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The Season of Lent
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The Lent Course
Words of Challenge
Words of Life
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There
are six sessions in the course, each based on a passage from
St Luke’s gospel, which will be read as the Sunday gospel. |
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Lent 1 |
Luke
4. 1 - 13 |
The
Temptations |
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Lent 2 |
Luke 13.
31 - 35 |
Jesus
laments over Jerusalem |
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Lent 3 |
Luke 13.
1 - 9 |
Jesus
invites repentance |
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Lent 4 |
Luke 15.
1 - 3; 11b - 32 |
The
prodigal son |
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Lent 5 |
John 12.
1 - 8 |
Mary
anoints Jesus |
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Lent 6 |
Luke 23.
1 - 49 |
The
Passion |
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There will be Lent Groups meeting in the Quiet Room starting
in the week beginning 22 February |
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Mondays |
7.45pm
– 9.15pm |
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Wednesdays |
2.30pm –
4.00pm |
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Wednesdays |
7.45pm –
9.15pm |
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Signing
up sheets for the groups and notes for the Lent Course may
be found at the back of church.
The
Sunday sermons during Lent will also take the same themes. |
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Lent Lunches
Thursdays 12noon - 1.30pm |
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A simple lunch of soup, cheese and bread will
be served in the Holt Room for five Thursdays during Lent,
continuing with the third lunch on 11
March.
A minimum donation of £3.00 is requested.
Profits from the lunches will be sent to the local branch of
the Alzheimer’s Society.
Please come along - this is a good chance to
meet and chat with other members of the congregation and the
community.
Offers
of help to set up, serve and wash up would be welcomed.
Please sign the list in the church. |
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Central Bedford Churches Lent Lunchtime meetings
The meetings
will take place each Wednesday in Lent:
at Bunyan
Meeting Church, Mill Street, Bedford
Lunch is
available from 12noon
At 1.10pm there
will be a short service of worship with an address
Christ in the Community
10 March -
The work of the University Chaplain
Revd Cassandra
Howes
17 March -
The work of Street Angels
Various speakers
24 March -
The work of the Hospice
Dominic Carter
All are welcome
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The next Branch
Meeting is on
Tuesday 23 March
at 2.30pm in the
Holt Room. Our speaker will be Ms Doreen Smith from St Paul’s,
Bedford. She will be talking about
The Women’s World Day of Prayer
services
which are
on
Friday
5 March.
Doreen was due to speak at the meeting which was cancelled in
February. A warm welcome is guaranteed to all at our meetings, so
please do come along if you are interested.
Women’s Day of Prayer
is on
Friday 5 March
(Bunyan Meeting Church at 2.00pm and Priory Methodist Church at
7.30pm).
Corporate Communion
is
on
Wednesday 10 March,
10.30am
service.
Please
try to attend.
Deanery Festival and Lady Day Service
on
Thursday 25 March
is at 11.00am,
All Saints Church, Queen’s Park, Bedford. It is a Eucharist Service
and this will be followed by lunch. Soup will be served, bring your
own sandwiches.
Hoping to see
you there.
Edna Stringer
Visit the Mothers'
Union website at
www.themothersunion.org
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 Film Night
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The Friends of St Andrew’s
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Tea Dance 2.30 - 4.30pm
(Admission £3 includes tea)
The next Tea
Dance is on 21 March with a lesson held
the week before on 14 March. Everyone welcome. Please
contact Beryl Tench on 268405 for more information about the
classes.
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Coming
in 2010……… |
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Annual General
Meeting - Sunday 7 March at 4.00pm
Please make a
note in your diaries, the AGM will start at 4.00pm and be followed,
as usual, by a sumptuous tea and a special Friends Evensong at which
we are delighted to announce the guest preacher will be the Revd
Canon Anthony Hulbert. Everyone
welcome – whether you are a member of
The Friends
or not! The tea is provided by St Andrew’s Guides for a which a
donation is requested. |
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St Albans
Abbey
–
Saturday
22 May
The coach will
depart at 12.30pm for a guided tour of St Alban’s Abbey at
approx 1.30-2.00pm, followed by a Choral Evensong at 4.00pm.
Cost £18 for members of
The Friends
or £20
for non members. Watch out for a sheet at the back of Church
to sign up. |
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Tolethorpe Hall - Friday 9 July
Following
the magical trip to Tolethorpe Hall last year we have
applied for tickets to see this year’s production of
Much Ado About
Nothing.
As before, the coach will leave at 5.00pm and you will need
to take a picnic and a chair (and possibly a rug!), unless
you wish to arrange to eat in their dining room. Cost
expected to be the same as last year £35 per person or £30
for members of
The Friends.
Please sign up as soon as possible (see sheet at the back of
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Trip to Highgrove House Gardens
We are
trying to arrange a date in September. Coach would depart
9.00am, stopping in the Cotswolds for coffee, and then on to
Highgrove House for a tour of the gardens. Cost to be
confirmed but likely to be around £35 per person or £30 for
members of
The
Friends.
More details once we have a date. |
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Going Digital
A talk by a
representative from Michael R Peters about the digital switchover
and how it will affect the Bedford area in 2011.
Date still to be arranged. |
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2010 BBC
Proms
– yes, we are planning another trip in August (book early!) |
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Thursford
Christmas Spectacular
– December -
tickets applied for. |
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