Third Sunday of Epiphany
8.00 am. Holy Communion
11.00 am. Matins – Psalm 19, page 367 Hymns: 534, 2, 591, 430.
Next Sunday 2nd February – Presentation of Christ in the Temple. 11.00 am. Family Communion, with the St. Giles’ Singers.
Our collection for the Malvern Hills Foodbank taken at the Vital Spark concert and the Carol Service raised £530. The Foodbank’s treasurer has written with ‘very many thanks’ to the congregation. He continues, “Despite regular large donations of food we still need to buy-in various foods, toiletries and cleaning materials, in addition to buying-in fresh food items stored in our fridges and freezers.”
Leaflets publicising our ‘875’ celebrations are now available for distribution. Please do take as many as you would like to pass on to family, friends or other contacts – and of course for yourself!
Come and take part in HMS Pinafore, the Gilbert and Sullivan operetta. Be a sailor, sister, cousin or aunt! Saturday 1st February at St. James’ Church, Welland. Chorus rehearsal 5.30 pm; performance with local soloists and band at 7.30 pm. Vocal scores provided. £10 to sing; £10 to listen. More information from Alison Hunka – 07763 464305 or alisonhunka1885@aol.com
A Prayer for Holocaust Memorial Day (27 January) – from the Council of Christians and Jews
“For a better future”
Eternal God, we bow before you to remember the victims of the Holocaust.
We lament the loss of the six million Jews who were killed in the Holocaust, the millions of other victims of Nazi persecution, and victims of all genocides.
As we remember and lament all those whose lives have been lost, help us to work for a better future today.
We pray for a day when all shall be free to live in peace, unity and love. Amen.