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Christ Church Yardley Wood Pewslip
1st March (Second Sunday of Lent)
8th March (Third Sunday of Lent)
Year A (Matthew)
‘Christ Church Yardley Wood is here as a small active church community offering a warm welcome to all ages’
Service of Healing and Wholeness will take place Sunday 1st March at 5pm. All are welcome.
Mourning Cuppa is meeting at 10am on Monday 2nd March, all welcome to come join us for a cuppa and cake.
Taize Reflective Service will take place Sunday 8th March at 5pm. All are welcome.
Over 50’s will meet on Thursday 5th March 2pm.
We begin collecting for our Lent Giving Appeal for a mural to be painted on Scribers Lane. This is a project in partnership with Christ Church Secondary Academy. Jointly, we need to raise £1500.
Lent course continues all are welcome to join on Wednesday morning at 11.00.
Friends of Christ Church Rev Lydia will be spending an hour at 2pm on Sundays, all are welcome to join her.
Walsingham Pilgrimage has been booked for:
Monday 29th June to Friday 3rd July. The accommodation requires a non-returnable deposit of £40.00 per person, which we need to pay by Sunday, 8th March. Julie will also be in contact with all those who registered their interest.
Jim Brackstone’s Funeral will take place at Christ Church on Thursday 12th March at 12 noon.
Our cake stall will not take place on second Sunday but will be a Mothers Union cake stall on Sunday 15th March for Mothering Sunday.
Sunday 22nd March our AGM at 11am, please register any apologies with Odilla ahead of the AGM. I look forward to sharing with you a review of 2025 and plans for 2026.
Rev Lydia is at Walsingham with Year 10 students from Monday to Wednesday this week.
Sunday 1st March
10am Service
Eucharistic Prayer: C
New English Mass: Patrick Appleford
President & Preacher
Revd. Lydia Gaston
Hymns:
104 – Christ Triumphant
Lenten Prose
195 – From heav’n you came
312 – I life my eyes
303 – I cannot tell
Sunday 8th March
10am Service
Eucharistic Prayer: C
New English Mass: Patrick Appleford
President & Preacher:
Revd. Julie Heathcote
Hymns:
476 – O Breath of Life
Lenten Prose
310 – I heard the voice of Jesus say
817 – Have you heard the raindrops
54 – At the name of Jesus
Special Dates to Celebrate
Happy Birthday to Terry, Paul, Phoebe and all celebrating birthdays in March.
Happy Anniversary to all celebrating Anniversaries in March.
Contact information:
Vicar: Revd Lydia Gaston: 07779006178 (day off Friday)
Church Office: 07534 305384
Church Administrator: Odilla Kesterton
Church Email: christchurchyw@outlook.com
Curate: Rev. Julie Heathcote: 07817562104
(Julie’s working days: Sundays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays)
Email: revjeheathcote@gmail.com
Website: www.christchurchyw.com
Facebook & Instagram: Christ Church Yardley Wood
Churchwardens: Joy Evans & Angella Henry
Weekly Services
Sundays 10am - Holy Eucharist
Mondays 9am - Morning Prayer
Wednesdays 10am - Holy Eucharist
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Lych Gate Restoration we are working towards restoring the lych gate. Don’t forget to bring in your 5ps to add to our collection.
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AGM reports for 2026, our AGM takes place after our morning service on Sunday 22nd March at 11.00am. Please could we get all reports by 2nd March. (Curate, Wardens, Treasurer, Deanery Synod, Flowers & Servers) and sending through to Odilla ASAP.
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If you would like to support our church by joining one of our rotas for refreshments, serving, reading or leading our intercessions, speak to Joy or Angella.
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100 club Registration is now due to buy your number for the year 2026, just £12 and you might get the chance of winning £25.
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Yardley Wood Food Pantry We continue to support Yardley Wood Food Pantry. Please bring food donations into church and these are delivered to Yardley Wood Baptist Church.
We pray:
We pray for all caught up in conflict and strife. We pray that they might find safety, peace and rest. We pray for all actively working to bring aid and peace to challenging areas in our world. Amen.
Lent course
Begins Sunday 22nd February
after the evening service
or Wednesday 25th February at 11.00.
