Notices for Sunday 15th March: Mothering Sunday
- 9:30am Parish Communion (in Church)
- 11:15am Café Church (Parish Centre)
Readings this Sunday:
Exodus 2.1-10 2 Corinthians 1.3-7 Luke 2.33-35
Prayer for the week:
God of love, passionate and strong, tender and careful: watch over us and hold us all the days of our life; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen
What’s On This Week:
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Please pray for:
Those who have asked for our prayers: Judy Ball, Cathy Cordery, Mike Edwards, Nick and Alison Gibbon, Abigail Ryan-Riley, Pat Morgan, Roman Thumwood, Pauline Smith, Janet, Guy Watt. And those who have died recently: David Miles, Shirley Corti and Clive Ormonde. We also pray for the Hong Kong community, as they discern their calling to St Barnabas.
Notices:
Audio/Visual team: We are training our Sunday morning tech team to use the new equipment at the back of church. In order to livestream our service each Sunday we need extra operators: now is a great time to join the team, please speak to Louise or Revd Kevin if you are interested in helping.
Lent Course: Come and See: Finding Jesus in the Eucharist. Every Monday (7pm) and Wednesday (2:30pm) in the Parish Centre). Click here to sign up for daily emails during lent. All welcome.
David Miles and Shirley Corti: rest in peace. The funerals of two former congregation members will both take place at Reading Crematorium on Monday 23rd March: David Miles at 11:30am and Shirley Corti at 1:00pm.
Maundy Thursday meal 2nd April. We are having a Maundy Thursday meal, starting at 6pm. We hope members from all our congregations will come and share as we remember the Last Supper together. Please sign up on the list at the back of church or sign up online here. Speak to Felicity Chapman for more details, or if you are able to help with the cooking or organisation of the meal.
Hong Kong Ministry: The next prayer meeting will be held Thurs 16th Apr at 8:00pm, please pencil this date in your diary, location to be decided.
Annual Meeting! Sat Apr 18th 10am in the Parish Centre. We shall be electing 2 Churchwardens, 3 PCC members (including a treasurer) and 3 Deanery Synod Representatives.
Our Electoral Roll (list of voting members) is open for new members now: ask Christine Bartlett. Please take time to think and pray about who might take on these important roles (and don’t forget – it could be you).
Eco tip: Cleaning up our environment makes it more pleasant to walk around, and stops plastic getting into our rivers and seas. Why not join in with THE GREAT BRITISH SPRING CLEAN from 13-29 March? There’s a church Litter Pick on Mon 16th Mar 9.30am - meet at parish centre,. all welcome.
Contact details:
Vicar: Revd Kevin Lovell, 01189 475214, vicar@saintbarnabas.org.uk
Churchwarden: Louise Morgan churchwarden1@saintbarnabas.org.uk
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