Welcome to our worship: please use the
time before the service starts for quiet
prayer. You are welcome to join us for
refreshments after the 10am Service.
26 March 2017
Hearing Aid Loop (both churches)
St Edmund’s: please sit on the left hand
side of the church. Please switch your
hearing aid to the “T” position.
EASTER SERVICES
Sunday 9th 10am Palm Sunday Service (St Edmund’s)
Monday 10th 7pm Stations of the Cross (St Mark’s)
Wednes. 12th 9.30am Holy Communion (St Edmund’s)
Thursday 13th 7pm Maunday Thursday Stripping of the Altar and
Watch (St Mark’s)
Friday 14th 10am Good Friday Service (St Edmund’s)
followed by:
11.15am Walk of Witness via St Mark’s to WBMC
12—3pm BHW Drama & Meditation (Holy Cross)
Sunday 16th 8am Holy Communion (St Edmund’s)
8.30am Easter Breakfast (WBM)
10am Easter Sunday Service (St Mark’s)
Monday 17th 10am Easter Garden,coffee & light lunches(WBM)
‘Tovertavel’ Demonstrations
A BIG THANK YOU TO.…
… all who helped to make this event such a great success!
UNICEF ‘MITE’ APPEAL:
Thanks to all who have donated 5ps. Another £50 has been sent, making
an amazing total of £4,350 raised to date. Collection boxes are available
in both Churches—every 5p donated goes towards financing rehydration
sachets for sick children in third world countries.
Yvonne
THIS WEEK’S READINGS
Either Exodus 2: 1-10 or 1 Samuel 1: 20-end; Either 2 Corinthians 1: 3-7
or Colossians 3: 12-17; Either Luke 2: 33-35 or John 19: 25b-27
Wednesday, 29th March 9.30am St Edmund’s
Isaiah 49: 8-15 (OT 689)
Sunday, 2nd April Fifth Sunday of Lent
Ezekiel 37: 1-14; Romans 8: 6-11; John 11: 1-45
PLEASE PRAY FOR…
… Bishop Christopher, God’s mission and our ministry in Wootton,
School & Street Pastors, Portsmouth Deanery Officers
…those who are sick or in any kind of need: Ralph, Robert, Sue,
Isaac, Gordon P, Rosemary, Patricia, Linda and Richard, Dawn,
Gladys, Roger, our Arab Christian brothers and sisters in the
Middle East and everyone on our ‘Luke 11’ Parish Prayer Line
…for those on the Worship Leaders course: Janette and David
…for those who attended the ‘Leading Your Church Into
Growth’ course as the initiative is taken forward: Veronica,
Rodney, Erica and Niki
…those who are in Our Year’s Mind: 27th Edmund Please,
28th Jasmine Thrippleton, 1st Edward Foster
If you would like a name to be added to the prayer list (with the
consent of the person named) please let Helen Davison know. Names will
remain on the list for an initial period of 4 weeks. Please inform Helen if
you wish a name to be included after this time, or when prayers have
been answered or are no longer needed. The intercessions books in each
Church may be used for additional prayers to be offered silently during
the Services. Names in our ‘Year’s Mind’ will be published for three years
and then removed unless otherwise requested. Thank you.
Collect for today:
God of love, passionate and strong, tender and careful:
watch over us and hold us all the days of our life;
through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen
PLEASE SUPPORT THESE FORTHCOMING EVENTS:
‘THE BRIDGE’
The next session of Bridge-folding will be held in the Coffee Lounge
at 2pm on Friday 31st March. Please come along and join us!
‘Island Underworld:
800 years of criminal history’
A talk by Mei Trow in aid of St Edmund’s Trust on
Friday 31st March 7pm at St Edmund’s Church.
FELLOWSHIP LUNCH
At Homebray House on Wednesday 5th April
from 12.30—2pm. Please book with Mary Peters
NEARLY NEW and JUMBLE SALE
2pm—Saturday, 27th May—St Mark’s
Entrance: 20p. In aid of church funds.
With new, nearly new, books and refreshments.
Jumble on the day between 9.30 and 11.30am
please, or call Joan on 883565 to arrange collection.
Any offers of help on the day to sort stock from 9.30-11.30am, to sell
items from 1.45pm, or to pack away from 3.30pm would be much
appreciated. Please see event organiser: Ann Jolliffe if you can help.
Mini Worship
Exciting news! We are starting a new midweek service for preschool
children at St Mark’s. It will commence on Thursday 15th June.
Doors will open at 9am, the service will start at 9.10am and take 20
minutes. Each week the children will sing, play simple
instruments, and listen to a story. There will be time to
chat and enjoy refreshments afterwards. The service will
be free, but donations welcome! Please spread the word.
DATES FOR YOUR DIARY
TODAY
Sun 26th
THIS WEEK
Mon 27th
Tues 28th
Wed 29th
Thu 30th
Fri 31st
No 8am Holy Communion
10am Mothering Sunday Service (St Edmund’s)
6pm Evensong (St Edmund’s)
8am Morning Prayer (St Edmund’s)
10am Village Coffee Morning (WB Methodist)
No Handbell ringing
7pm PCC Meeting—Accounts (St Mark’s)
10.30am Tuesday Discussion Group (Homebray House)
9.30am Holy Communion (St Edmund’s)
10.30am Open House (Wootton Bridge Methodist)
12noon Coffee, light lunches and activities (WBMC)
2pm ‘My Life’ Rev. Veronica Brown (WBMC)
2.30pm Bluebell Walk at Newnham Farm (Holy Cross)
7pm Choir practice (St Edmund’s)
2pm Bridge folding (St Mark’s)
7pm ‘Island Underworld-800 years of criminal history’ A
talk by Mei Trow in aid of St Edmund’s Trust (St Ed’s)
NEXT WEEK
Sun 2nd April 8am Holy Communion (St Edmund’s)
10am Sunday Brunch (St Mark’s)
No 6pm Evensong
Mon 3rd
8am Morning Prayer (St Edmund’s)
10am Village Coffee Morning (WB Methodist)
3pm Ministry Meeting (Rectory)
Visit our website: www.cofeparishofwoottonbridge.org.uk
Parish of St Edmund's and St Mark's Wootton Bridge
Parish Priest: Rev’d Veronica Brown, The Rectory, 32 Church Road,
Wootton, IoW PO33 4PX Tel: 0792 151 4906 (Day off on Friday)
Churchwardens: Mary Peters (882595) and Margaret Frost (240772)
Weekly Sheet co-ordinator: Helen Davison (882330)
If you are new to our church - welcome! Please make yourself known to
a churchwarden or sides person. If you are visiting and pay tax, please
consider using a Gift Aid envelope for your offering. Thank you.