Text Box: Festival of Saint Mary Magdalene – July 22nd

Good morning and a warm welcome to everyone.

Today we celebrate the festival of Mary Magdalene who was blessed with the sight of the risen Lord.

This same week we have the festivals of St. James the Apostle, and St. Anne and Joachim.

 

“So if anyone is in Christ,

there is a new creation”

    2 Corinthians 5

 

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Opening  Hymn 394  O Worship the Lord

 

 

The first reading: 2 Corinthians 5: 14 -17

  

 

Text Box: For the love of Christ urges us on, because we are convinced that one has died for all; therefore all have died. And he died for all, so that those who live might live no longer for themselves, but for him who died and was raised for them. From now on, therefore, we regard no one from a human point of view; even though we once knew Christ from a human point of view, we know him no longer in that way. So if anyone is in Christ, there is a new creation: everything old has passed away; see, everything has become new!

 

Hymn  : 157 Gloria

 

Gospel : John 20: 1-2, 11-18

 

Text Box: Early on the first day of the week, while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene came to the tomb and saw that the stone had been removed from the tomb. So she ran and went to Simon Peter and the other disciple, the one whom Jesus loved, and said to them, "They have taken the Lord out of the tomb, and we do not know where they have laid him." But Mary stood weeping outside the tomb. As she wept, she bent over to look into the tomb; and she saw two angels in white, sitting where the body of Jesus had been lying, one at the head and the other at the feet. They said to her, "Woman, why are you weeping?" She said to them, "They have taken away my Lord, and I do not know where they have laid him." When she had said this, she turned around and saw Jesus standing there, but she did not know that it was Jesus. Jesus said to her, "Woman, why are you weeping? Whom are you looking for?" Supposing him to be the gardener, she said to him, "Sir, if you have carried him away, tell me where you have laid him, and I will take him away." Jesus said to her, "Mary!" She turned and said to him in Hebrew, "Rabbouni!" (which means Teacher). Jesus said to her, "Do not hold on to me, because I have not yet ascended to the Father. But go to my brothers and say to them, 'I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.'" 18 Mary Magdalene went and announced to the disciples, "I have seen the Lord"; and she told them that he had said these things to her.

 

Offertory   Hymn:  295 Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silent

 
       Communion / Eucharistic Prayer:
             Sung responses can be found on page 8
          If you would like to receive blessing at the altar rail you are very welcome, and
          if you would like a special  prayer or a prayer for healing  please indicate that
          to the priest  when he comes to you.

 

       Communion Hymn  125  Father We Adore You

 

       Recessional Hymn:  392 O Thou Who Camest

 

Please take your pew sheet home with you and leave your hymn book and service book in your seat.

 

Summer Services. Rob has produced some very nice leaflets advertising all St John’s summer services. They are available at the back of the church, please take as many as you can and pin them up in camp sites, hotels  tourist offices or give them to people you think might be interested.

 

New Carpet.  We give grateful thanks for the gift of the beautiful new carpet, almost the final touch in our renovations. The carpet is given in memory of Ted Anderson. He would have loved to have been able to give this gift to the church that he loved so much and served so faithfully as church warden for ten years from 1984-1994  Thank you.

 

Summer Concert.

Evabritt Gratte – Violin.,

Lucienne Meynard – Clarinet

Joan Leroy  - Organ

Joan is organizing another superb concert, with these very gifted performers here at St John’s on 17th August at 18.00.  Do be sure to put this date in your diary.

 

Refreshment Rota  needs volunteers please. All the drinks and biscuits are provided you just need to set up and clear away afterwards.

 

Harvest Thanksgiving: September 16th

Make sure you have this important date in your diary. This will be the final celebration of our centenary year as we look forward to the future. The weekend will include piano recitals by Robert Scamardella and a buffet lunch.