BLACKLEY SUNDAY ROTA AND READINGS
January – Easter 2026
Updated 14th March
Readings are under hyperlinks to texts on BibleGateway. Please visit the church website to access the rota digitally www.blackleycofe.church
If you are not available to take your reading, prayer or AV duties, please try to arrange a swap with someone and let Pam know so the rota can be updated.
Names in red indicate a change from previous published rota (dated 10th February)
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Week commencing Sunday 15th March – Mothering Sunday Reader 1: Exodus 2. 1 – 10 or Colossians 3. 12 – 17 Reader 2: John 19. 25 - 27 |
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Hospitality |
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St Andrew |
Pam |
Pam |
Pam |
Graham |
Lisa |
Helen |
Helen |
Kevin |
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St Peter |
Philip |
Philip |
Philip |
Dave |
Dot |
Karen |
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Dave |
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St Paul |
Pam |
Pam |
Pam |
David |
Jackie |
Nnoema |
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Nathan |
Sylvia, Bola & Marta |
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St Andrew Wed |
Pam |
Pam |
Pam |
Ruth |
Katherine |
Helen |
Ruth |
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Week commencing Sunday 22nd March – The Fifth Sunday of Lent Reader 1: Ezekiel 37. 1 – 14 or Romans 8. 6 - 11 Reader 2: John 11. 1 - 45 |
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St Andrew |
Jane |
Jane |
Jane |
Philip |
Philip |
Katherine |
Ann |
Graham |
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St Peter |
Pam |
Pam |
Pam |
Bev |
Wiktor |
Michael |
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Dave |
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St Paul |
Jane |
Jane |
Jane |
Ikemba |
Derin |
Jody |
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Ikemba |
Tina, Esther & Chief |
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St Andrew Wed |
Pam |
Katherine |
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Graham |
Helen |
Ruth |
Helen |
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Week commencing Sunday 29th March – Palm Sunday Leader: Matthew 21. 1 – 11 (Liturgy of the Passion) Reader 1: Isaiah 50. 4 – 9a or Philippians 2. 5 - 11 Reader 2: Matthew 26.14 – 27.54 (or Matthew 27.11 – 54) |
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Hospitality |
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St Andrew |
Pam |
Pam |
Pam |
Colin |
Dramatic Reading |
Katherine |
Kevin |
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St Peter |
Jane |
Jane |
Jane |
Sue |
Dramatic Reading |
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Dave |
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St Paul |
Pam |
Pam |
Pam |
Pam |
Dramatic Reading |
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Ikenna |
Jackie & Rita |
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St Andrew Wed |
Pam |
Pam |
Pam |
Helen |
Philip |
Katherine |
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Week commencing 5th April – Easter Sunday (White or Gold array) Reader 1: Acts 10. 34 - 43 Reader 2: John 20. 1 – 18 or Matthew 28. 1 - 10 |
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Reader 2 |
HC Assts |
AV |
Hospitality |
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St Andrew |
Pam |
Pam |
Pam |
Ruth |
Colin |
Philip |
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Kevin |
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St Peter |
Jane |
Jane |
Jane |
Karen |
Dave |
Gillian |
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Dave |
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St Paul |
Pam |
Pam |
Pam |
Jody |
Margot |
Sylvia |
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Nathan |
Ellen & Sue |
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St Andrew Wed |
Helen |
Philip |
X |
Philip |
Ruth |
Graham |
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