The Church Of The Holy Rood -- Wool, Dorset, U.K.
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The Church Of The Holy Rood -- Wool, Dorset, U.K.
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January Services
SUNDAY 1st JANUARY - SECOND SUNDAY OF CHRISTMAS Naming and circumcision of Jesus 8.00am Holy Communion (BCP) 10.00am Parish Communion 4.00pm Evening Prayer Wed 3rd 10.00am Holy Communion Thurs 4th 7.00pm Healing Service
SUNDAY 8th JANUARY - THE FIRST SUNDAY OF EPIPHANY The Baptism of Christ 8.00am Holy Communion (BCP) 10.00am Parish Communion 6.30pm Epiphany Carol Service Wed 10th 10.00am Holy Communion
SUNDAY 15th JANUARY - THE SECOND SUNDAY OF EPIPHANY 8.00am Holy Communion (BCP) 10.00am Parish Communion 3.00pm Week of Prayer for Christian Unity - Wool Churches Together, Holy Rood Wed 18th 10.00am Holy Communion (BCP)
SUNDAY 22ndJANUARY - THE THIRD SUNDAY OF EPIPHANY 8.00am Holy Communion (BCP) 10.00am Covenant Service at Holy Rood Church (joint service with friends from the Methodist Chapel) 4.00pm Taize Service (see below) Wed 25th 10.00am Holy Communion
SUNDAY 29th JANUARY - THE FOURTH SUNDAY OF EPIPHANY The Presentation of Christ in the Temple 8.00am Holy Communion (BCP) 10.00am Parish Communion 4.00pm Evening Prayer
PLEASE NOTE TIMES OF EVENING SERVICES
Knowlewood Knap: Holy Communion 3rd January 10am in the day room. Hyde Place: Holy Communion 12th January at 10am in the day room. Anyone may go along to these services especially if you feel that you are unable to access Holy Rood Church for the services there.
Explorers Group: 7th and 21st January at 7.00pm 9High Street Close
Prayers for the parish every Friday at 7.00pm - this prayer meeting moves to 9 High Street Close in January 2006.
Epiphany Carol Service
Carols by candlelight Holy Rood Church Sunday 8th January at 6.30 pm
Taize ServiceSunday 22nd January 4.00pm at Holy Rood Taize is an international and ecumenical monastic community founded in 1940, by Brother Roger, near Cluny, in SE France. His aim was to open up ways of healing the divisions between Christians and through the reconciliation of Christians to overcome conflicts within humanity. He began by sheltering Jews and other refugees in his home. After the end of the Second World War, he obtained permission to welcome German prisoners of war from a nearby camp. The first brothers took life-vows in 1949. There are now about 90 brothers, from some 20 countries and every continent. Weekly meetings bring together young people from many countries, often as many as 6,000 at a time. Songs from Taize are used in groups and parishes around the world. ‘Nothing is more conducive to a communion with the living God than a meditative common prayer with, at its high point, singing that never ends and continues in the silence of our heart when one is alone again.’ Come and experience some of the worship of Taize with us.
COVENANT SERVICE22nd JANUARY 10.00am HOLY ROOD From the earliest days of the Methodist Societies, John Wesley invited the Methodist people to renew their covenant relationship with God. The emphasis of this annual service is on God’s readiness to enfold us in generous love, not dependant on our deserving. Our response also in love springs with penitent joy from thankful recognition of God’s grace. The covenant is not just a one to one transaction between individuals and God, but the act of the whole faith community. For many years now the Methodist Church and the Anglican Church have come together in their annual Covenant Service, you are most welcome to join with us as we renew our covenant relationship with God.
READINGS 1st JANUARY Second Sunday of Christmas Isa. 61. 10-62. 3 Gal. 4. 4-7 Luke 2. 15-21 Just as the angels said, a Saviour has been born for us.
8th JANUARY First Sunday of Epiphany Gen.1.1-5 Acts 19. 1-7 Mark 1. 4-11 Through the Holy Spirit, Jesus is affirmed at his Baptism as God’s beloved Son, and we too are given the Spirit of God which affirms us as God’s adopted daughters and sons.
15th JANUARY Second Sunday of Epiphany 1 Sam. 3. 1-10(11-20) Rev. 5.1-10 John 1. 43-51 Jesus, the Christ, unlocks the mysteries of God
22nd JANUARY Third Sunday of Epiphany Gen. 14. 17-20 Rev. 19. 6-10 John 2. 1-11 Signs of glory lead us to believe in Jesus as Lord and Saviour.
29th JANUARY Fourth Sunday of Epiphany Deut. 18. 15-20 Rev. 12. 1-5a Mark 1. 21-28 Jesus displays all the signs that mark him out to be God’s chosen One.
Week of Prayer for Christian UnityWool Churches Together will be holding a joint service at Holy Rood Church 3.00pm on Sunday 15th January. The theme of the service is ‘Where two or three are gathered in my name’. Do come along and join with us as we worship together.
And finally -Just a thought for Epiphany.
A visible-light image, taken with the Hubble's Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph, reveals clumps of material in a circumstellar disk of gas and dust swirling around a 2- to 4-million-year-old star called AB Aurigae. These clumps, also composed of dust and gas, may represent the seeds of planet formation. |
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