| St Thomas à Becket
Registered charity number : 1134842 |
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| Churchwarden: Mr Alex Brockhurst
Tel: 07792 544259 |
Churchwarden: Mrs Sue O’Neill
Tel: 07867 904780 Email: suesdesignservices@gmail.com |
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| Licensed lay minister: Mrs Rosemary Towse
Email: rosemarytowse@talktalk.net |
Safeguarding officer: Mrs Jan Brockhurst
Email: safeguarding@paghamchurch.org |
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14th April 2024 Easter 3 |
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| Sunday | 14th | 09:30 | Parish Eucharist | ||||||||||
| Monday
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15th | 09:00 | Morning Prayer | ||||||||||
| Tuesday | 16th | 17:30
19:00 |
Evening prayer
Tuesday @7 |
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| Wednesday | 17th | 10:30
17:30 |
Funeral of Pamela Thompson
Evening prayer |
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| Thursday | 18th | 09:00
10:00 12:00 |
Morning Prayer
Holy Communion Funeral of Janet Minchin |
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| Friday | 19th | No public Worship Today | |||||||||||
| Saturday | 20th | No public Worship Today | |||||||||||
| Sunday
Easter 4 |
21st | 09:30 | Parish Eucharist | ||||||||||
| Hymns: | 680. This joyful Easter tide 144. Dear Lord and Father Before the throne (on sheet) 195. From heaven You came. |
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| The Collect (Opening Prayer) for the Third Sunday of Easter: | |||||||||||||
| 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. | |||||||||||||
| New Testament Reading John 3: 1- 7 | |||||||||||||
| Now there was a Pharisee named Nicodemus, a leader of the Jews. He came to Jesus by night and said to him, ‘Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher who has come from God; for no one can do these signs that you do apart from the presence of God.’ Jesus answered him, ‘Very truly, I tell you, no one can see the kingdom of God without being born from above.’ Nicodemus said to him, ‘How can anyone be born after having grown old? Can one enter a second time into the mother’s womb and be born?’ Jesus answered, ‘Very truly, I tell you, no one can enter the kingdom of God without being born of water and Spirit. What is born of the flesh is flesh, and what is born of the Spirit is spirit. Do not be astonished that I said to you, “You must be born from above.” | |||||||||||||
Psalm 4 |
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Response- ‘Lift up the light of your countenance upon us, O Lord.’ |
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| New Testament Reading Acts 3: 12- 19 | |||||||||||||
| When Peter saw it, he addressed the people, ‘You Israelites, why do you wonder at this, or why do you stare at us, as though by our own power or piety we had made him walk? The God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, the God of our ancestors has glorified his servant Jesus, whom you handed over and rejected in the presence of Pilate, though he had decided to release him. But you rejected the Holy and Righteous One and asked to have a murderer given to you, and you killed the Author of life, whom God raised from the dead. To this we are witnesses. And by faith in his name, his name itself has made this man strong, whom you see and know; and the faith that is through Jesus has given him this perfect health in the presence of all of you. ‘And now, friends, I know that you acted in ignorance, as did also your rulers. In this way God fulfilled what he had foretold through all the prophets, that his Messiah would suffer. Repent therefore, and turn to God so that your sins may be wiped out.
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| Gospel Reading: Luke 24: 36b- 48 | |||||||||||||
| While they were talking about this, Jesus himself stood among them and said to them, ‘Peace be with you.’ They were startled and terrified, and thought that they were seeing a ghost. He said to them, ‘Why are you frightened, and why do doubts arise in your hearts? Look at my hands and my feet; see that it is I myself. Touch me and see; for a ghost does not have flesh and bones as you see that I have.’ And when he had said this, he showed them his hands and his feet. While in their joy they were disbelieving and still wondering, he said to them, ‘Have you anything here to eat?’ They gave him a piece of broiled fish, and he took it and ate in their presence.
Then he said to them, ‘These are my words that I spoke to you while I was still with you—that everything written about me in the law of Moses, the prophets, and the psalms must be fulfilled.’ Then he opened their minds to understand the scriptures, and he said to them, ‘Thus it is written, that the Messiah is to suffer and to rise from the dead on the third day, and that repentance and forgiveness of sins is to be proclaimed in his name to all nations, beginning from Jerusalem. You are witnesses of these things. |
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| Prayers of Intercession | |||||||||||||
| The sick and those who care for them: | |||||||||||||
| Barbara Crew, Karen Cox, Sheila King, Dawn Spurway Pearson, Mike Hatzfeld, Pam Browning, Lucia, Jessie Hutchins, Bea Tucker, Tony, Charles Paterson, Stephen Tribe, Colin May
Recently departed: |
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| Anniversary of death: | |||||||||||||
| 14th Walter Groves, 15th Frank Weston, 16th – Beryl Wright, Christopher Greenfield, Munro Edwards, 17th – Minnie Vickery, 18th – Kitty Vagg, May Steenerson, 20th – Raymond Dobson, Beatrice Reed.
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| We pray for peace and especially for and with the people of Ukraine. We pray for all those caught up in conflict, and for those seeking safety and refuge on these shores.
We pray for the people of Israel, Gaza and the West Bank. For the peace of the Holy Land. For those who will weep, and fear, and die this day. For urgent prayer, contact Gillian Purvis (267597) or Pat Rush (262561) to start the Prayer Chain. |
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| 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 is alive and reigns, now and for ever. Amen. | |||||||||||||
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| Friends of Pagham Church AGM will take place in the South Transept on Sunday 14th April at 11:00. All are welcome. Please consider joining the committee: there is a sign-up sheet on the noticeboard. | |||||||||||||
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Tuesday@7 Restarts on 16th April! Join us for a mid-week, 40minute, family friendly eucharist. There are accessible readings, a short reflection, and new music. A welcoming and inclusive invitation for those looking for a different way to worship and explore their faith. A great option for those with busy, busy Sunday mornings. Everyone is welcome!
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| Bell Ringing Have you ever wanted to try bell ringing? Practice takes place on Mondays at 19:30 and new members are most welcome. Contact: Mike Wake- Tower Captain for more details 01243 264254
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He is risen!
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| Next week’s readings:
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| Easter 4
Acts 4: 5- 12, Psalm 23, 1 John 3: 16- end, John 10: 11- 18 |
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| SUPPORT FOR THE FOODBANK IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN EVER.
Urgently needed this week: Biscuits, tinned fish/meat, pasta, tinned rice pudding/custard, UHT fruit juice. |
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| The Collection plate | |||||||||||||
| If you would like to make an offering, please use the contactless Payaz machine or the collection plate, both can be found by the door. Thank you for your generosity. | |||||||||||||
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