The Parish Clergy:The Reverend Canon the Vicar and Surrogate
Fr. Andrew Stevens, M.A., S.S.C.,Regional Dean For Southwark Forward in Faith
S. Nicholas Vicarage, 64, Purrett Rd., Plumstead, London. SE18 1JP
Tel. 020-8854 0461 Facsimile 020-8265 5065 e-mail [email protected]
Web site: www.saintnicholasplumstead.orgThe Churchwardens:
Mrs Cecelia Okrafo-Smart Mrs Diane BartlettThe Churchwardens Emeriti
Mr Reg Martin Miss Betty Stroud
Welcome to our Church today, after the Parish Mass refreshments will be served at the back of Church. Please join us and make yourself known to one of the clergy.
This ancient church has been a place of Christian worship of Almighty God for well over 1,000 years; as we enter the third millennium of our salvation it is salutary to remember that Christians have gather here on this spot since the first millennium.
If you would like to pray, the Lady Chapel is set aside as a place of quiet, where the Blessed Sacrament is reserved or you might like to light a candle at one of the many shrines around church.
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Ramp available for access
TheMassisoffereddaily Sunday 8:00am 11:00am Monday 8:00pm Tuesday 7:30pm Wednesday 9:30amThursday 7:00pmFriday 12:00pmSaturday 10:00am
Exposition of the BLESSED SACRAMENT or ADORATION
half an hour before Mass every day except Sunday.
The ROSARY of the Blessed Virgin Mary is said after Mass on Friday and Saturday
STATIONS OF THE CROSS, after the Masson Tuesday evenings in Lent
Confessions:Monday 7:30-8:00pm. Tuesday 7:00-7:30pm,
Thursday 6:30-7:00pm, or by appointment.
Please turn off all mobile ’phones
Please let Fr. andrew know oF illness or other need as soon as Possible.
A Forward in Faith parish under the Episcopal Care of the Bishop of Fulham,
The Right Reverend Jonathan Baker,we are a Eucharistic community
who is worshipping in the present,upon the Apostolic Truths of the past,
in the hope of finding our future salvation in God’s Heavenly Kingdom.
V. We adore Thee, O Christ, and we praise Thee.
R. Because by Thy holy Cross, Thou hast redeemed the world.
V. Lord Jesus, crucified. R. Have mercy on us.
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THiRD SuNDAy OF LENTThe Angelus will be sung at the
Shrine of Our Lady by the Lady Chapel
HYMNS introit: NEH 84 Gradual: NEH 376 Offertory: NEH 439 Communion: NEH 286 Post Communion: NEH 75
PALM CROSSES:Jessica Roberts in thanksgiving for the life of her Father
THE PASCHAL CANDLE:Flavia Kisambira in thanksgiving to God for his
Greatness and MercyTHE HiGH ALTAR CANDLES:
Lilian OsedummeTHE LADy CHAPEL ALTAR CANDLES:
Lilian OsedummeTHE CANDLES AT THE SHRiNE OF OuR LADy OF FATiMA:
Lilian Osedumme THE SEVEN DAy SHRiNE LiGHTS FOR MARCH
The Blessed Sacrament: Lilian Osedumme: For her husband and her family.
The Sanctuary:Lilian Osedumme
Our Lady by the Lady Chapel:Joy & Stephen Jahans: for Joy’s Recovery
Our Lady of Walsingham: Lilian Osedumme
Our Lady of Fatima:Murray Smallbone: For the repose
of the soul of John Beck 30-7-1937 - 8-10-2008 S. Nicholas:
Lilian Osedumme: For her husband and her familyS. Francis:Betty Stroud
THE SuNDAy SHRiNE LiGHTS FOR MARCHOur Lady by the Tower:
Gwen PearceThe immaculate Heart of Mary:
Henry AguhOur Lady of Sorrows:
Christina Agin: S. Joseph:
Paul PangraceS. Augustine: S. Martin: The icon of Christ:
Lilian Osedumme: For her husband and her familySacred Heart of Jesus:
Lilian OsedummeS.Dunstan:
Lilian Osedumme: For her husband and her familyS. Thomas More: S. John FisherMargaret Mendes: in thanksgiving
Maria de Luz:Leo McCarthy: for the safe delivery of a Greatgranddaughter
FLOODLiGHT:23rd -29th Diane Bartlett: In thanksgiving for her birthday
The Rota for Reading and intercessing
All-powerful God, you made Saint Nicholas a bishop and leader of the Church to inspire your people with his teaching and example. May we give fitting honour to his memory and always have the assistance of his prayers We ask this through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives andreigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen
Christus, Heri, Hodie, Semper
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s. nicholas church Floodlight: light the church
We all realise how important it is to support our Church, more so in these days of rising costs; well here is a good way of supporting it and enjoying it personally.Floodlight the building by day £2.25 or by the week £14.50, for that personal event: a birth, Baptism, Birthday, an Anniversary, Wedding or Years Mind of a loved one, in doing this you will remember and at the same time help pay the electricity bill. The price is reasonable and shows this building in all its glory after sunset, it does enhance this fine building. Reg holds the diary, to be sure there are no double bookings, it is yours for the day or week.
IntroductIonA life without love can seem like a desert. Jesus changed the lonely existence of a Samaritan woman into a fruitful and beautiful life for others when he poured his love into her heart.
Today’sReadingsFirstReadingExodus17:3-7 After their escape from slavery in Egypt into the barrenness of the desert, the Israelites begged Moses to give them water. SecondReadingRomans5:1-2.5-8Our thirsty souls need the life-giving water that is love. Through Jesus, the Spirit of love gives us the life for which we all long.
GospelJohn4:5-42 The Samaritan woman represents all of us who thirst for the spring of water “welling up to eternal life”, which Jesus makes available to us in himself.
PRAyER OF THE FAiTHFuL
Loving Lord, our hearts are restless until they rest in you. We bring you ourselves and our prayers, knowing that, in you, we will find a welcome.
We pray for our Pope: that, following the Good Shepherd, he will lead us to the waters of life and love.Lord, hear us.
We pray for farmers: that they will have the weather they need to produce the crops that feed the people dependent on them.Lord, hear us.
We pray for those who experience the desert of loneliness: that they will find love.Lord, hear us.
We pray for those who are preparing to receive the waters of bap-tism at the Easter Vigil: that they will be filled with joy in their new life of faith.Lord, hear us.
We pray for families: that they may be centres of love and support for all those around them.Lord, hear us.
Heavenly Father, we ask you to hear our prayers and pour your love into our hearts, through Christ our Lord.
THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN BAPTiSEDSunday 29th September 2013:
Kai Kwabena Osei Goodensimms
THOSE ADDMiTTED TO HOLy COMMuNiON
THOSE PREPARiNG FOR CONFiRMATiONSaturday 7th JuneEve of PentecostBishop Jonathan
Lisa Nicola GoeringKelis Juliana Goering-BalancyJesse Andrew Ayodele RobertsGracie Violet Bamike Roberts
Daniel Chinaza Chibundu Okoli BasconiFortune Kenechukwu Okoli Basconi
Charlene Namuleme KadduChantel Namagembe Kaddu
Maurice John Wager
THOSE PREPARiNG FOR HOLy MATRiMONySaturday 28th June 2014 at 2:00pm:
Ian William Bentley & Karen Ann Gladwell
THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN MARRiEDSaturday 24th August 2013 at 4:00pm:
Scott Edward Parker and Maria Betsy Side
SPECiAL iNTENTiONSarah & Jean- Pierre Nzante
in their bereavement
FLOWERS iN MEMORy
BuRiAL OF ASHES
Sunday to be confirmed:John Barry Gant
THE DEPARTED Raymond Jezzard
James AdamBrian Harrington
Sam Jay Nzante (Stillborn)Hazel Clark
Irene Beatrice WatkinsBernice Ference
David Rhys, PriestEric Ray
Hans Raj Sian
yEARS MiND 24th Betty Harris 24th Pauline Smith 27th Ada Elizabeth Mackinder 29th James Mitchell
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For your daIly IntercessIon March
General intention:That all cultures may respect the rights and dignity of women.
Missionary intention:That many young people may accept the Lord’s invitation to conse-
crate their lives to proclaiming the Gospel.
BiRTHDAyS 23rd Diane Bartlett 27th Victoria Adegoke 28th Gabriella Somodi 28th Ayden-George Josiah
PRAyER FOR HEALiNG Murray Smallbone Russell Sabat
Andreas Poplopdous Christina Agin Ruby Arthurs John David Cook
Stanley Lewis Pat Wenham Cloe Gibson Mary Cook Roy Richards Eve Cocklin Helen Thorpe Ruth Kabeba
Stephen Katu Kirsty Forrester Terry Hayward Janet Hole
Kathy Fincham Bill Baker Iris Agin Shirley Bristow Jennifer Fairweather Emma Clifford
Brian Joseph Bill Scott Rosamond Nash Isabel D’Alvarez
Fr Grahame Stephens Karen Bryan Firth Joyce MooreBarbara English Alison Scott-Holt
Alex Fernandes Dee Hodges Dianne Fulbrook Joanne Johnson (nee Davies) Michael Somer
Barbara Sleigh Jaq Pearce Win Pinn Horace Thompson
Christian Towner Rosemary RowanNicky Dacies Heather Goulding
Muriel Taylor Elizabeth HuddlestonFr Derek Robinson Stephen Jahans Jr
Vivian Rogers Joy Frances Jahans Katherine Higgens Jason BakerDarren Knight Rosina Cochran
Mick Martin Pat McFarlaneHarry Everson Maggie
Harrison Ward Ron CrawleyBeryl Davis Beryl Meredith
Pat O’Donnell Dan O’DonnellLinda Peters
iN THANKSGiViNG Rebecca Huddleston Alison Abrey
David Jahans Elisabeth WrightBenji Okrafo-Smart
THOSE PREPARiNG FOR BAPTiSMSaturday 19th April
The Easter Vigil
Sunday 20th AprilEaster Day
D’angelo Diddi Ralph Oluwaferanmi AdeyinkaAdanna Oliwia Ochudo
Daniel Chinaza Chibundu Okoli BasconiFortune Kenechukwu Okoli Basconi
Oliuia Ebere Chukwu Ebubechukwu Okoli Basconi
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