ST ANDREW'S WEEKLY BULLETIN

5 February 2012 - 3rd Sunday before Lent



Readings at the Eucharist this Sunday

Isaiah 40.21-end; 1 Corinthians 9.16-23; Mark 1.29-39


Click on this link to look up the text of scripture readings (NRSV translation)
Click here or here for a commentary on Revised Common Lectionary readings; or look here for further resources



Eucharist During the Week  Time Readings Intention
Monday: Martyrs of Japan MM   1Kgs 8.1-7,9-13;Mk 6.53-end The Church in Japan
Tuesday:   No Eucharist 1Kgs 8.22-23,27-30;Mk 7.1-13 Deanery Clergy
Wednesday:    1Kgs 10.1-10;Mk 7.14-23 St Peter-le-Poer
Thursday:    1Kgs 11.4-13;Mk 7.24-30 Parish Children's Work
Friday: Scholastica Ab  7.00pm 1Kgs 11.29-32,12.19;Mk 7.31-end Minster Abbey
Saturday:    1Kgs 12.26-32,13.33-end;Mark 8.1-10 The Sick & Housebound
2nd Sunday before Lent:   8&10am Prov 8.1-22-31;Col 1.15-20;Jn 1.1-14 Parish

During the week and looking ahead:

Today - 3rd Sunday Before Lent: 8.00am The Eucharist; 10.00am Sung Eucharist. Children leave after the Opening Prayer for their own teaching. - 6.00pm Evening Prayer.

Thursday: 2.00-4.00pm The Thursday Club meets in St Andrew's Centre. Newcomers welcome.

Saturday: 7.30pm Music for Violin & Piano with Guildhall Junior Students [see below].

Next Sunday - 2nd Sunday before Lent: 8.00am The Eucharist; 10.00am Sung Eucharist. Children leave after the Opening Prayer for their own teaching - 6.00pm Evening Prayer.




Welcome: to any visitors at today's liturgies. Coffee, tea etc. are served after the 10.00am Sung Eucharist. Please stay, and make yourself known. - An Induction loop is installed for those who use a hearing aid.

Music for Violin and Piano, 11 February - New Year Quiz/Supper (Saturday 18 February)
Download an an A4 concert poster (pdf)

Lent 2012: Wednesday 22 February Ash Wednesday. - Sacred Space for Lent 2012. Sample copy and list is now at the back of church. Also recommended: Love Unknown by Sr Ruth Burrows, the Archbishop of Canterbury's Lent Book for 2012. Sample copy and list is also at the back of church. - Details of the Lent study course etc available shortly.

PCC: The next meeting of the Parochial Church Council takes place on Tuesday 28 February at 7.45pm in the Norah Linsey Room, St Andrew's Centre.

Forthcoming Concert: Sunday 26 February, 4.00pm String Quartet Recital by the Galitzin Quartet, the third musical event at St Andrew's promoted by Pinkham Way Alliance. Further details: www.pinkhamwayalliance.com.

Annual Parish Meetings: Make a note of the date of the Annual Parish Meetings on Palm Sunday 1 April. Annual revision of the Electoral Roll will take place in preparation for the Annual Meetings.

2012 Parish Diary: Download the 2012 Parish Diary here to display on your screen or for printing.

February Calendar & Intentions: The latest sheet is now available at the back of church. Take a copy, so we can pray with a common purpose this month; or download it using this link.

For Your Prayers: The sick & housebound: Pamela Bruce, Lisa Duggan, Eileen Duggan, Frederick Murphy, Robert Perrin, Joan Armstrong, Bro Donald, Agnes, Rebecca Cook, Marjorie Waterfall, Elizabeth Williams, Mel Turland, Len Johnson, Winifred Johnson, Jean Plaister. Year's mind: Albert Latter, John O'Rourke [Sun]; Jack Rimer, Huw Weeks [Mon]; Frederick Osborne, Jessie Benham [Tue]; Thomas Pratt, Frank Powell, Ada Spence [Wed]; Paul Gray, Florence Pask [Thu]; Tracy Crook, Agnes West, Stanley Bishop [Fri]; Albert Ead [Sat] - RIP.




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