Holy Communion for Ascension Day

Will be at St Alban’s Church at 7.30pm

All Welcome.

PALM SUNDAY (24^th March)  Jesus rides into Jerusalem on a donkey

8.00am       Holy Communion                                                                         at St Alban’s

10.15am     Family Communion (with Sunday Club)                                   at St Alban’s

MAUNDY THURSDAY (28^th March)  Jesus has dinner with his friends and is betrayed

7.30pm       Service of the Last Supper (Communion)                                  at St Alban’s

GOOD FRIDAY (29^th March) Jesus is tried and crucified

9.00am       Informal Service for Good Friday                                                 at the Methodist Church

10.00am     Walk of Witness to Trinity Henleaze URC                                 meet by the Methodist Church

2.00am       An Hour by the Cross                                                                      at St Alban’s

HOLY SATURDAY (30^th March) We prepare for the resurrection

6.00pm       Easter Vigil Prayers and Silence  Two hours of preparation for the momentous events of Easter.
                     Please feel free to come and go as you please                              at St Alban’s

8.30pm       Service of the New Fire – the first service of Easter.
Followed by fireworks and cocoa                                                          at St Alban’s

EASTER DAY (31^st March) The disciples discover the tomb is empty – Jesus is risen.

7.00am       Dawn Communion                       On the Downs                      Meet at the Seven Sisters

8.00am       Holy Communion                                                                         at St Alban’s

10.15am     All-age Communion                                                                       at St Alban’s

Easter Blessings from the Church in Westbury  Park

February 13th 7.30pm Ash Wednesday

Service of Holy Communion and Imposition of Ashes at St Alban’s Church

Film Nights @ Westbury Park Methodist Church

Tuesday 29th January           7.30pm                   Gran Torino (15)

Clint Eastwood directs and stars in the drama Gran Torino, marking his first film role since his Oscar-winning film Million Dollar Baby. Eastwood portrays Walt Kowaski, an iron-willed and inflexible Korean War veteran living in a changing world, who is forced by his immigrant neighbours to confront his own long-held prejudices.

Tuesday 12th February 7.30pm Oranges & Sunshine (15)

This film tells the story of Margaret Humphreys, a social worker from Nottingham who uncovered the scandal of the deportation of thousands of children from the UK to Australia. She reunited thousands of families, brought authorities to account and drew worldwide attention to an extraordinary miscarriage of justice. They were promised oranges and sunshine, many got hard labour and life in institutions.

Tuesday 19th March 7.30pm Best Exotic Marigold  Hotel (12)

A group of British retirees travel to India to take up residence in what they believe is a newly restored hotel. Less luxurious than its advertisements, they are forever transformed by their shared experiences, discovering that life and love can begin again when let go of the past.  From the director of Shakespeare in Love and featuring an all-star British cast, The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel is a charming, life-affirming comedy drama about life, love and a new start.

Tuesday 2nd October           7.30pm                  Black Narcissus (PG)

Black Narcissus is a 1947 film by the British director-writer team of Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger, based on the 1939 novel of the same name by Rumer Godden. It is a psychological drama about the emotional tensions within a convent of nuns in an isolated Himalayan valley, and stars Deborah Kerr, Sabu, David Farrar and Flora Robson.

Tuesday 6th November           7.30pm       Whale Rider (PG)

Whale Rider is a 2002 drama film directed by Niki Caro, based on the novel of the same name by Witi Ihimaera. The film stars Keisha Castle-Hughes as Kahu Paikea Apirana, a 12-year-old Maori girl who wants to become the chief of the tribe. Her grandfather Koro believes that this is a role reserved for males only.

Tuesday 11th December 7.30pm The Muppet Christmas Carol (U)

‘Tis the season for love, laughter, and one of the most cherished stories of all time! Join Kermit the Frog, Miss Piggy, and all the hilarious Muppets in this merry, magical version of Charles Dickens’ classic tale. Academy Award (R) winner Michael Caine gives a performance that’s anything but “bah, humbug!” as greedy, penny-pinching Ebenezer Scrooge. One fateful Christmas Eve, Scrooge is visited by the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present, and Future. Together with kind, humble Bob Cratchit (Kermit the Frog) and his family, the Spirits open Scrooge’s eyes — and his heart — to the true meaning of Christmas.

Title: Ash Wednesday
Location: St Alban’s
Description: Holy Communion with imposition of ashes.
Start Time: 19:30
Date: 2012-02-22

Emma’s maternity leave begins on March 5th for a year. We are very fortunate in that joining the ministerial team during her leave will be Revd Dr Ian Bailey and Revd Canon John Bowes. Ian will be seconded to us from St Peter’s Henleaze for a year on a 15 hour a week basis and will work  alongside Mike and the rest of the ministerial and leadership team. John is, of course well known to most of you and will be leading worship/preaching at one 8am per month and one 10.15am/11.30. Plans are now in place for covering almost all of Emma’s workload while she is away, but if you do have any concerns please do talk to any of the members of the leadership team.

We will be saying Morning Prayer every  weekday morning in St Oswalds Chapel, beginning on Monday 27th Feb, at 9.30am.

Do come along and join us.