Easter 3 15 - The Parish of Abbots Langley

NOTICES
The ANNUAL VESTRY MEETING and
ANNUAL
PAROCHIAL
CHURCH
MEETING are on Tuesday 28th April at
8.00 pm following Holy Communion at 7.15 pm.
Guest speaker: Emma Woollon, Head Teacher
of Bedmond School. Copies of the ANNUAL
REPORT AND ACCOUNTS are available at
the back of church, a contribution towards the
cost of printing would be appreciated or visit our
website: www.abbotslangley.org.uk to view a
copy.
ELECTORAL ROLL - this is the
membership list for St Lawrence and Bedmond please speak to Pam if you would like a form to
complete to become a member.
PCC - there is one space for a PCC member
and two spaces for Deanery Synod - see list
displayed.
The funeral of ALAN DICKER is on
Monday 27th April in Bedmond Church at
12.00 noon.
GENERAL ELECTION HUSTINGS
Thursday 30th April at 7.45 pm in the Methodist
Church Hall. Come along and quiz your local
candidates. If you wish to send a question in
advance e-mail: derek.mclean@methodist.org.uk.
This event is organised by CTAL.
The ‘HERBAL BED’ by Peter Whelan will
be staged by the Abbots Langley Players in the
grounds and the church of St Lawrence from
Tuesday 21st to Friday 24th April at 7.45 pm and
Saturday 25th at 5.30 pm. Tickets: Standard
ticket £10 in covered, heated tiered grandstand;
V.I.P. ticket £15 in heated V.I.P. enclosure with
free hire of blanket, glass of wine or juice and
free programme.
To book online go to
www.abbotslangleyplayers.ticketsource.co.uk or
call the Box Office on 0844 504 5354.
A taste of France in Abbots Langley FRENCH MARKET today (19th) in Manor
House car park from 10.00 am to 4.00 pm.
CHRISTIAN AID WEEK (10th-16th May)
- offers of help delivering and collecting
envelopes would be appreciated. Please speak
to Pam or phone the office 261795.
OUTLOOK (church magazine - 40p) is
available for April. Please take a copy.
Find us and
Like us on
THE PARISH OF ABBOTS LANGLEY
ABBOTS LANGLEY TRANSITION
TOWN COMMUNITY MARKET - Saturday
25th April from 10.30 am to 1.00 pm in the
Henderson Hall. We have a table at this event.
Offers of homemade/grown produce welcome
or to help on the day - please contact Jane
McHugh (264280) and don’t forget to pop in and
support the Market!
Order forms are available at the back of
church if you wish to place an order for
BEDDING PLANTS - this year we are using a
garden centre in Chipperfield and completed
orders should be returned by 26th April to Jane
McHugh or the church office, delivery of plants
early May. Contact Jane McHugh on 264280 or
e-mail:
janemchugh123@btinternet.com for
more information.
Come and hear the DAWN CHORUS in
our churchyard on Saturday 2nd May at 5.00 am.
An expert will help you to identify the birds
from their songs.
The walk around the
churchyard lasts about an hour followed by
refreshments in the hall. If you want to know
more contact Carol 01923 678457.
Churches Together has organised a QUIZ in
aid of Christian Aid in St Saviour’s Parish Centre
on Saturday 9th May, 7.00 for 7.30 pm. Tickets
are £10 each to include fish and chips - tables of
8, so why not get a group together? Tickets
from the church office (261795).
CONTACT NUMBERS
Vicar:
The Revd Dr Jo Spreadbury
01923 263013
Curate:
The Revd David Warner
01923 518262
Assistant Priest: The Revd Angela Milton
01923 519453
Assistant Priest: The Revd Guy Buckler
via the Church Office
Reader:
Mrs Sally Sanderson
01923 265963
In an emergency please contact Jo or David
directly at anytime, day or night,
if someone needs the ministry of a priest.
StLawrenceChurchAbbotsLangley and TheTinChurchBedmond
St Lawrence the Martyr, Abbots Langley
with the Church of the Ascension, Bedmond
19th April 2015
THE THIRD SUNDAY OF EASTER
8.00 am
President:
Preacher:
Reader:
TODAY
WELCOME
Holy Communion
The Revd Jo Spreadbury
The Revd Guy Buckler
David Staines
Welcome to everyone at our worship today
especially to visitors and newcomers - please
introduce yourself if you are new or a visitor.
9.30 am
Parish Communion with Seekers
President & Preacher: The Revd Guy Buckler
Hymns:
181 - 280 - 103 - 220 - Organ Music
- 31
Readers:
Peter Sanders and Anne Donald
Intercessions: Marcus Coultrup
11.00 am
Hymns:
Reader:
Family Service at Bedmond
503 - 25 - 571
John Noonan
If you have been confirmed or usually receive
Communion in your own church, please do
so here. If not, you are welcome to come to
the altar rail for a Blessing, and if you carry a
book with you the priest will know not to offer
you the bread and wine.
Please tell a sidesman before the service
if you would like a gluten-free wafer.
12.00 noon Baptism of Thomas Shephard
12.30 pm
Sunday Lunch Club
1.00 pm
Baptism of Lexi Hammond
2.00 pm
Burial of Ashes of Florrie Vidgeon
2.30 pm
Abbots Langley Players rehearsal
6.30 pm
Leader:
Evening Prayer
The Revd Jo Spreadbury
SERVICES THIS WEEK
Holy Communion
10.15 am
Wednesday
9.30 am
Thursday
9.30 am
Friday (inc. Morning Prayer)
Morning Prayer
9.30 am
Monday to Wednesday & Friday
Evening Prayer
5.15 pm
Monday to Friday
including prayers for peace on Monday
and prayers for healing on Tuesday
Prayer Extra
8.15 am
Thursday: prayers for the parish and
local community
A T-loop is provided for hearing aid users.
For our younger members at 9.30 am:
Crèche - there is a room in the
church hall with suitable toys
(0-3 years)
Seekers in the church hall
(3-10 years)
except Second Sundays
(the Church Hall is at the end of the car park)
Quiet Children’s Corner in Church
Before the service,
listen to God;
and after the service,
listen to each other.
If you have come to the service
at 9.30 am please stay for a cup
of tea or coffee and a chat in the
church hall.
A collection is taken at each main service. (If you are a tax payer, please use a gift aid envelope.)
This money is fundamental to the life of the church: its ministry, mission and charitable giving.
You may notice that some people put nothing in the bag; this is because their giving is made by standing order.
JustTextGiving - a new way to give - text STLA12 followed by the amount to 70070.
www.abbotslangley.org.uk
THE PRAYERS AND BIBLE READINGS
FOR OUR PRAYERS
THE COMING WEEK
COLLECT: Almighty Father, who in your great mercy gladdened the disciples with
the sight of the risen Lord: give us such knowledge of his presence with us, that we
may be strengthened and sustained by his risen life and serve you continually in
righteousness and truth; through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord, who is alive and
reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.
GIVE THANKS
» for the reality that we are children of God
» for freedom to read and study the Bible
» that we shall see Jesus and be like him
PRAY FOR
» those who translate and interpret Scripture
» all who are hungry, physically and spiritually
» those who doubt God's power to bring
healing and wholeness
» the peoples of Ukraine and Nigeria, Iraq and
Syria, Palestine & Israel; and all seeking to end
terror and conflict
» Peter and Joan Sanders, celebrating 60 years of
marriage
» Thomas Shephard and Lexi Hammond who
are being baptised today
» those who worship at
The Church of the Ascension, Bedmond
» Tiny Tots and its leaders
» those who live in Greenways (inc Abbeyfield),
Griffin Way and Grosvenor Avenue
THOSE WHO ARE ILL OR IN NEED
» Joyce Leadley (Doreen Wilson’s sister) :
Owen Nelson : Bernard Besch : Tom Stuart :
Ellis Haggith : Sally Lawrence : James Stevens :
Lesley Durtnall : Chris : Michael Beadle :
Beryl Russell : Christine Corners
R.I.P.
» Lorraine Potiuk (nurse, Vine House Surgery) :
Alan Dicker : Joan Floyd : Jill Partridge
Amongst the charities we support financially and
with our prayers, this week we pray for the work
of the The Leprosy Mission, particularly in
South Sudan.
Pray for the leprosy community in Malek, Jonglei
State, living in abject poverty with high levels of
malnutrition and no regular sources of income,
that they will be able to help increase food
production and generate income through
agricultural and fishing activities.
Give thanks that monies raised will also improve
healthcare and increase educational opportunities.
Pray for people affected by leprosy in Jonglei,
Upper Nile and Unity States, that TLM will be able
to engage more with those people in livelihood
and empowerment projects and better access to
integrated leprosy services.
Pray for wisdom, strength and grace for Yousif,
country leader and Wilson, operations manager, as
they engage with people affected by leprosy and
encourage them to speak up for themselves.
MONDAY 20th
10.30 am Handbell Ringing practice
2.00 pm Funeral of Jill Partridge at the
Crematorium
2.15 pm Tiny Tots service in St Lawrence
7.00 pm Abbots Langley Players full technical
rehearsal
TUESDAY 21st Anselm, Abbot of Le Bec, Archbishop
FIRST READING
Acts 3.12-19
Pew Bible page 117
In Jesus' name, Peter and John have just performed their first miracle, curing a
man lame from birth. This is the first sign that Jesus' followers have inherited his
power to heal, that the age to come has already dawned. The ancient promises of
God to his covenant people are fulfilled in Jesus, and the blessings of repentance and
wholeness of life are offered us by the Author of Life.
SECOND READING
1 John 3.1-7
Pew Bible page 237
We are God's children, not just in name only, but in reality. If this 'family
resemblance' is not as clear yet as it might be because we still sin and fall short, the
more we abide in Jesus, the less we will be prey to our sins, until at the last we will
both see Jesus in the fullness of his glory, and be fully like him.
GOSPEL
Luke 24.36b-48
Pew Bible page 87
Like John's account of Jesus appearing to Thomas, Luke emphasises the physicality of
the resurrection as Jesus appears to the eleven and their companions and the
two disciples who have just returned from Emmaus on the evening of Easter day.
Though he appears strangely and suddenly, he invites them to touch him and be sure
of his living presence. He eats some grilled fish, a staple food of the time like bread
and wine, which recalls how he once fed the multitude and feeds us still today. As on
the Emmaus road, he helps his disciples to interpret the scriptures, and sends them as
his witnesses to all nations.
POST COMMUNION PRAYER: Living God, your Son made himself known to
his disciples in the breaking of bread:
open the eyes of our faith, that we may
see him in all his redeeming work; who God our redeemer,
is alive and reigns, now and for ever. whose Church was strengthened by the blood
Amen.
of your martyr George:
READINGS NEXT SUNDAY
Acts 4.5-12
1 John 3.16-end
John 10.11-18
AVAILABILITY
Jo - day off: Friday
David - away until 25th April
so bind us, in life and death,
to Christ’s sacrifice that our lives,
broken and offered with his,
may carry his death and proclaim his
resurrection in the world;
through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
of Canterbury, Teacher of the Faith, 1109
10.15 am Tuesday Coffee in St Lawrence
7.45 pm Abbots Langley Players production of
‘The Herbal Bed’ also Wednesday,
Thursday and Friday
WEDNESDAY 22nd
10.15 am Holy Communion
2.45 pm Home Communion at Margaret House
THURSDAY 23rd George, Martyr, Patron of
England, 304
8.15 am Prayers for the local community
9.30 am Holy Communion
8.00 pm Abbots Langley Youth Project AGM in
the Community Centre
FRIDAY 24th
9.30 am Morning Prayer
with Holy Communion
10.00 am Heart for Abbots Langley Coffee
in the Henderson Hall
6.15 pm Youth Choir restarts
SATURDAY 25th Mark the Evangelist
Caring for God’s Earth Conference at
St Albans Abbey
10.30 am Transition Town Community Market in
the Henderson Hall
10.30 am County Ringers’ in St Lawrence
11.00 am Burial of the Ashes of Mary Hunt
2.00 pm Abbots Langley Players Show Case in
St Lawrence Church grounds
5.30 pm Abbots Langley Players production of
‘The Herbal Bed’
NEXT SUNDAY
THE FOURTH SUNDAY OF EASTER
26th April 2015
8.00 am Holy Communion
President & Preacher: The Revd Jo Spreadbury
9.30 am Parish Communion with Seekers
President: The Revd David Warner
Preacher: Kate Carter
12.00 noon Baptism of Henry Marshall-Clarke
6.30 pm Evening Prayer
Leader:
The Revd David Warner