Spy Wednesday Service - Holy Week 2021

 

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Tuesday in Holy Week Service

 

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Monday in Holy Week Service

 

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Noticeboard Saturday 27th March 2021 – 21st April 2021

 Noticeboard Saturday 27^th March 2021 – 21^st April 2021

 

Saturday 27^th March

 

7.00pm - Ecumenical Taize Style Vine Service on FACEBOOK live

 

 

Sunday 28^th March – Palm Sunday

    

11.00am – Service Holy Communion on FACEBOOK live, link will be on website after.

 

 

Monday 29^th March –

 

10.00am - Holy Week Holy Communion Service on FACEBOOK live

 

 

Tuesday 30^th March –

 

10.00am - Holy Week Holy Communion Service on FACEBOOK live

 

 

Wednesday 31^st March – Spy Wednesday

 

10.00am        Holy Week Holy Communion Service on FACEBOOK live

 

Thursday 1^st April – Maundy Thursday

 

10.00am - Maundy Thursday Holy Week HC on FACEBOOK live.

 

Friday 2^nd April – Good Friday

 

10.00am - Good Friday Anti HC & reading of Passion on FACEBOOK live.

 

 

Sunday 4^th April – Easter Sunday

 

11.00am - Easter Sunday Holy Communion on FACEBOOK live & saved on Easter  Parish Website.  

 

 

Wednesday 7^th April

 

10.00am        1^st   Wed of the month and Holy Week Holy Communion with 

prayers for the sick on FACEBOOK live & on Parish.

 

 

Thursday 9^th April

 

8.00pm - Bible Study of following Sunday readings via Zoom details Wm. 4621044

 

 

Sunday 11^th April

 

11.00am – Morning Prayer on FACEBOOK live, link will be on website after.

 

 

Wednesday 14^th April

 

8.00pm Select Vestry

 

 

Thursday 15^th April

 

8.00pm - Bible Study of following Sunday readings via Zoom details Wm. 4621044

 

 

 

Sunday 18^th April

    

11.00am – Service Holy Communion on FACEBOOK live, link will be on website after.

 

 

 

Wednesday 21^st April

 

8.00pm - Proposed Easter General Vestry via Zoom details on joining meeting please contact William on 086 803 0239.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

In Church Services suspended – Online only till we return to level 2 or lower as per Govt 5 stage roadmap

 

Lenten Mid Week Service 24th March 2021

 

Noticeboard Sunday 21st March 2021 - 10th April 2021

Noticeboard Sunday 21st March 2021 - 10^th April 2021

Sunday 21^st March

 

11.00am – Morning Prayer on FACEBOOK live, link will be on website after.

 

 

Wednesday 24^th March

 

10.00am – 5^th Lenten Service on FACEBOOK live. 

Self Harm & eating disorders Prodigal’s Father    

 

 

Thursday 25^th March

 

8.00pm - Bible Study of following Sunday readings via Zoom details Wm. 4621044

 

 

Saturday 27^th March

 

7.00pm - Ecumenical Taize Style Vine Service on FACEBOOK live

 

 

Sunday 28^th March – Palm Sunday

    

11.00am – Service Holy Communion on FACEBOOK live, link will be on website after.

 

 

Monday 29^th March –

 

10.00am - Holy Week Holy Communion Service on FACEBOOK live

 

 

Tuesday 30^th March –

 

10.00am - Holy Week Holy Communion Service on FACEBOOK live

 

 

Wednesday 31^st March – Spy Wednesday

 

10.00am        Holy Week Holy Communion Service on FACEBOOK live

 

Thursday 1^st April – Maundy Thursday

 

10.00am - Maundy Thursday Holy Week HC on FACEBOOK live.

 

Friday 2^nd April – Good Friday

 

10.00am - Good Friday Anti HC & reading of Passion on FACEBOOK live.

 

 

Sunday 4^th April – Easter Sunday

 

11.00am - Easter Sunday Holy Communion on FACEBOOK live & saved on Easter  Parish Website.  

 

 

Wednesday 7^th April

 

10.00am        1^st   Wed of the month and Holy Week Holy Communion with 

prayers for the sick on FACEBOOK live & on Parish.

 

 

Thursday 8^th April

 

8.00pm - Bible Study of following Sunday readings via Zoom details Wm. 4621044

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

In Church Services suspended – Online only till we return to level 2 or lower as per Govt 5 stage roadmap 

March April 2021 Newsletter

 

From the Rector

 

As mentioned in last month’s Church Review article people may be struggling with this third lock down mentally so we have been using the Bible Society’s ‘Lifting the Lid’ Bible study course during our Lenten midweek services which focuses on faith and mental health, drawing on well known Bible stories.

 

One in four people will have a diagnosable mental health condition in their lifetime. We in churches can offer support and space that listen and welcome people suffering in our congregations. During this Bible course we looked at how God treats those who feel exhausted, rejected, hopeless and heartbroken.

 

The story of Zacchaeus tells us how Jesus looks at outsiders who are stigmatised by their community. Jesus stops and notices Zacchaeus who was a tax collector for the pagan occupier and who was looked upon as a sinful person who cheated people but Jesus asks Zacchaeus for assistance therefore raising his self esteem, he goes to Zacchaeus’ house encouraging him on his own turf and valuing him by giving him ways to rethink his situation. These are all ways we can think about valuing those who are stigmatised and struggling especially with their mental health in our own communities and learn how Jesus treated people on the periphery of society.

 

We learnt that mental health can be defined as a state of well-being in which people realise their own potential and can cope with the normal stresses of life, can work productively and are able to make a contribution to their community. Mental health affects how we feel about ourselves and others, how we interpret events, how we cope with life events and how we develop relationships. As previously mentioned a quarter of all people will be diagnosed with some sort of mental health issue during their life time and we as Christians are not immune to these issues. The Bible tells us of a number of characters who suffered for example the prophets Ezekiel and Jeremiah and not forgetting Jonah and Elijah. Elijah who prayed for death because he didn’t feel he could go on but was used powerfully by God despite his mental health challenges.

 

Elijah who ran for his life out into the desert until he came to a tree where he sat and prayed to die, he had fallen asleep when an angel came to him and woke him and gave him food and drink, he slept again and the angel returned and said get up and eat for the journey is too much for you. God gives Elijah hope to carry on. This shows us how giving people room to complain but not to be judgemental and to encourage with practical help like the angel giving Elijah a cake of hot bread and a jar of water first.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Depression is defined by at least two weeks of loss of interest in normal day to day activities; loss of enjoyment, lack of energy, sleeping too much or too little and a loss of appetite. We need to resist that telling someone to ‘pull up their socks’ is not the answer and that we should help people suffering from depression as we would help someone with a physical illness.

 

When the course dealt with anxiety it gave the Biblical example of the story of the disciples on the road to Emmaus. These two men were anxious about their belief in Jesus, he hadn’t appeared yet and they wondered had their hopes and dreams crumbled away. Jesus came to them and walked along side them and listened to their pain eventually taking the time to explain the scriptures to them and helping them to see things from another perspective only making himself know at the breaking of bread at the evening meal. In our everyday lives do we take the time to walk along those struggling with anxiety, to listen to their concerns instead of trying to ‘fix’ them?

 

Everyone gets anxious from time to time and it is a vital emotion giving physical symptoms like a racing heart, sweating, difficulty breathing and insomnia to name just a few but sometimes it becomes too sensitive and is triggered too often and it becomes a problem that begins to disrupt everyday life and instead of being a ‘fight or flight’ reaction it becomes an anxiety disorder that needs to be treated.

 

Physical exercise, talking therapy, connecting with people (even by phone), slowing down, and trying to be calm including prayer (while connecting with a higher power) can all help in dealing with anxiety when life gets too frantic.

 

Mental health is a term that popular culture seems to have adopted, especially during the pandemic. I hope this course has been of help to those who are suffering and to their support network, awareness is sometimes half the battle and I look forward to completing the ‘Lifting the Lid’ course during the remainder of Lent.

 

God Bless                                                                                                        William

 

 

 

Funeral

 

The funeral of our Nigerian parish reader Victoria Oyinade Osigbade-Osho took place in St. Maelruain’s on Thursday 25^th February. We extend our deepest sympathy to her husband Samuel Sr., to her sons Samuel Jr. and Solomon and to her extended family and friends. She was taken from us all too young.

 

 

4th Wednesday in Lent - St Patrick's Day Service

 

Noticeboard Sunday 14th March 2021 - 5th April 2021

 Noticeboard Sunday 14^th March 2021 - 5^th April 2021

 

 

Sunday 14^th March

    

11.00am - Holy Communion on FACEBOOK live, link will be on website after.

 

 

Wednesday 17^th February

 

10.00am – 5^th Lenten Service on FACEBOOK live.  Addiction – parents in distress.

 

 

Thursday 18^th March

 

8.00pm - Bible Study of following Sunday readings via Zoom details Wm. 4621044

 

 

Sunday 21^st March

 

11.00am – Morning Prayer on FACEBOOK live, link will be on website after.

 

 

Wednesday 24^th March

 

10.00am – 5^th Lenten Service on FACEBOOK live. 

Self Harm & eating disorders Prodigal’s Father    

 

 

Thursday 25^th March

 

8.00pm - Bible Study of following Sunday readings via Zoom details Wm. 4621044

 

 

Saturday 27^th March

 

7.00pm - Ecumenical Taize Style Vine Service on FACEBOOK live

 

 

Sunday 28^th March – Palm Sunday

    

11.00am – Service Holy Communion on FACEBOOK live, link will be on website after.

 

 

Monday 29^th March –

 

10.00am - Holy Week Holy Communion Service on FACEBOOK live

 

 

Tuesday 30^th March –

 

10.00am - Holy Week Holy Communion Service on FACEBOOK live

 

 

Wednesday 1^st April – Spy Wednesday

 

10.00am        1^st   Wed of the month and Holy Week Holy Communion with 

prayers for the sick on FACEBOOK live & on Parish.

 

 

Thursday 2^nd April – Maundy Thursday

 

10.00am - Maundy Thursday Holy Week HC on FACEBOOK live.

 

Friday 3^rd April – Good Friday

 

10.00am - Good Friday Anti HC & reading of Passion on FACEBOOK live.

 

 

Sunday 5^th April – Easter Sunday

 

11.00am - Easter Sunday Holy Communion on FACEBOOK live & saved on Easter  Parish Website.  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

In Church Services suspended – Online only till we return to level 2 or lower as per Govt 5 stage roadmap

Noticeboard Sunday 7th March 2021 - 28th March 2021

 

Noticeboard Sunday 7^th March 2021 - 28^th March 2021

 

Sunday 7^th March

 

11.00am – Morning Prayer on FACEBOOK live, link will be on website after.

 

 

Wednesday 10^th March

 

10.00am – 4^th Lenten Service on FACEBOOK live.  Psychotic Illness – Weeping Women

 

8.00pm - Select Vestry meeting on Zoom

 

 

Thursday 11^th March

 

8.00pm - Bible Study of following Sunday readings via Zoom details Wm. 4621044

 

 

Sunday 14^th March

    

11.00am - Holy Communion on FACEBOOK live, link will be on website after.

 

 

Wednesday 17^th February

 

10.00am – 5^th Lenten Service on FACEBOOK live.  Addiction – parents in distress.

 

 

Thursday 18^th March

 

8.00pm - Bible Study of following Sunday readings via Zoom details Wm. 4621044

 

 

Sunday 21^st March

 

11.00am – Morning Prayer on FACEBOOK live, link will be on website after.

 

 

Wednesday 24^th March

 

10.00am – 5^th Lenten Service on FACEBOOK live. 

Self Harm & eating disorders Prodigal’s Father    

 

 

Thursday 25^th March

 

8.00pm - Bible Study of following Sunday readings via Zoom details Wm. 4621044

 

 

Saturday 27^th March

 

7.00pm - Ecumenical Taize Style Vine Service on FACEBOOK live

 

 

Sunday 28^th March – Palm Sunday

    

11.00am – Service Holy Communion on FACEBOOK live, link will be on website after.

 

 

Monday 29^th March –

 

10.00am - Holy Week Holy Communion Service on FACEBOOK live

 

 

Tuesday 30^th March –

 

10.00am - Holy Week Holy Communion Service on FACEBOOK live

 

 

Wednesday 1^st April – Spy Wednesday

 

10.00am        1^st   Wed of the month and Holy Week Holy Communion with 

prayers for the sick on FACEBOOK live & on Parish.

 

 

Thursday 2^nd April – Maundy Thursday

 

10.00am - Maundy Thursday Holy Week HC on FACEBOOK live.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

In Church Services suspended – Online only till we return to level 2 or lower as per Govt 5 stage roadmap