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The Parish of Wyke Regis, All Saints with St Edmund

THE CLERGY The Rector: The Reverend Deborah Smith, The Rectory, 1 Portland Road (784649) Assistant Curate The Reverend Roger Butcher (07502 118210)

THE CHURCHWARDENS All Saints: Gary Hepburn, 116 High Street, Wyke Regis (778169) Julia Moore, The Lindens, 26 Alexandra Road, Weymouth (776138) St Edmunds: Mary Warren, 2 Portland Crescent, Weymouth (784261) Mike Prince, 37, Benville Road, Weymouth (787970)

THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL Secretary: Mrs Diana Gill, Hamilton House, Chaimberlaine Rd, Wyke Regis (775854) Treasurer: Mr David Hudson, 33 Wooland Gardens, Wyke Regis Asst Treasurer St Edmunds: Mrs J Norris, 33 Cleavland Avenue, Weymouth (778584)

CHRISTIAN STEWARDSHIP Gift Aid/Envelopes: Mrs Joan Castle, 48 Rylands Lane, Wyke Regis (761592)

PARISH NEWS Editor: Gary Hepburn, 116 High Street, Wyke Regis (778169) Printing: contact the Editor

Administration: Mrs Linda Ferry 13 St Patricks Avenue, Weymouth, DT4 9EQ. (784457) Advertising: Geoff Wheatley, 131 High Street, Wyke Regis (775753)

PASTORAL TEAM & LAY PASTORAL ASSISTANTS Vacant

All SAINTS SUNDAY SCHOOL (meets Memorial Hall) Leader: Mrs Melanie Jacobs (07730 803617)

CHOIR/ORGANIST All Saints: Bryan Wood, 20 Whitecross Drive, Weymouth (774060) St Edmunds: Miss D Dawe, 12 St Helier Close, Weymouth

THE BELL-RINGERS (practise Tuesdays, 7.30p.m.) Tower Captain: Michael Dillistone, 10 Russel Avenue, Weymouth (784902)

THE MOTHERS’ UNION (meets Memorial Hall, second Wednesday 2.15p.m.) Enrolling Member: Angela Pearce, 15 Cornflower Close, Weymouth (833927)

CAMEO (meets Memorial Hall, third Wednesday 7.30p.m.) Leader: Mrs Pauline Hayward, 37 Whitecross Drive, Weymouth (774500)

ALL SAINTS FLOWER GROUP Mrs Dianne Pilliaert, 7 Sandpiper Way, Wyke Regis MEMORIAL HALL Tel 07765 581937 or E-mail memorialhall@tiscali.co.uk

ST EDMUNDS HALL Mrs M De Havilland, 57 Lanehouse Rocks Road, Weymouth (750836)

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A letter from the Rector

Easter…it’s not fair! One of my favourite parables is the story of the workers in the vineyard. You know the one where Jesus tells the story of the labourers who started work at different times in the day

– yet each of them received the same reward - a full day's pay. Those who had worked the full day were grumbling because those who had only worked an hour or two got paid the same. It’s one of the great parables because it confounds our idea of what is right…and it is a parable that often makes people cross. Strictly speaking it’s not fair! Well thank goodness for that – can you imagine what it would be like if God always dealt with us according to what we deserved. Perhaps we think we’d like it…but what about all the times when we get things wrong, the times when we let God down, let others down and ourselves? Most of us want life to be fair if it suits us…but actually in real life we want and need mercy, forgiveness, another chance and the outrageous generosity of God. And that’s the message of Easter. St John Chrysostom in his Easter sermon wrote about the wonder of the Easter message using this contentious parable. He says: If any have toiled from the first hour, l e t t h e m re c e i ve t h e i r r e wa r d . If any have come after the third hour, let them with gratitude join in the feast! Those who arrived after the sixth hour, let them not doubt; for they shall not be short-changed.

Those who have tarried until the ninth hour, let them not hesitate; but let them come too. And those who arrived only at the eleventh hour, let them not be afraid by reason of their delay. For the Lord is gracious and receives the last even as the first. The Lord gives rest to those who come at the eleventh hour, even as to those who toiled from the beginning. To one and all the Lord gives generously. The Lord accepts the offering of every work. The Lord honours every deed and commends their intention. Let us all enter into the joy of the Lord! On Easter day we recognise no differences between Christians, church-goers or not, those who do much, and those who do little, all are welcome in God's kingdom as 'forgiveness has risen from the grave' . What a wonderfu l message. However you celebrate Easter may God bless you, and I hope that you will join us in church as we celebrate the extravagant love of God which welcomes each of us and all of us. Deb Smith

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2 Wednesday 10.00 am MU Coffee Morning – 8 Rectory Way 2.00 pm Toddler Praise, All Saints 7.00 pm Prayer Group, St Edmund

4 Friday 10.30 am Holy Communion, All Saints 10.30-12.00 Coffee Morning, Memorial Hall

6 Sunday 5th Sunday of Lent 8.00 am Holy Communion, All Saints 9.30 am Holy Communion, All Saints 11.00 am Holy Communion, St Edmund

Ezek 37: 1-14 Rom 8: 6-11 John 11: 1-45

9 Wednesday 10.00 am Holy Communion St Edmund 2.15 pm Mothers’ Union, Memorial Hall

11 Friday 10.30 am Holy Communion, All Saints

12 Saturday 1.00 pm Wedding, Becky Burrows and Chris Day, All Saints

13 Sunday (Palm Sunday) 8.00 am Holy Communion, All Saints 9.30 am Holy Communion, All Saints 11.00 am Holy Communion, St Edmund

Liturgy of the Passion

14 Monday 6.00 pm Hunger Supper, Memorial Hall 7.30 pm Stations of the Cross, All Saints

15 Tuesday 8.00 pm Compline, St Edmund

16 Wednesday 10.00 am Mothers’ Union Prayer Group, All Saints 7.30 pm Cameo, Memorial Hall

17 Thursday (Maundy Thursday) 7.30 pm Holy Communion, feet washing and vigil, All Saints, St Edmund

Exod 12: 1-4 (5-10), 11-14 1 Cor 11: 23-26 John 13: 1-17, 31b-35

18 Friday (Good Friday) 10.30 am NO MORNING SERVICE 12.00 pm – 2.00 pm open for silence, St Edmund 1.00 pm – 2.00 pm Good Friday Meditations, All Saints 2.00 pm – 3.00 pm Good Friday Service, All Saints, St Edmund

Isa 52: 13-53.end Heb 4: 14-16; 5: 7-9 John 18: 1-19.end

19 Saturday 8.00 pm Compline, St Edmund

20 Sunday (EASTER DAY) 8.00 am Holy Communion, All Saints 9.30 am Holy Communion, All Saints 11.00 am Holy Communion, St Edmund

See pew sheet for readings

26 Saturday 12.30 pm Wedding, Laura Barrow and Carl Mutch, All Saints

27 Sunday 2nd Sunday of Easter 8.00 am Holy Communion, All Saints 9.30 am Holy Communion, All Saints 11.00 am Holy Communion, St Edmund

Acts 2: 4a, 22-32 1 Pet 1: 3-9 John 20: 19-end

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All Saints Church Cleaning & Brass Rota

Week Commencing

General Church Cleaning Brass Cleaning

6 April Mrs Johnson, Mrs Morris

13 April Mrs Pearce, Mrs Turner, Mrs Stroud, Mrs Ferry

Mrs Dawson

20 April Mrs Moggeridge, Mr & Mrs Smith

27 April

The Brownies Mrs Brown, Mrs Hayward

Sunday School Rota

6 April 13 April 20 April 27 April

Family Service Easter Craft w/shp No Sunday School Tea & Toast

* Children will be taken to church halfway through our session to join with the second half of the church service

All Saints Church Rota

Sunday Sidesman 8am Sidesman 9.30am Coffee 9.30am

6 April L Ash G Harris

A Drummond L Wiles I Hopps

A Hallett M Woods

13 April C Deeney J Deeney

R Cheek R Judge C Mico

Wanda & Ian Hopps

17 April Maundy Thursday

Maundy Thursday 7pm R Judge J Denniss

18 April Good Friday

Good Friday 2pm R Judge

20 April Easter Sunday

A Stroud G Harris

D Benn J Hinde M Moggeridge

L Nash C Payne

27 April Baptisms

D Gill M Gill

A Hallett J Denniss C Burke

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Christmas

December no meeting

If you are interested and would like to come

along please contact

Mary 774299 the week beforehand, to check where we are meeting.

Thanks to all who came

along to the quiz.

We had a great time and

Cheryl Wise did a

marvellous job providing

pancakes for all.

We raised nearly £450, a super result.

Julia

FEBRUARY MAGAZINE DEADLINE IS SUNDAY ******

All articles to be submitted to: magazine@parishofwykeregis.org.uk or sent to Gary Hepburn, 116 High Street,

Wyke Regis, by the above date.

THE MAGAZINE COPY DEADLINE IS THE THIRD SUNDAY OF EACH MONTH

All articles to be submitted to: magazine@parishofwykeregis.org.uk or sent to Gary Hepburn, 116 High Street,

Wyke Regis, Weymouth, DT4 9NU

Advertising enquiries to: Geoff Wheatley on 775753

The parish magazine is published on the 4th Sunday of each month

KEEPING UP-TO-DATE

If you would like to keep up to date with events and information within the parish

go to our website at

www.parishofwykeregis.org.uk

and click on @ symbol

3 May at 7pm

Memorial Hall

We are very lucky that Paul Atterbury, a well known television antiques expert, has agreed to come for an evening to entertain us and tell us more about his work. Do come and join us. Tickets will be

£5 and there will be a bar available. Do you have an antique or artefact that you would like to know more about? We will be selecting a small number of objects for Paul to look at on the evening and to talk about. Please get in touch if you would like your item to be considered. In the meantime, if you want a ticket please contact Angela Pearce, Jenny Hinde, Mary Rivers, Cheryl Wise, Lyndsay Wiles, Sharon May or Julia Moore.

From 7.00 till 9.00 pm

April no meeting as it's Bank Holiday

Monday 19th May - projects for summer fete

Monday 16th June - projects for Christmas

Monday 21st July - (Pam not available)

projects for Christmas

August no meeting

Monday 15th September - projects for

Christmas

Monday 20th October - projects for Christmas

Monday 17th November- projects for

CRAFT CLUB MEETINGS

PANCAKES AND QUIZ

AN EVENING WITH PAUL ATTERBURY

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10am start for a walk from Swyre to Burton Bradstock to Hive Beach Café. Wednesday 9 July - Sharon organising. 2.30pm start for a walk round Ringstead. Thursday 7 August - Maxine organising Details to come. As you can see there are gaps in the information but keep watching the pews news, noticeboards and the magazine for more details. Julia Tel; 07752 931724 or 776138 Maxine Tel; 07899 871785.

Many will, no doubt, be aware that Joan Castle h a s b e e n m e t i c u l o u s l y keeping the books for the WRCPS for many years.

Joan has now decided to give up this role and I have offered to take over responsibility. I am sure that you will all join me in thanking Joan for her work in keeping the “books” in order. There are no other changes regarding The Parish News; Geoff Wheatley remains responsible for the Advertising, and Gary Hepburn remains Editor. Thank you to both of them. Please be aware that it is time to collect the annual subscriptions for the Parish Magazine. The amount due is 10 copies @ 30p = £3.00. Please let me have all money collected. Cheques can be made payable to WRCPS. If you have any queries relating to the printing administration, I can be contacted on

In May I shall be going to New Zealand for nearly two months to help with a new grandchild. One job that we will need some help with is counting the church collection and getting it ready for banking. I have a volunteer who will bank. Ideally the collection should be counted by two people, this is a job that could be shared out, it doesn’t need to be the same two people for the whole time I am away. If you might be prepared to do this could you contact me. Thanks. Julia Moore

Our next walk will be on Saturday 19 April. Meet 2pm at the new footbridge next to

Asda, Walk along the Rodwell Trail to the Ferry Bridge Inn & back, if open stopping for refreshments, if not at Sandsfoot Castle Cafe. all welcolme, gentle flat walk. Maxine organising this one. The other dates for walks this year are as follows: Tuesday 6 May - A walk in the Corfe Castle area starting at the church in Kingston at 10am. This is approx 5.5 miles and we could have lunch in Corfe Castle or take packed lunch, Julia organising. Monday 9 June - Sharon organising.

WYKE REGIS CHURCH PUBLICATIONS

WALKING GROUP

PLEA FOR HELP…..

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Dear generous, loving Father,

How can we thank you for the precious gift of your Son Jesus, for his life of obedience and

servant-hood, for his choosing to die that agonising death on a cruel cross, so that we can be forgiven, and most of all for his death-

defeating resurrection on the first Easter morning and the gift of his Spirit to those who

put their trust in him?

We can’t possibly thank you adequately Lord, but we want to try! Thank you, thank you

Father, that Jesus, our Servant-King is alive, Lord of heaven and earth - and yet still

serving us, so that we too can live and serve.

Help us to be your Easter people and live lives of faithful witness to the living Lord,

empowered by your Holy Spirit, building in all that we think, say or do for your kingdom to

come. Hallelujah!

Amen.

By Daphne Kitching

For Weddings, Funerals, Baptisms and Confirmation

please contact the Rector:

Rev Deb Smith, The Rectory,

1 Portland Road, Wyke Regis, Weymouth, DT4 9ES.

Tel: 784649 rector@parishofwykeregis.org.uk

Flowers in All Saints memorial window in memory of: (see sign in window)

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Contact Carol Old on 787769 if you would like to arrange flowers in

memory of someone.

From the Registers: Baptisms:

9th March 2014 at All Saints Riley Nigel Stuart Gillard

Harrison Sam Gillard Ruby-May Summerhayes

Funerals:

7th March 2014 at All Saints Lucia Entwistle

18th March 2014 at All Saints Barry Lawley

Parish Prayer Group

Next meeting is on

Wednesday 2nd April at 7pm

at

St Edmund’s Church

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tickets and further information please contact

Margaret Wood (01305 774060); Karen

Pallister (01305 777827); Jenny Hinde

(01305 771845); or Maureen de Havilland

(01305 750836)

We began the afternoon with a moment of silence to remember our loyal member Lucia Entwistle whose funeral was held the week before. We shall all miss her very much. It was wonderful to have the sunshine on the afternoon of the talk about the MV Freedom. The talk was illustrated with slides of the boat, the crew and the places they visit. A great deal of fundraising is required and there are of course many rules and regulations which must be adhered to before the boat can even reach the water. Health and Safety is quite rightly much in evidence. With all the rain we have had over the winter months, it was pleasing to look forward to the summer and a trip out in the bay. This month we welcome the Rev’d Philip Elliott who is the Curate from Holy Trinity. His talk is entitled “My Journey Thus Far”. Anyone is welcome to come along. In May our diocesan president Ann Howard is doing a sponsored walk along the Wessex Ridgeway to promote the work and to raise funds for the Mothers’ Union. She will be coming to Weymouth during half term week and there will be an event in the town along the seafront ending at St May’s Church. If anyone would like to sponsor her I have some forms and there will be more details in next month’s magazine. Diary dates 2nd April – 10 am Coffee Morning at 8 Rectory Way 9th April – 2-15 pm in the Small Memorial Hall – Rev’d Philip Elliott 16th April – 10 am the Prayer Group Meets in Church

784457 or at my home address 13 St Patricks Avenue, Weymouth, DT4 9EQ. Lynda J Ferry

By popular request, The G r o v e Singers are to perform in concert again in All Saints Church Wyke Regis on Saturday 19 July 2014 at

7.30.pm. The Singers are a chamber choir of about 40 voices, based in London and which gives an average of six concerts a year mainly in the southeast of England. The choir also has an excellent international reputation, having performed in Rheims cathedral; Verona and St Mark’s Venice; St Nicholas’ cathedral Galway and other venues in Ireland; Barcelona; Florence; Sienna; and San Gimignano. They have also performed in and around Erfurt Germany, and as part of the Thaxted Festival. The choir has a mixed repertoire of secular and non-secular music, some a cappella, and sings under the musical directorship of Brian Newman. At the concert in All Saints Church the choir will be accompanied by local virtuoso pianist and organist Duncan Honeybourne. The concert forms part of the All Saints

Church strategy to raise funds to enable

major essential work to be carried out on the

church’s very fine Henry Jones organ. ALL

profits from the concert will therefore go to

the organ fund.

Tickets will be available from early May and

will cost £10 per adult, if bought before 19

July, and £12 on the night at the door. For

MOTHERS UNION

THE GROVE SINGERS IN CONCERT

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If you are interested in joining us please come along to one of our meetings everyone will be made very welcome. Angela

February- The AGM was followed by a friendly discussion over a cup of tea and cake

16th April- We look forward to welcoming Robert Smith whose talk will be about “West End Shows”. Please do join us if you can- Small Memorial Hall 7:30pm Pauline

*THE BIG CHURCH SPRING CLEAN*

SATURDAY 5TH APRIL -10am to 12:30

MONDAY 7TH APRIL -9AM TO 12:00

Please try to come along and help to make our church sparkle for Easter.

We need many hands to achieve this, so please, even if you can spare an hour it would make such a difference. Any queries just give me a ring. Pauline

None of us really knows what it is to go hungry. But how would you like to get a taste of what it might be like in order to raise awareness – and money – to help those for whom it is a way of life? From 28 April - 02 May, I am going to live on

£1 a day for 5 days – and I challenge you to join me and along with others all over the world campaigning to change the way people in the UK think about extreme poverty. Live Below the Line is an innovative awareness and fundraising campaign that's making a huge difference in the fight against extreme poverty. Quite simply, by joining in we’re building a movement of passionate people willing and able to make a meaningful difference to those who need it most. Live Below the Line is challenging individuals and communities to eat and drink on just £1 per day for 5 days, to bring to life the experiences of the 1.2 billion people currently living in extreme poverty. Think about that figure - 1.2 BILLION - that's nearly 20 times the population of the UK - living every day in ext reme pover ty. I did it last year – and it really made me think about all that we have which we so often take for granted. This year I am taking part once more, this time to raise money for Christian Aid whose work is vital in tackling extreme poverty, and I’m looking for others to join me. Live Below the Line is an initiative of the Global Poverty Project, an education and campaigning organisation whose mission is to deepen an understanding of the challenges faced by individuals living in extreme poverty, and to raise funds for c r u c i a l a n t i - p o v e r t y i n i t i a t i v e s . Across the world, thousands of people will join the movement to tackle extreme poverty – perhaps some of us in the Parish of Wyke Regis could join in.

If you are interested come and talk to me.

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Deb Smith

The Annual Parochial Church Meeting

will be held at

St Edmund’s Church

ANNUAL MEETING

CAMEO

THE BIG SPRING CLEAN

HUNGER FOR JUSTICE

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Toddler PraiseToddler PraiseToddler PraiseToddler Praise

at All Saints at All Saints at All Saints at All Saints our monthly service for

pre-school tots and their

parents and grandparents

next services, Wednesday’

2nd April

at 2.00pm

Friday 3 April, 33 AD, with Easter Day falling two days later. Modern scholars continue to think these the most likely. Most people will tell you that Easter falls on the first Sunday after the first full moon after the Spring Equinox, which is broadly true. But the precise calculations are complicated and involve something called an ‘ecclesiastical full moon’, which is not the same as the moon in the sky. The earliest possible date for Easter in the West is 22 March, which last fell in 1818 and won’t fall again until 2285. The latest is 25 April, which last happened in 1943 and is next due in 2038. Why the name, ‘Easter’? In almost every European language, the festival’s name comes from ‘Pesach’, the Hebrew word for Passover. The Germanic word ‘Easter’, however, seems to come from Eostre, a Saxon fertility goddess mentioned by the Venerable Bede. He thought that the Saxons worshipped her in ‘Eostur month’, but may have confused her with the classical dawn goddesses like Eos and Aurora, whose names mean ‘shining in the east’. So Easter might have meant simply ‘beginning month’ – a good time for starting up again after a long winter. Finally, why Easter eggs? On one hand, they are an ancient symbol of birth in most European cultures. On the other hand, hens start laying regularly again each Spring. Since eggs were forbidden during Lent, it’s easy to see how decorating and eating them became a practical way to celebrate Easter.

churches, the day was marked by the reading of the passion narrative in a gospel, a practice which lies behind the ‘passions’ composed by Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 – 1750). Both the St Matthew Passion and the St John Passion have their origins in this observance of Good Friday. The custom of observing

a period of three hours’ devotion from 12 midday to 3 pm on Good Friday goes back to the 18th century. The ‘Three Hours of the Cross’ often take the form of an extended meditation on the ‘Seven Last Words from the Cross’, with periods of silence, prayer, or hymn-singing.

Easter is the most joyful day of the year for Christians. Christ has died for our sins. We are forgiven. Christ has risen! We are redeemed! We can look forward to an eternity in his joy! Hallelujah! The Good News of Jesus Christ is a message so simple that you can explain it to someone in a few minutes. It is so profound that for the rest of their lives they will be still be ‘growing’ in their Christian walk with God. Why does the date more around so much? Because the date of Passover moves around, and according to the biblical account, Easter is tied to the Passover. Passover celebrates the Israelites’ exodus from Egypt and it lasts for seven days, from the middle of the Hebrew month of Nisan, which equates to late March or early April. Sir Isaac Newton was one of the first to use the Hebrew lunar calendar to come up with firm dates for Good Friday: Friday 7 April 30 AD or

EASTER

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on

Tuesday 29th April at 7pm

This is an important meeting in the life of your church -

please come and show your support and take part

All welcome Refreshments served

afterwards

All three of our bishops will be walking with people in different parts of the Diocese during Lent 2014, helping us to get to know one another and God better.

The walks provide a great opportunity for both spiritual and

physical exercise as the days get brighter and warmer, as well as a chance to make new friends and get to know old friends better. All offer plenty of space to reflect quietly and pray as well as socialise.

Each of our three bishops has a different personal style, so the walks cater for a wide range of preferred pilgrimage style and fitness levels, as well as being in different parts of the Diocese.

All walks are open to absolutely everyone - of

any church or none.

The nearest walk for us in Wyke Regis is with Bishop Graham in Dorchester.

Tuesday 8 April near Dorchester

Walk takes place at Maiden Castle. From the A35 Dorchester Bypass, take the B3147 Weymouth Avenue towards the centre of Dorchester, then after 700 years turn left onto Maiden Castle road. The castle is clearly signposted from the bypass. .

10.30 am: gather in car park for briefing 11.00 am: walk inwards around ramparts 12.30 pm: p icnic and service 1.30 pm: walk outwards around ramparts 3.30 pm: depart

Monday of Holy Week

14th April at 7.30pm at All Saints Church

Journey with Jesus the

way of the cross

Stations of the Cross (or Way of the Cross; in Latin, Via Crucis; also called the Via Dolorosa or Way of Sorrows, or simply, The Way) refers to a series of artistic representations, often sculptural, depicting Christ Carrying the Cross to his crucifixion. Most Roman Catholic churches contain

STATIONS OF THE CROSS

LENT WALKS 2014

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Stations of the Cross, typically placed at intervals along the side walls of the nave; in most churches, they are small plaques with reliefs or paintings. The tradition of moving around the Stations to commemorate the Passion of Christ began with St. Francis of Assisi and extended throughout the Roman Catholic Church in the medieval period. It is also observed in Lutheranism and Anglo-Catholicism. It is most commonly done during Lent, especially on Good Friday. The object of the Stations is to help the faithful to make a spiritual pilgrimage of prayer, through meditating upon the chief scenes of Christ's sufferings and death. It has become one of the most popular devotions for Roman Catholics, and is often performed in a spirit of reparation for the sufferings and insults that Jesus endured during His Passion.

rayer Book, and stresses the penitential charaWeymouth Choral Society will present a

performance of Stainer’s renowned work ‘The

Crucifixion: a Meditation on the Sacred Passion of the

Holy Redeemer’ on Saturday 5 April 2014 at Holy Trinity

Church.

Sir John Stainer (1840-1901) was organist of St Paul’s

Cathedral and a professor of music at Oxford, but he

always aimed to provide compositions that would be

accessible to the average amateur musician. He

published a large number of anthems, chants and hymn

tunes which form a great legacy for parish choirs and

choral societies. Through this music can be seen

Stainer’s expertise at drawing emotion and depth of

meaning from simple melody and harmony.

Stainer conceived the idea of writing a work for Passion

Week in 1887. Using as the librettist the Rev W J

Sparrow-Simpson (son of a colleague at St Paul’s)

Stainer sought to write music that would be within the

reach of the average church choir. The first

performance at St Marylebone Parish Church in London

was very well received and thus began the history of

the work which has proved to be one of the most

popular church choral pieces of its period.

‘The Crucifixion’ was never intended as an oratorio like

those of Handel or Bach’s ‘Passions’. It was a

‘Meditation’ designed to form an integral part of an

Anglican service, using the standard available resources

of choir and organ, and significantly, inviting the

congregation to participate by singing with the choir in

the five hymns that form part of the work. The libretto

alternates Biblical prose narrative with original verses,

expressing a Christian’s response to the events as they

unfold. The work features two soloists – the tenor

providing the narrative and the bass as the voice of

Jesus.

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Praising the South Sudanese Church as ‘an example to us all’ in its consistent and unified calls for peace and an end to violence, Archbishop Justin said he joined its leaders in urging political differences to be set aside for the ‘urgent task’ of bringing healing and reconciliation. The visit was part of Archbishop Justin’s plan to visit all of his fellow Archbishops around the Anglican Communion during his first 18 months in office. His desire is to express solidarity, build personal and professional bonds, understand the Primates’ work in their local contexts, and lay foundations for good collaboration over the coming years. Arriving in the capital Juba, Archbishop Justin said: “The South Sudanese Church is an example to us all in its consistent speaking with one voice for peace, for unity and to an ending to the violence so horrifically perpetrated against so many people.”

Holy Week begins with Palm Sunday, when the Church remembers how Jesus arrived at the gates of Jerusalem just a few days before the Passover was due to be held. He was the Messiah come to his own people in their capital city, and yet he

came in humility, riding on a young donkey, not in triumph, riding on a war-horse. As Jesus entered the city, the crowds gave him a rapturous welcome, throwing palm fronds into his path. They knew his reputation as a healer, and welcomed him. But sadly the welcome was short-lived and shallow, for Jerusalem would soon reject her Messiah, and put him to death. On this day churches worldwide will distribute little crosses made

from palm fronds in memory of Jesus’ arrival in Jerusalem.

Maundy Thursday is famous for two things. The first is one of the final acts that Jesus did before his death: the washing of his own disciples’ feet. (see John 13) Jesus washed his disciples’ feet for a purpose: “A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another.” His disciples were to love through service, not domination, of one another. In Latin, the opening phrase of this sentence is ‘mandatum novum do vobis’. The word ‘mundy’ is thus a corruption of the Latin ‘mandatum’ (or command). The ceremony of the ‘washing of the feet’ of members of the congregation came to be an important part of the liturgy (regular worship) of the medieval church, symbolising the humility of the clergy, in obedience to the example of Christ. But Thursday was also important because it was on that night that Jesus first introduced the Lord’s Supper, or what we nowadays call Holy Communion. Jesus and his close friends had met in a secret upper room to share the Passover meal together - for the last time. And there Jesus transformed the Passover into the Lord’s Supper, saying, ‘this is my body’ and ‘this is my blood’ as he, the Lamb of God, prepared to die for the sins of the whole world. John’s gospel makes it clear that the Last Supper took place the evening BEFORE the regular Passover meal, and that later Jesus died at the same time that the Passover lambs were killed.

Good Friday is the day on which Jesus died on the cross. He was crucified at 9am in the morning, and died six hours later, at 3pm. It is the most solemn day in the Christian year, and is widely marked by the removal of all decorations from churches. In Lutheran

PALM SUNDAY

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GOOD FRIDAY

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To compliment the main work of the evening

Weymouth Choral Society will also sing a selection of

anthems and pieces by British composers: from

Vaughan Williams, two of the settings from his ‘Five

Weymouth Choral Society will present a

performance of Stainer’s renowned work ‘The Crucifixion: a Meditation on the Sacred Passion of the Holy Redeemer’ on Saturday 5 April 2014 at Holy Trinity Church. Sir John Stainer (1840-1901) was organist of St Paul’s Cathedral and a professor of music at Oxford, but he always aimed to provide compositions that would be accessible to the average amateur musician. He published a large number of anthems, chants and hymn tunes which form a great legacy for parish choirs and choral societies. Through this music can be seen Stainer’s expertise at drawing emotion and depth of meaning from simple melody and harmony. Stainer conceived the idea of writing a work for Passion Week in 1887. Using as the librettist the Rev W J Sparrow-Simpson (son of a colleague at St Paul’s) Stainer sought to write music that would be within the reach of the average church choir. The first performance at St Marylebone Parish Church in London was very well received and thus began the history of the work which has proved to be one of the most popular church choral pieces of its period. ‘The Crucifixion’ was never intended as an oratorio like those of Handel or Bach’s ‘Passions’. It was a ‘Meditation’ designed to form an integral part of an Anglican service, using the standard available resources of choir and organ, and significantly, inviting the congregation to participate by singing with the choir in the five hymns that form part of the work. The libretto alternates Biblical prose narrative with original verses, expressing a Christian’s response to the events as they unfold. The work features two soloists – the tenor providing the narrative and the bass as the voice of Jesus. To compliment the main work of the evening Weymouth Choral Society will also sing a selection of anthems and pieces by British composers: from Vaughan Williams, two of the settings from his ‘Five Mystical Songs’ – the baritone solo with chorus ‘Easter’ and the rousing setting of ‘Let all the world in every

In the town: 10.45am - Walk of witness from St

Nicholas Church Buxton Road 11.30am - Processions converge for open air united service at junction of

St Mary’s Street and Bond Street

All Saints: 1-2pm – silence and meditations

2-3pm – Good Friday Liturgy St Edmund:

12-2pm – church open for silent meditation

2-3pm – Good Friday service of hymns and meditations

WEYMOUTH CHORAL SOCIETY

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real struggle as all the supermarkets turned it down at first. So in December 2010 churches and schools joined together to establish the egg by placing orders and making it a mail order hit. To date, more than 450,000 eggs have been sold with 210,000 sent through the post directly to churches and schools. Last year more than 120,000 were sent through the post directly to churches and individuals. Last year many congregations found a champion who promoted the Real Easter Egg, put sign-up lists in church, took money and placed a direct order with The Meaningful Chocolate Company. You can read more at www.realeasteregg.co.uk David Marshall, from the Meaningful Chocolate Company, explains; “Being the UK’s top selling mail order egg means that not only has there been an increase in Fairtrade chocolate sales, but nearly £120,000 had been donated to charity and, as each egg had an Easter story booklet in the box, the core message of the faith was also passed on. It is a gift that offers hope and new life and is very different from the o t h e r e g g s o n t h e m a r k e t . ”

In February the General Synod voted to pave t h e w a y f o r t h e legislative process to enable Women to become Bishops to be completed this year. In a series of interrelated legislative and procedural items the Synod held four debates dealing with differing aspects relating to women in the episcopate.

The first synod discussion related to the House of Bishops draft Declaration and Disputes Resolution Procedure regulations - GS 1932. Both the proposed declaration and accompanying regulations were drawn up by the House of Bishops at the invitation of the

corner sing’ known as ‘Antiphon’; from Charles Wood the uplifting and exuberant anthem ‘O thou, the central orb’; the poignant setting of ‘Ave verum corpus’ by Edward Elgar; and from Howard Goodall the ever-popular Psalm 23 and the haunting ‘Lacrymosa’ from ‘Eternal Light: a Requiem’ which sets the poem ‘Do not stand at my grave and weep.’ Weymouth Choral Society will be joined by professional soloists Richard Monk and Gareth Long, organist Alex Davies and, providing an instrumental interlude, Alison Young on soprano saxophone. The concert will begin at 7.30pm, conducted by the Society’s musical director, Helen Brind. Tickets are £12 (free for under-16s) available on the door or in advance from 01305 775644, Weymouth Pavilion Box Office (01305 783225), Dorchester Tourist Information Centre (01305 267992)and Harmony Music (01305 260360).

The Real Easter Egg campaign now has three eggs in the range: a ‘special edition’ egg with chocolate bar and an olive wood holding cross from the Holy Land; a ‘sharing box’ with 20 smaller eggs and 20 Easter story booklets in the box; and a blue boxed egg which comes with a 24 page Easter story book and some Chunky chocolate buttons.

Out of the 80 million Easter Eggs sold in the UK every year, the Real Easter Egg is the only one which tells the Easter story, gives money to charity and is Fairtrade.

The Meaningful Chocolate Company came up with The Real Easter Egg in 2010. It was a

REAL EASTER EGG CAMPAIGN

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l a s t m e e t i n g o f t h e S y n o d . The debate was opened by the Rt. Revd. James Langstaff, Bishop of Rochester, Chair of the Steering Committee, who moved “That this Synod welcomes the draft House of Bishops’ Declaration on the Ministry of Bishops and Priests and the draft Resolution of Disputes Procedures Regulations as set out in GS 1932”. The motion was passed by the Synod. The second debate dealt with the Draft Bishops and Priests (Consecration and Ordination of Women) Measure - GS 1925A – and Draft Amending Canon No.33 – GS 1926A. At its meeting in November the General Synod voted to dispense with a Revision Committee Stage for the new legislation so that the Synod could conduct the Revision Stage in Full Synod. After debate the revision stage for both the measure and the canon were completed without any amendments being made. The Synod then gave preliminary consideration to the draft Act of Synod to rescind the Episcopal Ministry Act of Synod 1993 – GS 1934. This motion was passed by 304 votes to 33 with 45 abstentions. The final debate on women in the episcopate in this session took the form of a procedural motion suspending Standing Order 90(b) (iii) so that the reference of the draft Measure and draft Canon to the Dioceses under Article 8 of the Synod’s Constitution can be concluded within 3 months rather than the 6 months stipulated under the standing order. After debate the motion, requiring a 75% majority of the whole Synod, was approved by 358 votes t o 3 9 w i t h 9 a b s t e n t i o n s . The legislation is currently out in the dioceses for approval. Provided a majority approve it by the 22 May deadline the General Synod will be able to hold the final approval debate in July, less than 20 months after the failure of the earlier legislation to secure the necessary

two-thirds majorities in November 2012. If passed the legislation would then go to Parliament for approval and could be in force before the end of the year.

The Church of England has launched its new C h u r c h L e g a c y w e b s i t e , www.churchlegacy.org.uk, with essential information for anyone considering leaving a “lasting gift” to their local church in their Will. The website provides you with information on leaving a legacy, example wording for your Will, and information for Solicitors and for PCCs. Church Legacy also shares parish stories where a legacy gift has helped t r a n s f o r m a c h u r c h ’ s f u t u r e . Legacies, of whatever size, are a hugely valuable source of income to parish churches, contributing £44.8 million to parish income in 2011, that’s almost £3,000 per parish church per year. They enable many churches to grow their church’s ministry to young people, refurbish the kitchen, set up a support group for the community or preserve their historic church bells. Eleanor Gill, National Legacy and Funding Officer, said: “Leaving a gift in your Will is one of the most valuable and lasting ways you can give thanks to God for the gifts of your life and lifetime.]

South Sudanese Church ‘an example to us all’, says Archbishop The Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby has recently visited Juba, South Sudan, taking with him ‘the greetings, love and encouragement’ of his fellow Anglicans to those suffering amid the on-going conflict in the country.

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