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How do we book our wedding? - on the fourth or fifth Sunday of a month at - please contact our Parish Administrator in 12.15pm or 1.15pm; the Church Office, who will discuss with we normally have one family at each time, you availability of dates and times; will talk however, there may be occasions when we to you about the qualifying connection you have another child to baptise and so there have with the parish; and will take you and will be two families together; your fiancé’s details; - or at our regular worship on a Sunday - you will then be contacted by our vicar to morning at 10.00am; arrange a date to meet. There will be exceptions due to the church CHURCH OFFICE calendar Church Road, East Brent, TA9 4HZ How do you book a baptism? E-mail: [email protected] - collect an application form the Church Phone: 01278 769082 Office Open Tuesday & Wednesday, 10.30am-3.30pm Priest in Charge Revd. Simon Lewis The Rectory, Ash Trees, East Brent [email protected] PCC Secretary Sandra Hanmer 01934 750076 Churchwardens Miss Frances James 760 287 Mr Mike Smith 760 691 Services for March 2014 Date Service Time Church 2nd March Holy Communion - BCP 8.00am St. Michael’s Brent Knoll 1 before Lent All-sorts-Worship 11.00am St. Mary’s East Brent 5th March Ash Wednesday Eucharist 7.30pm St. Mary’s East Brent 9th March Holy Communion - BCP 8.00am St. Michael’s Brent Knoll Lent 1 Eucharist 10.00am St. Mary’s East Brent Iona Worship 5.30pm St. Mary’s East Brent 16th March Holy Communion - BCP 8.00am St. Christopher’s Lympsham Lent 2 Eucharist 10.00am St. Michael’s Brent Knoll 23rd March Holy Communion - BCP 8.00am St. Mary’s East Brent Lent 3 Eucharist 10.00am St. Christopher’s Lympsham Evening Prayer – Said 6.30pm St. Michael’s Brent Knoll 30th March All-sorts-Worship + Holy Mothering Sunday communion 10.00am St. Mary’s East Brent Every Tuesday Holy Communion 2.30pm St. Mary’s East Brent Every Wednesday Holy Communion 10.00am St. Christopher’s Lympsham St Michael’s Sidesmen Rota 2nd March 8.00am Michael Champion 9th March 8.00am Michael Champion 16th March 10.00am John Harper & Michael Smith 23rd March 6.30pm Sally Wingate 4 METHODIST CHURCH Minister Revd. Andrew Biggs I promised myself last month that I would write a whole article without mentioning the weather but I fear I can't avoid it. I seem to have spent 6 weeks complaining about the constant onslaught of rain and gales, but my moans pale into insignificance compared to the suffering of those on the Levels and surrounding areas. All those affected have been, and will continue to be, in our prayers at Brent Knoll. Lent is late this year and Rev Andrew Biggs will be leading our Ash Wednesday service (5th March) here at Brent Knoll Methodist Church at 12pm. In addition, Rev Margaret Trapp will be taking our Lent course which begins on Monday 10th March at 2.30pm and will be followed by refreshments. We would love to see you at either/both of these. As always, a warm welcome is assured. Our regular Emmaus course takes place on Thursday 13th March at 2.30pm. Wishing you all a safe, dry and calm March. God bless. Rosemary Krull Preachers for March at 10.30am 2nd March : Rev Andrew Biggs (Holy Communion) 9th March : Rev Robert Channon (Link Service at East Brent Methodist Church) 16th March : Mr Robin Jenks 23rd March : Rev Stanley Pipet 30th March : Mrs Julie Biggs (Mothering Sunday) Toddlers It is lovely to think that March sees the beginning of Spring and we are looking forward to changing our display boards to reflect the new season. World Book Day is on 6th March this year and is the biggest celebration of books and reading in the world. We will have Book Day Tokens for all the toddlers so they can visit a bookshop and choose a book for themselves or buy one of the specially produced books, which for our age group, will be either 'Hello Hugless Douglas' or 'Little Book Day Parade'. They sound fun! Note for your diary: The last day of term will be Tuesday 1st April. Jane BRENT KNOLL AND MARK TENNIS CLUB The next Tennis Club Winter Whist Drive is on Monday 10th March at Ivy Clad Hall at 7pm. Admission £1.50 with prizes and a raffle. David Outfin St Michael’s Church Register Holy Baptism George and Henry Brookes Isabella Rose Benson Women’s World Day of Prayer Friday, 7th March 10.30am St. Christopher’s Lympsham Theme: “Streams in the Desert” All Welcome. Refreshments and Fair-Trade Stall 5 Kingfisher Windows Local Family Business Est. 1986 by John Fisher For all your Windows, Doors, Cladding and Conservatory needs Tel: 01278 760 616 www.kingfishercheddar.co.uk Come and see us at our showroom Unit 8, Mill Batch Farm East Brent, Somerset. 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Estimates without obligation Public Liability Insurance; No VAT Call: Roger Keen - Tel. 01278 782909 or 07795 415474 Please mention the Brent Knoll News when replying to adverts 7 PANCAKES, TEA & COFFEE, BRING & BUY SATURDAY, 1ST MARCH 11.00am – 2.00pm IN THE PARISH HALL No booking – just turn up!!! This event is hosted by, and in aid of, the Royal British Legion Women’s Section (registered charity number 219279). PLANT SALE & OPEN GARDEN At ROOKERY HOUSE THE CAUSEWAY, MARK TA9 4QH on B3139 (ST 372 477) SATURDAY 3rd MAY 10.30am TO 1pm PLANTS, CAKES EASY PARKING Exhibitions, Raffle IN FIELD OPPOSITE, Activities foor your children thanks to M/s. G. Isgar £2 INCLUDING COFFEE or TEA Somerset Wildlife Trust, Tonedale Mill, Tonedale, Wellington TA21 0AW Tel: 01823 652400 www.somersetwildlife.org 8 Just a thought! LifeAttitudes Your local Parish is running a five week course in March, exploring and grappling with eight radical sayings from Scripture described as beautiful attitudes. They contain both values for living and promises of blessing. Christianity is essentially a 'lifestyle' religion. It is as much about what and who we are as about what we say or believe. The Scriptures are not primarily books of principle or policy, but rather stories of how the possibility of God has made an impact on and shaped the lives of those who have heard its message. We live in a rapidly changing world, where people are less interested in religious activity than in 'spirituality', and more interested in 'resources for living' than in religious principles and creeds. In a climate where lifestyle and well-being are major preoccupations, where values and codes are judged by whether they work, and rights seem more important than responsibilities, the challenge for the Church is twofold: to equip those who have a relationship with God more wholly to live their faith; and to demonstrate to those outside the Church, that the possibility of God makes sense of the whole of life. These Beatitudes (beautiful attitudes) focus our minds on what makes us truly happy. They: • challenge our deepest personal values; • speak to our relationships with those who are closest to us, to our friends, our neighbours, and to our work context; • address the culture, values and political structures of the country in which we live; • impact on our attitude to, and connection with, major global issues such as environmental pollution and the deep-seated hostility and injustices that affect our world. JUST A THOUGHT, these beautiful attitudes are costly and life-changing and cut across the values of our changing times, so come and see for yourself. DATES OF THIS LENT COURSE Day: Saturday 8th, 15th, 22nd, 29th March & 5th April. Time: We start at 8.15am with breakfast (toast, croissant, Danish-pastry, tea, coffee, juice). At 8.45am we begin our listening, reflection and talking. We finish at 10.00am.