This weekend’s Bible readings:
Romans 4:1-5, 13-17 (p 1131) John 3:1-17 (p 1065)
The Real Easter Egg:
Marion has a few Real Easter Eggs available for purchase for £5 each. This year there is a new booklet included with the Easter story. Please see Marion if you’re interested.
Building work at All Saints:
The erection of scaffolding will begin on Monday, 2nd March from 8.00 am. The pathways round the church from the North door to the Vestry will be exclusion zones for pedestrians. There will be parking issues, due to the scaffolding lorries and works vans. Please take care and observe the signs!
World Day of Prayer:
Margaret is not organising a WDP service this year but there will be a service in Ware, at the Catholic Church of the Sacred Heart of Jesus and St Joseph, on the corner of New Road and King Edward Road Ware. The service is on Thursday 5th March at 2pm. The service this year has been devised by the Christian women of Nigeria. This is a beautiful ecumenical service and all are welcome. If anyone is interested in coming to the service or would like a lift please talk to Margaret and Derek.
Zachary’s baptism:
Please join us next week, if you can, for our 10.30 communion service in St Mary’s, where Rich and Cate will bring Zachary for baptism.
Soup and Snowdrops:
Thank you to all who supported Soup and Snowdrops last weekend at Sacombe. £933 was raised at this extremely enjoyable event.
APCMs (Annual Parochial Church Meetings) and the Electoral Roll (ER):
The APCMs for our benefice churches are scheduled for the weeks after Easter. Each church must review and display their ER prior to their APCM; the process starts approximately 5 weeks before the meeting. Look out for the official notices.
If you are not already on the ER, now is a good time to join. Application forms are available from Hugh (All Saints), Carole (St Catherine’s), Wendy (St Mary’s) or at the back of each church.
The dates of the APCMs are 12th April (Standon), 14th April (Sacombe), 19th April (The Mundens).
APCM papers:
Our secretaries and treasurers are collating reports for our annual meetings in all three churches (although we are a united benefice, each PCC is a separate legal entity and must hold its own meeting). If you are responsible for writing the report for your group, please send it to Lizzy (for benefice wide reports) or to the appropriate secretary (for the very few reports specific to only one church).
If you’re willing to save time, paper and copying by receiving the papers by email, please contact the appropriate secretary: Lizzy for Standon, Rebecca for The Mundens, Peter H for Sacombe.
Lent Appeal:
For the last few years, in Lent we have focussed on stewardship of our time and money, and for our Lent appeal we have asked our members, if they are able, to add an extra amount of giving to our churches. With visiting clergy covering many of our services, this focus in our preaching is more difficult, but we are still inviting you to look carefully at your giving of time and money to support our work in this benefice and among these villages. Donations can be made in the same way as our regular giving.
Services for the next few weeks:
Midweek services each week:
Tuesdays, 9.30am Holy Communion (BCP) & Bible study, St Catherine’s
Wednesdays, 9.30 am Morning worship & Bible study, St Mary’s
Sunday services:
1st March 8.00 am Holy Communion, St Mary’s
10.30 am Morning worship, All Saints
8th March 10.30 am Holy Communion & baptism, St Mary’s
15th March 8.00 am Holy Communion, St Mary’s
10.30 am Holy Communion, All Saints
22nd March 10.30 am All age worship, St Mary’s
6.00 pm Stainer’s Crucifixion, St Mary’s
29th March 10.30 am Palm Sunday morning worship, St Catherine’s
5th April 10.30 am Easter Day communion service, St Mary’s
Dates & meetings coming up:
4th March, 2.15 pm Libury Hall service, Libury Hall
5th March, 10.30 am National Trust visit, St Mary’s
5th March, 7.30 pm PCC meetings, St Mary’s
11th March, 4.00 pm Funeral of Evelyn Haylock, Woollensbrook Crematorium
25th March, 12.30 pm Midweek Music, St Mary’s
26th March, 9.00 am Roger de Clare Easter service, St Mary’s
27th March, 1.15 pm Little Munden School Easter service, All Saints