GOOD NEWS – NEW TEAM RECTOR
The Revd Chris Arnold has been appointed Rector of the Billericay and Little Burstead Team Ministry.
Please pray for Chris, his wife Abi, and their children as he prepares for his collation and installation at Emmanuel at 7pm on 18 March. All are welcome.
AT ST MARY’S
Saturday 1st March Mothers’ Union serving pancakes 11.30am -2pm
Saturday 15th March Indoor Market from 10-4pm, lunches served 11.30am – 2pm.
ASH WEDNESDAY AND LENT
Ash Wednesday, 5th March Team service of Holy Communion with the Imposition of Ashes at St John the Divine, Outwood Common, 7.30pm
Team Lent Course at St John’s, Thursdays 13th, 20th, 27th March; 3rd, 10th April at 7.30pm –
‘Hear our Prayer’ – a programme by Rt Revd Philip North, Bishop of Blackburn
NEW ELECTORAL ROLL
Every six years the Electoral Roll is completely redrawn and this is the year. This means even if your name has been on the Electoral Roll for some time, you have to re-apply for inclusion. Letters with application forms will be available for every current member from 9 February. Please complete and return the form as soon as you can but in any case, by 10 April, in preparation for the Annual District Church Meeting on 27 April. Only members of the Electoral Roll are eligible to stand for election to the DCC or PCC or to vote at the ADCM or APCM. For further information, speak to Sue Stevens, Electoral Roll Officer for Emmanuel.
MUSIC GROUP
Richard Shipton and James Hide would love to hear from any singers or musicians who are interested in joining them as part of the worship band.
TABLE TENNIS
Enjoy table tennis? Join us on 1st and 3rd Wednesday evenings each month, from 7-9pm for the new midweek Table Tennis social evening in the Foyer. Alan Woolnough and Banjo
EMMANUEL’S FINANCES
As for everyone else, the cost of running Emmanuel church has risen considerably in recent years. Currently it costs £41.25 a day to cover the basic running costs of the church. This does not include maintenance or other expenses and our Expenditure has exceeded our Income for a while now. To help alleviate the shortfall, donations towards the running of the church will be very gratefully received, either by direct payment to the Bank account:
Account name: BILLERICAY EMMANUEL PCC Sort Code: 20-12-21 Account number: 70179434
DATES FOR YOUR DIARY
1 March Who Let The Dads Out 9-10.30am Emmanuel for all Dads, Grandads and Male Carers with pre-school Toddlers. Contact tony.wallace@billericaychurches.org for further information.
MU Pancakes at St Mary Magdalen, 11.30am-2pm
5 March Ash Wednesday Service of Holy Communion and Imposition of Ashes, St John the Divine, Outwood Common, 7.30pm
13th March Team Lent Course, St John the Divine, 7.30pm
20th March Team Lent Course, St John the Divine, 7.30pm
27th March Team Lent Course, St John the Divine, 7.30pm
5 & 19 March Table-tennis group, 7-9pm Emmanuel Foyer. More details from Alan Woolnough and Banjo
8 Mar Parish Planning Day, St Mary Magdalen, High Street, 10am -2.30pm
10 March DCC meeting, 7,30pm
16 Mar Messy Church – 9.30am for breakfast; starts at 10am. Peace
18 Mar Collation and Installation of Revd Chris Arnold as Team Rector of Billericay and Little Burstead at Emmanuel at 7pm. Car Parking is limited so please car-share where possible and park in the High Street car park and walk if you are able.
WEEKLY EVENTS
‘ANNA’S PLACE’ Tuesdays 10.30 am – 2 pm A warm welcome and activities every week in Christ Church Church Hall for older people. Refreshments and lunch included. Just come along. Free.
TUESDAY DROP IN at Emmanuel, 10.30 am -12 noon for tea and coffee and good company.
HOLY COMMUNION AT ST MARY MAGDALEN – Wednesdays at 10 am
ZOOM PRAYERS every Wednesday 6pm.
TEDDY BEARS – Thursdays 9.30-11.30am for pre-school children over the age of 18 months. Contact Merrill Knight (656183) for further details.
BABIES & TODDLERS – Fridays 10-11.30am, for parents/carers and babies/toddlers. Contact Juliet Shipton at juliet@richardshipton.com for further information.
DO YOU HAVE ANY NEWS ITEMS? If you do, please email webmaster@billericaychurches.org to let Richard know and send him your copy and any pictures or posters associated with it.
PRAYER REQUESTS
THOSE WHO ARE UNWELL
Please remember in your prayers those members of our church family who are in need of our love and support at this time, whether we know them to be unwell or struggling in different ways. Please also remember those who continue to weigh heavy on your hearts. Pray for all members of our church family and anyone we know who are isolating or struggling with ill health and in need of prayer at this time.
Shirley Jeffrey has asked:
Could we pray for her Granddaughter Lauren (Chris’ daughter). She wasn’t well when they came over last year for Bex wedding. Tests after they returned home showed that she has Hodgkins Lymphoma. She is halfway through a 6-month course of chemotherapy and seems to be tolerating it reasonably well. So far it is showing signs of shrinking the tumours. She and Kory are due to marry in March and it looks as if this will be able to go ahead. We are booked to go to America. They are being prayed for in several churches here as well as in the States. We and they would welcome prayer from Emmanuel as several will remember us and possibly Chris. Thanks Shirley and Don xx
Please pray for Jeanette Claughton, a member of guiding’s Trefoil Guild awaiting a cochlea implant.
Please continue to pray for Alan and Liz Campbell. Alan has had another fall and broken his kneecap, and is in Broomfield Hospital, quite confused. Please pray for peace and healing, and for Liz to get to speak to the right people when she visits.
Please also pray for: Pamela Hammond; Brenda Lunn; Lynn Baines (Church View); Peggy and Derek Randall (Donna’s parents); Brad Martin; Sue & Jim Shrubb; Paul Harrison; Jean Cuthbert; Alan Woolnough; Sue Stevens; Julie Harper; Esther Davies; Joan Steward; Justin (Juliet’s brother); Sonja Chamberlain; Nicola (Bob & Jill’s daughter); David Kitchener; Vince Fabbri; Claire Iveson; Sheila Whitworth; Fred Towler (Vicki Davies’ dad); David & Maureen Bird; Jan Wood; Rosemarie Biron; George Wetjen; Carol Hayward; Roger Hayward; Simon Harrison; Kim Steele.
Dr Chris Williams asks if we can remember the many elderly and confused patients of his in these challenging times.
THOSE WHO ARE BEREAVED
Please continue to pray for all those we know who have been recently bereaved, especially for Anna, Stu, Thomas and Matthew Laughland and Anna’s mum and sister, on the death of Anna’s dad; Gina Fabbri and Ornella on the death of Ornella’s father; Stephen Greenfield and family following the death of Stephen’s mum; and the families of: Sheila Bailey; Cynthia Costelloe; Heather Bearman; Maureen Budner (Marianne and Mark); Veronica Brooks (St John’s); Ken Smith (Hazel and David); Ernie Sprunt; Julian (Juliet Shipton’s brother).
The Prayer List is constantly updated. If there is someone missing, or if you would like to add someone or someone can now be removed, please contact Sue Oakley email sue.oakley@billericaychurches.org
