Pew Leaflet for Easter Day - 20 April 2025

The Churches of

Holy Cross Binstead and St Peter’s Havenstreet

in the Ryde Plurality

Welcome

A very warm welcome to all worshipping with us today. Please do join us for coffee and biscuits after the service.

Readings for Easter Day

Acts 10, 34 – 43;

Corinthians 15, 19 – 26;

Luke 24, 1 - 12

Prayer for Easter Sunday

Resurrection God, we raise our voices and hands to you in worship. For the great mystery of your love for us, for the necessary sadness of Good Friday and for the hope that Easter brings. Speak to us through your Word and the beauty of the hymns and songs we sing, that this place may resound with joy.

Amen.

Prayer for the sick

We pray for those who are sick and who ask for our prayers: Patrick, Peter, Mark and Debbie, Mike, Joan C, Emma, Arthur, Russell and Janette. We also remember silently in our hearts: Heather, Jackie, Ann, Dave, Daisy, Brenda, Monica, Hester, Kerry, Izabel, John and Paul.

In Memoriam

Douglas Arthur Emanuel, Mary Grace Hogg, Margaret Joyce Merwood, Betty Reeb, Adrian John Flower, John Edward Niblett

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Calendar

Friday 18 April

12.00

Journey to the Cross All Saints/Holy Cross*

Good Friday

13.30

Good Friday Worship at Holy Cross

Sunday 20 April Easter Day

06.20

Plurality Sunrise Service on Ryde Beach

09.30

Holy Communion at Holy Cross

11.00

Holy Communion at St Peter’s

Saturday 26 April

10.00-12.00

Havenstreet Community Centre Market (see below)

Monday 28 April

19.30

Meeting of RPCG at Holy Cross

Tuesday 6 May

19.30

APCM (St Peter’s)

*Journey to the Cross

A simple soup lunch at All Saints followed by the Walk of Witness to Holy Cross for the service The Liturgy of Good Friday - an event and service for the whole Ryde Plurality.

School visit to Holy Cross

Thank you to the pupils in Year 5 at Binstead School who made origami chicks to form part of the Easter mobile hanging in the chancel arch.

Live stream

Thanks to the generosity of members of the congregation we are now able to live stream services from Holy Cross. If you know of anyone who will be unable to be in church on Easter Day and who might like to participate in the service by Zoom, please tell them that, provided they join the Zoom event before 9.20 am using the access code 81652856655 and the password HolyCross, they should be able to do so.

Services at Northbrooke House

These services take place at 2.15 pm on the fourth Thursday of the month and anyone wishing to participate and chat to the residents is welcome. For more details contact Jane Calderin or just turn up.

Havenstreet Community Centre Market

Come along and enjoy a chat, browse the stalls or have a bacon bap and a hot drink for £4. Plant sale, crafts, gifts, preserves and local produce from Farmer Ralph. Admission free – all welcome. For a stall, please contact 07866 598843.

Egg Decorating Competition

The winners will be presented with prizes on Easter Saturday (19th April) at Holy Cross Binstead at 11.00am. There will be refreshments and also the last chance to enter the Big Easter Egg Raffle (see below).

Easter Egg Raffle

Tina Buckett is organising the annual Easter Egg Raffle and will be pleased to receive donations of chocolate & Easter Eggs. To be drawn on Easter Day.

Japan talk

Jane Calderin will be doing a talk on her time in Japan titled 'Jane in Japan' at Holy Cross on Saturday 17th May starting at 7pm. Light refreshments will be served and there will be a retiring collection in aid of Holy Cross.

Churches Together in Ryde – Quiz

Churches Together in Ryde (now disbanded) still hold an annual quiz at St Johns Church, Ryde and this was attended by over 60 people. Ryde Baptist church were the winners, and Holy Cross came a very close second. Those who like quizzes keep an eye open for the Christian Aid Quiz open to all Ryde churches held again annually - mid May; at United Reform Church, Upton Road with Martin Stock as quiz master.

Message from Fiona Langdon

My sincere thanks for the lovely flowers gifted to me on David's retirement as Church Warden after so many years. I very much appreciated the thought and wish everyone all the very best for the future of Holy Cross Church.

Contact details

Holy Cross, Binstead (www.holycrossbinstead.org.uk)

St Peter’s, Havenstreet (http://StPeterHavenstreet.org.uk)

The telephone contact number for both churches is the Ryde Plurality Office on

01983 242906

Items for inclusion in this pew leaflet to Mike Coeshott by email mikejcoe@aol.com by Thursday midday, please.