NOTICES
MANY THANKS to those who
have made Holy Week and Easter go
so well: to Jo and David and to
Bishops Stephen and John; to the
choir, organist, servers,
sidespeople, ringers and musicians;
to the flower arrangers and spring
cleaners - and to you for coming!
CHORAL EVENSONG tonight at
6.30 pm - all welcome.
Nothing better to do tomorrow
then you might want to join us for the
PILGRIMAGE TO ST ALBANS! If
you haven’t been before and want to
find out more speak to Pam.
FRIENDS’ SAFARI SUPPER Saturday 11th April - tickets £16pp please contact Sue Coultrup (334387) there maybe an odd one or two tickets
available!
THE PARISH OF ABBOTS LANGLEY
The community involvement in the
Abbots Langley Players venture of the
HERBAL BED will include singers,
dancers, instrumentalists and gardeners
planting the herbal bed itself. Also at
the end of the play week, on Saturday
25th April, there
will be
a
Community Showcase from
2.00 pm to 4.00 pm in the grounds of
St Lawrence.
Thirty-one
organisations have been invited to
display leaflets and literature, so do
come along to support them and find
out what amazing groups we have in
our village.
We are
TO THE
May 2016.
out more
David.
planning a PILGRIMAGE
HOLYLAND, 9th to 18th
For brochures or to find
details, please speak to
OUTLOOK (church magazine 40p) is available for April. Please take
a copy.
ABBOTS
LANGLEY
TRANSITION
TOWN
COMMUNITY MARKET - Saturday
25th April from 10.30 am to 1.00 pm in
CONTACT NUMBERS
the Henderson Hall. St Lawrence is to
have a table at this event. Offers of Vicar:
The Revd Dr Jo Spreadbury
homemade/grown produce welcome or
01923 263013
to help on the day - please contact Jane Curate:
The Revd David Warner
01923 518262
McHugh (264280) and don’t forget to
Assistant Priest: The Revd Angela Milton
pop in and support the Market!
01923 519453
ABBEYFIELD
A B B O T S Assistant Priest: The Revd Guy Buckler
LANGLEY is looking for a casual
via the Church Office
Reader:
Mrs Sally Sanderson
cook to cover holidays and sickness
01923
265963
and maybe some regular teas. Please
phone 263541 or speak to Marcus or
In an emergency please contact Jo or David
directly at anytime, day or night,
Pam. They also need a Treasurer, so
if someone needs the ministry of a priest.
if that’s your gift please speak to Pam.
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with the Church of the Ascension, Bedmond
5th April 2015
EASTER DAY
TODAY
WELCOME
CTAL Sunrise Service in Toms Lane
Holy Communion with hymns
The Revd Jo Spreadbury
The Revd David Warner
267 - 503
Dennis Spooner
Easter Family Communion
The Revd David Warner
The Revd Jo Spreadbury
Sing choirs of heaven! - 267 - 309 - 324 24 - 267
Readers:
Jane McHugh
Intercessions: Bill Sanderson
11.00 am
Family Communion at Bedmond
President:
The Revd David Warner
Preacher:
The Revd Jo Spreadbury
Hymns:
474 - 267 - 24 - 267
Reader:
Chris Ballard
12.30 pm
Sunday Lunch Club
6.30 pm
Choral Evensong
Hymns:
474 - 25 - 388
Responses:
Marsh
Psalm:
118 v.1-2, 14-24 Goss
Canticles:
Stanford in B flat
Anthem:
Blessed be the God and Father Wesley
Welcome to everyone at our worship today
especially to visitors and newcomers - please
introduce yourself if you are new or a visitor.
6.15 am
8.00 am
President:
Preacher:
Hymns:
Reader:
9.30 am
President:
Preacher:
Hymns:
SERVICES THIS WEEK
Holy Communion
9.30 am
Monday
10.15 am
Wednesday
9.30 am
Friday (inc. Morning Prayer)
Morning Prayer
9.30 am
Tuesday to Friday
Evening Prayer
5.15 pm
Tuesday to Friday
including prayers for peace on Monday and
prayers for healing on Tuesday
Prayer Extra
8.15 am
Thursday: prayers for the parish and local
community
If you have been confirmed or usually receive
Communion in your own church, please do
so here. If not, you are welcome to come to
the altar rail for a Blessing, and if you carry a
book with you the priest will know not to offer
you the bread and wine.
Please tell a sidesman before the service
if you would like a gluten-free wafer.
A T-loop is provided for hearing aid users.
For our younger members at 9.30 am:
Crèche - there is a room in the
church hall with suitable toys
(0-3 years)
Seekers in the church hall
(3-10 years)
except Second Sundays
(the Church Hall is at the end of the car park)
Quiet Children’s Corner in Church
Before the service,
listen to God;
and after the service,
listen to each other.
If you have come to the service
at 9.30 am please stay for a cup
of tea or coffee and a chat in the
church hall.
A collection is taken at each main service. (If you are a tax payer, please use a gift aid envelope.)
This money is fundamental to the life of the church: its ministry, mission and charitable giving.
You may notice that some people put nothing in the bag; this is because their giving is made by standing order.
JustTextGiving - a new way to give - text STLA12 followed by the amount to 70070.
www.abbotslangley.org.uk
THE PRAYERS AND BIBLE READINGS
FOR OUR PRAYERS
COLLECT: Lord of all life and power, who through the mighty resurrection of your
Son overcame the old order of sin and death to make all things new in him: grant
that we, being dead to sin and alive to you in Jesus Christ, may reign with him in
glory; to whom with you and the Holy Spirit be praise and honour, glory and might,
now and in all eternity. Amen.
GIVE THANKS FOR
» new life with God now, and the
promise of his kingdom
» the witness of the Church throughout
the ages
FIRST READING
Isaiah 25.6-9
Pew Bible page 662
Israel longed for the day of the Lord: a time when he would act in power and glory
and vindicate his people. For Christians that day has come through the resurrection
of Christ.
PRAY FOR
» Sian, Emma and Mark, who were
confirmed yesterday evening in the
Abbey
» reconciliation where there is division;
hope where there is despair
» the Church’s witness to our risen
Lord
» the peoples of Ukraine and Nigeria,
Iraq and Syria, Palestine & Israel; and
all seeking to end terror and conflict
» Churches Together in Abbots Langley
» Tiny Tots and its leaders
» those who live in Gable Close,
Gade View Gardens and Gallows Hill
SECOND READING
Acts 10.34-43
Pew Bible page 126
The resurrection of Christ is of a piece with his life, death and (later)
ascension. Jesus’ whole life was about reconciliation - to God and to each
other. Through defeating the power of sin (death), Jesus made it possible to know
the new life of the Kingdom now. This is the good news he entrusts to his disciples.
GOSPEL
Mark 16.1-8
Pew Bible page 52
Mark’s account of what happened early on that first Easter morning is muted. It is
not until later that a longer, and to our ears, perhaps more satisfactory, ending was
added. Instead, we are left wondering: how were the women going to roll away the
stone? Where are the other disciples? If we experience the shock of Good Friday,
for these women it is Easter day that brings the shattering truth of new life. They
were amazed and terrified, as well they might be: the empty tomb opens a future
they had considered closed. It means that Jesus is the Christ, and that his words are
true.
POST COMMUNION PRAYER: God of Life, who for our redemption gave your
only-begotten Son to the death of the cross, and by his glorious resurrection have
delivered us from the power of our enemy: grant us so to die daily to sin, that we
may evermore live with him in the joy of
Today love and resurrection
his risen life; through Jesus Christ our
Lord. Amen.
have become the perfect whole.
The tomb is empty,
READINGS NEXT SUNDAY
Acts 4.32-35
1 John 1.1-22
John 20.19-end
AVAILABILITY
Jo - away from Tuesday till 14th April
David - day off: Thursday
Christ has risen glorious from the dead.
Lord, help me to cherish the revelation
of your new beginning.
Today love and resurrection
have made me whole.
Amen.
THOSE WHO ARE ILL OR IN
NEED
» Owen Nelson : Bernard Besch :
Ellis Haggith : Sally Lawrence :
Lesley Durtnall : Chris : Alan Dicker :
Michael Beadle : Tom Stuart :
James Stevens : Beryl Russell :
Christine Corners
R.I.P.
» Joan Floyd (Langley Road) :
Jill Partridge : Shirley Hammond
We pray for the charities we support
with our prayers and our end of year
charitable giving:
Camphill Village Trust : Crisis :
Church Urban Fund : Orbis :
Practical Action : Leprosy Mission :
Citizen’s Advice, Abbots Langley :
St Luke’s Hospital, Malosa, Malawi
THE COMING WEEK
MONDAY 6th Monday of Easter Week
9.30 am Holy Communion followed by
breakfast, walk to St Albans, picnic
lunch, service in the Abbey, walk
back and supper
TUESDAY 7th Tuesday of Easter Week
10.15 am Tuesday Coffee in St Lawrence
WEDNESDAY 8th Wednesday of Easter Week
10.00 am Bedmond Coffee Morning
10.15 am Holy Communion including
MU Corporate Communion
10.45 am MU - talk on DRUM
by Robin & Eileen Venn
THURSDAY 9th Thursday of Easter Week
8.15 am Prayers for the local community
10.30 am Home Communion at Hanover Gardens
11.30 am Burial of the Ashes of Sheila Wilson
FRIDAY 10th Friday of Easter Week
9.30 am Morning Prayer
with Holy Communion
10.00 am Heart for Abbots Langley Coffee
Morning in the Henderson Hall
10.15 am Burial of the Ashes of Terry Jefferson
6.30 pm Wedding rehearsal
SATURDAY 11th Saturday of Easter Week
12.00 noon Wedding of Owen Khonje and
Camilla Haggith
7.00 pm Friends’ Safari Supper starts in the hall
NEXT SUNDAY
THE SECOND SUNDAY OF EASTER
12th April 2015
8.00 am Holy Communion
President & Preacher: The Revd David Warner
9.30 am
Second Sunday
Communion Service
President & Preacher: The Revd David Warner
6.30 pm Evening Prayer
Leader:
The Revd David Warner