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Newsletter for February 2020 Penlee Cluster of Churches charity number 1180956 Newsletter for February 2020 Bishop’s visit to Penlee Cluster area Bishop Philip will be joining us for the day on Wednesday March 4th. We are expecting him to be with us for most of that day and to join in the usual activities of the cluster. Amongst other activities he will be joining the Reader group, visiting a primary school, looking at the fishing industry and joining the Wednesday wisdom of the community meal. The focus of his visit will very much be on Lay ministry....how people are living out their faith in daily lives. He will then be worshipping with us on Sunday March 15th: 1030 Eucharist at St Marys church PZ. He will preach at that service and his theme will be “the Barnabas church”. We are expecting to have a joint cluster choir to help lead that act of worship (Nigel Guzavk invites singers from all four churches to join come to rehearse ....watch out for rehearsal dates ) There will be a Cluster Sunday lunch following that service at the Lugger...a time to meet together and to informally chat to Bp Philip. Do sign up for Sunday lunch. Cluster Lenten Praise Cornwall independent Poverty Forum comes to Penzance Thursday 5th March Tuesday February 4th at 2pm at St John’s Church St Mary’s Church, Chapel Street, Penzance. 6pm for food, 6.45 service begins ALL WELCOME ASH WEDNESDAY Beginning of Lent: Wednesday 26th February : 530pm To mark and prepare for the season of Lent, a special Ash Wednesday service with traditional imposition of Ash will take place at St Marys PZ on this day. Contemporary reflective Cornwall Faith Forum keeps Holocaust Me- worship songs will accompany morial Day, Sunday February 2nd at 2pm at that act of worship. Times of the Dor Kemmyn field at Penmount. contemplative silence woven into If you would like to attend and would value the service will give us space for a a lift with Andrew please contact him in reflective time with God. Church or [email protected] A pancake supper and “wisdom of the community” gospel reflection will follow that act of worship. Campfire Reflections has launched ! The torrential rain stopped and we were blessed by bright sun- shine for our first ever campfire reflections at Paul Quiet Gar- den on Saturday morning. It was so sunny we didn’t need to put up our new 5 metre Bell tent with wood burning stove that will be saved for our next one. 19 people came and one dog called Mimi. We enjoyed a good social, having a cuppa, cake and chats around the campfire. We also learnt various ways to light a fire and also cooked a lovely carrot and coriander soup, which was a great group effort to get it cooked in time and it took some experimenting to see at what height the pot needed to be to get the soup cooked. (Next time we will put it on earlier!). Many of the people also enjoyed walking round the quiet garden reflecting and also looking at the beau- tiful view. We finished off things having a lunch together enjoying the soup we made around the camp- fire. Everyone agreed that it had been a great day and that they all felt relaxed and in a good mood, obviously the sun- shine and good company helped! Thank you to everyone that came and helped and to those that donated wood and cake. The next one will be at the Vic- arage 24 Chapel St Penzance, Near St Mary’s on the 1st Febru- ary 3pm to 5pm (1st Sat of the month). Then we will be back to Paul Quiet Garden every 3rd Sat of the Month from 10.30 to 12.30. Any Donations appreciated with wood and cake and we can always do with volunteers to get involved and help out. If you want more info call Jim Brown 07970 994132 Music at St Mary’s Church Saturday February 22 at 7pm St. Marks Venice comes to Penzance Gabrieli Concert. James Hook Players and Dr. Russell Blacker. Sunday February 23 at 6pm Music for 104 keys. William Sleath (flute) Tim Carey (piano) Paul Bell-ringers’ Quarter peel Our Christmas Quarter Peal was rung on the 27th of December. What made it special was that it was the first Quarter that I was to conduct. The ringers apart from myself were, Mick, Miranda Penhalligan , Claire Sowden, Sam Nankervis, and Alistair Hopkins. Sam helped me get started, then let me get on with it. For the record we did 1260 Plain bob doubles in just under 50 minutes. All things being equal the next one will be for my 60th birthday in February. John Swan. Services across the Cluster St Mary’s Pz St John’s Pz St Peter’s, Newlyn St Pole de Leon, Paul Feb 2nd 8.30am Eucharist 11am Communion 10.30am Sung Mass 8.30am 1662 Communion Presenta- 10am Eucharist 10.30am Iona Worship for tion of Candlemass Christ in the tem- 6pm Julian Worship ple. Feb 9th 8.30am Eucharist 11am Communion 8.30am 1662 Communion 10.30am Sung Communion 6pm Evensong Feb 16th 8.30am Eucharist 11am Communion 10.30am Sung Mass 8.30am 1662 Communion 10am Sung Eucharist 10.30am Morning Worship 6 pm pm Night Prayer Feb 23rd 8.30am Eucharist 11am Communion 10.30am Sung Mass 8.30am 1662 Communion 10am Formal Eucharist 10.30am Sung Communion 6pm Taize worship March 1st 8.30am Eucharist 11am Communion 10.30am Sung Mass 8.30am 1662 Communion 10am Eucharist 10.30am Iona Worship “Fragile people, fragile world” - A Week of Guided Prayer February 10- 15th 12noon- 4pm at St Mary’s Church, Penzance Contemplation and Action At the beginning of 2020 we are spending time thinking, reflecting and praying about the issues that face us and our world. We pray that our thoughts and prayers might turn to positive action as we commit ourselves to a lifestyle change that might affect our planet. • We are offering a holding space during the week for people to come and spend a quiet time reflecting on the many issues that face our planet. • We are offering resources, photos, poems and readings to help steer our thinking. • We are providing creative art resources to explore and develop our thinking. • We are offering a daily thought for the day to ponder. • We are offering an opportunity to meet with someone daily to talk about your prayer experience and talk through what is on your mind and heart. • We are offering a daily act of worship to pray for our world We are offering a daily simple soup lunch where you might gather to talk to others engaged in this process Come for as little or as much of the time as feels right to you. Join in the activities that will help you. Timetable for the week 12noon: Act of worship and reflective silence 1pm: Soup lunch 2pm: Silent space: for use of resources, and to meet with prayer guides 3pm: Reflective talk and silence Booking forms can be found in our four churches. You can also book online visit the What’s On page of our website. www.penleecluster.org.uk/whats-on The Voyage Continues! This week we made and flew Vicky's 'doves' and acted out the story of Jesus being baptised in the river Jordan. There is always lots happening at the Voyage of Discovery group in term-time on Thursdays after school at St Mary's Church from 3:30pm - 5:00pm, children and families are most welcome. Join in with Alex's weekly treasure hunt for his hidden Golden Chocolate Coins or learn to make your own food with Penny & Lynn in the brand new kitchen - there is always fun for everyone! Join with our other 'voyagers' to discover the Gospel message of Jesus together through craft, music, drama, song and food - perhaps you have an idea for an activity that we could do together? We are delighted to welcome Debra and Lynn to our team. Debra has already shared her excellent 'Blue Peter' style craft skills with an innovative sticky-backed jigsaw puzzle and having been a hit with her hot-dogs this week, Lynn has teamed up with Penny to plan and feed our hungry 'voyagers', mums, dads and colleagues! It is with a sense of sadness we share the news that one of our founding leaders, Mike Ellis, recently died. Mike was a man of great faith and was much loved and inspirational to all our young people and colleagues. He will be greatly missed and our love, thoughts and prayers continue to be with you Penny. If you'd like more information about joining us or supporting the group in any way at all, please do drop us an email and we'd be delighted to hear from you and try to answer any questions you may have: [email protected] Many thanks, Alex F, Alex N, Debra, Jason, Lynn, Penny, Vicky & The Team Wisdom in the community Wisdom in the community readings 2nd : Candlemas : Luke 2: 22-40 9th: Matthew 5: 13-20 16th: Matthew 6: 25-end 23rd : Matthew 17: 1-9 March 1st : Matthew 4: 1-11 Have you thought about joining one of the “wisdom in the community” groups? It’s a really good way to not only think and pray through the Gospel reading that is used on a Sunday but, in the company and friendship of others, to think about how the Gospel can radically change our lives.
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