Sunday Services – Palm Sunday 2 April
8am BCP with Said Holy Communion
@ St Peter & St Paul Church, West Wittering
10am One Church Family
@ St James, Birdham
10am One Church Family
@ St Peter & St Paul, West Wittering
*Start the St Peter & St Paul church Palm Sunday Procession at the Church Room parents/carers to accompany children to church. CONNECT participants will leave from the church after the Palm Sunday service has started.
11am BCP with Said Holy Communion
@ St Nicholas Church, Itchenor
4pm Messiah Performance – sung
@ St James, Birdham
Prayer Matters
Do please continue to pray for:
Jim, Eloise, Gill Sherratt and Georgie.
We give thanks for the life of Nigel Newby, Fredrick Easton, Carina Hollands-Hurst, Dennis Barnes and Virginia Arendt and pray God’s comfort for those who are grieving.
Collect for Palm Sunday
True and humble king,
hailed by the crowd as Messiah:
grant us the faith to know you and love you,
that we may be found beside you
on the way of the cross,
which is the path of glory.
Amen
Morning Prayer via Zoom Tue, Wed, Thu & Fri at 8am join Morning Prayer
HANDEL’S MESSIAH PERFORMANCE PALM SUNDAY 2 APRIL FROM 4pm to 5pm IN ST JAMES CHURCH EVERYONE WELCOME
Handel’s Messiah is one of the great choral works of the Baroque era written in three weeks and set to words from the Bible. Written in 1741 it features the famous Hallelujah chorus which audiences still stand up for as did King George II on hearing the very first performance. The performance will last for one hour; it will include spoken text read by Robin Merrifield and soloist performances from the University of Chichester Conservatoire accompanied by our organist Ian Stearn.
There will be a retiring collection for the work of Harbour Churches in our communities.