This year, Lent begins on Wednesday 22nd February. We will be marking Ash Wednesday with two services, our regular 10am Holy Communion, and a special Sung Eucharist at 7.30pm. The Imposition of Ashes is when a cross of ash made from last year’s Palm Crosses is placed on the forehead remind us to ‘remember that you are dust and to dust you shall return, turn away from sin and be faithful to Christ’. This will be a part of both services for those who wish to partake.
Lent Course – Reading St John’s Gospel
Our Lent Course, led by Fr David will be at 7.15pm for 7.30pm on Thursday evenings during Lent, beginning on Thursday 22nd February. The sessions will finish at 8.45pm.
Our focus will be on key moments in the St John’s reflective account of Our Lord’s ministry. There is no charge but a donation, from those able to make one, towards heating and lighting, tea and cake would be welcome. Please bring a Bible; Fr David will be using the NRSV.
Lent Appeal 2023 – Tools with a Mission
Every Sunday during the season of Lent (apart from March 19th), I will be in the Church Hall after Eucharist, with boxes and bags to collect your unwanted tools and donate them to the excellent charity Tools with a Mission. They collect the tools we no longer want and deliver them to Africans who desperately need them – a simple yet brilliant idea, which is eco-friendly to boot.
You can find a full list of what TWAM does and doesn’t want here:
By the way, their definition of tool is pretty broad – it encompasses Bibles in plain English (presumably not King James), so if you have any of those, they would also be very gratefully received.
Please get in touch with me at {This email is obscured. Your must have javascript enabled to see it} if you would like to donate tools and/or Bibles, as it will help me to get a reasonable idea of how many boxes and bags I’ll need! Please do consult the webpage mentioned above, as there is quite a list of things they don’t want. Finally, please bear in mind that I have limited storage space, so I can’t accept anything much larger than a small sewing machine or a laptop computer.
I must say I’m really looking forward to this collection – many thanks in advance for all your donations!
James Eco Church Rep
Ash Wednesday Wednesday 22nd February 2023
This year, Lent begins on Wednesday 22nd February. We will be marking Ash Wednesday with two services, our regular 10am Holy Communion, and a special Sung Eucharist at 7.30pm. The Imposition of Ashes is when a cross of ash made from last year’s Palm Crosses is placed on the forehead remind us to ‘remember that you are dust and to dust you shall return, turn away from sin and be faithful to Christ’. This will be a part of both services for those who wish to partake.
Vegetarian and Vegan Recipes for Lent
Do you have ideas for tasty, easy meat-free meals?
It is now clear that meat production is making an important contribution to climate change, and one thing we can all do to reduce its impact is eat less meat. Lent is traditionally a time when Christians give up eating meat, and the Deanery Eco-group wants to help people change their eating habits to include less meat by collecting and publishing ideas for tasty meat free meals for people to try during Lent.
These may be vegetarian or vegan recipes or just a cooking idea – for example did you know that custard made with custard powder actually tastes better if you use soya milk instead of ordinary milk?
So that we can organise and make them available in time for Lent please send your ideas to petertoon@aol.com as soon as possible, and by 14th February at the latest.
