Mosaic in the Dominus Flevit Church, Jerusalem. Photo by Fallaner.
2nd Sunday of Lent
Bible Readings:
Genesis 15.1-12, 17-18;
Psalm 27;
Philippians 3.17-4.1;
Luke 13.31-end
O Jerusalem! O Jerusalem! You kill the prophets and you stone the messengers who are sent to you. How often I wanted to gather in your children as a hen gathers in her chicks under her wings, but you were not willing to come to Me.
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 else 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.
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 16th, at 6pm. Zoom link:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84734636130?pwd=NkMrMDNjT Gpzb norZEUrYVRJUTBkQT09
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.
Cluster Service at St. Mary’s Church
Sunday 23rd March
We will be having our first cluster service of the year at St. Mary’s at 10.30am on Sunday 23rd March 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.
NightChurch Penzance Job Vacancy
For a coordinator to manage the evening project at St Mary’s Church Penzance, providing a warm indoor environment, free café, crafts, listening, and space for prayer and contemplation to all feeling lost or wanting companionship. 12 hours per week at £15 per hour. The closing date for applications is 21st March and interviews will take place on 28th March. More information and the job profile can be found here: https://www.penleecluster.org.uk/nightchurch-pz-job-vacancy/
Penwith Deanery News
Pastoral Ministry
Would you like to explore becoming a pastoral visitor?
If you’re interested in this important lay ministry, please speak to your churchwarden.
Calling a Wounded Planet Home
Lent Course at St. Mary’s Church – Week 2!
Photo by Markus Spiske on Unsplash
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. Please join us for Week 2 in the Celtic Chapel, from 2.00pm – 3.00pm (whether you were able to attend Week 1 or not). All are welcome. Any questions to George at georgedow@greenchristian.org.uk.
Stations of the Cross at St. Peter’s Church
St. Peter’s will be praying the Stations of the Cross throughout Lent, after the 11.00am Communion service, continuing this Wednesday 19th March and then every Wednesday, with the last being on Wednesday 9th April. All are welcome to join this beautiful devotional practice.
V.E. 80th Anniversary 1940s-style Tea Party at St. Peter’s Church
Monday 5th May
Come along to St. Peter’s on Monday 5th May, from 2.00 – 4.00pm, to celebrate the 80th Anniversary of V.E. Day with a 1940s-style tea party, with wartime menu. All welcome!
OTHER INFORMATION & EVENTS
Epiphany House Quiet Day
The Sacredness of Grief with Mary West
Friday 21st March
Epiphany House quiet days are an opportunity for prayer, reflection, and silence, fostering deeper connection with God. Quiet days cost £30.00 and include refreshments and a light lunch. The March quiet day is titled The Sacredness of Grief and runs from 10.00am – 4.00pm. The grief journey is a long and complicated one. For more information and for a link to booking, please see here:
Alternatively, you can book by emailing bookings@epiphanyhouse.co.uk, or by ringing 01872 857953.
Mission Morning:
Operation Mobilisation at Chapel Street Methodist Church
Saturday 22nd March
From 11.00am to 1.00pm on Saturday 22nd March, Chapel Street Methodist Church is hosting Operation Mobilisation who are equipping missionaries to go out into the world. It takes adventure and creativity to meet with these 3 billion people to make the Gospel known in many ways through sharing knowledge, help and hope around the globe, on land and by sea. Come along to this event and find out more.
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 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
Good Friday Churches Together in Penzance Walk of Witness
18th April
Photo by Vaishakh Pillai on Unsplash
We gather at 11.30am at the bus station where the procession will ‘Follow the Cross’ up Market Jew Street followed by a short service outside Lloyds Bank, after which folk are invited to the Salvation Army Hall, Queen Street, for a cup of tea and a hot cross bun at about 12 noon. All are welcome!
Befriending Open Evening at High Street Methodist Church
Tuesday 6th May
A proposal has been put forward to Churches Together in Penzance Area for perhaps a NEW Project.
The Kernow Gateway of Social Prescribers and other community groups are telling CTiPA of a huge unmet need
for befrienders in our West Penwith community. Those who live alone, or are housebound through illness or frailty, would find it difficult or impossible to walk into a church or to join any activity group. If you are interested in finding out about volunteering to become a befriender, there will be an open evening at High Street Methodist Church on Tuesday 6th May at 7.00pm, where we can discuss further, and if feasible, have a steering group to take this idea to the next stage. To find out more, please email Karen Morozova (Chair) at secretary@churchestogetherinpenzance.co.uk and leave your contact details for a call back.
Debt Advice
The Salvation Army offers debt advice services to people in this area. They are free, confidential and impartial. Please dial 01752 643955 to speak to a Debt Advisor from 10.00am until 4.00pm Monday to Friday or email cornwalldas@salvationarmy.org.uk.
IMS Spring Concert
St Pol de Leon Church
Saturday 12th April
