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‘…So he said to
the man who took care of the vineyard…’
Sunday 7th March 2010 ~ Third of Lent
8.00 am
Holy Communion
St Martin
9.30 am
Communion for all
St Philip w. St Etheldreda
11.00 am
Communion
St Martin
11.00 am
Godly Play
Exning
Community Church Hall
Collect
Eternal God,
give us insight
to discern your will for us,
to give up what harms us,
and to seek the perfection we are promised
in Jesus Christ our Lord.
Amen
First Reading ~ Isaiah 55. 1-9
~ "Come, all you who are
thirsty, come to the waters; and you who have no money, come, buy
and eat!
Come, buy wine and milk without
money and without cost. Why spend money on what is not bread, and
your labour on what does not satisfy? Listen, listen to me, and eat
what is good, and your soul will delight in the richest of fare.
Give ear and come to me; hear me,
that your soul may live. I will make an everlasting covenant with
you, my faithful love promised to David.
See, I have made him a witness to
the peoples, a leader and commander of the peoples.
Surely you will summon nations you
know not, and nations that do not know you will hasten to you,
because of the LORD your God, the Holy One of Israel, for he has
endowed you with splendour."
Seek the LORD while he may be
found; call on him while he is near. Let the wicked forsake his way
and the evil man his thoughts. Let him turn to the LORD, and he will
have mercy on him, and to our God, for he will freely pardon. "For
my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways,"
declares the LORD.
"As the heavens are higher than the
earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than
your thoughts.
Gospel ~ Luke 13. 1-9
~ Now there were some
present at that time who told Jesus about the Galileans whose blood
Pilate had mixed with their sacrifices. Jesus answered, "Do you
think that these Galileans were worse sinners than all the other
Galileans because they suffered this way? I tell you, no! But unless
you repent, you too will all perish. Or those eighteen who died when
the tower in Siloam fell on them—do you think they were more guilty
than all the others living in Jerusalem? I tell you, no! But unless
you repent, you too will all perish."
Then he told this parable: "A man
had a fig tree, planted in his vineyard, and he went to look for
fruit on it, but did not find any. So he said to the man who took
care of the vineyard, 'For three years now I've been coming to look
for fruit on this fig tree and haven't found any. Cut it down! Why
should it use up the soil?'
" 'Sir,' the man replied, 'leave it
alone for one more year, and I'll dig around it and fertilize it. If
it bears fruit next year, fine! If not, then cut it down.' "
Post Communion Prayer
Merciful Lord,
grant your people grace to withstand the temptations
of the world, the flesh and the devil,
and with pure hearts and minds to follow you, the only God;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Amen
Sunday 14th March 2010 ~ Fourth of Lent
*MOTHERING SUNDAY*
8.00 am
Holy Communion
St Martin
9.30 am
Communion
St Philip w. St Etheldreda
11.00 am
Family Worship
St Martin
~ PRAYER REQUESTS ~
Our
prayers are requested for:
those
baptised this year whom we have promised to pray for:
those
who are unwell or who in need of comfort or support:
and for
those who have died, their family and friends:
(Data Protection: for names please see the
paper "Opps Sheet")
Songs of Praise
– Ron's service on ‘The
Advancing Years’, with its wealth of readings - both reflective and
amusing - struck a chord with a lot of us!! After our enthusiastic
singing of five well-known hymns we were more than ready to enjoy a cup
of tea, and all went home with a beautiful Easter card made by Ann
McMillan. Ann will be our Leader when we meet again - not until the
12th April as the first Monday is Easter Monday - and she has entitled
her service "Alleluia!".
Cake Time
Again - We have a cake
stall in the Guineas (near M & S) on Saturday 27th March from 8.00 am
until sold out!
If you can bake a
cake for us that would be lovely; if you would rather buy we will
welcome you as a customer; and we will be pleased to take orders in
advance. Phone Ann on 66534 or Joyce on 577163.
Help Needed
- Can Anyone do Electrical Soldering?
- Has anyone or do you know anyone with electrical soldering capability?
We need help to repair the telephone in the church hall. It is just a 5
minute job that I cannot do. If you can help, please call me on 577106.
Thanks, Derek Nicholson.
Prayer Ministry Rota
- Prayer ministry will start again today. If you feel the need for
prayer and support, please come to the Lady Chapel during communion
where there will be two members of the prayer team to pray with you.
This is always confidential so it is a very safe place.
I will be giving members of the team a
‘Prayer Ministry’ badge. Some members may wear their badges even if
they are not on duty to indicate that they would be very willing to pray
with you after the service.
For members of the team: please will you
sign the new rota which is at the back of the Church.
The team also ask for your prayers to
support them in what they do. Marion
Easter Egg
Hunt – mini eggs
are needed for the egg hunt on Easter
Sunday!
All contributions gratefully accepted. Please put any eggs at
the back
of church
in the basket. Thank you as always…
Bridges Singles Christian Group
forthcoming events:
Next Saturday - 13th March
- at 12 noon - Imperial War Museum, Lambeth Road, London. This is a
joint event with Essex Solos. Meet 12 noon at the
entrance before having lunch in the cafe, then wander around the
museum (admission free) or the special exhibitions (fee applicable) for
the afternoon, then meet up around 4 pm back at the cafe for tea. The
museum is open from 10 am – 6 pm. Please call/text Alison on 07941
802855 if you would like to come.
Strategy
Statement
adopted by the
PCC February 2010 to be reviewed in 12 months.
"Our purpose is
to grow God's kingdom in this place
by developing
links with our community,
as churches and
as individuals ,
by asking the
community how we can meet its needs
and then by
prioritizing our actions
through prayer
and discernment.
We will nurture
a sense of belonging
for those
currently in our church
and for those we
welcome in the future."
Current Services with
Name Changes
St Martin
*Every Sunday:
8.00am ~ Communion
(Book of Common Prayer)
*1st Sunday of the
month:
11.00am ~ Communion
Godly Play in the hall
*2nd Sunday:
9.45am ~ Matins
11.00am ~ Family
Communion
*3rd Sunday:
11.00am ~ Communion
Godly Play in the hall
*4th Sunday:
11.00am ~ Family
Worship
St Philip
with St Etheldreda
*1st Monday
of every month:
2.00pm ~ Songs of
Praise
*1st Sunday
of the month:
9.30am ~ Communion for
all
*1st
Wednesday of every month:
7.30pm ~ Communion with
the laying on of hands for healing
*2nd Sunday:
9.30am ~ Communion
*3rd Sunday:
9.30am ~ Worship for
all
*4th Sunday:
9.30am ~ Communion
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Our
prayers are requested for:
Easter Egg
Hunt
St Martin