Spalding St Mary & St Nicolas

 

SAT         2.30 pm Fairtrade tea and pineapple event in church
                                 Speaker from Ghana
  
   

Sunday 7 March: Lent 3

8.00 am Eucharist: Celebrant:Revd Andrew Burnett

9.30 am Eucharist: Celebrant & Preacher: Revd David Clune 

11.00am  Eucharist: Celebrant & Preacher: Revd Alan Fiddyment 

Isaiah 55.1-9, 1 Corinthians 10.1-13, Luke 13.1-9

11.00 am Connect at SPCEDS: Revd Vaughan Pollard

3.00 pm Baptisms: Revd Vaughan Pollard

6.30 pm Evensong: Officiant & Preacher: Revd David Clune 

Genesis 28.10-19a & John 1.35-end

For your prayers 

We hold before God those who are ill, especially Peter Winfield, Derick Smith, Bob Goemans,  Freda Whelpton, Jean Fiddyment, Jennifer Chappell, May Beusch, Dorothy Bullock, Janet Driver, Joan Willett, Noah Fisher, Minyon Prescott, Phil Brassington, Kitty & Emily Faulder, Dick Ward, Miles Green and Geoff Gladden.

We hold before God those who have died, amongst them Irene Gardener, Owen Davidson, Mary Jurguet, George Young, Cecil Hunt, Eva Cordley and John Sunter.

The week ahead 

TUE         10.00 am Eucharist, Revd Andrew Burnett

WED       1.30 pm Pram Service

                7.30 pm WOW Group, The Chantry

THUR      7.30 pm Rehearsal for Murder in the Cathedral

FRI          7.00 pm Evening Prayer    

SAT        10-12 noon Preparation of flowers for Mothering Sunday in the Maples Room                                          

Sunday 14 March: Lent 4, Mothering Sunday

8.00 am & 11.00am Eucharist

Exodus 2.1-10; 2 Corinthians 1.3-7; Luke 2.33-35

9.30 am All Age Worship

11.00 am Connect at SPCEDS

6.30 pm Evensong; 

Isaiah 40.27-41.13 & 2 Timothy 4.1-18

Parish Notes & News

1  The March edition of Tidings is now available, please pick up your copy.

The Lent edition of Crosslincs, the Diocese of Lincoln's newspaper is also available at the back of church.

3  HELP! Stewards needed for the Shop/Visitors Centre on Saturdays.  If you are interested please contact Janice or Alan Bashford on 01406 370822.

4 Mothering Sunday flowers - don't leave it to the Mums!  As usual we will be giving flowers to Mums at services on Mothering Sunday.  Amazingly these don't just spring from thin air and we need many hands to make light work of preparing the flowers on Saturday 13 March in the Maples Room between 10am and 12 noon.  We will also need foliage to put with the flowers.  If you can help on Saturday or provide foliage please let Heather know at the office.

Murder in the Cathedral’ A play by T S Eliot performed by St Nicolas Players on Saturday 20 March at 7.30 pm in St Mary & St Nicolas Church.  All tickets £7.  7.30pm start, Bring a cushion – refreshments served during the interval. Tickets 01775 764777 www.southollandcentre.co.uk, Parish Office and on the door

Churches Together in Spalding & District LENT LECTURES 2010.

Six Weeks to Rediscover Mission & Re Imagine Church

Monday Meetings at St Thomas Road Methodist Church Spalding 

Monday 8th March 7.30pm  Re- imagining Church – Community

Dr Julie Doddrell (Messy Church Boston) 

Monday 15th March 7.30pm  Re-imagining Church – Worship

Liz Jackson (Lincoln Diocesan Youth Animateur) 

Monday 22nd March 7.30pm  Re-imagining Church – Leadership & Discipleship

Dr Pete Atkins (Fresh Expressions National Team Member)

Palm Sunday 28th March 10.45am  United Service at St Marys & St Nicolas Parish Church  Where do we go from here?

Revd Dr David Coffey OBE (President of the Baptist World Alliance)

John Bennett’s Induction Service.  Please note that the Induction Service for Revd John Bennett will be at St Mary & St Nicolas Church on Thursday, 25th March at 7.30 p.m., it will be conducted by the Bishop of Lincoln and will be followed by a Faith Supper in the Hall.

7  Bring & Share/Faith Supper.  We hope that people will be willing to bring some food for this Buffet Supper after the Induction Service. It would be helpful if you could indicate on the sheet at the back of Church what you might provide, please. Final date Sunday 21st March. Thank you.

St Mary & St Nicolas Annual Parochial Church Meeting will be held on Monday 19 April at 7.30 pm in the church. The revision of the electoral roll will take place between 22 March and 4 April; so please complete a form (available at the back of church) if you wish to be added to the role and entitled to vote at the APCM. If you are already on the electoral roll there is no need to act. Could completed forms be given to the church wardens or taken to the Parish Office. Thank you.