Regular Services - Sundays

Holy Trinity Forest Row

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8.00 am

10.00 am

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Holy Communion
Holy Communion
Holy Communion
Holy Communion at St. Dunstan’s
Holy Communion

Worship Together
Parish Communion
Morning Worship
Parish Communion
Parish Communion

Also at Holy Trinity
Weekdays @ 8.00 am Morning Prayer Daily 
On the 4th Wednesday @ 10.00am Holy Communion with Laying on of Hands and Anointing for Healing
followed by fellowship

 

St. Dunstan’s Ashurst Wood

Week

8.00 am

10.00 am

4.00/6.00pm

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Holy Communion at Holy Trinity
Holy Communion
Holy Communion
Holy Communion
Holy Communion

Parish Communion
Worship Together
Parish Communion
Parish Communion
Morning Worship

Family Worship 4 all / Evening Prayer
Evening Communion
Evening Prayer
Evening Prayer
Evening Prayer

Also at St. Dunstan’s
Weekdays 5.30 pm Evening Prayer Daily 

 

Church Clock appeal nears its target

Since November villagers have raised almost £8,000, enough to allow engineers to start restoring the 150 year old clock. Now the race is on to raise the remaining £1,500 before Easter.  Donations to Holy Trinity Church Clock Appeal can be sent to Church treasurer Jim MacAtamney at 27 Medway Drive, Forest Row, RH18 5NU

 

St. Dunstan’s Development

The roof of the new hall is almost completed and we anticipate that work in the church will be starting very soon, in preparation for this the pulpit has now changed places! As soon as the hall is secure and watertight we hope to see rapid progress with the interior. The underfloor heating is already laid.

We shall agree a date with the builder to meet the congregation after one of our 10.00 am services and show them how the development is progressing. Further information will follow. 

The Management Committee is now conserving regular bookings for the hall starting in a few months time and anyone or any group who may like more information should contact one of the committee

Jeremy Kirk                      01342 326117

Donna Dewar                    01342 326424

Valerie Major                     01342 822545

Bob Spoor                         01342 824165

We have decided to call a halt to our coffee-and-chat sessions on Wednesday mornings, as St. Dunstan’s is currently in the throes of building work. We hope to resume after Easter, so please watch this space, and we look forward to seeing old faces and new – and some sunshine.

Electoral Roll

The annual revision of the Church Electoral Roll is now taking place. If your name is not already on the roll, please make sure to return a completed form to Wendy Stacy before 25th February. The revised roll will be available for inspection for two weeks prior to the AOCM, this year on Thursday 18th March.

‘A Life in Music

Holy Trinity’s Director of Music Simon Morris will present a concert ‘A life in Music’ at Holy Trinity Church at 7.30 pm on 20th February. There will be refreshments and a retiring collection

Now Booking – The Lion King

Another in the popular series of trips to the West End musicals is being organised by Simon Morris. Tickets are now on sale for the Lion King at the Lyceum on 5th May. A coach will leave Forest Row at 4.30 for the performance which starts at 7.30. Tickets cost £40 including the cost of travel and are available from Simon Morris on 823940 or simonmorris3940@btinternet.com. Cheques should be made payable to Holy Trinity Church.

Sidespeople at Holy Trinity

We are short of Sidespeople! If you would like to be a sidesperson, welcoming people to the church and helping to prepare for services please see Nick Lamb or Dennis Curran. In recent reviews you may have dropped of the list – please make sure that you are back on

Lifts to Church

For anyone who has difficulty attending services at Holy Trinity or St. Dunstan’s and would like a lift, please contact Lorna Graves (823070)) or Bob Spoor (824165) for St. Dunstan’s. Pauline and Sue are now going to arrange all lifts for the two churches.


 

From the Pew Slip for this week

 

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Holy Trinity, Forest Row

St. Dunstan’s, Ashurst Wood

 

Sunday 7 March 2010

Third Sunday of Lent

 

Collect

 

Eternal God, give us insight to discern your will for us, to give up what harms us, and to seek the perfection we are promised in Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

 

Readings at Holy Communion from p. 823

First reading: Isaiah 55. 1 - 9

Second reading: 1 Corinthians 10. 1 - 13

Gospel: Luke 13. 1 - 9

 

Prayer after Communion

Merciful Lord, grant your people grace to withstand the temptations of the world, the flesh and the devil, and with pure hearts and minds to follow you, the only God; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

At Holy Trinity this week

 

Today 8am Holy Communion

10am Parish Communion

6pm Choral Evensong

 

Daily 8am Morning Prayer

 

Next Sunday 8am Holy Communion

10am Worship Together for Mothering Sunday

6pm Evening Communion

 

At the 10am service today:

Anthem: Carol of the Atonement (Misere) - arr A Greening

Voluntaries: Introduction and Allegro in A minor - J Stanley

Wir glauben all ’au einen Gott BWV 680 - J S Bach

 

Today we welcome THE CONGREGATION OF ST. DUNSTAN'S to join us at Holy Trinity for the next four weeks whilst St. Dunstan's is being refurbished. Please make sure that everyone feels very at home.

 

TODAY at Holy Trinity at 6pm

 

CHORAL EVENSONG with guest preacher Rev. Kenneth Habershon. Kenneth, an Anglican priest, has been involved with Christian youth work for all of his ministry and is the secretary of the Church Patronage Trust. Please make sure that Kenneth and Mary are made very welcome.

 

At St. Dunstan’s this week

 

TEMPORARILY CLOSED for refurbishment - until 4 April

 

Daily 5.30pm Evening Prayer at The Pines, Hammerwood Road

 

ST. DUNSTAN'S - TEMPORARY CLOSURE. As you know the exciting project at St. Dunstan's is getting to a critical stage where the builders need to do the work inside the church building and so the building is now closed. We hope to be up and running again from Easter Day. All will be made very welcome at Holy Trinity in Forest Row in the meantime. Daily Evening Prayer will be at The Pines in Hammerwood Road (thanks to George Amy). Thank you for your patience and please keep praying for all involved. If you have any concerns please contact Jeremy Kirk (326117) or myself (822595). Nick Lamb

 

Notices:

 

Holy Trinity Garden: Two grass cutters wanted to cut the grass every 5/6 weeks from April to October. Please speak to Jeanne Dyke or phone Ken Farrar 823252 if you are able to help.

 

Beetle Drive

Saturday 13th March at 7pm in the Freshfield Hall.

Tickets are £7 each to include a ploughman's supper. There will also be a bar. Tickets available now from Janet Farrar.

 

 

Next Sunday is Mothering Sunday

Worship Together is at 10.00am. Please use this opportunity to invite your friends and family to this great occasion as we celebrate Mothering by the Church and others. Take some flyers from the back of church.

 

Annual Parochial Church Meeting

Thursday 18 March at Holy Trinity at 8pm

This is for everyone who belongs to both Holy Trinity and St Dunstan’s and is an opportunity to review the life of our churches, share comments and encouragement together and to elect our representatives to the Church Councils. Please think about standing for election and serving in this way. Nomination forms for both Holy Trinity and St Dunstan’s are at the back of the church.

 

Holy Trinity Little Acorns

Tuesday (9th) in Holy Trinity Hall at 9.30am

For toddlers, parents and carers. Come and join us for coffee/tea and chat with stories, music and play

 

 

ELECTORAL ROLL

The revised Roll is now available for inspection. Please check and let Wendy Stacey (323880) know of any discrepancies.

 

Family Support Work

Annual Lunch

Friday 12 March 12.15 for 12.30

2 courses incl. Wine £10. Come and make up a table of 8 and support a worthy cause.

Tickets from Lorna 823070

 

FOR SALE!

Electrolux 1500w upright vacuum cleaner £20 - see Nick or Lorna

Tall Beko fridge 4ft 11in h x 2ft w x 2ft d. VGC Good working order Donations to Clock Appeal. Call Sue 07737 822622

 

EVENING HOLY COMMUNION

will be at Holy Trinity next Sunday at 6.00pm. This simple and less formal service usually at St. Dunstan's, is a quiet and reflective service to which all of you are welcome.

On Tuesday 30 March at 10.00am we are invited to the Mass of Oils with our Bishops at Lancing College. it is also when we renew our Ministerial Commitment. If you would like to come and join us for this great occasion please get in touch with Nick or Paul and we will arrange lifts.

 

Chichester Cathedral Flower Festival

3 - 5 June ‘Poetry in Paradise’

See poster for detail

In your prayers this week please pray for :

FR C of E Primary School Governors on Monday and Tuesday this week as they hold interviews for the post of Headteacher.

Also for the Deanery Synod on Wednesday Evening when many of us will be meeting Bishop Mark for the first time.

Please continue to pray for Father Francis and the people of Ketane, Lesotho as they receive further monies to help with the building of the school and community centre. Pray that they may now be able to buy necessary books and equipment and employ another teacher.

 

Please remember those who are ill:

Mollie Germain

Carol Price

Sarah Anderson

 

And the departed:

Irene Joy Ray (Funeral on Monday 11am at Holy Trinity followed by Burial)

Joan Martin (Funeral on Friday 12 March at 10am at Tunbridge Wells Crem)

 

Let us pray for all social workers and others who try to bring help to families in trouble, to vulnerable people and others who need help and support. Pray that they may do so with compassion, understanding and the love of God.

 

Readings for Sunday 14 March (Mothering Sunday from p.832)

1st reading 2nd reading Gospel

(8am Holy Communion) Colossians 3. 12 - 17 John 19. 25b - 27

 

 

Vicar: Revd Nick Lamb, The Vicarage, Ashdown Road, Forest Row, RH18 5BW Tel: 01342 822595

email: revnicklamb@hotmail.com (Day off: Monday)

Curate: Revd Paul Redparth Tel: 01342 822476

email: paul.redparth@cantab.net (Day off: Friday)

Church Office Administrator: Wendy Stacey

Working from home during building works Tel: 01342 323880

email: wendy@htandstdchurchoffice.wanadoo.co.uk OR

wendy@keithandwendy.net

website:www.frawcechurches.org

Registered charity number: 1132867

 

Holy Trinity and St. Dunstan’s have to be financially self supporting, not an easy task. If you would like to support the mission here please use a gift envelope. If you pay income tax you can increase your gift, at no extra cost to you, through Gift Aid - please fill in the form on the envelope. For regular giving please speak to a staff member or treasurer