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Church of the Epiphany, Tockwith Parish & Village News March 2016 www.tockwithchurch.co.uk Price 70p Church Services March 2016 Church of the Epiphany Tockwith A member Church of the Parish of Marston Moor Reading Reader 6th 11.00am Special Service for Mothering Sunday Fourth Samuel 1 vv20-28 Youth Club Leader Sunday of Poem Messy Church Leader Lent Sides person: Janet Marriner & Jenn Waller 13th 11.00am Isaiah 43 vv 16-21 Bev Greaves Fifth Holy Communion Philippians 3 vv 4b-14 Rachel Kelly Sunday of John 12 vv 1-8 Deryck Wilson Lent Sides person: Charles and Bev Greaves 13th 4.00pm Messy Church 20th 4.00pm Isaiah 50 vv 4-9a Jenny Tham Palm Luke 23 vv 1-49 Revd Roy Shaw Sunday Evening Prayer 1662 Sides person: Deryck Wilson 24th 7.30pm The Liturgy of Maundy Thursday Holy Communion with the washing of feet and stripping of the altar. Exodus 12: 1-4, 11-14 Joanna Worth 1 Corinthians 11: 23-26 Imogen Woods John 13: 1-17, 31b-35 Revd Roy Shaw Sides person: Susan and John McKernan 27th 11.00am Acts 10 vv 34-43 Stuart Coggrave Easter Day 1 Corinthians 15 vv 19-26 Ian Williams Family Praise John 20. 1-18 Stephen Brown Sides person: Stuart Coggrave and Ian Williams TOCKWITH ROTA - March 2016 th th th th 6th 13 20 24 27 11.00am 11.00am 4.00pm 7.30pm 11.00am Mothering Holy Evening Prayer Maundy Easter Day Sunday Communion Thursday Communion Janet Marriner Bev and Deryck Wilson Susan and John Stuart Coggrave Sides person Jenn Waller Charles McKernan Ian Williams Greaves Coffee Marion Diane Wakelin n/a n/a Jenn Waller Hainsworth Margaret Pam Williams Audrey Gough McBride Chalice n/a tba n/a Joanna Worth Neil Stobert Rachel Angela Susan n/a Deryck Wilson Church Kelly Jenkins McKeran Opening (Porch Only) Intercessions Karen Stobert Mary Shaw n/a Angela Jenkins Mary Shaw + responsory The Revd. Roy Shaw writes......................... I’m writing this on Shrove Tuesday-looking forward to pancakes for supper! But by the time you read this, in three weeks’ time, it will all be but a memory- although a happy one, I hope. Yes, it takes that long to write and collect all the stuff in the magazine, to edit and arrange it, get it to the printers and back again, and then to distribute it to your letterbox. That process depends on a number of good-hearted folk who give freely of their time; writers, advertisers, editors and distributors. A big ‘thank you’ to them all - part of that unsung army of volunteers who oil the wheels of our communities. This long process of putting the magazine together brings to mind the impatient world we live in, which wants stuff NOW! And yet most of life isn’t like that, and maybe it’s foolish to expect that it should be. The world has high expectations of God and those who call themselves Christians- and rightly so. God works in his own time, but my experience has been that he is faithful to his promise ‘Open your mouth wide and I will fit it’. Maybe not NOW, but it will come. An old black gospel song has it thus; ‘he may not come when you want him, but he’s right on time.’ That sense of patience is something we could do well to remember as we look at other people too. Christians are often accused of hypocrisy, sometimes justly. But my embrace of the faith did not endow me with perfection. It gave me a desire for the better and the best, within the grace of God. I’m a work in progress, and God isn’t finished with me yet. There’s some way to go. Like the production of this magazine, the better and the best take time. Patience with folk, rather than a rush to judgement, is a virtue which is being lost in today’s busy world with its NOW! view. Bear with me. As I say, I’m a work in progress. Your vicar, Roy 01423 359003/ [email protected]. NEWS FROM THE CHURCH OF THE EPIPHANY TOCKWITH Messy Church this month is not the first Sunday in the month as it normally would be but a week later on the 13th March at 4.00pm. Our first Sunday of the month 6th March at 11.00am is a special Mothering Sunday Service where we remember mothers living and mothers who are departed from this world. On 24th March a special Maundy Thursday Service will take place at Tockwith Church where there will be the symbolic washing of feet and the stripping of the altar. Maundy Thursday is famous for two things. The first is one of the final acts that Jesus did before his death: the washing of his own disciples’ feet. (see John 13) Jesus washed his disciples’ feet for a purpose: “A new commandment I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another.” His disciples were to love through service, not domination, of one another. In Latin, the opening phrase of this sentence is ‘mandatum novum do vobis’. The word ‘mundy’ is thus a corruption of the Latin ‘mandatum’ (or command). The ceremony of the ‘washing of the feet’ of members of the congregation came to be an important part of the liturgy (regular worship) of the medieval church, symbolising the humility of the clergy, in obedience to the example of Christ. But Thursday was also important because it was on that night that Jesus first introduced the Lord’s Supper, or what we nowadays call Holy Communion. Jesus and his close friends had met in a secret upper room to share the Passover meal together - for the last time. And there Jesus transformed the Passover into the Lord’s Supper, saying, ‘this is my body’ and ‘this is my blood’ as he, the Lamb of God, prepared to die for the sins of the whole world. John’s gospel makes it clear that the Last Supper took place the evening BEFORE the regular Passover meal, and that later Jesus died at the same time that the Passover lambs were killed. Don’t worry although there will be lots of symbolism at the service there will be no killing of lambs! During the weekend of 20th and 21st February a deep clean took place in church thank you everyone who were able to help with this. READINGS and PSALMS MARCH 2016 th Sunday 6 Mothering Sunday st (Purple) 1 Reading: Samuel 1:20-28 Psalm: 127:1-4 nd 2 Reading: Colossians 3:12-17 Gospel: John 19.25-27 th Sunday 13 Fifth Sunday of Lent st (Purple) 1 Reading: Isaiah 43:16-21 Psalm: 126 nd 2 Reading: Philippians 3:4b-14 Gospel: John 12:1-8 th Sunday 20 Palm Sunday (Liturgy of the Palms) st (Red) 1 Reading: Luke 19:28-40 Psalm: 118:1-2,19-29 th Thurs 24 Maundy Thursday st (White or) 1 Reading: Exodus 12:1-4,11-14 Psalm: 116:1, 10-17 nd Gold) 2 Reading: 1 Corinthians 11:23-16 Gospel: John 13:1-17, 31b-35 th Friday 25 Good Friday st 1 Reading: Isaiah 52:13-53:12 Psalm: 22 nd 2 Reading: Hebrews 10:16-25 Gospel: John 18:1-19:42 th Sunday 27 Easter Day (White or First Reading: Acts 10:34-43 Psalm: 118:1-2,14-24 nd Gold) 2 Reading: 1 Corinthians 15:19-26 Gospel: John 20.1-18 <’(((>< <’(((>< <’(((>< <’(((>< <’(((>< <’(((>< <’(((>< <’(((>< http://www.bungomacalling.co.uk/ You might be interested to see the new website that has just been launched for Bungoma Calling. At the moment it just covers the orphanage but the plan is that the theological training and school links parts will be added in the near future. Pilgrimage of the Archbishop of York The Archbishop of York is continuing on his Pilgrimage of Prayer, Witness and Blessing across the Diocese of York, which is due to finish in May 2016. Archbishop Sentamu said, “My prayers have led me to this pilgrimage. St Paulinus, St Aidan, St Cuthbert and St Hilda of Whitby in their time shared the good news of Jesus Christ with the people of the North. Praying for those who come to know Christ is a great privilege and a joy. “During this pilgrimage, I would like to encourage everyone I meet to commit themselves afresh to try praying, be open to encountering Jesus Christ, pray for a mighty outpouring of the Holy Spirit, and receive the gift of the joy provided by Jesus Christ – and be thankful. Pray with me, and join me on the road!” Archbishop Sentamu began his Pilgrimage at Whitby last December and has since journeyed through Guisborough, Middlesbrough, Stokesley, Mowbray and Northern Ryedale. His Pilgrimage will finish in York Minster on Trinity Sunday (22 May 2016). For the opportunities to walk with the Archbishop, and share in his journey, please visit: www.pilgrimage.archbishopofyork.org stories fun food crafts Messy February was all about 'the last supper'. We listened to the Bible story, took Communion, shared bread and we made bread! There is a change to the date of the next Messy Church, it will be Sunday 13th March 4pm-5:30pm, as Sunday 6th March is Mothering Sunday. Hope you can join us. Messy Blessings Do you know anyone that has just moved into the village? Our aim is to make contact with them as soon as possible and tell them what we have to offer as a Church family.