Second Sunday before Lent 16th February 2020
 | Second Sunday before Lent 16th February 2020 | |
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8:00 | Holy Communion (Said BCP) | This service is at Cowfold today | |
10am | Breathing Space | Follow this link for today's Breathing Space booklet | Genesis 1: 1 - 2: 3 Psalm 136 Romans 8: 18-25 Matthew 6: 25-end |
Year's Mind: Angela Paulson, Charles Gordon Seymour, Joan Higinbotham, Bettie Bruce and Eva Ellis.
Lent course: we are warmly invited to join the Lent course at Holy Trinity, Cuckfield. Please see separate leaflet or details on the website.
Intercessions - Please continue to pray for those who are sick and in need within our families and community especially - Norton and Ann Collins, Veronica Burgess, Jenny Scofield, Adrian Morris, Rose Luce, Richard Ford, Les and Christina Hamstead, Louise Carter, Michael Hudson, John Humphreys, Helen James, Sarah Jenks, Kerry Parsons, Flora Young, Henry Parsons, Steven Stone, Trevor and Lucy Mitchell, Hannah Buhler, Alan and Tony Whitlock and Archdeacon Fiona.
Pray for the repose of the soul of Robbie Symes and for his family as they mourn.
Adrian Morris has now returned home. We wish him well.
There is a comprehensive list in our Prayer Corner at the side of the organ for all those we wish to pray for. Please add any other names.
A prayer for our interregnum for us all to use regularly.
A vital point that we can all participate in prayer during this time:
Loving God, as we journey together through this period of interregnum,
let us look to the journey of our Patron, St Mary Magdalene, for inspiration:
As she and the other disciples walked alongside Christ, give us joy in each other,
as we share responsibility for our church and our community
and may the gift of interregnum be a period of deeper love and fellowship.
As she stood at the foot of the Cross give us courage to face our future and embrace the unknown.
As she waited and watched by the Tomb give us patience to wait and wisdom to live and trust in the waiting.
As she witnessed Christ in the stillness of early morning grant that we may witness his presence with us at all times
and let us look forward to rejoicing in that presence with our new Vicar. Amen
A vital point that we can all participate in prayer during this time:
Loving God, as we journey together through this period of interregnum,
let us look to the journey of our Patron, St Mary Magdalene, for inspiration:
As she and the other disciples walked alongside Christ, give us joy in each other,
as we share responsibility for our church and our community
and may the gift of interregnum be a period of deeper love and fellowship.
As she stood at the foot of the Cross give us courage to face our future and embrace the unknown.
As she waited and watched by the Tomb give us patience to wait and wisdom to live and trust in the waiting.
As she witnessed Christ in the stillness of early morning grant that we may witness his presence with us at all times
and let us look forward to rejoicing in that presence with our new Vicar. Amen
| The Week Ahead - What's New - Coming Soon | |
| Next Said Eucharist Thursday 20th February at 9.30am at Bolney Sunday 23rd February Next before Lent 8am Holy Communion (Said BCP) at Bolney 9.30am Sung Eucharist Wednesday 26th February 7.45pm Sung Eucharist and Imposition of Ashes Please refer to the website for updated information | Exodus 24: 12-end; Psalm 2 2 Peter 1: 16-end Matthew 17: 1-9 |
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| Dates for your Diary |
Next Men's Group meeting will be on Wednesday 19th February at The Bull, Shermanbury for skittles. Please see Ron Leggett for more information. Holy Trinity, Cuckfield have warmly invited us to join their Lent group. Please see details on separate leaflet. Church Spring Clean will be on Saturday 7th March from 9.30am onwards. All help gratefully received. Refreshments available! Organ Recital by Rev Michael Maine on Sunday 15th March at 3pm at St Mary Magdalene followed by Afternoon Tea! |
| Information |
Card Donations Welcome!
We are also now able to welcome donations towards the upkeep of our beautiful Parish Church by Visa, Mastercard and American Express using Contactless (up to £30), Apple Pay and GPay.
Located by the Welcome Table, the machine is easy to use and will be available both for weekday visitors and at all services. Family Support Work FSW has been selected by Tesco Burgess Hill and Haywards Heath to benefit from charitable giving. If you shop in either of these stores please add your blue token to the relevant box in store. Please continue to donate non-perishable goods to the basket inside the church door. Toiletries are welcome as well as pasta, cereals, tinned goods etc. The latest Faith in Sussex Diocesan magazine is available by the door. Please take your free copy. Please help by being vigilant Some churches in the Diocese have experienced recent break-ins and metal theft. If you see anything untoward in or around church, please report it to the police and notify the churchwardens. It has come to our notice that mobile phones have been stolen from unattended bags and coats in churches around the diocese. Plastic milk bottle tops Please continue to save your plastic milk bottle tops and drop them in the bin in church (washed!) They raise funds for the Chestnut Tree Children's Hospice resources. It is worth noting that these tops cannot be recycled in your wheelie bin. Legacies Once you have made provision for your loved ones in your will, please consider leaving a legacy to our beautiful church. Our policy can be found on: https://www.stmarymagdalenebolney.org.uk/support-us/legacy/ |
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