Notices
IN LIGHT OF THE GOVERNMENT GUIDANCE AROUND NON-ESSENTIAL CONTACT, THE ARCHBISHOPS OF CANTERBURY AND YORK HAVE ISSUED ADVICE THAT PUBLIC WORSHIP IS SUSPENDED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.
The Church is now locked, but we will re-open as soon as we are instructed that we can.
The Church is now locked, but we will re-open as soon as we are instructed that we can.
Each week on our Services page we will be posting the thoughts from one of the Ministers who helping us during our interregnum. We also have a link to our online services on a tab attached to our services page. Please also have a look at churchofengland.org/more/media-centre/church-online which includes weekly streamed and daily audio services. There is additional worship on the BBC to help us, and more is on its way.
You can also listen to the Worship at York Minster HERE.
You will find Matins, or Morning Prayer – in keeping with early Christian tradition, this simple act of prayer begins the day.
Evensong – this service, normally sung by the York Minster Choir, follows the order for Evensong in the Book of Common Prayer.
The Eucharist, or Holy Communion is celebrated twice every day.
Services from York Minster in Holy Week are HERE
On Maundy Thursday (9 April) at 11.00am, the Archbishop of York and Bishops of the Diocese of York will offer a short online service including renewal of vows for lay ministers, deacons and priests, and a renewal of commitment and baptismal vows for all the faithful. You can find this via Facebook (facebook.com/dioceseofyork), Twitter (twitter.com/dioceseofyork) or Vimeo (vimeo.com/dioceseofyork). No account or login is required by Vimeo. Recordings of these services will be available for people to catch up later if they miss the service.
A growing number of links to churches in the Diocese of York who will be offering online worship during the Holy Week and Easter period can be found at www.dioceseofyork.org.uk/about-us/coronavirus-home/yourchurchonline,
A growing number of links to churches in the Diocese of York who will be offering online worship during the Holy Week and Easter period can be found at www.dioceseofyork.org.uk/about-us/coronavirus-home/yourchurchonline,
8th April 2020
From the Archbishop of York and the Bishops of the Diocese of York
Dear Ones in Christ
We are walking together into this holy time through Maundy Thursday to Easter Day. Thank you for our companionship together. We are very aware of all you are giving, enduring and discovering. None of us have trodden this ground before so we are each having to come to terms with the impact of that on us personally and in the way we care for those committed to us.
Between us we will go through a whole range of reactions and will probably be finding out new things about ourselves. Of course there is no ‘right’ response, and each day may find us in a different place in ourselves. All of us need to keep the roots nourished as best we can, in friendship, beauty, prayer, gentleness, rest and refreshment. We urge you to take good breaks, keep a rhythm of days off and holiday in these strange circumstances.
There is clearly a great deal of entrepreneurship going on! People are finding ways to be in touch and support folk, watching out for those who might be overlooked. We give thanks for the benefit of technology and all that opens for us. We also recognise that for some it is inaccessible or just a burden. The key thing, surely, is connecting with one another in whatever way we can. We are asked to keep a physical distance but we are called to extend and deepen relationships.
Abraham and Sarah were called to set out without knowing where they were going and it does feel like that at present. In the next days we are on the Way of the Cross, keeping company with Jesus, who in turn will walk with us until we recognise him on the Way.
The Lord be with you
+Sentamu Ebor:
+Glyn Beverley
+Alison Hullen
+John Selby
+Paul Whitby
Diocese of York, Amy Johnson Way, Clifton Moor, York, YO30 4XT
Switchboard: 01904 699500
Web: www.dioceseofyork.org.uk
Email: office@yorkdiocese.org.
From the Archbishop of York and the Bishops of the Diocese of York
Dear Ones in Christ
We are walking together into this holy time through Maundy Thursday to Easter Day. Thank you for our companionship together. We are very aware of all you are giving, enduring and discovering. None of us have trodden this ground before so we are each having to come to terms with the impact of that on us personally and in the way we care for those committed to us.
Between us we will go through a whole range of reactions and will probably be finding out new things about ourselves. Of course there is no ‘right’ response, and each day may find us in a different place in ourselves. All of us need to keep the roots nourished as best we can, in friendship, beauty, prayer, gentleness, rest and refreshment. We urge you to take good breaks, keep a rhythm of days off and holiday in these strange circumstances.
There is clearly a great deal of entrepreneurship going on! People are finding ways to be in touch and support folk, watching out for those who might be overlooked. We give thanks for the benefit of technology and all that opens for us. We also recognise that for some it is inaccessible or just a burden. The key thing, surely, is connecting with one another in whatever way we can. We are asked to keep a physical distance but we are called to extend and deepen relationships.
Abraham and Sarah were called to set out without knowing where they were going and it does feel like that at present. In the next days we are on the Way of the Cross, keeping company with Jesus, who in turn will walk with us until we recognise him on the Way.
The Lord be with you
+Sentamu Ebor:
+Glyn Beverley
+Alison Hullen
+John Selby
+Paul Whitby
Diocese of York, Amy Johnson Way, Clifton Moor, York, YO30 4XT
Switchboard: 01904 699500
Web: www.dioceseofyork.org.uk
Email: office@yorkdiocese.org.
This beautiful prayer was written by an Italian priest who is self-isolating at the moment and very sadly lost his own brother a few days ago to Covid-19...
I'm staying at home, Lord!
I'm staying at home, Lord! And today, I realise, you taught me this,
remaining obedient to the Father,
for thirty years in the house of Nazareth, waiting for the great mission.
I stay at home, Lord, and in Joseph's studio, your keeper and mine,
I learn to work, to obey, to round the corners of my life
and prepare you a work of art.
I'm staying at home, Lord! And I know that I am not alone
because Mary, like any mother, is in the next room,
doing chores and preparing lunch for all of us, God's family.
I'm staying at home, Lord! And I do it responsibly for my own good,
for the health of my city, for my loved ones, and for the good of my brother,
whom you have put beside me, asking me to take care of him in the garden of life.
I'm staying at home, Lord! And in the silence of Nazareth, I pledge to pray,
to read, study, meditate, be useful for small jobs,
in order to make our home more beautiful and more welcoming.
I'm staying at home, Lord! And in the morning, I thank you for the new day you give me,
trying not to spoil it and welcome it with wonder,
as a gift and an Easter surprise.
I'm staying at home, Lord! And at noon I will receive the greeting of the angel,
I will make myself useful for love, in communion with you who have made you flesh to live among us;
and, tired of the journey, thirsty, I will meet you at Jacob's well, and thirsty for love on the Cross.
I'm staying at home, Lord! And if the evening takes me melancholy,
I will invoke you like the disciples of Emmaus:
stay with us, the evening has arrived and the sun sets.
I'm staying at home, Lord! And in the night, in communion of prayer with the many sick,
the lonely and all the caregivers, I will wait for the dawn to sing your mercy again
and tell everyone that, in the storms, you have been my refuge.
I'm staying at home, Lord! And I don't feel alone and abandoned,
because you told me: I'm with you every day. Yes, and especially in these days of confusion,
O Lord, in which, if my presence is not necessary, I will reach everyone, only with the wings of prayer.
Amen
I'm staying at home, Lord!
I'm staying at home, Lord! And today, I realise, you taught me this,
remaining obedient to the Father,
for thirty years in the house of Nazareth, waiting for the great mission.
I stay at home, Lord, and in Joseph's studio, your keeper and mine,
I learn to work, to obey, to round the corners of my life
and prepare you a work of art.
I'm staying at home, Lord! And I know that I am not alone
because Mary, like any mother, is in the next room,
doing chores and preparing lunch for all of us, God's family.
I'm staying at home, Lord! And I do it responsibly for my own good,
for the health of my city, for my loved ones, and for the good of my brother,
whom you have put beside me, asking me to take care of him in the garden of life.
I'm staying at home, Lord! And in the silence of Nazareth, I pledge to pray,
to read, study, meditate, be useful for small jobs,
in order to make our home more beautiful and more welcoming.
I'm staying at home, Lord! And in the morning, I thank you for the new day you give me,
trying not to spoil it and welcome it with wonder,
as a gift and an Easter surprise.
I'm staying at home, Lord! And at noon I will receive the greeting of the angel,
I will make myself useful for love, in communion with you who have made you flesh to live among us;
and, tired of the journey, thirsty, I will meet you at Jacob's well, and thirsty for love on the Cross.
I'm staying at home, Lord! And if the evening takes me melancholy,
I will invoke you like the disciples of Emmaus:
stay with us, the evening has arrived and the sun sets.
I'm staying at home, Lord! And in the night, in communion of prayer with the many sick,
the lonely and all the caregivers, I will wait for the dawn to sing your mercy again
and tell everyone that, in the storms, you have been my refuge.
I'm staying at home, Lord! And I don't feel alone and abandoned,
because you told me: I'm with you every day. Yes, and especially in these days of confusion,
O Lord, in which, if my presence is not necessary, I will reach everyone, only with the wings of prayer.
Amen
Faith Not Fear
You might like to watch this clip on the theme of 'Faith not Fear', based on the account of Jesus calming the storm at Lake Galilee. It lasts around 17 minutes.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=j1QemxVqZ1U
www.youtube.com/watch?v=j1QemxVqZ1U
Easter Resurrection Gardens
Last year we had some lovely Easter gardens in the porch for Easter Sunday. It's a shame to miss out on that fun this year, when we have time on our hands. Why not have a go, and if you email your pictures to pickeringparishchurch@gmail.com or share them on our facebook page, I will make a dedicated page on here and put your pictures up to share them. It needs to be a miniature garden on a tin lid or plate (or similar small area), showing a part of the Easter story. There might be crosses made of twigs, or a mini tomb, or just a garden with spring flowers and other signs of new life.
Food Bank
The need for donations to the food bank is greater than ever. If you are in a position to give something, our collections are continuing. Please label these as from St. Peter and St. Paul’s church. They can be left at St. Joseph’s parish hall on Thursdays, between 3-5pm. or at any time at the doorway of 75 Westgate. Just knock so that Anne knows it’s there. Very many thanks for your continued support. It is hugely appreciated.
As we are currently in interregnum, any queries should be directed to the Churchwardens.
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Churchwardens : Pam Robb and Mary Pettitt
Email info@pickeringchurch.com 07769 801708 |
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