Minster Diary The Sunday next before Lent
Monday 24th 9.00am Morning Prayer rd Psalm 71 Genesis 37.1-11, Galatians 1 23 February 2020
5.00pm Taizé Service 7.30pm Bellringing (Belfry) DURHAM DIOCESE A warm welcome to our worship. Tuesday 25th 9.00am Morning Prayer Psalm 73 Genesis 37.12-end, Galatians 2.1-10 9.30am Sunderland Minster Playgroup (Vestry) 12.00pm Midday Prayers (Bede Chapel) 12.45pm Funeral of Matthew Roseberry Braille copies of many hymns and gluten free wafers are available. Please ask the stewards for these or any other assistance you need. 7.00pm Pancake Party (Café)
Ash Wednesday 9.00am Morning Prayer Our Services Today Psalm 38 Daniel 9.3-6, 17-19, 1 Timothy 6.6-19 10.00am Said Eucharist and Imposition of Ashes 11.00am Regeneration NE Art Group (Café) 9.45am Sung Eucharist 1.30pm Meditation (Lounge) President and Preacher: Revd Andrew Dowsett 3.30pm Iranian Study Group
7.00pm Sung Eucharist and Imposition of Ashes 8.30pm Choral Society Rehearsal (Church & Choir Room) 11.15am Feast Worship President: Revd Chris Howson th Thursday 27 George Herbert, priest, poet, 1633 9.00am Morning Prayer Details of the readings, hymns and prayers Psalm 77 Genesis 39, 1 Timothy 6.6-9 for this morning’s service are inside this sheet.
9.30am Weight Watchers (Lounge)
12.15pm Eucharist 7.00pm Minster Choir Rehearsal (Choir Room) Our Weekday Services (Bede Chapel)
th Friday 28 9.00am Morning Prayer Monday 9.00am Morning Prayer 5.00pm Taizé Worship Psalm 3 Genesis 40, Galatians 3.1-14 Tuesday 9.00am Morning Prayer 12.00pm Midday Prayers 12.00pm Inclusive Language Prayers (Bede Chapel) Wednesday 9.00am Morning Prayer 10.00am Eucharist th Saturday 29 2.00pm Inclusive Church with Ruth Wilding Thursday 9.00am Morning Prayer 12.15pm Eucharist 9.00pm Street Pastors (Shop) Friday 9.00am Morning Prayer 12.00pm Inclusive Language Prayers Pew Sheet This Pew Sheet is available electronically as a PDF file. If you wish to receive this electronically please e-mail the Minster Office at:- [email protected] with a request for the PDF copy.
Please feel free to keep this pamphlet. Copyright notice: SUNDERLAND MINSTER Material in this booklet is printed under the Christian Copyright Licensing Scheme and Tel: 0191 565 4066; E-mail [email protected] produced under CCL 523696, PRS 677559 and MRL 523706.
8 Readings (Year A page 77), Hymns and Prayers for Today. FOOD BANK Stewards Ellen Hunt, Peter Walton Thanks to all who donate generously to the Food Bank. Please The music setting for the Eucharist is the Mass of the People by Dom. G. Murray. continue to keep the donations of food (tins, packets, non-perishable Hymn 2 Christ whose glory fills the sky items etc.) coming in over the next few weeks.
COLLECT Prayer Ideas for donations of non-perishable items:- Almighty Father, whose Son was revealed in majesty before he suffered death Cereal, biscuits, sugar, pasta/rice/noodles, mash, tea/coffee upon the cross: give us grace to perceive his glory, that we may be strengthened to Tinned: Soup (tin/packet), beans/spaghetti, tomatoes/pasta sauce, vegetables, suffer with him and be changed into his likeness, from glory to glory; who is alive meat, tuna/fish, fruit/ rice pudding/custard, potatoes. Fruit juice/UHT milk; and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Sauces (packet/jar), chocolate, snacks, jam, toilet rolls. Amen. Donations can be placed in the container . خروج Reading: Exodus 24.12-18 18 - 12 . 24 Reader: Mary Williamson The Lord said to Moses, ‘Come up to me on the mountain, and wait there; and I will give you the tablets of stone, with the law and the commandment, which I have Minster Pop-Up Cafe written for their instruction.’ So Moses set out with his assistant Joshua, and Moses Heather Crawford is looking into the possibility of starting a went up into the mountain of God. To the elders he had said, ‘Wait here for us, until Pop-Up Café in the Minster to open when the we come to you again; for Aaron and Hur are with you; whoever has a dispute may Empire Theatre has a matinee. go to them.’ If you would be interested in volunteering to help with this venture Then Moses went up on the mountain, and the cloud covered the mountain. The please speak to Heather. glory of the Lord settled on Mount Sinai, and the cloud covered it for six days; on the seventh day he called to Moses out of the cloud. Now the appearance of the glory of the Lord was like a devouring fire on the top of the mountain in the sight of the people of Israel. Moses entered the cloud, and went up on the mountain. Moses Stewarding the Minster was on the mountain for forty days and forty nights. Volunteers are needed to steward to keep the .Minster doors open for visitors مزامیر Metrical Psalm 99 99
Please join the choir in singing the psalm to the tune Ellacombe. The weekly list is available to sign.
1. The Lord is king, enthroned in might on wings of cherubim; If you able to help for a couple of hours during the this week please sign the he reigns in holiness and light, bow down to worship him! appropriate time slot on the sheet by the South door. Beyond all majesty and praise his holy Name confess: There are 2 time slots each day : 11am-1pm and 1pm-3pm. the King of everlasting days, who rules in righteousness. Your help would be greatly appreciated. 2. Of old to priests and prophets known with trembling, fear and awe, he gave his people, set in stone, his statutes and his law. By those who called upon his Name the voice of God was heard, Our Sunderland his presence shown in cloud and flame when they obeyed his word. 1400 years of architecture and industry.
3. O magnify the God of grace who hears his people's cry, An exhibition in the Minster by Sunderland Minster’s Art Group. and come with songs before his face, exalt his Name on high! to see at last, by grace restored from sin and all its stains, Your final chance to view the exhibition and see the work of the the holy mountain of the Lord where God in glory reigns. Regeneration NE art Group. Worrds: Timothy Dudley-Smith based on Psalm 99 7 2 دوم پطرس Epistle: 2 Peter 1.16-21 21 —16 . 1 Pancake & Quiz Party 25th February, 7.00pm Reader: Deanna Blair There will be a For we did not follow cleverly devised myths when we made known to you the Pancake Party, Flipping & Quiz on Shrove Tuesday power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but we had been eyewitnesses of his In the Minster Café majesty. For he received honour and glory from God the Father when that voice All welcome. was conveyed to him by the Majestic Glory, saying, ‘This is my Son, my Beloved, Please sign list by the South Door if you are coming with whom I am well pleased.’ We ourselves heard this voice come from heaven, so that we can work out how many pancakes to make! while we were with him on the holy mountain. Tea and coffee available or bring your own drinks. So we have the prophetic message more fully confirmed. You will do well to be Donations Welcome. attentive to this as to a lamp shining in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts. Friendship Group First of all you must understand this, that no prophecy of scripture is a matter of For the March meeting on Tuesday 3rd, Heather Crawford will talk about the one’s own interpretation, because no prophecy ever came by human will, but men and women moved by the Holy Spirit spoke from God. work of the Leprosy Mission. Gospel Acclamation Stamps Alleluia. I am the light of the world, says the Lord. Heather is collecting used and unused stamps on Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness behalf of the Leprosy Mission charity. but will have the light of life. Alleluia Please place stamps in the box provided. متی Gospel: Matthew 17.1-9 9 - 1 . 17 The charity would appreciate it if stamps could be cut from envelopes with a narrow margin of paper and not steamed from the envelopes. Six days later, Jesus took with him Peter and James and his brother John and led them up a high mountain, by themselves. And he was transfigured before them, Mothers' Union and his face shone like the sun, and his clothes became dazzling white. Suddenly The next branch meeting is on Thursday 5th March at there appeared to them Moses and Elijah, talking with him. Then Peter said to 1.45pm. The speaker will be Major Elaine Arnold from the Salvation Army. Jesus, ‘Lord, it is good for us to be here; if you wish, I will make three dwellings here, one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah.’ While he was still speaking, The topic for the April meeting is 'HATS ' I would be most grateful if I could suddenly a bright cloud overshadowed them, and from the cloud a voice said, borrow any of the following : Nurses Caps (I know they don't wear them now- ‘This is my Son, the Beloved; with him I am well pleased; listen to him!’ When the adays ) Crash Helmet ,Builder's Hard Hat , Police Helmet. disciples heard this, they fell to the ground and were overcome by fear. For further details speak to Ann Craig. But Jesus came and touched them, saying, ‘Get up and do not be afraid.’ And World Day of Prayer 2020 Friday 6th March 2.00pm when they looked up, they saw no one except Jesus himself alone. The Salvation Army, Roker Avenue, SR6 0BY As they were coming down the mountain, Jesus ordered them, ‘Tell no one about Praying with Zimbabwe—All church denominations and Friends are invited to the vision until after the Son of Man has been raised from the dead.’
join us as we celebrate, sing and pray together. Prayers of Intercession: Ann Craig A service for everyone — Rise! Take your Mat and Walk Offertory Hymn: 435 Glorious things of thee are spoken ‘Messy Minster’ Sunderland Minster During this hymn a collection will be taken towards the work of the Minster. Offertory Procession: Linda Goshorn, Minda Wigley Thanks to everyone who helped with Messy Minster.
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Services Next Sunday
Communion Anthem: Blessed are the pure in heart : Walford Davies The First Sunday of Lent 1. Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see our God; 1st March - Year A - Page 86 the secret of the Lord is theirs, their soul is Christ's abode. 9.45am Sung Eucharist 2. The Lord, who left the heavens our life and peace to bring, President and Preacher: to dwell in lowliness with men, their pattern and their King; Provost Stuart Bain
3. Still to the lowly soul he doth himself impart, 11.15am Feast Worship and for his dwelling and his throne chooseth the pure in heart. President: Revd Jacqui Tyson 4. Lord, we thy presence seek; may ours this blessing be; give us a pure and lowly heart, a temple meet for thee. 6.00pm Taizé Worship Words: John Keble 1792-1866 and others Leader: Revd Chris Howson
Rota Readers: Liz Tinker, Kathie Price Communion Hymn 386 Be thou my vision Stewards: Lily Holcroft, Sandra Warwick Communion Administrants: Kathryn Thubron, Janine Hobson Offertory: John Shipley, Gillian Walker Prayer after Communion Administrants: Ann Craig, Heather Crawford Holy God, we see your glory in the face of Jesus Christ: may we who are Intercessions: Angela Bain partakers at his table reflect his life in word and deed, that all the world may know Coffee: Linda Goshorn, Minda Wigley his power to change and save. This we ask through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
Closing Hymn: 591 The kingdom of God is justice and joy Services for Ash Wednesday :
Please join us in the Café for refreshments after the service. 9.00am Morning Prayer in the Bede Chapel. 10.00am Said Eucharist and Imposition of Ashes in the Bede Chapel. INTERCESSIONS: Prayers are asked for: 7.00pm Sung Eucharist. and Imposition of Ashes. Julie Black, Linda Bell, Matthew Brown, Christopher Browne, Margaret Caffry, Eric Chater, Avril Hogg, Sara Hornsby, Ellie Mather Cliffe, David Morgan, Blanche Powers, Nora Sweeting, Jane Wallace, Barrie Watson, Will Wright. Inclusive Church On Saturday 29th February Ruth Wilde, the National Co- RIP: William Smith, John Nicholson, Janene Nisbet, Matthew Roseberry ordinator for ‘Inclusive Church’, is coming to Sunderland Revision of Intercessions List. Minster to speak. Inclusive Church is a network of churches, groups and individuals uniting together around a shared vision. We are in the process of revising the intercessions list. If you wish to retain a name on the list please let Margaret in the office know or else speak to David Cox. The event is from 2-4pm. The Minster will be open from 1.30 (for light refreshments and welcome.) You are very warmly invited to come and hear Ruth speak about the organisation and what membership means. There will be an ‘Count your Blessings’ this Lent with Christian Aid opportunity for discussion, to feed back, and to ask questions. We will open and Leaflets are available on the table in church which in- close with prayers. Light refreshments available.
clude a reflection for each day of Lent and offer an opportunity to donate to If you require any further information please contact Rev Jacqui Tyson on Christian Aid’s work with those affected by climate change. [email protected] Any donations can be sent direct to Christian Aid or given to Liz Tinker. 5 4