The Church Of The Holy Rood -- Wool, Dorset, U.K.
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The Church Of The Holy Rood -- Wool, Dorset, U.K.
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Services in January 2005
SUNDAY 2nd January (2nd SUNDAY OF CHRISTMAS) 8.00am Holy Communion (BCP) 10.00am Parish Communion 6.30pm Epiphany Carol Service
Wed 5th January 10.00am Holy Communion
Thurs 6th January 7.00pm Healing Service/ Holy Communion
SUNDAY 9th January (1st SUNDAY OF EPIPHANY) The Baptism of Christ 8.00am Holy Communion (BCP) 10.00am Parish Communion 4.00pm Evening Prayer
Wed 12th 10.00am Holy Communion
SUNDAY 16th January (2nd SUNDAY OF EPIPHANY) 8.00am Holy Communion (BCP) 10.30am Methodist Covenant Service. Methodist Chapel 4.00pm Taize Service
Wed 19th 10.00am Holy Communion (BCP)
SUNDAY 23rd January (3rd SUNDAY OF EPIPHANY) 8.00am Holy Communion (BCP) 10.00am Parish Communion 3.00pm Wool Churches Together, St Josephs
Wed 26th January 10.00am Holy Communion
Thu 27th January 7.30pm Prayer & Praise at Holy Rood Church, Wool
In association with our neighbours in Winfrith and Lulworth, and with other
local Christian Churches in Churches Together —
SUNDAY 30th January (4th SUNDAY OF EPIPHANY) The Presentation of Christ in the Temple (Candlemas) 8.00am Holy Communion (BCP) 10.00am Parish Communion 4.00pm Evening Prayer
Hyde Place and Knowlewood Knap Knowlewood Knap: Holy Communion 4th January at 10am in the day room. Hyde Place: Holy Communion 13th January at 10am in the day room. Anyone may go along to these services especially if you feel that you are unable to access Holy Rood Church for the services there.
Explorers Group: 15th and 29th January at 7.00pm at 9 High Street Close
Prayers for the parish every Friday at 7.00pm (see pew sheet for venue)
READINGS FOR JANUARY 2nd January (2nd of Christmas) Num. 6. 22-27 Gal. 4. 4-7 The Epiphany - Luke 2. 15-21
9th January (1st of Epiphany) Isa. 42. 1-9 Acts 10. 34-43 Baptism of Christ - Matt. 3. 13-17
16th January (2nd of Epiphany) Isa. 49.1-7 1 Cor. 1.1-9 John 1. 29-42
23rd January (3rd of Epiphany) Isa. 9. 1-4 1 Cor. 1.10-18 Matt. 4.12-23
30th January (4th of Epiphany)
1 Kings 17. 8-16 1 Cor. 1. 18-31 Candlemas - John 2. 1-11
Week of Prayer for Christian Unity - Wool Churches Together
We will be holding a united service at St. Josephs Church at 3.00pm on Sunday 23rd January. Do come along and join us.
Saints we remember in January
PAUL 25th January This day celebrates the conversion of Saul, the zealot Jew, to Paul the Apostle of the Gentiles. Saul was born in Tarsus but grew up as a Roman citizen in Jerusalem. He was a zealous follower of the traditions and laws of the Jewish faith, and was outraged by Christians whom he perceived as heretic Jews. He went on a campaign to destroy the new sect by any means possible, including violence, including approving of the stoning of Stephen, the first Christian martyr. Whilst on his way to Damascus Paul was blinded by an intense light from which he heard the voice of Jesus speaking directly to him. After this amazing confrontation he went on to serve Jesus faithfully. Paul took his good news to the Gentiles, enduring prison, shipwrecks, and threats to his life on his missionary journeys throughout the Roman Empire. When Paul preached the Gospel that had made Christ live in him, people listened and believed.
TIMOTHY AND TITUS 26th January They were companions of Paul. Paul says that Timothy served him like a son in the work of the Gospel, travelling with him as well as visiting young churches. Titus was a Greek Gentile who acted officially as Paul’s secretary and interpreter. Paul described him as his partner and child in Christ.
Special Services in January
EPIPHANY CAROL SERVICE Holy Rood Church 6.30pm Sunday 2nd January
TAIZE SERVICE Holy Rood Church 4.00pm Sunday 16th January Taize is an international and ecumenical monastic community founded in 1940, by Brother Roger, near Cluny, in SE France. His aim was to open up ways of healing the divisions between Christians and through the reconciliation of Christians to overcome conflicts within humanity. He began by sheltering Jews and other refugees in his home. After the end of the Second World War, he obtained permission to welcome German prisoners of war from a nearby camp. The first brothers took life-vows in 1949. There are now about 90 brothers, from some 20 countries and every continent. Weekly meetings bring together young people from many countries, often as many as 6,000 at a time. Songs from Taize are used in groups and parishes around the world. ‘Nothing is more conducive to a communion with the living God than a meditative common prayer with, at its high point, singing that never ends and continues in the silence of our heart when one is alone again.’ Come and experience some of the worship of Taize with us.
COVENANT SERVICE Methodist Chapel 10.30 am Sunday 16th January Our annual tradition is to meet together with our Methodist friends at the start of a New Year. We'll be thinking about what our faith means to us and how we can serve God better in the year to come. About the Covenant Service From the earliest days of the Methodist societies, John Wesley invited the Methodist people to renew their covenant relationship with God. The service has been revised on several occasions since its inception. The present Covenant Service moves from praise of the Trinity to listening to the word in scripture, read and preached, and then follows a penitential approach to the words of the Covenant. Changes in the use and understanding of language have led to the version of the Covenant Prayer used in this service. The emphasis of the whole service is on God's readiness to enfold us in generous love, not dependent on our deserving. Our response, also in love, springs with penitent joy from thankful recognition of God's grace. The Covenant is not just a one-to-one transaction between individuals and God, but the act of the whole faith community. The prayers of intercession which follow emphasize our unity with all humanity. The service proceeds to the Lord's Supper, for which a special form has been provided to emphasize the continuity between word, response and sacrament. The service is meant to lead us, by a path both similar to and differing from that of normal Sunday worship, to that commitment which all worship seeks both to inspire and to strengthen.
Week of Prayer for Christian Unity Wool Churches Together United Service at
St. Josephs Roman Catholic Church
3.00pm Sunday 23rd January Do come along and join us
PRAYER AND PRAISE SERVICE Holy Rood Church 7.30 - 8.30 pm Thursday 27th January With friends from the other local Christian churches
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