God of our lives,We give thanks for the life of Prince Philip,for his love of our country,and for his devotion to dutyWe entrust him now to your love and mercy,Through our Redeemer Jesus Christ. Amen.
Ash Wednesday 2021. Living roots. Soaked in living water.Every year, Ash Wednesday calls us back to the paths from which we have strayed and refocuses us on the way. The voice of Lent each Sunday resounds down the ages to us, ancient tried and true. ‘If you want t o be my disciple, follow Me’. The voice of Lent is the cry to become new again.We are not alone. We walk with the Church throughout the world on this journey of renewal. We walk too with the One who has gone before us to bring us home. We need to get back in touch with our souls..‘Remember that you are but dust and to dust you shall return.’Turn away from sin and believe the Good News.Keith MobberleyForthcoming ServicesSunday 14 th February 10 am Holy Communion HattonWednesday 17 th February 9.30-10.30 am Prayer, Hatton.7.30 pm Ash Wednesday Service, Hatton.Sunday 21 st February 10 am Holy Communion, HattonSunday 28th February, 8.30am Holy Communion, HaseleySunday 28th February 10 am Holy Communion, Hatton
Rector’s MessageSunday 31st January 2021.We worship together this Sunday at Hatton Church at 10 am as we celebrate Candlemas. It is 40 days after Christmas, the last great festival of the Christmas cycle before we turn our face towards Lent. Christ is announced as the light to enlighten us all. Many of the prayers used today contain this image of the retreating darkness. (More appropriate this year than ever as we slowly move towards large scale vaccination and the prospect in the spring of the country gradually opening up again.)In ancient times there would have been candlelit processions to church as an enactment of the journey to Jerusalem by Mary and Joseph to present their child in the Temple. The medieval Church blessed candles and invited people to take them home and light them in times of fear and journey.As we journey on together in faith, our worship over the following month will be as follows:Sunday 31 January 10 am Candlemas at Hatton ChurchSunday 7 February 10 am Holy Communion Hatton ChurchSunday 7 February 10.30 Matins Honiley ChurchWednesday 17 February Ash Wednesday 7.30 pm Hatton Church NOT Haseley because of space and numbers during these Covid times.Sunday 21 February 10 am Holy Communion Hatton ChurchSunday 28 February 8.30 am Haseley Church.
