Christ Church Carnforth

CHRIST CHURCH CARNFORTH
www.christchurchcarnforth.co.uk

Priests of the Parish
Fr Stephen Jones     Tel. 732948
Fr Christopher Holden    Tel. 730760
Hon. Assistant Priests
Canon Brian Oddy    Tel. 732048
Canon Brian Pithers   Tel. 424786

17th APRIL 2011
PALM SUNDAY

Jesus enters Jerusalem to accomplish his saving work on our behalf.  Today, we are called to be his faithful companions through all the events of Holy Week.

THIS IS HOLY WEEK  (please note times)
Mon 6.15pm   Sacrament of Reconciliation (Fr C)
 7.00pm   MASS Penitents
 7.30pm    Stations of the Cross

Tue 12noon    MASS The anxious
 7.00pm    MASS Those without faith

Wed 9.15am    MASS  Those in pain
 6.15pm    Sacrament of Reconciliation (Fr S)
 7.00pm    MASS Our departed loved ones
MAUNDY THURSDAY***
 12noon    Sacrament of Reconciliation (Fr C)
*** 7.30pm    MASS OF THE LORD’S SUPPER,  PROCESSION TO THE ALTAR OF REPOSE  AND SOLEMN WATCH    
GOOD FRIDAY***
 11.00am   Stations of the Cross for children
*** 3.00pm    CELEBRATION OF THE LORD’S
           PASSION
  4.15pm    Sacrament of Reconciliation (Fr S)
HOLY SATURDAY***
*** 8.30pm    THE EASTER VIGIL (followed by  drinks)
EASTER SUNDAY:    MASSES at 8.00 & 10.00am

TODAY’S  MUSIC
Choir:  Hosanna to the Son of David
   Plainsong
 Vexilla regis (The royal banners forward  go) 
   T. Wingham
 
Valet will ich dir geben (All glory, laud and honour) (BWV 736)
   J.S. Bach

IF YOU HAVEN’T ALREADY, please take a yellow Repentance and Reconcilation leaflet and the white leaflet Holy Week 2011.
PLEASE NOTE all the times for worship this week, the very heart of the Christian Year.  Please make a really special effort to attend at least on Maundy Thursday (7.30pm), Good Friday (3.00pm) and Holy Saturday (8.30pm).
HOLY WEEK POSTERS to display in your house window are available today.  Please take one and join in this act of witness, making the faith more visible.
READERS If you would like to help with the readings this week, please have a word with Fr Stephen.  Thank you.
HAND MADE  Easter wreaths, chicks and cards are on sale in church today.  Do have a look…
STATIONS OF THE CROSS tomorrow at 7.30pm. 
MAUNDY THURSDAY WATCH Thank you to those who have already committed to cover a slot.   We need more now, so that we have a decent number for each of the half-hour slots.
EASTER FLOWER LIST is in church today.  If you wish to contribute, please use a GIFT AID envelope in you pay tax, and mark the envelope ‘Flowers’.
NEW GLORIA We are introducing a new setting of the Gloria, composed by Ann Bond, on Easter Sunday.  This will give us an extra option.  Do please engage with it and try to learn it – it’s designed for congregational use.
CROSS OF REMEMBRANCE The large cross for church for Holy Week and Easter is now in place and you are invited to write the names of any departed loved ones on a card so that it may attached to the cross.
READERS Please collect your readings from the sacristy.  Thank you.
ACS LENT BOXES Please return these next Sunday.  Thank you.
SCHOOL FOUNDATION GOVERNOR We have a vacancy on the school governing body for someone to help represent the concerns of the parish and serve the Christian foundation of the school.  This is very necessary at the present time.  Please have a word with Fr Stephen if you’d like to know more about this.
ARCHDEACON’S VISITATION This year, it’s for PCC members (not sidespersons) and takes place at Lancaster Priory on Tuesday 3rd May at 7.30pm.   More details later.
SIDESPERSONS will be admitted to office in the parish this year at the 10.00am Mass on Sunday 8th May.  Please be sure to be in attendance then.
Do stay for coffee after the 10.00am Mass.
Please take this bulletin home with you.

CHRIST CHURCH CARNFORTH
www.christchurchcarnforth.co.uk

Priests of the Parish
Fr Stephen Jones     Tel. 732948
Fr Christopher Holden    Tel. 730760
Hon. Assistant Priests
Canon Brian Oddy    Tel. 732048
Canon Brian Pithers   Tel. 424786

3rd APRIL 2011
FOURTH SUNDAY OF LENT

‘You were darkness once, but now you are light in the Lord’.  St Paul’s words sum up our celebration today, as we give thanks to God for our earthly mothers, and for Our Lady and the Church.

• Toilets are to the left out of the main door.
• Please let young children explore.
• Collection during the second hymn.
• Large print hymn books are available on request.

MASS THIS WEEK AND INTENTIONS
Monday 7.00pm             Religious education
 (St Isidore)
Tuesday    12 noon    Cancer research
Wednesday 9.15am        Home Communicants
Thursday 7.15pm   Delia French RIP
 (St John Baptist de la Salle)        
Friday  9.15am     Armed Forces
Saturday 9.15am         Marjorie and Clifford Medlicott RIP
DIVINE OFFICE (The Prayer of the Church)
Morning Prayer: Sun 7.30am, Tue – Sat 8.55am
Evening Prayer: Sun 5.30pm; Mon – Fri 5.00pm
SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION
By appointment only this week.
NEXT SUNDAY: Masses at 8.00 & 10.00am

TODAY’S  ORGAN MUSIC
Jesu, joy of man’s desiring (BWV 147)
   J.S. Bach
O Welt, ich muss dich lassen (O World, I now must leave thee)
   J. Brahms

NOMINATION FORMS are out today for PCC, churchwardens, sidespsersons and deanery synod.  Please get the sheets completed today.  Please note that you may nominate ONE and second ONE person only for PCC; and please make sure that you obtain a person’s agreement before you nominate them.  Thank you.
LENT CRAFT DAY tomorrow at 10.00am at Fr Chris’.  Lunch provided.  Please sign the list in church if you’d like to be involved.
SCHOOL GOVERNORS’ RESOURCES COMMITTEE tomorrow at 6.00pm.
ROSARY tomorrow at 7.30pm.  Please make requests for prayer on the board in church, following the instructions there.  All welcome.  Stations resumes next Monday at 7.30pm.
LENT COURSE entitled ‘Who are we?’ This Tuesday’s session is at 9 The Green, Bolton le Sands LA5 8FD, Pauline’s Sterritt’s home.  The topic is to do with current threats to the Church of England’s historic self-understanding.  All welcome.
ANNUAL PAROCHIAL CHURCH MEETING next Sunday at 11.15 (approx.). Election of churchwardens, PCC, Deanery Synod representatives, plus brief reports and an opportunity to thank those who give of their time for the good ordering of the parish church.  It’s not a long meeting, so please do stay behind after the 10.00am Mass.
PREPARING FOR EASTER Activity morning for children of all ages, Saturday 16th April in church, 10.00am – 12 noon.  Again, there is a list in church for this.  For more details, please contact Kathryn Hutchins or Fr Chris.
EUCHARIST ON FRIDAYS The Friday Mass could do with a bit of a lift in terms of numbers.  Why not take this on for Lent if you’re able?
LENT There is a list of parish provision and suggested ways to keep this season in the current Parish Magazine. 
LENT EXTRA is available today, priced at £2.00. 
READERS Please collect your readings from the sacristy.  Thank you.
A PLEA We need more people to be prepared to be sidespersons.  It’s not an onerous task, though it does need to be done faithfully and well; and the greater the number of people we have, the better.  See the list at the back of church today.  Thank you.

HOLY WEEK is now just a fortnight away.  The principal services are:
Palm Sunday: 8.00 & 10.00am (with Blessing and Procession of Palms).
Maundy Thursday 7.30pm Mass of the Lord’s Supper.
Good Friday: 3.00pm Celebration of the Lord’s Passion.
Holy Saturday: 8.30pm The Easter Vigil.
Do stay for coffee after the 10.00am Mass.
Please take this bulletin home with you.