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A Service of HOLY for

This service is during and the liturgical colour is purple signifying a penitential season of the year.

Lent begins on and continues to Palm . It is a time to prepare ourselves for the great events of and Day. Beginning with the wilderness experience of Jesus, Lent is an opportunity for us to examine our own lives and experience in the light of the message of and Easter Sunday.

Before the service begins, you may like to use the time to sit quietly and prepare yourself to meet God in this act of worship. You may find the following words helpful.

Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

Blessed are those whom mourn, for they shall be comforted

Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth.

Blessed are those who hunger and thirst after righteousness, for they shall be satisfied.

Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy.

Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God.

Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called children of God.

Blessed are those who suffer persecution for righteousness’ sake, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

2 The Gathering

In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. All Amen.

The Greeting

Grace, mercy and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ be with you All and also with you.

Is it nothing to you, all you who pass by? Look and see if there is any sorrow like my sorrow. Lamentations 1:12

Prayer of Preparation

All Almighty God, to whom all hearts are open, all desires known, and from whom no secrets are hidden: cleanse the thoughts of our hearts by the inspiration of your Holy Spirit, that we may perfectly love you, and worthily magnify your holy name; through Christ our Lord. Amen.

The The Collect or special prayer for today is said.

Reading—Jeremiah 31:31-34

For the gift of your holy word. All Thanks be to God.

Gospel Reading

Praise to you, O Christ, King of eternal glory, Christ humbled himself and became obedient unto death, even death on a cross. Therefore God has highly exalted him and given him the name that is above every name. All Praise to you, O Christ, King of eternal glory.

Hear the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to John.

At the end

This is the Gospel of the Lord. All Praise to you, O Christ.

The Creed

Let us declare our faith in God, Father, Son and Holy Spirit.

All I believe in God, the Father almighty, creator of heaven and earth. 3 I believe in Jesus Christ, his only Son, our Lord, who was conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the Virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died, and was buried; he descended to the dead. On the third day he rose again; he ascended into heaven, he is seated at the right hand of the Father, and he will come to judge the living and the dead.

I believe in the Holy Spirit, the holy , the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body, and the life everlasting. Amen.

Prayers of Intercession

At the end please respond

Merciful Father, All accept these prayers for the sake of your Son, our Saviour Jesus Christ. Amen.

Prayers of Penitence

All Lord, we confess that we love our lives as they are. We struggle with even the idea of change. But we know that the life we cling to is only a half-life. Only you, O Lord, can give us true life in full. Forgive us for holding onto the wrong things.

Teach us by your Spirit to let go of our agendas and assumptions. Help us to let go of our self-righteousness and false notions of power. Give us the strength and courage to try new things. Encourage us – and even push us – We pray these things in the name of Christ Jesus. Amen.

Almighty God, who forgives all who truly repent, have mercy upon you pardon and deliver you from all your sins, confirm and strengthen you in all goodness, and keep you in life eternal; through Jesus Christ our Lord. All Amen. 4 The Liturgy of the Sacrament

The Peace

Christ is our peace. He has reconciled us to God in one body by the cross. We meet in his name and we share his peace. The peace of the Lord be always with you All and also with you.

Let us offer one another a sign of peace.

Hymn

Father we love you, we worship, we adore you: glorify your name in all the earth. Glorify your name, glorify your name, glorify name in all the earth.

Jesus we love you, we worship, we adore you: glorify your name in all the earth. Glorify your name (3 times) in all the earth.

Spirit, we love you, we worship, we adore you: glorify your name in all the earth. Glorify you name (3 times) in all the earth.

Preparation of the Table

Jesus, true vine and bread of life, ever giving yourself that the world might live, let us share your death and passion: make us perfect in your love. All Amen.

The Eucharistic Prayer

The Lord is here. All His Spirit is with us.

Lift up your hearts. All We lift them to the Lord.

Let us give thanks to the Lord our God. All It is right to give thanks and praise.

The president praises God for his mighty acts and all respond 5 All Holy, holy, holy Lord, God of power and might, heaven and earth are full of your glory. in the highest. Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord. Hosanna in the highest.

The president recalls the Last Supper

Jesus Christ is Lord: All Lord, by your cross and resurrection you have set us free. You are the Saviour of the world.

The prayer continues and leads into the doxology, to which all respond

All Amen.

The Lord’s Prayer

Lord Jesus, remember us in your kingdom and teach us pray

All Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name, your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as in heaven. Give us today our daily bread. Forgive us our sins as we forgive those who sin against us. Lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil. For the kingdom, the power, and the glory are yours now and for ever. Amen.

Breaking of the Bread

The president breaks the consecrated bread

We break this bread to share in the body of Christ. All Though we are many, we are one body, because we all share in one bread.

Agnus Dei

All Lamb of God, you take away the sin of the world, have mercy on us.

Lamb of God, you take away the sin of the world, have mercy on us.

Lamb of God, you take away the sin of the world, grant us peace.

Giving of Communion

Jesus is the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world. Blessed are those who are called to his supper. All Lord, I am not worthy to receive you, but only say the word, and I shall6 be healed. Prayer after Communion

Post Communion prayer is said

All God of our pilgrimage, you have fed us with the bread of heaven. Refresh and sustain us as we go forward on our journey, in the name of Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Hymn

Lift high the cross, the love of Christ proclaim till all the world adore his sacred name.

Come, let us follow where our Captain trod, our King victorious, Christ the Son of God. Refrain:

Let every race and every language tell of him who saves our souls from death and hell. Refrain:

From farthest regions let them homage bring, and on his cross adore their Saviour King. Refrain:

Set up thy throne, that earth’s despair may cease beneath the shadow of its healing peace. Refrain:

For thy blest cross which doth for all atone creation’s praises rise before thy throne:

Lift high the cross, the love of Christ proclaim till all the world adore his sacred name.

The Blessing and

Go in peace to love and serve the Lord. All In the name of Christ. Amen.

NOTICES

Messy Church - is today, 21st March, at 4pm on Zoom. If you haven’t received your email link please contact with Rev Sandra ([email protected]).

Palm Sunday—next Sunday, 28th March, is when we remember Jesus entry into Jerusalem. During this service we would normally give out palm crosses. These will be available for you to pick up outside St John’s and St James’s Church from today onwards and they will be blessed during the on-line service at 10am.

7 RESOURCES FOR HOLY WEEK

We are offering services and resources during Holy Week this year. We have set this out below:-

Walks for Holy Week and Easter The Churches Together in Baildon invite you to take two ecumenical strolls this Easter time. Roy and Jean Lorrain-Smith have created two new prayer walks, one for Holy Week entitled the Graveyard Walk and the other for Easter week called the Easter Life Walk. Both are easy walking. In these covid times we cannot walk en masse, but we can walk with another person , and we would invite you to be paired for these walks with a member of a different church to your own. You are invited to register with Rev David Haworth by Thursday 25th March, and he will pair you up for the walk. You then agree a time with your ‘partner’, and off you go. David can be contacted at [email protected] or 01274 593570. Or you might like to do the walks with other members of your household. Copies of the walks will be available in a box outside St John's Church from Palm Sunday onwards.

Holy Week and Easter Trail We have created a short trail of images which show moments on the journey of Jesus to the cross and the new life of Easter. The trail begins on Browgate at the gates to , and then moves up to the Methodist Church cafe and then on to the lychgate at St John's Church. The trail will go up for Palm Sunday, 28 March with an Easter image to complete the set on Easter Day. The trail will stay up for 2 weeks.

Clergy in Baildon—Vicars V Facebook posts Clergy in Churches Together in Baildon have got together to serve up a taster and four course ‘meal’ in the form of conversations. They will be available for people to ‘tuck’ into the events of Holy Week. The taster will be released on our Facebook pages on Palm Sunday, then daily from to Sunday.

Good Friday—there will be a pre-recorded service for the Last Hour of the Cross available to view from 2.00pm on Good Friday. There will be readings by members of the congregations, hymns and anthems sung by St John’s Choir recorded virtually this year and reflections which we hope will take you through the terrible events of Good Friday. Available on our Facebook page and Youtube channel.

8 Easter Day—as announced last week St John’s Church will be open for public worship on Easter Day which is fantastic news. Obviously we will be strictly adhering to COVID regulations but it good to back in church once again. The services are:-

8.30am—a short Communion service without hymns 9.45am—Easter Communion Service 11.15am—Easter Family Communion Service followed by the Easter Egg Hunt. From around 12noon worksheets will be available from outside St John’s to lead you on a trail around Baildon Village to find letters to make a phrase. Once completed you are invited to come back to the Church Hall (double doors that open on to the playground) before 3pm to tell us the phrase you have found and collect an Easter Egg. Sounds like lots of fun with chocolate at the end!!

You will need to book into the service you would like to attend either by emailing [email protected] or phoning 01274 594941.

Don’t forget about the resources to help you in your journey through Lent, particularly:-

Lent Appeal – Clean drinking water is a basic human right. This should be a normal part of daily life for everyone, everywhere – but it isn’t. That's why the charity WaterAid is here. With your help, WaterAid is working with partners in some of the toughest places in the world. To- gether, they've already reached millions of people with clean wa- ter, decent toilets and good hygiene, enabling entire communities to un- lock their potential, break free from poverty and change their lives for good. Imagine if you had to travel miles each day to collect water that isn’t even clean and using this for your family for drinking, washing etc. and think how fortunate we are in this country. During Lent please think how we take for granted turning on the tap for fresh water and how many times you flush the toilet each and every day. Please donate and you will help many people have a safe future. Fun ways to give:  Give 20p/50p/£1 every time you fill the kettle, or flush the toilet or wash your hands.  Women and children have to walk 4km, 8km or even 12km each day for clean water. Take part in the Walk for Water Challenge. Challenge yourself to walk 12km during Lent, you can do either in one walk or several walks and then give a donation to Water Aid or get your walk sponsored. You can make a BACS donation to Baildon Parochial Church Council in the usual way, adding the reference WATERAID to your payment. 9 – We are offering a service of Night Prayer every evening at 9.30pm during Lent and Holy Week, live streamed onto Parish of Baildon Facebook.

Traidcraft - Celebrate the real meaning of Easter with The Real Easter Egg. Apart from a tasty Fairtrade chocolate Easter egg, you will receive a booklet containing the story of the first Easter; the final week of Jesus' life and the events of Maundy Thursday, Good Friday and Easter Sun- day. There's even a £200 prize competition inside! Also available in dark chocolate. To enjoy a real ethical treat this Easter why not order The Real Easter Egg? (Other eggs are available). Eggs cost £5.00 and we would need orders by Monday 22nd March.

Text Donations – You can now make your donation to the work of the parish by text! Our Donr system is up and running: To donate £20 text BAILDONPARISH 20 to 70085 To donate £15 text BAILDONPARISH 15 to 70085 To donate £10 text BAILDONPARISH 10 to 70085 To donate £5 text BAILDONPARISH 5 to 70085 You can gift aid your donation using the link in the confirmation text you will receive later. Texts cost the value of the donation plus one standard rate message. See the end of the Notices for other ways to do- nate. How to Donate or Make a Payment to the work of our parish BACS: Account name: Baildon Parochial Church Council Account number: 80028819 Sort code: 20-11-81 Please add a reference to your payment, eg planned giving, donation etc. Cheque: You can send a cheque to our Parish Treasurer, Richard Nicholas, at 11 High Fold, Baildon, BD17 6LE. Again, please give details of what your payment covers.

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