www.ascension-blackheath.org.uk

Part of The Ravensbourne Team

The Baptism of Christ

15th January 2012

Good morning and welcome to the Church of the Ascension for our worship this Sunday. After the opening prayer, there will be a short period of quiet before we sing the first hymn.

O God, the spirit of all things new,

of energy and of change,

give us the confidence and strength

to confront the injustice of this world;

support us in our efforts to see right prevail;

make us single-minded in seeking peace;

use us to bring about your commonwealth on earth.

Amen.

Vicar: Revd. Trevor  Donnelly

The Vicarage 40 Dartmouth Row SE10 8AW

t. 0208 694 1074 e. trevordonnelly@mac.com  and

http://web.me.com/trevordonnelly/Blog

Holy Trinity, Deptford

9.00 a.m. Breakfast Worship every Sunday

Holy Trinity Centre Mission Hall
Corner of Bennett Grove & Orchard Hill SE13 7QZ

­­­Readers:    Sheelagh Daly - 8293 0509 and

Margaret Offerman - 8852 7063

Churchwardens:           Ted Offerman - 8852 7063 and

Debs Prosser - debsprosser@gmail.com

Newsletter and Hall Bookings: Wendy Harwood - 0208 691 8081 or  harwoodfive@btinternet.com

Parish Safeguarding Officer: Georgina Bolt - 8857 1654

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Future Dates

January 2012

30^th         8.00 p.m.               P.C.C.

February 2012

5^th           8.00 a.m.                Said Eucharist
                10.30 a.m.             All Age Service –

                                                 Music provided by

                                                 the All Age Band

6.30 p.m.               Start the Month:

                                Medical misdemeanours:

a talk by Mike Lancaster-Smith

22^nd         8.00 p.m.               Ash Wednesday

March 2012

4^th           8.00 a.m.                Said Eucharist
                10.30 a.m.             All Age Service –

                                                 Music provided by the

                                                 All Age Band

18^th         10.30 a.m.             Mothering Sunday All Age

                                                Service with the Family Band

April 2012

1^st            8.00 a.m.                Said Eucharist
                10.30 a.m.             Palm Sunday Service

 5^th          7.00 p.m.               Maundy Thursday

                                                 Seder, Meal & Vigil

6^th           10.30 a.m.             Good Friday Service

                                                Heath  Service

                                                 with Blackheath Churches

                TBC Good Friday Music & Meditation

8^th           6.00 a.m.                Easter Day –

                                                 Dawn Service followed by

                                                champagne Breakfast

                10.30 a.m.             All Age Service

Holy Days this week

 17   Antony of Egypt, Hermit, Abbot, 356

17   Charles Gore,Bishop, Founder of the Community

of the Resurrection, 1932

18-25   Week of Prayer for Christian Unity

18  Amy Carmichael, Founder of the Dohnavur Fellowship,

                spiritual writer, 1951  

19   Wulfstan, Bishop of Worcester, 1095

20   Richard Rolle of Hampole, Spiritual Writer, 1349

21   Agnes, Child Martyr at Rome, 304

Not The Last Supper                                                                    
Tonight there will be  us a chance to enjoy a musical evening in the form of a recital by Dante DiIanni who will perform piano works by  Bach, Haydn, Schumann and Brahms. This programme is Dante’s entry for the Leeds piano competition later in the year.  The recital will begin at 5 o’clock and I hope it will attract a large audience.  Entry is free but there will be a retiring collection for the fabric fund.  However, afterwards you are invited to NOT THE LAST SUPPER in the church hall.  This is a simpler version of the dining club which some of you may have already been involved in.  There will be food and drink at a cost of £10 a head.  These proceeds will also go to the fabric fund.  There are no tickets for NOT THE LAST SUPPER but it would help if you could let me know if you are coming, either by emailing me or signing the list at the back of the church. With best wishes, Margaret

“TOGETHER  IN  CHRIST?”  

Every Monday there will be discussions on basic Christian topics.   The Churches of the Ascension and St. Johns with Holy Trinity (The Ravensbourne Team) invite you to an introductory evening on Monday 23^rd January, 8-9.15p.m., at Holy Trinity Centre. 

The Programme:  Sharing bread and soup;  planning the course together;  praying together.

If interested, please contact one of the following:

Heston:  07595 261389;  (revheston@gmail.com);                                                                      : Eric:  07979 960798;  (e_coudjoe@yahoo.co.uk);                                                                        Trish:  020 8318 5522  (triciambishop@yahoo.co.uk)

If you would like to take part in one or more discussions, but cannot come on Monday 23^rd – please contact us anyway.

Begging Bowl for January 2012 is Anti-Slavery International.

Millions of men, women and children around the world are forced to lead lives as slaves.  People are sold like objects, forced to work for very little or no pay and are at the mercy of their ‘employers’.  Slavery exists today despite the fact that it is banned in most of the countries where it is practiced, it is also prohibited by the Universal Declarition of Human Rights.  Women in eastern Europe are forced into prostitution, children are sold into bonded labour in India and trafficked between West African countries, men are forced to work as slaves on Brazilian agricultural estates.

Contemporary slavery takes many forms and affects people of all ages, sex and races.  It must be stopped and Anti-Slavery internation is dedicated to the eradicatin of this cruel and barbaric task.

Please give generously.

Christmas Cards and - stamps

A box for  everyone's stamps has this week been placed at the back of the church...for many years Jean Bennett has found a really good home for them

New Year's Resolutions

Thank you to the Cleaning Team who have clean the church  in 2011. It is very much appreciated. To those of you have not yet signed up to join this celebrated team....You are all welcome to participate in 2012 by joining the Church Cleaning Rota. Cleaning the church is very therapeutic, good exercise and helps keep our church looking wonderful and you only need to do it about 3 times a year for a few hours! It’s not too late to offer your help. Thank you Jonathan Prosser and Sue Edgar who will be joining our team.

Please contact me by email, phone (0208 691 8081) I look forward to hearing from you. Wendy

Prayer List

Please remember in your prayers: Margaret Atkin, Andrew Hutchinson, Michael & Brenda Saunders and David Hazlehurst and Betty Illingworth, Judith Steven and Juliet and her family in their bereavement.

Rest in Peace

The Collect

Heavenly Father,
at the Jordan you revealed Jesus as your Son:
may we recognize him as our Lord
and know ourselves to be your beloved children;
through Jesus Christ our Saviour.GO Lord, you have searched me and known me.

You know when I sit down and when I rise up; you discern my thoughts from far away.

You search out my path and my lying down, and are acquainted with all my ways.

Even before a word is on my tongue, O Lord, you know it completely.

You hem me in, behind and before, and lay your hand upon me.

Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is so high that I cannot attain it.

Where can I go from your spirit? Or where can I flee from your presence?

If I ascend to heaven, you are there; if I make my bed in Sheol, you are there.

If I take the wings of the morning and settle at the farthest limits of the sea,

even there your hand shall lead me, and your right hand shall hold me fast.

If I say, “Surely the darkness shall cover me, and the light around me become night,”

Even the darkness is not dark to you; the night is as bright as the day, for darkness is as light to you.

For it was you who formed my inward parts; you knit me together in my mother’s womb.

I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Wonderful are your works; that I know very well.

Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my thoughts.

See if there is any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.

Glory to God source of all being, Eternal Word and Holy Spirit, as it was in the beginning is now and shall be for ever. Amen.

Genesis 33.1-11

Jacob and Esau are reconciled

Looking up, Jacob saw Esau coming and with him. 400 men He himself went ahead of them and bowed to the ground seven times, until he reached his brother. But Esau ran to meet him , took him in his arms, threw himself on his neck and wept as he kissed him. Then looking up he saw the women and the children. Who are these with you?’ he asked. Jacob answered, ’The children whom God hath bestowed on me’. The slave girls came up with their children, and they all bowed low. Then Leah too came up with her children, and they all bowed low. Finally Rachel and Joseph came up and bowed low.

Esau asked,’ What is the purpose of this whole camp I have met/’ ‘To win my lord’s favour’, he replied. ‘Brother, I have plenty’, Esau answered,’’ keep what is yours’. Jacob protested,’ No, if I have won your favour, please accept the gift I offer, for in fact I have come into your presence as into the presence of God since you have received me kindly. So accept the gift I have brought for you, since God has been generous to me and I Have all I need.’ And he urged him, and Esau accepted.

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