Please join us for our Service of Holy Eucharist on Sunday February 5 at 10:00 am. Our readings are Luke 2: 22 – 35 (for Candlemas), Isaiah 58:1-9a, and Matthew 5:13-20. Our Bishop, Mark Edington will be preaching and Rev. Chris Easthill presiding. The bulletin is here and the livestream link here.

There will be no Sunday School this week. Our creche/nursery service for the younger children is available.

Compline is offered each Friday at 8.30 pm via Zoom and this link.

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CALENDAR OF COMING EVENTS

TUESDAY 10.30 am. Music Section Meeting.
WEDNESDAY 11.00 am. Word & Worship (Zoom).
FRIDAY 8.30 pm. A Service of Compline (Zoom).
SATURDAY 7.00 pm. Mainzer Medizinerorchester Concert
SUNDAY 10.00 am. Holy Eucharist and Sunday School.
11.45 am. Sunday School Teachers’ Meeting.
3.00 pm. Worship in Mainz (Christophskirche).

Flowers
This Sunday’s flowers were given by Bettina Gies in loving memory of her mother.
We welcome your flower donations and designations. Please use the envelopes in the back of the church.

Stewardship
We invite all members of the congregation to support the mission and ministry of St. Augustine’s. To pledge, you can fill in a form (available from the ushers) or just send an email to pledge@stagustines.de giving us the amount (and frequency i.e. weekly, monthly, annually) of your pledge.

Adult Formation
Our Book Discussion takes place bi-weekly in hybrid mode on Wednesday evening. Those who wish can meet in the church undercroft at 7 p.m. or can join by Zoom. The group is looking at C.S. Lewis’s Miracles. In addition we have a second group to discuss The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe meeting fortnighly on Sundays after church. For more information on both offerings: Rampinelli@aol.com.

Lenten Observances:
Pancake Supper: Shrove Tuesday 21 February, 6.00 pm
Ash Wednesday Service: Wednesday 22 February, 7.00 pm
Stations of the Cross Friday at 6.30 pm beginning 10 March
Lenten Course “The Difficult Words of Jesus” Fridays at 7.30 pm via Zoom (not 10 March)

Holy Week and Easter Services:
Wednesday 5 April: Tenebrae 8:00 pm.
Maundy Thursday 6 April: Simple Supper at 6.00 pm, Eucharist 7:00 pm
Good Friday 7 April: Special Liturgy with Veneration of the Cross and Holy Communion 7:00 pm
Saturday 8 April: Great Vigil of Easter 9:00 pm
Easter Sunday 9 April: Festive Eucharist 10:00 am

Annual General Meeting (AGM) and Vestry elections
Our AGM is planned for Saturday, 18 March. If you are interested in standing for one of the 6 places on the Vestry (or just want to know more) please contact the Rector or Susan Pinnells, our Senior Warden. To stand for the Vestry you must be a “voting member of the church,” i.e. 16 years of age or older, have submitted a signed application for membership, and support the church with identifiable financial or service support (Article II 2. of our by-laws).