AT YOUR SERVICE - 21 FEBRUARY 2021

At Your Service

Sunday, 21 February 2021 - 30 minutes

Lent started last week, with pancakes on Shrove Tuesday followed by Ash Wednesday - and now we have 6 weeks to prepare for the great celebration of Easter. We start this week's programme by asking how we might make best use of this time - should we be be 'giving up something' and just be grumpy for the whole of Lent? - or would it be better to look on these weeks as a chance to 'spring clean' our life - to ask God's forgiveness for the things we know we could have done better - to look again at our values and attitudes, and to think more deeply about our world, and our place in it.

Then we turn our attention to The Leprosy Mission - Paul Moores, Regional Manager with responsibility for the Isle of Man would usually be with us now - but for obvious reasons he can't - so he's making a virtual visit by sending a mini-service to launch UNCONDITIONAL - a new appeal to help the people of Mozambique - one of the world's poorest countries and still in the grip of leprosy.
The highly effective drugs to cure leprosy are available free of charge, but the challenge is to banish the stigma attached to the disease, then teach the people how to recognise the early stages of leprosy, and to come forward for treatment.

And Paul is joined by a new celebrity who is lending her weight to the UNCONDITIONAL Appeal - Dame Darcey Bussell!

And yes - the famous Leprosy Mission Annual Quiz WILL take place on Friday 26 February at 7.30pm in the Promenade Methodist Church Hall, in Douglas. The local Leprosy Mission IOM Trustees will host the evening, which includes a free hot pot supper (vegetarian option available) and Paul Moores will be the Quizmaster, joining in on the big screen! All are welcome, and whilst the evening is free, for catering purposes you must reserve your place(s) Email Paul on paulm@tlmew.org.uk

There'll also be an opportunity at the end of the evening, to make a donation to the UNCONDITIONAL Appeal for Mozambique.
It's Lent Lunch time again - there are details on today's notice board, of lunches being served this week, and you can find the comprehensive list on social media - go to facebook.com and search for Isle of Man Lent Lunches.

If you'd like to request a favourite hymn or sacred music, or to give me details of notice board items, my email address is judithley@manx.net

AT YOUR SERVICE - 21 FEBRUARY 2021

At Your Service

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