St Mary’s Church continued 11.15am Family Communion at St Winifred’s Vanessa Brewster is again doing the London Marathon, this year in aid of the ‘Karen Morris 21st April 3.00pm Afternoon Tea at St Mary’s Memorial Trust’. This charity provides accommodation for the families of leukaemia patients 22nd April 10am-4pm Spring Fair at St Winifred’s rd in hospitals. If you would like to sponsor her or learn more about this worthwhile trust 23 April 6.30pm Evening Service at St Mary’s please speak to Sid or Dolly. St Mary’s Church, Chigwell Village All Saints Church, Chigwell Row Next Saturday is our Table Top Sale. 9.15am-12.30pm in the church rooms. Please join us. St Winifred’s Church, Grange Hill The first of the new evening services at St Mary’s will be on the 23rd April at 6.30pm.
If you have any Sainsbury’s Active Kids vouchers, the Guides would like them as they are saving them in hope of going on a workshop. Team Rector: Revd Ben King (rest day Saturday) 020 8500 4608 [email protected] Please ask the wardens/deputies before putting ANY notices up on the entrance noticeboard. It has recently been refurbished as it has looked a state for quite a while. Team Vicar: Revd Paula Preston (rest day Friday) Next Sunday (Palm Sunday) there is a walk from here at 3pm, returning for tea and cake. 020 8501 5226 [email protected] Please join us. We will also be doing the ‘dramatised readings’ next Sunday morning during the service. Licensed Lay Minister: Mr Stephen Potts (rest day Tuesday) Please see Alison or Shirley if you are happy to read a part. 020 8500 9472 [email protected] Marjie is improving and social services are hoping to give her a trial at home when she is discharged with a care package in place. Please pray for her. Unfortunately John Stevenson has had another reoccurrence of his stones problem, and a decision has been made to operate on Tuesday. Please continue to keep John, Joan and the Notes and News girls in your prayers. We also continue to pray for Peter, Doris, June, John Redfern, Nina, Wallace, Tony Ager, and Beryl (Ann Greenaway’s sister). Fifth Sunday of Lent This Week nd St Mary’s All Saints St Winifred’s 2 April 2017 Monday 3rd Tuesday 4th 2.00pm Sixty + Saints in 9.00am Morning All Saints House Prayer Wednesday 5th 8.00am Parish Prayer Today’s Readings are: 9.00am Morning Prayer 1 Corinthians 12:1-11 Acts 2:42-47 9.30am Holy Communion 7.30-9.00pm Pastorate meeting in All Saints House Prayer Ministry is available today Thursday 6th 9.00am Morning Prayer Friday 7th Saturday 8th 9.30am Church Open The Collect Table Top Sale at St Mary’s. 8.45am sellers, 9.15am-12.30pm buyers Gracious Father, Sunday 9th 9.15 Said Holy 9.30am Holy Communion 11.15am Holy you gave up your Son Palm Sunday Communion Communion 10.45am Holy out of love for the world: Communion lead us to ponder the mysteries of his passion, 3.00pm Parish Walk from St Mary’s that we may know eternal peace Dates for your diary 13th April 7.30pm Seder Meal followed by Holy Communion at St Mary’s Church Rooms through the shedding of our Saviour's blood, 14th April 10.00am Walk of Witness from All Saints to St Winifred’s Jesus Christ our Lord. Good Friday 2.00pm An Hour at the Cross at St Mary’s and All Saints 15th April 10.30am Easter Egg Hunt for primary and pre-school children at St Mary’s 16th April 5.45am Sunrise Service at The Hill, Limes Farm
Easter 9.15am Tradition Easter Holy Communion at St Mary’s Later Today Sunday 9.30am Family Communion at All Saints 12.45pm Parish Fellowship Lunch at St Mary’s 10.45am Family Communion at St Mary’s 2.30pm Easter Café Church at the Limes Centre Later today is Cafe Church in the Limes Centre, starting at 2:30pm. All are welcome. Please bring someone new to learn about Easter and God’s love. We welcome you to our services today, especially if you are visiting or If you would like to purchase an Easter lily in memory of a loved one, the cost is £2.00 and this is your first time. Please stay for refreshments after the service a sign-up sheet will be at the back of church. Please print the names clearly. Thank you.
On Palm Sunday (next week) we have a dramatized reading in place of a sermon. If you would like to join the cast reading this, please speak to Roger.
All Saints Church Welcome to our service of Holy Communion today. Please do stay after the service for refreshments, and look at our notices and bookstall. If you are visiting, please speak to a Minister, steward or complete a green welcome card in the pews. St Winifred’s Spring Fair is on Saturday 22nd April, and we will need everyone’s help! There If you have any prayer requests, please complete a red pew card and leave it in the is a list at the back of the church for help on the stalls and boxes for donations of items Baptistery area where your issue will be prayed over in the coming weeks. please. Not sure of what’s needed? Please speak to Freda.
th th Please make sure you have a copy of the Easter flier showing the details of all the Easter Remember to keep our mission weekend in mind (9 -11 June), and if you missed the services. These are also in the April edition of the Parish magazine. meeting but would still like to be part of it, please speak to Ben.
Please don’t forget our Mission weekend on 24th and 25th June. If you have any new To enable us to keep our rolling programme of updating the hall, does anyone have the unwanted gifts which could be used as prizes, please bring them to Church. name of a builder/plumber we could consult regarding the toilets. Please speak to Roger or Janice. A reminder that we still have a vacancy on the DCC this year. Please speak to Robert or Will if you think God could be calling you to fill this. The first meeting of the year will be an Do you have a prayer request? Please use the prayer cards at the back of church or in the away day on Saturday 20th May where we will challenge what we do, commit to work pews and place them in the prayer box. They will be prayed for weekly at Morning Prayer. together for the glory of the Church and look at what changes we could make. Please continue to pray for those you know who are in need, especially for Sylvie & Victoria Next Sunday at 9.30am we look forward to welcoming you to our special service of Holy Frimpong; for Andy & Caroline Lambell; for Vera & her daughter Gill; also Christine. We Communion with dramatized reading for Palm Sunday. also remember dear Titi and pray for her family especially her daughters, Marian and Elizabeth. Thank you. St Winifred’s Church Welcome to our Service of Holy Communion with Prayer Ministry. Please stay after the St Mary’s Church service for fellowship and refreshments. If you are visiting do make yourself known to us. We have two sign- up sheets at the back of the Church: The first is for the Seder meal on 13th April at 7.30pm (Maundy Thursday). We need numbers for catering purposes because we are not only taking part in the Seder Meal and having communion, we are also having a cooked meal, so that anyone working can come straight to the rooms. Please note there will be no washing of feet this year.
The other sign-up sheet is for the Easter lilies in memory of loved ones. Please see Shirley or sides people with contributions to the cost.
Caroline and Jessica will be doing their walk this Sunday (2nd). The sponsor form is available for the final time for any last minute sponsors. They are running 10k in aid of the stroke association which falls on the anniversary weekend of Peter’s stroke. Please keep the girls in your prayers and let’s hope for good weather. continued . . .