The Good Shepherd, Tadworth

 Welcome

IMPORTANT UPDATE - HALL CONTACT DETAILS
Please use our new contact details for Hall bookings & enquiries.

On Tuesday at 7.30 pm is a church Open Meeting. Please come to this meeting if you can. We are looking ahead and defining priorities for action in the life of our church over the next year or two.

May Jesus Christ, the Good Shepherd, guide us in the life of our church,

Tim


 

Wednesday 10 am: the Mid-week Service  with coffee and a chat afterwards

 Sunday (17th March) is the Fifth Sunday of Lent

8 am Holy Communion

10.00 am Family Communion Service: a new covenant

with The Junior Choir

 

The Mothers’ Union ‘Make a Mother’s Day’ Appeal

The Good Shepherd Mothers' Union branch are collecting for this year's Make a Mothers' Day Appeal, entitled 'Give the gift of Dignity this Mothering Sunday.' This gives us the opportunity, while we celebrate and remember the women who have supported us in life, to remember also those who need our support, wherever they are in the world. Information about this years appeal and the gifts available is at the back of church.  If anyone would like to make a donation towards a gift, please make contact with any of the MU committee, Karen Connor, Margaret Fitch, Margaret Fox and Rosemary Bennion.   Any money donated will be sent off after Mothering Sunday.

 

Open Church Meeting: This Tuesday (12th March) 7.30pm

The invitation is to church members to come and help shape future service of this church to the wider community. This Open Meeting follows on from the ‘Growing Good’ discussion groups, and from discussions in the Church Council over the last few meetings. In these discussions we have been reviewing what we currently do, and identifying various ideas for the future. At the Open Meeting we expect to identify our top ideas for action in the coming months.

The Diocese of Southwark, of which we are a part, calls these parish church plans ‘Mission Action Plans’.

 

Model Railway Exhibition: This Saturday (16th March) 10am - 5pm (hall)

You are warmly invited to this exhibition. Children friendly. Food is served all day.

 

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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