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Edward Doyle our Vicar. |
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Always with a warm SMILING face always quick to LAUGH & always there when you need him. |
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St Georges Church Trotton. A fine example of a medieval church with very rare Wall Paintings. Please click here to view. |
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St Mary's Church, Chithurst. |
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Parish Church of St. Bartholomew. |
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St Peters Church, Terwick. |
Bible readings:5 February - Candlemas Luke 2.25-32 12 February - The Second Sunday before Lent Isaiah 40.21-end 1 Corinthians 9.16-23 Mark 1.29-39 19 February - The Sunday Next Before Lent 2 Kings 2.1-12 2 Corinthians 4.3-6 Mark 9.2-9 26 February - The First Sunday of Lent Joel 2.1-10 and 12-14 Titus 3.3-7 Luke 18.9-14 |
Please pray for:- those in long-term care: Shirley Gatehouse, Mary Mansell, Marjorie Sadler, John Berendt, Kennedy Walker Sloan, Doris Baker and Harry Padfield - those in need of healing, whether in body, mind or spirit,, especially Dawn Hutchings, Lee Ullyott, Anne de Halpert, Chris Knight, Lucy Bennett, Judy Jones, Diana Binney, Ralph Mansell, Morna Lang, Anna McFarling, Digger Lemon and Ruth Walker Sloan, any others known to us who need our prayers - those who have died recently, remembering especially Matt Mattingley and Tansey (Ellen) Osman whose cremation is at Chichester on Thursday 9 Feb at 12.00 noon - we pray for those who have been victims of natural disasters in many parts of the world . We continue to pray for victims of poverty, deprivation, abuse, violence, crime, abduction & unjustified imprisonment, and for those who seek to help them. - we continue to pray for world peace, and for all people whose countries are affected by terrorism and unrest. We continue to pray for an end to the unrest in the Middle East especially in Syria, and for peace and stability in Libya, in Egypt and in Afghanistan. We continue to pray for our service men and women involved in conflicts world-wide. - in the Deanery cycle of prayer, we pray for the parishes of Linch and Milland, and for their Priest-in-Charge, The Reverend David Renshaw, and Assistant Priest The Reverend Bill Johnston. |
Group activities* Children's Church - all ages welcome - The Rector - 821576 Third Sunday monthly 10.15 in Rogate Church vestry * Little Angels Toddler Group - Hilly Buell - 821335 Mondays weekly in term time 9.45 - 11.15am in Rogate Village Hall * Barts - A church-led After School Club at Rogate School Tuesdays during term time 3.10- 4.00pm - The Rector - 821576 * Rogate Fellowship - new joiners welcome - Judith Mowll - 821893 - studying the 'I am' sayings of Jesus 2nd & 4th Tuesday monthly 10.00am at Old School Cottage, Rogate . |
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BENEFICE LET COURSE What does 'freedom' mean in our world today? Looking at some of the thoughts of Dietrich Bonhoeffer, the German theologian executed in 1945 for his part in the resistance to Hitler The Benefice Lent Bible Study will be held on: Tuesday mornings from 10.00 -11.30am during Lent, starting on Tuesday 28 February - Meeting at Old School Cottage, North Street ( home of Judith & Roger Mowll – Tel 821893) Wednesday evenings from 7.30 - 9.00pm, starting on Wednesday 29 February - Meeting at Mill Farm Cottage, Trotton (home of John & Lois Field – Tel 813080) (Further details from The Rector (821576) |
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LENT SERMON SERIES During Lent, as the theme for sermons at all churches, in celebration of the 350th anniversary of the Book of Common prayer this year, we will be looking at phrases from the Prayer of Humble Access: 26 Feb - The First Sunday of Lent 'we do not presume to come to this thy table... trusting in our own righteousness' 4 March - The Second Sunday of Lent (not a Family Service) 'we are not worthy to gather up the crumbs from under thy table' 11 March - The Third Sunday of Lent 'but thou art the same Lord, whose property is always to have mercy' (18 March - Mothering Sunday - special Family Service) 25 March - Passion Sunday 'Grant us, gracious Lord, so to eat the flesh of thy dear Son, and to drink his blood, that we may ever more dwell in him, and he in us'. |
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The Rector writes: Today we celebrate the feast of The Presentation of Christ to the Temple. (otherwise known as Candlemas). Over forty days ago we celebrated the birth of Our Lord Jesus Christ. Now we recall the day on which he was presented in the Temple, when he was offered to the Father and shown to his people. Simeon, the old Temple Priest proclaimed that the child was the ‘One’ who would be a, ‘light to lighten the Gen-tiles and to be the glory of his people Israel’ (The words contained in the Nunc Dimittis at Evening Prayer). It has been an ancient custom of the Church to bless all candles to be used in worship through-out the coming year on this feast day, (which is why the feast is normally called, Candlemas’) and to encircle the Church with lighted candle to symbolise Christ’s light which is eternal. Evensong at Terwick will take place at 4.30pm this evening.
Yours In Christ, Edward,. |
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Services in the United Benefice Sunday 5 February - Candlemas 8.00am Terwick Holy Communion (BCP) Celebrant: The Rector 10.15am Rogate Benefice Candlemas Family Service Celebrant: The Rector 4.30pm Terwick Evensong Officiant: The Rector Wednesday 8 February 10.00am Rogate Holy Eucharist Celebrant: The Rector Sunday 12 February - The Second Sunday Before Lent 9.00am Trotton Sung Eucharist Celebrant: The Very Reverend Nicholas Cummins 10.15am Rogate Sung Eucharist Celebrant: The Very Reverend Nicholas Cummins . Officiant: Scilla Le Pla (Reader) 10.30am Terwick Matins Officiant: Colin Bailey (Reader) Wednesday 15 February 10.00am Rogate Holy Eucharist Celebrant: The Very Reverend Nicholas Cummins . |
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SPECIAL SERVICES Wednesday 22 February - Ash Wednesday 10.00am - Holy Eucharist & Imposition of Ashes - St Bartholomew’s Church, Rogate 7.30pm - Holy Eucharist & Imposition of Ashes - St Mary’s Church, Chithurst. Friday 2 March - Women's World Day of Prayer The annual international ecumenical service at Harting at 2.30pm Saturday 3 March - Farewell of Bishop John A tri-Deanery event - Petworth, Westbourne and Midhurst. All are welcome as we meet for a special Evensong at 5.00pm in Midhurst Parish Church |
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CHURCH NEWS Dear Friends St Bartholomew’s received very good news at Christmas in the form of a grant from the Lottery Fund. This grant will see us half way there to complete the re-roofing of the Nave and residual works on the drainage around the Church. This is such good news and we are now very eager to raise the rest in the coming year. I would like to express my thanks to Ann Arnold and Nick Beecheno for successfully steering the application forward on behalf of the PCC, and to Patrick Le Pla, Treasurer who has also put in many hours to help with the application and to the Churchwardens for their support and help given to this project. Thank you! In the past weeks I have been recuperating from a very nasty foot injury after tripping on the Vicarage stairs. As a family we have been thankful for the kindness and help given to us at this time. I have had to learn to be patient which is of course one of the seven gifts of the Holy Spirit. I am not a good patient, and at times I have found it hard to sit still, since I am always a person who likes to be on the go! I have realised that in all my hobbling about, there is a real need to sit quietly and to make time for prayer, rest and reflection. However, this applies not just to the infirm, but to us all. All are in need of space in our lives for quality time with ourselves and with God who created us. What better time than in Lent to find time to be re-charged spiritually and physically. The word, 'Lent' comes from the Old Saxon word for 'spring' which conjures up appropriate images of planting, restoration, revival and renewal. Spring provides opportunity to prepare for rebirth, growth and maturity. The early Church traditions of Lent come from the season’s origins as a time when the church prepared candidates, or “Catechumens,” for their baptism into the Body of Christ. It eventually became a season of preparation not only for Catechumens but also for the whole congregation. Examination of conscience, study, prayer, and works of love are disciplines historically associated with Lent. Lent invites us to renew, revitalize and deepen our adherence to Christ through prayer and penance. The season of Lent provides many opportunities to step back from the hustle and bustle and noise of life and to make the time to look within and assess the state of our souls, acknowledging areas of weakness and sin that cause us to stumble and fall in our quest to grow in our discipleship. The purpose of Lent is not to ‘give up’ something for forty days that we will then return to, rather it is a journey in which we can embrace our need for Grace, love and forgiveness, that we may allow Our Lord to transform and make us whole. I invite you on journey of re-discovery of our Christian Faith by joining one of the Lenten Bible Study Groups and through the Sermon Series on the Prayer of Humble Access that is recited before we receive Holy Communion. I pray that we may make time for peace and quiet reflection in our busy lives. Lent is a Godsend! Yours in Christ, Edward,, |
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Benefice Registers Holy Baptism - Blake Michael Kershaw -1st January 2012 – St Bartholomew’s, Rogate. Memorial Service - Mary Elizabeth O’Reilly – 10th January 2012 – St Bartholomew’s, Rogate.
Lent Prayer O Lord, who hast mercy upon all, Sermon Series on the Sunday’s of Lent looking at- The Prayer of Humble Access Contained in The Book of Common Prayer & Common Worship
Prayer of Humble Access ‘We do not presume to come to this thy Table, O merciful Lord, trusting in our own righteousness, but in thy manifold and great mercies. We are not worthy so much as to gather up the crumbs under thy Table. But thou art the same Lord, whose property is always to have mercy: Grant us therefore, gracious Lord, so to eat the flesh of thy dear Son Jesus Christ, and to drink his blood, that our sinful bodies may be made clean by his body, and our souls washed through his most precious blood, and that we may evermore dwell in him, and he in us.’ Amen.
One of the little treasures that Cranmer left to the Church of England (and perhaps to the wider Church) is the Prayer of Humble Access. This prayer is still widely known and loved, despite both a fairly eventful liturgical history (it has had difficulty finding a permanent ‘home’ in the Communion liturgy) and despite the slight embarrassment it might cause to modern liturgical specialists due to its being so specifically Anglican, with few obvious liturgical roots. The Prayer of Humble Access really is a Cranmer legacy, perhaps the first of Cranmer’s own compositions to feature in the Anglican liturgy. It first appeared in the 1548 Order of the Communion, a short selection of texts and prayers in English (Exhortation, General Confession, Absolution and Comfortable Words) designed to prepare the laity for Communion under both kinds (bread and wine), newly decreed. The prayer was not apparently a translation of a pre-existing prayer found in the Sarum liturgy (The Prayer Book used in England before the schism with Rome), but was a unique combination of several sources, including phrases or concepts from Mark 7:28, the Liturgy of St. Basil, a Gregorian collect, John 6:56, and the writings of Thomas Aquinas. The Prayer of Humble Access was an integral part of the early Books of Common Prayer of the Church of England and has continued to be used throughout much of the Anglican Communion. Its name is derived from the heading above the prayer in the Scottish Book of Common Prayer in 1637. This book was a moderate revision of the English Book of Common Prayer of that time, with influences and changes to concede to the Scottish Presbyterians. One change was the inclusion of the Prayer of Humble Access. Cranmer himself died horribly at the stake but he is immortalized by The Book of Common Prayer which for 350 years has formed the basis of worship in the Church of England. Edward,, (Rector)
LENT SERMON SERIES 2012 During Lent, as the theme for sermons at all churches, in celebration of the 350th anniversary of the Book of Common Prayer this year, we will be looking at phrases from the Prayer of Humble Access: 26 Feb - The First Sunday of Lent; 'We do not presume to come to this thy table... trusting in our own righteousness' 4 March - The Second Sunday of Lent (not a Family Service); 'we are not worthy to gather up the crumbs from under thy table' 11 March - The Third Sunday of Lent; 'but thou art the same Lord, whose property is always to have mercy' 18 March - Mothering Sunday - Special Family Service 25 March - Passion Sunday; 'Grant us, gracious Lord, so to eat the flesh of thy dear Son, and to drink his blood, that we may ever more dwell in him, and he in us'. |