C O R O N A V I R U SHoly Trinity is taking every precaution to ensure that it is safe to worship here. All government and Bishops’ guidelines are being followed. Please also do what you can to prevent this disease’s spread and its effects.• Please ensure that you follow all guidelines concerning hygiene• Please use the hand sanitisers (if available) before any service• The Holy Water stoups have been emptied to avoid risk of contamination• There will be no collection; the plate will be available as you enter for your offerings• The use of the chalice has been suspended; Holy Communion will be administered in one Kind• During the Peace, please avoid physical contact of any kind, and restrict your greeting to words and a smile• Those administering Holy Communion will also use hand sanitiser• Meetings and groups will go ahead as planned• Hospital and pastoral visits will continue at present• Please assist any vulnerable neighbours with shopping etc• Remember in your prayers all those affected in any way by CoronavirusAdvice is being reviewed and updated as the pandemic continues,and Holy Trinity’s practice will fully reflect this.
NOTICES Coronavirus Following instructions from the bishops, the subsequent arrangements will now apply: • Maintain strict hygiene through handwashing • The Holy Water Stoups are not to be used • The Peace will be exchanged verbally • Holly Communion will be in one Kind (the Host) Please also follow all national guidance and remember in your prayers all those affected in whatever way. Lent Group Please don’t forget the Lent Group which meets in the Vestry on Thursdays at 7.30pm, looking at the Passion of Christ through the church’s services. This week is Holy Week. Local Ministry Group From next week, LMG prayers will be on Wednesdays and at 8.30am. Everyone is still welcome – this week’s prayers are at Holy Trinity. Easter Lilies Forms are available for Easter Lilies in memory of loved ones. Please complete and return to the Parish Office by 22 March, please. The cost is, still, £5. Thank you. Easter Art Competition Artwork from local schools will be displayed in the church from Friday 3rd April. Please see the poster at the back of the church for more details. Lend with Care We have received three further repayments on our loans including the first repayment from one of our solar entrepreneurs in which we invested at Christmas ! Our account stands at £53:28 which I intend to reinvest; unless you have an objection? There will be an article in Outlook next month; Editor and space permitting. Many thanks for your continuing care for others. Trudi. Fr Julian will be celebrating mass at Glastonbury Abbey this Tuesday at 10.30am, and would be very happy to joined there. He can offer 3 places if anyone would like a lift. PCC Meeting The PCC will meet on Wednesday in the Vestry following Mass in the church at 7.00pm. Parish Magazine Copies of this month’s ‘Outlook’ are still available today if you haven’t had yours. Any items for inclusion in next week’s Notice Sheet to be received at the Parish Office (on paper, by email or phone) by THURSDAY MORNING, please.
NOTICESFr Eric Illing RIP Fr Eric was taken ill at his nursing home on Friday 28 February and died peacefully in the evening. His funeral will be here at Holy Trinity on Friday 13 March at 1.00pm. For many years he was one of our valued honorary assistant priests; his late wife, Marion, made the pulpit falls and the antependium for the High Altar. May he rest in peace. There will be no 12.30 Mass and soup lunch that day. Lent Group Please don’t forget the Lent Group which meets in the Vestry on Thursdays at 7.30pm, looking at the Passion of Christ through the church’s services. This week is Holy Week.Local Ministry Group From next week, LMG prayers will be on Wednesdays and at 8.30am. Everyone is still welcome – and Fr Julian can provide transport from the church, if needed.Fairtrade Fortnight This year’s focus has been cocoa farming. African cocoa farmers achieve less than the minimum national wage for their produce, unless they get the Premium from FairTrade. Fair Trade goods are available at Coffee Time today which is also- International Women's Day! Our thanks to Wendy Burge for organising this, and to Trudi Watkins for the lovely display in the hall.Zambia Floods If you haven’t yet made a donation towards the diocesan appeal to help our brothers and sisters in our link diocese of Zambia, please do so soon, as we wish to forward the monies. If you’d like to ‘gift aid’ your donation, please put it in the white gift aid envelopes and clearly add ‘Zambia’. Thank you.Easter Lilies Forms are available for Easter Lilies in memory of loved ones. Please complete and return to the Parish Office by 22 March, please. The cost is, still, £5. Thank you. Easter Art Competition Artwork from local schools will be displayed in the church from Friday 3rd April. Please see the poster at the back of the church for more details. Lend with Care We have received three further repayments on our loans including the first repayment from one of our solar entrepreneurs in which we invested at Christmas ! Our account stands at £53:28 which I intend to reinvest; unless you have an objection? There will be an article in Outlook next month; Editor and space permitting. Many thanks for your continuing care for others. Any items for inclusion in next week’s Notice Sheet to be received at the Parish Office (on paper, by email or phone) by THURSDAY MORNING, please.
Outlook Copies of this month’s parish magazine are available for collection/ delivery today – don’t forget yours.Lent Programme Details of this year’s Lent Programme at Holy Trinity have been printed on a card for you all to take home and consider. Please do NOT return them at the end of the service; they are to be taken home both for information and for your prayers.Thank you all who provided such a wonderful time at Tuesday’s Pancake Party. All your hard work was much appreciated; it was a lovely occasion. Finance and Fundraising We are very much in need of additional funds to help continue the life and ministry of Holy Trinity. There will a short meeting this Wednesday (4th) at 2.00pm at the Vicarage for anyone who would like to help. Please do come along. Fairtrade Fortnight This year’s campaign continues the fight for a living wage for cocoa farmers in West Africa, who on average only have 74p a day to live on. With your help buying Fairtrade products, this can change. Thank you for supporting the Fairtrade stall last Sunday; the next will be on Sunday 8th March. Zambia Floods Our thoughts and prayers go out to those in this country that have suffered great losses through flooding recently. However, in our link Diocese of Zambia, floods there have caused immense damage to life and property. Our diocese has set itself the challenge of raising £17,500 to help relieve the suffering of our brothers and sisters there. If you can make a donation, that would be much appreciated. If you wish to Gift Aid your donation, please use the white envelopes on every pew, and when completing the details, mark them clearly as ‘Zambia’. Thank you.Mission Work There will be a meeting this week regarding ways in which we can develop our outreach and encourage growth. This will be in the Church Hall, Friday 6 March, 2.00pm. The PCC are considering a long-term mission strategy based on ‘Leading Your Church into Growth’. This is a national resource, and members of Holy Trinity attended a residential conference last October. The first stage is to see how LYCIG may work in our parish, and how we might adopt it. So again, if you are concerned about growing the parish, please do come along.Any items for inclusion in next week’s Notice Sheet to be received at the Parish Office (on paper, by email or phone) by THURSDAY MORNING, please.
