Sunday 9^th March

8.00am

9.30am

Fifth Sunday of Lent Passiontide begins

We also list Bushey & Oxhey Methodists’ weekly  services (B&OM)

Holy Communion

Sung Eucharist

Coffee is served in the hall after the service

Prayers for healing in the Lady Chapel after the service

11.00am

Monday 10^th March

Tuesday 11^th March     7.30pm

Wednesday 12^th March 7.15pm

Thursday 13^th March    10.00am

B&OM: Morning Worship

9.30 – 11.30am Parent and Toddler Group in the Hall

Holy Eucharist followed by PCC

Compline

7.00 – 8.00pm Baptism and Wedding Arrangements in the Vicarage

         (Please telephone Fr David for an appointment)

7.30 – 9.00pm Choir practice

Holy Eucharist

Next Week:

Sunday 16^th March       8.00am

9.30am

11.00am

Mon, Tues, Wed in Holy Week

Thursday 20^th March

7.30pm

Friday 21^st March         9.30am

10.00am

2.00pm

Sunday 23^rd March      

8.00am

9.30am

Palm Sunday

Holy Communion

All Age Eucharist – Begins in Hall with Liturgy of  Palms

B&OM: Morning Worship

10.00am Holy Eucharist (shared with BOMC)

Maundy Thursday

Sung Eucharist with stripping of the altars and watch to 9.15 pm

Good Friday – BOCT Walk of Witness, Service at St Andrews

Banner Workshop

Liturgy of Good Friday

Easter Day

Holy Communion (BCP)

Sung Eucharist with Blessing of Paschal Candle and Renewal of Baptismal Vows

For Your Prayers

The people on our list greatly appreciate your prayers.  Please take time to pray for the following people during the week, according to their needs.

In celebration

James Nicholas who celebrates his 12th birthday on Monday.

In our community

For all those who live in Vivian Gardens and Walverns Close.

Those in particular need through sickness and suffering

Wyn Skinner, Mark Major, Cathy Hawkins, Paul and Margot Preusse and Ernie Rosson.

Those who value your ongoing prayer support

Eva Griffiths,  Judith Carter, Vivienne Marlow, May Skinner and Katie Foster

Departed 

Betty Reynolds

Years Mind

Winifred Harrison  

Good Friday 

As well as St Matthew's service at 2.00 p.m. you are invited to join the BOCT Walk of Witness and Banner Workshop.  The Walk starts with a service at St Andrew's, Bushey Heath at 9.30, and the walkers progress downhill all the way to St Matthew's, with 7 stops for a reading, a prayer and a verse of Roger's special hymn. Walkers join and leave at any point, but Hot Cross Buns are only supplied at the end!  Children too young to walk can attend the Banner Workshop, this year held at Bushey and Oxhey Methodist church, from 10.00am till the walk passes at about 11.30am, when the children join the walk with their banners and walk to St Matthew's for their H C Buns.  There will be other appropriate activities as well as Banner-making. To book a place in the (free) Workshop phone Sally on 226580.

Annual Parochial Church Meeting

This takes place on Sunday 27^th April beginning with the 9.30am Eucharist. We hope you will give this high priority and make every effort to attend.  Please consider standing for the PCC.  If you are not on the Electoral Roll you will need to fill in a form. (See Bob Best for details)

Red Kneelers

We are trying to dispose of all but 20 of these so please help yourselves to any for gardening, praying or any other use you can think of, or even to throw away.

Daily Coffee Morning

Now that Bushey and Oxhey Methodists have completed their exciting new entry space they are serving coffee/tea there every weekday morning 10.00am till 12.00 noon. Everyone is very welcome and I'm told the coffee is excellent and very reasonably priced! Because of our special relationship with them they hope that we will be able from time to time to provide people to help with the coffee, and just as importantly, the chatting to those who drop in. Do find a moment to try them, and consider if you can lend a hand now and then. They are particularly conveniently placed for after the Health Centre!

Lent 2008

During Lent we will have Compline with an address on the following dates at 7.15 pm Wed 12^th March.

Items for the weekly notice sheet to Angela Nicholas, Email to newsletter@stmatthewsoxhey.org.uk.
Usually the deadline is Wednesday evening