EASTRINGTON BLACKTOFT WRESSLE LAXTON NEWPORT HOWDEN 9.15am 9.30am 9.30am 10.45am 11am 11am 5.30pm

11th evensong Mothering Sunday services in each church

18th James Keith Join Hazel RPA James none others 25th RPA James Elizabeth Elizabeth James Join others St. Mark Passion

Next Sunday 11th March (purple ) (prayer for the week) Eastrington 9.15 am Collect

Blacktoft 9.30 am Eternal God, give us insight to discern your will for us, to

Wressle 9.30 am This is a second Sunday and the members of the give up what harms us, and to seek the perfection we are worship team will be leading special services to promised in Jesus Christ our Lord. Howden 10.45 am celebrate Mothering Sunday in these churches. Laxton 11am They will be using material produced nationally by the Mothers’ Union. Our life together this week Sunday 4th March 12 noon APCM Howden Minster after service Contacts Any information to be Clergy included in the next Sunday Wednesday 7th sheet should be sent to James Team Rector Revd. James Little 432056 by noon on Wednesday 10.30pm Funeral of Dale Bottomley Howden Minster Reader ([email protected]) Elizabeth Harland 432767 Thursday 8yh Retired Reader Matthew’s Music Face- 9.30am morning communion Howden Minster Tony Parker 235308 book page can be found Recognised Assistants by searching for Howden 3.00 pm Laxton PCC Laxton Church Ann Bruines 430048 Minster Music or by going to Hazel Cox 430129 7.00 pm Worship group meeting The shires www.facebook.com/ Enid Farmery 448297 HowdenMinsterMusic. 7.30pm Lent course Methodist chapel Jenny Preston 410157 Ursel Sefton 440808 Jane Thompson 430343

Howden Minster “First Saturday” Summer Concert Series Especially if you are new or a visitor today —please stay for a chat 7th April RAF 100 after the service so we can all get to know each other. A celebration of 100 years of the Royal Air Force with the Exodus 20. 1 –17 The Ten Commandments Railway Institute brass band.

Then God spoke all these words: 5th May Allsortz I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land A fun evening with Howden’s ever—popular Swing Band., of Egypt, out of the house of slavery; you shall have no playing music from Jazz to Classical with many styles in other gods before me. You shall not make for yourself an idol, whether in the form of anything that is in heaven between above, or that is on the earth beneath, or that is in the 2nd June Mystery Brass water under the earth. You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I the Lord your God am a jealous God, An exceptional Brass Quintet from York comprising players who punishing children for the iniquity of parents, to the third all served their apprenticeships in the top brass bands in and the fourth generation of those who reject me, but . showing steadfast love to the thousandth generation of 7th July Rawcliffe Harmonics those who love me and keep my commandments. You shall not make wrongful use of the name of the Lord your God, Singing popular items from much—loved musicals for the Lord will not acquit anyone who misuses his name. Remember the sabbath day, and keep it holy. For 4th August Amy Butler and Peter Sproston six days you shall labour and do all your work. But the An entertaining evening of piano duets seventh day is a sabbath to the Lord your God; you shall not do any work—you, your son or your daughter, your 1st September Judith Hartley with accompanist male or female slave, your livestock, or the alien resident Joan Hill in your towns. 1For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in them, but rested the Cottingham based soprano in concert. seventh day; therefore the Lord blessed the sabbath day 6th October Opera Gala and consecrated it. Honour your father and your mother, so

that your days may be long in the land that the Lord your All of your favourite operatic arias and choruses with soloists God is giving you. You shall not murder. You shall not Lesley Bennison, Andrea Campbell-Mapplebeck, Jacob Walsh commit adultery. You shall not steal. You shall not bear and Michael De Costa supported by Howden Minster Community false witness against your neighbour. You shall not covet Chorus your neighbour’s house; you shall not covet your neighbour’s wife, or male or female slave, or ox, or donkey, Concerts start at 7.30pm. or anything that belongs to your neighbour. All tickets on the door. £7.50 under 16s free

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There is a joint Lent Course again this Lent, 1 Corinthians 1.18—25 starting on 22 February. This is for everyone throughout the Christ the Power and Wisdom of God Howden Team— churchgoers, believers and enquirers . For the message about the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the March 8th Fr Nigel Barr - Faithfulness power of God. For it is written, March 15th Revd Peter Barnett- Confidence ‘I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and the discernment of the discerning I will thwart.’ March 22nd Revd Wilf Bahadur - Prepare Where is the one who is wise? Where is the scribe? Where is the debater of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world? For since, in the wisdom of God, the world did not know God through wisdom, God decided, All the meetings are held in the Methodist Church Howden through the foolishness of our proclamation, to save those and start at 7.30pm, introduced by a short talk of about 30 who believe. For Jews demand signs and Greeks desire mins. This leads on to discussion/ feedback for a further 30 wisdom, but we proclaim Christ crucified, a stumbling- mins. Refreshments to follow at 8.30pm with a 9pm finish. block to Jews and foolishness to Gentiles, but to those who are the called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God. For God’s foolishness is wiser than human wisdom, and God’s weakness is stronger than human strength. “ come and sing” Messiah Saturday 17th March 6.30 pm To mark the start of Passiontide.

A “come and sing choir” under the new name of Howden Minster Community Next meeting of Deanery synod now known as “The Gathering” will be Chorus will rehearse on the day from 2pm and will be joined by soloists Clare Tuesday 13th March 7.00pm at Wressle. There will be a speaker Rachel Greener (soprano), Valerie Parker ( contralto), Ben Piper (tenor) and talking about the “Thy Kingdom Come” national initiative and how James Gaughan (baritone). The concert will be directed by Paul Dewhurst each church can take part. (Leeds Minster), and accompanied by Matthew Collins (organ). If you would like to sing in the choir(£10.00 fee), please see Ian Stewart or email [email protected] for further details and a booking form. Tickets for the audience are on the door (£7.50)

5 2 John 2. 13—22 Jesus cleanses the temple The Passover of the Jews was near, and Jesus went up to

Jerusalem. In the temple he found people selling cattle, Next week is Mothering Sunday, also known as Mid-Lent sheep, and doves, and the money-changers seated at their Sunday. Despite the wintry weather, Easter is now fairly tables. Making a whip of cords, he drove all of them out of close. During our vacancy, the Deanery Clergy are the temple, both the sheep and the cattle. He also poured out the coins of the money-changers and overturned their rallying to help us out so that all six of our churches will tables. He told those who were selling the doves, be able to have a service of Holy Communion at their ‘Take these things out of here! Stop making my Father’s usual time on Easter Sunday: the Reverend Professor house a market-place!’ His disciples remembered that it Peter Draper will be at Blacktoft & Laxton; the Reverend was written, ‘Zeal for your house will consume me.’ The Graeme Holdsworth will be at Eastrington & Newport; I Jews then said to him, ‘What sign can you show us for will be at Wressle and Howden.. doing this?’ Jesus answered them, ‘Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.’ The Jews then said, We expect to be interviewing for the new Team Vicar on ‘This temple has been under construction for forty-six the 7 th June. Former Team Vicars have usually joined years, and will you raise it up in three days? ’But he was us after completing their curacy and nowadays all the speaking of the temple of his body. After he was raised curates are signed off in April. This way, we maximise from the dead, his disciples remembered that he had said the number of candidates who might apply; advertising this; and they believed the scripture and the word that earlier would have significantly reduced the field. Please Jesus had spoken. continue to pray for whoever God might already be calling to join us. James Prayer after communion Merciful Lord, grant your people grace to withstand the LyCiG ( Leading your Church into Growth) prayer temptations of the world, the flesh and the devil, and with God of Mission. Who alone brings growth to your Church, send your Holy pure hearts and minds to Spirit to give vision to our planning, wisdom to our actions, and power to our follow you, the only God; witness. through Jesus Christ our Lord. Help our church to grow in numbers, In spiritual commitment to you, and in service to our local community. Through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

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