4 February 2018 The Presentation of Christ in the Temple; Candlemas - The Parish of St Matthew with St Paul
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4 February 2018
The Presentation of Christ
in the Temple; Candlemas
Welcome
A warm welcome to everyone, and especially if you are new or visiting.
Do please stay on for drinks and to meet people after the 9.30 and 11.15 services
and keep this welcome sheet for your prayers this week.
Prayer
with the Anglican Communion we pray for the Anglican Church of Burundi; for
Archbishop Justin; for Bishops Tim, Jonathan and David
for the Sisters of St Andrew in Lyon, among them Sister Katie Seal
our mission giving: £150 for Langley House Trust, providing offender
rehabilitation services and running ‘Pathways to Change’, a residential and drop-
in programme in Otterbourne
this feast of Candlemas; those who, like Simeon and Anna, faithfully watch and
wait for an encounter with Christ; thanks for the wonderful picture of three
generations together
giving thanks for the musical workshop Joseph yesterday; the energy and talent
that made it possible; for the young people and adults involved
children and young people growing up within a pressured education system,
praying that they may have enough space and free time in their busy lives
that in our busy world of demands and noise we take time to listen to ourselves
and others; those for whom time passes slowly, with long days and nights
preparations for Stewardship Sunday next week; Peter as he prepares his sermon
the Christian press, for guidance as they seek to communicate with integrity and
vision; for Winchester churches and their interactions with the press
the unwell: Jess, Caroline Behan, Henry Gaster-Evans, Julia Jones, Ollie Jones (age
7), Emma and Mark Miller, Kate Morgan, Sally Owens, Michael Pain, Jean Reeder,
Ruth Scott, Alison Stafford and Grace Tapper (Eastacre). All awaiting
appointments or treatments
those who have died recently, including Josée McKee and Joyce Talbot; all who
live with the pain of untimely death; God’s comfort for their families and friends
Please feel free to put prayer requests on the board at the back of church
or e-mail them to admin@stmatthewstpaul.org.
St Paul’s Lady Chapel is set up for prayer, either alone or with one of the prayer
ministry team, after the 9.30 parish communion service.Services today, 4 February
8 am [BCP] Holy Communion
St Paul’s
Readings: p. 205
9.30 am Family Communion with Candlemas procession
St Paul’s
Order of service in yellow booklet
Collect Inspired by your Spirit, Lord,
we gather in your temple to welcome your Son.
Enlighten our minds
and lay bare our inmost thoughts.
Purify your people,
and make us obedient to the demands of your law,
so that we may mature in wisdom
and grow to full stature in your grace.
We ask this through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son.
Amen.
Hymn Longing for light, we wait in darkness.
Longing for truth, we turn to you.
Make us your own, your holy people,
light for the world to see.
Christ, be our light!
Shine in our hearts.
Shine through the darkness.
Christ, be our light!
Shine in your church gathered today.
Longing for peace, our world is troubled.
Longing for hope, many despair.
Your word alone has power to save us.
Make us your living voice.
Chorus
Longing for food, many are hungry.
Longing for water, many still thirst.
Make us your bread, broken for others,
shared until all are fed.
Chorus
Longing for shelter, many are homeless.
Longing for warmth, many are cold.
Make us your building, sheltering others,
walls made of living stone.
ChorusMany the gifts, many the people,
many the hearts that yearn to belong.
Let us be servants to one another,
making your kingdom come.
Chorus
Reading Luke 2: 22–40 [p. 432]
When the time came for their purification according to the law of
Moses, they brought him up to Jerusalem to present him to the Lord
(as it is written in the law of the Lord, ‘Every firstborn male shall be
designated as holy to the Lord’), and they offered a sacrifice
according to what is stated in the law of the Lord, ‘a pair of turtle-
doves or two young pigeons’.
Now there was a man in Jerusalem whose name was Simeon; this
man was righteous and devout, looking forward to the consolation
of Israel, and the Holy Spirit rested on him. It had been revealed to
him by the Holy Spirit that he would not see death before he had
seen the Lord’s Messiah. Guided by the Spirit, Simeon came into the
temple; and when the parents brought in the child Jesus, to do for
him what was customary under the law, Simeon took him in his arms
and praised God, saying,
‘Master, now you are dismissing your servant in peace,
according to your word;
for my eyes have seen your salvation,
which you have prepared in the presence of all peoples,
a light for revelation to the Gentiles
and for glory to your people Israel.’
And the child’s father and mother were amazed at
what was being said about him. Then Simeon
blessed them and said to his mother Mary, ‘This
child is destined for the falling and the rising of
many in Israel, and to be a sign that will be
opposed so that the inner thoughts of many will
be revealed – and a sword will pierce your own soul too’.
There was also a prophet, Anna the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe
of Asher. She was of a great age, having lived with her husband for
seven years after her marriage, then as a widow to the age of eighty-
four. She never left the temple but worshipped there with fasting
and prayer night and day. At that moment she came, and began to
praise God and to speak about the child to all who were looking for
the redemption of Jerusalem.
When they had finished everything required by the law of the Lord,
they returned to Galilee, to their own town of Nazareth. The child
grew and became strong, filled with wisdom; and the favour of God
was upon him.Post Lord, you fulfilled the hope of Simeon and Anna,
Communion who lived to welcome the Messiah:
may we, who have received these gifts beyond words,
prepare to meet Christ Jesus when he comes
to bring us to eternal life;
for he is alive and reigns, now and for ever.
Amen.
11.15 am [BCP] Holy Communion
St Matthew’s
Readings Malachi 3: 1–5 [p. 430]
See, I am sending my messenger to prepare the way before me, and
the Lord whom you seek will suddenly come to his temple. The
messenger of the covenant in whom you delight – indeed, he is
coming, says the Lord of hosts. But who can endure the day of his
coming, and who can stand when he appears?
For he is like a refiner’s fire and like fullers’ soap; he will sit as a
refiner and purifier of silver, and he will purify the descendants of
Levi and refine them like gold and silver, until they present offerings
to the Lord in righteousness. Then the offering of Judah and
Jerusalem will be pleasing to the Lord as in the days of old and as in
former years.
Then I will draw near to you for judgement; I will be swift to bear
witness against the sorcerers, against the adulterers, against those
who swear falsely, against those who oppress the hired workers in
their wages, the widow, and the orphan, against those who thrust
aside the alien, and do not fear me, says the Lord of hosts.
Luke 2: 22–40 [p. 432]
See above
Services next Sunday, 11 February
Stewardship Sunday; the Sunday next before Lent; Quinquagesima
8 am [BCP] Holy Communion
St Matthew’s Readings: p. 82
9.30 am Parish Communion
St Paul’s Readings: 2 Corinthians 4: 3–6; Mark 9: 2–9 [p. 450]
11.15 am [BCP] Mattins
St Matthew’s Readings: 2 Corinthians 4: 3–6; Mark 9: 2–9 [p. 450]The week ahead
Mon 5, 10 am Westgate Lower School Year 1 visit St Paul’s
2.30 pm Book group Bereweeke Ave
4.30 pm Evening Prayer Parish rooms
Tues 6, 3 pm St Matthew’s planning group St Matthew’s
4.30 pm Evening Prayer Parish rooms
7.30 pm Christian meditation Parish rooms
Wed 7, 11 am [BCP] Holy Communion St Matthew’s
2.30 pm Beyond Ourselves committee Parish rooms
4.30 pm Evening Prayer Vestry
Thurs 8 Magazine contributions deadline
9.30–11.30 am Toddler group Parish rooms
Fri 9, 7.30 pm Cinematic wine tasting Sarum Road
Diary dates
February
Mon 12, 3 pm Funeral of Josée McKee St Matthew’s
Tues 13, 7 pm Women’s group Roebuck Inn
7.30 pm Christian meditation Parish rooms
Wed 14 Ash Wednesday
11 am [BCP] Holy Communion and Ashing St Matthew‘s
7.30 pm Holy Communion and Ashing St Paul‘s
8.30 pm Men’s group Roebuck Inn
Thurs 15 NO toddler group (half term)
Sun 18, 4 pm St Paul’s @ 4 family service St Paul’s
Mon 19, 7.30 pm Building for Life fund-raising group Vestry
7.30 pm Lent group starts (please sign up) Springhill Cottage
Wed 21, 10 am Lent group starts (please sign up) St Matthew’s
7.30 pm Lent group starts (please sign up) Wentworth Gr.
Thurs 22, 8.30 am Building for Life steering group Parish rooms
7.30 pm Deanery Synod tbc
7.45 pm Lent group starts (please sign up) Pheasants Way
Sun 25, 6 pm Taizé service Cathedral
Mon 26 Start of Fairtrade Fortnight
7.45 pm PCC meeting St Paul’s
March
Sun 11, 9.30 am Mothering Sunday
Wed 14, 7 pm Colonel van der Noot: Friends’ talk St Matthew’s
Sun 25 Palm Sunday, start of Holy Week
April
Sun 1 Easter Day
Thurs 19, 6.30 pm Start of local history talks, series 2 St Matthew’s
Sun 22, 9.30 am Confirmation service St Paul’sComing up
Fiddler on the Roof Please go and support Jonathan Eadie and
Edmund Bissett, who will be performing in Encore Youth Theatre’s
production of Fiddler on the Roof at the Theatre Royal on 15–17
February. Tickets can be booked via the theatre box office or
website.
Lent groups 2018 Please sign up at the back of church
starting Mon 19 February, 7.30 pm, at Springhill Cottage, Stockbridge Road,
leaders Julie and Chris Sharp: a Lent course based on Victor Hugo’s epic Les
Misérables, using some of the characters to explore the grace of God, alongside
our fallen state and opportunities for redemption; and an opportunity to reassess
what we can do with our lives, both for ourselves and for those around us
starting Wed 21 February, 10 am, at St Matthew’s (various leaders): York Course
starting Wed 21 February, 7.30 pm, at 8 Wentworth Grange, leaders Sheila and
David Wilson: The Mystery of Everything, a Lent course by Hilary Brand that takes
as its starting point the multi-award-winning film about Stephen Hawking, The
Theory of Everything
starting Thurs 22 February, 7.30 for 7.45 pm, at Pheasants Way, Sarum Road,
leaders Peter and Irene Casey: Christ and the Chocolaterie, a Lent course by
Hilary Brand based on the film Chocolat; preceded by a screening of Chocolat on
Thurs 15 February, 7.30 for 7.45 pm
Tuesday homegroup is currently studying the gospel from the previous Sunday and
meets on the first and third Tuesdays of the month, 7.45–9.15 pm; new members
welcome – please contact James Clay, 852141.
‘When I was a prison governor and how the prisons are today’ Please book your
tickets for a fascinating talk by Colonel Christopher van der Noot, who ran HMP
Frankland in the 1980s and now worships at St Matthew’s. This Friends event takes
place on Wed 14 March at 7 pm, with drinks available from 6.30 pm. Tickets £12
(Friends £10) from Katy Palacio, 844878, admin@stmatthewstpaul.org.
Confirmation David Williams, Bishop of Basingstoke, will lead a service of
Confirmation at St Paul’s on Sun 22 April at 9.30 am. Mary Copping (07921 886016,
youth@stmatthewstpaul.org) will be preparing young people who would like to
make this public commitment to Christ, and please would any adults wishing to be
confirmed contact Peter Seal (844878, peter@stmatthewstpaul.org).Notices
Joseph Huge thanks to everyone who made this possible and such a success. Special
thanks to Bronwen Dixie for leading the workshop with such skill and enthusiasm, to
Mary Copping for co-ordinating, to Vera Edwards for costuming, to John Schulz for
sound and light, and to the band.
Palm crosses Please leave crosses from last year at the back of church, or drop
them in to the rectory by Mon 12 February, ready for making new ash for this year’s
service on 14 February.
Community Day, Sat 12 May 2018 A small but perfectly formed committee met this
week and agreed the theme ‘Children’s Stories’. There’ll be a Mad Hatter’s Tea
Party, Little Red Riding Hood, Peter Pan and more. At this stage we’re seeking an
unbridled outpouring of creative thinking – no holds barred! We particularly want
ideas on how to engage the interest and support of our youths. All ideas,
suggestions and offers of help should be sent to Julie Sharp on
juliemichaela@gmail.com or 07952 236887.
Moving on Joan Hills, who has worshipped at St Paul’s in recent years, invites
anyone who would like to visit her at her new home to be in contact: 18 Sarum
Lodge, Three Swans Chequer, Endless Street, Salisbury, Wiltshire SP1 1AL.
Western School carol service raised £312 (2016 £273, 2015 £254), to be shared
equally between the Nightshelter and St Martin-in-the-Fields.
Accommodation for refugee university student Would you consider giving a room
in Winchester to a refugee university student? She is mature, quiet and studious,
looking for a room big enough to sleep and work in, of necessity at very low cost.
For further information please contact lgsraslewes@gmail.com.
Coats4Calais Please donate winter coats for refugees living without proper shelter
in northern France: 147 Greenhill Road, Winchester SO22 5DU, 01962 869292.
Nightshelter Please leave donations of black bin bags, washing
powder, washing-up liquid, tea towels, instant coffee, squash and tins
of custard in the box at the back of St Paul’s.
Trinity Centre Donations of men’s and women’s casual clothes, shoes and warm
items appreciated; contact lucy@trinitywinchester.org.uk.
Winchester women’s refuge A safe haven for women and children fleeing domestic
abuse. Please help by leaving towels and toiletries (but not clothes) in the box at the
back of church. Thank you.Contact us
Canon Peter Seal, Rector
854849 (h) 844878 (office) M, Tu, W, Th, peter@stmatthewstpaul.org
Revd Mary Copping, Children/Youth Co-ordinator & Assistant Priest
07921 886016 M, Tu, W, F, youth@stmatthewstpaul.org
Katy Palacio, Parish Administrator
844878 M, W, F, admin@stmatthewstpaul.org
Ursula Payne, Rector’s Assistant & Building for Life Administrator
844878 M, Tu, Th, ursula@stmatthewstpaul.org
Parish Office, St Paul’s Church, St Paul’s Hill, Winchester SO22 5AB
www.stmatthewstpaul.org
Please make cheques payable to St Matthew’s PCC – all gifts gratefully received
Please send in any notices for the welcome sheet to ursula@stmatthewstpaul.org
by Wednesday evening for inclusion the following Sunday
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