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Sunday 28 February 2021 The Second Sunday of Lent
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The people of the church are still active, and here if needed. Please contact either the Parish Office on 925 9602 or via email: office@attenboroughchurch.org.uk
or the Churchwardens via email: churchwardens@attenboroughchurch.org.uk or by phone at 07835 949128 if you need, or can offer, help in any way. Regrettably, for everyone’s safety, the church remains closed for public worship and private prayer.
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Do join us for our live services on Zoom or online.
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Sunday 28th February: 10.00am Morning Worship
Leader: Alistair Langton & All Age Worship Team
Sunday 7th March: 10.00am Holy Communion
Celebrant: Rev’d Tim Hull, Speaker: Rev’d David Bignell
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Sunday 28th February: Reflection on George Herbert
by Malcolm Brookbanks with prayers by Ann Parkes
Sunday 7th March: 10.00am Holy Communion
Celebrant: Rev’d Tim Hull, Speaker: Rev’d David Bignell
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Zoom Into Church!
If you would like to join us for our 10.00am service live on Zoom, please visit this link:
https://zoom.us/j/93669747174?pwd=Y3VNS01PZXBLeHFzK0hIU080YUk3Zz09,
or use Meeting ID: 93669747174 with Passcode: 483192 anytime from 9.45am on Sunday morning.
Note that access to the liturgy for the service has unfortunately had to change. You will need to open an online folder and the file entitled Liturgy.pdf. The link to open the folder can be found by clicking here.
This way of holding services during lockdown is working very well so please “come along” without leaving home!
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Click the image to view Communion on the First Sunday in Lent led by Malcolm Brookbanks with talk by Martin Stott and celebrant Rev'd David Bignell
Published on Sunday 21st February 2021
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Click the image to view Canon Professor Anthony Thiselton's reflection on The Transfiguration of Jesus, with reading by Louise Russell and prayers from Malcolm Brookbanks.
Published on Sunday 14th February 2021
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Do forward this email to friends and family as an easy way of sharing links to the videos for them to enjoy.
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Lenten Journey Around the Churchyard: Over the period of Lent, we are creating a meditative journey around the churchyard with the use of prayer stations. New stations are being added each week which will gradually take us around the churchyard.
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Lent Meditations: We are holding weekly prayer and bible study groups by Zoom throughout Lent, using meditations written by Canon Professor Anthony Thiselton. There is a group meeting on Tuesday evenings and another on Wednesday evenings. If you would like to join a group, please contact Barbara in the office and let her know your preference for evening and she will pass the message onto the Zoom host who will send you the link.
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Eileen Jones: I was privileged to attend Eileen’s funeral at Bramcote Crematorium on Friday 19th February. It was a beautiful service for a lovely Christian lady with tributes from three of her grandchildren, her son and daughter. Eileen's late husband Ron was the organist at St Mary's before Malcolm, and Eileen was a regular at Evensong. May she rest in peace and rise again in Glory. Val Sabin
A reminder of why we support The Leprosy Mission: Joaquina is now 60, and lives in Cabo Delgado, Mozambique, one of the poorest countries in the world. She contracted leprosy many years ago when her eight children were young. She knew nothing about the disease but noticed the pale patches of skin on her body and the ulcers developing on her feet. Eventually, her fingers became damaged, her hands permanently disabled. The stigma of leprosy meant that Joaquina's neighbours rejected her. They told her that she was not wanted in the village and forced her family to live away from other people. Health workers from TLM visiting her village found her and gave her Multi-drug therapy. And educated the other villagers, telling them leprosy is not contagious. She was finally free of the disease - but not from its effects. And then her husband died, leaving her a widow with a large family to provide for.
Mozambique suffers from extremes of floods and drought making it difficult to grow good crops. For disabled farmers it is very difficult to work in the fields, and Joaquina must have been so worried about how she was going to make ends meet. But thankfully, the chance to get involved with her local farming group gave Joaquina the chance to thrive. She learnt about sustainable farming methods to produce better crops. Joaquina found she was able to grow enough maize and beans to feed her family, and have some left to sell, enabling her to save money for the first time ever. Last year she had enough to buy another field and produce even more crops to sell.
Recently she has been able to start hiring workers to help on her farm. She has plans to purchase more land and hire more help, assuring a comfortable retirement, provision for her family and jobs for others in the community. With support from TLM Joaquina and others like her are welcomed back into their communities, and with tenacity and perseverance have become pillars of their society.
We will have a talk from Allister du Plessis on Sunday 21st March as part of our Morning Service.
More information about the work of TLM can be found at www.leprosymission.org . The UK Government will fund-match every £1.00 given with UK Aid between January 24th to April 24th. Thank you. Cilla Lloyd
Funding Gap: Thank you very much to those who have come forward to help close our funding gap. Can you help? Please contact John Margerison (Treasurer) at 24 Ireton Grove, or Janet Crabtree (planned giving and Gift Aid) 9225391.
Notices: Just a reminder that items for inclusion in Notices need to be with Barbara in the Parish Office by 9am on Wednesday. Office Hours: Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday from 9.45am to 12.15pm.
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Share the Services from St Mary's: If you would like a DVD or CD of some of our services and Reflections, either for yourself or to pass on to a friend or neighbor, please contact Barbara in the office and we will send one to you.
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A prayer for the week:
God of compassion, whose Son Jesus Christ, the child of Mary, shared the life of a home in Nazareth, and on the cross drew the whole human family to himself: strengthen us in our daily living that in joy and in sorrow we may know the power of your presence to bind together and to heal; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
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- the work of the gospel locally and globally, that people may come to know the love of God and the joy of relationship with Jesus;
- those living and working on Quorn Close;
- those anxious, worried, lonely and despairing at this time;
- all those working to alleviate the impact and suffering caused by Covid-19 virus throughout the world: particularly those in the medical professions, scientists, carers, politicians, community groups, foodbanks and volunteers;
- the work of The Leprosy Mission
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If you need support, or just a phone call for a chat, please contact us and we will do the best we can to serve you.
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Use the links below to access or follow our Facebook, and Twitter feeds, check out our Youtube channel, visit our website or email us.
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WEEKLY NOTICES If you would like to receive the weekly notices by email, subscribe to the notices mail list by visiting http://eepurl.com/tvGwn
Further details about St Mary's including history, events, activities and more can be found on St. Mary's website
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This version contains all the information the paper-based version has, and sometimes more.
We hope you like them and we welcome comments and suggestions for improvement.
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Contact and further information details for St. Mary's
Website https://www.attenboroughchurch.org.uk
E Mail office@attenboroughchurch.org.uk
On-line calendar http://freecal.brownbearsw.com/smcacal
Telephone 0115 925 9602
Other references
Below are listed other websites that may be useful. Please note that St. Mary's Church Attenborough is not responsible for the content of external internet sites
Other websites about St Mary's
http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/735805
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Mary%27s_Church,_Attenborough
About others churches and church activities locally via HOPE
http://www.hopenottingham.org.uk
About the Diocese of Southwell and Nottingham
http://www.southwell.anglican.org
About the Anglican Church
https://www.churchofengland.org/
Items for inclusion in the Weekly Notices
Please send items by 9am Wednesday for inclusion in the Notices to office@attenboroughchurch.org.uk or to Parish Office:Vale Cottage, 19 Church Lane, Attenborough, NG9 6AS Tel: 0115 9259602
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