The latest news sheet - St Mary's Twickenham

St Mary the Virgin
Twickenham
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Sunday 1 February
Candlemas
WELCO ME to the Church`s worship at this the culmination of
Epiphanytide, as we celebrate the Presentation of Christ in the
Temple. This marks the moment when we celebrate that Jesus is the
newborn Son of God and when we recognise the price He will pay to
be our Saviour in the events of Holy Week. An especial welcome to
those at the beginning of their time with us at St. Mary`s. It is good
to have you with us !
Refreshments will be served in the hall after the Parish Eucharist, do
please join us, our hosts today are St Mary’s Group.
8.0 0 am
Holy Eucharist
Reading
Gospel
Hebrews 2: 14-18
Luke 2: 22-40
(Bob Bryan)
9.30 am
Parish Eucharist
O rgan music
Hymns
Reading
Intercessions
Gospel
O rgan music
Adagio in E minor Frank Bridge
394, 542, 313, 251, 317
Hebrews 2: 14-18 (Heather Gibbs)
Robert Franklin
Luke 2: 22-40
Postlude Stanford
3.0 0 pm
Little Heaven
A service for children with additional needs and their
families and friends.
6.0 0 pm
Healing Eucharist
A celebration of the healing ministry of Christ in the
context of the Eucharist, with an invitation to pray at the
communion rail for healing for yourself or for another, or
to sit quietly in your pew while this ministry takes place.
Intercessions
We pray for all members of our congregation; for Twickenham Club for the
Blind and the Alzheimers Disease Society. We pray for all those seeking God’s
intervention, guidance and healing in their lives, amongst them:
Antonio Carmona
Ali
Ruth Ann Renick
Janice Coxall
Margaret Hastings
Nicholas
Andy Dennison
Linda
Christopher Price
Sylvia Butler
Iain
Ruby Smithers
Ronald Leeson
Gordon Hollis
Colin Rennie
Kenneth Miller
Valerie Smith
Keith Schofield
John Palmer
Julia
David
Simon
Peter Ball
Ida Curtis
Eve
Alan Stanton
Barbara Jenkins
Fiona Roe
Raoul Franklin
We pray for those who have died that they may know new and eternal life:
Gordon Gilby
David Bell
Hazel Ashby
Jim Schofield
Nansi Collier
James Wadeson
If you would like the names of anyone included or re-added to the Intercessions list,
please e-mail Jeff, our Vicar, on hopkinwilliams@btinternet.com
or speak to him after the service.
Please can we remind you to keep your valuables with you
at all times while you are in church.
Thank you.
Today
The February Prayer Cycle is now available at the back of church.
Forthcoming Events
Standing Committee – A reminder that the next Standing Committee will be
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held tomorrow, Monday 2 February, at 8pm in the vestry. Agenda and 20 14
accounts to come.
The Mothers’ Union Corporate Communion will be observed next
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Wednesday, 4 February at 10 .0 0 am in church, followed by tea and coffee in
the vestry. All are welcome at this service.
Q uiz Night – next Friday, 6th February, the annual O ak Lane Cemetery fund
raiser on behalf of the St Mary's Eco. Group, doors open 7.0 0 pm for
7.30 pm. Tickets £10 per person, includes a baked potato supper and raffle.
Bring your own drinks. Tickets available after the 9.30 am service or e-mail:
paul.leonard.ed@btinternet.com
Next Sunday, 8th February CHA RITY SUNDA Y - As part of our programme
of talks from the charities we as a church support, Anna Khan CEO of
WELCARE will be speaking at next Sunday`s Parish Eucharist, 8th February.
Please note that there will be a collection as you leave the church on that
Sunday, which will go toward our Charitable Giving.
The next lunch out will be on Thursday 12th February, 12noon, at Loch Fyne
Restaurant, Fulwell. Please confirm attendance with Joan Redropp on 8892
5911.
Hymn Singing at Nightingale House – will be on Sunday 15 February. New
singers very welcome. Meet Pat Ingham in the Hall at 10 .50 am.
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O n Shrove Tuesday, 17 February, the Mothers’ Union members will be
serving pancakes, tea and coffee in the vestry from 12 noon - 1.30 pm, price
£1.50 – less for a child, in aid of Away From It All Holidays for needy
families. For the same fund raffle tickets will be on sale on the two preceeding
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Sundays, 8 & 15 February with several good prizes and a very large bottle of
Brandy. The draw will take place at the Pancake Party. Please support this
worthy cause. Pat Ingham
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Sunday 22 February at 7.0 0 pm
A Concert of Music for Lent – The Howells Singers
Richard Lyne founded Howells Singers to be a living memorial to the much
loved composer Herbert Howells. The choir’s repertoire focusses on the music
of Howells, his teachers and contemporaries and of the Tudor composers that
influenced him so much. It is the music of the latter group of composers that
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makes up the programme on 22 February. Thomas Tallis’s settings of the
Lamentations of Jeremiah the Prophet will be complemented by Passiontide
motets by Sheppard, Morley, Byrd and Taverner.
General N otices
PIANO CONCERT
MANY THANKS to all those who supported our inaugural concert last
Sunday evening as we give thanks for 30 0 years of being able to worship and
celebrate the deep things of our lives in this beautiful church of ours
and as we invest in its future. Please make sure you have all the other
special music events to celebrate this year in your diary.
JIM SCHOFIELD
Jim’s sons, Ian, Richard and Christopher, would like to thank warmly
everyone at St Mary's who has sent messages of sympathy to the family
and tributes to Jim. They are a great comfort .
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Jim’s funeral will be held in church on Tuesday 17 February at 11.0 0 am.
Lent Groups - Lent Groups will be starting during the week commencing
Monday 23rd February and will run for 5 weeks. Groups will meet in people's
homes on various evenings and there will be a couple of afternoon groups.
Do sign up to one of the groups. The lists are available in the porch. If you
have not been part of a group before, it is an excellent way to get to know
other members of the congregation as well as to explore our faith further.
DATES FOR YOUR DIARY:
O ur Annual Parochial Church Meeting
will take place on Sunday 26th April.
30 0 th ANNIVERSARY O F ST MARY`S.
To help us celebrate the 30 0 th Anniversary of the building we currently
enjoy worshipping in, there will be a special THANKSGIVING EUCHARIST at
10 am on Sunday 10 th May, followed by refreshments in the Church Gardens.
We are delighted that we are to be joined on that occasion by the Ven.
Stephan Welch, Archdeacon of Middlesex who has been such a source of
encouragement and support to us during our deliberations over how God is
calling us to make our church available to the wider community in the
years ahead. Please book this into your diary as it promises to be a
significant day in the life of our church.
ST MARY`S SUMMER FAYRE AND FLO WER FESTIVAL
will take place on Saturday 13th June.
CELEBRATIO N SUNDAY
will be on 21st June.
Walsingham Pilgrimage 20 15 - St Mary’s Annual Pilgrimage will be from Friday
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2 -Sunday 4 O ctober. Each year around 20 of us spend a weekend at the
Anglican Shrine at Walsingham in Norfolk joining with pilgrims from all over
the country in services in the Shrine church or in quieter moments with our
Parish Group. There is comfortable accommodation, good food and a chance
to enjoy the Shrine gardens or the surrounding countryside. Do join us. For
more information and a booking form speak to Jean Love
(jeanjeanlove@aol.com or tel. 0 20 -8892 5552).
Email and contact details – to assist in maintaining the Parish List in an as
up-to-date condition as possible please complete the notification slip below (or
pick up a separate slip from the back of church) if you have recently changed
your contact details, and pass to a sidesperson or churchwarden and your
details will be updated accordingly.
Garden of Remembrance - Some support in keeping the rose beds weeded and
tidy would be greatfully appreciated. Please contact Barbara/ Rafael Carmona
on 8755 3955.
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Messy Church - The next Messy Church will be held on Friday 13 March, 3.15
pm to 5.0 0 pm. Some volunteer support would be gratefully received, please
contact Fr.Piotr with any offers of help on 8891 5421
Is there someone missing who usually sits near to you in church?
The Parish Visitors ask the congregation to help by informing them if
someone they know is absent from church for some time, or is sick or in
hospital or in some kind of need. If you have such a concern please e-mail
Jeff, hopkinwilliams@btinternet.com or
Margaret Mence, m.p.mence@btinternet.com or call her on 8977 3679.
The Rt Rev'd Libby Lane
You will have heard about the consecration in York last Monday
of Libby Lane as Bishop of Stockport.
As a church that has signed up to Inclusive Church we wish Bishop Libby well
in her new position and pray for her ministry to all those whose lives she
touches. Prayers for her consecration and further information are available in
the January newsletter on the Affirming Catholicism website
(www.affirmingcatholicism.org.uk).
Parish List and Data Protection
If you are new to St Mary’s or your details have changed, please complete as
below, tear off and pass the slip to a churchwarden and this will assist in
ensuring the parish list is kept up-to-date.
St Mary’s Church is committed to protecting your privacy and will handle all personal
data in accordance with the principles required by the Data Protection Act 1998. A parish
list is maintained and all information provided will be used only for the administrative
purposes of parish life and your details will not be shared with any other organisation,
institution or company.
NAME:
ADDRESS:
TELEPHO NE No:
E-MAIL ADDRESS:
Please pray for these events which are taking place amongst the
Church family during the coming week.
Monday
10 .0 0 am-5.0 0 pm
7.30 pm
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
The organ will be in use.
Induction of Father Kevin Bell as the new
Vicar of All Hallows.
8.0 0 pm
St Mary`s Standing Committee meets in
the vestry.
Safeguarding Training Day.
11.0 0 am-12.0 0 noon Minnows meeting in the vestry.
10 .0 0 am
Holy Eucharist with Mothers’ Union
Corporate Communion.
11.0 0 am-6.0 0 pm
The organ will be in use.
11.0 0 am -11.45 am
St Mary’s School Reception Year visit to
the church.
12.0 0 noon-3.0 0 pm Harrison & Harrison organ inspection.
7.0 0 pm
St. Mary`s School Governors Admissions
Committee.
10 .0 0 am-5.0 0 pm
The organ will be in use.
7.0 0 pm for 7.30 pm Eco Group Q uiz in the hall.
Sunday 8th February
Second Sunday before Lent
8.0 0 am Holy Eucharist
9.30 am Parish Eucharist
with an address by Anna Khan,
CEO of WELCARE
11.30 am
Morning Prayer
6.0 0 pm Evening Prayer
2 Corinthians 3: 1b-6
Mark 2: 13-22
2 Corinthians 3: 1b-6
Mark 2: 13-22
2 Corinthians 3: 1b-6
Mark 2: 13-22
Psalm 65
Genesis 2: 4b-end
Luke 8: 22-35
St Mary the Virgin
Church Street
Twickenham
Middlesex TW1 3NJ
www.stmarytwick.org.uk
Parish Priest
The Revd R J Hopkin Williams
email: hopkinwilliams@btinternet.com
0 20 -8892 2318
Assistant Priest
The Rev’d Piotr Ashwin-Siejkowski email: piotrashwin@btinternet.com
0 20 -8891 5421 (Sundays, Tuesdays, Thursdays)
Churchwardens
Charlotte West: 0 20 -8891 0 461
Tony Dempsey: 0 20 -8898 2860
the-wests@btconnect.com
sandtony@btinternet.com
Parish Verger
Audrey Thomas
0 20 -8892 9628
Parish Office
0 20 -8744 2693
(9am-11am daily Monday-Friday & 2pm-4pm Monday & Friday)
communications: administrator@stmarytwick.org.uk
finance: finance@stmarytwick.org.uk
Parish Visitor Co-ordinator
Margaret Mence 0 20 -8977 3679
Peter Sheil
Parish Giving Recorder
email: giving@stmarytwick.org.uk
0 20 -8755 0 454