ROKER UNITED REFORMED CHURCH 17th MARCH 2024
Mrs Margaret Reid leads our service.
Please join us for refreshments after worship.
BIBLE STUDY GROUP for LENT at STOCKTON ROAD URC
Belvedere Road, SR2 7BT
This Tuesday (19th) at 10.30am in the Church
Week 5 ‘Faith Through Art’ led by our Minister Revd Jane Rowell.
Each session is ‘self-contained’ – pop in for just one or two….
Stay for lunch afterwards at 12.30pm – a delicious free meal from Food Cycle.
ST PATRICK – A SONNET
Six years a slave, and then you slipped the yoke,
Till Christ recalled you, through your captors cries!
Patrick, you had the courage to turn back,
With open love to your old enemies,
Serving them now in Christ, not in their chains,
Bringing the freedom He gave you to share.
You heard the voice of Ireland, in your veins
Her passion and compassion burned like fire.
Now you rejoice amidst the three-in-one,
Refreshed in love and blessing all you knew,
Look back on us and bless us, Ireland’s son,
And plant the staff of prayer in all we do:
A gospel seed that flowers in belief,
A greening glory, coming into leaf.
Malcolm Guite
DIARY DATES:
This Friday (22nd) Games Night in the Hawkins Room 7.00pm
Tuesday 26th March Poverty Lunch for Christian Aid 12.15pm
NEXT SUNDAY: Revd Jane Rowell leads our worship for Palm Sunday at 11.00am.
HOLY WEEK WORSHIP AROUND THE PASTORATE
Maundy Thursday (28th) Lunch and Communion Service 12noon
Stockton Road URC
Belvedere Road, SR2 7BT
Please let us know if you are coming for lunch.
Communion Service 7.00pm
St Margaret’s URC
Prince Edward Road, South Shields, NE34 7ND
Please let us know if you are coming.
Good Friday (29th) All Age Service 10.00am
St Margaret’s URC
Readings & Reflections 3.00pm
Stockton Road URC
Let us know if you are attending any of the services – lifts can be arranged.