St Nicholas Parish Church Fleetwood. Week beginning 10th September 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 10th September
8.30 am Holy Communion in Church
9.30 am Worship on Zoom
10.45 am Holy Communion in Church Sidespersons: Karen & June. Reader: Joy
2.30 pm Baptism of Arlo Levett-Weber Welcome and set up Dorothy A
4.00 pm Family & Co in the Broadway Rooms
Tuesday 12th September
2.00 pm Holy Communion in Church
Thursday 14th September
10.00 am Community Coffee Morning in the Jubilee Room
Friday 15th September
9.00 am St Nic’s Little Gang in the Broadway Rooms
Sunday 17th September – Chaplaincy Week
8.30 am Holy Communion in Church
9.30 am Worship on Zoom
10.45 am Holy Communion in Church Sidespersons: Elizabeth & Margaret. Reader: Karen
12.30 pm Baptism of Noah Orchiston Welcome and set up Judith
4.00 pm Family & Co in the Broadway Rooms
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Safari Lunch: Sincere thanks to everyone who was involved in providing this super occasion last Sunday. The food, company and whole afternoon was a delight and a tribute to the enormous amount of hard work and planning leading up to it. £470 has been added to the restoration fund.
Congregational Questionnaire: There’s still a chance for you to take part in this quick exercise, whether you attend church regularly or not so regularly, on Zoom or in person! Please pick one up today and return it to the box at the back of church by 24th of this month.
Chaplaincy Week: Next Sunday we will welcome Rev Clive Lord as our guest preacher. Clive is an experienced and much-loved chaplain at Victoria Hospital in Blackpool and he has agreed to come to
St Nic’s to talk to us about ministry in a hospital setting.
Her Late Majesty Queen Elizabeth the Second: On Friday 8th September we marked the first anniversary of the passing of our Queen. In an excerpt of his message to the Diocese, Bishop Philip wrote, “In the days following her death, we collectively mourned a woman who had been the 'rock' at the heart of national life for seven decades. The nation was in shock. We grieved the loss of someone who was a powerful sign of unity and stability; our continuity in the good times and the bad. Her Late Majesty was also a woman of profound Christian faith. She died knowing the hope of new life that Jesus offers to us all.
In the midst of our grief, as we prayed for the whole Royal Family and for our nation, we still had hope for the future in the shape of our new King. And it is in prayer we can also be reassured of the comfort and hope of new life that Jesus gives us all. As we look back those days in 2022 following the death of Her Late Majesty, we can also give thanks for a life well-lived. A life given in service to you, to me and to the whole nation. In my remarks immediately following the death of Her Late Majesty in 2022 I said: 'Our Queen had 'made of her life a gift to the world. How can we do the same?' That sentiment is true still today. Sustained by her deep Christian faith Her Late Majesty didn't falter. She was constantly giving herself to service. As we give thanks for the life of Her Late Majesty on this first anniversary, let's allow the memory of her service to sustain and inspire us now to ask afresh each day: 'what can I do to make a difference and to serve'?”
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, Keith Shaw, Craig Abson and John Hawley.