Newsletter - Easter 3
- Church
- Apr 23, 2023
- 5 min read
23/4/23
Your weekly update from the Benwell & Scotswood Team
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Dates for your diary
Wed 26 April
9.15am Coffee, cake and craft, a group for all women at Ven Bede
10.30am monthly Holy Communion at Ven Bede
Sun 28 May
Pentecost Team service followed by the Annual Meeting (APCM).
Services this week
Sun 16 April
9.30am at St John's, Holy Communion.
11am at Ven Bede, Hub service (Parish eucharist).
4pm St Margaret's, evening worship
News
Hub service moves to St James this Sunday with visit of Bishop of Botswana
Don't forget that the 11am hub service will move to St James, NE15 6RS from 23rd April.
The service will continue there on Sundays throughout the summer months.
Bishop Metlha will make a special visit to be with us
. Our own Bishop Mark will preside at the service and interview Bishop Metlha in the sermon slot.
Botswana is the link diocese of Newcastle and he is here for the inauguration of Bishop Helen-Ann.
There will be a buffet lunch after the service and a chance to meet Metlha.
Inauguration of Bishop Helen-Ann
The Rt Revd Dr Helen-Ann Hartley, formerly Bishop of Ripon, will be installed as the new Bishop of Newcastle in at Newcastle Cathedral on Saturday 22 April.
Please keep her in your prayers as we prepare for this exciting new chapter in the diocese.
Coffee cake and craft - a group for all women
Wed 26 April, 9.15am
On the 4th Wednesday of the month at the Venerable Bede Church, 9.15am-10.30am. Come and join us, spend time with other women, share a coffee and cake and try a Bible related craft. Upcoming dates:
Wednesday 26th April 9.15-10.30
Wednesday 24th May 9.15-10.30
Wednesday 28th June 9.15-10.30
For more info email benwellMU@gmail.com or speak with Leahan Garratt or one of the clergy.
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Worship texts
The Collect
Almighty Father,
who in your great mercy gladdened the disciples
with the sight of the risen Lord:
give us such knowledge of his presence with us,
that we may be strengthened and sustained by his risen life
and serve you continually in righteousness and truth;
through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord,
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever..
Amen.
Reading
Acts 2.14a,36–41
14 But Peter, standing with the eleven, raised his voice and addressed them: ‘Men of Judea and all who live in Jerusalem, let this be known to you, and listen to what I say.36Therefore let the entire house of Israel know with certainty that God has made him both Lord and Messiah, this Jesus whom you crucified.’
37 Now when they heard this, they were cut to the heart and said to Peter and to the other apostles, ‘Brothers, what should we do?’ 38Peter said to them, ‘Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ so that your sins may be forgiven; and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. 39For the promise is for you, for your children, and for all who are far away, everyone whom the Lord our God calls to him.’ 40And he testified with many other arguments and exhorted them, saying, ‘Save yourselves from this corrupt generation.’ 41So those who welcomed his message were baptized, and that day about three thousand persons were added.
Gospel
Luke 24.13–35
13 Now on that same day two of them were going to a village called Emmaus, about seven miles from Jerusalem, 14and talking with each other about all these things that had happened. 15While they were talking and discussing, Jesus himself came near and went with them, 16but their eyes were kept from recognizing him. 17And he said to them, ‘What are you discussing with each other while you walk along?’ They stood still, looking sad.18Then one of them, whose name was Cleopas, answered him, ‘Are you the only stranger in Jerusalem who does not know the things that have taken place there in these days?’ 19He asked them, ‘What things?’ They replied, ‘The things about Jesus of Nazareth, who was a prophet mighty in deed and word before God and all the people, 20and how our chief priests and leaders handed him over to be condemned to death and crucified him. 21But we had hoped that he was the one to redeem Israel. Yes, and besides all this, it is now the third day since these things took place. 22Moreover, some women of our group astounded us. They were at the tomb early this morning, 23and when they did not find his body there, they came back and told us that they had indeed seen a vision of angels who said that he was alive. 24Some of those who were with us went to the tomb and found it just as the women had said; but they did not see him.’ 25Then he said to them, ‘Oh, how foolish you are, and how slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have declared! 26Was it not necessary that the Messiah should suffer these things and then enter into his glory?’ 27Then beginning with Moses and all the prophets, he interpreted to them the things about himself in all the scriptures.
28 As they came near the village to which they were going, he walked ahead as if he were going on. 29But they urged him strongly, saying, ‘Stay with us, because it is almost evening and the day is now nearly over.’ So he went in to stay with them. 30When he was at the table with them, he took bread, blessed and broke it, and gave it to them. 31Then their eyes were opened, and they recognized him; and he vanished from their sight. 32They said to each other, ‘Were not our hearts burning within us while he was talking to us on the road, while he was opening the scriptures to us?’ 33That same hour they got up and returned to Jerusalem; and they found the eleven and their companions gathered together. 34They were saying, ‘The Lord has risen indeed, and he has appeared to Simon!’ 35Then they told what had happened on the road, and how he had been made known to them in the breaking of the bread.
Sermon
In place of the sermon this week Bishop Mark will be interviewing Bishop Metlha of Botswana who is visiting us from our link diocese this Sunday.
Intercessions
If you would like to add someone to the prayer list please email church@benwellscotswood.com
The name will stay on the list for 1 month unless requested to be long-term.
Prayers for others:
Michelle Madison
Lorraine Atkinson
Lyndsey Richardson
Christine, David, Philip, Neil and Steven
Elizabeth Taylor
Honar
Moe and Mary
Alison Campbell
John Taylor
Irene Foskett
John Nicholson
Alan Robson
Michelle Wilson
Joan Finley
George Snowden
Claire Mozaffari
Herbert Agbeko
Post Communion prayer
Living God,
your Son made himself known to his disciples
in the breaking of bread:
open the eyes of our faith,
that we may see him in all his redeeming work;
who is alive and reigns, now and for ever.