Thursday 12 March
10.30am Midweek Service
Friday 13 March
11am Funeral of David Lewis in Church
12noon Lent Lunch at the Methodist Church
Sunday 15 March: The Fourth Sunday of Lent – Mothering Sunday
8am BCP Communion
10am All Age Worship
Monday 16 March
12noon Morning Prayer on Zoom
Wednesday 18 March
12noon Midweek Midday Prayer
Thursday 19 March
10.30am Midweek Service
Friday 20 March
12noon Lent Lunch at the Methodist Church
Saturday 21 March
9.30am PCC Coffee Morning at the Parish Centre
Sunday 22 March : The Fifth Sunday of Lent
8am BCP Communion
10am Communion
11.45am Annual Parochial Church Meting in Church
Link to This week’s readings
St Mary’s is usually open 9.30am until 5pm each day for private prayer and reflection. There are various acts of prayer and worship being led via our Facebook Page
Please pray this week for: RIP: Mason Jones, Jean Scatchard, David Lewis and Peter Brier, whose funeral will be on Tuesday 31 March at 3pm in church.
Sick: Margery and Giuliano, Pam Atkinson, Judith Charnley, Rosemary Hensor, Mike Robinson, Tom Sumner, Graham
Praying for Burley Street by Street: Manse Road and Manse Crescent
Notices
Lent Lunches: The first one is on Friday 13 March, at the Methodist Church from 12noon to 1.30pm. Do come! Fresh homemade soup, good company and an excellent cause. The next one will be on Friday 20 March. All donations to Christian Aid. Thank you for all the help offered so far; any further offers to make 12 portions of soup for 20 March would be welcome. Thank you. Janet Squire
Concert: Otley & Ilkley Choral societies will be performing Mendelssohn’s Elijah on Saturday 14 March, at 6pm in All Saints Church, Otley. Tickets from Grove Bookshop, Ilkley or Book Shop on the Square, Otley; or ask Belinda.
PCC Coffee Morning: Saturday 21 March in the Parish Centre 9.30-11.30. Ella Holdsworth (01943 865647) and Susan Collins (07946 579963) look forward to seeing you! We would very much appreciate contributions of baking, other home produce and raffle prizes. And please, do come!
Our Annual Parochial Church Meeting will take place on Sunday 22 March at 11.45am (after the 10am service). Warden(s), PCC members and Deanery Synod representatives will be elected. If you would like to stand for election nomination forms are available at the back of church and must be submitted before the APCM. Completed forms can be given to Phil or Mark. There will be some hard copies of the reports, which will also be available on the web site shortly.
Songs of Praise: On Mothering Sunday, March 15, there will be a ‘Songs of Praise’ service on BBC television at 1.15pm featuring the work of the Mothers’ Union. Do watch if you have time.
Pass the Parcel! I need 3 or 4 people to help me play ‘Pass the Parcel’ ! Can you help? The 60 black bin bags holding Medicine blister packages stored in the Parish Centre basement for the past couple of years, will be collected on Friday 27 March at 1pm to go to be recycled. The plan is to have 5 or 6 people get the bags up to the Sutcliffe room to await the van arriving to collect them. Loraine Hughes will be coming to help, along with a couple of helpers and so I only need to have 3 helpers. We will begin passing the parcel at 12.30. Contact Joyce Russell on 07790 333 985.
Lent Churches Together Taize Prayer Vigil: We plan to hold this at St Mary’s on Monday 23 March but we need people to help plan the service. If you’d like to be involved in planning, please speak to Zoe and join us for a planning meeting on Mon 9 March at 7pm, in St Mary’s Church.
Easter Eggs: We are collecting chocolate Easter Eggs for Homeless Hampers, which will be distributed to the homeless communities of Leeds and Bradford including teens. You can give them to Annette at church or drop them off at our house – call if you need to know our address (862090). Last day to drop them off is Sunday 29 March. Thank you. Sharon and Annette Hattersley