• COVID-19 UPDATE:

Due to the ongoing pandemic all forms of public

worship have been suspended by the Church of
England and the church is now closed until further
notice. That said, we remain your parish church even
if we can’t physically gather for a season. The church 19 April 2020
continues to do what it does - loving God and loving Second Sunday of Easter
neighbour - across East Blatchington and beyond, and
Christians are called to pray more than ever right
online. Visit our Facebook page to join us online:
www.facebook.com/StPetersEB now, so you might like to know about these ways
 You can call upon us for pastoral care, practical help, for us to ‘gather’ at a distance:
and prayer, whether you regularly attend this St Peter’s live-streamed services
church or not. We are here for you. Kay, our on the internet: www.facebook.com/StPetersEB
Reader, is co-ordinating this aspect of our work: Sunday 8am Holy Communion (BCP)
01323 893712 or kayblackburn@hotmail.com. 10.30am Holy Communion (CW)
 You can call The Rector: 01323 892964. Please note the change
 We will live-stream services on our Facebook page of time for this week only
which you are welcome to access via the internet: 6pm Evening Prayer (BCP)
www.facebook.com/StPetersEB. You don’t have to Monday Noon Midday Prayer
join Facebook to watch these services. Details are on 6pm ‘Breathing Space’
the front of this bulletin. Tuesday Noon Midday Prayer
 The church porch door remains open each day for 8pm Compline
food bank donations. Wednesday Noon Midday Prayer
8pm Compline
Friday Noon Midday Prayer
Please remember in your prayers this week…
• You don’t have to join Facebook to watch the services:
• NHS workers, the Government, delivery drivers, just follow the link above.
the isolated, the vulnerable and families in • If you are unable to access Facebook you may like to
hardship. plan your own prayers for some of the times that these
• the sick, praying especially for: services are taking place, knowing that we are gathered
together in time, if not space.
Catherine Allan, Devon Baker, Trevor Baker, Jennifer
• The clergy pray Mass privately, for the Parish, each
Cartwright, Paul Coles, Lindi Curtis, Shirley Dalling, Alan Wednesday and Friday at 10am — a time when you
Dempster, Stephen Dempster, The Frostick family, Katie might make your own act of Spiritual Communion.
Gould, Ann Hawkins, June Marshall, Rod Partlett, • At 8am on Sundays there is a National Church Service on
Oswald Pinheiro, Wendy Preston, Anne Self, Felicity Radio Sussex: 95.0-104.8 MHz FM
Sirc, Heather Southern, Peter Tatham, Samuel Tomlin,
Hazel Trenfield, Pauline Wilcox, Mary Yates. Because the Bishop of Chichester has asked for our
live-streamed Parish Eucharist to be for the whole
We continue to pray for those listed in ‘Cross Keys’ and diocese today, the Mass time will be at 10.30am.
all who have asked for our prayers.
• the recently departed: COLLECT and READINGS
Joan Ottoway for the SECOND SUNDAY OF EASTER
Collect:
• those whose year’s minds fall this week:
Almighty Father,
19: John Robinson; 24: Helen Lander, you have given your only Son to die for our Sins
Gerry Topp; 25: Liz Robinson and to rise again for our justification:
grant us so to put away the leaven of malice and
wickedness
that we may always serve you
in pureness of living and truth;
Printed copies of this weekly bulletin are always through the merits of your Son Jesus Christ our Lord,
available in the church porch. who is alive and reigns with you,
Bulletin items by noon on Thursday, please; earlier is good! In the unity of the Holy Spirit,
E: bulletinstpeters2015@gmail.com  01323 891921 One God, now and for ever.
To contact The Rector:
First reading: Acts 2:14a.22-32
 01323 892964 E: rectoryebb@gmail.com
Psalm: Psalm 16
www.ebbchurches.org.uk Second reading: 1 Peter 1:3-9
www.facebook.com/StPetersEB
Gospel: John 20:19-end