The Parish Clergy:The Reverend the Vicar and Surrogate

Fr. Andrew Stevens, M.A., S.S.C.,Regional Dean For Southwark Forward in Faith

S. Nicholas Vicarage, 64, Purrett Rd., Plumstead, London. SE18 1JP

Tel. 020-8854 0461 Facsimile 020-8265 5065 e-mail parishpriest@saintnicholasplumstead.org

Web site: www.saintnicholasplumstead.orgThe Reverend the Hon. Curate Fr. Charles Heard

The Churchwardens:Mrs Cecelia Okrafo-Smart Mrs Diane Bartlett

The Churchwardens EmeritiMr Reg Martin Miss Betty Stroud

Welcome to our Church today, after the Parish Mass refreshments will be served at the back of Church. Please join us and make yourself known to one of the clergy.

This ancient church has been a place of Christian worship of Almighty God for well over 1,000 years; as we enter the third millennium of our salvation it is salutary to remember that Christians have gather here on this spot since the first millennium.

If you would like to pray, the Lady Chapel is set aside as a place of quiet, where the Blessed Sacrament is reserved or you might like to light a candle at one of the many shrines around church.

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TheMassisoffereddaily Sunday 8:00am 11:00am Monday 8:00pm Tuesday 7:30pm Wednesday 9:30amThursday 7:00pmFriday 12:00pmSaturday 10:00am

Exposition of the BLESSED SACRAMENT or ADORATION

half an hour before Mass every day except Sunday.

The ROSARY of the Blessed Virgin Mary is said after Mass on Friday and Saturday

STATIONS OF THE CROSS, after the Masson Tuesday evenings in Lent

Confessions:Monday 7:30-8:00pm. Tuesday 7:00-7:30pm,

Thursday 6:30-7:00pm, or by appointment.

Please turn off all mobile ’phones

Please let Fr. andrew know oF illness or other need as soon as Possible.

A Forward in Faith parish under the Episcopal Care of the Bishop of Fulham,

The Right Reverend Jonathan Baker,we are a Eucharistic community

who is worshipping in the present,upon the Apostolic Truths of the past,

in the hope of finding our future salvation in God’s Heavenly Kingdom.

TheDivineMercy

JesusITrustinYou

The Chaplet of Mercy

Opening Prayers:Our Father,Hail Mary,

The Apostles Creed

Then on the large beads before each decade:ETERNAL Father, I offer You the Body, Blood, Soul and Divinity of Your dearly beloved Son, Our Lord

Jesus Christ, in attonement for our sins and those of the whole world

On the small beads of each decade, say:FOR the sake of His sorrowful passion, have mercy on

us and on the whole world

Conclude all five decades with:HOLY God, Holy Mighty One, Holy Immortal One, have mercy on us and on the whole world (3 times)

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FOuRTH SuNDAy OF EASTERTHE REGiNA COELi WiLL BE SuNG AT

THE EASTER GARDEN

HyMNS introit: NEH 101 Gradual: NEH 114 Offertory: NEH 106 t219 Communion: NEH 282 Post Communion: NEH 119

PALM CROSSES:Jessica Roberts in thanksgiving for the life of her Father

THE PASCHAL CANDLE:Flavia Kisambira in thanksgiving to God for his

Greatness and Mercy THE SEVEN DAy SHRiNE LiGHTS

FOR APRiLThe Blessed Sacrament: The Sanctuary:

Lilian Osedumme: For her husband and her family.Our Lady by the Lady Chapel:

Joy & Stephen Jahans: In thanksgivingOur Lady of Walsingham: S. Nicholas:

Lilian Osedumme: For her husband and her familyOur Lady of Fatima:

Murray Smallbone: For the reposeof the soul of John Beck 30-7-1937 - 8-10-2008

S. Francis:Betty Stroud

THE SuNDAy SHRiNE LiGHTS FOR APRiLThe Relic of the True Cross:

Fr AndrewOur Lady by the Tower:

Gwen PearceThe immaculate Heart of Mary:

Henry AguhOur Lady of Sorrows:

Christina Agin: In memory of Jean BarnesS. Joseph:

Paul PangraceSacred Heart of Jesus:

Azuka AguhS. Anthony: S. Teresa: B. Jacinta: B. Francisco:

Diane Bartlett: Happy birthday S. Martin:

Vincent ChimeS.Dunstan: S. Augustine

Lilian Osedumme: For her husband and her familyFLOODLiGHT:

21st - 27th Anne Bristow:26th Gordon’s birthday

John’s birthday

The Rota for Reading and intercessing

s. nicholas church Floodlight: light the church

We all realise how important it is to support our Church, more so in these days of rising costs; well here is a good way of supporting it and enjoying it personally.Floodlight the building by day £2.25 or by the week £14.50, for that personal event: a birth, Baptism, Birthday, an Anniversary, Wedding or Years Mind of a loved one, in doing this you will remember and at the same time help pay the electricity bill. The price is reasonable and shows this building in all its glory after sunset, it does enhance this fine building. Reg holds the diary, to be sure there are no double bookings, it is yours for the day or week.

All-powerful God, you made Saint Nicholas a bishop and leader of the Church to inspire your people with his teaching and example. May we give fitting honour to his memory and always have the assistance of his prayers We ask this through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives andreigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen

Christus, Heri, Hodie, Semper

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IntroductIonJesus the Good Shepherd invites us to listen to his voice so that he may lead us to good pasture and restful waters, where our droop-ing spirits are revived and where we are refreshed to continue our earthly pilgrimage.

Today’sReadingsFirstReadingActs13:14.43-52Paul and Barnabas meet local Jewish opposition to the message of Christ and so widen their audience to proclaim to the pagans the hope of eternal life.

SecondReadingApocalypse7:9.14-17 The Lamb of God enthroned in the new Jerusalem leads those who believe to springs of living water where they find peace and joy.

GospelJohn10:27-30Jesus the Good Shepherd promises the gift of eternal life to those who trust in him.

PRAyER OF THE FAiTHFuLLet us bring our prayers to the Lord who promises to hear and answer us.

For the Pope, the bishops, the priests and deacons of the Church and those in religious life: may they always be a light to the nations so that many will come to believe in Jesus Christ.Lord, in your mercy.

For the weakest and most vulnerable in our society: that those in government, both national and local, will always act for the good of all through justice tempered by mercy and love. Lord, in your mercy.

For vocations to the priesthood: that the Holy Spirit will inspire men to respond to the invitation of Jesus the Good Shepherd and that men and women will respond to the invitation to religious life. Lord, in your mercy.

For those living with mental health problems: that they may know the care and love of this community and so know their dignity as children of God. Lord, in your mercy.

For those who are grieving: that they may be comforted by the hope of heaven and the promise of eternal life for their loved ones. Lord, in your mercy.

Heavenly Father, in your compassionate love, grant our prayers so that we may proclaim your goodness more fully through our lives, through Christ our Lord.

THOSE PREPARiNG FOR BAPTiSM

THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN BAPTiSEDJohn Eyitope Macadine

Kais J ClaySienna Hannah Nanyombi Senyonga

Kabl Elijah Sunkanmi Shokoya

THOSE PREPARiNG FOR FiRST HOLy COMMuNiON

THOSE ADDMiTTED TO HOLy COMMuNiONCharlene Namuleme Kaddu

THOSE PREPARiNG FOR CONFiRMATiON

THOSE PREPARiNG FOR HOLy MATRiMONySaturday 10th August 2013 at 4:00pm:

Matthew Crompton and Tammy SouthgateSaturday 24th August 2013 at 4:00pm:

Scott Edward Parker and Maria Betsy Side

BANNS OF MARRiAGE1st Sunday of May +2 2013

Thomas William Edward Thurgood & Sarah Jane Bronwen Maxted

THE DEPARTED Norman Small

Daphne LangfordMarie-Claire Alain

Janice AllenRossetta Adebisi

Pauline SmithSheila CasemoreJohn Lawrence

yEARS MiND23rd Domonic Akpalaba

24th James Eskdale Donald24th Carlton Evenden

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If you are celebrating a BIRTHDAY or ANNIVERSARY

and would like to share it with your Church FamilyA £15 DONATION

covers the cost of Sherry (You may if you wish provide wine of your own choice)

to be enjoyed at the back of church after MassPlease see Gwen or Christina Agin!

PrayerfortheQueen’sJubileeYear

Almighty God, we pray that your servant Elizabeth, our Queen, who, by your providence has received the governance of this realm, may continue to grow in every virtue, that, imbued with your heavenly grace, she may be preserved from all that is harmful and evil and, being blessed with your favour may, with her consort and the royal family, come at least into your presence, through Christ who is the way, the truth and the life and who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God, for ever and ever. Amen.

ForyourdaIlyIntercessIonaprIl

General intention:That many young people may hear the call of Christ and follow him

in the priesthood and religious life. Missionary intention:

Christ, Hope for Africans. That the risen Christ may be a sign of certain hope for the men and women of the African continent.

BiRTHDAy21st Joshua Kwajo Adumah Obuba

23rd Christina Agin23rd Dominic Akpalaba

27th Claudia Stella Akpalaba

PRAyER FOR HEALiNG Barbara Brunt Jack Brunt

Murray Smallbone Russell Sabat Fr Charles Colin Cresswell

Andreas PoplopdousBhupendra Pattini

Christina Agin Victor Boyce Ruby Arthurs David Jahans

Carol Bohurjak Tommy Bohurjak John David Cook Fr Timothy Raphael

Stanley Lewis Pat Wenham Hazel Clark Val Marshall Mogens Hansen Cloe Gibson

Mary Cook Roy Richards Beverley Goering

Brian Goulding Walter MannEve Cocklin Helen ThorpeRuth Kabeba Stephen Katu

Pauline Alexander Eric BuhlKirsty Forrester Alf Sewell Raj Kalsi

Terry Hayward Pat Hayward Janet Hole John Hole Kathy Fincham Bill Baker Iris Agin Shirley Bristow Jennifer Fairweather Emma Clifford

Heidi Farmer Brian Joseph Bill ScottRosamond Nash Isabel D’Alvarez

Fr Grahame Stephens Elisabeth WrightGillian Winchester Holness Karen

Keith Edwards Bryan FirthEve Cocklin Alison Abrey

Barbara English Alison Scott-HoltAlex Fernandes Dee Hodges

Dianne Fulbrook Tony SlaneyJoanne Johnson (nee Davies)

Michael Somer Barbara SleighNiamh Elliffe - Munro Rebecca Huddleston

iN THANKSGiViNG Ron Crawley Mike Okeze

James Bampton

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