St Nicholas Parish Church Fleetwood. Week beginning 13th August 2023
We seek to be a church that lives by faith, is known by love and
is a voice of hope to the community we serve.
Website https://www.achurchnearyou.com/church/11671
Sunday 13th August
8.30 am Communion by Extension in Church
9.30 am Worship on Zoom
10.45 am Holy Communion in Church Sidespersons: Elizabeth & Margaret. Reader: Karen
4.00 pm Family & Co in the Broadway Rooms
Tuesday 15th August
2.00 pm Holy Communion in Church
Thursday 17th August
10.00 am Community Coffee Morning in the Jubilee Room
12.00 pm Funeral of Paul Douglas in Church
Sunday 20th August
8.30 am Holy Communion in Church
9.30 am Worship on Zoom
10.45 am Holy Communion in Church Sidespersons: Susan & Christine. Reader: Sandra
12.30 pm Baptism of Lailah Geddes Welcome and set up: Dorothy Warren
4.00 pm Family & Co in the Broadway Rooms
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Feast of the Nations: Just a reminder to sign up for this on Saturday 9th September. Tasting starts at 12 noon and you can come and go as you please. It’s a Churches Together in Fleetwood event, with lots of different dishes and cultures being represented.
Return of the Safari Lunch: On Sunday 3rd September you are invited to attend a magnificent five course Sunday lunch with a difference! The difference being that each course will be served in a different venue. The venues being the homes of the host providing the dish. All the venues are within walking distance of each other, although transport will be available for those who would prefer not to walk. The cost will be £15.00 per person. More details will follow next week but, in the meantime save the date!
The Blessèd Virgin Mary: This Tuesday, 15th August, at our 2pm service we will celebrate this feast day along with many other Christians all over the world. Known as the Assumption of Mary and very much a Catholic Feast Day, it marks the end of Mary’s earthly life and the lifting of her body and soul into the glory of heaven. The earliest traditions say that Mary's life ended in Jerusalem. There is a tomb in the Church of the Sepulchre of Saint Mary in the Kidron Valley at the foot of the Mount of Olives, believed by Eastern Christians to be the burial place of Mary, the mother of Jesus. That said, there is a belief that her body was resurrected on the third day, at which time she was taken up to heaven. Her tomb according to this teaching was found empty on the third day……sound familiar?
Almighty God, who looked upon the lowliness of the Blessèd Virgin Mary
and chose her to be the mother of your only Son:
grant that we who are redeemed by his blood
may share with her in the glory of your eternal kingdom;
through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord. Amen.
Please also remember in your prayers: Peter Dell, Rev Jane Everitt, Jo Crosswell, Rev Martin Keighley, Elizabeth King, Chris Kelsall, Michaela Jones, Mark Price and John Hawley. And the families of Richard Hudson, Arthur Shaw and Paul Douglas, whose funerals are due to take place.