Easter Worship podcast and other news from Seal Church

 

Dear friends Happy Easter from all at Seal Church. Alleluia, Christ is risen! Join us for worship online, on the phone or in the building today.  with best wishes Anne Le Bas Online Worship podcast     Order of service You can also access this podcast by phoning 01732 928061

In the church building today - April 17 Easter Sunday 10 am  Holy Communion  6.30pm Evensong (said) During the week Monday - no Talking Village this week - the cafe is closed for Easter Monday Wednesday      10.30 Lavender Fields Holy Communion (sorry, residents only at the moment).   Friday                10.30-12.30 Friday Group in the church hall Sunday April 24: Easter 2 10 am   Holy Communion  6.30pm Evensong Easter Sunday Acts 10.34-43, Luke 24.1-12 Peter describes himself as a "witness" to the resurrection, but what does it mean today to bear witness to the resurrection? Today's sermon explores this.  ALL AGE IDEAS On Easter Sunday women went to the tomb, expecting to find the dead body of their dear friend, Jesus. But the tomb was empty. Jesus had risen from death and appeared to his friends many times in the six weeks or so before he went back to heaven to be with his Father. That doesn't mean that those we love who have died will come back to life again, but it does promise us that death isn't the end. Just as God didn't abandon Jesus, he won't abandon us or those we love. We are safe in his hands. The Easter story also reminds us that when things look hopeless, there can always be a new beginning, just like the way in which spring follows winter.    Go for a walk, or out into your garden and find some plants starting to grow or trees coming into leaf. Easter doesn't end on Easter Sunday - that's just the beginning. It goes on for the next six weeks, leading up to Ascension Day and then Pentecost. It's a time of year when the decorations in the church, like the Altar frontal are in shades of gold, yellow and white. Make a picture with those colours in it. You might like to include the Easter word "Alleluia!", which means praise the Lord.

CHURCH AND COMMUNITY NEWS Many thanks to all who have helped decorate the church for Easter, and to the organists and singers who have provided music this week.   ELECTORAL ROLL Are you on our church electoral roll? Joining this gives you a vote at the Annual Parochial Church Meeting (on May 22nd), as well as entitling you to burial in Seal churchyard if you don’t live in the parish, should that sad need arise! It also signals your involvement with and commitment to this church community.  If you aren’t on the roll and would like to be, please pick up a form from the back of church or download it here and return it to me, or to Wivine Turner, when you have filled it in. The last day to add your name to the roll will be May 1, so the sooner you can fill in a form the better. SATURDAY April 23 11-12 noon. Know Your Neighbours Get Together in the village hall, for local organisations to share what they are doing, and help people meet one another. Seed & plant swap – contributions welcome!  QUEEN OF PUDDINGS QUIZ Friday April 29th from 7.30pm in the Church Hall. £5 per head. Quiz with a 'loose' royal theme, and tasters of puddings between each round, In all, we hope to have around 20 different desserts for you to try, so eat before you come by all means, but do leave room for some sweet treats during the evening. AS ALWAYS, WE WILL BE ASKING FOR HELP FOR THIS EVENT - PEOPLE WILLING TO MAKE A DESSERT, WASHERS UP AND CLEARERS PLEASE! TICKETS NOW FOR SALE FROM FRANCES 07749 240456  or MARION 07909905975. JUBILEE LUNCH AND PARTY ON THE REC – SUNDAY JUNE 5. We need more people to help set this up, run games etc. Can you help? Now is the moment to volunteer! YOUR HELP AND CONTRIBUTIONS NEEDED PLEASE!  As part of the Platinum Jubilee Celebrations local historian David Williams is arranging for an exhibition of ‘Seal during the reign of Elizabeth II’. He is collecting memories and objects from people to show what life was like in Seal in the early 1950s. If you have any memories of the early 1950s or any objects (ration books, bus or train tickets, school reports, orders of service from baptisms, marriages or burials, photographs of outings, celebrations…) he would be grateful to receive them. He can be contacted on williamsredcourt@gmail.com , 01732 764068 or 07427 844552. TALKING VILLAGE Monday afternoons between 2pm and 3.30 in Deniz's on the High Street. Buy a cup of tea or coffee and join us on the Talking Village table, for a chat and to make new friends, or catch up with old ones! Saturdays - On the first Saturday of each month in Seal Library from 10am-11am. Join us for a coffee whilst out browsing for your library books. At both these venues, there will always be two hosts to welcome you, and we look forward to meeting with you and getting to know each other better. SEAL HISTORY GUIDE BOOKS Deniz's coffee shop still has some copies of our Seal Historical Guided Walk books for just £5 a copy. All proceeds go to the Seal Village Fund. A perfect time to walk around our beautiful village and see it through new eyes! OTHER COMMUNITY NEWS - For more community news from Marion Gilchrist, check out the Know Your Neighbours blog. https://knowyourneighbours.blogspot.com/ or email marionjgilchrist@gmail.com to ask to be put on her mailing list.