 563533
Flowers
[email protected]
Marion Slater 01420 564295
Deputy Churchwarden
[email protected]
Stephen Blackshaw 01420 563937
Today’s Gospel reading tells us of how Jesus cast out the
money changers from the temple in Jerusalem and he said
that they and the other dealers and merchants were
“making my Father’s house a marketplace!”
Jesus drove out the money changers from the Temple on
Monday of Passion Week, just three days before the Passover
and four days before his crucifixion.
The high priest received a percentage of the profit from the money changers and
merchants, so their removal from the Temple precinct would have caused them a financial
loss. Because pilgrims were unfamiliar with Jerusalem, the Temple merchants sold
sacrificial animals at a higher price than elsewhere in the city. The high priest overlooked
their dishonesty, as long as he got his share. The Gospels tell us that Jesus Christ was
ushering in a new covenant with humanity, in which animal sacrifice would end, replaced
by the perfect sacrifice of his life on the cross, atoning for human sin once and for all.
What is a Lenten Lunch?
Every year, after the Ash Wednesday Service and then each week in Lent,
we invite people to gather together for a frugal (but delicious) lunch of soup and bread.
There are a number of reasons for this:
1. It is good for Christians to meet together informally, and food and
fellowship are close friends!
2. During Lent we remember Jesus’ trip into the wilderness where he fasted
for 40 days and nights and was tempted (yet without sin!).
3. Going without our usual Sunday roast reminds us that we need to keep
our appetites in check and discipline our bodies’ cravings (the “lusts of the flesh”).
4. By having a light lunch instead of a main meal, we can save a few
pennies and give the money to a worthwhile cause instead. The charities
supported are as listed below.
The 2015
Lenten Lunch Programme
is:
Wednesday 18th February
FRRME—Foundation for Relief and Reconciliation in the Middle East
Thursday 26th February
Prostate Cancer UK
Thursday 5th March
Hearing Dogs for Deaf People
Next Friday 13th March
Ngorongoro Education Project Tanzania
Tuesday 17th March
The Woodlarks Centre
Saturday 28th March
St. Michael’s Hospice
Please note all lunches commence at 12:30pm.
Venue: St. Andrew’s Church Hall
MESSY CHURCH ...
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is a way of being church for families involving fun
is a church, not a craft club, that helps people encounter
Jesus as Lord and Saviour
is found across the world
values are about being Christ-centred, for all ages, based on
creativity, hospitality and celebration.
Following the success of previous Messy Churches, the next
occasion will be next Saturday 14th March in the Jubilee Hall,
Bentworth from 4:00pm to 6:00pm.
During this session of Messy Church, the children will be making
posies of flowers (supervised) in preparation for
the Mothering Sunday Service next Sunday.
For more information, contact
Kerry Prior - [email protected],
Antonia Goor - [email protected], or
Kathryn Flenley - [email protected]
The St. Andrew’s Musical Recital
postponed late last year is rescheduled later today at
6:00pm in the church. There are still some tickets left
at £12.50 (with concessions for children) and include
a finger buffet with red, white wine and soft drinks to
be served after the concert.
This promises to be an exciting evening with many of
the participants from our normal Sunday congregation.
Come along and enjoy an entertaining mix of well loved classical and
light music, performed by local singers and pianists; including music
by diverse composers such as: Ravel, Handel, Chopin, Liszt, Mozart,
Richard Strauss.
For tickets and more information please contact:
Sharon Blackshaw on 01420 563937 [email protected]
Wendy Busby on 01420 564168 [email protected]
or just come along this evening.
Well at last the “secret" is out…the 2015 Quizmaster was our Rector
Ben!! After initial qualms at seeing the headings on the blank answer sheets
(names of different books from the bible which proved to be just a ruse to get
us all to think laterally), everyone thoroughly enjoyed the evening!
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Many thanks to Ben and Kathryn for all their preparation…
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the evening was widely regarded as one of the best!
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