Pew Leaflet
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Holy Cross, Binstead St Peter’s, Havenstreet www.holycrossbinstead.org.uk www.stpeterhavenstreet.org.uk Priest in Charge: Revd Veronica Brown: 07921 514906 (Day off Friday) 29th March 2020 A message from Veronica, our Priest in Charge Sadly, our church buildings have been closed for the time being. The Archbishops have directed this as it is our ‘Christian duty to minimize the risk of infection’ to friends and neighbours. We will miss our places of worship. But these will be re-opened when the government tells us it is safe to do so. And, although we are not together in the same building, we are united in prayer. Bishop Christopher says, “Our faith calls us, particularly in Lent, to lives of discipline, responsibility and self-denial. In Lent this year we are being powerfully reminded of that call in ways we had never envisaged. Our duty at this time involves foregoing our usual pattern of worship to find in new ways solidarity with each other and with our Lord.” Bishop Christopher will be leading a Holy Communion service from Bishopsgrove at 8am on Sunday, which can be viewed on www.facebook.com/CofEPortsmouth (and available during the day on the diocesan website at www.portsmouth.anglican.org). THE READINGS Let us pray now for our world, and for humanity, acknowledging the need we have for God's help in all we do. Let us pray for our Church and for all who lead her that their decisions may be made based on knowledge and compassion. RIP THE WEEK AHEAD Public Worship and all events continue to be suspended until further notice by the Archbishop of Canterbury. Bishop Christopher will be leading a Holy Communion service from Bishopsgrove A special service led by the Archbishop of York can be viewed on the Church of England website A TIME TO PRAY: We are trying to cultivate the habit of prayer in our parishes to help each other and ask for God's blessing on the Island, to pray for Veronica in her leadership, to increase our love for the Lord and to grow our church numbers. Please pray for these things on a Monday during the half hour from 6.30pm to 7pm. The Mission Prayer A prayer for the Pastoral Ministry in the Plurality CORONAVIRUS: Following the directions from the National Church and this Diocese, the following will be adopted across the Plurality. All Public Worship is suspended until further notice as are all meetings. Please see the website, address above, for updates but if you don’t have access to the internet please ring 615551 for updates. For people living on your own in Ryde, Binstead, Havenstreet and Wootton and who are or have been forced to be self-isolating, it is possible to have milk, delivered to your door and also vegetables. This is especially helpful to those who have had difficulty in getting supermarket deliveries on line. We also have people willing to do shopping, just please ask. For further details please ring 615551. BISHOP’S LENT APPEAL: The focus of the Lent Appeal this year will be the environment and our care for the planet now, to preserve it for future generations. The principal recipient of this year’s Lent Appeal will be A Rocha, and specifically their project in Ghana to educate, preserve and reinstate environmental damage that has already occurred. Locally the Sustainability Centre will be one charity that will benefit from the Lent Appeal this year. Envelopes are available at the back of both churches.
CAN YOU HELP PLEASE?While we have time to turn out in the next few weeks, if you do have unwanted items you would be prepared to donate for their stall at the I W Steam Railway when the present crisis is over please let Hilary (61551) know and she will collect them when we are all allowed to get out again. |