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Sunday 29th January 2012: Candlemas

"No sooner is Christmas over than we begin our planning for Lent, Holy Week and Easter. This all starts with Shrove Tuesday, we begin our austere period of Lent by being 'shriven'. In our parishes we observe this with the age old tradition of using up our flour and eggs and making and eating pancakes! We further relieve ourselves of small amounts of surplus cash, whilst having a good time playing Bingo; such fun!

Then the following day, and to more serious matters, Ash Wednesday. The Eucharist will be said at 0730, 1200 (BCP) and 1900 at St George's. Each Eucharist will include the traditional ceremony of 'ashing' being signed with ash on our forehead. Andrew is planning some very special music for the evening service.

Details of the other Lenten services and the United Tuesday course are printed below, please note the dates and attend as much as you are able" - Fr Michael

Dates for Lent, Holy Week and Easter

• Tuesday 21 February, 7pm - Pancake Party and Bingo, St George's
• Wednesday 22 February - Ash Wednesday
• Eucharists at 7.30am, 12pm and 7pm, with meditation from 10.30am, St George's
• Sunday 18 March - Mothering Sunday (usual service times)
• Sunday 1 April - Palm Sunday (usual service times)
• Thursday 5 April, 8pm - Maundy Thursday Liturgy and Watch, St George's
• Friday 6 April - Good Friday, at St George's
• 10am Children's Stations, 12pm Liturgy of the Cross
• 3pm Stations of the Cross, 6pm Stainer's ‘Crucifixion'
• Saturday 7 April, 8pm - Vigil and Eucharist, St George's
• Sunday 8 April - Easter Day (usual service times)

United Tuesdays in Lent - God in Public Life

Hopefully you have picked up a programme - if not do so today, and perhaps hand one to a friend too.

Tuesday 28 February

The Revd Rose Hudson-Wilkin, Chaplain to the Speaker of the House of Commons

Ethnicity, gender and poverty

Tuesday 6 March

The Revd Jonathan Sedgwick, International Director, UK Border Agency

Being in the secular world: how to be Christian at work

Tuesday 13 March

The Revd Dr Malcolm Brown, Director of Public Affairs, Church House

What sort of society? The C of E and political debate today

Tuesday 20 March

The Rt Revd Paul Williams, Bishop of Kensington

The Church's engagement with good Government: personal faith and public reality

Tuesday 27 March

The Revd Professor Mark Chapman, Vice Principal, Ripon College, Cuddesdon

Being a small church in a big world

Gift Aid

At both parishes we have benefited greatly from the Gift Aid scheme, thank you for signing up to it. We could however do so much better! To claim back the tax we need to have envelopes that have been fully completed, it's not sufficient to put your money in the envelope without adding your name, address, signing and dating it. To avoid having to do this every time you visit church please sign a Gift Aid declaration form, available at the back of both churches and hand it to one of the clergy or sidespeople. This information will not be passed on to anyone else and if you need a statement of giving for your tax return please send an email to the Parish Office. We really appreciate your giving and your help in enabling us to claim the tax back. If it helps, please take envelopes home with you for your next visit!

Children at St George's

We have our church sleepover coming up at St George's, for children 9 and over - this starts on Saturday 25 February at 6pm, and finishes after the 10am service on Sunday. We have lots of exciting activities planned, so let me (Margaret) know if your child is interested!

Theatre Group

The next meeting will be on Wednesday 15 February when we shall be discussing the challenges of making a film of a Shakespeare play based on Coriolanus. We might also include other attempts like the American Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet and Kenneth Branagh's Much Ado about Nothing.

We meet at 7.15pm in the Community area. Please contact Ivo Morshead for more details: 77275975.

this page last updated on January 27, 2012