Sunday Mar 9th: The First Sunday of Lent
8am Holy Communion. President: Revd Emily Hockliffe Essex
10am Parish Eucharist with Forest Sunday School. President: Revd Prof Rob Gilbert. Preacher: Joshua Townson, Diocesan Generous Giving Adviser. Deacon: Revd Emily Hockliffe Essex. Organist: Andrew Patterson
Midweek Services
Morning Prayer: 9am Tuesdays and Thursdays in the Lady Chapel.
Sunday Mar 16th: Second Sunday of Lent
8am Holy Communion
10am Parish Eucharist with Forest Sunday School
A prayer for the vacancy
God of vision and hope,
we thank you for all who have ministered here throughout the history of this church.
In this time of vacancy,
may we continue to grow in love,
share in responsibility,
and seek your vision for our future,
in the name of Jesus Christ, our shepherd and our guide.
Amen.
Lent Course
Wednesdays in church 7-8pm with refreshments served from 6.45pm. Come along to explore together the landscape of prayer and reflect on how we can deepen our relationship with God.
Holy Communion classes
Any children or young people who have been baptised but are not yet ready to be confirmed are invited to join us in preparing to receive their first communion. We will meet on Sunday 23 March, Monday 24 March, and Friday 28 March, and first communion will be taken on Easter Sunday. If interested, please contact the curate, Emily.
HTHQ 175 Talking History
The HTHQ175 committee have put together a programme of talks celebrating Holy Trinity’s 175th Anniversary year:
Wednesday 9 April Racial Justice Revd Emily Hockliffe Essex
Wednesday 7 May Morris Dancing (speaker TBC)
Wednesday 4 June Our changing church Revd Canon Dr Margaret Whipp
The evening begins with refreshments at 6.45pm, the talk beginning at 7pm, and discussions close at 7.45pm. All are welcome.
Electoral Roll: Request for Email Addresses
According to Church of England rules, every six years the electoral roll must be discarded and a completely new one made, this is due to happen this year. We will be contacting all our electoral roll members to let them know when it’s time to sign up again, but to facilitate this it would be helpful to have email contacts. Please consider sending your email address to our electoral roll officer, Joan Jones (joan@joneses.org.uk) with your permission to add this information to the electoral roll records.
Our Community Café is now up and running: 9.30am-11.30am on Tuesday mornings. All are welcome, and most especially families with young children, as the meeting room will be set up for tots to play.
This week’s Eco Tips
More information follows later this month about recycling old textiles. Meanwhile, let’s get thinking about re-purposing items that can be given a new lease of life if used for a different purpose. Such as? How about cutting up favourite old T-shirts beyond their best and bringing them back into active service as dusters? Hilary Rollin, Eco Group
Eco Resources for Spring 2025
For suggestions on information re Eco Matters, including reading material, links to Zoom sessions etc. go to: Eco Church resources
Pastoral care team
Are you in need of support or would you like to talk to someone? We rely on you to let us know of anyone who is ill, or in hospital or who might welcome a visit. Please contact any of the clergy (numbers on back page) or Helen Day, Janet Masters, Anne Tarassenko, or Ruth Wooldridge.
