This coming Wednesday is Ash Wednesday and the start of Lent. This year we have picked Let me go there: the spirit of Lent by Paula Gooder for our Lent disciplines. This book is divided into six sections, one for each week between Ash Wednesday and Easter:

1. The Wilderness: Desolation and Redemption
2. On Recognition: Jesus and the Wilderness in Mark
3. Who Are You? Jesus and the Devil in Matthew
4. Testings: Jesus and Testing in Luke
5. Follow Me: The Call to Discipleship
6. If You Want to Follow…: The Character and Cost of Discipleship

Each week has a short bible passage and a reflection for each day of the week. At the end of the week, there are questions to reflect on the passages and how they relate to our lives and experiences. We will be using these questions during our Lent groups on Tuesday evenings and Wednesday afternoons in Lent. To allow enough time to read the week’s material in advance, the Lent groups will start on the 24^th and 25^th of February.

The book is available in paperback or e-book formats.  There are copies at the back of the churches. Please see Lizzie for more details.

As Wednesday is Ash Wednesday, there will be a service of Holy Communion with the imposition of ashes, instead of the normal Thursday communion service. The remaining services for the coming week will be as usual:

Sunday 15^th February

10:00 am	St Mary’s	Holy Communion
10:30 am	All Saints	Holy Communion

The coming week:

Wednesday 18th	9:00 am		All Saints	Celtic Morning Prayer
	10:00 am		St Mary’s	Holy Communion
Sunday 22nd	8:00 am		All Saints	Holy Communion (said)
	10:00		St Mary’s	Holy Communion
	10:30		All Saints	Café Church

Wishing you the blessings of a good and holy Lent.

Mark