FUTURE EVENTS 16 Feb 2.30pm 18 Feb 7.30pm 1 March 2.00pm 6 March 10.30am 7 March 10.00am 14 March 2.30pm 15 March 10.00am 3.00pm 20 March 7.00pm 23 –27 March 29 March 9.50am 1 April 10.00am 5 April 10.00am 19 April 10.00am = in Church Bible Study Group, Members’ Home Ash Wednesday Holy Communion Walking Together, Hampnett & River Leach Women’s World Day of Prayer Service Wedding Prep Day Book Swap, Parish Hall Mothering Sunday service Choir at the Cathedral Watoto Choir, CK Baptist Church Experience Easter Palm Sunday Procession, outside Co-op, followed by 10am service Walking Together, the Leach Valley Easter Sunday service Parish Communion & APCM, a chance to hear our plans for 2015 CONTACTS Clergy Revd Canon Michael Garland 01242 253402 vicar@stmarysck.org.uk Revd Suzanne Leighton 01242 224745 curate@stmarysck.org.uk Verger Margaret Eccles 01242 521771 St Mary’s Charlton Kings www.stmarysck.org.uk Sunday 8th February 2nd Sunday Before Lent Welcome to our services today. We hope that you will find warmth and friendship in this place and God’s blessing and peace as we worship. At our Communion services, all are invited to come forward to receive bread and wine. If you would prefer to receive a blessing, simply keep your head bowed when you come to the front. If you require a gluten free wafer, please let a Welcomer know. There are toys for young children at the back. For 4-11 year olds, Junior Church usually takes place in the vestry during the 10am service. Church Wardens Dilys Jones 01242 242732 Derrick Walker 01242 525742 Tea & coffee are served after the 10am service (usually in the Parish Centre across the road, but sometimes in the church). Please do come along. If you are unsure about anything, ask one of our Welcomers. Director of Music Neil Fortin 01242 513475 music@stmarysck.org.uk 8.00am Holy Communion Celebrant: Canon Michael Garland Parish Resource Centre Beth Simpson 01242 224883 parishoffice@stmarysck.org.uk FOR JUNIORS - several activities for children take place during the week. Rainbows, Brownies & Guides - various days. Contact Mary, T: 07443 627075 Little Fishes, a short service for pre-schoolers, is at 10.15am every Thursday in church, followed by playtime in the parish hall. Contact Fiona, T: 07825 955686. Open House, informal family worship with tea in the vestry, is held on the first Sunday of the month at 4.00pm. Contact Michael, T: 253402. Items for notices need to be in the Parish Resource Centre by Wednesday. The weekly notices can be downloaded at www.stmarysck.org.uk. Please take this sheet home with you and use for prayer and calendar reminders throughout the week—or maybe give to a neighbour. 10.00am Parish Communion Friends’ Service & Junior Church Celebrant: Canon Michael Garland Preacher: Canon Michael Garland Hymns: 555, 211, 377, 304, 530 Anthem: Locus iste – Bruckner Readings: Colossians 3: 12-17 Mark 2: 1-12 Readers: David Norfolk Gospel: Jean Huckett 6.30pm Officiant: Preacher: Hymns: Anthem: Choral Evensong Canon Michael Garland Canon Michael Garland 267, Ps 67, 258, 474 Praise to the Lord, the Almighty, the King of creation – Stanford PRAYERS Please pray for those who are sick including Raymond Blackwell, Colin Johnson, Suzanne Leighton, Betty Vernall & Frank Wood. Pray for the friends and family of those who have recently died, including Harry Mitchell, Gwen Paine, Richard Hargreaves & Evelyn McNally. We also remember Alison Luna, Ted Randall, Ina Turner, Sue Johnson, Mary Havard, Mary Paget, Rosemary Godwin & John Eltham whose year’s mind is at this time. Our current charity is The Rock. Prayers are also listed overleaf in the This Week section. THIS WEEK AT ST. MARY’S CHARLTON KINGS Monday 9th 9.00am 5.30pm 8.00pm Tuesday 10th Daily Prayer: For our PCC; for CK Community Players Morning Prayer Church Evening Prayer Church MU House Group Members’ Home Daily Prayer: For our PCC secretary & treasurer; for the CK Senior Citizens’ Welfare Committee 9.00am Morning Prayer Church 5.30pm Evening Prayer Church 7.30pm Bell Ringers’ Practice Bell Tower Wednesday 11th Daily Prayer: For families seeking baptism; for our Diocesan family 8.50am Open the Book CK Infants School 9.00am Morning Prayer Church 1.20pm Open the Book CK Junior School 5.30pm Evening Prayer Church Thursday 12th Daily Prayer: For Little Fishes; for our Deanery & Deanery Synod representatives 9.00am Morning Prayer Church 10.15am Little Fishes Church/Parish Hall 11.00am Holy Communion Church 12noon Open the Book Glenfall School 5.30pm Evening Prayer Church 7.30pm PCC Meeting Parish Centre Friday 13th Daily Prayer: For the East Cheltenham churches 7.30am Holy Communion Church 11.00am Funeral of Gwen Paine Church 5.30pm Evening Prayer Church 7.00pm Choir Practice Church Saturday 14th Daily Prayer: For Junior Church 9.00am PCC Away Day Parish Centre Sunday 15th Daily Prayer: For Open House @ St Mary’s 8.00am Holy Communion Church 10.00am Parish Communion & Junior Church Church 6.30pm Choral Evensong Church NOTICES, EVENTS & NEWS Tell us what you think about Sunday Worship at St. Mary’s The PCC are reviewing our Sunday Worship services - what we do well and where we could improve. If you are on our email list, you will have received an invitation to complete an online survey giving your views. For those not on our email list, please collect a paper copy of the survey which is available TODAY. Experience Easter—can you help? We have invited children from local schools to come into church during the week beginning 22nd March to find out more about the meaning of Easter. Helpers will be needed please consider whether you could volunteer and look out for more info in a couple of weeks. ecumenical weekly study groups for Lent will be taking place. Through a 5 week period we will seek to understand what the psalms meant in Bible times and what they mean for us today. There are 6 groups, all starting in the week beginning 23rd February: Mondays at 7.30pm; Tuesdays at 2.30pm & 7.30pm; Weds at 10.30am, 2.30pm & 7.30pm. Please sign up on the sheet at the back. Exploring Christian Vocation - Is God challenging you to step into new service opportunities? 28 March, 10am4pm, College Green, Gloucester. Diocesan Courses We have received information on a We would appreciate everyone taking variety of courses being organised by part—thank you. the Diocese. More information is available on the Community Board Bulbs for Sale TODAY (or from the Parish Office). Bulbs will be for sale today at coffee time. All proceeds will go to The Rock, Follow Me—5 week discipleship our current charity. course helping you to respond to God’s call for your life. Starts 26 Feb, Lent groups—a study of The Psalms 7.30-9.30pm, College Green, Glos. As in previous years, a series of Ash Wednesday Holy Communion Weds 18th February, 7.30pm. Please come along to mark the start of Lent. Roots of Compassion - Listening Post conference on rebuilding compassion in the healing & caring professions. 14th March. 9.30am-5.pm, St. Andrew’s Church, Churchdown.
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