FIFTH SUNDAY IN LENT
OUR CELEBRANT TODAY IS THE REV’D DR WARREN HUFFA
OUR PREACHER FOR TODAY IS ABM COMMUNICATIONS OFFICER MR STEPHEN DAUGHTRY
WELCOME
Please join us for breakfast in the hall after the 8am service or for morning tea after the 10am service. At 10am please find all prayers and hymns projected onto the sanctuary walls.
THE PRAYER FOR TODAY O God, our Redeemer, in our weakness we have failed to be your messengers of forgiveness and hope: renew us by your Holy Spirit, that we may follow your commands and proclaim your reign of love; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.
TODAY’S READING Jer 31.31-34 Ps 119.9-16 Heb 5.5-14 GOSPEL Jn 12.20-33 to be read by Robyn K
PRAYERS OF THE PEOPLE by Wendy M
We pray for those in need especially Betty, Janet and Peter, Joy, Ros , Ron , Eric , Bobbie & Ben , Heather, Baby Harry & his family & Claire . We pray for the souls of Betty Haines 29.3.06 Jeannie Moffatt 30.3.08, Helen Siegert 30.3.08, and Audrey Windram 4.4.99 let light perpetual shine upon them.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY Wolf & Valda both on 31st, Angus for the 1st, Angela for the 4th.
PREPARATION FOR NEXT WEEK PALM SUNDAY Isa 50.4-9a Ps 31.9-18 Phil 2.5-11 refer new roster for reader.
GOSPEL Mk 14.1-15.27 or Mk 15.1-39 (40-47) INTERCESSIONS Refer new roster
PRAYER CIRCLE meets noon on the 2nd Tuesday each month
BIBLE STUDY 10am every Wednesday
HELPLINE
Part of being a Christian community is supporting each other in times of need. We offer short-term delivery of food when required, local transport, phone calls, visits and numerous other types of assistance. It is our way of helping one another quietly and confidentially. Call Barb and Angela
OUTREACH
LENTEN OFFERINGS Gold envelopes for our Lenten offerings are still available in the foyer. It is not too late to collect an envelope, in which to place your special offering for the work of the Women’s Shelter in Honiara, Melanesia. The envelopes will be collected on Easter Day.
THANK YOU
Mary R for all the work you did to finish off the new green table-cloths using your overlocking skills!!
MEETINGS
Our Study during Lent has begun but it’s not too late to join in. You can just buy the booklet and work through it yourself, or join any group for as many occasions as you like, or move between groups! The dates of all the meetings are:
Sunday, 11:30AM
April 5. Please note no meeting today because of our AGM.
Monday, 9:30AM
March 30, April 6.
Tuesday, 7:30PM
March 31, April 7
EVENTS
TREASURE MARKET Thank you to all those who helped.
PALM SUNDAY GOSPEL CONCERT “BLESSINGS AND BLUES” Sunday 5th April at 5pm at St Peter’s Cathedral.
PASSOVER MEAL at 6.30pm in the hall Maundy Thursday 9 April before the Commemoration of the Last Supper at 7.30 in Church.
PICNIC IN THE NATIONAL PARK May 17 2009
PARISH CAMP October 16-18 2009
ITEMS FOR NEXT WEEK’S PEW SHEET
Forward to Wendy by 5pm Tuesdays
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