7 April Passion Sunday; the fifth Sunday of Lent

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1 7 April 2019 Passion Sunday; the fifth Sunday of Lent Welcome A warm welcome to everyone, and especially if you are new or visiting. Do please stay on for drinks and to meet people after the 9.30 and services and keep this welcome sheet for your prayers this week. Prayer with the Anglican Communion we pray for the Church of Ireland; for Archbishop Justin; for Bishops Tim and David the Sisters of St Andrew in Lyon, among them Sister Katie Seal our mission giving: 200 for Winchester Basics Bank, providing emergency food and clothes to individuals and families in need wisdom for our prime minster and all members of parliament; those whose lives and livelihoods are affected by the uncertainty caused by the Brexit process our keeping of Passiontide as we seek to travel beside our Lord on the way to the cross; our Lent groups as they conclude this week, giving thanks for opportunities to nourish our inner lives to energise the way we live give thanks for the beauty of the natural world around us, and all who work to protect and care for it Max Priesemann, Norma Goodwin and those working with them, seeking realistic ways to help us to be more environmentally friendly; our progress towards becoming an Eco Church through the national A Rocha initiative our Parish Visitors and their ministry of listening and being alongside others the unwell: Mike Beard, Caroline Behan, Janet Bird, Henry Drew, Vera Edwards, Liz Elsworthy, Judy Golding, Andrew James, Julia Jones, Laura Liepins, Emma and Mark Miller, Kate Morgan, Hugh Peskett, Les Scott, Jane Seal and Nicki Smith; all awaiting appointments or treatments those who have died recently, including Mary Holmes and Beryl Jones; all who live with the pain of untimely death; God s comfort for their families and friends and all who remember loved ones Please feel free to put prayer requests on the board at the back of church or them to admin@stmatthewstpaul.org. Lady Chapel is set up for prayer, either alone or with one of the prayer ministry team, after the 9.30 parish communion service.

2 Services today, 7 April 8 am 9.30 am Collect Readings [BCP] Holy Communion Readings: p. 94 Parish Communion with DIY crèche, Scramblers, Climbers, Explorers, Destination and Transition Order of service in white booklet God of power, God of mercy, you bring forth springs in the wasteland and turn despair into hope. Look not upon the sins of our past, but lift from our hearts the failures that weigh us down, that we may find refreshment and life in Christ, our liberator from sin. Amen. Philippians 3: 4b 14 [p. 835] If anyone else has reason to be confident in the flesh, I have more: circumcised on the eighth day, a member of the people of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew born of Hebrews; as to the law, a Pharisee; as to zeal, a persecutor of the church; as to righteousness under the law, blameless. Yet whatever gains I had, these I have come to regard as loss because of Christ. More than that, I regard everything as loss because of the surpassing value of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I have suffered the loss of all things, and I regard them as rubbish, in order that I may gain Christ and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own that comes from the law, but one that comes through faith in Christ, the righteousness from God based on faith. I want to know Christ and the power of his resurrection and the sharing of his sufferings by becoming like him in his death, if somehow I may attain the resurrection from the dead. Not that I have already obtained this or have already reached the goal; but I press on to make it my own, because Christ Jesus has made me his own. Beloved, I do not consider that I have made it my own; but this one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead, I press on towards the goal for the prize of the heavenly call of God in Christ Jesus.

3 Post Communion am Readings 1.30 pm John 12: 1 8 [p. 835] Six days before the Passover Jesus came to Bethany, the home of Lazarus, whom he had raised from the dead. There they gave a dinner for him. Martha served, and Lazarus was one of those at the table with him. Mary took a pound of costly perfume made of pure nard, anointed Jesus feet, and wiped them with her hair. The house was filled with the fragrance of the perfume. But Judas Iscariot, one of his disciples (the one who was about to betray him), said, Why was this perfume not sold for three hundred denarii and the money given to the poor? (He said this not because he cared about the poor, but because he was a thief; he kept the common purse and used to steal what was put into it.) Jesus said, Leave her alone. She bought it so that she might keep it for the day of my burial. You always have the poor with you, but you do not always have me. Lord Jesus Christ, you have taught us that what we do for the least of our brothers and sisters we do also for you: give us the will to be the servant of others as you were the servant of all, and gave up your life and died for us, but are alive and reign, now and for ever. Amen. [BCP] Holy Communion Philippians 3: 4b 14; John 12: 1 8 [p. 835] See above Baptism of Emilia New Services next Sunday, 14 April Palm Sunday; the Sunday next before Easter 8 am 9.30 am am [BCP] Holy Communion Readings: p. 96 Parish Communion with procession of palms, dramatic Passion reading and children s activities Readings: Isaiah 50: 4 9a; Philippians 2: 5 11 [p. 838] and dramatic Passion narrative from Luke 22: 14 23: 56 [BCP] Mattins and Passion reading Readings: Isaiah 50: 4 9a; Philippians 2: 5 11 [p. 838] and dramatic Passion narrative from Luke 22: 14 23: 56

4 Holy Week and Easter 2019 Maundy Thursday, 18 April Holy Communion with stripping of the altar, and watch, at Good Friday, 19 April Family service for all ages at Churches Together in Winchester Walk of Witness (meet at St Peter s) Devotional service at Devotional service at Holy Saturday, 20 April Easter garden preparation by children at Vigil and first light of Easter at Easter Sunday, 21 April Holy Communion at Family Communion, with Easter egg hunt, at Mattins and Holy Communion at 10 am am 12 noon 2 pm 10 am 8 pm 8 am 9.30 am am Lent plastic challenge calendar An Eco Church resource pick up the full calendar at the back of church 7 April Psalm 24: 1 2 The earth is the Lord s and all that is in it, the world, and those who live in it. 8 April Put a No unsolicited mail sticker on your letterbox. This will reduce paper waste and the number of letters with plastic windows. 9 April Make it from scratch. Try to cook as much as possible from scratch, and take your own sandwiches and snacks when you go out. 10 April Avoid wet wipes. These contain plastic fibres so don t break down like toilet roll, despite often being described as flushable. 11 April Acquire necessary plastic items used instead of new. Check second-hand shops, Freecycle or Freegle. Look for sharing groups locally. 12 April Buy second-hand, plastic-free furniture. There s lots of advice about repairing, upcycling and finding good wooden or metal furniture online. 13 April Don t buy new CDs or DVDs. Stream or download music, shows and films online, buy second hand or borrow them from the library or friends.

5 Mon pm Tues 9, 4.30 pm 7 pm 7.45 pm Wed 10, am 11 am 4.30 pm Thurs 11 Fri 12 7 pm The week ahead Deadline for magazine articles Evening Prayer Evening Prayer Women s group Christian meditation PCC meeting Lent study group On the third day [BCP] Holy Communion Evening Prayer Lent talk followed by discussion NO toddler group (Easter holiday) NO Coffee Pot (Easter holiday) Passion rehearsal Roebuck Inn Vestry April Sat 20, 10 am Sun 21 Thurs 25, am Sun 28, 6 pm Mon 29, Tues 30, 9 am May Wed 1, pm Thurs pm Tues 7, 2.30 pm Wed 8, pm Thurs 9, 8.30 am Fri 10, 10 noon Sat 11, all day Sun 12 Mon 13, 7.45 pm Wed 15, pm 3.30 pm 7 pm October Fri 11 Sun 13 November Fri 1 Sun 3 Diary dates Easter garden preparation by children Easter Day Toddler group restarts Taizé service Annual parochial church meetings Property committee Building for Life fund-raising group Space in the City starts Children s work team Elections The Great War Dead history talk planning group Space in the City Building for Life steering group Coffee Pot pop-up café Community Day, The Circus Christian Aid Week starts PCC meeting Space in the City Beyond Ourselves committee Women s group Men s weekend Women s weekend Cathedral Vestry Vestry St Lawrence s Western School Hall St Lawrence s St Lawrence s Roebuck Inn Hilfield Friary Stanton House

6 Coming up A new commandment is the subject of this week s Lent group at, led by Canon Keith Anderson. Do feel free to come along, even if you haven t been to the previous talks. No Coffee Pot this week, but there will be a special one on Fri 10 May, when Community Day preparations will be in full swing. Good Friday Walk of Witness Churches Together in Winchester will be holding the usual ecumenical Good Friday walk and open-air service on 19 April. Please meet at St Peter s, Jewry Street, at am for brief worship before walking to the High Street at 11 for an service at the Buttercross. Concert in aid of Winchester Hospice You are invited to an evening of piano, cello and flute music, with Tom Jesty from our parish on piano, at Winchester College Music School on Sat 27 April,. Includes music by Rachmaninov, Ravel and Bridge. No tickets needed; retiring collection. Space in the City Reflecting on the Lord s Prayer is the title of this spring s series of Wednesday lunchtime talks at St Lawrence s, 1 22 May, with speakers Angela Tilby, Brian Pickett, Peter Lippiett and Elizabeth Stuart. Community Day, Sat 11 May: The Circus Planting seeds Please plant up some vegetable and sunflower seeds now so they ll be a good size to sell on the plant stall. And do label them so we know whether the tomatoes will be red or yellow, and if we ve got runner beans or French beans (the punters do ask us...). Coconut shy We re looking for a couple of volunteers to help with the coconut shy in the afternoon; all training provided on the day! Contact dpbray@virginmedia.com. Bric-à-brac Please start collecting together anything that may be saleable, ready to bring to church on/after 28 April. Keith Anderson is looking for volunteers to help on the stall for a couple of hours (or longer!): keith.anderson20@btinternet.com. Bottles, bottles, bottles Donations needed for the bottle tombola. Please leave them in the box at the back of on Sundays or at the parish office on Mon, Wed or Fri, 9.30 am 3 pm. Offers of help/queries to Kat, Adrienne and Roger, rogerjbj@yahoo.co.uk, adriennemarsden01@gmail.com

7 New door-to-door volunteers for Christian Aid Week We currently have around 20 volunteers to cover roads in our parish, but need closer to 30. For us, in our more privileged corner of the world, this is a wonderful opportunity to practise what, as Christians, we are called to do. Were the roles reversed if you would have been grateful for charity then please consider sacrificing with joy (!) 2 4 hours of your time this year between 12 and 18 May to deliver and collect envelopes in a road within the parish. It is an incredibly important task which requires relatively little effort and can literally save lives. For more information, please contact Julie Sharp, , juliemichaela@gmail.com. Notices Message from Vera Edwards Dear friends at and, Thank you for your prayers, cards and flowers during my stay in hospital. I have missed you all, and especially the children s activities. Hope to be back soon. Christopher Seaman on TV today! Yes, our churchwarden Chris is featured conducting the BBC Concert Orchestra in The Bridge on the River Kwai Malcolm Arnold tonight at 8 pm on BBC Four (then available on iplayer for 30 days). Easter/Community Day cards Thank you so much to those who ve been delivering our Easter invitations around the parish. Let s get the last ones done! We have slightly changed the rounds this time to break up the huge ones and put together some of the smaller ones. We d be grateful if you could take a pen with you and note down whether the number of homes on the label is correct. Any corrections to Sue Walker, please, nsue.walker@gmail.com. Electoral roll Everyone needs to complete a new application form this year, throughout the Church of England. If you would like to be on the roll and haven t yet done this, please do so by Fri 12 April and give it to Maggie Brecknell at (856552) or Dick Wilkinson at, or return it via the parish office. Volunteer post at Basics Bank Winchester Basics Bank, which provides more than 80,000-worth of emergency food to over 1,400 local residents each year, is seeking a treasurer, who would also be a director of the Board of Trustees. Please contact the Chair, Mike Slinn, , chair@winchesterbasicsbank.co.uk. Trinity Centre Donations of men s and women s casual clothes, shoes and warm items appreciated; contact lucy@trinitywinchester.org.uk. Winchester women s refuge A safe haven for women and children fleeing domestic abuse. Please help by leaving towels and toiletries in the box at the back of church. Nightshelter Please donate strong black bin bags, floor cleaner, kitchen roll or white sugar via the box at the back of.

8 Interested in meeting people/getting involved? Toddler group (0 3 years) runs on Thursdays, am in the parish rooms: play, craft, singing, stories and snacks (coffee, etc. for grown-ups!) Women s group next meets Tues 9 April, 7 pm, at the Roebuck for supper; contact Julia Seal, , julia.seal@ntlworld.com Tea with Friends runs on the second Monday of the month, pm; please contact Linda Russell-Smith, , or Heather Riley, Coffee Pot pop-up café next meets Fri 10 May, 10 am noon in St Paul s, for real coffee, homemade cakes and a chat (donations to Building for Life); children welcome Daytime book group next meets in May; please contact Talia Hedstrom, , or Christine Bennett, Meditation group meets on Tuesdays, in the parish rooms come as you are and rest in God s presence Tuesday homegroup restarts after Lent on 5 May, pm; please contact James Clay, Thursday homegroup meets fortnightly, 7.30 for 7.45 pm, reconvening after Lent on 9 May; please contact Peter and Irene Casey, Contact us Canon Peter Seal, Rector (h) (office) M, Tu, W, Th, peter@stmatthewstpaul.org Revd Mary Copping, Children/Youth Co-ordinator & Assistant Priest M, Tu, W, F, youth@stmatthewstpaul.org Katy Palacio, Parish Administrator M, W, F, admin@stmatthewstpaul.org Ursula Payne, Rector s Assistant & Building for Life Administrator M, Tu, Th, ursula@stmatthewstpaul.org Parish Office (generally open M, W, F, ), Church, Hill, Winchester SO22 5AB, , Please make cheques payable to PCC all gifts gratefully received Please send in any notices for the welcome sheet to ursula@stmatthewstpaul.org by Wednesday evening for inclusion the following Sunday Printed on recycled paper