IMPORTANT UPDATE - HALL CONTACT DETAILS
Please use our new contact details for Hall bookings & enquiries.
Activities for Lent
Lent Study Group
Callum Hawker is leading a Lent Study Group taking place over four weeks on Thursday evenings (week 3 this Thursday). The theme is ‘The joy of the gospel’ using material by Paula Gooder, one of our foremost Christian teachers. The group will be in the Meeting Room - gather from 8.15pm for hot drinks before an 8.30 start. You are welcome to join the group for any week.
Lent Lunches
are being held in Walton-on-the-Hill on Saturdays. All are welcome.
Church Spring Cleaning Day Saturday 23rd March All day
We have a dedicated small team of church cleaners. But there are lots of nooks and crannies, windows and cobwebs, and lots of items like brass and silver that get cleaned once in a blue moon. This is that day!
International Food Evening: Saturday 23rd March 7-10 pm (hall)
Not to be missed, this church social event is for the whole family. Come and enjoy food and drinks from around the world. There will also be a bar, a quiz and a raffle.
Tickets are £12 adults, £6 children available from 01737 362610, from events@goodshepherdtadworth.org.uk and at the back of church after 10am Sunday services.
Confirmation in 2024
At a Confirmation service, candidates confirm for themselves their baptism promises. Traditionally, after their Confirmation, children receive the bread and wine of communion. For adults, either Confirmation or Adult Baptism opens the way to receive the bread and wine of communion.* One of our Bishops leads the services and blesses the candidates.
We will be holding Confirmation preparation classes for both children and adults in the Summer Term (after 15th April) over six weeks, with a Confirmation Service on Sunday 23rd June.
Please let the Vicar know of your interest in Confirmation (which can include Adult Baptism if appropriate).
*Adults who take part in communion in other church denominations are welcome to take part in communion at our services without needing to be Confirmed. Some people in this situation choose to be Confirmed to show their commitment to the Church of England.
For our Prayers
We pray for the Church Open Meeting this Tuesday, that we come to a common mind about our priorities for the mission and ministry of our church.
Following the World Day of Prayer service last Friday designed by Palestinian Christians, we continue to pray for the people of the Palestinian Territories and Israel, that adequate food, water and shelter be provided for Gaza, and that ways forward towards a just peace may be found.
Calendar
This week:
Sunday 10th Mar 8 am Holy Communion
10 am Parish Communion Service for Mothering Sunday: seek the light
with Church Explorers
Tuesday 12th Mar 12 noon Funeral Service: Jean Clew
7.30 pm Open Meeting to discuss a new Mission Action Plan for the church (in church)
Wednesday 13th Mar 10 am Holy Communion with our Mothers Union branch
Thursday 14th Mar 8.30 pm Lent Group ‘The joy of the Gospel’ (Meeting Room – gather from 8.15pm)
Saturday 16th Mar 10-5 Model Railway Exhibition (in the Hall)
10.30 - 12 Saturday Café in the church
Coming up:
Sunday 17th Mar 8 am Holy Communion
10 am Family Communion Service: a new covenant
with the Junior Choir
Saturday 23rd Mar from 9am Church Spring Cleaning Day
7 pm The International Food Evening (in the hall)
Palm Sunday 24th Mar 8 am Holy Communion
10 am Parish Communion: with palm procession
c.11.15 am PCC Meeting (to approve the annual church accounts)
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