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5th February 2012 - 3rd Sunday before Lent     

NORMAL SUNDAY SERVICES

8.30am    Eucharist at St Mark's (BCP) 3rd Sunday followed by Breakfast.

9.45am    Healing Service including Anointing and Laying on of Hands and  Eucharist at St John’s on the first Sunday of the month.

9.45am    Eucharist at St John's.

10.00am   Eucharist at All Saints.

11.00am   Eucharist at St Mark’s.

11.00am   Mass at St Alban’s.

6.00pm    Evensong and Benediction at St Alban’s (2nd Sunday).

6.00pm    Evening Worship at St Mark’s (4th Sunday).

Evening Services @ All Saints

1^st Sunday - Eucharist

2^nd Sunday - Exposition – a quiet & meditative service of reflection

3^rd Sunday - Common Worship with Bible Study

4^th Sunday - BCP Evening Worship

THOUGHT OF THE WEEK 

Martyrs of Japan

Almost fifty years after Francis Xavier arrived in Japan as its first Christian apostle, the presence of several thousand baptised Christians in the land became a subject of suspicion to the ruler Hideyoshi, who began a period of persecution. Twenty-six men and women, Religious and lay, were first mutilated then crucified near Nagasaki in 1597. After their martyrdom, their blooded- clothes were kept and held in reverence by their fellow Christians. The period of persecution continued for another thirty-five years, many new witness-martyrs being added to their number.

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THIS WEEK
Monday 6th February Martyrs of Japan 1597 Accession of Queen Elizabeth II, 1952
5.30pm	Evening Prayer All Saints
Tuesday 7th February
AM  5.30pm	Young Families Group at All Saints Evening Prayer All Saints
Wednesday 8th February
9.30am 10.15am 11am 2pm 5.30pm	Eucharist at All Saints Mass at St Alban’s Eucharist at St Mark’s Bible Study at St Mark’s Night Prayer (Compline) at All Saints
Thursday 9th February
9.30 -12  10.30am 3.30 – 5pm  5pm-6pm  5.30pm		Parent & Toddlers at St Mark’s Eucharist at St John’s After School Club at St Mark’s Jacket Potato Club at St Mark’s Evening Prayer at All Saints
Friday 10th February Scolastica, abbess, c543
Saturday 11th February
12 noon		Eucharist at All Saints
Readings: Sunday 12th February 2nd Sunday before Lent
First Reading			Proverbs 8:1,22-31
Second Reading			Colossians 1:15-20
Gospel			John 1:1-14