Dear members of the Parish of Tugela Rivers,

Greetings in the name of our Lord.

NOTICES FOR THE WEEK:

1. The Ascension Day Service in the Parish will take place at 6.00pm on Thursday 29th May at All Saints’ Church Winterton. An International Team of Ellell Ministries will be sharing in the Service. It will be a service of Holy Communion.
2. The Ellel Team will lead the Arise 2 Conference at St Patrick’s Church on Friday 30th and Saturday 31st from 9.00am-4.00pm. The St.Patrick’s Guild are, very kindly, doing the catering.
3. There will be no Service at St Patrick’s Church on Sunday 1st June. There will be the Combined Service at the Bergville Methodist Church at 8.00am. This will be lead by the Elell Ministry team.
4. The Elell team will also be sharing in the the 9.00am Service at All Saints Winterton on Sunday 1st June.

Yours sincerely,
John Green.

Anglican Church of Southern Africa

Holy Week Services 2014

Maundy Thursday

17thTH April 19h00 – 20h30

Maundy Thursday Service together with other Churches in Winterton at the Lutheran Church in Winterton

(John Green leading, Kevin Robertson presiding, Gill, Caroline and John to lead music. Elke Carrihill leading a meditation. Basically an Anglican Service in the Lutheran Church!!)

(Praise, penitence, God’s Word, Meditation, footwashing (voluntary) Intercession, Holy Communioun and Tenebrae)

Good Friday Services

18th April
08h30 St. Patrick’s Church, Bergville.
12h00 Noon All Saints’ Church, Winterton.
18h00 The Cavern, Northern Berg

Easter Day Services

20th April
08h30 St. Patrick’s Church, Bergville.
09h00 All Saints’ Church, Winterton.*
11h15 Hlalanathi, Northern ‘Berg.*
11h15 Alpine Heath, Northern Berg.
18h00 The Cavern, Northern ‘berg.

22nd February 2014

Dear Parishioners of the parish of Tugela Rivers.

Greetings in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ!
I would like to take this opportunity to let you know of the parish programme for Lent 2014:

Shrove Tuesday.
The Parish vestry Meeting will take place at 18h00 on Shrove Tuesday 5th March 2014. Hopefully the meeting will be a fairly short one. I, as Rector will give my Rector’s Report for 2013, followed by the wardens’ Report for 2013. Gary Schmidt will present the 2013 Financial Report. The Elections will not take long, these have already taken place at the Chapelry Vestry Meetings. The Meeting will be followed by a pancake Supper in the McDonald Hall.

Ash Wednesday.
The following services are to take place on Ash Wednesday :
09h00- Holy Communion and Imposition of Ashes, at All Saints, Winterton.
18h00 child-friendry Holy communion/Imposition of Ashes @ Bergville.

Bible Studies:
We are using the Diocesan Lent course for 2014. This deals with the Diocesan vision. The themes are:

1. Anchored in the Love of Christ
2. Committed to God’s Mission
3. Transformed by the Holy Spirit
4. Worship that Feeds and Empowers us
5. God’s Redemptive Hope and Healing
6. Communities of Faith

The Bible Studies will be as follows:
Wednesday afternoon 14h30 at the Rectory in Bergville.
Thursday evening 18h00 in the home of Warren and Barbara Sclanders’ in Winterton.
Every second Tuesday evening @ 18h00 at the Cavern.

Sunday Themes.
These will follow the themes for the Lent Course.
9th March “Anchored in the Love of Christ”
l6th March “Committed to God’s Mission”
23rd March “Transformed by the Holy Spirit”
30th March “Worship that Feeds and Empowers us”
6th April “God’s Redemptive Hope and Healing”
13th March “Communities of Faith”. (Palm Sunday)

Services in Holy Week:

Maundy Thursday:
Maundy Thursday 17th March at 7.00 pm Combined Foot-washing Service @ Lutheran Church Winterton.

Good Friday:
Good Friday 18ft March at 8.30 am Good Friday Service @ St Patrick’s church.
12h00 Good Friday Service @ All Saints’ Church Winterton. John Green, Caroline Beech and Kevin Robertson will lead these services.
18h00 Good Friday service @ the Cavern.

Easter Day:
Easter child-friendly Holy Communion @ St Patrick’s Church Bergville @ 20h30.
Easter child-friendly Holy Communion @ All Saints’ Church Winterton @ 09h00.
Easter Service @ Hlalanathi @ 10h45.
Easter Service @ Alpine Heath @ 11h15.
Easter Holy Communion @ the Cavern @ 18h00.

I commend this programme to you. May God deepen our faith and hope in the Holy Trinity during this Lenten period.
Yours sincerely in Christ.

John Green