Third Sunday in Lent
8.00 am. Holy Communion
11.00 am. Matins – Psalm 26, prayer book page 375
Hymns: 368, 480, 467, 565.
Away Giving Collection. This month we are be taking a collection for the work of Acorns Children’s Hospice. The hospice provides services for Worcestershire and the surrounding area, caring for more than 200 children and their families every year, and providing breaks for children at the Worcester hospice. Two-thirds of the funding needed to continue Acorns’ work comes from the local community, so your contributions will be greatly appreciated. Further information about Acorns’ work is available in the narthex.
Next Sunday, 30th March (NB Clocks go forward) – Fourth Sunday in Lent – Mothering Sunday. 11.00 am. Holy Communion (Book of Common Prayer)
Revision of Electoral Roll: This year we must undertake the statutory revision of the church Electoral Roll in preparation for the Annual Parochial Meeting in May. Everyone who wishes their name to appear on the Roll, whether they have been on the Roll in the past or not, must complete an application form and return it by 21st April to the Electoral Roll Officer, Mr. Peter Bradford, or leave it in the special box provided in the narthex. Forms are available in church today.
“Messy Vintage” – an informal service for older people, especially for people living with Dementia or Special Needs, and their carers – at Holy Trinity, Malvern, on Thursday 3rd April at 2.00 pm. Followed by refreshments. All very welcome.
875 Celebration Event: On Saturday 5th April, at St. Wulstan’s Church, Little Malvern, 7.00 pm. ‘A celebration of Bach’: including the D minor double violin concerto, solo suite No. 3 in C, arias for tenor, and Brandenburg Concertos numbers 3 and 6. Admission £10 cash on the door.
On Saturday 12th April, at 6.00pm,there will be a performance of Stainer’s Crucifixion, at Little Malvern Priory, with local singers and congregational hymns.
Palm Sunday 13th April: 8.00 am. Holy Communion (Common Worship) ; 11.00 am. Matins (Book of Common Prayer), with the distribution of palm crosses
Tuesday 15th April: 12.00 noon. Holy Week Meditation
Wednesday 16th April: 7.00 pm. Evening meditation with The Lamentations by Thomas Tallis, and other Passiontide music and words
Maundy Thursday 17th April: 7.00 pm. Holy Communion of ‘The Last Supper’
Good Friday 18th April: 10.30 am. Churches Together Act of Witness outside Great Malvern Priory. 12.00 noon. (LMP) Good Friday service of hymns and readings with address
Easter Day 20th April: 11.00 am. Family Communion (Common Worship) with the St. Giles’ Singers