service. South Lent course: Our Lent course begins this week. The

evening sessions will start on Wednesday 11th March In Christ, loving and serving at 7:30pm in Church with the sessions repeated in God’s world daytime sessions starting on Friday 13th March at

12noon in the Meeting Room. The course will run for four weeks and each session is self-contained so you can dip in and out. The course Is based on Stephen 8th March 2020 2ndt Sunday of Lent Cotrell’s book, The things he carried – and we will

look at the things that Jesus took with him to the Daphne Colderwood cross. Just come along! If you need further Daphne passed away on Saturday 29th February. We information – please contact Reverend Carol. send condolences to her family. Funeral details to follow. School Kitchen Bins We have had a request from the school asking us to Welcome to our 10.00am Service. If you have a not put any rubbish in the bins in the school kitchen but hearing aid, please select the ‘T’ switch position and to take our rubbish away when we leave. benefit from our deaf loop, which is directly linked to Easter Hamper the microphones. Please join us for tea, coffee in the We are organising an Easter Hamper and we are school hall after the service. asking for donations; there will be a list during coffee

for you to sign. We are hoping to have the hamper Readings: Genesis 12: 1-4a John 3: 1-17 ready for our next coffee morning (14th March) so we Prayers: Anne West can sell raffle tickets during the morning. There is a Hymns: 601, 753, 121, 818 box in the lobby for you to place your donations. If we

can have the items before the 14th that would be really This week at Holy Trinity helpful. Thank you Janice. (See separate leaflet for ALL regular services) Services this week Coffee Morning / Cooked Breakfast 10.30 – 12.30 Saturday 14th March Thurs 8.30am Morning Prayer St Mary The Virgin

Church, Church Road, Little Baddow, CM3 4BE Church wardens

Every year at the APCM (date this year is 19th April) Thurs 10.00 – lay led service by followed by church wardens are elected for the coming year. If tea/coffee in the meeting room. anyone feels that they may like to take on this role Thurs 11.15am Prayer Meeting – Methodist led please speak to Revd Carol, Margaret, Gill or Janice.

Sun 7.45 Holy Communion (on 1st Sunday of the 100 Club – Lucky Number Month) – For you information you can still enter this year’s 10.00am Eucharistic Service fundraising effort for the 100 club – Lucky Number. If you wish to enter can you please give any monies to VIEW FROM THE VICARAGE Our gospel reading Angela Tuff. Note it is £12 per number. today contains one of the most iconic of Bible verse: John 3:16 “For God so loved the world that he gave I will do the January, February & March draws on my his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him return from holiday. may not perish but may have eternal life.” This is our faith in a nutshell. God loves us, so much that he was One other point l have been doing the 100 club for willing to give his son, so that we would have what many years and although it is not difficult to undertake God wants for us – Eternal Life. Like so many things I think it is time to hand over to someone else and in our world – this simple truth can be obscured by spread the work to other members of the congregation. modern complications. We may try and analyse the theology, try and apply this to the complexities of I will do it to the end of the year but hope a volunteer modern life. Sometimes we lose the simplicity of our steps forward before then. Don faith in a wall of words. So, I am not going to do that today. Lent is a good time to get back to basics. So why not spend some time this Lent, just meditating on Revision Of Church Electoral Roll this one verse. It’s all you need to know. “For God Notice is hereby given that the Church Electoral Roll so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that of the Holy Trinity, will be everyone who believes in him may not perish but may revised by the Parochial Church Council, beginning on have eternal life.” Reverend Carol Ball 2nd February and ending on 1st March 2020. After From George and Carol: Thank you all so much for such Revision, a copy of the Roll will be exhibited for the flowers and cards we received for our Silver not less than 14 days on, or near to, the principal door Wedding Anniversary – which we celebrated on 25th of the Parish Church for inspection. Stella Jaconelli. February. We marked the occasion with a special Future Services lunch, and will be celebrating properly on a ‘Round 10.00am service with Holy Communion will be led by Britain’ cruise in May this year. Please help Revd Canon Andy Griffiths on 15th March yourselves to some goodies in coffee after the Sunday 29th March will be a lay led service or Dennis Mason email [email protected] 07906 130065 Sunday 5th April – Palm Sunday St Mary’s Woodham Ferrers led by Reverend Carol. Saturday 6th June – Quiet Day at Othona, Bradwell. This will be a joint service at 10.30am with the parishioners of St Mary’s and St Andrew’s and Holy June 28th 3pm – Rayleigh Brass in Concert at St Trinity. There will not be a 10.00am service at Holy Mary’s Church, Woodham Ferrers CM3 8RF. Tickets Trinity. If you cannot make it to St Mary’s you are £12 under 12’s & FOSM £5 including refreshments. invited to join the Methodist at their 11.15am service.. For tickets contact Sharon on 07773 644326 or [email protected] or visit the church Maundy Thursday 9th April on Tuesdays 10am to noon. 10.00am Eucharist service and stripping of Altar 6.30pm Agape meal and Eucharist at St Andrews, SWF Foodbank open Wednesdays 10.00- 12.00 at for parishes of SWF and WFB led by Revd New Life Church. Clements Green Lane. For people Carol. in crisis, without which family cupboards are empty! Donations hugely appreciated.. Please put in labelled Dates for your diary box on round table in HT’s meeting room. Many thanks. Peter Blackman, HT Coordinator. Saturday 28th March Quiz Night [email protected] Starts 7.30pm prompt. Teams of up to 6 Food items: £7.50 a head.. Instant Mash Potato; Tinned potatoes; UHT Fruit Bring your own drinks and nibbles. Juice; Sponge Puddings; Tinned Rice Pudding; Contact Angela on 323610 or email home@tuff- Teabags – 40’s & 80’s only; Small / Medium Jars of online.co.uk to book a table If you wold like to come, Coffee. but don’t have a team, please let Angela know. Non-Food items: Sunday 19th April APCM following the 10.00am Shampoo; Toilet Rolls; Large Sized Nappies (Pull-ups service. (5&6); Toiletries for men except deodorants.

Saturday 9th May – VE Day Celebration concert with Special Request: Please keep to these items only Sid Bolan Band. Details to follow. as Foodbank has abundance of other things. Thanks for our fantastic generosity. Offertory Collection CONTACTS This shows offertory information for last month. Ideally, the target for the offertory should meet Vicar: Reverend Carol Ball: 01245 322134 the average monthly costs. or email: [email protected] 18, Victoria Road, SWF, CM3 5LR. January 2020 Target (average monthly costs) £3133.00 Churchwardens: Envelopes £371.00 Margaret Partridge: 01245 320048 Loose Basket £273.40 or email: [email protected] Standing Orders £795.00 Gill Wragg: 01245 321970 or email: £1439.40 [email protected] 45.9% of the target

Compass Church Events Assistant Church Warden – Janice Pearson: 01245 320071 or email: [email protected] St Johns Danbury Lunchtime Concert 12.15 pm – th Parish Administrator: Sarah Presley 01245 325049 1.00pm on Friday 13 March 2020 or email: [email protected] to put items in this newsletter please send to: th Sunday 15 March 2.30 -4pm Light up Spring [email protected] or phone Sarah 01245 At St Johns Danbury. Songs, Story, Craft Activities 325049.Deadline is Wednesday 5pm. and refreshments for all the family.

th For all Baptism / Christening enquiries – Sheila Friday 20 March 7.30pm Charlie Haylock returns Jenkins 01245 321739 with his ‘What does your Surname Mean?’ at St Mary & St Edward’s Church, Church Road, West Don Wragg, Webmaster Hanningfield CM2 8XD. To investigate your surname Web site : contact Brian Carline at [email protected]. http://www.holytrinityswf.org.uk/anglican/ Tickets £10 via Mary Armson on 01245 400541. Saturday 18th April 2020 at 7pm Male Voice Choir Concert at St John the Baptist Church, 55 Main Road, Danbury CM3 4NG Tickets £8 in advance £10 on the door from Trevor Enefer 01621 856078 email: [email protected]