Welcome, we have three online services below for you to join in, plus below is the sermon from Bishop Andrew.
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The parish now has its own YouTube channel where we are posting services, sermons, music and other videos. Please sign up to it by clicking here and then clicking on ‘Subscribe’. Then you can browse our videos to your heart’s content.
In Lesley’s sermon she asks us what changes we want to see in our world after the lockdown, see this blog and please comment there and on Facebook and Twitter to let us know what you think.
The parish now has its own YouTube channel where we are posting services, sermons, music and other videos. Please sign up to it by clicking here and then clicking on ‘Subscribe’. Then you can browse our videos to your heart’s content.
We’d like to add videos of our church members doing things – singing, poetry, drama etc. If you have anything you would like to share, contact Alan, revd.alan@badshotleaandhale.org
On the first three days of this Holy Week we will be having services of Compline with a short video and reflection. Today we look at the Watch.
If you click on the YouTube logo at the bottom of the screen you can make the video full screen. This doesn’t work on the video clip, as the clip doesn’t stop if you do!
If you cannot see the responses at the top of the screen, please move your mouse so that it is not over the video.
On the first three days of this Holy Week we will be having services of Compline with a short video and reflection. We start today with the foot washing.
As these services use a clip from a longer piece, you cannot click through to YouTube for the video clip, as the clip doesn’t stop if you do!
I have just discovered that my videos have text over the words I put into them. If you move the mouse away from the video these other display items will disappear, allowing you to read the text.
On the first and third Sundays of the month there is usually a Taizé service at St John’s at 6pm. As this cannot take place at the moment Alan has prepared and posted a Taizé service online. You can find it by clicking here.
During the week we experimented with a video conference service, but the delay made it very awkward, so this week we are back to this format. However, I have found out a bit more about how things work, so as well as the different options for different churches I have joined them together so that you can click once and watch one service all the way through. If you wish to see bits from other services I have also included them. As with last week some of the videos may have adverts at the beginning, but you can skip these after 5 seconds. If you want to see one of the videos playing on this screen in full screen, start playing it, and then click on the YouTube logo at the bottom of it, and it should open another Window.
I have included a hymn sheet this week; click here to download it: Palm Sunday Hymn Sheet. The hymns aren’t necessarily in the right order, and I can’t guarantee that the words are the same or in the same order – sorry. If anyone would like to check this for future weeks, please let me know.
We are looking for people to contribute to the Web site with various offerings – particularly things which offer an insight into Holy Week, but also other things. Livy and June sang some Taize; Pamela has written something (which is already up); Kris has sent in some photos (including one of an Easter Garden she has made); Richard has videoed a poem he has written – these will be used during next week. If you would like to submit something, instructions can be found here: https://badshotleaandhale.org/2020/03/29/future-services/
There will be a Taize service tonight up from 6:00pm; Compline with Meditation Monday to Wednesday up from 6:00pm; a Service like this on Maundy Thursday, up from 6:00pm; Services at 9:00 – The Good Friday Liturgy and 12:00 – An hour at the Cross; Holy Saturday, from 6:00 Easter Vigil and Easter Sunday from 9:00 another service like this.
Usually on Palm Sunday we hand out Palm Crosses and bless them at the start of the service. Whilst some churches are posting out Palm Crosses, we have been advised that this is risky, so instead I invite you to make your own Palm Cross from whatever you have to hand! And don’t forget to have them for Sunday’s service.
During these extraordinary times practices of the church which have happened for 2000 years have been suspended. These notes are to try to summarise the current situation. This is a risky business, as so much is changing so quickly – consequently whilst I will summarise the situation as at 31/3/2020 I will also include links to Church of England, or Diocesan pages where the latest information may be found.
Communion
People from different households may not gather for any services. Therefore only those households which include a priest can have a communion service. The regulations requiring a second person to be present have been suspended at present. Others watching the service remotely may receive Spiritual Communion.
Emergency baptisms can take place in a hospital or at home, though subject to strict hygiene precautions and physical distancing as far as this is possible. Other Baptisms may not take place.
