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Welcome to our Service
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Sunday 16th and 23rd April
Easter Sunday and Easter 2
Newssheet deadline is Thursday at 2.00pm
Readings: Acts 10: 34 - 43
John 20: 1 - 18
Acts 2.14a, 22–32
John 20.19–end
Healing prayer is available during or after services, or at home by request.
There is a loop system operating at our main morning services; please turn your
hearing aid to the ‘T’ position. If you have a mobile phone, please ensure it is switched off.
HEADLINE Prayer of Easter Hope
Dear Father,
When we have lost someone we love, the world seems very dark. Sometimes we might feel that our world has ended,
and it’s hard to turn round and glimpse any light ahead.
But you, Lord, know all about that, and you care.
You sent Jesus to overcome death and lead us into the light of his forgiveness and freedom - to new and eternal life.
Help us Lord, like Mary, to turn away from the darkness death wants to scare us with, and to reach out to you.
Help us to take courage, strength and confidence from the reality of Jesus’ resurrection.
He is alive and we are his. There is nothing to fear. All shall be well. Hallelujah. Amen.
Annual meetings
Our annual meetings take place on April 26th at
Mappleborough church.
If you would like to represent the congregation
on the PCC or DCC please find the nomination
forms at the back of church or speak to a church
Warden.
We need two DCC members for each church
and one PCC member from each church. We
also need deputy church wardens!
Deadline for nominations is Sunday 23rd April.
Men’s Breakfast
Guest speaker Khalid Hussain
He started life in the simple world of a Kashmiri
village. Here, each day was the same as ones
gone before. Then one day, his parents announced that he is to go and live with relatives
in England. They hoped for him to have a better
life. Little did they know! We are taken on a
journey with the boy as he becomes man in the
newly developing multi-cultural world of the
1970s. We are given a glimpse into his life lived
against the grain. With him, we encounter John
Steinbeck, Bruce Springsteen and much more
besides. We learn about his community as it
becomes a part of the British landscape.
Meeting at the Kings Court Hotel
Kings Coughton, Nr Alcester B49 5QQ
Admission £8.00 Speak to Church Wardens to
book a place
Parish Trip
The balance of £30.50p is now due for all those
coming on the parish outing to Gloucester on
20th May -( if not already paid.)
To be paid to Eric Lee A.S.A.P. Thank you
David & Val’s new address
From April 19th, is
2 Spiers Court,
St Laurence Way,
Bidford on Avon
Warwickshire
B50 4LF
Soup and Prayer Lunches
Further dates May 2nd, June 13th and 11th July
www.ardenmarches.co.uk
01527 850130
[email protected]
MIDWEEK GROUPS, MEETING
WEEKLY, FORTNIGHTLY OR
MONTHLY
Compassion Bereavement Group All welcome at the Parish Centre, every Monday
2.30-4pm.
Friendship Group All welcome, meet on the
last Friday of the month, March to November.
Home Groups We have home groups that
meet on alternate Monday, Tuesday and
Wednesday evenings.
Children & Young People
Sunbeams toddler group, Fridays from 9.30
at the Parish Centre.
Studley Youth Café, for ages 11-18, Sundays,
drop-in between 6.00-7.30pm at Parish Centre. (term time only)
Hot Chocolate Project, Fridays 7.00-8.30pm
at the 'Rec', by the Millennium Gate, teenage.
We also have Rainbows, Brownies, Guides
and Rangers who meet weekly during term
time at the Parish Centre.
Lunchbox At the Parish Centre on the 2nd
Wednesday of every month, from 12.15 to
1.15pm.
Food Bank Tuesdays 2.00-3.30pm at the
Methodist Church
Mothers Union 1st Wednesday each month,
2.00pm, Parish Centre
Bell ringing practice Studley Every Thursday,
7.30 - 9pm. Entry via the North Door. All
welcome to watch, learn or join in the ringing, but under 18s must be accompanied by
an adult.
More information and contact details are on
our website.
CONTACT INFORMATION
General Enquiries (Parish Office)
Judith McLelland
850130
[email protected]
www.ardenmarches.co.uk
THE COLLECT Easter 2
Almighty Father, you have given your only
Son to die for our sins and to rise again for
our justification: grant us so to put away the
leaven of malice and wickedness that we may
always serve you in pureness of living and
truth; through the merits of your Son Jesus
Christ our Lord, who is alive and reigns with
you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.
FOR YOUR PRAYERS
Please Pray For:
 Our clergy and lay readers, church wardens
and all who serve on PCCs, DCCs and MLT.
 The various groups for children and young
people: Friday Night Outreach, Sunbeams,
Youth Café, Rainbows, Brownies, Guides
and Rangers, and all the schools in our
villages.
 All those who are preparing to lead or
preach at our services this week and on
Sunday.
Please Pray For:
 Baptisms: none this week
 Wedding: Saturday 29th April, Andrew
Johnson & Hayley Evans, Mappleborough
Green, Nicholas Clarke & Rachel Hooper,
Studley Parish Church
Prayer List
The prayer list is for urgent and critical situations, names remain on this list for four
weeks.
Please let us know if the person needs to be
kept on for additional weeks.
We also remember those for whom the anniversary of their death falls in these two
weeks: William Rowley, Angela Aldington,
Horace Smith, Joan Cox and Theo Pritchett
JustTextGiving
Gift-Aid Scheme
Studley: Joyce Duffin
458636
Mappleborough Green: Sam Slater 852402
Studley Fabric Fund Envelope: week No. 4
Sunday 16th April
10.00am
Holy Communion
Mappleborough Green
Celebration+Praise
Studley Parish Church
11.15am
Holy Communion
Oldberrow
6.30pm
Evensong
Osprey House
Thursday 20th April
9.30am
Holy Communion (BCP)
Parish Centre
Sunday 23rd April
8.00am
Holy Communion
Studley Parish Church
10.00am
Holy Communion for All
Mappleborough Green
All Age Communion
Studley Parish Church
6.00pm
Youth Café
Parish Centre
Monday 24th April
2.30pm
Compassion Group
Parish Centre
Wednesday 26th April
7.15pm
ADCM Studley
Ankcorn House
7.15pm
ADCM Mappleborough
Mappleborough Church
7.45pm
APCM
Mappleborough Church
Thursday 27th April
9.30am
Holy Communion (BCP)
Parish Centre
Sunday 30th April
8.00am
Holy Communion
Studley Parish Church
10.00am
Group Service
Mappleborough Green
6.00pm
Youth Café
Parish Centre
6.30pm
Holy Communion
Osprey House
Wednesday 3rd May
2.00pm
Mothers Union
Parish Centre
Thursday 4th May
9.30am
Holy Communion (BCP)
Parish Centre
Sunday 7th May
10.00am
All Age Celebration
Mappleborough Green
Holy Communion
+ Junior Church
Studley Parish Church
4.00pm
Blue Bell Walk Service
Morton Bagot
6.00pm
Youth Café
Parish Centre
6.30pm
Holy Communion
Osprey House
We remember before God and pray for the
families of all who have died recently, including: Pamela James and Silvia Moran
Church Centre Bookings
Ankcorn House:
Linda Salsbury 450813 or 07872 625006
Studley Parish Centre:
Tony Drake
850434
Text ARDN01 £3
To 70070
SERVICES AND COMING SOON
Lord of all life and power, who through the
mighty resurrection of your Son overcame the
old order of sin and death to make all things
new in him: grant that we, being dead to sin
and alive to you in Jesus Christ, may reign
with him in glory; to whom with you and the
Holy Spirit be praise and honour, glory and
might, now and in all eternity.
Please remember in your prayers especially
this week: Stuart Parker, James Andrews,
Dee Reindl, Marc Beaucham, Jean and Bernard Simmons and Barbara Dodds
Safeguarding Officer
for Children & Young People
Jane Pattison
852065
Support the work of
Studley Parish Church
THE COLLECT Easter Day
WHERE TO FIND US
Studley, Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary (B80 7AB)
Mappleborough Green, Holy Ascension (B80 7DJ)
Morton Bagot, Holy Trinity (B80 7EJ)
Osprey House (Archer Close, B80 7HX)
01527 850130
Studley Parish Centre (B80 7SG)
Ankcorn House (B80 7DJ)
Oldberrow, St Mary’s (B95 5NU)
[email protected]