Christian Aid Week
Total Page:16
File Type:pdf, Size:1020Kb
Price 90p when sold CHRISTIAN AID WEEK - BUT NOT AS WE KNOW IT! Normally at this time of year Churches all across the country would be gearing up to distribute Christian Aid envelopes and then go house to house collecting during Christian Aid Week The exercise last year raised £8 million, but what about 2020? This year with the Corovirus Lockdown Christian Aid week is just not going to happen, unless that is we all go virtual. If you look at the Christian Aid website https:// www.christianaid.org.uk/about-us/christian-aid-week/ coronavirus-guidance and scroll down and click on Organising your own virtual fundraiser you will find all sorts of idea to help CA in 2020. (By the way there are two more pages after the one we show below). STEVE JONES LICENSING AND INDUCTION Along with many other important events our new Team Rector’s Licensing and Induction will not take place in a packed Holy Trinity Church. Steve will be Licensed privately by Bishop Jackie on June 17 and then at some time later Inducted into the Mission Community by the Archdeacon of Exeter. Steve and Denise will move into the Rectory as soon as possible and later there will of course be a proper Service of Welcome. If you would like to see the video of the ‘Bake-off take a look at the website: https://exmouthcoastalchurches.org.uk/podcasts/ and you will find it at the end of 2nd Sunday of Easter – Worship with Rev’d Huw Ryden and family. Followed by the Great Mission Bake Off. MISSION COMMUNITY INFORMATION CHURCH SERVICES Holy Trinity, Exmouth St Margaret & St Andrew, Littleham Sunday Sunday 8.00 am Holy Communion (Prayer Book) 10.00 am Sung Eucharist with Wholeness & Healing (5th) 10.00 am Sung Eucharist Breakfast Praise – (3rd) at Littleham 4.00 pm Sunday@4 (informal family service, Leisure Centre) ( see Link for dates) (Child Friendly) (non Eucharistic) 5.30 pm Open to God (See Link) 6.30pm Choral Evensong (3rd in the Lady Chapel) Bring and Share Tea - 5.30pm contemporary informal worship from 6.00pm with praise songs, Weekdays bible teaching, prayer, film and guest speakers) Monday 7.30 pm Hard Question Café Weekdays (3rd - check posters Net & Link) Wednesday 11.30 am Eucharist (Prayer Book) Thursday 10.30 am Holy Communion (Prayer Book) The Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Lympstone MORNING PRAYER OUR CHURCHES ARE CLOSED is said Sunday Monday to Friday 8.30 am at Holy Trinity 9.00 am at Littleham 8.00 am Lay Led Morning Prayer (all except 3rd)) Said Eucharist – 3rd PRAYERS FOR THE MISSION COMMUNITY 10.00 am Sung Eucharist - Every, except 1st and 3rd are said in Family Holy Communion (Child Friendly) 1st Littleham Chantry Chapel Wednesdays—9.00am Morning Praise – non-Eucharistic 3rd FOR PASTORALWeekdays CARE PLEASE CONTACTSacred BENEDICT Space—Holy Trinity OR HallHUW Monday 9.30am Quiet Prayer - (Every 2nd & last) every Monday 9.00 am in Term Time Wednesday 11.00 am Holy Communion (Said) CLERGY— READERS—STAFF Clergy Team Rector Day Off The Revd Benedict Cambridge Team Vicar 263681 office 07535480077 “ (Thursday ) The Rev Huw Ryden Assistant Curate 263681 hours 07549284038 “ (Friday ) The Revd Lesley Holman Associate Minister 263681 (working days Tuesday & Wednesday) Licensed Readers Readers and Clergy who also play an active role in the Mission Community Readers: Ann Hurley, Mrs Elizabeth Burren 264010 Michael Lewis, Pauline Mortimer (PCC rep), Di West Mrs Demelza Henderson 272243 Clergy: Revds. Preb. Margaret Cameron, Maureen Douglas, The Ven. Canon Dr Trevor Jones, Tony Youth and Family Workers Mortimer, Peter Nickols Rawle, Canon John Mrs Brooke Haycock, 263681 (Sat. & Wed - Days off) Philpott, Canon Ian Pusey & Geoffrey Wrayford. all who can be contacted via the Mission Mrs Fionna Upchurch 263681 ( Works Fri, & 1 Sun) Community Office 2 Interim Team Rector’s Topics.... your Homegroup leader but you also have to take the initiative. Phone, write (I’ve had a letter and a card so far in lockdown and this simple contact is wonderfully encouraging), email, video call, “Week Five in the Big Brother WhatsApp, Facebook. In this modern world, if House” (delivered in a North East nothing else, there is no shortage of communication accent, but please don’t ask me if it is options available … you could even try semaphore, Geordie or Sunderland!) homing pigeon or smoke signals! Normally, I would be sitting in my study, writing We need to keep worshiping. This can be day by this, having seen many of you over the last few day – find some worship music that you like: hymns, weeks and anticipating seeing you again over the psalms or spiritual songs and play those (have a look coming days. at the RSCM’s website https://www.rscm.org.uk/our -resources/hftd/ ); read your Bible, order some Bible What started as a temporary blip, became very real reading notes (ask me for some suggestions or have a and very disturbing when I was unable to celebrate look at https://www.bibleinoneyear.org/ ); if you are Easter in church with all of you. So, there are some able to tackle technology, I can suggest a huge array key questions we need to be asking now that we will of podcasts or websites where you can find really not return to ‘normal’ any time soon. good sermons. How do I worship now? How do I have fellowship? We should also keep Sunday special. And to that How do I grow and deepen my faith and end, we will continue to make video services discipleship? How do I give? How do I serve my available on our website ( ht t ps : / / community? exmouthcoastalchurches.org.uk/ ), we also have a weekly Sunday morning Zoom service where we get As church leaders, we are working to help you together via video to worship together (let me know answer those questions but the one thing that we if you want to join us). But do have a look at what know is that if we ignore our spiritual lives, they will the Church of England nationally is offering and wither on the vine. what the diocese and cathedral are offering. Ian Pusey recommends a Sunday pattern for worship 5 Jesus said, “I am the vine; you are the being: 08:10, BBC R4, ‘Meeting in the Lockdown’; branches. If you remain in me and I in you, you 10:00 live Choral Eucharist from the cathedral (the will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do order of service can be downloaded beforehand); our 6 nothing. If you do not remain in me, you are like a own Mission Community service which can be 7 branch that is thrown away and withers … If you found on the website from early Sunday morning. remain in me and my words remain in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for And, alongside all these things … pray. Prayer is 8 you. This is to my Father’s glory, that you bear what will keep you sane in isolation (you can never much fruit, showing yourselves to be my disciples.” be isolated from God). Prayer will fill your heart John 15:5-8 NIV and feed your soul. Prayer can be done in silence with no words, it can be liturgical in a Daily Office, If nothing else, this Coronavirus lockdown reminds it can be raging and sobbing, it can be singing and us that there is more to a life in Christ than just going dancing but it is always a deliberate turning to God. to church on a Sunday. Sunday church is vital and Until we meet - May the road rise up to meet you. we will be meeting again, and with great celebration, the moment the Government and Archbishop Justin May the wind be always at your back. give us the go ahead but there is much we can do to May the sun shine warm upon your face; continue this life (the glory of God is a person fully the rains fall soft upon your fields alive – St Irenaeus … sort of). and until we meet again, may God hold you in the palm of His hand. How do we remain ‘fully alive’ in our current circumstances? Benedict. Hopefully, your pastoral link is in touch, as well as 3 Mission Community News BIBLE SOCIETY Just to let you know officially that we have had to cancel the Bible Society Celebration in Holy Trinity Church in June 2020 Ed . Even though we are two weeks after Easter this Hopefully, when we are able to hold a Committee Spiritual Pilgrimage is still relevant as we have to come meeting we, will be able to plan a delayed celebration. to terms with another three weeks of ‘lockdown’. Thank you for the Parish’s continued support for the Even though Easter Pilgrim has begun, there is no reason why work of the Bible Society. if you install the app on your smart phone or tablet you should not begin the ‘40 days’ now. You can easily find your way to the first of the daily reflections by tapping on the menu bars at best wishes Jenny the top left of the screen and selecting ‘Browse by date’ and then selecting Easter day. PRESENTATION TO SUE CARRAHAR Each day provides you with a short Bible reflection, an invitation to pray and a suggestion for responding to the vision Sue Carrahar has of the Lord's Prayer itself. effectively been the sole A message from the Churchwarden at Archbishops of Canterbury and York Littleham Church for the last two years, for We are inviting the whole Church to take 40 days this the last year as elected Easter season to explore this prayer in still deeper ways.