St Nicholas Parish Church Fleetwood. Week beginning 26th November 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.
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Sunday 26th November Christ the King
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
4.00 pm Family & Co in the Broadway Rooms
Tuesday 28th November
2.00 pm Holy Communion in Church
Thursday 30th November
10.00 am Community Coffee in the Jubilee Room
Sunday 3rd December- Advent Sunday
8.30 am Holy Communion in Church
9.30 am Worship on Zoom
10.45 am Holy Communion in Church Sidespersons: Reader: Susan & Christine. Reader: Joy
4.00 pm Family & Co in the Broadway Rooms
6.30 pm Advent Service at Emmanuel Church at The Mount
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Christmas Fair: Thank you to everyone who helped in anyway yesterday and in the weeks leading up to it, to make the Fair such an amazing success. Thanks to your generosity of time and gifts we raised an amazing £3497.72 But not only that, it was lovely to welcome so many of our surrounding community to join us, not least Health and Harmony and all the stall holders who came along to sell their wares. Well done everyone and thank you again.
Saddleworth Brass Band: On Saturday 9th December we’re delighted to be hosting ‘Carols in the Courtyard’ again. The event will start at 11 am with Christmas Carols outside church. We will then move into the Broadway rooms for mulled wine and lunch, followed by a concert by the Band. Please do invite your neighbours and friends to join you at this quality event. Sign up at the back of church for catering purposes. There is no charge for lunch but donations will be accepted.
Christmas Wishes: Rather than writing Christmas cards to everyone in church you may wish to consider sending Christmas wishes via the notice sheet on 17th December. Please liaise with the Vicar if you wish your message to be included in this way.
Broadway Hall Closure: Starting this Friday, 1st December the parquet flooring in the big hall is going to be sanded and repolished. It will take until close of business on Tuesday to be completed and therefore all hall users are being relocated to the Jubilee Room or have been cancelled until Wednesday 6th December. There will be no access to the hall during this period.
Christ the King: The purpose of this festival today helps to deepen the awareness of the final end of all things in the triumph of Christ. It brings the cycle of the liturgical year to an end, but looks forward to its turning again on Advent Sunday. The spirituality of this festival must never be forgotten or understated. No one recognised this more than Henri Nouwen in his Sabbatical Journey: "on the last Sunday of the liturgical year, Christ is presented to us as the mocked King on the Cross as well of the King of the universe. The greatest humiliation and the greatest victory are both shown to us in today's liturgy. It is important to look at this humiliated and victorious Christ before we start the new liturgical year with the celebration of Advent. All through the year we have to stay close to the humiliation as well as to the victory of Christ, because we are called to live both in our own daily lives."
Please remember in your prayers: Louise Clark, David Newton, Rev Martin Keighley, Mark Price, Rebekah, Lee Schofield, Craig Abson, Dorothy Cox and Maurice Roberts. Please also remember the families of Elizabeth King and Peter Dell whose funerals are due to take place on the 6th December and 8th of December respectively.