Third Sunday in Lent
8.00 am. Holy Communion
11.00 am. Matins – Psalm 46, prayer book page 403
Hymns: 605 (omit verses 7 and 8), 379, 547, 96.
Next Sunday, 15th March – 4th Sunday of Lent( Mothering Sunday) – 11.00 am. Family Communion
OPERATION SMILE! – our first Away Giving charity for 2026. During the month of March, we will be collecting for the charity Operation Smile, which is dedicated to improving the lives of children with cleft conditions. Did you know that some babies are unable to suck from birth? They are unable to feed or eat properly and so fail to thrive. Soon they know they look different. Their speech is not easily understood. Other children ignore them, tease them, or laugh. If during the pregnancy either the palate, or top lip, or both, fail to close properly it leaves a hole, a cleft. In the UK, corrective surgery is routinely conducted after birth. It is free. For some a child’s smile is priceless and for some it costs cash. For those youngsters unable to ask clearly “Why me?” or “How do I make friends without my smile?” there is an answer. Please support Operation Smile this month. Thank you.
Lyttelton Well events this week: Tuesday 10th March – Coffee and Chat 10.00-11.30 am; Knit and Natter from 2.00 pm. Saturday 14th March – Fundraising Quiz Night. Doors open 7.00 pm. Cost £3.00 plus contributions for refreshments. Proceeds in aid of Well Counselling.
On Sunday 22nd March, at Little Malvern Priory, at 4.00 pm, there will be a rendering of the Passion Cantata ‘Sacrifice Triumphant’, music by Basil Harwood (1859-1949). The music is interspersed with readings from the bible and congregational hymns. This act of worship will be a fitting way of marking our entry into Passiontide and Holy Week.
Holy Week and Easter Services
Palm Sunday 29th March. 11.00 am. Holy Communion with Distribution of Palms
Tuesday in Holy Week, 31st March. 12.00 noon. Holy Communion
Wednesday in Holy Week, 1st April. 12.00 noon. Stations of the Cross – at St. Wulstan’s
Maundy Thursday 2nd April. 7.00 pm. Eucharist of ‘The Last Supper’
Good Friday 3rd April. 12.00 noon. Devotional Service with readings and hymns
Easter Day 5th April. 11.00 am. Family Communion