Notices for Sunday 26th April 2020
Welcome to
CHRIST CHURCH SHOOTERS HILL
Sunday 26th April 2020
Easter 3, Year A
Service(s) (today): 10am - Eucharist; 11.15am - All Age
Service(s) (this week): No Toddler Service (term time only)
Service(s) (next week): Sunday 19th April, Easter 3, Year A
10am - Eucharist; 11.15am - All Age
Toddlers Playgroup: No Toddler Playgroup until after the lockdown.
Parish Office: FIRST Saturday of each month 9.30-11.00am Re: Baptisms, weddings, passport applications.
NB. Baptism certificate £14 (Please pay when booking).
Info: 0208 3190 067 // christchurchse18@gmail.com
Next Parish Office: TBC
Financial Giving:
We welcome and appreciate all donations made to Christ Church. If you would like to make regular financial contributions, standing orders can be setup directly to the following account (please include your ‘House Number’ and ‘Post Code’ as a reference):
Recipient: PCC Christ Church Shooters Hill
Sort Code: 30-99-88
Account NO: 00160666
Or alternatively, please enquire about the envelope giving scheme. If you are a UK taxpayer, please consider completing a Christ Church Gift Aid form. Thank you!
Planned Giving Secretaries: Wendy Holloway & Catherine Champney
plannedgivingccshootershill@gmail.com
Ministry Team: Mtr Ariadne van den Hof (Vicar):
0208 8565 858 // 07833 446 101 //
vicarccshootershill@gmail.com
Sue Peach (Reader): 07795 630 813
Lynn Webber (SPA): 01322 553 557
Church Warden: Sue Peach: 07795 630 813 // speachie54@hotmail.com
Vulnerable Persons Patrice Eriata & Katherine Ofori-Mikala:
Safeguarding: safeguardingccshootershill@gmail.com
Hall Hire: Victoria: hallccshootershill@gmail.com
ccshootershill @ChurchOnOurHill christchurchshootershill.org.uk
Welcome to
CHRIST CHURCH SHOOTERS HILL
Sunday 26th April 2020
Third Sunday of Easter, Year A
Please, help us to create a prayerful atmosphere before the service. Thank you!
If you are new, please, fill in a sheet (blue basket @ door). We welcome children in church. We now have a children’s corner at the side of the church where they will find toys, books, colouring, activity sheets and a play mat for babies. If your child(ren) become(s) noisy, it might be an idea to take them out until they settle. Feel free to use the hall.
The Collect
Almighty Father, who in your great mercy gladdened the disciples with the sight of the risen Lord: give us such knowledge of his presence with us, that we may be strengthened and sustained by his risen life and serve you continually in righteousness and truth; through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord, who is alive and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.
First Reading Zephaniah 3: 14-end
Sing aloud, O daughter Zion; shout, O Israel! Rejoice and exult with all your heart, O daughter Jerusalem! The LORD has taken away the judgements against you, he has turned away your enemies. The king of Israel, the LORD, is in your midst; you shall fear disaster no more. On that day it shall be said to Jerusalem: Do not fear, O Zion; do not let your hands grow weak. The LORD, your God, is in your midst, a warrior who gives victory; he will rejoice over you with gladness, he will renew you in his love; he will exult over you with loud singing as on a day of festival. I will remove disaster from you, so that you will not bear reproach for it. I will deal with all your oppressors at that time. And I will save the lame and gather the outcast, and I will change their shame into praise and renown in all the earth. At that time I will bring you home, at the time when I gather you; for I will make you renowned and praised among all the peoples of the earth, when I restore your fortunes before your eyes, says the LORD.
Second Reading Acts 2: 14a, 36-41
On the day of Pentecost, Peter, standing with the eleven, raised his voice and addressed the crowd, ‘Let the entire house of Israel know with certainty that God has made him both Lord and Messiah, this Jesus whom you crucified.’ Now when they heard this, they were cut to the heart and said to Peter and to the other apostles, ‘Brothers, what should we do?’ Peter said to them, ‘Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ so that your sins may be forgiven; and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. For the promise is for you, for your children, and for all who are far away, everyone whom the Lord our God calls to him.’ And he testified with many other arguments and exhorted them, saying, ‘Save yourselves from this corrupt generation.’ So those who welcomed his message were baptized, and that day about three thousand persons were added to their number.
Gospel Reading Luke 24: 13-35
On that same day, two of the disciples were going to a village called Emmaus, about seven miles from Jerusalem, and talking with each other about all these things that had happened. While they were talking and discussing, Jesus himself came near and went with them, but their eyes were kept from recognizing him. And he said to them, ‘What are you discussing with each other while you walk along?’ They stood still, looking sad. Then one of them, whose name was Cleopas, answered him, ‘Are you the only stranger in Jerusalem who does not know the things that have taken place there in these days?’ Jesus asked them, ‘What things?’ They replied, ‘The things about Jesus of Nazareth, who was a prophet mighty in deed and word before God and all the people, and how our chief priests and leaders handed him over to be condemned to death and crucified him. But we had hoped that he was the one to redeem Israel. Yes, and besides all this, it is now the third day since these things took place. Moreover, some women of our group astounded us. They were at the tomb early this morning, and when they did not find his body there, they came back and told us that they had indeed seen a vision of angels who said that he was alive. Some of those who were with us went to the tomb and found it just as the women had said; but they did not see Jesus.’ Then he said to them, ‘Oh, how foolish you are, and how slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have declared! Was it not necessary that the Messiah should suffer these things and then enter into his glory?’ Then beginning with Moses and all the prophets, he interpreted to them the things about himself in all the scriptures. As they came near the village to which they were going, he walked ahead as if he were going on. But they urged him strongly, saying, ‘Stay with us, because it is almost evening and the day is now nearly over.’ So he went in to stay with them. When he was at the table with them, he took bread, blessed and broke it, and gave it to them. Then their eyes were opened, and they recognized Jesus; and he vanished from their sight. They said to each other, ‘Were not our hearts burning within us while he was talking to us on the road, while he was opening the scriptures to us?’ That same hour they got up and returned to Jerusalem; and they found the eleven and their companions gathered together. They were saying, ‘The Lord has risen indeed, and he has appeared to Simon!’ Then they told what had happened on the road, and how he had been made known to them in the breaking of the bread.
Post Communion Collect
Living God, your Son made himself known to his disciples in the breaking of bread: open the eyes of our faith, that we may see him in all his redeeming work; who is alive and reigns, now and for ever. Amen.
