Hope for Ukraine
The film night, Tom Cotcher’s event and last Sunday’s collection raised a splendid £1,765.55 for the DEC Ukraine Appeal. Many thanks to all who took part and/or supported these events. Donations can be made directly to the DEC online. Tom sends his ‘heartfelt thanks to the congregation for their generosity of spirit as well as their donations.’

Church cleaning for Easter
Volunteers are requested to prepare the church for Easter. Come along on Wednesday 13th April at 1000. Bring your own Marigolds!

Annual Vestry & Parochial Church Meetings
This year’s APCM (rather like an AGM) will be on Sunday 1st May after the 1000 Parish Eucharist. We will elect Churchwardens to serve for the coming year and members of the Parochial Church Council (where there are vacancies – posts are usually held for three years). Annual reports and accounts will be available a couple of weeks in advance of the meeting.

Three funerals
Marjorie Trowell RIP – Wednesday 20th April at 1100
Margaret Yellop RIP – Monday 25th April at 1200
Betty Maccario RIP – Monday 9th May at 1430

Walking the Sahara for charity
Lyndsay Gardner, a member of our congregation and former PCC member applied to Coppafeel, a breast cancer awareness charity in London, to walking 100km across the Sahara Desert. She is going to the Sahara desert later in the year! To help Lyndsay raise £3,000, please go to: https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/Lyndsay-treks-the-sahara

A new CD
Bob Lewis has released a new CD including settings of poems by Bob Copper. If you would like a copy, please contact Bob directly at 41 Coombe Vale, Saltdean, BN2 8HN, tel. 01273 303 818. CDs are £5 each or £8 to include post and packing.

Knit & Natter
The group will break for Easter and will not be meeting on Wednesdays 13th and 20th April. Meetings will resume on 27th April
at 1900. Sue Leaney – 07803 179 617

HOLY WEEK & EASTER SERVICES

MAUNDY THURSDAY, 14TH APRIL AT 1900
SOLEMN LITURGY & WATCH UNTIL MIDNIGHT

GOOD FRIDAY, 15TH APRIL AT 1400
SOLEMN LITURGY

HOLY SATURDAY, 16TH APRIL AT 2000
THE GREAT EASTER VIGIL
followed by an Easter Party in church

EASTER SUNDAY, 17TH APRIL AT 1000
PARISH EUCHARIST

Annual Vestry & Parochial Church Meetings
This year’s APCM (rather like an AGM) will be on Sunday 1st May after the 1000 Parish Eucharist. We will elect Churchwardens to serve for the coming year and members of the Parochial Church Council (where there are vacancies – posts are usually held for three years). Annual reports and accounts will be available a couple of weeks in advance of the meeting.

Healing Service…
today, and every first Sunday of the month, at 1700.

Vocational Placement – welcome to Quin
Quin Delport, who is in the ‘discernment process’ for ordained ministry will be joining us from the parishes of Brighton, St Matthias and St Richard for a short placement to explore a church tradition very different to his own. He is with us today and then again on 3rd and 24th April and 1st, 8th, 15th and 22nd May. Please make him welcome and pray for him and his family.

Brian West RIP
Brenda and her family would like to thank everyone who has supported her so kindly in so many ways following the death of her dear husband, Brian, on 5th March 2022.

Walking the Sahara for charity
Lyndsay Gardner, a member of our congregation and former PCC member applied to Coppafeel, a breast cancer awareness charity in London, to walking 100km across the Sahara Desert. She is going to the Sahara desert later in the year! To help Lyndsay raise £3,000, please go to: https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/Lyndsay-treks-the-sahara

A new CD
Bob Lewis has released a new CD including settings of poems by Bob Copper. If you would like a copy, please contact Bob directly at 41 Coombe Vale, Saltdean, BN2 8HN, tel. 01273 303 818. CDs are £5 each or £8 to include post and packing.

Knit & Natter
The group meets on Wednesdays at 1900 in church. New members always welcome. We knit and we natter. Just come along! The group will break for Easter and will not be meeting on Wednesdays 13th and 20th April. Meetings will resume on 27th April. Sue Leaney – 07803 179 617

Lent Charity Lunches
Come along to church on Tuesdays in Lent at 1200 for fellowship and a simple lunch of homemade soup, baguette, tea and biscuits – all for £5. Proceeds after costs will support St Anne’s Day Centre in Kemp Town. For those that would like to join, there will be a half-hour Bible study from 1115-1145. Or just come for lunch!

SUPPORTING UKRAINE – THREE EVENTS

Friday 1st April at 1900
Sing-along film night – Singing in the Rain
Entry £10. Refreshments available.

Saturday 2nd April at 1900: Hope for Ukraine
Well-known TV actor and local resident Tom Cotcher and friends present a charity concert of Ukrainian & Slavic music and poetry.
Entry £10. Refreshments available.

Sunday 3rd April at 1000: Parish Eucharist
Collection will be donated in entirety to Ukraine.

All three events are to raise money for the Disasters Emergency Committee Ukraine Humanitarian Appeal.

You might also think of supporting the Link to Hope appeal: https://linktohope.co.uk/campaigns/donate-to-the-ukraine/

A new CD
Bob Lewis has released a new CD including settings of poems by Bob Copper. If you would like a copy, please contact Bob directly at 41 Coombe Vale, Saltdean, BN2 8HN, tel. 01273 303 818. CDs are £5 each or £8 to include post and packing.

Walking the Sahara for charity
Lyndsay Gardner, a member of our congregation and former PCC member applied to Coppafeel, a breast cancer awareness charity in London, to walking 100km across the Sahara Desert. She is going to the Sahara desert later in the year! To help Lyndsay raise £3,000, please go to: https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/Lyndsay-treks-the-sahara

Supporting Ukraine – two events
Our sing-a-long film night with a showing of Singing in the Rain has been rescheduled for Friday 1st April at 1900. Entry £10. On Saturday 2nd April (time tbc), well-known actor and local resident Tom Cotcher and friends will put on a charity concert (details to follow). Both events are to raise money for the Disasters Emergency Committee Ukraine Humanitarian Appeal. You might also think of supporting the Link to Hope appeal: https://linktohope.co.uk/campaigns/donate-to-the-ukraine/ (This is the charity through which we send shoeboxes of gifts at Christmas).

A new CD
Bob Lewis has released a new CD including settings of poems by Bob Copper. If you would like a copy, please contact Bob directly at 41 Coombe Vale, Saltdean, BN2 8HN, tel. 01273 303 818. CDs are £5 each or £8 to include post and packing.

Walking the Sahara for charity
Lyndsay Gardner, a member of our congregation and former PCC member applied to Coppafeel, a breast cancer awareness charity in London, to join their Coppatrek – walking 100km across the Sahara Desert. Out of thousands of applicants, she got in and is going to the Sahara desert later in the year! To help Lyndsay raise £3,000, please go to: https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/Lyndsay-treks-the-sahara

Lent Charity Lunches
Come along to church on Tuesdays in Lent at 1200 for fellowship and a simple lunch of homemade soup, baguette, tea and biscuits – all for £5. Proceeds after costs will support St Anne’s Day Centre in Kemp Town. For those that would like to join, there will be a half-hour Bible study from 1115-1145. Or just come for lunch!

Supporting Ukraine – two events
Our sing-a-long film night with a showing of Singing in the Rain has been rescheduled for Friday 1st April at 1900. Entry £10. On Saturday 2nd April, well-known actor and local resident Tom Cotcher and friends will put on a charity concert (details to follow). Both events are to raise money for the Disasters Emergency Committee Ukraine Humanitarian Appeal. You might also think of supporting the Link to Hope appeal: https://linktohope.co.uk/campaigns/donate-to-the-ukraine/ (This is the charity through which we send shoeboxes of gifts at Christmas).

A new CD
Bob Lewis has released a new CD including settings of poems by Bob Copper. If you would like a copy, please contact Bob directly at 41 Coombe Vale, Saltdean, BN2 8HN, tel. 01273 303 818. CDs are £5 each or £8 to include post and packing.

Knit & Natter
The group meets on Wednesdays at 1900 in church. New members always welcome. We knit and we natter. Just come along! The group will break for Easter and will not be meeting on Wednesdays 13th and 20th April. Meetings will resume on 27th April. Sue Leaney – 07803 179 617

A legacy
We have received notification of an unrestricted bequest of £5,000 from the estate of the late Peter Leigh RIP whom many members of the congregation will remember for his devotion and service to St Margaret’s, especially in his work as Sacristan.

Ash Wednesday – 2nd March
If you haven’t brought your palm cross from last year, please drop it off in the porch before Tuesday ready for burning for Ash Wednesday. A Eucharist with Imposition of Ashes will be celebrated at 1900.

Healing Services
These will resume on the first Sunday of each month at 1700, beginning on Sunday 6th March, to coincide with the beginning of Lent and the second anniversary (almost) of the first national lockdown of the pandemic.

Funeral this week
The funeral of Pat Vine RIP will be held in church on Wednesday at 1400.

Knit & Natter
The group will meet this week on Tuesday, to avoid clashing with the Ash Wednesday service. It usually meets on Wednesdays at 1900 in church. New members always welcome. We knit and we natter. Just come along! The group will break for Easter and will not be meeting on Wednesdays 13th and 20th April. Meetings will resume on 27th April. Sue Leaney – 07803 179 617

A legacy
We have received notification of an unrestricted bequest of £5,000 from the estate of the late Peter Leigh RIP whom many members of the congregation will remember for his devotion and service to St Margaret’s, especially in his work as Sacristan.

Medicine blister pack recycling
Unfortunately, due to a lack of volunteers, we can no longer recycle blister packs at St Margaret’s Church. The only re-cycling point in Brighton is at the SUPERDRUG store at 77 Western Road, close to Waitrose.

Thursday Eucharists
To make it a bit easier for some people to attend, from 3rd March the Thursday Eucharist will be celebrated at 1200 instead of 1000.

Ash Wednesday – 2nd March
Please bring along last year’s palm crosses to church in the next couple of weeks ready for burning for Ash Wednesday. A Eucharist with Imposition of Ashes will be celebrated at 1900.

Healing Services
These will resume on the first Sunday of each month at 1700, beginning on Sunday 6th March, to coincide with the beginning of Lent and the second anniversary (almost) of the first national lockdown of the pandemic.

Thursday Eucharists
To make it a bit easier for some people to attend, from 3rd March the Thursday Eucharist will be celebrated at 1200 instead of 1000.

Ash Wednesday – 2nd March
Please bring along last year’s palm crosses to church in the next couple of weeks ready for burning for Ash Wednesday. A Eucharist with Imposition of Ashes will be celebrated at 1900.

Healing Services
These will resume on the first Sunday of each month at 1700, beginning on Sunday 6th March, to coincide with the beginning of Lent and the second anniversary (almost) of the first national lockdown of the pandemic.

Can we help?

Dear Fr Anthony

As you know, we work in partnership with the St Anne’s Trust to provide breakfast and lunch to homeless and vulnerable people from our church hall. The numbers show no sign of reducing.

The gas cooker in our hall (owned by St Anne’s) is on its last legs. Due to the cost of a replacement gas appliance and flue requirements etc., we have decided to go for electric instead.

St Anne’s will purchase the cooker and have grant funding in place. St Mary’s will support with all the removal costs, installation, a new 32 amp fuse board, wiring, sockets, connection, and a stand for the new oven and a stainless steel table for three induction hobs.

The cost to St Mary’s is estimated at around £3,100. We have over £1,100 set aside from our Christmas appeal and a further private donation of £1,000 has been earmarked. It would be great to be able to raise the remainder as soon as we can to get these new facilities in place.

I am asking if St Margaret’s might feel able to make a contribution for what you will know is a real need in our part of the city.

Thank you so much.

With every blessing
Fr Andrew Woodward Vicar of St Mary’s, Kemp Town

Knit & Natter
The group meets on Wednesdays at 1900 in church. New members always welcome. We knit and we natter. Just come along! Sue Leaney – 07803 179 617