Author: stpetrock1

Just a reminder that after last week’s half term break, Warm Welcome will run every Thursday in March. We look forward to seeing anyone who can join us this Thursday 7th between 10am and 12 noon in St Petrock’s for cakes, coffee and conversation!

Marion and Kate

Sunday 10th March is Mothering Sunday and there is a special service to mark our mothers, at 11am in St Petrock’s Church. You are very welcome to come along and join in. We invite you to bring along pictures of your mother and/or grandmother to display so we can see and appreciate them. Maybe we can even try to work out who their children are! Rev Nicola has baked a simnel cake to enjoy after the service with tea and coffee. A lovely St Petrock’s tradition is to hand out a posy of flowers to all who come along to this annual celebration. We do look forward to seeing you there.

Marion Jeffrey

The church is in the season of Lent, the 40 days run up to Easter, and one of my favourite Sunday’s is Mothering Sunday.  On Mothering Sunday, we give thanks for the love and nurture of our mothersbut we also think of all those who play any kind of ‘mothering’ role in the lives of children and young people whether extended family members siblings, aunties, grandparents or those in the wider community teachers, nurses, all those who care for others.

St Petrock’s will be celebrating this on Sunday 10th March at the 11.00 am service.  Please come and bring a photo of your mother so we can display the photos and give thanks for all they mean or have meant to us.

On Palm Sunday we are planning a Messy church Sunday service at 11.00am for children and families with crafts and food as we tell the story of Easter.  All are welcome to come and join us.

We are also planning some short Easter meditations (no longer than 20 minutes) in Holy Week followed by breakfast in church on Tuesday 26th March, Wednesday 27th March and Friday 29th March at 9.30 am.  These will be times of quiet reflection on the events leading up to Good Friday.

As we move towards Easter with the appearing of bright yellow daffodils and primroses and the warmth of the sun as daylight hours increase I am reminded of the hope that Easter brings.  With the gold of dawn on that first Easter Sunday came the resurrection and new hope with the rising Son going out to a waiting world.