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Sunday, 7 March 2010

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The Glen Group of Parishes in the Diocese of Lincoln

St Mary Pinchbeck, St Bartholomew West Pinchbeck, St Laurence Surfleet

The Weekly Pew Sheet

7 March 2010                                                          Lent III                            

Theme for Today: What kind of Messiah? – Controversialist

 

Welcome! Those of us who worship and minister in the three churches of The Glen Group pray that your visit will have brought you closer to the God whom we have learned to love and serve. A children’s corner has been set-aside in each of our churches for children to sit and play. At Communion, please bring the children forward for a blessing and a sticker. We invite all who are confirmed or full members of any Christian church to share in Communion.

 

Services Today

 

8.00 AM       Pinchbeck St Mary              Eucharist  

                                                            The Vicar

 

 

9.15 AM       Surfleet St Laurence          Extended Communion

                                                            The Local Ministry Team

                                                            Preacher: Rev’d Dr Lynda Pugh

 

                    Morning Coffee will be served in the church after the service

 

10.00 AM     West Pinchbeck                 Eucharist

                   St Bartholomew                 The Vicar

 

                    Morning Coffee will be served in the church after the service

 

10.30 AM     Pinchbeck St Mary              Morning Worship

                                                            Officiant: Barrie Chapman

                                                            Preacher: Rev’d Dr Lynda Pugh

                  

                    Morning Coffee will be served in the church after the service

 

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The Week Ahead

Tues 9th        1.45 Funeral St Bartholomew’s

                   4.00 Finance C’tee Pinchbeck

                   7.00 PCC West Pinchbeck (Pear Tree Farm)

Wed 10th       9.30 Morning Prayer followed by 10.00 Eucharist (St Mary’s)

                   5.30 Confirmation Preparation 3 (Young People) (The Spinney)

Thurs 11th      7.30 Confirmation Preparation 2 (Adults) (Curate’s House)

Sat 12th         7.15 Quiz Night (Church Hall)

 

 

Notices

Lent Groups and Activities - see opposite for details.

 

Quiz Night This Saturday night! Church Hall Pinchbeck 7.15pm Tickets @ £7 inc supper. Phone David Bratley on 767441 or Aileen on 768944 to book. Teams of 4-6 people can be made up on the night. BYO drinks & glasses.

 

Sacrament of Confirmation    Please speak to the Vicar or Lynda if you are interested in Confirmation. Next young people’s session 10th  March 5.30pm at The Spinney, 2 Rose Lane, Pinchbeck. Next Adult’s session is 7.30pm on 11th March at the Curate’s House, 78 Gallery Walk, Pinchbeck: phone Lynda Pugh 710904 for more details.

 

Away Day  On Saturday 20th March 10am-3.00pm. For catering purposes, please advise the Vicar by next Sunday whether you will be attending the Away Day.

 

Taize Prayer  Next Sunday at Surfleet 6.30pm.

 

Annual Parochial Church Meetings are coming up for Pinchbeck (Sunday 21st March 12.00 in church) and Surfleet (Tuesday 23rd March 7.30pm Fraiser Room).

 

Christian Passover Meal  Maundy Thursday in St Mary’s Church 6.00pm. A full evening meal which will be a Christian approach to the Jewish Passover feast. For catering purposes you need to book a place if you want to come (by 28th March) either by signing the sheet in the back of church or phoning Lesley (760437).

 

Have you considered serving on the PCC? Each of the three parishes in the Glen Group will have vacancies to be filled on their PCCs at the forthcoming annual meetings. Please consider whether God might be calling you to this ministry. Speak with one of the churchwardens to find out more about what this office involves.

 

Annual Memorial Service  Surfleet, 21st March at 4.00pm. Once again this year we are holding a Memorial Service at St Laurence's Church for families who have lost a loved one in the past twelve months. While families who have had a funeral service conducted at St Laurence's during the past months will receive a letter of invitation, anyone who would like to remember a departed loved one is very welcome to attend the service. Please use the sheet in church to list the names of anyone you would like remembered.

 

Our Confirmation Candidates  Please remember them in your prayers (see page 4).

 

Giving in all of life  Christians are challenged to be generous in every aspect of their lives. It’s not only about giving money but offering hospitality, giving time and using our skills – in our churches but also in our homes, our workplaces and communities. Giving is the outworking of faith. In which area do you find it easiest to give? Which do you need to work at?

 

 

LENT 2010

 

 

 

       Prayer for Lent

 

God of all comfort, where we are stuck, release us, where we have given up hope, inspire us, where we focus only on ourselves, help us to see the needs of others;

Transform us by your Spirit to be the people you have called us to be, spreading your love and proclaiming your presence throughout the world. Amen.

 

From A Way Through the Wilderness, p.16

 

Studies, Services and Lunches in Lent

Location

 

Contact

Day & Time

Dates

Pinchbeck Evening House Group

 

760 437 Lesley

7.30pm Tuesdays

9, 23 March

Housegroup at Pat Lake’s home

 

724 487 Pat

10.00am

Friday

12, 19, 26 March

Surfleet Housegroup

 

725 698 Murray 680605 George

2.00pm Thursdays

(at Ruth’s))

18, 25 Mar

West Pinchbeck Lent Study

710904 Lynda

7.30pm Tuesdays

9, 16, 23, 30 March

 

 

 

 

Compline during Lent

 

In Surfleet Church

Tuesday 7.00pm

Every Tuesday in Lent

Lent Lunches

Proceeds this year to our Leprosy Mission Bangladesh project

St Mary’s Church Hall

Saturday

11.45-1.15

 

Christian Passover Meal

St Mary’s Church

Maundy Thursday 1st April 6.00pm followed by Eucharist 8.00pm

 

The study booklet for this Lent, A Way Through the Wilderness can be obtained at a housegroup session or directly from the Vicar (725698) should you like a copy for your own use at home.  The cost of the booklet is £5.25.

 

Service Times for Next Sunday

 

Pinchbeck St Mary 10.30AM All Age Worship

Surfleet St Laurence 8.00AM & 10.00AM Family Service, 6.30PM Taize Service

West Pinchbeck St Bartholomew 10.00AM All Age Worship

 

Reflection on today’s readings

 

Today’s gospel reading bristles with tension and difficult questions.  Will Jerusalem repent and be rescued?  How are Jesus’ fate and the fate of the city linked?  What is God up to?  There are other questions for us to ask ourselves:  What is God up to in our world today?  In our lives?  Are we bearing fruit for God’s kingdom?

 

For your prayers this week

Please also use the prayer points on the website www.glengroup.org.uk

 

·        In the cycle of prayer we pray for the Diocese of Hong Kong Island, Archbishop Paul Kwong and the clergy and people

·        We give thanks for the lives of the departed: Pete Davis

·        We pray for those preparing for the Sacrament of Confirmation in the benefice: Yasmin Peach, Tilly Hoyles-Simpson, Phoebe Hoyles-Simpson, Chelsea Harvey, Mary Evans, Laura Walcott, Zoe Barney, Thomas Paul, Robert Young, Ellen Newman, Julie Nottingham, Stuart Nottingham, John Rayner

 

 

 

Gift Aid  We hope that anyone who pays tax will use one of the Gift Aid envelopes for any donations to the church. Be sure to write your name and address on the envelope. We can claim from the Inland Revenue 28p for every £1 given (that’s £2.80 for every £10) – at no cost to the donor! If you cannot see an envelope please ask for one.

 

 

        Vicar                The Rev’d Dr Murray Harvey         725 698

                                theglenoffice@btinternet.com

        Vicar’s PA         Heather Dickinson                       710 156

                                cedarsport@supanet.com

        Assoc Priest      Rev'd Paul Hardingham                        840 803

        Ass’t Curate      Rev’d Dr Lynda Pugh                   710 904

        Readers            Michael Pemberton                     760 437

                                Barrie Chapman                          640 623

                                Lesley Pemberton                       760 437                                                     Nicki Bland                                        719 123

                                               

 

19 Spalding Road, Pinchbeck PE11 3UD   Office Phone 01775 725 698

 

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