29th March 2015 WELCOME! - Saints Church Wellington

Parish of All Saints
Wellington
with St. Catherine’s EYton
Young people in to begin
WELCOME!
29th March 2015
Palm Sunday
TODAY
10.30am Morning Worship
With a dramatic reading of the Passion Story
Leader: Revd. Mark Ireland — Vicar
Service followed by Coffee in the Parish Centre
6.30pm Evening Worship
Theme: A bluffer’s guide to the Old Testament
10. ‘Led like a lamb to the slaughter.’
Reading: Isaiah 52:13 - 53:12; pg. 702/1103
Leader: Revd. David Ash — Associate Vicar
Speaker: Revd. Mark Ireland — Vicar
St. Catherine’s Church Eyton
10.00am Holy Communion
Revd. Margaret Smallman
Readings: Mark 11: 1 - 11: NT pg. 45
Philippians 2: 5 - 11; NT pg. 185
2nd Apr—Maundy Thursday
Commemoration of the Last Supper
7.30pm Holy Communion
3rd Apr—Good Friday (See inside)
10.30am All Saints Celebration with Puppets
followed by coffee, tea & hot cross buns
12.00 noon Walk of witness begins from Wellington
Methodist Church with open air outreach in town square.
Preacher: Tony Herber-Davis, House of Prayer
NEW TO ALL SAINTS?
Young people in throughout
if you are new... if you would like to get to
know us... if you would like to know more about All
Saints....please speak to those on duty on the
Welcome Desk or one of the clergy on the door.
NEXT WEEK
5th Apr - EASTER DAY
10.30am All Age Holy Communion
With Adult Baptisms
Readings: Mark 16: 1 - 8; pg 967/1519
Acts 10: 34 - 43; pg 1043/1638
Leader: Revd. David Ash — Associate Vicar
Speaker: Revd. Mark Ireland — Vicar
Service followed by Coffee in the Parish Centre
6.30pm Songs of Praise
Leader: Revd. Mark Ireland — Vicar
Speaker: Revd. David Ash — Associate Vicar
St. Catherine’s Church Eyton
10.00am Holy Communion
Revd. Richard Kirby
Readings: Acts 10: 34 - 43: NT pg. 123
John 20: 1 - 18; NT pg. 109
Week ahead: 29th Mar—4th Apr
Office Opening Hours:
Mon - Thurs 9.00am-3.30pm
Telephone: 01952 248554
Or E-mail [email protected]
Note-David is working in the Parish.
STAFF TEAM
Mark: [email protected] (641251)
David: [email protected] (402866)
John:
[email protected] (07815 817095)
Susie: [email protected] (07539 115243)
Stephanie: [email protected] (07538 054880)
For Ministry Team contacts & preaching themes pick
up a copy of the All Saints Insight card
Prayers Every Day, Monday to Friday:
Morning Prayers 8.30 to 9.00am in the Prayer Room
All Saints Prayer Room open 9am-4pm
Ecumenical prayers Wed 9.00-9.30am in Prayer Room
Monday 30th
10.00am-4.00pm Holy Week Open Church.
7.00pm Bell ringing practice.
Tuesday 31st
10.00am-4.00pm Holy Week Open Church.
12:00noon Churches together frugal lunch, see opposite.
Wednesday 1st
10.00am-4.00pm Holy Week Open Church.
12.30pm Midweek Holy Communion
Theme: Betrayal predicted.
Reading: John 13: 12 - 30
Revd. David Ash
7.45pm Adult Baptism Pilgrim Course, Parish Centre.
7.45pm Music Group Practice at All Saints.
Maundy Thursday 2nd
10.00am-4.00pm Holy Week Open Church.
2.00-5.00pm All Saints Advice Link in the Parish Centre.
7.30-8.30pm Ballroom in the Parish Centre.
7.30pm Holy Communion in church (last session of
Rhythms of Grace study)
Good Friday 3rd
10.30am All Saints Celebration with puppets followed
by coffee, tea and hot cross buns.
12.00noon Walk of witness starting from Wellington
Methodist church.
This week, Holy Week, Monday
30th March until Thursday 2nd April,
we are opening church from 10am until
4pm.
There will be creative prayer
stations expressing the week leading up to Good
Friday and Easter Sunday in church. Come and
spend some contemplative time enjoying the
prayer stations and give an hour in holy week to
being quiet before the cross.
We Need Your Help This Summer!
Every summer we run activity church
for all 3 –14’s together. This is a chance for
our teams who serve all year to have a rest.
If you are interested in helping us to run
activity church please let Susie know. Tel:
07539 115243 E-mail [email protected]
Churches Together in North West Telford
Frugal Lunch on Tuesday 31st March
At Wellington Methodist Church
12 Noon for 12.30
Tickets £2.50 Proceeds to Christian Aid & Cafod
The speaker is Peter Kelsall from Christian Aid
WALKING GROUP On Good Friday
there will be an easy 2– 3 mile walk around
the parish after the Ecumenical Act of
Witness in the Town Square at noon. Please bring a
packed lunch which we will eat in the Parish Centre
before we start (drinks provided). Please also bring
diaries and suggestions so that we can plan a varied
programme of walks for the summer. The walk will
end with tea and cake at the house of Barry and Rita
Church. If you can’t make Good Friday but would
like to be involved in the Walking Group please
e-mail Barry on [email protected]
Good Friday Walk of Witness
The walk of witness will begin at
12.00noon at the steps of Wellington
Methodist Church. In contrast to previous years
the walk will be in quiet through to the town
square marking the solemnity of the day. The walk
will be led by the disabled members of the
congregation together with small children and
their parents, with the rest of the congregation
following behind. In the town square there will be
hymns, a drama performed by Elim church and
Tony Herber-Davies of the House of Prayer will be
speaking. Let’s witness to our town of Wellington.
7.30PM 22ND APRIL HUSTINGS MEETING
ALL SAINTS PARISH CENRE HALL
Candidates for the forthcoming General Election have
been invited to attend a hustings to be chaired by Jim
Hawkins of BBC Radio Shropshire radio at which we will
be able to question them on some of today’s key issues.
The meeting is open to all members of the Wrekin
Constituency. There are still copies of the House of
Bishops letter on the election which provides a refreshing
perspective on the political life and process. If you have
any questions you wish to suggest please give them to the
Church Office or e-mail Mark Ireland.
All SAINTS ANNUAL PAROCHIAL MEETING:
Thursday 23rd April 2015 7.30pm
At this meeting, all those who are on the Church Electoral
Roll are eligible to attend and vote on important issues
such as new members of the wardens and sidesmen teams
and PCC/DCC. If you are a member of All Saints church
but not yet on the electoral roll, do consider filling in an
electoral roll form which you can get from the wardens or
the office.Forms need to be completed and returned to the
enrolment officer, Sue Barry, by 8th April 2015.
Nominations lists are on the Annual Parochial Meeting
Board for 1 Warden, 1 Deputy Warden, 4 PCC members
to serve for a period of 3 years and 1PCC member to serve
for a period of 1 year to fill a casual vacancy. All
nominations need to be agreed, proposed and seconded.
If you are nominated you will need to fill in a Profile
Form. This form needs to be handed in to the Parish
Office or e-mailed by Tuesday 21st April.
Daily Prayer Calendar
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Please help yourself to a copy of the Prayer Calendar
which can be found at the back of church and use it as
often as you can to help focus our prayers together
MORNING PRAYER
WEEK 2 MONTH 2
Week beginning 29th March 2015
All Saints Prayer Network. To request prayer phone or text
07817 284 041 or email: [email protected]
Items for prayer this
week:
- For the families and
friends of June Hanna,
Dawn Bates and Ray
Mortimer whose
funerals were held this
week.
For those to be baptised
on Easter Day, including
Madeline Wong and
Isaac James.
Thank you to all who worked so hard bringing together
the first Ignite meeting. The next of the monthly Ignite
meetings will be on Saturday 18th April. Flyers giving
details are available in the vestibule.
Day
Psalms
Old
Testament
New
Testament
Monday
Psalm
41
Lamentations
1.1-12a
Luke
22.1-23
Tuesday
Psalm
27
Lamentations
3.1-18
Luke
22.24-53
Wednesday
Psalm
102
Jeremiah
11.18-20
Luke
22.54-end
Maundy
Thursday
Psalm
42
Leviticus
16.2-24
Luke
23.1-25
Good Friday
Psalm
69
Genesis
22.1-18
Hebrews
10 .1-10
ROTAS
Next Coffee in the Parish Centre
5th Apr: Jill & Malcolm Bamber’s Team
Brass Cleaning:
30th Mar — 12th Apr - Sheila Ball
Church Cleaning:
30th Mar — 12th Apr - Ann Higgins
Flowers:
5th Apr - Joan Maddison