Holy Week and Easter Sunday 2022

Dear Friends,

This week's mailing comes to you deliberately early to remind you that with a few days to go before Easter there are plenty of opportunities to join friends to remember the key moments of Holy Week. We meet this evening (Wednesday) at 8.00pm for a TAIZE PRAYER.

MAUNDY THURSDAY SERVICE AND THE WATCH
Join us on Maundy Thursday at 8.00 pm for our service of Holy Communion (which includes foot washing). The service is followed by a period of silent prayer.

GOOD FRIDAY
At 10.00 am Churches Together gathers for an outdoor service on Station Parade.
at 12.00 pm St Martin's is hosting a three-hour devotion (details below).

CONFIRMATION SERVICE
Three of our young people were not able to be Confirmed last November due to sickness. We are delighted that Tom, Annabel and Thomas are able to do so at a special service at Guildford Cathedral at 8.00 pm on Easter Saturday. The service will be available on the Cathedral's YouTube channel . Click HERE.

EASTER SUNDAY
Our first service on Easter Sunday begins at 6.00 am. Please meet outside the Mausoleum. Follows is a BCP service at 8.00 am and a Parish Communion at 10.30 am (with children's activities).

SMARTIES CHILDREN'S CHURCH & MARTY'S PLAYGROUP
This Sunday,17th of April (Easter Sunday) there will be children's activities in the church. Smarties will resume on the 24th of April. Marty's Playgroup has now finished for Easter and will return on Wednesday 27th April.

FOODBANK
Please remember that the Foodbank is relying on our generosity to continue providing food to those in our village in need. Please do not donate out-of-date items as they cannot be used. The Foodbank is in need of UHT fruit juice 1L (preferably apple or orange juice), UHT whole milk, 1L sponge puddings, tinned potatoes, chocolate spread, savoury snacks, tinned dog food, baby wipes, nappies size 8 and nappies size 5. Thank you for your continued support.

COMPLINE AND MORNING PRAYER
Compline on Zoom will return on Thursday 28th April at 9:00 pm. Please note that Morning Prayer will NOT take place on Saturday 23rd April.

WEDNESDAY SERVICE
Please note that there will NOT be a service on 20th April. We return after Easter on 27th April.

COMMUNITY COFFEE MORNING AT ST MARTIN'S
From mid-May we will be starting a Community Coffee Morning every Thursday from 10 – 12 pm in St Martin’s Church transept. This is for everyone in the Horsley community, not just church members.
We need your help! Can you volunteer? Do you know someone who can be your ‘coffee buddy’ who can run this event with you? It will be fun and for a good cause! Each week, we need two people to run this morning. The more volunteers we have, the less you will be on the rota, perhaps only once every three months or even four! We will create a self-running rota and assuming volunteers are happy to share contact details, in the event someone needs to ‘swap’ their scheduled day, this can easily be done. Volunteering for the Community Coffee Morning will not be a major commitment. Full training on how to use the coffee machine will be provided and top tips for making sure the coffee morning runs smoothly! Please contact Margaret Read to sign up Email gandmread@yahoo.co.uk

SAVE THE DATE
Annual Parochial Church Meeting (APCM). Tuesday 17th May at 7.00 pm in the Canterbury Rooms. The meeting includes the election of Churchwardens and members of the Parochial Church Council. If you are interested in standing for the PCC please contact Sara Dean the PCC Secretary by clicking HERE.

To download a copy of the Annual Report 2021 please click HERE.

To download a copy of the Draft Annual Accounts for 2021 please click HERE.

EASTER DONATIONS
If you would like to make a one-off Easter gift to support St Martin's please follow the Donate button at the bottom of this page. Thank you.

HAPPY EASTER!
On behalf of the PCC and Ministry Team, we wish you and your families a blessed Easter and hope to see you at one of our Easter Services.

Every blessing.

Renos

The Revd Renos Pittarides
Rector of East Horsley
t: 01483 283713
rector@easthorsleychurch.org.uk
@renosp
www.easthorsleychurch.org.uk

EASTER SUNDAY

Lord of all life and power,
who through the mighty resurrection of your Son
overcame the old order of sin and death
to make all things new in him:
grant that we, being dead to sin
and alive to you in Jesus Christ,
may reign with him in glory;
to whom with you and the Holy Spirit
be praise and honour, glory and might,
now and in all eternity.
Amen.

READINGS
Acts 10. 34-43
1 Corinthians 15. 19-26
John 20. 1-18

PRAYER POINTS

Pray for the work of the Trussell Trust, bringing emergency food supplies through the nationwide Food Banks, to people and families in crisis. www.trusselltrust.org

Pray for Tom, Thomas and Annabel to be Confirmed at Guildford Cathedral on
Easter Saturday.

Pray for the people of Ukraine, Christians worldwide facing persecution and that the world may know the joy of the resurrection.

From our Parish Calendar, we pray for the residents of Fairways.

To make a donation to St Martin's Church please click on the image above. If you would like details about tax-efficient ways of making regular contributions please click HERE.

01483 654263

parishoffice@easthorsleychurch.org.uk

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