Welcome to the Parish Church of All Saints, Chalgrave
Here you will be able to find information about the worship, activities, purpose, and the history of the Anglican Church in Chalgrave, which is part of the Diocese of St Albans within the Church of England.
Update on Services from April 2021
As we ease out of lockdown, we have decided to resume our
Holy Communion Service in Church on Sundays at 9.30am.
We will continue with pre-recorded Audio Sunday Services
until the end of April (see link below).
You can also access Services via Zoom as follows:-
The Upper Room Service on Sundays 6pm.
Please contact Linda if you would like the access code
to join the worship service.
Morning Prayer Service on Tuesdays at 9.30am. Links available from Linda.
As Services in Church resume, we must be extremely careful and people must follow the restrictions on social mixing and adhere to social distancing between households. People must not mingle indoors in a service with anyone they do not live with or are do not belong to their support bubble.
PLEASE NOTE: When you enter Church, please remember to sterilise your hands, and again, on leaving.
Also, we will need to pay careful attention to social distancing requirements and maintain a 2 metres distance from each other,
and wear a face covering while in Church.
Thank you for your co-operation.
To access this week's Pre-recorded Audio Sunday Service
led by Rev'ds Linda & Nigel Washington
for Sunday 11th April - 2nd Sunday of Easter
please click the following link
https://www.harlingtonchurch.org/worship-services-2/this-sundays-service/
You can download the Readings & Service Sheets below.
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Upper Room Service - Sundays at 6pm
At 6pm we host our live Zoom Upper Room service to which you are all welcome to come along - see link above for poster with details. The service offers an hour of different short reflections, music, prayer, and a personal testimony.
It is a special time with members from the different Quintet churches joining together in worship.
At 6pm we host our live Zoom Upper Room service to which you are all welcome to come along - see link above for poster with details. The service offers an hour of different short reflections, music, prayer, and a personal testimony.
It is a special time with members from the different Quintet churches joining together in worship.
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Messages from Rev'd Linda Washington, Priest in Charge
10th April 2021
Hello Everyone,
We hope you have had a good week and a restful time over Easter. We loved celebrating Easter Day within the churches as we gathered together again, with many of you returning to church for the first time for a while. The churches were decorated so beautifully with lilies to remember loved ones who had died, and also with Spring Flowers to symbolically remind us of New Life, as we gathered to worship God together, in the knowledge of Jesus' resurrection, sharing Holy Communion for the first time for many months and with organ music ringing out, and in some cases bells tolling above with Easter tunes. It was a wonderful celebration day. Thank you to all who contributed in some way.
Thank you also for walking the journey towards Easter on Maundy Thursday and Good Friday.
This weekend, we are absorbing the sad news of the death of His Royal Highness Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh on Friday and we will offer prayers for him, for Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth and for the Royal Family in our church services tomorrow. There is also opportunity for us all to hold them in our prayers this week during the official week of mourning and remembrance as preparations are made for his funeral next Saturday 17th April at 3pm. Suggested prayers, which you may wish to use, are attached above.
Sunday services this week:
Harlington Church - Morning Worship at 9.30am
Chalgrave Church - Holy Communion at 9.30am
Toddington Church - Holy Communion at 11am
Westoning Church - Morning Worship at 11am
The Upper Room at 6pm by Zoom - please contact Rev'd Linda for link.
The Recorded Service should appear on the usual link: https://www.harlingtonchurch.org/worship-services-2/this-sundays-service/
We plan to continue the pre-recorded Audio Services until the end of April.
Services and events this week:
Monday 12th April - Morning Prayer in Toddington Church 9.30am
Tuesday 13th April - Morning Prayer by Zoom 9.30am - please contact Rev'd Linda for link.
Private Prayer at Toddington Church on Thursday 15th April at 10.30am.
We will update you on other news during the week.. particularly with regard to any service of prayer or Remembrance for Prince Philip.
We send our love and prayers
Linda and Nigel
Revd Linda Washington, Priest in Charge: 01525 714442 or 07715 603557 or email: revdchalgrave@gmail.com
Revd Nigel Washington, Associate Minister: 07722 297299 or email: nwashy2@gmail.com
Sue, Churchwarden at All Saints, Chalgrave: 07796 666174
Margaret, Churchwarden at All Saints, Chalgrave : 01582 605561
Sandy, All Saints, Chalgrave PCC member: 01525 874748
Dee, Church Warden at Toddington: 01525 872649
3rd April 2021
Hello Everyone
We look forward to welcoming you to an Easter Day service in church tomorrow. The churches have been decorated with Lilies and flowers, in memory of loved ones. Some churches may also have an Easter Garden to remind us that on Easter Sunday, when the ladies went to visit Jesus' tomb, it was empty. Jesus' body was not there. We thank God on Easter Sunday for the Resurrection of Jesus and for his tremendous outpouring of love for us all.
Each church will be offering an Easter Communion Service (the first since lockdown in December!) and we will remember Jesus' last meal with his disciples and the importance of being Christ's family..the body of Christ.
Easter Day Service times are:
Harlington Church 8am Holy Communion Service - Book of Common Prayer
Harlington Church 9.30am Holy Communion Service (Common Worship Liturgy) (Booking advisable via the church website)
Chalgrave Church 9.30am Easter Holy Communion Service
Westoning Church 11am Easter Holy Communion Service (Service bookings full - but you will be welcome to attend one of the other churches)
Toddington Church 11am Easter Holy Communion Service
Tingrith Church 3pm Easter Holy Communion Service
The Upper Room online service by Zoom at 6pm also celebrates Easter. The access link is available from Rev'd Linda.
The Easter Day Recorded Service is accessible through the usual link and through the church websites and Facebook pages and is available to be viewed during the following week.
https://www.harlingtonchurch.org/worship-services-2/this-sundays-service/
Please also remember the Easter Trails which are available at Toddington, Harlington and Westoning.
We send you our love and prayers and hope that you are enjoying being released into the fresh air, now able to meet with family and friends outdoors.
Happy Easter! Christ is Risen.. he is risen indeed, Alleluia
with blessings to you all
Linda and Nigel
27th March 2021
Dear all
There is a lightness of anticipation this weekend as we approach the next stage of 'roadmap' release. It will be good to be able to meet with another household from Monday, or to be able to meet someone in our private gardens... especially as the weather promises to be warmer and brighter too.
I have thoroughly enjoyed the opportunity to visit St George's Lower School this week to lead daily Easter Collective Worship, and I am looking forward to meeting with Toddington Youth Group, with Rebecca and helpers, on Tuesday. It will be so good to spend time with the youngsters again. There will be an Easter Family Trail in Toddington Church grounds which is being provided by Becky on behalf of a Dunstable church, and a similar Easter trail is being prepared for Westoning folk by Rebecca Caird. Easter Messy Church at home and Twig bags are on their way to families at Westoning and Toddington and we have also been able to give the children at Westoning, Toddington and Chalton schools a copy of the Bible Society Easter Resurrection story.
Each of the churches in the Quintet looks forward to being open tomorrow for Palm Sunday services, and on occasions during Holy Week, and we are also keen to celebrate that 'Jesus is Risen' on Easter Sunday in the churches. There is a lot of information for this week's email so I will keep the introduction brief.
This Sunday's services:
9.30am Palm Sunday Morning worship services at Chalgrave Church, Tingrith Church and Harlington Church (with organ music)
11am Palm Sunday Morning worship service at Toddington Church and Westoning Church (with organ music)
6pm Quintet Upper Room online service by Zoom: with time of singing, Lent reflections and prayers. All Welcome. Zoom access link available from Rev'd Linda.
This week's Recorded Service for Palm Sunday via church websites or Facebook pages, or by clicking this link:
https://www.harlingtonchurch.org/worship-services-2/this-sundays-service/
The service sheet and this week's reading sheet are above.
Other Services during Holy Week (Zoom access links available from Rev'd Linda)
Monday 9.30am Morning Prayer, Toddington Church Chancel
Tuesday 9.15am Morning Prayer by Zoom
Tuesday Lent Course week 5 via Zoom - Passing on the Story, how the Spirit guides us as we speak.
Wednesday 10am Morning Worship at Harlington Church
Maundy Thursday:
6pm Reflective service at Toddington Church
7.30pm Maundy service at Harlington Church
7.30pm Maundy service by Zoom for Westoning Church and members of the Quintet. (Please contact Nigel for access link 01525 714442)
Good Friday:
10am Family Service at Westoning Church (Booking required via church website or phone 01525 862357)
10.30am Morning Service with reflective readings Chalgrave Church
2pm Service Final hour at the Cross with reflective readings, at Toddington Church
2pm Service Final hour at the Cross with reflective readings at Westoning Church (Booking required via church website or phone 01525 862357)
2pm Service Final hour at the Cross at Harlington Church
Evening Compline at 9pm online by Zoom (Zoom access links available from Rev'd Linda)
Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday
Easter Sunday
8am BCP Holy Easter Communion at Harlington Church
9.30am Holy Easter Communion at Chalgrave Church,
9.30am Holy Easter Communion at Harlington Church (Booking advised via Church website)
11am Holy Easter Communion at Toddington Church
11am Holy Easter Communion at Westoning Church (Booking required via Church Website or phone 01525 862357 - if bookings are full, please register your interest in case it is possible to offer an alternative service)
3pm Easter service at Tingrith Church
The Diocese are also offering times during Holy Week for a silent led retreat:
Come Away and Rest A While - Short Holy Week Retreats to support spiritual and missional engagement.
A series of short retreats on the Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday of Holy Week, looking at The Feeding of the Five Thousand, from the gospel of Mark.
'Come Away' - with so much of work, life and ministry based from home at present, we encourage you to turn off your email notifications, switch your phone to silent and come away from the busyness for a couple of hours.
Open to everybody, the retreat will be a combination of personal and group guided reflections and prayer. We hope they will provide an opportunity to listen to God and to minister to one another.
Format - 2 hours during Holy Week,
These retreats are planned with two distinct parts, about an hour for both. A ‘Come Away’ Guided Reflection has been produced for your use on these retreats.
If you cannot get to church over Holy Week or are still shielding please be aware that there are services which you can access:
Daily Hope – dial 0800 804 8044 for prayer, reflection, music and worship services from the Church of England. A weekly service is available from 9 am every Sunday.
BBC Young Chorister of the Year Competition 2020. The Daily Service is available on a Radio 4 DAB side channel which is automatically made available about a minute before the programme begins ...
www.bbc.co.uk
https://www.churchofengland.org/prayer-and-worship/join-us-service-daily-prayer
Join us in a service of Daily Prayer | The Church of England
Join us in a service of Daily Prayer, including Morning, Evening, Night Prayer and Prayer During the Day. Services are available in both contemporary and traditional forms.
www.churchofengland.org
Prayer During the Day and Night Prayer audio are available on Soundcloud and via the Church’s free Time To Pray app.
We pray that you will be able to step aside for a while this Holy Week to connect with Jesus on his journey into Jerusalem to the cross, from Palm Sunday to the Crucifixion on Good Friday and to the Celebration Alleluia moment on Easter Sunday when be declare that 'Jesus is Risen'.
Our thoughts and prayers are with you as we recall the heart of the Christian Story and travel together this Easter, and hopefully, out of lockdown too, to brighter times.
God bless you all
Linda and Nigel
20th March 2021
Hello Everyone
We hope you have had a good week? Hope and anticipation are in the air. The Government Roadmap says shielding will end on 31st March although most of us will still be awaiting our second vaccinations. From the end of March we will be able to meet with up to six people (or two households) outdoors.... socially distanced. Yippee church working parties can commence.
I have smiled to see people sitting on a bench with a friend in the fresh air.. glad to be able to meet for exercise and a chat (socially distanced) and to have a drink too. Children have returned to schools and it is now less than a month until haircut day on 12th April! If all goes to plan, we will also be able to return to gyms, swimming pools, non-essential shops and to sharing hospitality outdoors again. How wonderful this will be. Spring is in the air!
We can but reflect on how well everyone has responded during this lockdown stage, working together to bring down infection rates. Thank you! But how sad it is to see that infection rates in Europe are rising so quickly and in some other parts of the world and we hold these countries in our prayers.
Thank God for the scientists and vaccination teams in this country and across the world who have enabled us to have the hope of release.
It has been a joy to begin discussions with wedding couples and families requesting baptism as we look ahead to the Summer months of sunshine and special family times.
Last week Toddington Church folk returned to church for a Sunday morning service, and this week Chalgrave Church return for a 9.30am service. Next week, on Palm Sunday, and also on Easter Sunday, we are looking forward to each church being open (although Social distancing measures will remain in place). We hope that it will be possible to hold some services for Maundy Thursday and Good Friday within the Quintet and information on these will be confirmed soon.
This Sunday our services are:
The Recorded Service for Sunday, Lent 5 or 'Passiontide', will be on the usual link, or can alternatively be accessed via the church web pages, Facebook pages, or A Church Near You site. The service link is:
https://www.harlingtonchurch.org/worship-services-2/this-sundays-service/
In Church:
Harlington Church, 9.30am Morning Worship
Chalgrave Church 9.30am, Morning Worship
Online:
11am Quintet Morning worship by zoom. All welcome. Zoom access link available on poster above.
6pm 'The Upper Room' worship with time of singing, Lent reflections and prayers. All Welcome. Zoom access link available from Rev'd Linda.
Services and events during the week: (Zoom access links available from Rev'd Linda).
Monday Morning Prayer 10am at Toddington Church- all welcome. (later times this week due to school assemblies)
Monday Evening at 8pm Chalgrave Lent Course week 2 online via Zoom
Tuesday Morning Prayer by Zoom 10am.
Tuesday Evening Quintet Lent Course at 7.30pm via Zoom.
Wednesday Harlington Church Morning Worship at 10am via Zoom.
Wednesday St George's Church monthly Quiz (will be online this month) 'Toddipedia Quiz' at 7pm. £5 for a team.
Access information to be released soon.
Thursday 10.30am, Private Prayer at Toddington Church
Dates for Diary
Tuesday 4.30pm Tingrith PCC (by zoom)
Thursday 2pm Toddington PCC Meeting (time tbc) (by zoom)
Thursday eve 7.30pm Harlington PCC Meeting (by zoom)
Further updates will be issued about other events and Easter Services in due course.
We send our very best wishes to you all.
God Bless you all. Have a good week.
Linda and Nigel
10th April 2021
Hello Everyone,
We hope you have had a good week and a restful time over Easter. We loved celebrating Easter Day within the churches as we gathered together again, with many of you returning to church for the first time for a while. The churches were decorated so beautifully with lilies to remember loved ones who had died, and also with Spring Flowers to symbolically remind us of New Life, as we gathered to worship God together, in the knowledge of Jesus' resurrection, sharing Holy Communion for the first time for many months and with organ music ringing out, and in some cases bells tolling above with Easter tunes. It was a wonderful celebration day. Thank you to all who contributed in some way.
Thank you also for walking the journey towards Easter on Maundy Thursday and Good Friday.
This weekend, we are absorbing the sad news of the death of His Royal Highness Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh on Friday and we will offer prayers for him, for Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth and for the Royal Family in our church services tomorrow. There is also opportunity for us all to hold them in our prayers this week during the official week of mourning and remembrance as preparations are made for his funeral next Saturday 17th April at 3pm. Suggested prayers, which you may wish to use, are attached above.
Sunday services this week:
Harlington Church - Morning Worship at 9.30am
Chalgrave Church - Holy Communion at 9.30am
Toddington Church - Holy Communion at 11am
Westoning Church - Morning Worship at 11am
The Upper Room at 6pm by Zoom - please contact Rev'd Linda for link.
The Recorded Service should appear on the usual link: https://www.harlingtonchurch.org/worship-services-2/this-sundays-service/
We plan to continue the pre-recorded Audio Services until the end of April.
Services and events this week:
Monday 12th April - Morning Prayer in Toddington Church 9.30am
Tuesday 13th April - Morning Prayer by Zoom 9.30am - please contact Rev'd Linda for link.
Private Prayer at Toddington Church on Thursday 15th April at 10.30am.
We will update you on other news during the week.. particularly with regard to any service of prayer or Remembrance for Prince Philip.
We send our love and prayers
Linda and Nigel
Revd Linda Washington, Priest in Charge: 01525 714442 or 07715 603557 or email: revdchalgrave@gmail.com
Revd Nigel Washington, Associate Minister: 07722 297299 or email: nwashy2@gmail.com
Sue, Churchwarden at All Saints, Chalgrave: 07796 666174
Margaret, Churchwarden at All Saints, Chalgrave : 01582 605561
Sandy, All Saints, Chalgrave PCC member: 01525 874748
Dee, Church Warden at Toddington: 01525 872649
3rd April 2021
Hello Everyone
We look forward to welcoming you to an Easter Day service in church tomorrow. The churches have been decorated with Lilies and flowers, in memory of loved ones. Some churches may also have an Easter Garden to remind us that on Easter Sunday, when the ladies went to visit Jesus' tomb, it was empty. Jesus' body was not there. We thank God on Easter Sunday for the Resurrection of Jesus and for his tremendous outpouring of love for us all.
Each church will be offering an Easter Communion Service (the first since lockdown in December!) and we will remember Jesus' last meal with his disciples and the importance of being Christ's family..the body of Christ.
Easter Day Service times are:
Harlington Church 8am Holy Communion Service - Book of Common Prayer
Harlington Church 9.30am Holy Communion Service (Common Worship Liturgy) (Booking advisable via the church website)
Chalgrave Church 9.30am Easter Holy Communion Service
Westoning Church 11am Easter Holy Communion Service (Service bookings full - but you will be welcome to attend one of the other churches)
Toddington Church 11am Easter Holy Communion Service
Tingrith Church 3pm Easter Holy Communion Service
The Upper Room online service by Zoom at 6pm also celebrates Easter. The access link is available from Rev'd Linda.
The Easter Day Recorded Service is accessible through the usual link and through the church websites and Facebook pages and is available to be viewed during the following week.
https://www.harlingtonchurch.org/worship-services-2/this-sundays-service/
Please also remember the Easter Trails which are available at Toddington, Harlington and Westoning.
We send you our love and prayers and hope that you are enjoying being released into the fresh air, now able to meet with family and friends outdoors.
Happy Easter! Christ is Risen.. he is risen indeed, Alleluia
with blessings to you all
Linda and Nigel
27th March 2021
Dear all
There is a lightness of anticipation this weekend as we approach the next stage of 'roadmap' release. It will be good to be able to meet with another household from Monday, or to be able to meet someone in our private gardens... especially as the weather promises to be warmer and brighter too.
I have thoroughly enjoyed the opportunity to visit St George's Lower School this week to lead daily Easter Collective Worship, and I am looking forward to meeting with Toddington Youth Group, with Rebecca and helpers, on Tuesday. It will be so good to spend time with the youngsters again. There will be an Easter Family Trail in Toddington Church grounds which is being provided by Becky on behalf of a Dunstable church, and a similar Easter trail is being prepared for Westoning folk by Rebecca Caird. Easter Messy Church at home and Twig bags are on their way to families at Westoning and Toddington and we have also been able to give the children at Westoning, Toddington and Chalton schools a copy of the Bible Society Easter Resurrection story.
Each of the churches in the Quintet looks forward to being open tomorrow for Palm Sunday services, and on occasions during Holy Week, and we are also keen to celebrate that 'Jesus is Risen' on Easter Sunday in the churches. There is a lot of information for this week's email so I will keep the introduction brief.
This Sunday's services:
9.30am Palm Sunday Morning worship services at Chalgrave Church, Tingrith Church and Harlington Church (with organ music)
11am Palm Sunday Morning worship service at Toddington Church and Westoning Church (with organ music)
6pm Quintet Upper Room online service by Zoom: with time of singing, Lent reflections and prayers. All Welcome. Zoom access link available from Rev'd Linda.
This week's Recorded Service for Palm Sunday via church websites or Facebook pages, or by clicking this link:
https://www.harlingtonchurch.org/worship-services-2/this-sundays-service/
The service sheet and this week's reading sheet are above.
Other Services during Holy Week (Zoom access links available from Rev'd Linda)
Monday 9.30am Morning Prayer, Toddington Church Chancel
Tuesday 9.15am Morning Prayer by Zoom
Tuesday Lent Course week 5 via Zoom - Passing on the Story, how the Spirit guides us as we speak.
Wednesday 10am Morning Worship at Harlington Church
Maundy Thursday:
6pm Reflective service at Toddington Church
7.30pm Maundy service at Harlington Church
7.30pm Maundy service by Zoom for Westoning Church and members of the Quintet. (Please contact Nigel for access link 01525 714442)
Good Friday:
10am Family Service at Westoning Church (Booking required via church website or phone 01525 862357)
10.30am Morning Service with reflective readings Chalgrave Church
2pm Service Final hour at the Cross with reflective readings, at Toddington Church
2pm Service Final hour at the Cross with reflective readings at Westoning Church (Booking required via church website or phone 01525 862357)
2pm Service Final hour at the Cross at Harlington Church
Evening Compline at 9pm online by Zoom (Zoom access links available from Rev'd Linda)
Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday
Easter Sunday
8am BCP Holy Easter Communion at Harlington Church
9.30am Holy Easter Communion at Chalgrave Church,
9.30am Holy Easter Communion at Harlington Church (Booking advised via Church website)
11am Holy Easter Communion at Toddington Church
11am Holy Easter Communion at Westoning Church (Booking required via Church Website or phone 01525 862357 - if bookings are full, please register your interest in case it is possible to offer an alternative service)
3pm Easter service at Tingrith Church
The Diocese are also offering times during Holy Week for a silent led retreat:
Come Away and Rest A While - Short Holy Week Retreats to support spiritual and missional engagement.
A series of short retreats on the Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday of Holy Week, looking at The Feeding of the Five Thousand, from the gospel of Mark.
'Come Away' - with so much of work, life and ministry based from home at present, we encourage you to turn off your email notifications, switch your phone to silent and come away from the busyness for a couple of hours.
Open to everybody, the retreat will be a combination of personal and group guided reflections and prayer. We hope they will provide an opportunity to listen to God and to minister to one another.
Format - 2 hours during Holy Week,
- 1st hour - personal Bible reading and reflection on Mark's account of The Feeding of the Five Thousand (Mark 6:30-44)
- 2nd hour - join your selected Zoom group to share in some further discussion and prayer about this passage
These retreats are planned with two distinct parts, about an hour for both. A ‘Come Away’ Guided Reflection has been produced for your use on these retreats.
- First hour, by yourself for personal reading and reflection on the passage – Mark 6 : 30-44 (using the Guided Reflection)
- Second hour, join your selected Zoom Gathering to consider this Bible passage with others and pray. The Zoom sessions will be led by senior staff, Officers or Readers from across the diocese, they are planned at the following times: Mon 29 March – 9am, 12.30pm, 2pm, 6pm, ; Tues 30 March – 8am, 12.30pm, 4pm, 8pm, ; Wed 31 March – 9am, 12.30pm, 7pm.
If you cannot get to church over Holy Week or are still shielding please be aware that there are services which you can access:
Daily Hope – dial 0800 804 8044 for prayer, reflection, music and worship services from the Church of England. A weekly service is available from 9 am every Sunday.
- BBC Sunday worship (TV and iplayer)
- BBC Radio 4 Sunday Worship
- https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006wzfs
BBC Young Chorister of the Year Competition 2020. The Daily Service is available on a Radio 4 DAB side channel which is automatically made available about a minute before the programme begins ...
www.bbc.co.uk
https://www.churchofengland.org/prayer-and-worship/join-us-service-daily-prayer
Join us in a service of Daily Prayer | The Church of England
Join us in a service of Daily Prayer, including Morning, Evening, Night Prayer and Prayer During the Day. Services are available in both contemporary and traditional forms.
www.churchofengland.org
Prayer During the Day and Night Prayer audio are available on Soundcloud and via the Church’s free Time To Pray app.
We pray that you will be able to step aside for a while this Holy Week to connect with Jesus on his journey into Jerusalem to the cross, from Palm Sunday to the Crucifixion on Good Friday and to the Celebration Alleluia moment on Easter Sunday when be declare that 'Jesus is Risen'.
Our thoughts and prayers are with you as we recall the heart of the Christian Story and travel together this Easter, and hopefully, out of lockdown too, to brighter times.
God bless you all
Linda and Nigel
20th March 2021
Hello Everyone
We hope you have had a good week? Hope and anticipation are in the air. The Government Roadmap says shielding will end on 31st March although most of us will still be awaiting our second vaccinations. From the end of March we will be able to meet with up to six people (or two households) outdoors.... socially distanced. Yippee church working parties can commence.
I have smiled to see people sitting on a bench with a friend in the fresh air.. glad to be able to meet for exercise and a chat (socially distanced) and to have a drink too. Children have returned to schools and it is now less than a month until haircut day on 12th April! If all goes to plan, we will also be able to return to gyms, swimming pools, non-essential shops and to sharing hospitality outdoors again. How wonderful this will be. Spring is in the air!
We can but reflect on how well everyone has responded during this lockdown stage, working together to bring down infection rates. Thank you! But how sad it is to see that infection rates in Europe are rising so quickly and in some other parts of the world and we hold these countries in our prayers.
Thank God for the scientists and vaccination teams in this country and across the world who have enabled us to have the hope of release.
It has been a joy to begin discussions with wedding couples and families requesting baptism as we look ahead to the Summer months of sunshine and special family times.
Last week Toddington Church folk returned to church for a Sunday morning service, and this week Chalgrave Church return for a 9.30am service. Next week, on Palm Sunday, and also on Easter Sunday, we are looking forward to each church being open (although Social distancing measures will remain in place). We hope that it will be possible to hold some services for Maundy Thursday and Good Friday within the Quintet and information on these will be confirmed soon.
This Sunday our services are:
The Recorded Service for Sunday, Lent 5 or 'Passiontide', will be on the usual link, or can alternatively be accessed via the church web pages, Facebook pages, or A Church Near You site. The service link is:
https://www.harlingtonchurch.org/worship-services-2/this-sundays-service/
In Church:
Harlington Church, 9.30am Morning Worship
Chalgrave Church 9.30am, Morning Worship
Online:
11am Quintet Morning worship by zoom. All welcome. Zoom access link available on poster above.
6pm 'The Upper Room' worship with time of singing, Lent reflections and prayers. All Welcome. Zoom access link available from Rev'd Linda.
Services and events during the week: (Zoom access links available from Rev'd Linda).
Monday Morning Prayer 10am at Toddington Church- all welcome. (later times this week due to school assemblies)
Monday Evening at 8pm Chalgrave Lent Course week 2 online via Zoom
Tuesday Morning Prayer by Zoom 10am.
Tuesday Evening Quintet Lent Course at 7.30pm via Zoom.
Wednesday Harlington Church Morning Worship at 10am via Zoom.
Wednesday St George's Church monthly Quiz (will be online this month) 'Toddipedia Quiz' at 7pm. £5 for a team.
Access information to be released soon.
Thursday 10.30am, Private Prayer at Toddington Church
Dates for Diary
Tuesday 4.30pm Tingrith PCC (by zoom)
Thursday 2pm Toddington PCC Meeting (time tbc) (by zoom)
Thursday eve 7.30pm Harlington PCC Meeting (by zoom)
Further updates will be issued about other events and Easter Services in due course.
We send our very best wishes to you all.
God Bless you all. Have a good week.
Linda and Nigel
Actions we can all take to continue Living God’s Love during the COVID-19 outbreak
We can still find new ways to pray, to worship and to serve with ‘generosity and joy, imagination and courage’.
Across our diocese, we can pray for our families, our neighbours, our local health workers and for all those charged with making difficult decisions at this challenging time. The Lord’s Prayer asks God to meet our daily needs and to protect us from evil. Why not pray it every time we wash our hands?
We are humbled by the extraordinary response of so many people and churches to love their neighbours at this time. Church members, along with people across the community, are contacting the isolated, picking up shopping and calming fears.
Meanwhile please join us in praying regularly:
Living God, draw us deeper into your love;
Jesus our Lord, send us to care and serve;
Holy Spirit, make us heralds of good news.
Stir us, strengthen us, teach and inspire us to live your love with generosity and joy, imagination and courage;
for the sake of your world and in the name of Jesus,
Amen.
Church of England Prayer Resources
https://www.churchofengland.org/prayer-and-worship/join-us-service-daily-prayer
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