THE BENEFICE OF THE GOOD SHEPHERD, LAKE

AND ST SAVIOUR ON THE CLIFF, SHANKLIN

in the Diocese of Portsmouth and the See of Richborough

‘Living and sharing the love of God in the Bay’

 

BENEFICE BULLETIN

Sunday 30th March 2025

 FOURTH SUNDAY OF LENT

MOTHERING SUNDAY​

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Welcome to this week’s Benefice Bulletin. 

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TODAY - FOURTH SUNDAY OF LENT - MOTHERING SUNDAY

THE BENEFICE MASS, 11am, at St Saviour's

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​Monday - Mass at The Good Shepherd, 10am

Tuesday - Mass at St Alban's Ventnor, 10am

   Mass at The Good Shepherd, 6.30pm

Wednesday - Mass at St Saviour's, 9.30am

Thursday - NO MASS TODAY

Saturday - Mass at All Saints, Godshill, 11am

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Next Sunday 6th April - PASSION SUNDAY

BENEFICE MASS, 11am, at St Saviour's

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Lent Charity

St Saviours are supporting Sophie’s Choice, helping parents of terminally ill children. All Saints/St Albans supporting the Babybox/Food Bank. Good Shepherd supports Dot’s free food in the bay café. All are collections of food, please bring a tin to church…if each person did so, there would be lots of tins!!!

 

Stations of the Cross

Tuesday 10am St Albans followed by Mass

Friday 7pm at The Good Shepherd

 

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Coffee Morning

5th April 10am-12pm at St Saviours

 

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NEW ELECTORAL ROLL

The new electoral roll will be presented at the Annual Parochial Church Meeting to be held on Sunday 20th April following the 11.00am Mass. This morning is the last time applications can be accepted for entering onto the new roll. If you have not completed an application form and wish to be on the new roll, please do so this morning. Forms are at the back of the church. Completed applications for inclusion onto the new electoral roll will not be accepted after this morning’s service. Any applications received after this date will not be considered until the first PCC meeting after the Annual Parochial Church Meeting.

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Lectio Divina

Every Wednesday after Mass at St Saviours. New members very welcome. Come and make it part of your Lent discipline.

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Beetle Drive 

First Thursday of the month. 2pm -4pm At St Saviours.

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Your prayers are asked for…

 

The sick:

Danni Hawes, Rachel Smith, Kayden, John Kibble, Baby Alexander, Barry Moore, Sian, Denise, Agnes, Ricky, Lesley Gay, Diane Simlar, Natasha, Anna, Aleksandr, Olga, Anatoly, Gee-Gee.

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The Recently Departed: 

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Anniversaries of death:

30 Doris Odell, Phillip Martin, Arthur Warren, Chrissie Forrest, Tony Weller.

31 Hilton Harvey, Myra Colley, Violet Hancock, Alan Elton, John Sutton.

1 Julie Noall, Frank Winch, Tom Attrill, Doris Carter.

2 John Wheeler, Layla Phillips, Ron Drawbridge, Robert Winchcombe, Pat Coleman, Tom Farmer, Heraklis.

3 Georgina Jarvis, Benjamin Davis, Norman Seymour-Salaman, Bill Evans, Lisa Hawthorn, Lisa Hoskins.

4 Norman Knapp, Margaret Thearle, John Lloyd, Marjorie McElhinney, Mary White.

5 Lillian Grout,

6 Ralph Abbott, Paul Darch, Sister Hilda CHN, Kenneth Smit

7 Grace Millgate.

8 Benjamin Wood, Winifred Worthington, Desmond Price.

10 William Barker, Gwendolyn Ayton, Sarah Jeffery, Arthur Tibbles,

12 Jack Richards

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For any other information please contact respective Church Wardens. Please go to the contacts page.

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All enquiries and items for inclusion on the Bulletin or prayer requests should be directed to

Julie Lawrence 

By Midday on Fridays

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