Dearest friends,
As we look towards Holy Week the falvour of Lent starts to change. Instead of focusing on our own fast, we start to turn our eyes to the coming of The Passion.
Where in our lives can we more fully place our eyes on Jesus and the path before Him? What difference does that make in our own lives?
This is a question that we’ll try to answer at the last session of Bread of Life on Maundy Thursday, do try to come along.
In love,
Fr. Matthew
Notices
Easter Live!
I’m sorry to share that we’ve taken the difficult decision to postpone Easter Live! A number of factors have consipred against the event, not least our leader being poorly. We pray for her recovery and stregth and we are plotting on an event for Pentecost.
Team Easter Fun Day
Saturday 4th April, 10:30am – 3:30pm
Easter Egg Hunt, Easter Crafts, Refreshments, Lego Display – all free – St. Paul’s, Devon Square. (see poster below)
Holy Trinity Sunday – Joint event in Bovey Tracey.
PPT and St. John’s will unite to offer a joint service in Marsh Park. We’ll process from our churches, meet in the park and offer the eucharist together. Then we’ll enjoy a family fun day together. It’s the perfect Sunday to invite friends and family and to stay around for games and a BBQ.
Lent on the BBC
Over Lent the BBC has produced six Lent Talks. It’s aired on Sundays at 19:45 on BBC Radio Four you can also listen online at www.slsj.co.uk/bbclent
Years Mind
Many of you know we keep a list of the souls of the dead in a ‘Year’s Mind’ list. It appears on the pew sheet and in the chapel of Our Lady at St. Luke’s. It’s becoming increasingly apparent that it’s somewhat out of date. I’m going to update the list over Lent and publish a new one in Holy Week. If you’d like the soul of your departed loved one to be on the list, please let me have their details, people already on the list will not be removed.
Good Friday ‘Come & Sing’
John Maunder’s sacred cantata ‘ Olivet to Calvary’ St Thomas of Canterbury Church, Kingswear. 4.30 pm rehearsal (music provided). Light refreshments for singers 6.30 pm service ALL ARE WELCOME
Bread of Life
The final session of our Lent course, Bread of Life, will be on Thursday 26th at 7pm in Wickham Hall. We’ll be cocentrating on the end of mass – the ‘sending out’ and why I get quite so carried away when I say, ‘Now GO! and announce the Gospel of the Lord!’
Adventure Motorbike Talk
Join Sam Manicom and Stace Martin for epic stories from their round-the-world motorbike trips. Sam is a veteran round-the-world traveller, and Stace has just started. What wisdom can Sam impart in this fascinating talk and Q&A. March 19th, 7pm, Wickham Hall
Holy Week & Easter Services
2nd April – Maundy Thursday
6pm – Joint Mass with Washing of Feet & Watch, St. Luke’s (Watch to continue at St. John’s from 8:30pm)
3rd April – Good Friday
10am – Walk of Witness, Bearnes School playground
3pm – Mass of The Lord’s Passion, St. Luke’s & St. John’s
4th April – Holy Saturday
7:30pm- Vigil Mass of Easter, St. John’s
5th April – Easter Sunday
5:30am – Dawn Mass, St. Luke’s
10am – Mass of Easter Sunday, St. Luke’s & St. John’s
Sunday 22nd March
5th Sunday of Lent
9am – Sung Parish Mass [SJ]
11:15am – Sung Parish Mass [SL]
4pm – Stations of the Cross with Adoration & Benediction [SL]
Psalter Week 1, A(II), Lent 5
Upcoming Dates
March
21st – Table Top Sale, 10am [WH]
Rosary Group, 10:30am [SL]
22nd – Stations of the Cross, Adoration & Benediction, 4pm [SL]
26th – Oswestry Chrism Mass, Exeter Cathedral, 11am – 3pm
Lent Course, Bread of Life, 7pm [WH]
29th – Palm Sunday Processions 10am [SL & SJ]
Evensong, St. Bart’s
Joint Evensong with PPT
April
2nd – Maundy Thursday, 6pm Joint Mass [SL]
Watch at both churches until 10pm
Light arrives and Watch begins at St. John’s, 8:30pm
3rd – Liturgy of Good Friday, 3pm [SL & SJ]
4th – Vigil Mass of Easter, 7:30pm [SJ]
5th – Dawn Mass of Easter & Breakfast, 5:30am [SL]
Easter Sunday Mass, 10am [SL & SJ]
10th – Bingo! 7pm [SL]
13th – Summer Term Planning Meeting, 7pm [WH]
18th – Table Top Sale, 10am [WH]
25th – Oswestry Regional Festival, Truro Cathedral
May
2nd – Quiz with fish and chips, 7pm [SL]
10th – Blessing of the Bikes, Exeter Cathedral, 3:30pm
Further ahead
5th September, Glastonbury Pilgrimage
[SJ] St. John’s | [SL] St. Luke’s | [WH] Wickham Hall
[SC] St. Catherine’s School
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