WORSHIP AND ACTIVITIES THIS WEEK
9 - 15 March 2015
Monday
9
10.00am
7.30pm
Tuesday
10
9.00am
Morning Prayer
10.00am - 12.00pm Parish Office
7.45pm
START Course
7.45pm
PCC meeting in the Parish Room
Wednesday 9.00am
11
Thursday
12
Morning Prayer
Lent Lecture - please see notice overleaf
Ecumenical Morning Prayer NB at SS Fisher
More Roman Catholic Church, Bradford Rd
10.00am – 12.00pm Parish Office
9.30am
Holy Communion
Readings: Jeremiah 7: 23 - 28; Luke 16: 19 - end
10.00am – 12.00pm Parish Office
10.30am Lent Group in the Parish Room
7.45 pm Lent Group at the Vicarage
Friday
13
9.00am
Morning Prayer
Saturday
14
9.30am
Parish Prayers
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Welcome to
NOTES
The Parish Church of
St John the Divine
Menston with Woodhead
The Third Sunday of LENT
8.00am
8 March 2015
Holy Communion
(Book of Common Prayer 1662)
Collect and Readings Page 89
9.15am
Let’s Worship ~ Worship; a special time set
aside to honour God
10.30am
Parish Eucharist
Hymn
Kyrie
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NEXT SUNDAY ~ MOTHERING SUNDAY
8.00am
Holy Communion (BCP) Lent 4
8.40am
Parish Breakfast
10.00am
All Together Eucharist
3.00pm
Baptism
Service at Menston Methodist Church ~ 10.30am
Vicar: Revd Ruth Yeoman, 12 Fairfax Gardens, Menston LS29 6ET
Tel: 877739 [email protected]
www.stjohnmenston.org.uk
PARISH
Registered charity no. 1129823
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Reading
1 Corinthians 1: 18 - 25 Page 162
Reader: Jenny Steele
Gospel Reading John 2: 13 - 22 Page 89
Offertory Hymn 166
Post-Communion 128
Final Hymn
336
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Please stay & share in refreshments
after this service.
Please take the Parish Notes home with you as a reminder of the week's prayer
concerns and events. The most recent copy of the notes can be found on
the home page of the church website www.stjohnmenston.org.uk
We pray for
Communion at home: Colin Jacobs, Stella Wilson, Doris
Marcham
The sick:
Ken Parker, Ethel Buswell,
June Barnes,Colin Robinson, Peter Gilbert,
Alec Willoughby, Pauline Blake
From the
Memorial Book:
Albert Turton, Philip Tattersall,
William Tomlinson, Joan Rabagliati,
Lawrence Harland (Priest), Doris Sheffield,
John Wood,Ellen Hicks, Elizabeth Wright,
Malcolm Barker, Ethel Pybus
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Fairtrade Fortnight
May the God who breathes life into the broken,
who exposes our divisions and our pride,
whose tenderness is the strength of the poor,
bless us and charge us with power
to live as community in our world,
TODAY
 Hope for the Future Campaign
There will be a further opportunity
today to sign letters to your MP to
make sure that Climate Change
reaches the manifestos of the parties
before the May General Election.
Sample letters provided or you may
prefer to sign a general letter.
 Fairtade Fortnight The 10.30am
service will have a Fairtrade focus.
There will also be a Fairtrade stall in
the Parish Room with samples of
chocolate and some of the new food
items from the spring catalogue.
 Last chance to order real Easter
eggs Please sign the form at the back
of church or by the hatch in the Parish
Room if interested.
REVD LINDA TOMKINSON AND PETE
TOMKINSON will lead the Churches
Together Lent Lecture tomorrow evening
at 7.30pm at SS Fisher More RC Church.
This year‟s theme is War and Peace:
Christian Perspectives. Linda and Pete
will be speaking on the subject of
CHRISTIAN SOLDIERS AND ARMY
WIVES followed by a discussion.
Refreshments will be served and there
will be a retiring collection for a
nominated charity. All welcome.
FAIRTRADE SPRING FAIR AND
COFFEE MORNING Saturday 14 March
10 - 12 noon, St John‟s, BenRhydding.
Please see poster in porch for details.
MAGAZINE COPY is due on 15 March.
PARISH BREAKFAST will take place on
Sunday 15 March at 8.40am. All
welcome.
ECUMENICAL MORNING PRAYER for
the remainder of March will take place
on each Wednesday at SS Fisher More
RC Church at 9.00am.
LENT GROUPS - The Gospel in Action
All members of the congregation are
encouraged to participate in our
Thursday Lent Group even if you have
missed the few meetings. These take
place at
1) 10.30 - 11.15am in the Parish Room
2) 7.45 - 9.30pm at the Vicarage
We shall benefit from resources provided
by United Society (Us.), one of the
mission agencies we support. The
Gospel in Action is a five week study
course exploring the power of the
Gospel within the world church. Please
also encourage friends to attend.
FLOWER MATTERS
 Easter Lilies Donations towards the
lilies are most welcome. Please use
one of the special Altar Flower
donation envelopes, from the back
of church or Ann Hill, so that Gift Aid
can be claimed.
 New flower rota is now in the
porch. Please choose a date to suit
you. Money need not be paid until
nearer the time.
THANK YOU to all who have kindly
brought in stamps for the Leprosy
Mission. I appreciate the half inch margin
around the stamps. Every ONE stamp
counts so please „keep on stamping‟!
Iris Nerurkar
WHO IS MY NEIGHBOUR? Taking up
the House of Bishops‟ challenge in their
WYAD NEWSLETTER for March is at
Pastoral Letter on the 2015 General
the back of the church.
Election, for Christians to engage with
those involved in politics for our common
MOTHERING SUNDAY POSIES - MU
good, there will be a meeting on
members and any other church ladies
Tuesday 24 March at 7pm at All Saints ,
who would like to make up the posies for
Ilkley. Speakers will include: The Rt
the Mother‟s Day Service on 15 March
Revd Nick Baines, Prof Arthur Francis
are invited to meet in the Parish Room at
and other contributors. The letter can be
9.30am on Saturday 14 March. This is
found via the following link
an enjoyable task which only takes an
https://churchofengland.org/
hour or so. Various types of greenery
media/2170230/whoismyneighbourwould be welcome, but not baskets as
pages.pdf
Ruth
we can use those stored in the church
cellar.
IMAGES OF 2014 If you have some
digital images of church activities and
events from last year, it would be lovely
to be able to use some of them as part of
the slideshow backdrop for the Annual
FED UP WITH GIVING FLOWERS AND Parochial Church Meeting on 19 April.
Charles Jenkins is willing to put the
CHOCOLATES Why not treat your
images together. Please send them to
Mum, or her memory, to an ethical gift
him directly in electronic form or via the
this year by donating to the Mothers‟
Union fundraiser “Make a Mother‟s Day”. Parish Office. “Actual Size” images
would be good to use.
Ruth
For more information on the projects
supported please see the booklet on the
table at back of the church.
AGM MOTHERS’ UNION meeting will
take place on Tuesday 17 March at
7.30pm in the Parish Room.
PARISH OFFICE Please note revised
hours of opening for the time being. The
office will close each day at 12.00 noon
instead of 12.30pm