St Nicholas Parish Church Fleetwood. Week beginning 27th 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 27th August
8.30 am Holy Communion in Church
9.30 am Worship on Zoom
10.45 am Holy Communion in Church Sidespersons: Carole & Sandra. Reader: Margaret
4.00 pm Family & Co in the Broadway Rooms
Tuesday 29th August
2.00 pm Holy Communion in Church
6.45 pm PCC Meets in Jubilee Room
Thursday 31st August
10.00 am Community Coffee Morning in the Jubilee Room
8.30 am Holy Communion in Church
9.30 am Worship on Zoom
10.45 am Holy Communion in Church Sidespersons: Judith & Dorothy W Reader: Elizabeth
1.00 pm Safari Lunch
4.00 pm Family & Co in the Broadway Rooms
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Safari Lunch – Thank you to everyone who has signed up for lunch next Sunday. Tickets are available today, with times and locations from Ruth.
Feast of the Nations – St Nic’s is hosting this event on behalf of Churches Together in Fleetwood. Foods from around the globe will be available to taste. Please sign up at the back of church if you’re intending to pop in from 12 noon on Saturday 9th September.
Put on love:
Therefore, as God’s chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience.Bear with each other and forgive one another if any of you has a grievance against someone, forgive as the Lord forgave you. And over all these virtues put on love, which binds them all together in perfect unity.
COLOSSIANS 3:12–14
Certainly, this is how we are to strive to live, but it can be a real struggle, can’t it? What are the moments in your day when these instructions seem easy? Thank God for them!
What are the moments in your day – or week – when these instructions quite honestly feel like some kind of cruel joke? There are probably more than you would care to admit.
Maybe they get a little bit easier (maybe!) when we understand why we’re called to this. And the answer is pretty simple: because we are ‘God’s chosen people’. We are ‘holy and beloved’. Do you notice how love bookends these verses? ‘As God’s chosen people, holy and dearly loved…’ & ‘…over all these virtues, put on love, which binds them all together in perfect unity.’ When we know that we are loved, it is easier for us to love others. After all, we love because He first loved us. From that position of belovedness, and our knowledge of it, we can at least strive to act accordingly.
Holy God, thank you for loving me. Clothe me with compassion toward others.
Make it radiate from my actions and deeds. You are the example for love. Help me to be a similar example for other people. Give me a selfless spirit that seeks first to serve others. 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, Rebekah, Colin Cook, Elizabeth Leason and John Hawley. And the family of Charles Beavers whose funeral is due to take place.