​This Palm Sunday get ready to join the crowd in welcoming Jesus into Jerusalem - go and get your best cloak or coat, because I don’t imagine many of you have palm branches to lay on the ground before Jesus!

​Palm Service Worship - ​Part 1

​StF 264 Make way, make way for the King of kings

​Message & Prayers

​Blessing

​On  Tuesday 23 March there will be a national day of reflection - 1 minute of silence at noon and from 8pm lighting up our doorsteps with phones and torches shone into the sky. Some will tie yellow ribbons round trees ‘to reflect on our collective loss, celebrate the lives of the people no longer here, support those bereaved and look towards a much brighter future’. Today we begin to prepare ourselves for this process of reflection in our worship together.

​Prayer of praise
Lord God, we worship your holy Name – our hearts sing of our love for you. Your love shines out from the beauty of each new day, and every new day reminds us of your constant love for us. You have brought us through days of darkness as well as days of light; we thank and praise you for inspiring and encouraging us through the love and care of others, and the presence and example of your beloved son Jesus. Lord you are with us now, you have walked with us in the past and we trust you for all that is to come.
Amen.

Readings – Hebrews 5:5-10 and John 12:20-33
Message
Earlier this week I saw a cartoon on Facebook of Pooh bear and Piglet hand in hand, going for a walk – the caption read “Cherish every moment and every person in your life because you never know when will be the last time you see someone”. That has been brought home to us all, more than ever over this last year, for some of us even this week. That word ‘cherish’ doesn't just mean smile to yourself when you think of these people in your life – it will also mean putting yourself out for them – taking time out for their benefit, a giving of little things and sometimes bigger sacrifices. And every time someone takes even a small step of unselfishness, once again we see a person who has God’s law of love written on their heart.

God said right back in the time of Jeremiah that there would be a time when this would happen – and that time was when God came to earth in Jesus – Jesus who chose suffering, not only on the cross but in every selfless act of care and healing, words of wisdom that built people up not tearing them down. And seeing this example of selfless suffering writes God’s law of love on our hearts – giving us hearts for justice and an end to the needless suffering of those who haven't chosen it, inspiring carers and healers, politicians and teachers, and more. Chosen suffering in response to the uncalled-for suffering of others.

This week’s National Day of Reflection will be a time to look back on a difficult year; to think on suffering of all different kinds for many – be it from sickness or bereavement, either long hours of work or loss of work, loss of contact with loved ones or too much contact for some families all shut in at home. But we will also reflect on the ones who have overcome suffering, and the ones who have given up aspects of their lives for others. We all know some of those whose selflessness has made such a difference either to us or to those we know.

What is their inspiration? For some it will be the example of another’s reaction to suffering; for us we have Jesus – not only as an example, but as a living presence, giving us inspiration and strength in the face of suffering to learn obedience to God’s law of love, as he did. If you need any more encouragement, hear Jesus’ promise – ‘Anyone who hates their life in this world will keep it for eternal life’.
So, a question to ask yourselves – do you love your life here and now so much that it stops you giving of your life to cherish those that ‘you never know when will be the last time you see’, this side of heaven? No, I didn’t think so – but we can all use a little reminder sometimes to take every opportunity to show some love while we’ve got the chance. Hand in hand with Jesus, walk his way with him.
Amen
Reflection time – take a minute to start to reflect back over the year – the ones who have suffered and also the ones overcoming suffering.

​StF 693 Beauty for brokenness

​Prayers for others -
​Be silent between sentences for your own reflection.

In the presence of Christ our Healer, Saviour and Friend,
let us pause in the midst of life to remember… the ones we’ve lost, the ones who are still sick, the ones whose lives have been changed forever.

Let us pause in the midst of life to remember… the ones who are worried, the ones who’ve worked and worked, the ones who feel forgotten.

Let us pause in the midst of life to remember… the ease with which we hugged one another, the family gatherings and evenings with friends, the matches, gigs, concerts, films, and holidays.

Let us pause in the midst of life and reach for hope… hope for those who mourn, hope for those who are tired or anxious, hope for those who are bored and hope for ourselves
in Jesus’ Name we pray. Amen
The Lord’s Prayer
Our Father....

​StF 470 Lord for the years your love has kept and guided

​Blessing
Deep peace of the running wave to you. Deep peace of the flowing air to you. Deep peace of the quiet earth to you. Deep peace of the shining stars to you. Deep peace of the gentle night to you; moon and stars pour their healing light on you. Deep peace of Christ, the light, to you.
Amen

​Welcome to worship with Kingswood this Mothering Sunday. A day when children are encouraged to show some kind of appreciation of their Mum, making a card or a gift, or bringing her breakfast in bed. But for some it is a time of remembering a mother who is no longer here – and the separation still causes pain. There is joy in motherhood and there is anguish.

​Welcome to our Interactive Service with the theme: 'Spring Clean'.  We are thinking about the passage in the bible where Jesus clears the temple, through Bible reading, songs, a Meditation by 'Taketime  ( https://taketime.org.uk/   [email protected]  ) and prayers.
There are some questions after the Service Video that we would value you views, along with how you can get your views to us.

​Full Service

​Questions
Consider the questions below :-

• Do we tend to get too attached to our local church? How?
• What opportunities has the pandemic given us as a church?
• How can we use these opportunities/lessons when churches are allowed to open up again?

If you would like to share your thoughts please write them down and email them to :- [email protected] or use the comments section below.  Thank you.