My dearest Friends in the Lord,

Happy Spring!  I am reminded of one of my favourite English Romantic poets William Wordsworth’s famous poem “The Daffodils”.

The picture is of daffodils at Ullswater. In 1802 William and Dorothy Wordsworth’s visited Glencoyne Park. On 15th April 1802, they passed the strip of land at Glencoyne Bay, called Ullswater. It is this visit that gave Wordsworth the inspiration to write this famous poem. The first stanza of this much loved poem is given below:

I wandered lonely as a cloud
That floats on high o’er vales and hills,
When all at once I saw a crowd,
A host, of golden daffodils;
Beside the lake, beneath the trees,
Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.

Hope you can read the full poem some time during this season. If you do not have a poetry book, you can always browse on the web and read it there.

LIVE 10.30 am on-line Parish Eucharist Service on zoom – Sunday 14^th March.

Reverend Sue Deacon will lead the service and Mrs Suzanne Maple, Reader in Training from Welton parish, will preach and we will listen to a faith story also to some favourite hymns or songs.

Please note that this service is NOT streamed from the Ingham church this week. 

You will receive an invitation to join this short on line service if you are in the Parish database. If not please contact  the Springline Parish Secretary on springline springlinepcc@btinternet.com

Please download  the Order of service here. 

Parish Family Service Resources from Scampton Church

Parents and kids, please visit the Scampton Church website for information about the service: www.scamptonchurch.org

Springline Parish on-line Home Worship Resources.

You will find a copy of this letter, the sermon for this week, prayers and worship songs etc. Do visit https://springlineparish.co.uk/online-church/ 

Parish Palm Sunday Service on line – Sunday 28^th March 10.30 am

The Palm Sunday begins the Holy Week, the most important week for us Christians in our Christian Calendar Year. The Holy Week commemorates the passion, death and resurrection of Our Lord Jesus Christ. The service will include the reading of the Passion.

Resourcing a Sustainable Church Meeting 17^th March 2021

As part of the process of planning for a sustainable Church in our diocese for the future, representatives from the West Lindsey district area of the diocese held a zoom meeting on Wednesday 17^th March. The topics discussed were:

• Proposals for ministerial deployment
• Proposals for Parish Share
• Proposals for Growth
• Proposals for Costs and
• Proposals for Assets

Taken together, the proposals that will go to Synod set a vision for the collaborative church which we believe we must now become, in order to flourish as the Diocese of Lincoln into the next five years and beyond. They are, however, still work in progress, and can still be changed and refined. Therefore, please talk about them, pray about them, and if you choose, please write to us about them at: rsc@lincoln.anglicn.org or write to: Resourcing Sustainable Church, Edward King House, Minster Yard, Lincoln, LN2 1PU.

The Springline Parish – Nine Churches, One Parish, Following Jesus.

The Church exists to assist you in your spiritual search, to comfort you in your cares and worries, to support you and walk with you. We believe that Jesus is The True Answer to all our questions and problems, the one who can fill the emptiness and restlessness in our hearts, the One who can help us heal our world! Do help us to help you where we can!

I wish you God’s blessings as you live Lent as our 40-day journey of return to God!

The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you now and always.

With my love and prayer to each one of you,

Father Sebastian

Revd Dr Sebastian Thomas Mattapally
Rector, Springline Parish, Diocese of Lincoln
Tel: 01522 731793   Email: rector.springline@gmail.com