Weekly Link | 24-4-22

We had a lovely Sunday morning together yesterday. Our music was Thine be the Glory, the Clapping Gloria, Give Thanks with a Grateful Heart and Amazing Grace. During Communion, we heard the Matt Redman song, Unbroken Praise.

Our reading was from John 20

 When it was evening on that day, the first day of the week, and the doors of the house where the disciples had met were locked for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood among them and said, ‘Peace be with you.’ After he said this, he showed them his hands and his side. Then the disciples rejoiced when they saw the Lord. Jesus said to them again, ‘Peace be with you. As the Father has sent me, so I send you.’ When he had said this, he breathed on them and said to them, ‘Receive the Holy Spirit. If you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven them; if you retain the sins of any, they are retained.’

 But Thomas (who was called the Twin), one of the twelve, was not with them when Jesus came. So the other disciples told him, ‘We have seen the Lord.’ But he said to them, ‘Unless I see the mark of the nails in his hands, and put my finger in the mark of the nails and my hand in his side, I will not believe.’

 A week later his disciples were again in the house, and Thomas was with them. Although the doors were shut, Jesus came and stood among them and said, ‘Peace be with you.’ Then he said to Thomas, ‘Put your finger here and see my hands. Reach out your hand and put it in my side. Do not doubt but believe.’ Thomas answered him, ‘My Lord and my God!’ Jesus said to him, ‘Have you believed because you have seen me? Blessed are those who have not seen and yet have come to believe.’

Now Jesus did many other signs in the presence of his disciples, which are not written in this book. But these are written so that you may come to believe that Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of God, and that through believing you may have life in his name.

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Here is the calendar for the next few weeks

April 2022

25-April — Monday

Fire systems servicing this morning

10am Post-a-Prayer Club

12.30pm Cluster Ministers lunch

2.30pm to 6pm Sunflowers Afterschool Care

6.15pm Ministry Team Seminar

26-April — Tuesday

9am Sarah is with Andy Brown the head of years 7 and 8 at Bishop Perowne College

2.30pm to 6pm Sunflowers

27-April — Wednesday

9.30am Open Door — craft club meeting in the small hall

12.00pm Midweek Communion

2.30pm to 6pm Sunflowers

28-April — Thursday

9.15am Mainly Music — activities for bumps, babies and toddlers

12.00pm Midweek Communion

2.30pm to 6pm Sunflowers

7.30pm Worcester Deanery Synod meets at St Wulstans

29-April — Friday

2.30pm to 6pm Sunflowers

30-April — Saturday

3pm Sarah is meeting a wedding couple in church

7pm The Big Quiz Night

May 2022

1-May — Sunday

11.15am Together for Easter — communion service

2-May — Monday

Bank Holiday

10am to 1pm TEABAG project continues working in the grounds

3-May — Tuesday

2pm Schools Chaplains monthly meeting (in the Vicarage garden)

2.30pm to 6pm Sunflowers Afterschool Care

7pm Tolladine Mission Trustees meeting in church

4-May — Wednesday

9.30am Open Door — craft club meeting in the small hall

10am Sarah is at St Barnabas

12.00pm Midweek Communion

2.30pm to 6pm Sunflowers Afterschool Care

5-May — Thursday

All day — church is in use as a polling station

2.30pm to 6pm Sunflowers Afterschool Care, using only the small hall and garden

6-May — Friday

Sarah is on retreat today

2.30pm to 6pm Sunflowers

8-May — Sunday

11.15am Together for Easter — communion service

9-May — Monday

10am Post-a-Prayer Club

12.30pm Cluster Ministers lunch

2.30pm to 6pm Sunflowers

10-May — Tuesday

2.30pm to 6pm Sunflowers

11-May — Wednesday

9.30am Open Door — craft club meeting in the small hall

12.00pm Midweek Communion

2.30pm to 6pm Sunflowers

12-May — Thursday

9.15am Mainly Music

2.30pm to 6pm Sunflowers

13-May — Friday

2.30pm to 6pm Sunflowers

14-May — Saturday

1pm Sarah is taking the wedding of Dan and Lottie at St Barnabas