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WELCOME A warm welcome to St George’s Parish Church for our Sung Eucharist. Junior Church meet today in the hall. Large Pr int books available. There is a loop system; please adjust the setting of your personal hearing aid. Please join us for coffee and conversation after the service.
THIRST The story of Jesus’ encounter with the Samaritan woman at the well may be seen as as a counterpart to the story o f N i c o d e m u s . H e r character is more developed in that she is theologically aware, percep t ive and persistent. Nicodemus fades out of the story but the Samaritan woman brings people to Jesus.
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‘How is it that you, ask a drink of me?’
Third Sunday of Lent 15 March 2020
readings Exodus 17.1-7 Moses comes into conflict with the Israelites in the wilderness who now wish to return to Slavery in Egypt because they have no water. The point of the story is that faithful living is based on obedience to God, not plentiful resources.
Romans 5.1-11 The most powerful passage in all of Paul’s letters. Our new relationship with God is based on faith. The many blessings we receive - endurance, hope, reconciliation - are given through the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ.
John 4.5-42 The story of Jesus’ conversation with the Samaritan woman at the well, is told by John to reinforce the theme of his Gospel: faith in Jesus Christ is the source of living in relationship with God, in life and death.
hymnsProcessional: 259 Come, ye thankful peopleGradual: 292 Jesu, thou joy of loving heartsOffertory: Lift high the CrossRecessional: 383 Jesu lover of my soul
musicSetting: Langlais Messe Solonnelle Psalm: 95Motets: Farrant Call to remembrance Morley Nolo mortem peccatoris Voluntary: Langlais Grands Jeux (from Suite Brève)
Psalm 95 (8am service)O come, let us sing to the Lord; let us heartily rejoice in the rock of our salvation.Let us come into his presence with thanksgiving and be glad in him with psalms.For the Lord is a great God and a great king above all gods. In his hand are the depths of the earth and the heights of the mountains are his also.The sea is his, for he made it, and his hands have moulded the dry land.Come, let us worship and bow down and kneel before the Lord our Maker.For he is our God; we are the people of his pasture and the sheep of his hand. O that today you would listen to his voice: ‘Harden not your hearts as at Meribah,on that day at Massah in the wilderness,‘When your forebears tested me, and put me to the proof, though they had seen my works.‘Forty years long I detested that generation and said, “This people are wayward in their hearts; they do not know my ways.”‘So I swore in my wrath, “They shall not enter into my rest.”’
Junior Church meets today Sunday 15 March in the hall our theme Water of life.
Sunday 22 March 2020 - Mothering Sunday (Year A) 8.00am Holy Communion (said)9.30am Sung Eucharist5.30pm Choral Evensong 6.30pm Choral Foundation Scholars concert
Eucharist 5.30pm Choral Evensong First Reading: Exodus 2. 1-10 Micah 7 or Prayer of ManassehSecond Reading: Colossians 3. 12-17 James 5Gospel: John 19.25b-27 Psalm 31
5.30pm Choral EvensongResponses: EbdonPsalm: 40Canticles: Tomkins The Second ServiceFirst Reading: Joshua 1. 1-9Second Reading: Ephesians 6. 10-20 Anthem: Greene Lord Let me know mine endHymn: 76 Take up thy cross the Saviour said Voluntary: Gibbons Fantasia of foure
Notices Confirmation 2020 - preparations have begun please speak to Joan if you are interested.
Alb washing - Sun 29 April please collect albs for washing after the 9.30am service. Joan
Wed 1 April at 9.30am vessel and cross cleaning for Holy Week, help needed. Joan
Holy Week Play: Sun, 5 April at 7pm, Mon 6 & Tue, 7 April at 8.15pm. St George’s Players are performing “Borderland” a new play by Nick Warburton which chronicles a day in the life of a Cathedral during Holy Week. Seating is limited so places must be reserved prior to the performance. Reservations can be made via the Office or after the 9.15 Service, from today.
Wine Appreciation Group 18 Mar at 8pm in the hall - South African wines and places limited so call Prue to book. Come and celebrate Spring.
Lanterns Wanted If you have a small lantern (candle powered) that you would be willing to loan for the Holy Week Play, please speak to Joan.
Edna Archer - has gone into a nursing home and would appreciate cards or a visit. Further details from Mary in the office.
CTIB events - Sunday Conversation at Christchurch 15 March and Taizé Service 23 March at the Elm Road. Posters for both are on the rear Noticeboard.
Good Friday Walk of Witness 10 April Stewards required please speak to Jean Bowden.
Electoral Roll Revision - is open now and closes on Sun 29th March 2020 Electoral Rolls need to be revised annually, if your name, address or contact details have changed since last year please complete a form from Sun 8th March and hand it into the office. If you wish your name to be added to the electoral roll and you meet the qualifying criteria please also complete a form.
Easter Lilies £6 per stem - Please provide names to be remembered on an envelope and hand in at the office before 27 March 2020.
Sunday 22 March at 6.30pm the Choral Scholars will give their annual concert for the patrons of the Choral Foundation after Choral Evensong. It will last approximately 40 minutes. Why not come to Choral Evensong at 5.30pm and stay for the concert…?
PCC - There will be a brief meeting after the 9.30am service on Sunday 29 March to adopt the financial accounts to be presented at the APCM on 20 April 2020.
Palm Sunday 5 April - weather permitting we plan to have a Palm procession around Beckenham Green during the service - come prepared.
Lent Lunch, Tue 7 April at 12.30 pm, in St George’s Church Hall. All welcome. Bring and share – savoury or sweet. Cheese, French bread, tea and coffee provided. Donations in aid of Welcare in Bromley. Please let Gillian Scales know if you hope to be there – 020 8663 3173, [email protected]
APCM 2020 - Mon 20 April at 8pm in St George’s - Everyone is invited to attend.
ecochurch - we are part of ecochurch - and are encouraged to recycle, turn off lights, conserve energy and be aware of ecological issues facing our planet.
calendar Sunday 15 March Third Sunday before Lent 8.00am Holy Communion 9.30am Sung Eucharist 5.30pm Choral Evensong
Monday 16 March Feria 9.00am Holy Communion
Tuesday 17 March Patrick, Patron of Ireland
Wednesday 18 March Feria 10.30am Holy Communion 11.30am Lent Course
Thursday 19 March Joseph of Nazareth 12.30pm Holy Communion 8.00pm Lent Course
Friday 20 March Cuthbert, Bp Lindisfarne 12.30pm Recital
Saturday 21 Mar Thomas Cranmer 9.30am Holy Communion 11.00am Recital
Monday to Friday 8.00am Morning Prayer contact us
Parish Office: 020 8663 [email protected]@StGeorgeBeck
intercessions For those who are sick:
collect Almighty God,whose most dear Son went not up to joy but first he suffered pain,and entered not into glory before he was crucified:mercifully grant that we, walking in the way of the cross,may find it none other than the way of life and peace;through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord,who is alive and reigns with you,in the unity of the Holy Spirit,one God, now and for ever. Amen
‘He is God not of the dead, but of the living’
‘Strike the rock and water will come out of it’
Victor CraneFr Leon CarberryJohn EmlyJennifer Hudd
Leslie McLetcheyDavid RogersNick SalesJane Wallace
Louise WilliamsMichael Woodfield
For the departed: Colin Watts - funeral details to follow
