Dear Worshippers and Friends of St. Clement’s,
Today is Ascension Day, an important but much neglected festival in the Christian Year. Therefore, I encourage you to join us this evening…
Thursday 30th May at 19.00 – Ascension Day
Although not a public holiday in the Czech Republic, despite it being so in many neighbouring countries, I do hope many of you will still join us to mark this important day and celebrate the Ascension of Jesus into heaven at the end of his forty day resurrection appearances. The Bible Readings are Acts 1: 1-11, Ephesians 1: 15-23 and Luke 24: 44-53.
The Hymns are Hail the day that sees him rise (omit verses 3 & 8) Llanfair, Rejoice! The Lord is King Gopsal , Alleluia, sing to Jesus Hyfrydol and The head that once was crowned with thorns St. Magnus. Even after contacting as many as six organists, we still do not have confirmation from any organist for playing today. If you know someone who could possibly play please get them in touch with me immediately.
Then follows one Sunday that falls between Ascension Day and Pentecost Sunday..
Sunday
2nd June at 11.00 – Sung Eucharist for the Seventh Sunday of Easter
Our
Gospel reading will be John
17. 20-26,
part of what is known as Jesus’ ‘High Priestly Prayer’, where
Jesus prays that his followers ‘may all be one’. The supporting
readings are Acts
16. 16-34,
where we read of a healing of a slave girl by Paul which leads to
imprisonment of Paul and Silas in Philippi but ultimately vindicated
by God’s miraculous involvement and Psalm
97 which
we will readresponsively,
declaring that ‘The Lord is king, most high in all the earth’.
The Hymns are Hail the day that sees him rise (omit v3 & 8) Llanfair, Come, Holy Ghost, our hearts inspire Nun danket all, O Thou, who at thy Eucharist didst pray Song 1 andWe have a gospel to proclaimFulda
There will be parallel Children’s Ministry and following worship Refreshments will be served at the back of the church.
It being the first Sunday of the month, I will also be off to Brno for our regular monthly worship.
Sunday
2nd June at 17.00 – Holy Communion with Hymns for the Seventh Sunday of
Easter
If
you have family or friends in Brno please invite them to our service
there. For more information follow the link http://susanaj10.sg-host.com//brno/.
Other important things…
Czechs for Sri Lanka Concert to pay tribute to the victims of the terrorist attacks on Easter Sunday in three Sri Lankan churches and 3 hotels, will be held on Saturday, June 1 at 7:00 pm in Hilton Hotel Prague. It is officially organized by the Czech Centres Prague and under the auspices of the Czech Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Tomas Petricek. For more information follow the link www.czechcentres.cz/srilanka/.
FYI: Sally’s surgery which was earlier planned to take place on Monday 3rd June has been postponed for sometime now as she has been unwell for the past week and had to be given antibiotics and should recover completely before the surgery. Please continue to remember her in your prayers.
If it was/is your birthday or wedding anniversary or any other special occasion last week or the coming week, we would be happy to share your joy and pray for you. You are invited to send to me the details by email to this address.
The Diocese has a Brexit Resources Hub under the Brexit tab. You can access it by following the link https://europe.anglican.org/brexit/welcome-to-our-brexit-resources-hub-1. We join Bishop Robert in his appeal to pray at this time, especially for the decision-makers.
Yours in His Service,
Nathanial
The
Rev’d Nathanial – Chaplain of St. Clement’s Anglican Episcopal
Church, Prague
Pat’anka 2614/11A
160 00, Praha 6 –
Dejvice
Czech Republic
Tel. +420
233 310 266 Mobile +420
737 039 082
Email chaplain@anglican.cz Church Website www.anglican.cz