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For Your Prayers
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As part of Churches Together in Hexham we pray
for the people of Trinity Methodist Church and their
Minister, Revd David Goodall
Within Hexham Deanery we pray for the Parish of
Alston Moor and their new Vicar, Revd Mark NashWilliams.
Within our Diocese we pray for Ven Peter
Robinson, Archdeacon of Lindisfarne, and those who
resource and support the parishes of the Diocese.
Within our Parish we pray for our Reader, Ken
Newitt, and Readers Emeriti, Roger Milton and Doug
Vigor and all who lead Bible study and prayer
groups.
We pray for our world, especially for the situations in
Syria, Tunisia, and for the new Israeli government.
For those who are unwell or who have asked for our
prayers including, Karen Wells, Elizabeth Clarke, Ken
Norton, Malcolm Hare, Edna O’Neil, Stan Batey,
Joyce Christie, Alice Yates and Br Damian SSF.
For those who have died remembering especially
Eileen Robson, Beatrice Hollingsworth, Pauline
Flannigan and all those who mourn.
HEXHAM ABBEY
The Priory and Parish Church of St Andrew
Sunday 22nd March
Fifth Sunday of Lent Passion Sunday
Welcome to the Abbey today as we gather for worship
and fellowship, as we enter into the final two weeks
before Easter known as Passiontide. Welcome if you
are visiting today. During communion all are welcome to
come forward for bread and wine or a blessing – if for a
blessing simply keep your head bowed. We do hope
you can stay for refreshments in the South Transept
after Parish Eucharist.
 Junior Church please join the opening procession and you
will be guided to your group in the Priory Buildings.
 Sunday Tots (0-5) make your way to the Priory Buildings
through the Cloister Porch door during the first hymn.
TODAY'S SERVICES
8.30 am
10.00am
The Parish Centre Office is open Monday – Friday
10am-1pm. Tel 01434 602 031
Reader:
Intercessor:
Setting:
Motet:
Voluntary:
Email: admin@hexhamabbey.org.uk
Website: www.hexhamabbey.org.uk
Administrator:
Canon Dr Dagmar Winter
Tel: 01434 604 580 (except Monday)
Revd Michelle Dalliston
Tel. 0191 281 6554 (except Monday)
Revd Alan Currie
Tel. 01434 607614 (except Saturday)
Canon Frank Dexter
Tel 01434 601759
Ken Newitt (394 352)
Roger Milton and Douglas Vigor
Marcus Wibberley (602 031)
Andrew Wyatt
Sally McRobie
Volunteer & Events
Manager:
Jane Musto (611 904)
Rector:
Interim Minister:
Assistant Priest:
Retired Clergy
Contact:
Reader:
Readers Emeriti:
Director of Music:
Assistant Organist:
Finance Officer:
Vergers:
Education &
Community Officer:
Hexham Abbey
PCC:
Parish Visiting:
Hexham Abbey
Heritage Trading Ltd
(HAHTL)
Rachel Ogilvie
Derek Iles & Austin Winstanley
(607 090)
Hymns:
Pew Bible:
6.30pm
Wendy Nott
Nora Horne
Byrd Mass for four voices
Palestrina Sicut Cervus
Bach "Dorian" Toccata and Fugue in
D minor BWV 538
649, 373, 457, 608
Jer. 31:31-34 page 746
John 12:20-33 page 103
Choral Evensong
Officiant &
Michelle Dalliston
Preacher
Reader:
Canticles:
Anthem:
Voluntary:
Hymns:
Pew Bible:
Raymond Dance
Tomkins The Fifth Service
Purcell Jehova, quam multi sunt
hostes mei
Byrd A Fancy
282, 502
Exodus 7:8-24 page 55
Rom. 5:12-end page 151
NEXT SUNDAY'S SERVICES
29th March – Palm Sunday
8.30 am
Toni Bush (611 905)
Lay Chair of the PCC: Canon Gill
Alexander
Churchwardens: Paul Binks, Fiona
Finnon, Fiona Kelsey, Helen Milner,
Chris Wilson
PCC Hon. Treasurer: Susan Robson
PCC Secretary: Michelle Mackie
Fiona Kelsey (600 372)
Shop Manager:
Hugh Fearnall
Café Manager:
Sally Oliver
Business Manager: Clare Daltry
(611 908)
Holy Communion
President:
Michelle Dalliston
Preacher:
Ken Newitt
Parish Eucharist
President:
Michelle Dalliston
Preacher:
Ken Newitt
10:00am
Holy Communion
President:
Alan Currie
Parish Eucharist
(meet at the Bandstand at 9.40am)
President:
Dagmar Winter
Preacher:
Reader:
Intercessor:
5.00pm
Passion Gospel
Shelagh Carter
Bridget Hewitt
Choral Evensong (note change of time)
Officiant &
Dagmar Winter
Preacher:
Reader:
Jonathan Hewitt
This will be an earlier and shortened service
incorporating the ‘Be a Chorister for a Day’ event.
At Hexham Abbey we have a vision of a world in which God’s love is enjoyed,
celebrated and shared.
Services, Meetings and Events
in the Abbey the week beginning 23.03.15
Parish Notices
Monday 23rd March
Temporary Closure - Please note that the Refectory
9.00am
Morning Prayer
- A reflective 20 minute service to start the day
5.00pm
7.00pm
7.30pm
Evening Prayer
- A reflective 20 minute service to end the day.
The Landing
Contemplative Prayer Group – Etheldreda
Tuesday 24th March
9.00am
10.00am
12.00pm
5.00pm
Morning Prayer
Mothers’ Union Coffee Morning –
Cloister Porch (with craft stall)
Holy Communion (Michael Jackson)
Evening Prayer
Wednesday 25th March – The Annunciation (Lady Day)
9.00am
9.30am
10.15am
6.30pm
Morning Prayer
Holy Communion (Michelle Dalliston)
Tots’ Praise – Songs, stories and fun for babies,
'Not the Sunday Lunch' – Continues today!! See
toddlers and pre-school children and their carers.
straight after coffee today!
And why not try Poetry for Lent?- meet with
Choral Evensong
th
Thursday 26 March
9.00am
9.30am
Morning Prayer
Prayer Group – Treasury a group that prays the
petitions left at the Prayer Board.
Fish, 601 142
10.30am
6.30pm
7.00pm
Contact: Elizabeth
Holy Communion (Chris Simmons)
Choral Evensong
Archaeology Talk – Prior’s Hall
(including a talk by Stan Beckensall)
Friday 27th March
9.00am
12.30pm
5.00pm
Morning Prayer
Lent Poetry Lunch – Allendale Room
Evening Prayer
Saturday 28th March
9.00am
5.00pm
Café will be closed on Monday 23rd and Tuesday 24th
March, whilst changes are made to the its main
entrance. The Refectory will re-open at its normal time
on Wednesday 25th March. Apologies for any
inconvenience.
A Special Thank You - To show our appreciation of
all the hard work that our retired clergy have undertaken
during the recent interregnum, we would like to invite the
congregation to contribute towards a gift which we will
present to them at the AGM on Sunday 26th April. If you
would like to make a donation, please leave your
contribution with Sally in the Parish Office.
Morning Prayer
Evening Prayer
Sung Responses to the Gospel
poster and flyers for details. Priory Buildings from 12 –
1.45pm Everyone is welcome! Why not come
Michelle in the Allendale Room at the Refectory Café at
12.30pm on Fridays, for informal discussion over coffee
and lunch based on Janet Morley’s ‘The Heart’s Time’ –
a poem a day for Lent and Easter.
Garden Days – Thank you to all who have expressed
an interest. We will be in touch with a date for a
meeting after Easter to start planning!
Contemplative Prayer Group – Continues this
week in Etheldreda’s Room in the Priory Building,
meet at the Slype door at 7.15pm.
‘Perspectives’ Men’s Breakfast - Saturday 28th
March, 8.30-10am at Vallum Farm tea room. Speaker:
Steve Cooper, founder of the charity ‘Cry in the Dark’,
which works with children in Romania. More information
at www.perspectivescvfm.org.uk. or call Brian Massey
673 413
Be a Chorister for a Day - Could your son or
daughter be a chorister in the Abbey Choir? If they
enjoy singing they should come and try for themselves
during the afternoon of Sunday 29th March! Flyers
available in the Abbey. Contact Marcus Wibberley
(Director of Music) or Sally in the office for further
details.
Flowers - If you would like to make a donation towards
Bach Lent Series - Bringing to a close our Lenten J S Bach
organ series today is his "Dorian" Toccata and Fugue in D
minor, BWV 538. The toccata shows off Bach's use of two
base registrations, or sounds, at the same time. These two
registrations are heard both in response as well as all
together towards the end. The Fugue is opposite in nature
and is both long and complex. It involves a slow and
syncopated fugue subject; there are many examples of
chromaticism and suspensions which help build to a grand
climax at the end. This piece was written between 1708 and
1717, when Bach was working in Weimar.
Confirmation - If you are interested in exploring
confirmation, please contact Michelle or Dagmar; or
come to an informal gathering in church after the 10am
service today.
Easter flowers in the Abbey, please use the purple
envelopes on the South Transept table. If you are a tax
payer, please ensure you complete the GiftAid details
on the envelope.
CTiH Holy Week Gazebo – From Monday to
Thursday of Holy Week there will be a gazebo and stall
outside Hexham Abbey offering people a chance to talk,
to leave a prayer request and to be reminded of the
story of Easter.If you would able to help staff the prayer
gazebo please sign in at: http://tinyurl.com/
holyweeksignupsheet or contact Michelle Dalliston or
June Olliver for details.
Palm Sunday – This year we are meeting with CTiH
at the Bandstand before processing to the Abbey –
bring greenery to wave!