NOTICES
What's On:
7.00PM MAUNDY THURSDAY FOOT/HAND WASHING SERVICE AND TENEBRAE
At St Matthews
GOOD FRIDAY
10am start at the Anglican Church …… process to the Catholics before returning to the Anglican church!! Then the Baptist church, finishing at the Presbyterian and hot cross buns. All welcome – come and join others in the community. We need volunteers to help carry the cross from one church to another. And to be traffic wardens.
Our Lenten creation flowers will be able to help decorate the Church on Easter Day – please add any petals and centre piece before then!!!
Our AGM is after the service on April 27th - please prayerfully consider the different roles on vestry to nominate people or be willing to stand yourself.
Our next vestry will be on THURSDAY May 1st.
If you would like to begin a financial contribution please let Diane know or simply go in line and set up a direct debit with your name as reference. Bank account is St Matthews Church 02 0368 0027228 00.
If you would like communion brought to your home please let Val know – we have a number of people willing to bring communion to people in their homes. Please don’t be shy to ask.
Our Church NO longer has a rubbish collection. If you have any Council Bags (pink or black) the church would love to have them as we have to transport all the rubbish to the dump. If you have room in your bins – please contact the Parish Office on Tuesday mornings and we would really appreciate being able to add some to your bin 😊
Vicar: Val Riches 078880878 or 0274448286, Lance 0275553286 Email [email protected]
The newsletter can be opened as a PDF from the Weekly Service Sheets page and can be requested to arrive in your email box by filling in the form in the Subscribe to Newsletter page.
Loaves and Fishes can be opened on the Loaves and Fishes page.
What's On:
7.00PM MAUNDY THURSDAY FOOT/HAND WASHING SERVICE AND TENEBRAE
At St Matthews
GOOD FRIDAY
10am start at the Anglican Church …… process to the Catholics before returning to the Anglican church!! Then the Baptist church, finishing at the Presbyterian and hot cross buns. All welcome – come and join others in the community. We need volunteers to help carry the cross from one church to another. And to be traffic wardens.
Our Lenten creation flowers will be able to help decorate the Church on Easter Day – please add any petals and centre piece before then!!!
Our AGM is after the service on April 27th - please prayerfully consider the different roles on vestry to nominate people or be willing to stand yourself.
Our next vestry will be on THURSDAY May 1st.
If you would like to begin a financial contribution please let Diane know or simply go in line and set up a direct debit with your name as reference. Bank account is St Matthews Church 02 0368 0027228 00.
If you would like communion brought to your home please let Val know – we have a number of people willing to bring communion to people in their homes. Please don’t be shy to ask.
Our Church NO longer has a rubbish collection. If you have any Council Bags (pink or black) the church would love to have them as we have to transport all the rubbish to the dump. If you have room in your bins – please contact the Parish Office on Tuesday mornings and we would really appreciate being able to add some to your bin 😊
Vicar: Val Riches 078880878 or 0274448286, Lance 0275553286 Email [email protected]
The newsletter can be opened as a PDF from the Weekly Service Sheets page and can be requested to arrive in your email box by filling in the form in the Subscribe to Newsletter page.
Loaves and Fishes can be opened on the Loaves and Fishes page.
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Vicar Val writes…
Tonight – 11th – last lenten film this – Freedom Writers (M) – very thought provoking, based on a true story.
A big thank you to all our people who give regularly. The receipts have been prepared and are in the back of the church for collection. Our church totally relies on the financial support of our people so our vestry says a BIG THANK-YOU. We have to budget very carefully, however an extra donation through a bequest enabled us to upgrade the toilets in the church this year. It is so good that people coming to the church for a funeral don’t have to find their way through all the storage to find a toilet!!!! They look great.
Palm Sunday is the beginning of the most important week of the Christian year. It’s a week full of action, emotion and transformation. I do hope you can join us for one or two of the very different celebrations – Palm Sunday, Chrism service, foot washing and tenebrae, Good Friday walk and Easter Sunday celebrations. Why not reread the second half of the Gospel of Luke…
I have started leading a Clinical Pastoral Education course that will meet every Monday until mid July – it is a great group consisting of prison and hospital chaplains and people ministering in parishes. We will be meeting in the Lady Chapel room at St. Matthews.
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Vicar Val writes…
Tonight – 11th – last lenten film this – Freedom Writers (M) – very thought provoking, based on a true story.
A big thank you to all our people who give regularly. The receipts have been prepared and are in the back of the church for collection. Our church totally relies on the financial support of our people so our vestry says a BIG THANK-YOU. We have to budget very carefully, however an extra donation through a bequest enabled us to upgrade the toilets in the church this year. It is so good that people coming to the church for a funeral don’t have to find their way through all the storage to find a toilet!!!! They look great.
Palm Sunday is the beginning of the most important week of the Christian year. It’s a week full of action, emotion and transformation. I do hope you can join us for one or two of the very different celebrations – Palm Sunday, Chrism service, foot washing and tenebrae, Good Friday walk and Easter Sunday celebrations. Why not reread the second half of the Gospel of Luke…
I have started leading a Clinical Pastoral Education course that will meet every Monday until mid July – it is a great group consisting of prison and hospital chaplains and people ministering in parishes. We will be meeting in the Lady Chapel room at St. Matthews.
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The original St. Matthew's was dedicated 31st May, 1895. It was replaced by the new building in 1959.
Read more on the About us page.
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Read more on the About us page.
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April 13th, 2025
Palm Sunday
Readings: Luke 19:28-40 Psalms 118:1-2,19-29
Sentence: O give thanks to the Lord, for he is good; his steadfast love endures forever! Ps 118:1
Collect: Jesus, when you rode into Jerusalem the people waved palms with shouts of acclamation. Grant that when the shouting dies we may still walk beside you even to a cross; for the glory of your holy name. Amen
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Palm Sunday
Readings: Luke 19:28-40 Psalms 118:1-2,19-29
Sentence: O give thanks to the Lord, for he is good; his steadfast love endures forever! Ps 118:1
Collect: Jesus, when you rode into Jerusalem the people waved palms with shouts of acclamation. Grant that when the shouting dies we may still walk beside you even to a cross; for the glory of your holy name. Amen
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SPECIFIC PRAYERS FOR THIS WEEK
PRAY FOR…
GIVE THANKS FOR
PRAY FOR…
- the world is in turmoil with wars and unrest in many countries, millions of refugees and homeless people, financial problems caused by political greed. We pray for compassion and peace.
- the traffic on our roads over Easter, that families will arrive safely at their destinations.
- those who aren’t well, especially Peter and Joy, Anne, and others we may know.
- all families mourning the death or anniversary of a loved one.
GIVE THANKS FOR
- families having children home for school holidays
- having Olive (donkey) share in our Palm Sunday celebrations
- the opportunities to share with other churches in the Walk of Witness on Good Friday
- the amazing richness of the Easter events as we reread the climax of Jesus life in the Passion narratives.
- our parishioners who give regularly to the life of our Church and will receive receipts.
Prayer is sitting in the silence until it silences us, choosing gratitude until we are grateful, and praising God until we ourselves are an act of praise. Mature prayer always breaks into gratitude. —Richard Rohr
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