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SUMMARY:Bowland Benefice Pews News 29 January 2023 Presentation of Christ 
 in the Temple
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DESCRIPTION:Bowland Benefice\nPews News 29 January 2023\nPresentation of C
 hrist in the Temple\n\n(Candlemas)\nCollect\nAlmighty and ever-living God\
 ,\nclothed in majesty\,\nwhose beloved Son was this day\npresented in the 
 Temple\,\nin substance of our flesh:\ngrant that we may be presented to yo
 u\nwith pure and clean hearts\,\nby your Son Jesus Christ our Lord\,\nwho 
 is alive and reigns with you\,\nin the unity of the Holy Spirit\,\none God
 \, now and for ever. Amen.\nThis week in the Benefice\nSunday\n29 January\
 n\n10.30am Benefice Holy\nCommunion in\nBroughton Hackett\n(see below)\n\n
 Monday\n30 January\n\n7.30pm Illustrated Talk in\nThe Parish Room\,\nWhite
  Ladies Aston\n(see below)\n\nTuesday\n31 January\n\n7.30pm White Ladies A
 ston\nPCC meets in The\nParish Room\, White\nLadies Aston\n\nThursday\n2 F
 ebruary\n\n7.00pm Peopleton PCC\nmeets at Jim Crow\nCorner\, Peopleton\n\n
 Sunday\n5 February\n\n10.30am Family Service in\nUpton Snodsbury\n11.00am 
 Holy Communion in\nPeopleton\n6.00pm Songs of Praise in\nWhite Ladies Asto
 n\nThis Sunday is a 5 th Sunday and there will be a\nBenefice Holy Communi
 on held in St Leonard’s\,\n\nBroughton Hackett.\n\nIt’s a good chance 
 to worship with those we might not\nsee very often\, then to catch up with
  friends after the\n\nservice.\n\nRevd Nancy Murray-Peters will be taking 
 the service.\nOn Tuesday in The Parish Room\, WLA\, John\nButterworth will
  talk about How the stagecoach\nchanged Worcester and surrounding villages
 . Cost\n\n£5.00.\n\nAnd on 10 February enjoy a Sea Supper – fish and\nc
 hips - (possibly with entertainment!) in The Parish\nRoom. Supper costs £
 10. Booking essential by 4\n\nFebruary by contacting\nmargaret.hayward@gma
 il.com\n\nToday our lectionary suggests we observe Candlemas\nCandlemas is
  celebrated on 2 nd February and\, like a lot\nof Christian Festivals\, fi
 nds some of its roots in our\npagan past. The pagan Festival of Light has 
 been\nincorporated into the remembrance of the baby Jesus’\nritual prese
 ntation in the Temple. This takes place on\nthe 40 th day of the Christmas
 /Epiphany Season.\nJesus was cradled by Simeon and called the Light of\nth
 e World and\, having seen Jesus\, Simeon then\nprepared for death by recit
 ing the Nunc Dimittis. This\n‘Song of Simeon’ is still a very meaningf
 ul part of the\ntraditional Anglican Services of Evensong.\nCandlemas also
  marks the Purification of the Blessed\n\nVirgin Mary.\n\nThis is an ancie
 nt tradition when women have to be\n‘purified’ before they are allowed
 \, after giving birth\,\nto take part in religious services again.\nThis t
 radition was upheld in Christian churches\,\ncertainly up until my own Mot
 her’s generation.\nWhereas\, in our tradition Christmas decorations are\
 ntaken down before 12 th Night (eve of the Feast of the\nEpiphany)\, in ot
 her traditions\, they are removed at\n\nCandlemas.\n\nIt was the custom to
 o\, in former times\, to take\ncandles to church at Candlemas to have them
  blessed\nbefore being used throughout the rest of the year.\n\nA prayer f
 or Candlemas\nLord Jesus Christ\,\nlight of the nations and glory of Israe
 l:\nmake your home among us\,\nand present us pure and holy\nto your heave
 nly Father\,\nyour God\, and our God. Amen.\n\nClaire is planning a Lent c
 ourse to start on Tuesday 21\nFebruary meeting at The Crown\, Peopleton at
  7.00pm.\nClaire writes…….Our Lent course this year\, called Dust\nand
  Glory\, will explore how we can live well with the\nmess of everyday life
 . It encourages us to take a fresh\nlook at the frustrations and failings 
 that every day\nbrings and\, rather than pretending we can always\navoid t
 hem\, seek to learn from them and grow closer\nto God through them. It wil
 l be relaxed and a good\nchance to relate scripture to real life.\n Pleas
 e let Revd Claire know if you would like to take\npart on 07921101320 or r
 evdclaireb@btinternet.com\nClaire has ordered booklets for the course whic
 h is\nbased on a book written by Rt Rev Dr Emma Ineson\nwho was appointed 
 as Bishop of Kensington just\nbefore Christmas. Her book is called Failure
 : what\nJesus said about Sin\, Mistakes and Messing up and is\nthe Archbis
 hop of Canterbury’s recommended read\nfor Lent 2023. It is obtainable on
  the internet for\n£9.68 with the Kindle version costing £7.99.
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