Reports
of Recent Events and
News of Forthcoming Events at
St Nicolas Church, Cranleigh
Tuesday 2 February
The Presentation of
Christ in the Temple
'Open me the gates of righteousness:
and I will enter and give thanks to the Lord'
12 noon Holy Communion (1662)
Sunday
14 February
St Valentine's Day
On Sunday 14 February
at our 10.00am service we shall be welcoming a speaker from Christian
Aid, who will bring us up-to-date with the work which will be
going on in this parish during Christian Aid Week, and also how
Christian Aid is helping people in our world and showing the
love of Christ in action.
Following the service, there will be a lunch (including a presentation)
in the Church rooms which has been jointly organised by the Anglicans
and the Methodists.
St. Valentine's Day is always linked with love and marriage,
so we hope for a full church.
LENT
Lent begins on Wednesday 17 February - Ash Wednesday. Please
return your palm crosses by Sunday 14 February, so that they
can be burnt for the Imposition of Ashes. It always amuses the
Rector that people continue to deliver the crosses well past
Ash Wednesday!
Lent is a time of spiritual discipline, so do try and make that
extra special effort to come to the services, take part in our
Lent Groups, and be willing to do a bit of reading of the Bible
or some other spiritual book. We are always the better for this,
and Holy Week and Easter become more significant.
Wednesday
17 February
ASH WEDNESDAY
'The sacrifice of God is a broken
spirit:
a broken and contrite heart he will not despise'
12 noon Holy Communion (1662) with Imposition of Ashes
8.00 pm Choral Communion (CW) with Imposition of Ashes
Saturday
27 February
Film Extravaganza
The Social Committee will be presenting a Film Night in the Church
Rooms at 7.30pm on Saturday
27 February.
The programme is "The Lavender Hill Mob" supported
by a Pathe News.
Tickets £5.00 each to include Ice Creams available from
members of the Social Committee or from Hanyman's Hardware, High
Street, Cranleigh.
Friday
5 March
Women's World Day of
Prayer
The 2010 service is prepared by
the Christian Women of Cameroon, West Africa.
Please look at www.wwdp-natcomm.org/index.asp
We thank you, God, for directing our lives. As women united as
one in your body, with your love and your power in us, we pray
that we would be your instruments for peace and reconciliation."
Saturday
27 March
Old Cranleigh 1965 - 1999 Film Night
A cine film record of Cranleigh life from 1965 - 1981
Presented on DVD by Ron Kelsey at St Nicolas Church Rooms
on Saturday 27 March at 7.00 pm
Come and see yourself at a Rectory Fete!
See the Last Train running through Cranleigh
Remember the floods? & The Queen's Silver Jubilee
.
Copies of the DVD and another for 1984 - 1999
are available for sale on the night @ £9 pair or £10
thereafter.
Tickets £5.00 each including refreshments available at
St Nicolas Church Office and Maple News, High Street, Cranleigh
Numbers limited - apply now!
All proceeds towards St Nicolas Church Sound System Fund.
Saturday
17 April
A Sound Quiz Evening
At 7.30pm in the Church Rooms -
The Sound Team present A Sound Quiz Evening to raise funds for
the new Sound System
Sunday
16 May
A Sound Breakfast
From 8.45am to 9.30am in the Church
Rooms - The Sound Team and Helpers present A Sound Breakfast
(A good excuse for a fry up!).
Come and enjoy food and fellowship either after the 8.00 Communion
or before the 10.00 Family Service
Continental Breakfast - fruit juice, cereal, toast and marmalade,
tea or coffee £3.00
Full English Breakfast - all of the above plus egg, bacon, beans,
fried bread £5.00
All proceed to the Sound System fund.
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