The links to our audio podcasts, Zoom sessions etc are below, as usual.
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Stay safe and keep others safe!
Best wishes
Revd Canon Anne Le Bas
March 28 Palm Sunday
Online
Morning Worship podcast Morning service sheet Hymn words (both services)
Evensong podcast Evensong service sheet
Don't forget that you can also listen to a shortened version of the podcast by phoning 01732 928061 - if you know someone who doesn't "do" the internet, please pass on the number to them. It costs the same as any phone call to a Sevenoaks number.
In Church
TODAY - PALM SUNDAY
10 am Holy Communion
6.30pm Said Evensong
MON, TUES, WED, FRI, SAT 8pm: Compline (Night Prayer) lasting about 15 minutes Compline Service sheet
MAUNDY THURSDAY 8pm: Holy Communion followed by Tenebrae readings
GOOD FRIDAY 2.30pm: Good Friday service – a quiet reflective service of readings, prayers and recorded music
EASTER SUNDAY
10 am Holy Communion
Booking essential - https://www.eventbrite.com/e/easter-sunday-communion-service-tickets-147249423991) If this service becomes fully booked, I will repeat the service at 11.15 am – check the church website for a new booking link - cleaning the pews between the services.
6.30pm Said Evensong
Numbers limited to 35 people. Facemasks required unless medically exempt. Services are said, with recorded music – there is no singing in church, but we do now have permission to sing outside, so there will be a congregational hymn at the end of the Palm Sunday and Easter Sunday services outside.
On Zoom this week email sealpandp@gmail.com for links
Zoffee - Sunday morning chat
Mar 28, 2021 11:15 AM London
Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81156017213?pwd=VThMS01PSGsvYW9QN2NMdko2STlDQT09
Meeting ID: 811 5601 7213
Passcode: 660221
You can also join the meeting by phoning 02034815237, and entering the Meeting ID and Passcode above when prompted to do so.
Wednesday Zoom Church 11 am. An informal service including Bible reading, prayer and a short talk.
Zoom Children's Choir - Wednesday 5pm Fun songs, led by Anne Le Bas and Rosemary Pattullo
No Zoom Adult choir this week
Palm Sunday
 Today marks the beginning of Holy Week, when we travel through the events of the last week of Jesus’ earthly ministry, discovering afresh what they mean to us each year. All human life is in these stories; sorrow and joy, cruelty and tenderness. We can find our own life experiences mirrored in the things that happen to Jesus; friendships falter and fail, dreams are shattered, but ultimately hope, love and life triumph.
The week starts with the celebration of Jesus’ entry into Jerusalem on a donkey. It’s a piece of very deliberate political and religious theatre. Old Testament prophecies about the Messiah from the book of Zechariah said that the anointed leader God had promised , who would come to deliver his people from oppression would come “humble and riding on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a donkey”.(Zechariah 9.9) Jesus knew perfectly well what he was doing, and what people would read into his actions. But he won’t turn out to be the kind of leader most of them are expecting, and within the space of a week, they will turn on him or away from him, just as we so often do to celebrities who don’t live up to our ideals of them today.
ALL AGE IDEAS
On Palm Sunday we remember the story of Jesus riding into Jerusalem. The crowd were pleased to see him. They pulled branches off the trees to wave in celebration. - You could find some leaves (don't pull them off the trees!) and make a picture of the story with them.
- You could talk about what it feels like to be excited, and what would make you feel really happy right now.
- The crowd shouted "hosanna!", which means "God save us". What do you think they wanted to be saved from? What help would you like right now?
Rochester Diocese Worship at home sheet for families
Together at home worship sheet for families |
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Would you like us to pray for you?
Email your prayer requests to:sealchurchprayer@gmail.com Your email will be read by Anne Le Bas and Kevin Bright, the Vicar and Reader of Seal Church who will hold you in their prayers. |
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CHURCH AND COMMUNITY NEWS
Many thanks to those who put together the service for the Day of Reflection last week for the anniversary of the first lockdown. It was very moving and effective – thank you especially to Marion, Jess and Jonathan, to Martin for the guitar music, and to everyone who contributed in anyway.
PLANS FOR HOLY WEEK
We’re keeping it simple this year with our worship in church in Holy Week, as numbers at services will be limited to 35, and many won’t be able to join us in person at church. All services will be said, with recorded music and will take place in the main body of the church, so that we can be socially distanced, though we hope there will be a chance to sing a hymn after the Palm Sunday and Easter Day services, as permission has just been given for congregations to sing outside. Details of services are below. PLEASE NOTE THAT YOU MUST BOOK FOR THE 10 AM SERVICE ON EASTER SUNDAY. If it becomes fully booked, I will repeat the service at 11.15am, cleaning the pews in between services.
ONLINE
There will be podcast services of compline each evening during Holy Week, and a daily blog with ideas and resources for reflection. And of course, there will be the usual Sunday Podcasts on Palm Sunday and Easter Sunday, and we hope that videos of some of the Holy Week services will also be available.
IN CHURCH – Facemasks & Social Distancing required. We can’t sing inside, but will be including a hymn outside at the end of the Palm Sunday and Easter Sunday services.
Palm Sunday
10 am Palm Sunday communion, with distribution of Palm Crosses, but no procession (palm crosses available in the porch afterwards for any who want to pick one up).
6.30 Palm Sunday evensong.
Mon, Tues, Wed, Fri, Sat, 8pm Compline
Maundy Thurs 8pm Holy Communion and Tenebrae
Good Friday 2.30pm Good Friday service (no Messy Church or Reflective Stations this year.)
Easter Sunday.
10 am Holy Communion (booking will be required for this service. Free tickets available from https://www.eventbrite.com/e/easter-sunday-communion-service-tickets-147249423991, or by phoning 07510522292 if you don’t have internet access.
6.30pm Evensong
From the Know Your Neighbours network
SEAL VILLAGE FUND (from the Seal Village Association and Know Your Neighbours)
Thanks to those of you who have given feedback regarding ideas of ways to spend the money in the Seal Village fund, to enhance our community life. We will continue to collate all the feedback, and there will be a further full Zoom meeting at 8pm on Thursday April 29th to make a decision. In April's edition of Your Local Advertiser, there will be a reminder of current ideas, and the opportunity to add further ideas of your own - both by email, or by completing and returning the form inside the paper.
The fifth of our fortnightly Zoom quizzes, organised by Frances and Annie Fish will take place via zoom on Friday April 2nd at 7.30. These are free, and lots of fun. If you wish to join us, please contact Frances for your Zoom invitation. We would love to see you there.
frances88@hotmail.co.uk (This date may be amended).
An appeal from Emily Durling, regarding the retirement of Denise Larkin, our super librarian.
Librarian Denise Retirement Collection
Our lovely village librarian Denise retired during lockdown. Emily (Durling) thought it would be nice to put together a card and collection from the village as Denise was such a friendly, constant presence for so many of us. To add a message to Denise's card fill in this form here https://forms.gle/Kc1nScDk9BhuqoCe8
If you'd like to donate to the present you can do so via paypal here https://paypal.me/pools/campaign/115573910627197616This appeal ends on Tuesday April 6th.
SEAL CHURCH FUND RAISERS
There are still some beautiful hand made Easter cards, as well as general cards available, plus some Easter gifts and chicks holding mini eggs.Photos are available.
For chicks, please email marionjgilchrist@gmail.com
For cards c_rampton@hotmail.com
for gifts rsapattullo@gmail.com
DONATIONS OF LAPTOPS FOR SEAL SCHOOL, are still being sought. Remember, if you have a device you no longer use and would like to donate, please contact Marion Gilchrist, and I will collect for our IT guru, Derek, to cleanse and prepare for the use of one of Seal's pupils.
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HYMN OF THE WEEK All Glory , Laud and Honour
This hymn is, in origin, extremely ancient. It is an English translation of a Latin hymn by St Theodulph of Orleans (d.821) St Theodulph was Bishop of Orleans at the time of the Emperor Charlema gne, who ruled over a large part of what is now France, Germany , Belgium and the Netherlands. Theodulph was a theological writer and poet as well as being a bishop, and was a favourite of Charlemagne. After Charlemagne died , however, his son and successor, Louis the Pious, took against Theodulph and had him imprisoned , apparently thinking that Theoldulph supported a rival to the throne (he may have been Pious, but was also , it seems, rather paranoid!) According to legend it was while Theodulph was in prison that he wrote the Latin text Gloria, laus et honor, as a Palm Sunday hymn and Louis, somehow hearing him sing it, decided not only to release him but to command that it be sung every Palm Sunday . It’s always sung at Seal on Palm Sunday, so I like to think we are still keeping Louis’ command!
The hymn was first heard in English in a translation into Middle English by William Herebert , a Franciscan Friar in the early 14th century. His translation began "Wele, herying and worshipe be to Christ that dere ous boughte,/ To wham gradden 'Osanna' children clene of thoughte." It is probably just as well, therefore, that it was translated again in the 19th century by John Mason Neale, since I think we might struggle with Herebert’s text!
John Mason Neale (1818-1866), who wrote the version we now sing, was a leading member of the High Church Oxford Movement. Ordained in 1842, he founded one of the earliest Church of England religious communities for women, the Society of St Margaret, which was devoted to nursing the sick. It is still going strong, with houses in a number of places in the UK and abroad. John Mason Neale was a classicist, who translated a number of ancient hymns from Latin or Greek into English. We also owe to him hymns like “O Come, O Come Emmanuel,” and “Of the Father’s heart begotten”.
Theodulph’s original version – 78 lines long - would work out to be about 19 verses if they were all included , but mercifully Neale only used parts of it. Even so, there are 8 verses in Hymns A & M (plus the refrain). It was always intended to be a processional hymn and processions can be long! The version we usually use is 5 verses long, which takes us nicely from the lychgate to the back of the church! Although we won’t be having a palm procession this year, I have just heard that we will be allowed to sing outside from this weekend, so we will sing this hymn at the end of the service instead, as a processional hymn which can send us back out into the world!
All glory, laud and honour
to thee, Redeemer, King,
to whom the lips of children
made sweet hosannas ring.
1 Thou art the King of Israel,
thou David's royal Son,
who in the Lord's name comest,
the King and blessèd one:
Refrain
2 The company of angels
are praising thee on high,
and mortal men and all things
created make reply:
Refrain
3 The people of the Hebrews
with palms before thee went:
our praise and prayer and anthems
before thee we present:
Refrain
4 To thee before thy passion
they sang their hymns of praise:
to thee now high exalted
our melody we raise:
Refrain
5 Thou didst accept their praises,
accept the prayers we bring,
who in all good delightest,
thou good and gracious King:
Refrain
Theodulph of Orleans (c.750-821) translated by John M Neale (1818-1866) |
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