13th April 2025
By Justin Dyche in Sunday Service on 19 April 2025
Good morning everyone,
I am pleased to say we had a great week at Spring Harvest in sunny Skegness! There will be more news about what happened over the coming weeks but it was a time of good teaching, uplifting worship, encounters with God, wonderful fellowship as we shared food together and fun (at least it was fun for me as I won the Crazy Golf!). There is much to do now to be ready for our SHOWSTOPPERS HOLIDAY CLUB which starts on Monday and below you will find details of everything happening during this HOLY WEEK leading up to EASTER DAY next Sunday.
SUNDAY 13th APRIL
There are two services on Sunday as follows:
10.30am ALL AGE WORSHIP at St Columba’s. This service will be to launch our SHOWSTOPPERS Holiday Club (but all children are welcome whether they are coming to the Club or not) and to encourage everyone to pray for the Club. We will also be handing out Palm Crosses. This service will be available to watch here: https://youtube.com/live/niZe8DFpBUw?feature=share
3pm FAMILY SERVICE with BAPTISM at St Leonard’s, Rockingham.
We will have a PRAYER MEETING in St Columba’s, but the exact time will depend on how well our preparations for Holiday Club go – come at 4.30 and you can help, come at 6pm and we may have already started praying!
LENT 2025
Our children’s Lent Countdown Calendar concludes this week and the theme is fun and games. You are encouraged to give for every hour you spend watching TV and every time you play a game (which could be any kind of online or physical game) this week! At the end of the week you multiply the amount you have decided to give (perhaps 10p an hour of TV or per game) by the number of hours you watched and games you played. So two hours a day watching TV for seven days mean you give £1.40, plus any games you played, to your chosen charity (the church or one of the charities we support for example).
As this is the last week you may like to bring any money you have raised for church to our service next Sunday, or if it is for a charity and you would like us to send it for you put it in an envelope with the charity name clearly on the envelope.
SPRING HARVEST HOME
It is not too late to be blessed by Spring Harvest this year. You can watch Spring Harvest from Minehead ONLINE from Monday 14th to Friday 18th April (with recordings available to watch until 17th May). Tickets cost £29.95, they are available here:
https://ecevents.uk/shhome25/reg/Site/Register
Once you’ve bought your ticket, you’ll be sent the link to join with your unique code. Spring Harvest Home can be watched anywhere with WI-FI, in any browser, or cast to (some) TV’s.
FILMS AT THE SAVOY
There is a new Easter animated film out next week: “King of kings“, (not to be confused with the 1961 epic of the same name). It is described as follows:
The untold Charles Dickens story. A father tells his son the greatest story ever told, and what begins as a bedtime tale becomes a life-changing journey. Through vivid imagination, the boy walks alongside Jesus, witnessing His miracles, facing His trials, and understanding His ultimate sacrifice. The King of Kings invites us to rediscover the enduring power of hope, love, and redemption through the eyes of a child.
You can watch this on the following days and times:
Today (Saturday) 12.30
Sunday 12.10
Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday: 10.00, 12.30, 15.00
Thursday 10.00, 12.30, 15.00 and 17.20
And the Last Supper episode of “The Chosen” can be watched at the Savoy on today (Saturday) at 20.40 and Sunday 13th at 20.15.
CHILDREN’S EASTER HOLIDAY CLUB – Showstoppers!
Rather than a Charity of the Week I would like to encourage everyone to pray for our Easter Holiday Club running from Monday 14th to Friday 18th April in church from 10am to 12 noon each day. Please pray for the children who have booked in, also for the leaders, for all the practicalities of running the Club and for parents of the children.
EASTER SERVICES
Do make a speciall effort to join us at some of these extra services this week:
MAUNDY THURSDAY 17th APRIL 7.30pm – Holy Communion at St Columba’s
GOOD FRIDAY 18th APRIL 11am – Hot Cross Bun Feast as the conclusion to the Holiday Club at St Columba’s
GOOD FRIDAY 18th APRIL 2pm – An Hour by the Cross, a time of reflection at St Leonard’s, Rockingham
EASTER DAY 20th APRIL 6am – Sunrise Service at St Leonard’s, Rockingham followed by breakfast in Rockingham Village Hall
EASTER DAY 20th APRIL 10.30am – All Age Easter Celebration with Communion at St Columba’s.
May God bless you all in this Holy Week as we walk with Jesus to the Cross and prepare to celebrate the joy of His resurrection.
Ian
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