A warm welcome to you on this Easter Day. Please do join us after the service to share in a cup of tea or coffee. All ages are welcome at St. Mary’s, children included. There is also a crèche in the Octagon for the very young if you need it. If this is your first time with us, please do fill in the slip at the end of the newsletter, so that we can keep in touch with you. St Mary’s is fitted with a hearing loop system. Members of the congregation who have a hearing aid with a ‘T’ switch will find that they can hear better when it is switched to ‘T’.

Thank you
Thank you to everyone who has helped this past week to get everything ready for Easter. The Church looks wonderful (or I am sure it will) and the Easter breakfast will I know have been good by the time you read this!

Roof Appeal
Money is still coming in for the Roof Appeal. Thank you to everyone who has contributed in every way. As I said at the Annual Meeting the total raised so far is slightly over £6,500

Cleaning Rota
We have had one or two people drop out of our cleaning rota recently and it would be helpful if one or two people could volunteer to clean the church and centre occasionally.
If we get three more people the expected frequency of cleaning is once every three months! Please speak to Malcolm. We do at least have a rota organiser now.

Coffee Club
The Coffee Club meets next on Wednesday 14th and 28th April at 10.45 am. Cost £1. All welcome

Lent Course
The first five sessions of the Lent Course - Seasons of Renewal - have come to an end. The final session is to be held this week and will take the form of a party. In the evening we shall be starting at 7pm (rather that 7.30 pm) and having something of a party. Group members are bringing food for a meal. Others are welcome to join us, but please speak to Malcolm if you are thinking of coming so that numbers for catering are sorted! The morning group will be having tea, coffee and cakes at 10.30 am.

Parachute Jump
Please remember Malcolm and Stella on Thursday of this week - the day of the big jump. We have to travel to an aerodrome somewhere near to Cambridge, undergo some training in the morning and do the jump in the afternoon. If you want a photo of the deed, you’ll have to take it yourself! Seriously I hope we may have something to show you either next Sunday or soon after, not just to prove we did it but to show how we looked kitted up! You can still give though, so if you haven’t please sign the form in the Centre!

Easter Day

Collect: God of glory, by the raising of your Son you have broken the chains of death and hell: fill your Church with faith and hope; for a new day has dawned and the way to life stands open in our Saviour Jesus Christ.

First Reading: Acts 10. 34-43 Mervyn Hancox

Second Reading: 1 Corinthians 15. 19-26 Lorraine Baker

Gospel Reading: John 20. 1-18 Les Dakin

Intercessor: Stella Bailey

Hymns: 267 474 232 508 503

Post Communion Prayer: God of Life, who for our redemption gave your only-begotten Son to the death of the cross, and by his glorious resurrection have delivered us from the power of our enemy: grant us so to die daily to sin, that we may evermore live with him in the joy of his risen life; through Jesus Christ our Lord.

This week beginning 4th April 2010

Easter Day

5.15 am Vigil and Dawn Eucharist followed by breakfast
8 am Holy Communion
10 am Holy Communion
6.30 pm Evening Prayer
Monday 7 pm No Parish Office
Tuesday 9 am Morning Prayer
Wednesday 10 am Holy Communion
Thursday 9 am Morning Prayer
Saturday 9.30 am Morning Prayer

Sunday 11th April

8 am Holy Communion
10 am Parish Communion
6.30 pm Evening Prayer