THIRD SUNDAY OF EASTER
Alleluia! Christ is risen! He is risen indeed, Alleluia!
11.00 am. Family Communion
Hymns: 159, 153, 137, 612.
Next Sunday, 26th April (Fourth Sunday of Easter) 8.00 am. Holy Communion; 11.00 am. Matins
Thanks to all who helped to decorate the church for Easter; to Peter Bradford, who created the crosses in the churchyard, and to our churchwarden, organists, singers and all who have contributed to our worship during Holy Week and Easter.
Ascension Day – Thursday 14th May. 12.00 noon. Holy Communion at Little Malvern Priory; 7.00 pm Deanery Service at the Church of the Ascension, Somers Park Road.
Our Annual Parochial Church Meeting will take place on Monday 18th May, at 6.00 pm in church. At this meeting reports are given on the business of the PCC in the last year; accounts are approved and elections held for the positions of churchwardens, parochial church council members and deanery synod representatives.
Rogation Day walk – ‘Beating the Bounds.’ You are invited to join this traditional walk when the congregation walks the boundaries of the parish, and prayers are offered for the blessing of the crops. Monday 4th May, starting from Little Malvern Priory at 9.30 am. The route is approximately five miles, and there will be a ‘comfort stop’ on the way. Please bring food and drink to enjoy. Being on the Malvern Hills, there are of course, ups and downs, and two stiles. Walkers participate at their own risk. For further details, please ring Alison Hunka 07763 464305.
EMMAUS WALK
A poem on the theme of today’s gospel, by Ann Lewin
‘Don’t talk to strangers,’ we are told in childhood.
It takes years to grow through infant training,
Daring to trust comes with maturity,
Or perhaps is born of desperation.
The Emmaus two discovered
That the stranger unlocked understanding;
Shared food became a blessing.