Bolingbroke Deanery GGrraappeeVViinnee APRIL 2015 ISSUE 466 • 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 In Christian tradition the Five Holy Wounds, or Five Sacred Wounds, are the five piercing wounds which Jesus suffered during the Crucifixion. We can see the way in which they have been a particular focus for devotion by the way in which they have often been depicted in art – most famously in depictions of Doubting Thomas, or in music, like Bach’s St Matthew Passion, or Handel’s Messiah, as well as some of our well-known Passiontide hymns. In these first days of Easter, when we experience the joy of the resurrection afresh in our lives, the image of our risen Lord walking the earth yet still carrying the wounds of the crucifixion is powerful and poignant. I was struck recently by the text of a contemporary hymn whose first line speaks of the risen Christ ‘walking with wounded feet’. That image, of Jesus walking with wounded feet, reminds us that, through the life, death and resurrection of our Lord, God knows what it is to carry pain in this human life. Through Jesus, God has experienced the reality of searing physical pain, as well as the anguish that comes from rejection and betrayal. And yet, God does not allow it to contain or define Jesus, nor does it crush his spirit. Instead, the experience of it becomes part of who he is and shapes him for the work he has to do. So, too, our experiences as human beings and children of God shape us and become part of who we are; but they need not contain or define us. The work of resurrection is ours to share, and God calls each one of us, wounded as we are, to play our part in proclaiming the wonder of the resurrection to our broken world. Bishop Christopher 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] 2 READINGS AT THE EUCHARIST Principal Service Sunday 5th April Easter Day (Gold or White) First Reading Acts 10.34-43 or Isaiah 25.6-9 Psalm/Canticle Psalm 118.1-2, 14-24 [or 118.14-24] Second Reading 1 Corinthians 15.1-11 or Acts 10.34-43 Gospel John 20.1-18 or Mark 16.1-8 The reading from Acts must be used as either the first or second reading. Sunday 12th April 2nd Sunday of Easter (White) First Reading [Exodus 14.10-end; 15.20-21] Acts 4.32-35 Psalm/Canticle Psalm 133 Second Reading 1 John 1.1-22 Gospel John 20.19-end The reading from Acts must be used as either the first or second reading. Sunday 19th April 3rd Sunday of Easter (White) First Reading [Zephaniah 3.14-end] Acts 3.12-19 Psalm/Canticle Psalm 4 Second Reading 1 John 3.1-7 Gospel Luke 24.3b-48 The reading from Acts must be used as either the first or second reading. Sunday 26th April 4th Sunday of Easter (White) First Reading [Genesis 7.1-5, 11-18; 8.6-18; 9.8-13] Acts 4.5-12 Psalm/Canticle Psalm 23 Second Reading 1 John 3.16-end Gospel John 10.11-18 The reading from Acts must be used as either the first or second reading. 3 Bolingbroke Team Palm Sunday Deanery Service St Mary, Tetford 10.30am 29 March followed by Procession Monday Evening Prayer St Peter, Lusby 6.30pm 30 March Tuesday Chrism Mass Lincoln Cathedral 11.00am 31 March Wednesday Eucharist St James, Spilsby 10.30am 1 April Compline St Mary, Hundleby 6.30pm Eucharist Toynton All Saints 7.30pm Holy Thursday Eucharist of the St James, Spilsby 7.00pm 2 April last supper Good Friday Morning Prayer St Andrew, 10.00am 3 April Sausthorpe Procession Starting at Franklin 11.45am Statue in Spilsby Reflections St Helen, East Keal 3.00pm Good Friday St Mary, Hundleby 7.00pm Reflections Holy Saturday Making of the St James, Spilsby 10.00am 4 April Easter Garden Pilgrim Course The Vicarage, 4.00pm Spilsby Easter Vigil St James, Spilsby 7.00pm Easter Sunrise Service St Helen, West Keal 6.00am Sunday followed by usual Sunday Services 4 5 SOUTH ORMSBY - Holy Week Wednesday 1st April 10.00am Tetford Said Communion Maundy Thursday – 2nd April 7.00pm Harrington Good Friday – 3rd April 10.00am Tetford Dressing of the Cross 1.30pm Ruckland Devotions 3-4pm Tetford Preparing for Easter Day th Holy Saturday – 4 April 12 noon South Ormsby Vigil DEANERY MUSIC FUND Many years ago the Deanery held a Music Festival and the profits were placed in a Music Fund to encourage people to develop music and musical skills in our Deanery. If there is a project we can support, or young people we can encourage to grow their musical talent, please contact the Deanery Office and we will see if we can help? Fr. Peter 01790 752526 Healing Service at St Andrew’s Church Halton Holegate Sunday 19th April at 6.00pm 6 April Diary Dates 4th St James coffee morning for Beacon school and making of the Easter Garden, 10am - 12 noon 4th Pilgrim course, The Vicarage, Spilsby, 4pm 8th Aswardby APCM, 7pm at Aswardby Hall 10th Mavis Enderby APCM, 7pm at the Woodgate’s 11th Scremby APCM, 10am at Scremby Manor 13th Partney APCM, 7pm at John Hudson’s 14th Holy Communion at The Old Rectory Care Home 14th Ashby APCM, 7pm venue to be confirmed 15th Team Worship meeting, The Vicarage, Spilsby, 2pm 15th Spilsby APCM, The Vicarage, Spilsby, 7pm 18th Gift Day, St Mary’s Church Hundleby, 10am – 12 noon 18th Pilgrim course ‘Follow’, The Vicarage, Spilsby, 4pm 19th Firsby APCM, 3pm in church 20th Great Steeping APCM 7pm in church 24th St George’s Day Quiz, St James church, 7pm 25th Jumble Sale, East Keal Church, 1pm 25th Developing Discipleship Context Event 25th Pilgrim course ‘Follow’, The Vicarage, Spilsby, 4pm 28th Candlesby APCM, 7pm venue to be confirmed 29th Little Steeping APCM 7pm in church May Diary Dates 2nd Pilgrim course ‘Follow’, The Vicarage, Spilsby, 4pm 3rd Raithby PCC meeting, Village Hall, after 6pm service 5th Spilsby Cluster meeting, Spilsby Vicarage, 7pm 9th Pilgrim course ‘Follow’, The Vicarage, Spilsby, 4pm 10th-16th Christian Aid Week 11th Hundleby PCC, 2pm 12th Toynton PCC, 7pm at Alf Tunnicliffe’s 13th East Keal PCC, 7pm 16th Christian Aid Coffee Morning, St James,10am-12 noon 16th East Keal Coffee Morning 16th Hagworthingham Coffee Morning, 10am–12 noon 16th Pilgrim course ‘Follow’, The Vicarage, Spilsby, 4pm 18th Pastoral & Mission Committee, Spilsby Vicarage, 7pm 23rd Pilgrim course ‘Follow’, The Vicarage, Spilsby, 4pm 24th Open Gardens Hagworthingham, 2-4pm 28th Cutwater Productions ‘Great Village Bake Off’ 30th Raithby Village Hall, Plant & Cake Sale 31st Confirmation Service, St James 7 Group Registers: Funerals: Spilsby Cluster Edna Mary Hough 83 years Spilsby died 01.02.15 Mabel Watkins 80 years Great Steeping died 24.02.15 John Atkin Kidd (Sandy) 79 years Hundleby died 03.03.15 Violet Doris Storr 95 years Spilsby died 04.03.15 Marden Hill Cluster Marie Lucy Breeze 99 years Hagworthingham died 25.01.15 Nancy Clayton 71 years Hagworthingham died 10.02.15 Baptisms: Spilsby Cluster Catherine Maria Stephenson Spilsby 15.03.15 Emma Louise Huyton Spilsby 15.03.15 Brooke Lesley-Ann Simpson Spilsby 22.03.15 Stickney Cluster Oliver Richard Edwards Stickney 01.03.15 Francesca Peggy Lawrence Stickney 08.03.15 Kieran Michael Horton Stickney 15.03.15 Hunter Philip Payne New Leake 22.03.15 Partney Cluster Olivia Ivy-May Pearson Langton 07.03.15 8 CAPTION COMPETITION APTION COMPET March Winner: ‘St Luke’s rodents beware! Undercover surveillance has been arranged to solve the recent mystery of the missing candles!’ Congratulations to – Mary Bosak Just for laughs… ‘Tonight’s meeting is entitled “UNDERSTANDING THE CATECHISM.” It says the (enclosed) handouts should be layed on.’ - Peter Mackinder ‘Where there’s a will, there’s a way!’ - Jean Coates ‘Click and collect?’ – Jane Parker ‘I thought they loved me, but if this is the only bed they can find…’ – Doreen Cooley APRIL PHOTO Please send your captions, th by 14 April to ‘Caption Competition’, The Vicarage, Church Street, Spilsby, Lincs. PE23 5EF or email to [email protected] 9 He Is Risen- Alleluia! Spring is a wonderful time of year, it gives us hope. Looking about the garden it is wonderful to see the new buds on some of the plants, shoots breaking through the soil and some of the plants I thought were dead are definitely showing signs of growth, of new life. After our Lenten journey we will arrive at Easter Morning, hopefully refreshed and definitely filled with the joy that only that Easter morning can bring. Jesus’ death on the cross and then his glorious resurrection offers each one of us an opportunity to choose and follow him so that we might have eternal life. In 1 Peter 3:15 it states: “But have reverence for Christ in your hearts, and honour him as Lord. Be ready at all times to answer anyone who asks you to explain the hope you have in you” GNB This quotation encapsulates everything about discipleship.