Week Commencing 29 March, Holy Week
Welcome to the week's Worship Weekly
Welcome to the Worship Weekly for the week starting Sunday 29 March, Palm Sunday.
This is the start of Holy Week, culminating in Easter Sunday, this year on 5 April, the day of Christ’s resurrection.
Holy Week, sometimes called Passion Week, remembers the journey Jesus took in the days leading up to Easter Sunday, starting with His triumphant entry into Jerusalem on what is fondly called ‘Palm Sunday.’ Each day of Holy Week commemorates a different part of the story:
Palm Sunday: Jesus enters Jerusalem on a donkey.
Monday: Jesus cleanses the temple.
Tuesday: Jesus teaches in parables.
Wednesday/Spy Wednesday: Judas betrays Jesus.
Maundy Thursday: Jesus shares the Last Supper with his disciples, washes their feet, and establishes the Eucharist.
Good Friday: Jesus is crucified on the cross and gives up His spirit.
Saturday: Jesus is buried in a temporary grave.
Easter Sunday: Christ is resurrected and appears to many.
There are a number of services and reflective events in and around the Church in Lympstone this week. Do come along to as many or as few as you want or need – you are always welcome!
Holy Week starts on Sunday 29 March, Palm Sunday. The 09.30 service will be preceded by a procession, led by Steve Jones and Heidi Budden, from the Methodist Chapel in Chapel Road in Lympstone, along The Strand and Church Road to Lympstone Church. The procession will depart from the Methodist Chapel at 09.15, carrying palm fronds. Come and join in!
Holy Week services at Lympstone Church are set out in the Worship Weekly. Posters showing the services are also displayed around the village.
Upcoming Sunday Services
This Sunday 29 March, Palm Sunday, at 08.00 Steve Jones and Heid Budden will lead the Holy Communion service.
At 09.15 Steve Jones and Heidi Budden will lead the Palm Sunday procession from the Methodist Chapel to Lympstone Church. At 09.30, the Palm Sunday Communion Service will start, led by Steve and Heidi.
On Sunday 5 April, Easter Sunday, at 08.00 Benedict Cambridge will lead the Holy Communion service.
At 09.30 on Easter Sunday, Benedict Cambridge will lead the Easter Sunday Family Communion Service.
News & Events
Saturday 28 March – 14.00, The Strand, Exmouth - A Journey Through Easter at Exmouth
Exmouth Churches are working together to bring “A Journey through Easter;” which reflects on the events of Holy Week and all are welcome to come along to watch the events of Holy Week dramatized.
The procession starts at 13.30 from the Baptist Church.
Join Exmouth Christians as we reflect on the events of Holy Week.
Easter Lilies
Once again, the Church Flower Team will be purchasing Easter Lilies for display in the Church at Easter. If you would like to make a contribution toward a Lily or Lilies in memory of someone, there are two ways in which you can.
1. You can make an Online Payment to:
Account name: Lympstone PCC
Sort Code: 60-08-09
Account number: 57425345
Reference: ‘Lilies’
2. You can use the Card Reader at the back of the Church. Please select ‘Choose your own amount’ and make a donation of £4.99 or any multiple of £5 less 1p (e.g. £9.99, £14.99, etc.). These amounts will show that they are for Easter Lilies.
Please email PrayersLymCh@excc.church with name(s) to be remembered. Or you can put a written card in the Prayer Box at the back of the Church.
Mission Community Lent Course @ Lympstone Church
Wednesday 1st April - 19.00-20.30
Richard Scott and Peter Watsham will lead the final Lent Course evening @ Lympstone Church for the wider Mission Community. This sessions is titled “The Lessons of the Desert - leaving the desert to follow Jesus towards the cross and through the grave.”
Electoral Roll Notice
Our Electoral Roll Officer, Richard Scott, is currently revising the Electoral Roll ahead of the Annual Parish Church Meeting (on Sunday 26 April at 11.15). The existing Roll of 76 people is currently displayed on the Notice Board in the Church Porch. If you are on the Roll there is nothing you need to do unless you wish to be removed. However, if you are not on the Roll and wish to join, please complete an application form (attached below), or pick-up a blank form from a folder on the table by the notice board at the back of church and return it to Richard Scott. (Turnstones, 5 Charles Court, Lympstone, Devon. EX8 5EL).
Requests for Prayers to be said – A message from Chris Kleinstuber
If you would like prayers to be said during a Sunday service and/or at the Thursday Prayer Group for a friend or relative needing prayer, please send an email to PrayersLymCh@excc.church. Alternatively, those who don’t want to email can post a message in the Prayer Requests Box at the Church entrance using the supply of cards attached to the box. In both instances, please include your name so that we can verify the request.
If you would prefer prayers to be said privately, rather than in the services, please request the prayers to be said at the Thursday Prayer Group ONLY. Prayers said in this meeting are confidential and will be said every Thursday while the group feels it is still necessary. If you have any questions or feel you would like to join the group, please speak to Chris Kleinstuber, who leads the Prayer Group each Thursday at 4 p.m. in the Lady Chapel.
What do YOU want on Weekly Worship?
Weekly Worship will always have details of the upcoming services at Lympstone Church and details of future events.
But it is your, the Parishioners and Congregants, weekly newsletter too and I would like to hear from you about what you would also like to see, or any suggestions for future content for Worship Weekly.
Please do contact me adminLymCh@excc.church
