St Nicholas Parish Church, Fleetwood. Week beginning 13th March 2022
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 March – 2nd of Lent
8.30 am No Service
9.30 am No Zoom
10.45 am Holy Communion in Church Sides persons –: Susan & Christine: Reader – Sandra
Tuesday 15th March
2.00 pm Holy Communion in Church
Thursday 17th March
10.00 am Community Coffee Morning in the Jubilee Room
10.00 am Funeral of Alice Ellis at Carleton
11.30 am Funeral of Madeleine Hobson in Church
Friday 18th March
9.00 am St Nic’s Little Gang in the Broadway Rooms
11.45 am 3rd Lent Lunch - Emmanuel at the Mount
1.15 pm Funeral of Irene Hutson in Church
Saturday 19th March
10.00 am Alpha Session 10 in the Broadway Rooms
11.00 – 3.00 Spring Market at Fleetwood Methodist Church
Sunday 20th March – 3rd of Lent
8.30 am Holy Communion in Church
9.30 am Worship via Zoom
10.45 am Holy Communion in Church Sides persons – Karen & June: Reader - Elizabeth:
12.30 pm Baptism of Isla Rae Jenkinson Welcome and Set up – Margaret Kershaw
From the Vicar: For almost three weeks now, Christians across the globe have joined with other faiths in a call to pray for peace in Ukraine. I encouraged you only last week, to pray continually. So, what do you answer when as a Christian leader or otherwise, you are’ asked “Where is God in the Ukraine conflict? What’s the point of praying when it is obvious that God does not intervene?” You may even have asked the same yourself.
These are big questions to try to answer here, but it is my belief that God can be found in the midst of the turmoil of the past few weeks, but he is not to be found in the hearts and minds of those who leash untold horror upon innocent people. I think we can glimpse the love of God expressed in the kindness of the individuals and nations who have offered succour to refugees, in the generosity of people of all countries who have contributed gifts great and small. Perhaps it might also help to reflect on Adam and Eve and see that God created a world to have moral freewill rather than a world over which he would dominate. The Ukrainian disaster is not God’s fault: it’s humanity’s! So let us continue to pray to God our Heavenly Father who weeps with us …. Loving God, we pray for the people of Ukraine, for all those suffering or afraid, that you will be close to them and protect them. We pray for world leaders, for compassion, strength and wisdom to guide their choices. We pray for the world that in this moment of crisis, we may reach out in solidarity to our brothers and sisters in need. May we walk in your ways so that peace and justice become a reality for the people of Ukraine and for all the world. Amen.
100+ Club - Winners last week were Judith Crosby, Muriel Freestone and Derek Warrington
Please remember in your prayers – Fr Ron, Rev Jane Everitt, Heather, Jillian Muir, Eddie Gillon, Rev Martin Keighley, & Gillian King. And also, the families of, Madeline Hobson, Alice Ellis and Irene Hutson whose funerals are due to take place.