what s on this week holy week 2021
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NEW
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February 2021
In this issue:
Coming Soon
New to St Andrews
Prayer Diary
Notices and News
Lent Giving 2021
The Yemen Crisis Appeal
Contactus :[email protected]
What’s on This Week
Tuesday 30th March
19:00 A meditation with readings and prayers on the Way of the Cross Reading: Isaiah 49: 1 – 7
Wednesday 31st March
19.00 A meditation with readings and prayers on the Way of the Cross Reading: Isaiah 63.1-6
Thursday 1st April—Maundy Thursday
19:00 Holy Communion [Said] Followed by The Watch of the Night until 11.59pm
Friday 2nd April—Good Friday
12 Noon—3.00pm Church open for pri-vate Prayer, Readings and Prayer each 30 minutes, Organ Music
Saturday 3rd April— Easter Eve
18;00 Passion Play - the story of Jesus Passion told by our children and young people with songs on Zoom CLICK HERE Meeting ID: 845 7561 8227 Passcode: 132830
19:00 Blessing of the Easter Light and
Renewal of Baptismal Vows—via zoom
CLICK HERE
Meeting ID: 810 2541 6502 Passcode: 335397
Sunday 28th March
Palm Sunday
10:00: Holy Communion [Said] including Dra-matic Mark Passion Reading Join the service via Zoom
PREACHER – Grant Fellows
Join Zoom meeting: CLICK HERE Meeting ID: 886 6920 0342 Passcode: 342614 Landline dial in contact: 0330 088 5830
Sunday School in Chapter House
Reading:
Philippians 2.5-11
Holy Week
Mon—Wed Meditations VIA ZOOM
Led by Rev’d Canon Dr. Les Oglesby
CLICK HERE
Meeting ID: 820 4127 4276
Passcode: 105349
Landline dial in contact: 0330 088 5830
Monday 29th March
19:00 A meditation with readings and pray-ers on the Way of the Cross Reading: Isaiah 42: 1 – 9
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HOLY WEEK 2021
Public Worship within the church building will
resume on Palm Sunday (28th March) at 10am
PRESS TO GIVE
Notices and News
Confirmation Service 2nd May 2021
The Bishop of Bedford will join us at St. Andrew’s
Church for a special service of Confirmation. Prepara-
tion for adults, and young people, will begin shortly:
initially it is likely to be via Zoom. If you are interested
in considering Confirmation this year, please contact
the Churchwardens as soon as possible.
Worship in the Community We have a Service without communion on a Sunday. This service was previous-
ly held in St Andrew’s School in Kings Reach, however since the onset of the
Covid Pandemic the service has moved on-line all are very welcome to join us .
Coming Soon
4 April Easter Day
5 April Easter Monday
25 April APCM
2 May Confirmation Service
10—16 May Christian Aid Week
28 March Palm Sunday
1 April Maundy Thursday
2 April Good Friday
3 April Easter Eve 6pm Sunday
School Passion Play via Zoom
Sunday School Passion Play—Easter Saturday 6pm
Vacancy News
AN UPDATE RE PUBLIC WORSHIP As from Palm Sunday, 28th March we are delighted that our PCC have ap-proved the rescinding of the resolution to suspend public worship: our first Holy Communion [Said] Service will be in church at 10.00am, 28th March 2021. Zoom services and live streaming will also continue for the foreseeable future. The usual pattern of public worship will be Holy Communion [Said] Sundays at 10.00 am, and Thursdays 9.30am; however we will publish our programme for Holy Week and Easter Day on Saturday 21st March. This will include Holy Communion on Maundy Thursday and Easter Day, and special daily Zoom ser-vices during Holy Week, plus Good Friday private prayer, with some organ music, in church; and Zoom contributions from our Sunday School.
Easter Lilies
The good news is that our church will be open on Easter Sunday for public
worship. It has been the custom in the past to remember loved ones with a
donation towards lilies. If you would like to donate, please put your money
in an envelope marked ‘Lilies for Easter’ and either post through the vicar-
age door, give to one of our Churchwardens or deliver to me at 40 Ivel Gar-
dens. At present the lilies are £2.50 pus VAT. Jan Gardner 01767 313124 The Sunday School children have prepared a Passion play in a similar way to the
Nativity play at Christmas. Please join us for the passion play on zoom on Easter
Saturday at 6pm the play will include spoken scenes and songs! - The Sunday
School Team
Will take place between Sunday 21st March and Sunday 11th April. If you are
currently on the Electoral Roll and would like your name removed, or if you
have changed address since last year, please let me know. If you are not al-
ready on the Electoral Roll and would like to be, please let me know either by
phone or email and I will send you an enrolment form (01767 316153)
[email protected]. Alternatively you can obtain a hard copy from
the Churchwardens during church opening times.
Many thanks. Ruth Marshall-Jones
THE ANNUAL REVISION OF THE CHURCH ELECTORAL ROLL
Notices and News Continued
LENT GIVING 2021
Our Lent giving this year will support the people of Yemen
Prayer Diary
The Gift of Giving
In our prayers this week In the Anglican Cycle of Prayer we pray for Hong Kong
Sheng Kung Hui We pray the people of Mafambisa, for
the vulnerable and orphaned children, the care workers,
the care givers and all who support them. www.standrewslink.blogspot.co.uk
Needing our Prayers : Louise Joy, Bernie Marron, Angela Morris, Betty Magill,
Jo Chelley, Norman Staples, Philip Pettit, Rosamund Drakes, Joanna Tufts, Pa-
tience and George from Mafambisa, Laura and Audrey and baby Baltiska from
Mozambique.
Continue to Pray for : : Joan Tolson, Joy Botterell and Tim Woodward
The Departed : Susan Salmon,
Year’s Mind : 30th Cyril Bradshaw Pilgrim, 31st Ann Reeves, 1st Roland New-
man
Live today to the full. None of us ever know what the future holds. In the
Sermon on the Mount, Jesus challenged his followers to live each day fully
and not be afraid. ‘So do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will bring
worries of its own. Today’s trouble is enough for today.’ Matthew 6.34
Contact
If you need to contact us for any reason; please do not use the office tele-
phone, as this is not being monitored at the moment. Instead please con-
tact us via: [email protected] Thank you. Jackie
Watch of the Night—Maundy Thursday
We have had a terrific response to our Lent Appeal with well over £1200 raised
so far for relief work in the Yemen. We will keep the appeal open until Easter
weekend if anyone else would like to give. You can donate via the just giving
link to Save the Children for their Crisis Appeal; or by putting your gift into an
envelope marked Yemen and putting it through the vicarage letterbox! Thank
you ur Just Giving page can be accessed here
PRESS to GIVE
COLLECTIVEL COMPLINE
I am running an online compline in Lent - a mix of recorded and live music, prayers,
reading and (a lot) of silence. It lasts for about 20 minutes and is a great way to end
the day and you’re most welcome to join us… 9.30pm Monday - Saturday
https://www.collectivel.org/compline To phone in - 01767 348253 Julia Black
20:00—00:00midnight
We will follow our pattern of previous years, with a rota of 1/2 hour periods
when people can spend time in quiet prayer, meditation or reading. This year
we will close at midnight, partly to keep closely to Covid-19 restrictions, but also
to allow plenty of time for deep cleaning of the Church before the Good Friday
afternoon meditation.
There will be a rota folder in the foyer from now until Maundy Thursday; we
hope we can get people to fill the period from 8.00pm to 12.00 midnight so that
there is always coverage of the time. This may not be the same as our usual
watch through the night, but it will be another step back on the road to normali-
ty. Please do come and join us during this very special time with our Father.
Paul Williams
Notices and News
Referring to the thank you from the Bishop of St. Albans for paying our 2020 Par-
ish Share to the diocese 100%, a sum of £75,000 (the average payment by other
parishes was 90%). This was achieved, even though the income (stewardship
giving and the rental of the Chapter House) was reduced due to the pandemic.
However, savings were made in expenditure, not least in light and heat across
the year, but to meet the Parish Share the PCC had to use £8,000 from its re-
serves.
The Parish Share is the contribution each parish makes towards the cost of clergy
stipends and other costs of the mission of the diocese. In 2021 the contribution is
reduced to £69,000 but then we are in vacancy, the sum will increase when an
appointment is made later in the year.
The PCC is extremely grateful for your continued support for the work of the
Church in this parish over past years and particularly throughout the pandemic in
the last year and a very big thank you to you all. As a reminder, there are a num-
ber of ways of making regular giving to suit your personal preference, the parish
giving scheme, banker’s orders or the stewardship envelope scheme. If you
would like more information on any of these, I would be happy to speak with
you. My contacts are – phone 01767 313387 and/or email
[email protected] Andrew Rutt, PCC Treasurer
New to St Andrews?
St Andrews is an Anglican Church normally offering a variety of Services with
and without communion. There are many ways to praise the true and living
God and in addition to our Communion services there are usually contempo-
rary services with modern music. During the current Covid Pandemic we are
offering services via Zoom (details on the front sheet) We hope that you will
find these services bring you closer to God. We normally have lots going on at
St Andrews for all ages;-Sunday School, Youth Groups, Holiday Club and more.
We have a Sunday Lunch every month, food for thought, lent lunches and
Group study during Lent. We hope that we will be able to resume these
events in the not too distant future.
MAFAMBISA PARTNERSHIP We are now getting weekly updates from Hands at Work - from different communities via WhatsApp. If you would like to receive these I will add you to the WhatsApp group. Please text your mobile number to Chris on 07702 250776 or email on [email protected]
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USED POSTAGE STAMPS Please keep collecting these for me to take to St. John’s Hospice; it is important
especially at this time that we give them all the support possible. Gill Hibbert
Social Media
As some of you may have seen, this month we have truly launched our social
media initiative. Since March last year, it has been proven how crucial the
online sphere has been to keep in touch with family and friends but also this
is how we currently have to spread Gods message. Over the next few months
we will be working with a social media consultant to grow our online pres-
ence and reach out to our local community (and those who aren’t as local).
We would love you to like, follow and share our social media accounts:
Facebook: @standrewsbiggleswade
Instagram: @standrewsbiggleswade
On Easter Day we would like to put out a video which will include a lot of our
congregation, spreading the news that Jesus has risen. If you could film a
short video as a household saying “Happy Easter - Christ is Risen!” (Feel free
to make it your own). And send them to the below email address before the
1st April we will put together a compilation to be shared on Easter Day. Oli-
ver Dilley and Jessica Mepham ([email protected])
St Andrew’s Finances