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Priest-in-charge
Position vacant |
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Administrator:
Mrs. Philippa Halagan
Church Office,
19, Church Road,
Belbroughton.
DY9 9TE
01562 730 777
e-mail link:
Please use these
details to make initial contact regarding Baptisms &
Marriages.
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St. Leonard's Church,
Clent, forms part of a United Benefice with Holy Trinity, Belbroughton
and St. Mark's, Fairfield.
St. Leonard's Church is open for private prayer throughout the day -
throughout the year.
Bibles are available for you to read and study. The weekly Collect
and Gospel reading are shown on our free 'Update' letter which is
available in church and
to download, and there is the monthly magazine (donation
requested).
We have a Visitors' Book by the font for you to sign and leave comments.
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The
building is Disabled-friendly (on two levels - retaining the
original Norman design) using an access pathway from
Vine Lane (to the left in the photograph).
Access to a Disabled-adapted Toilet (at altar level) is made
available during service times..
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We
have plans to develop our 'Family area' - and our 'Band-Stand' ..
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'Young Church' Page
for the Children and Young People at Saint Leonard's
Collect for the week
- EPIPHANY
(the
prayer which all Church of England congregations pray during this week)
Click
here for the Collect
featuring .. THE RECENT GALES.. as the background
Parish
Intercessions:
Lord,
we thank you for a new beginning and pray that you will be with us as we
move into a new year.
Click
here to download the Parish Newsletter and Update sheet
This
week our Congregation think particularly about those living in Holy
Cross Green, Clent.
Lord
in your Mercy ~ Hear our Prayer
And
let our cry come unto Thee
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Click
below to access the readings
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Scripture
Reading(s) _
(New
International Version bible)
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| First
Reading |
Isaiah
61: 10 – 62: 3 |
NIV
- page 748
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| Second
Reading |
Galatians
4: 4 – 7 |
NIV
- page 1170
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| GOSPEL
Reading |
Luke
2: 15 – 21 |
NIV
- page 1028
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[We have
started YEAR B of readings in the Revised Common Lectionary.]
Current
period is -
Epiphany
| In western
Christian tradition, January 6 is celebrated as Epiphany.
It goes by other names in various church traditions. In
Hispanic and Latin culture, as well as some places in Europe, it
is known as Three Kings’ Day (Span: el
Dia de los Tres Reyes, la Fiesta de
Reyes, or el Dia de los Reyes Magos;
Dutch: Driekoningendag). Because of
differences in church calendars, mainly between the Eastern
Orthodox and the western Catholic and Protestant traditions, both
Christmas and Epiphany have been observed at different times in
the past. Today, most of the Eastern Orthodox traditions
follow the western church calendar. The exceptions are some
Greek Orthodox Churches and related traditions (for example,
Russian and Serbian Orthodox) that still follow the older calendar
and celebrate Epiphany as the Theophany on January 19th. |
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Epiphany is
the climax of the Advent/Christmas Season and the Twelve
Days of Christmas, which are usually counted from the evening
of December 25th until the morning of January 6th, which is the
Twelfth Day. In following this older custom of counting the days
beginning at sundown, the evening of January 5th is the Twelfth
Night. This is an occasion for feasting in some cultures,
including the baking of a special King's Cake as part of
the festivities of Epiphany (a King's Cake is part of the
observance of Mardi
Gras in French Catholic culture of the Southern USA). |
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For many
Protestant church traditions, the season of Epiphany extends from
January 6th until Ash
Wednesday, which begins the season of Lent
leading to Easter.
Depending on the timing of Easter, this longer period of Epiphany
includes from four to nine Sundays. Other traditions,
especially the Roman Catholic tradition, observe Epiphany as a
single day, with the Sundays following Epiphany counted as Ordinary
Time. In some western traditions, the last Sunday of Epiphany
is celebrated as Transfiguration Sunday.
The term epiphany means
"to show" or "to make known" or even "to
reveal." |
The
'colour'
for Epiphany is _
GREEN
* This means that the
robes of the priest (Vestments) and the cloths which dress the Altar are
of this particular colour.
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SERVICES ~ MEETINGS
| Sunday |
8th
Jan |
Communion |
09:45 -
pm |
St.
Leonard's |
| Wednesday |
11th
Jan |
Spoken
Communion |
10:00 - am |
St.
Leonard's |
| Wednesday |
11th
Jan |
Choir
Practice |
06:45 -
pm |
St.
Leonard's |
| Wednesday |
11th
Jan |
Wednesday
Evening prayer group |
07:30 -
pm |
Benefice
Office
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| Saturday |
14th
Jan |
Caring
& Sharing Group |
10:30 -
am |
Benefice
Office |
| Sunday |
15th
Jan |
Lay-led
service |
09:45 -
am |
St.
Leonard's |
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Updated:January 05, 2012
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