WELCOME TO OUR CHURCHES & SERVICES FOR YOUR PRAYERS: Prayer for the Nation – this week’s prayer: Lord Jesus Christ, in these dark and difficult days, we turn our hearts to you. In ages past, you have delivered our nation from disaster. Do it again, we pray. Give wisdom beyond human wisdom to our leaders, give strength beyond human strength to the NHS and all our frontline workers. Give comfort beyond human comfort th to the elderly and all who grieve. Lord Jesus Christ, in Sunday 28 March 2021 – Palm Sunday these dark and difficult days, turn your face towards us, have mercy upon us, and heal our land, we pray. Amen We are beginning to look at how we might restart services in our church buildings again as the lockdown gradually ends. - We pray for wisdom for health workers & governments This week we have planned an 11am Holy Communion on across the world, continuing to fight against Covid-19. Wednesday and on Easter Sunday will be having a 9am Holy For a heightened awareness and sense of responsibility Communion Service at St. Etheldreda’s and 10am Holy to care for & protect each other. For work to combat the Communion Service in St. Mary’s with a Zoom link. It is really effects of the virus worldwide. For fair and efficient helpful if you can book for all services on our web site as distribution of the vaccines. For those affected: those usual, to help us with our planning. In the meantime, we are who are ill, at home or in hospital, those who are self- continuing services online & our phoneline. isolating, those who have lost loved ones. For provision THIS WEEK for those who may be facing job insecurity & financial Collect: Almighty and everlasting God, who in your tender love difficulties as a result of the pandemic. For all who are towards the human race sent your Son our Saviour Jesus finding lockdown restrictions difficult, particularly those Christ to take upon him our flesh and to suffer death upon the who struggling with isolation or who do not feel safe. cross: grant that we may follow the example of his patience - for all those whose education has been disrupted and humility, and also be made partakers of his resurrection; during this period of isolation and the closure of schools, through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord. Amen. colleges, and universities. Be with families, teachers, Readings: Psalm 118.1–2,19–24; Mark 11.1–11 and pupils now they have returned to the classroom. Hymns (with a link to listen) - For wisdom and grace in planning services and All glory laud and honour pastoral support. For all our congregations and the https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBfJyjDolwA different ways we are in touch with each other, to offer Ride on, ride on in majesty support, to share in prayer and worship, to reach out to https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VAh1lzSQ3P4 those around us. My song is love unknown - For peace and reconciliation where there is conflict. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e6zyI5Cbg1A For the work of organisations helping families around the PALM SUNDAY WORSHIP world to overcome poverty and injustice, wherever the Palm Crosses will be available outside the vicarage on need is greatest. For countries where there are many in Saturday if you are walking past and would like to take desperate & vulnerable situations, in refugee camps and one, or in the porch of St Mary’s on Sunday afternoon. living in poverty, thinking especially of those at high risk of famine: Yemen, Syria, DRC, South Sudan, Afghanistan. 8.30am Thought for the week on Facebook. - We give thanks for the beauty of our world and pray for 10.00am Sunday Service on Zoom greater recognition of the impact of climate change, and Followed at about 10.45am by Virtual coffee and chat the negative ways we use the world’s resources. 4.30pm Cross Talk on Burwell Community Radio - For those living in: Casburn Lane, Dalzells Lane, 5.00pm Messy Gathering on Zoom Guyatt Court, Laburnum Lane, Murton Close, Newnham 6.00pm Prayer for the Nation on Facebook Lane, Pantile Lane, The Causeway, Hythe Close, Hythe Join in on Facebook here www.facebook.com/stmarysburwell/ Lane, Weirs Drove (Burwell), Burwell Road (Reach). If you are new to Zoom church meetings and services please - For those in special need: Danny, James, Ella, Mike, register on our website at www.stmarysburwell.org.uk/gdpr/ Jennifer, Norma, Charlie, Sarah, Jackie, Sarah, Lucie, [email protected]. Jackie, Janey, Jean, Neil, Richard, Don, Bob, Sue, Gina, This Sunday- Radio, TV and Online Dawn, Sonya (Anna Hopper's sister). 8.10am Radio 4 Morning Worship - For the bereaved including the family and friends of 9.00am Church of England live stream service on the Elijah ‘Nat’ Parker, and those remembering C of E website & Facebook. anniversaries of the loss of loved ones._________________ www.churchofengland.org/more/media-centre/church-online HOLY WEEK PROGRAMMES on RADIO & TV 10.30am Ely Cathedral online service www.elycathedral.org/ Wednesday: Radio 4 - 8.45pm Lent Talks 11.15am BBC 1 Sunday Worship Good Friday: BBC2 - 9am and 10am Painting the Holy Land 1.15pm BBC 2 Songs of Praise BBC2 - 1pm Britain’s Easter Story HOLY WEEK WORSHIP Radio 4 - 3pm Good Friday Meditation All Week Easter Trail in churchyard Radio 4 - 3.30pm Lent talks. Wednesday 11am Holy Communion St. Mary’s Saturday – Radio 4 - 2.45pm Lent Talks Maundy Thursday 7.30pm Zoom Service Easter Sunday: BBC1 - 10am Easter Worship BBC1 - 1.15pm Songs of Praise Good Friday 1.30pm Zoom Service Radio 4 - 8.10am Sunday Worship Saturday 9.00am Zoom Elk Prayers Radio 3 - 3pm Choral Evensong CHURCH BUILDING OPENING TIMES NEWS Wednesday – St. Etheldreda’s until 12 noon From Kathy Ogilvie: you may be interested in watching some St. Mary’s 10am – 11pm of the talks/films at this online event from 26 March to 4 April. Good Friday– Both churches 2pm – 4pm www.earthoptimism.cambridgeconservation.org. Lots of ONLINE WEEKDAY PRAYERS ON FACEBOOK different subjects & positive stories about looking after the earth. Prayers each day during Holy Week 8.30am & 8.30pm with PASTORAL CARE: Please contact Eleanor, Paula or Sue a mix of video and prayers to read on our Facebook page. Evans, Lay Pastor, with messages about pastoral news, needs www.facebook.com/stmarysburwell & concerns, requests for prayer. www.facebook.com/messychurchburwell/ Revd Dr Eleanor Williams [email protected] ST MARY’S & ST ETHELDREDA’S PHONELINE Revd Paula Spalding (Curate): 07849 936085 Dial in to our phoneline to hear a recording of our Facebook [email protected]; Lay Pastor: Sue Evans 743688 services and the pew sheet 01638 598958 .