Christ calming the storm by James Ensor

2nd Sunday before Lent

Bible Readings:
Genesis 2.4b-9; 15-end;
Psalm 65;
Revelation 4;
Luke 8.22-25

One day he got into a boat with his disciples, and he said to them, ‘Let us go across to the other side of the lake.’ So they put out, and while they were sailing he fell asleep. A gale swept down on the lake, and the boat was filling with water, and they were in danger. They went to him and woke him up, shouting, ‘Master, Master, we are perishing!’ And he woke up and rebuked the wind and the raging waves; they ceased, and there was a calm. He said to them, ‘Where is your faith?’ They were afraid and amazed, and said to one another, ‘Who then is this, that he commands even the winds and the water, and they obey him?’ [Luke 8.22-25]

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Details of Holy Week Services will be posted here soon.

Weekly newsletter/blog and website

Please send all information for the Sunday newsletter/blog by Wednesday evening to Josie at penleeclusternewsletter@gmail.com. For anything specifically website-related, please contact Chris at communications@penleecluster.org.uk. If you would like to write a reflection for the newsletter, please contact Josie for details of upcoming Sunday readings.

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CLUSTER INFORMATION & EVENTS

Celtic Morning Prayer

Each weekday morning on zoom at 8am. The zoom meeting ID is 815 4586 0947. If you would like to attend, please email Keno at admin@penleecluster.org.uk (or call on 01736 331633) for the passcode, which you will need as well as the meeting ID given here.

Julian Prayer Group

The Julian Meeting will be on zoom this Sunday 23rd, at 6pm. Zoom link:

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84734636130?pwd=NkMrMDNjTGpzbnorZEUrYVRJUTBkQT09

Prayer Requests

If you are concerned about someone and would like their name included in the Prayer Request Group’s weekly prayer list, please do email Mel at mlevesconte@hotmail.co.uk by 7pm on Tuesday evenings. Thank you.

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Penwith Deanery News

Sharing the Good News across Penwith

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Hot news from St. Mary’s…

As many of you have now discovered, things are hotting up at St Mary’s, as the first phase of our new electric heating has been installed. The Celtic Chapel and our hospitality area are cosy once more and we shall now benefit from the flexibility and rapid response-time of the new overhead units. We owe a huge debt to Sian for the many weeks of continuing work which she did, after her retirement, to access the necessary funding. We look forward now to the installation of the attractive chandelier-like Halos in the church, which is scheduled for the 10th of March. It will be a great joy to return to the main church area for our Sunday worship and other events without dressing for the Arctic! It is also good to know that, as a national Demonstrator Church for lowering our carbon footprint, we can encourage other churches to travel such a path in their own buildings. – Lesley

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Service for Josephine Lawrey

at St. Mary’s Church Saturday 1st March

There will be a celebration of the life of Josephine Lawrey who many of you will know was a faithful member of St Mary’s church for many years before illness prevented her from attending regularly. The service will be on Saturday 1st March at 12 noon at St. Mary’s Church and will be followed by a reception. You are all most welcome to join in this celebration.

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World Day of Prayer

 Service at St. Mary’s Church – Friday 7th March

Each year a service is written by a group from a different country; this year it was composed by the ladies of the Cook Islands. The same service is enjoyed across the globe, and we are delighted to be able to welcome all to join us at St. Mary’s Church on Friday 7th March at 10.30am.

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Calling a Wounded Planet Home

Lent Course at St. Mary’s Church

Calling a Wounded Planet Home is a Lent course offered for the Cluster to be held in St Mary’s Church. It is based on Green Christian’s Lent offering which asks ‘What kind of people might we need to be to face the challenges of climate change?’ Here is a space to go deeper together, and a space of contemplation that can resource meaningful action. Covering topics of Love, Truth, Wisdom, Justice and Hope, this course uses Taize worship, prayer, Bible texts and silence to inform reflection and discussion on creation care and the climate crisis, with the potential for positive and grounded outcomes for both community and church. There will be no videos and laptops, with the emphasis being on a simple format of active listening, sharing and encouragement.

Sessions will be from 2.00pm – 3.00pm on Wednesdays 12th, 19th & 26th March and 2nd & 9th April in the Celtic Chapel. All welcome. Any questions to George at georgedow@greenchristian.org.uk.

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Cluster Service at St. Mary’s

Sunday 23rd March

We will be having our first cluster service of the year at St. Mary’s and are delighted to welcome Archdeacon Clive to celebrate Communion with our church communities.

Following the service, there will be lunch at the Lugger Inn at 12.30pm. If you would like to come along for lunch, there is a signup sheet at St. Mary’s, so please sign up as soon as possible. (For friends from our churches other than St. Mary’s who would like to come, please ask your Churchwarden to speak with St. Mary’s Churchwarden, Eliza, to get your name added to the list.) Please note that there will be no Sunday services at St. Peter’s or St. Pol de Léon on 23rd.

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OTHER INFORMATION & EVENTS

Churches Together in Penzance Forum

at High Street Methodist Church – Tuesday 25th February

The CTiPA Forum will meet at 7.00pm.

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Together for the Church of England

Devon & Cornwall Regional Festival

Friday 28th February

Developing a church that celebrates diversity and inclusion

All are welcome to an evening conversation on zoom, from 7.00pm – 9.00pm. To join, please use these zoom details:

https://us06web.zoom.us/j/81884537726?pwd=IOQl56gptdg03oRjBsuGndOlfNcAqY.1

Meeting ID: 818 8453 7726
Passcode: 604142

For more information, please contact your local Cornwall rep, Andrew Yates at yates252@btinternet.com

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Hymn Along at High Street Methodist Church

Saturday 1st March

Come along to Hymn Along at High Street Methodist Church, from 11.00am – 12.00pm. ‘Make a joyful noise unto the Lord’ (Psalm 98 v4). For more information, please email Mandy Pearce elaineamandapearce@gmail.com. *This event is dementia friendly.

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‘Light in the Desert’

a course of Lenten reflections at The Immaculate Conception of Our Lady Catholic Church

Image by Kevin Schmid from Pixabay

Our friends at The Immaculate Conception of Our Lady Catholic Church will be holding a course of Lenten reflections entitled ‘Light in the Desert’, which will consist of weekly prayerful reflections with discussion on the Sunday gospel readings of Lent drawn from the teachings of the Second Vatican Council. To give the most opportunity for those who may wish to participate there will be a choice of times on each Monday of Lent. Meetings will be held in the church at 10.30am-11.30am after the 10.00am Mass and again at 6.00pm-7.00pm. The first sessions will be on Monday 10th March and will continue every Monday until 7th April.

All are welcome. The size of the groups will be no more than ten. So, if you would like to attend it would be helpful to let Michael Malone-Lee at mmalonelee@hotmail.com know in advance so as to ensure that enough copies of the short course booklet will be available.

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Churches Together in Penzance

Lent Lunches

The weekly lunches will start at 12 noon and money raised will go towards Christian Aid and CAFOD projects.

Saturday 8th March – Quakers + YMCA Alverton Road TR18 4TE
Saturday 15th March – St. Peter’s Church, Newlyn TR18 5QF
Saturday 22nd March – Roman Catholic Church Penzance TR18 2DX
Saturday 29th March- Chapel Street Methodist TR18 4BE
Saturday 5th April – High Street Methodist TR18 2SU
Saturday 12th April – St. Thomas’ Church, Heamoor TR18 3JB

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Good Friday Walk of Witness – 18th April

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