Palm Sunday News

Priest-in-Charge Fr John Ainslie (revjohnainslie@gmail.com; 01628 629827)

THIS AFTERNOON 5PM: STATIONS OF THE CROSS.

SERVICES THIS WEEK – HOLY WEEK:

• Monday 14th April Mass and short address at 7.30pm.
• Tuesday 15th April Chrism Mass at Rochester Cathedral 12 noon – all welcome.
• Wednesday 16th April Mass and short address at 10.30am.
• Maundy Thursday Mass of the Last Supper 7.30pm followed by The Watch until midnight.
• Good Friday Good Friday Liturgy 3pm.
• Holy Saturday Easter Vigil and First Mass of Easter 8pm.
• Easter Day Sung Mass for Easter Day 10.30am.

PLEASE BRING YOUR (FULL) LENT BOXES FOR ‘MARY’S MEALS’ TO THE MAUNDY THURSDAY SERVICE as an offering of our love and service in the world.

YOU WOULD BE VERY WELCOME TO JOIN US at any – or all – of these important celebrations of the final week of Our lord’s earthly life.

Sunday 27th April: Annual Parochial Church Meeting and the Meeting of Parishioners to elect Churchwardens. Both follow straight after our morning Mass. Nomination forms are available at Back of Church for appointment as Churchwarden, member of the PCC, or representative on Deanery Synod.

The Church Electoral Roll has been completed and is posted on the Notice Board in the porch. There are 27 names on the new Electoral roll.

FOR OUR PRAYERS: For the Holy Land, for peace and justice. For the Priests and People of the Richborough Family as they seek to serve Christ, and especially for Bishop Luke. For all who will visit our Church this Holy Week and Easter, that they may find a place of peace and encounter with the Risen Christ.

We pray for those in need, and especially Paul Jones, Glynis Reynolds, Yvonne Young, Jessica O’Sullivan, Lindsay Wheeler, Martyn Nash, Fran, Ellie Tomlinson, David Green, Alison Heywood, Norman Farrington.

We pray for the recently departed. We remember those who have faithfully served God in this Church in previous generations, and we pray for those whose year’s mind occurs this week: Monica Boyles, Marjorie Huxley, May Pilbeam, Constance Rickerby.

FROM THE BELLTOWER: Sunday, 6 April 2025 Lessness Surprise Major 1Jane L Kostelnyk 2 Philip Jarvis 3 Jacqueline Barlow 4 Mark Elvers 5 Paul Barton 6 Mike Birkbeck 7 Rona Joiner 8 Neil Jones (C)

Rung on Passion Sunday. A birthday compliment for today to Betsy Piercey.

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