St Mary's Almondsbury Worship
Here is where you will find the latest information for Worship at St Mary's Church, Almondsbury
Friday 26 March 2021
Shall reap with songs of joy.
(Psalm 126:5)
Please join us for prayer for Almondsbury and beyond tomorrow (Saturday) at 9.30am:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/5195968025?pwd=NExMY1Z3TVFrWmVVQzB1d0E4dGcvQT09
Meeting ID: 519 596 8025, Passcode: 441828.
Holy Week Services will be live streamed:
Palm Sunday 10am Morning Worship
Maundy Thursday 7.30pm Holy Communion
Good Friday 2pm Meditation
Palm crosses are available outside St Mary’s Almondsbury from Palm Sunday
Good Friday Family Activities Morning 2021. Although we can’t meet in person on Good Friday this year for our normal Activities Morning of Easter themed crafts, stories, songs, hot cross buns and drinks – we can ‘meet’ virtually on the church’s Facebook page.
So, please join us at 10am on Good Friday, 2 April, at https://www.facebook.com/St-Marys-Church-Almondsbury-730715950415825/ for a video activities morning, which will last about 20 minutes. It will include a short video about Good Friday and Easter and some suggested craft activities for you to do at home. If you can't join us at 10am, the video will also be available on the Facebook page from Good Friday onwards. We look forward to seeing you.
Easter Sunday Holy Communion in Church at:
10am in St Mary’s Almondsbury and live streamed
10.30am in All Saints Compton Greenfield
3pm in St Peter’s Pilning
We return to Church with the same covid precautions we had before. These includes track and trace by code or on paper, hand sanitisation, wearing face covering, restricted socially distant seating in households and no mingling between households in the Church and churchyard.
After Easter Sunday the Churches are planning to be open for public worship are follows:
Almondsbury: Morning Service at 10am which will be live-streamed.
Compton Greenfield: Evensong on the 1st Sunday at 4.30pm and Holy Communion at 10.30pm on the 3rd Sunday.
Pilning: Morning Service at 10am.
These may be changed if the opening of non-essential shops is delayed.
On-line Worship will be live streamed on Sunday at 10am. https://www.facebook.com/St-Marys-Church-Almondsbury-730715950415825/ .
t Mary’s Almondsbury financial position. Nick, our treasurer, reported to our recent PCC meeting that our financial position means that we need additional support from our congregation and friends in and around the village. Our operating loss last year was £18,500; partly because we have been running a £6,000 loss in previous years but mainly because our spending on supporting Church activities and the building remain high as in previous years while our general income has dropped considerably primarily due to closure of the church to services. We have looked to cut our general expenditure but the major element is our Parish Share contribution which we have increased to £52,000 for 2021. This supports other Churches in the Bristol area that are much less well off than Almondsbury and desperately need our help.
We still have considerable reserves in the bank but these are almost entirely earmarked for major projects and works and the recent discovery of a large infestation of death watch beetle in part of the church is likely to consume all our uncommitted reserves. As a PCC we are obviously committed to the preservation of our beautiful church building for future generations but we also recognise the desperate need of fellow Christians at home and abroad in these pandemic times and want to to be able to fund our mission activities to relieve suffering.
All are welcome to this year’s Lent Group meeting on Wednesdays at 7.45pm for 8pm and will focus on the ‘Live Lent’ booklet. https://zoom.us/j/9312563357?pwd=REd3VkVKcUt3U0dKQlNWRWkyTHFaZz09
Meeting ID: 931 256 3357 Passcode: HISC
Thank you for your donations of food and toiletries to the Sisters of the Church in St Paul’s. They have had to close until 12 April so in the meantime donations will be collected as usual on Tuesday mornings and taken to the North Bristol Foodbank in Horfield. Please continue to give generously. The donations are much appreciated.
Please join us for zoom coffee at 11am on Sunday:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/5195968025?pwd=NExMY1Z3TVFrWmVVQzB1d0E4dGcvQT09
Meeting ID: 519 596 8025, Passcode: 441828.
Previous services are available on the church’s YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCapaQDyh5yd2Gj8pLGK-IXA/
Things to join with
Morning Prayer at 8.30am Monday to Friday. The Zoom link is:
https://us04web.zoom.us/j/4847949535?pwd=K0ZTK2h6QjRHTk8rbWZBdlh6cDQ2QT09
Meeting ID: 484 794 9535 Password: 700999
Evening Prayer at 4.00pm on Mondays. Please contact Almondsbury Vicarage for zoom details.
Remember the Daily Hope phone line 0800 804 8044
Keep safe and continue to be kind. Please do not hesitate to phone Alison or Philip on 01454 613223 should the need arise.
With our prayers
Philip
Friday 19 March 2021
Remember, Lord, your compassion and love.
(Psalm 25:5)
Holy Week Services will be only live streamed:
Palm Sunday 10am Morning Worship
Maundy Thursday 7.30pm Holy Communion
Good Friday 2pm Meditation
Easter Sunday Holy Communion in Church at:
10am in St Mary’s Almondsbury and live streamed
10.30am in All Saints Compton Greenfield
3pm in St Peter’s Pilning
We return to Church with the same covid precautions we had before. These includes track and trace by code or on paper, hand sanitisation, wearing face covering, restricted socially distant seating in households and no mingling between households in the Church and churchyard.
St Mary’s Almondsbury will continue with public worship on Sundays at 10am from 11th April which will be live streamed. The Church Councils of St Peter’s Pilning and All Saints Compton Greenfield are meeting soon to discuss post Easter public worship.
Good Friday Family Activities Morning 2021. Although we can’t meet in person on Good Friday this year for our normal Activities Morning of Easter themed crafts, stories, songs, hot cross buns and drinks – we can ‘meet’ virtually on the church’s Facebook page.
So, please join us at 10am on Good Friday, 2 April, at https://www.facebook.com/St-Marys-Church-Almondsbury-730715950415825/ for a video activities morning, which will last about 20 minutes. It will include a short video about Good Friday and Easter and some suggested craft activities for you to do at home. If you can't join us at 10am, the video will also be available on the Facebook page from Good Friday onwards. We look forward to seeing you.
As we are opening Almondsbury Church on Easter Sunday, we could do with a small team of people to do a light spring clean to freshen up the building. It’s mainly dusting, sweeping, polishing or whatever you feel you would like to do. Please could you let Alison Rowe know if you are keen to help. Many thanks.
Morning Worship will be live streamed on Sunday at 10am. https://www.facebook.com/St-Marys-Church-Almondsbury-730715950415825/ . An order of service is attached.
Your views are important. Through ‘Transforming Church. Together.’ the Diocese of Bristol is shaping a new vision and set of priorities for the coming years. In particular it is trying to understand what is done well, what can be changed for the better and how to create a positive way forward together. To do this we are all being asked to make our views known by completing a short online questionnaire which asks questions about six areas and asks us to put them in order of importance: Supporting people, Worship, Equality and justice, Caring for the environment, Helping people follow Jesus, and Providing safe places in community. The questionnaire is at https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/TCTquestionnaire and further information about the process is at https://www.bristol.anglican.org/transformingchurch/ We are also holding a workshop to discuss these questions on Tuesday 30 March at 7.30pm on Zoom Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/5195968025?pwd=NExMY1Z3TVFrWmVVQzB1d0E4dGcvQT09 Please join Philip and Paul at the workshop [There is no need to book in – just turn up!] If you have any questions or would like any further information or would like a printed copy of the questionnaire please contact Paul at paulvanrossum@gmail.com or Philip at vicar@stmaryssevernside.org.uk
All are welcome to this year’s Lent Group meeting on Wednesdays at 7.45pm for 8pm and will focus on the ‘Live Lent’ booklet. https://zoom.us/j/9312563357?pwd=REd3VkVKcUt3U0dKQlNWRWkyTHFaZz09
Meeting ID: 931 256 3357 Passcode: HISC
Thank you for your donations of food and toiletries to the Sisters of the Church in St Paul’s. They have had to close until 12 April so in the meantime donations will be collected as usual on Tuesday mornings and taken to the North Bristol Foodbank in Horfield. Please continue to give generously. The donations are much appreciated.
Please join us for zoom coffee at 11am on Sunday:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/5195968025?pwd=NExMY1Z3TVFrWmVVQzB1d0E4dGcvQT09
Meeting ID: 519 596 8025, Passcode: 441828.
Previous services are available on the church’s YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCapaQDyh5yd2Gj8pLGK-IXA/
Things to join with
Morning Prayer at 8.30am Monday to Friday. The Zoom link is:
https://us04web.zoom.us/j/4847949535?pwd=K0ZTK2h6QjRHTk8rbWZBdlh6cDQ2QT09
Meeting ID: 484 794 9535 Password: 700999
Evening Prayer at 4.00pm on Mondays. Please contact Almondsbury Vicarage for zoom details.
Remember the Daily Hope phone line 0800 804 8044
Keep safe and continue to be kind. Please do not hesitate to phone Alison or Philip on 01454 613223 should the need arise.
With our prayers
Philip