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ChadNet – no 2 – Sunday 5th April 2020<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Welcome to the second edition of ChadNet – the eBulletin of St Chad’s Church, Pattingham with Patshull.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Palm Sunday is the day that begins the week approaching Easter.
On that day we remember Jesus entering Jerusalem with crowds surrounding him and crying out in expectation and celebration! No thought of social distancing then!
But we are again seeing people come out onto the street on Thursday evenings; not with palm branches, but with their applause and makeshift percussion instruments \u2013 making a joyful noise in support of the NHS and everyone working to help defeat Coronavirus.

The people welcoming Jesus were expecting a Saviour \u2013 a military leader \u2013 a populist politician and liberator.
But what they actually found was very different. Jesus did not seek popular acclaim, but focused on God and what he felt overwhelmingly was his duty and purpose before God. So he came as a humble Servant, not an all-conquering King. Gently riding \u2013 not to war or conflict \u2013 but to submission before the forces of evil on the back of a donkey.

Today we too face a challenge to be like Jesus and to lay down our pride and take up our cross. For most of us, that cross is simply the challenge of remaining at home \u2013 annoying maybe, boring perhaps, but hardly life-threatening.

For our health workers, the challenge of the cross may be feeling all too real. They are literally risking their lives, so that others might live. So let\u2019s resolve to lay down all that separates us from each other, from our neighbours and from God. Not the physical barriers and separation that are necessary for our mutual protection, but the barriers of self-interest, of selfish consumption of goods and other resources, of hardness of heart. We lay them down, so that, with empty hands and open hearts, we can receive the peace and joy and love of God.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Amen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(this is a shorter version of the Reflection which Maureen will give during Sunday’s service)<\/em>
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Sunday 5th April – Palm Sunday<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

There will be a service of Sunday worship on the web for Palm Sunday<\/strong><\/em> (sadly without any live donkeys) on the Worship on the Web<\/a> page of the website from 10 am.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The collect and readings<\/a> for the Eucharist, which would normally be on the pewsheet, are available on the website.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Holy Week (Monday 6th to Saturday 11th April)
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During Holy Week Morning Prayer will continue at 9 am on Facebook Live<\/a> from Monday to Friday. Additionally Compline will be said at 7.30 pm from Monday to Thursday, also on Facebook Live<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The collect and readings for the Eucharist for Maundy Thursday<\/a> are available on the website.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Friday 10th April – Good Friday<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

As there will not be a Messy Church this year children may wish to imagine and build at home their own Easter Garden. Please email photos to the Vicar (vicar@pattinghamchurch.org.uk<\/a>) and we may put them on the website and Facebook. This may also be an opportunity to watch the St Chad’s School Easter Service<\/a>.
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The collects and readings for Good Friday<\/a> are available on the website.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

From 2 pm a devotional service with prayers and some music will be on the Worship on the Web<\/a> page of the website.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Sunday 12th April – Easter Day<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

There will be a Zoomed Easter Eucharist<\/strong> by the Vicar and Reader with contributions from others (if we can sort it out!) on the Worship on the Web<\/a> page of the website from 10 am.
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The collect and readings<\/a> for the Eucharist, which would normally be on the pewsheet, are available on the website. If you’ve managed to get any Easter Eggs now is the day to start to eat them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Worship on the Web<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

While the church building remains closed there are a number of opportunities for worship and prayer online. Details of these are on the Worship on the Web<\/a> page of the website. Maureen is offering daily prayer from the Vicarage which is streamed live on Facebook<\/a> and is then available on the Worship on the Web<\/a> page. Every Sunday there will be a service on the Worship on the Web<\/a> page.
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There is a page of Resources Available Online<\/a> which gives links to various resources which you may find helpful.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Easter Service<\/a> for St Chad’s School is well worth looking at.
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Changes due to the current situation<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The church building is closed but the church community remains active. Further details can be found on the church website<\/a>. There is an update page<\/a> which gives more information.
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