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Bolingbroke Deanery GGrraappeeVViinnee MARCH 2015 ISSUE 465 • Mission Statement The Diocese of Lincoln is called by God to faithful worship, confident discipleship and joyful service. • Vision Statement To be a healthy, vibrant and sustainable church, transforming lives in Greater Lincolnshire 50p 1 Bishop’s Letter I’m always deeply moved by the way the gospel of Mark describes the events immediately after Jesus’ baptism. Many of you will have heard the passage read a few Sundays ago. Mark tells us that a voice came from heaven, saying, “You are my Son, the Beloved; with you I am well pleased.” And he continues, “And the Spirit immediately drove Jesus out into the wilderness. He was in the wilderness forty days, tempted by Satan; and he was with the wild beasts; and the angels waited on him.” The passage has a dark undertone: right at the start of his public ministry, Jesus is driven out into the wilderness – to the dry, dusty, inhospitable desert where there is nothing to comfor t him. And there, he is tempted by Satan: he has to face down the demons of fear, anxiety and loneliness, and - we could imagine - a deep discomfort that prepared Jesus for his Passion. But the passage is also full of hope, because it shows us that Jesus came into the darkness and the violence of our world precisely in order to be joined to our broken-ness and our frailty, and to show us that it is possible to face it, to wrestle with it, to live through it, and to come out the other side. Whenever we find ourselves in the wilderness of disease, loneliness, joblessness, depression, or the many other things that challenge us, Jesus meets us there in order to bear our burdens with us and for us. He will wait on us as the angels waited on him, and we will not be alone. But there are things we will go through in life, demons we will have to face, because that is the reality of human existence. The season of Lent, with all its opportunities for reflection, can sometimes bring us face to face with uncomfortable truths, but the greatest truth of all is that the depth of God’s love for us, shown in the death of Jesus on the cross, is also present in God’s gift of new life, offered to us all, in the promise and the joy of Easter Day. Bishop Christopher 2 READINGS AT THE EUCHARIST Principal Service Sunday 1st March 2nd Sunday of Lent (Purple or Lent Array) First Reading Genesis 17.1-7, 15-16 Psalm/Canticle Psalm 22.23-end Second Reading Romans 4.13-end Gospel Mark 8.31-end Sunday 8th March 3rd Sunday of Lent (Purple or Lent Array) First Reading Exodus 20.1-7 Psalm/Canticle Psalm 19 [or 19.7-end] Second Reading 1 Corinthians 1.18-25 Gospel John 2.13-22 Sunday 15th March 4th Sunday of Lent (Purple or Lent Array) Mothering Sunday First Reading Numbers 21.4-9 Psalm/Canticle Psalm 107.1-3, 17-22 [or 107.1-9] Second Reading Ephesians 2.1-10 Gospel John 3.14-21 Sunday 22nd March 5th Sunday of Lent (Purple or Lent array) Passiontide begins First Reading Jeremiah 31.31-34 Psalm/Canticle Psalm 51.1-13 or Psalm 119.9-16 Second Reading Hebrews 5.5-10 Gospel John 12.20-33 Sunday 29th March Palm Sunday (Red) Liturgy of the Palms: Liturgy of the Passion: First Reading Mark 11.1-11 Isaiah 50.4-9a or John 12.12-16 Psalm/Canticle Psalm 118.1-2,19-end Psalm 31.9-16 [or 118.19-24] [or 31.9-18] Second Reading Philippians 2.5-11 Gospel Mark 14.1-end of 15 or Mark 15.1-39 [40-end] 3 Lent 2015 th Stations of the Cross from Friday 20 February and every Friday, Spilsby 6.00pm th Lent Lunch – Tuesday 24 February and every Tuesday - St James Spilsby 12noon – 1.30pm th Compline Wednesday 25 February St Mary’s Hundleby 6.30pm and every Wednesday Eucharist Wednesday 25th February Old Bolingbroke 7.30pm and every Wednesday in different Churches Lent Course “Pilgrim” Saturday 28th February and every Saturday - Upper Room Spilsby Vicarage 4.00pm. Palm Sunday 29th March Deanery Service Tetford Short service at 10.30am followed by a procession round the village with the donkey, meeting back at the church for refreshments GRAPEVINE MAGAZINE All copy for next month’s issue to be with the Editor by the 14th of this month please. Editor: Jane Howsam The Vicarage, Church Street, Spilsby, Lincs. PE23 5EF Tel: 01790 752526 (Mon-Fri 1pm-5pm) Email: [email protected] 4 The Creeds 4pm Saturday 28th February and Following Saturdays The Upper Room Spilsby Vicarage or Form your own Group This first book in the Grow Stage explores the core of Christian belief in greater depth through the Nicene and Apostles' Creeds. Its six sessions aim to equip participants with an understanding of these priceless resources for living the Christian life and for knowing God better. ISBN: 9780715144442 Price: £5.99 Buy the book Buy the Ebook Buy for Kindle Audio/Video This first book in the Grow Stage explores the core of Christian belief in greater depth through the Nicene and Apostles' Creeds. Its six sessions aim to equip participants with an understanding of these priceless resources for living the Christian life and for knowing God better. The Sessions: Session One: What are the Creeds? 28/02/2015 Examines the reasons the Creeds were developed and the role they play in Christian life and faith. Session Two: God as Trinity - Father, Son and Holy Spirit 07/03/2015 Considers the profound and wonderful truth that God is Trinity: three persons in relationship, Father, Son and Holy Spirit. Session Three: Fully God and fully human 14/03/2015 Looks at the unique nature of Jesus Christ, fully God and fully human, and what this teaches us about God and being human. Session Four: Crucified, risen and ascended 21/03/2015 Explores the great shadows in our lives - sin, death and hell - and the way Jesus overcomes these through his death and resurrection. Session Five: I believe in the Holy Spirit 28/03/2015 What does it mean to receive the Holy Spirit? This session looks at the Holy Spirit's role in the life of the Church. Session Six: One, holy, catholic and apostolic church TBA Explores what it means to belong to the people of God and to declare that the Church is one, holy, catholic and apostolic. To Follow: Pilgrim What Christians Believe starts after Easter 18/04/2015 (can double as Confirmation Prep) 5 6 SPILSBY GROUP OF PARISHES St James Spilsby, St Mary Hundleby, Holy Trinity Raithby, All Saints Great Steeping, and the three St Andrew’s: Halton Holegate, Little Steeping & Firsby http://lincoln.ourchurchweb.org.uk/spilsby/ Sunday 1st March - Family Service ~ ‘Gone Missing’ MARCH 2015 PATTERNS of WORSHIP 1st March Spilsby 8.00am Eucharist Hundleby 9.30am Eucharist Lent 2 Spilsby 10.00am Family Service Education Sunday Raithby 6.00pm Eucharist 3rd March Firsby 10.30am Eucharist 8th March Spilsby 9.30am Eucharist Hundleby 9.30am Morning Prayer Lent 3 Halton Holegate 11.15am Morning Prayer Great Steeping 3.00pm Eucharist Little Steeping 6.00pm 2nd Sunday at 6 15th March Spilsby 9.30am Eucharist Hundleby 9.30am Eucharist Lent 4 Raithby 11.15am Morning Prayer Firsby 3.00pm Evening Prayer 22nd March Spilsby 9.30am Eucharist Hundleby 9.30am Morning Prayer Lent 5 Little Steeping 9.30am Eucharist Halton Holegate 11.15am Eucharist Great Steeping 3.00pm Evening Prayer 29th March Tetford 10.30am Said Communion Palm Sunday followed by procession with the donkey Daily Prayer: 8.00am Daily at St James Spilsby Wednesday: 10.30am St James Eucharist 7 Group Registers: Funerals: Susan Margaret Ruddlesdin 53yrs Spilsby(TSP) died 01.01.15 Jean Shuck 90yrs Spilsby died 07.01.15 Herbert Sidney Hewis 98yrs Halton Holegate died 13.01.15 Walter Hauton 83yrs Spilsby died 17.01.15 GROUP NOTICES March 1st Education Sunday, St James Family Service, 10am 2nd Raithby APCM, 7pm at Joan Leng’s 3rd Lent Lunch, St James, 12noon – 1.30pm 4th King James Bible talk, St James, 7.30pm 6th Women’s World Day of Prayer 7th St James’ De-clutter & Cleaning Day from 10am 10th Lent Lunch, St James, 12noon – 1.30pm 17th Lent Lunch, St James, 12noon – 1.30pm 24th Lent Lunch, St James, 12noon – 1.30pm 24th Halton Holegate APCM, 7pm in church 8 St Mary’s, Hundleby Many thanks to all who contributed to the ‘Gleaning’ Jar in Hundleby church. The total raised was £33.50 for the Beacon School, Ghana. EDUCATION SUNDAY FAMILY SERVICE ‘Gone Missing’ st Sunday 1 March St James, Spilsby 10.00am A L L W E L C O M E FAMILY SERVICE Chains was the theme of the Family Service on February 1st led by Jane Parker. Before the service the children were asked to make three sets of chains – one chain with the names of people who live in their house; one chain with the names of their friends; one chain with names of people they know. On entering the Church the congregation were asked to write their name on a strip which was then made into another chain. The Amnesty candle had been placed on the altar. During the service Margaret Cook and Jane Parker asked the children to bring up their 9 chains and then these were all linked together to show that even though we may feel unimportant being linked together makes us strong.