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Benefice Office:
c/o Belbroughton Church Hall,
Bradford Lane,
Belbroughton.DY9 9TE
Administrator:
Mrs. Philippa Halagan
01562 730 777
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Rector -The Rev. Barbara Mapley
The Rectory,
Bradford Lane,
Belbroughton.
DY9 9TE
01562 730 531
e-mail link:
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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 weekly 'Update' letter which is available in
church, as is the monthly magazine (donation requested).
There is a visitors'
book by the font for you to sign and leave comments.
St. Leonard's Church, Clent, forms part of a
United Benefice
with Holy Trinity, Belbroughton and St. Mark's, Fairfield.
Collect for the week (the
prayer which all Church of England congregations pray during this week)
God, who as at this time taught the hearts of your faithful people by
sending to them the light of your Holy Spirit;
grant us by the same Spirit to have a right judgement in all things and
evermore to rejoice in his holy comfort;
through the merits of Christ Jesus our Saviour;
who is alive and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God,
now and for ever.
AMEN
Parish Intercessions:
We rejoice in the
fulfilment of Jesus' promise to send the Holy Spirit
and pray for a renewal & deepening of Spiritual Life in this Benefice
Click
here to download the Parish Newsletter
and Update sheet
Lord
in your Mercy
~ Hear our Prayer
And
let our cry come unto Thee
Scripture Reading(s) _
(New International Version
bible)
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The Church
is now in the period of the year known as
Pentacost
Pentecost was
originally an Old Testament festival, since the time of Josephus calculated as
beginning on the fiftieth day after the beginning of Passover.
In the Christian calendar, it falls on the seventh Sunday after Easter. It was
called the Feast of Weeks (Shavuot), and in the Old Testament was
originally an agricultural festival celebrating and giving thanks for the
"first fruits" of the early spring harvest (Lev 23, Exod 23, 34).
By the early New Testament period, it had gradually lost its association with
agriculture and became associated with the celebration of God's creation of His
people and their religious history. By the destruction of Jerusalem in AD 70,
the festival focused exclusively on God's gracious gift of Torah (the
"Law") on Mount Sinai. It continues to be celebrated in this manner in
modern Judaism.
In many churches, the season leading up to Pentecost Sunday is one of the
most neglected of the church calendar. Even in less liturgical churches that are
beginning to place more emphasis on observing the church calendar, the momentum
to carry observation of the church year through Pentecost (Whitsunday in
some traditions) and Trinity Sunday (the first Sunday after Pentecost
Sunday) seems to be lacking.
Also, there is caution in some church traditions concerning
"Pentecostal" theology and styles of worship. The association of
"Pentecostal" with sometimes more radical elements of the charismatic
movement continues to foster suspicion, in spite of several church traditions
who carry the name "Pentecostal" that are far from
"radical."
The word "pentecost" means "fiftieth day."
Pentecost represents God's gracious, enabling presence actively at work among
His people, calling and enabling them to live out in dynamic ways the witness of
being His people. Perhaps at this point there is direct contact with the
Pentecost of Judaism, for in Judaism the Torah, God's instruction to His people,
is the means by which they become His witness to the world.
The Colour of this
Season is RED
Services, etc, at St. Leonard's ~
| Sunday-
Pentacost |
11th |
May |
10:30am
4:00pm |
Benefice
Service - Holy Trinity
Open-Air Service - Four Stones, Clent Hill |
| Wednesday |
14th |
May |
10:00am |
Spoken
Communion - St. Leonard's |
| Thursday |
15th |
May |
7:00pm |
NO
Choir
Practice - St. Leonard's |
| Sunday-
Trinity |
18th |
May |
09:45am |
Holy
Communion - St. Leonard's |
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Worcester
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Official Site |
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Worcester
Cathedral has been a place of prayer and worship since 680 AD.
The present
building was begun in 1084.
Its many attractions include: King John's Tomb, Prince Arthur's Chantry,
the early 12th century Chapter House and St Wulstan's Crypt. Entry is free.
Members of the Clergy are available to talk to throughout the day.
What's On at the Cathedral
and around the Diocese,
plus links to various Parishes in Worcestershire
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including ourselves ! |
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Deanery Web |
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