News Sheet for Sunday 11 January 2015 BAPTISM

News Sheet for Sunday 11th January 2015
BAPTISM OF CHRIST
PARISH OF FLEET
All Saints with Ss Philip & James
Welcoming all in our community
into the love of Christ
TODAY IN THE PARISH
All Saints
8.00am Holy Communion (1662)
10.00am Sung Eucharist (CW) with
Junior Church and Crèche
Ss Philip and James
10.00am Sung Eucharist (CW) with
Junior Church and Crèche
11.45am Baptism Service
TODAY’S READINGS
Genesis 1.1-5 ● Psalm 29 ● Acts 19.1-7 ● Mark 1.4-11
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY Water is the medium – the solution – by
which the incarnate Christ is initiated by God, through John’s ministry, into
a divine ministry of miracles, parables, death, resurrection and salvation.
Christ is God’s solution to the sins of the world – he is the living water, by
which we are all cleansed and renewed, and it is he who gives us life and
love. The water of baptism, imbued with the Spirit’s power, then and now,
is both the medium and the message.
TODAY’S COLLECT Eternal Father, who at the baptism of Jesus
revealed him to be your Son, anointing him with the Holy Spirit: grant to
us, who are born again by water and the Spirit, that we may be faithful to
our calling as your adopted children; through Jesus Christ your Son our
Lord, who is alive and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one
God, now and for ever.
PRAYER AFTER COMMUNION Lord of all time and eternity, you opened
the heavens and revealed yourself as Father in the baptism of Jesus your
beloved Son: by the power of your Spirit complete the heavenly work of
our rebirth through the waters of the new creation; through Jesus Christ
our Lord.
THIS WEEK IN THE PARISH
The FPCC Coffee Bar is open Monday - Saturday, 10.00am - 12.30pm
Monday 12th January
Lady Chapel
Lady Chapel
9.00am Morning Prayer
11.45am Holy Communion (1662)
Tuesday 13th January
Lady Chapel
9.00am Morning Prayer
Ss Philip and James
9.00am Coffee and Play
All Saints & FPCC
10.00am Praise and Play
Lady Chapel
11.00am Prayer group
FPCC
7.30pm Craft Group
Wednesday 14th January
Lady Chapel
9.00am Morning Prayer
Ss Philip and James
9.30am Eucharist followed by coffee
The Vicarage
7.30pm Pilgrim Course
Thursday 15th January
Lady Chapel
9.00am Morning Prayer
Ss Philip and James
9.00am Coffee and Play
Ss Philip and James
4.30pm JINK (Junior Youth Group)
Ss Philip and James
5.00pm Senior Youth Group
Friday 16th January
Lady Chapel
FPCC
All Saints
9.00am Morning Prayer
10.00am Parent and Toddler Time
8.00pm Choir Practice
NEXT SUNDAY - SECOND SUNDAY OF EPIPHANY
All Saints
10.00am Sung Eucharist (CW) with
Junior Church and Crèche
Ss Philip and James
8.00am Holy Communion (1662)
10.00am All Age Worship
Church on the Heath - 4.00pm Churches Together Unity Service
FUTURE DATES AND OTHER NOTICES
Please note that items with headlines underlined are new this week.
WEEK OF CHRISTIAN UNITY - 18th- 25th January. There will be a Unity
service at Church on the Heath on Sunday 18th January at 4pm with the
commissioning of the new Foodbank Manager and launch of the Lent
groups. There will also be a prayer meeting on Thursday 22 nd January at
7.45pm at Church Crookham Baptist Church.
BEETLE DRIVE - Saturday 31st January, 6.30pm in Ss Philip & James
Hall. Tickets £3.50 adult, £2.50 child, including a family supper with an
evening of friendly competitive beetling. Bring your own drinks - glasses
will be provided. Tickets from the Parish Office, Sue Benham (All
Saints) and Karen Kite (Ss Philip & James).
STEP BY STEP THANK YOU - On behalf of the staff and clients at Step
by Step, I would like to say a huge heartfelt thank you to all of you who
gave Christmas gifts and goodies and for providing donations of
toiletries, money and other gifts throughout 2014. Step by Step could not
provide the services they do without support from people like you.
Heather Turner
CHRISTINGLE THANK YOU - The Christingle Service raised
£252.50. The Children’s Society are very grateful for this amount. It
was a lovely service and thanks to all who came.
YOUTH GROUPS - Our youth groups restart this Thursday - JINK is for
junior school aged children and runs from 4.30-6.00pm; the seniors
meet from 5.00-7.00pm. All welcome. For more information please
contact Hannah Moore (612414) or the Parish Office.
CLARINET RECITAL - Saturday 7th February, 7.30pm, All Saints
Church. Clarinet music from the Twentieth century. Helen Pysanczyn clarinet; Shelley Morgan - piano; with guest soloist: Anoushka Morse recorder. Tickets £6 on the door with profits to the Red Cross Ebola
Appeal.
FOODBANK - Thank you for your ongoing support of Hart Foodbank
through your regular donations. They would be particularly grateful to
receive the following items during the month of January: longlife fruit
juice, sugar, supermarket bags for life, instant mashed potato, baked
beans and jam / marmalade.
DIOCESAN JOB OPPORTUNITY - Resources Centre Administrator
and Assistant Children & Families Ministry Adviser. 14 hours per week
based at the Education Centre, the Cathedral, Guildford, GU2 7UP.
Term time contract possible. £19,500 full time equivalent. Applications
by 9th February. For further details and an application form contact
[email protected] or call Gerardine Brown, HR
Manager, on 01483 790302 or visit http://www.cofeguildford.org.uk/
about/work-with-us/non-clergy-vacancies .
RETREAT - to Green Pastures in Poole for the weekend. GIRLS Group
are off to the seaside 6th - 8th March for a retreat led by the centre
chaplain with plenty of free time also. There is one place left - contact
Elly on 629252 or the Parish Office for more details.
TUESDAY MORNING PRAYER GROUP - All are welcome to join the
Tuesday morning prayer group for a short time of prayer and reflection
(totalling 30 minutes) at 11 am in the Lady Chapel. There is no
requirement to come every week, just come whenever you can.
HOLY LAND TRIP - Interested in joining Revd. Haydon Wilcox on a trip
to The Holy Land 21st October - 1st November 2015? Either apply for a
brochure from 01252 621639 / email: [email protected] or join
him at a presentation evening on Wednesday 14th January at 8 p.m. at
The Church on the Heath, Elvetham Health, GU51 1HA
NATIONAL HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL DAY - Keeping the Memory
Alive - an evening of reflection, commemoration and prayer at the
Church on the Heath, The Key, Elvetham Heath, Fleet, GU51 1HA on
January 27th from 8pm until 9.30pm. Marking the 70th anniversary of the
liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau and the 20th anniversary of the
genocide in Srebrenica, Bosnia.
PELLY CONCERT ORCHESTRA - The Pelly Concert Orchestra will be
performing "A Pelly Portrait of England" on Saturday 24 th January,
7.45pm, Church on the Heath. Tickets in advance £11 (children 16 yrs
and under £6 ; senior citizens £10). Tickets at the door £13 (children £6;
senior citizens £12) or 0845 269 4619, [email protected].
For more information & to buy tickets online: www.pellyorchestra.co.uk.
COMMON GROUND: LISTENING AND ENGAGEMENT - Saturday 31st
January, 9.15am-1.30pm at Guildford Cathedral, Stag Hill, Guildford,
GU2 7UP. Following previous meetings post General Synod and as the
church approaches a new round of debates on gay issues, the Diocesan
Team of Discipleship, Vocation and Ministry (DVM) will be hosting
sessions which will be open to all and will involve a range of different
speakers and discussions. At this first session, there will be three
speakers and a chance to write questions and comments, allowing
everyone to have a say.
PHYLLIS TUCKWELL EVENT - Saturday 7th February, 7.30pm at the
Church on the Heath, GU51 1HA. The Band of the Hampshire
Constabulary will be performing their annual concert in support of the
Phyllis Tuckwell Hospice. The band will entertain the audience with their
usual mix of marches, music from the shows and big band sound for
which they are rightly famous! This much-anticipated concert will raise
the roof and send the audience home with many favourite melodies to
recall! Tickets, £12, available from the Hospice Shop, Fleet Rd. Fleet or
by calling 01252 683540/612527. Also online at www.pthshop.co.uk
FLEET HALF MARATHON - Step by Step have some places available
for Fleet Half Marathon on 22nd March - if you are interested in running for
them please download the application form from the Step by Step
website.
Readings for Sunday 11thJanuary 2015
BAPTISM OF CHRIST
First Reading
Genesis 1.1-5
This Creation story was written
much later than the older one of
Adam and Eve and dwells more on
the omnipotence of God; it makes
no effort to explain how the world
was made, only that God did so.
deep, while a wind from God swept
over the face of the waters. 3Then
God said, ‘Let there be light’; and
there was light. 4And God saw that
the light was good; and God
separated the light from the
darkness. 5God called the light
1
In the beginning when God
created the heavens and the earth, Day, and the darkness he called
2
the earth was a formless void and Night. And there was evening and
there was morning, the first day.
darkness covered the face of the
Psalm 29
Although this psalm, which expresses God’s supremacy and universal
rule, is ascribed to David it may well have originated as a hymn to the
Canaanite god Baal.
The voice of the Lord is upon the waters; the God of glory thunders.
1
2
Ascribe to the Lord, you powers of heaven,
ascribe to the Lord glory and strength.
Ascribe to the Lord the honour due to his name;
worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness.
The voice of the Lord is upon the waters; the God of glory thunders.
3
4
The voice of the Lord is upon the waters;
the God of glory thunders;
the Lord is upon the mighty waters.
The voice of the Lord is mighty in operation;
the voice of the Lord is a glorious voice.
The voice of the Lord is upon the waters; the God of glory thunders.
5
6
The voice of the Lord breaks the cedar trees;
the Lord breaks the cedars of Lebanon;
He makes Lebanon skip like a calf
and Sirion like a young wild ox.
The voice of the Lord is upon the waters; the God of glory thunders.
7
8
The voice of the Lord splits the flash of lightning;
the voice of the Lord shakes the wilderness;
the Lord shakes the wilderness of Kadesh.
The voice of the Lord makes the oak trees writhe
and strips the forests bare;
in his temple all cry, ‘Glory!’
The voice of the Lord is upon the waters; the God of glory thunders.
9
The Lord sits enthroned above the water flood;
the Lord sits enthroned as king for evermore.
10
The Lord shall give strength to his people;
the Lord shall give his people the blessing of peace.
The voice of the Lord is upon the waters; the God of glory thunders.
Second Reading
Acts 19.1-7
The Jewish act of baptism was a
well-established rite but only as an
act of cleansing – an event that
needed repeating. Christ’s baptism,
a once and only event as practised
by the Christian church, specifically
involves the Holy Spirit - as we see
in the Gospel that follows.
Gospel Reading
Mark 1.4-11
Mark here clearly explains the
difference between the Jewish rite
of baptism (as practised by John
the Baptist) and the baptism of
Christ.
John the baptizer appeared in the
wilderness, proclaiming a baptism
of repentance for the forgiveness of
1
While Apollos was in Corinth, Paul sins. 5And people from the whole
passed through the inland regions Judean countryside and all the
people of Jerusalem were going out
and came to Ephesus, where he
2
to him, and were baptized by him in
found some disciples. He said to
the river Jordan, confessing their
them, ‘Did you receive the Holy
Spirit when you became believers?’ sins. 6Now John was clothed with
camel’s hair, with a leather belt
They replied, ‘No, we have not
around his waist, and he ate
even heard that there is a Holy
locusts and wild honey. 7He
Spirit.’ 3Then he said, ‘Into what
proclaimed, ‘The one who is more
then were you baptized?’ They
powerful than I is coming after me; I
answered, ‘Into John’s baptism.’
4
Paul said, ‘John baptized with the am not worthy to stoop down and
untie the thong of his sandals. 8I
baptism of repentance, telling the
have baptized you with water; but
people to believe in the one who
he will baptize you with the Holy
was to come after him, that is, in
5
Jesus.’ On hearing this, they were Spirit.’
baptized in the name of the Lord
9
In those days Jesus came from
Jesus. 6When Paul had laid his
Nazareth of Galilee and was
hands on them, the Holy Spirit
baptized by John in the Jordan.
came upon them, and they spoke in 10And just as he was coming up out
tongues and prophesied –
of the water, he saw the heavens
7
altogether there were about twelve torn apart and the Spirit descending
of them.
like a dove on him. 11And a voice
4
came from heaven, ‘You are my
Son, the Beloved; with you I am
well pleased.’
PLEASE REMEMBER IN YOUR PRAYERS THIS WEEK . . .
Those being baptised Myla Spence
Those in need, including Tricia Brinton, Patricia Bull, Allan
Butterfield, Angus Cairns, Peter Carr, Jane Cornall, Grace Dicker,
William Eddy, Fred Griffin, Jon Harrow, Kimberley Langrish-Dixon,
Bonnie Lewis, Helen Miller, Gill Page, Philip Partington, Ronald
Partington, Peter Pimm, Louise Purton, Kate Savage, Beryl Sherwell,
John Simmons, Rose Smithers, David Thompson, Tyler Thompson,
Pauline Vickery and Jennette Wickes.
Those who have died recently Audrey Smith and Jim Lewington.
Those from our two memorial books whose anniversaries fall at
this time Patricia Baker, D’Arcy Mander, John Gulliver, Barbara
Grimshaw, Dorothy Wilson, Astrid Lloyd, William Beale, Peter Parkes,
Nicholas Davies, Robert Eastes, Leonard Pears, Nellie Farley, Ronald
Timms and Millicent Cotterell.
KEEPING IN TOUCH . . . .
Pastoral Assistants:
Should you have a pastoral need or any other kind of a problem and
wish for a listening ear, there is a Pastoral Assistant available after the
10am service. Please ask the duty warden at the door for help.
Visitors and Newcomers:
If you are new to our church, we welcome you - please fill in one of
our contact cards (available from the duty warden at the door) so we
can be in touch.
Hospital and home visits:
If you know of anybody who is in hospital or housebound and would
appreciate a visit, please contact the Parish Office.
For any other need, suggestion or query, see contacts below:
PARISH CONTACTS:
Revd Mark Hayton  01252 219281  [email protected]
Revd Pauline Moyse  01252 671382  [email protected]
Revd Ron Dyer  01252 621457
Revd Garth Kellett  01252 642940
ADMINISTRATORS - Chantelle Gardner & Elly Wilson
Office hours: Monday - Friday, 9.30am - 1.00pm
 Parish Office, Parish Community Centre, Church Road, GU51 4NB
 01252 812114  [email protected]
Or visit our Parish website: www.parishoffleet.org.uk