Please come prepared to eat pancakes after the 10 am service tomorrow! Church Explorers will be serving pancakes at the back of church alongside our regular coffee. Of course, eating pancakes is traditional for Shrove Tuesday leading into the start of Lent. This is the first opportunity in church for our children to mark the beginning of Lent which they are keen to do. So you can ask them about why you would make pancakes at this time.
Lent study groups start this week (see below – especially the zoom link for joining on Monday evenings); also Lent Lunches which is a new initiative for this year. You might have noticed that the monthly Thursday service of Compline (which would normally be this week) has given way for the Thursday Study Group meeting. Next month the Compline service will complete the final Study Group meeting.
Finally, our service of Choral Evensong for the first quarter is next Sunday (16th).
Tim
PS. For most of today I was having refresher First Aid training as part of being an assistant scout leader for 1st Tadworth. But please don’t try me out in church tomorrow …
Services for 9th March: 1st Sunday of Lent
8am: Holy Communion
10am: Parish Communion Service: Resisting Temptation
With Church Explorers (our Junior Church) which gathers in the Meeting Room.
Church Explorers will serve pancakes after the service.
Services & Events for Next Week
Wednesday 12th March
10am: Mid-week Communion Service. With coffee served afterwards
11:15am: A Lent Reflection led by Anne Rusbridge
12 noon onwards: Lent lunch is served. Any donations for the Lent lunch (after expenses) will go to the Bishop of Southwark’s Lent Call. This is raising funds for projects that help children and young people recover from trauma and which encourage their mental wellbeing. We are supporting this type of work in the Diocese of Jerusalem and the Middle East, in our Link Dioceses in Zimbabwe and here in our own diocese.
Sunday 16th March
8am: Holy Communion
10am: Family Holy Communion: Standing Firm
Our monthly service of Holy Communion for the whole church. Our Junior Choir will sing at this service.
6.30pm: Choral Evensong with music by William Smith, Tertius Noble and William Byrd. Wine will be served after the service.
For our Prayers
We continue to pray for Tom and his children, Judith and Richard and all Tom’s wider family and close friends as they start to prepare for a funeral service for Bonnie. May God’s love surround them and give them strength.
We pray for couples preparing for marriage in the months to come: Mike and Nicky; Shane and Debbie; Ellie and Ben.
Lent Study Groups
Explore the Core Beliefs of the Christian Faith over 5 weeks; helping us to understand and live out faith as followers of Jesus Christ.
Mondays 7.30 pm (online) from 10th March to 7th April. Zoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88956631071
Thursdays 8.15 pm (Meeting Room) from 13th March to 10th April
Please sign up at the back of church to show your interest in these activities.
For those who prefer a daytime Lent Group, Kingswood Parish are offering a group on Thursdays 2.30pm from 6th March hosted by Kevin and Pia Chamberlain - Fairfield, Warren Drive, Kingswood, KT20 6PY. Please contact Pia on 01737 832003.
Model Railway Exhibition: 15th March in the Church Hall 10am to 4:30pm
If you can help to sell tickets on the door for an hour please will you sign the sheet at the back of the Church. In aid of Church Funds. There are posters to take to display.
Quiz Bingo: 29th March 7-10pm (hall)
This is our next social event. There will be a bar, hot dogs/pizza and a raffle. Tickets are £5 adults, £2.50 children from 07740 373985 and events@goodshepherdtadworth.org.uk
Annual Church Meeting (11th May), Electoral Roll Revision and Election of Churchwardens and a new Church Council (PCC)
The Annual Parochial Church Meeting
APCM takes place on Sunday May 11th at 11.15 am. This year there are the election of all Parochial Church Council (PCC) members for a new three-year term, and the election of two Churchwardens which takes place every year. In preparation for the APCM, this year there is a complete revision of the Electoral Roll (which happens every six years).
Electoral Roll Revision
The electoral roll is the list of people who can vote for PCC members at the APCM. It is also a sign of ‘membership’ of this church. This year a completely new roll is being made, so everyone on the old roll has to make a new application, together with people who have started coming to the church more recently. Forms and the return box are at the back of the church.
Church Elections
There are lists for nominations for Churchwardens and PCC members at the back of the church.
Calendar
Don't forget to check the Church Calendar for all our upcoming events!