GUNVILLE METHODIST CHURCH 29th March 2026
Today is Palm Sunday, with Kevin leading and Martin preaching. Theme: “Let go of violence, embrace gentleness.” (Clocks forward!)
Afternoon: Circuit Service – visit of District Chair, Rev Rachel Bending, to Sandown. Tea and cake 4.00, service 5.00.
This afternoon at Gunville: Kerith in 1.00-6.30, with a service at 4.00.
Good Friday (3rd April): Reflective service at Gunville 10.30 led by Martin.
Walk of Witness in Newport starts 12.30.
Kerith service at Gunville 7.30 pm.
Next Sunday (5th April) is Easter Sunday:- Sonrise service at the Castle 6.15.
10.30: Paul will be leading a local arrangement. Theme: ”Let go of fear, embrace joy”.
Events this week:
Tue: No Ark (school holiday)
Wed: Nellie’s, Hall 2-4
Line Dancing, Church 5.45-6.45
Thu: Line Dancing, Church 5.45-7.30
Fri: See above (No Guides)
Prayer & Toast: Not this week (4th April), but moved to 11th April, 8.30 as usual.
Christian Aid Week: Advanced warning that this will be May 10-16. Carol has ordered envelopes and some daily devotional booklets, and will say more nearer the time.
Song Spot:
Today we shall be singing “Rescuer”. On Palm Sunday, the crowd shouted “Hosanna”, which means “Save, Lord”. Although this had become just a shout of greeting, Jesus was in fact on a mission to save, to be Saviour (or Rescuer) for all time.
Rend Collective wrote this song after looking at the present-day world and seeing the wrong and the need all around us, yet believing that Jesus is the one who can save or rescue us.
They tell the thinking behind the song on: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fov0hojRuzg .*
If you want to hear them sing it, or you are a tractor fan, listen and watch on: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sAg7rn7fH3Q&list=RDsAg7rn7fH3Q&start_radio=1 .
| (Chorus after each verse) He’s our rescuer, He’s our rescuer, We are free from sin forever more. Oh how sweet the sound, Oh how grace abounds, We will praise the Lord our rescuer. There is good news for the captive, Good news for the shamed; There is good news for the one who walked away. There is good news for the doubter, The one religion failed; For the Good Lord has come to seek and save. | He is beauty for the blind man, Riches for the poor, He is friendship for the one the world ignores. He is pasture for the weary, Rest for those who strive, For the Good Lord is the way, the truth, the life; Yes the Good Lord is the way, the truth, the life. So come and be chainless, Come and be fearless, Come to the foot of Calvary. There is redemption For every affliction Here at the foot of Calvary. Hastings/Fowler/Rend Collective ©2017 Shout! Music Publishing |
(* If you haven’t got a computer or a smart phone, and get annoyed by web addresses, I’m sorry, but I shall carry on giving them. You could always ask someone with a phone to show you.)
Palm Sunday Spot the Differences – Answers (ringed in red)
