St Nicholas Parish Church, Fleetwood. Week beginning 3rd April 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 3rd April
8.30 am Holy Communion in Church
9.30 am Worship via Zoom
10.45 am Holy Communion in Church Sides persons –Dorothy W & Judith: Reader – Margaret
12.30 pm Baptism of Aviearna Murphy Welcome & Set up - Ruth
Tuesday 5th April
2.00 pm Holy Communion in Church
Thursday 7th April
10.00 am Community Coffee Morning in the Jubilee Room
3.30 pm Funeral of Nancy Myers at Carleton
Friday 8th April
1.00 pm Funeral of Michael Fitzgerald in Church
Saturday 9th April
10.00 am Church Spring Clean – please come if you can! Many hands, make light work!
Sunday 10th April - Palm Sunday
8.30 am Holy Communion in Church
9.30 am Worship via Zoom
10.45 am Holy Communion in Church Sides persons – Susan & Christine; Reader – Joy
Passiontide – is the name for the last two weeks of Lent. It begins today on the 5th Sunday of Lent. The second week of Passiontide is Holy Week, ending on Holy Saturday. A beautiful tradition unfolds at this time whereby statues and other sacred images are veiled in church, (big thanks to Trudie for organising this for us). The crosses are veiled because Christ during this time no longer walked openly among the people but hid himself. The veiling also has the effect of making Easter Day that much more dramatic when the veils are finally lifted.
Holy Week and Easter – The dates and times of everything that’s happening are printed on a yellow sheet at the back of church and also available on our website. Please invite your neighbours and friends to join us at some point over the next two weeks. Statistics say that one in five people would come to church if someone invited them! That means you may have to ask five times before your invitation is accepted. Good Friday Messy Church is great for families with children on holiday from school. Jacobs Join lunch and fun on Easter Sunday is also a great time for us to be together. Hope you can come. Please pop your name on the sheet at the back of church and choose what you could bring for lunch.
Blessed are you Lord God of our salvation, to you be praise and glory for ever. As a man of
sorrows and acquainted with grief, your only Son was lifted up that he might draw the whole
world to himself. May we walk this day in the way of the cross and be ready to share its
weight, declaring your love for all the world. Blessed be God for ever.
Ukraine - We continue to pray for the country and people of Ukraine as they face the aggression of the armies of the Russian Federation.
God of peace and justice, we pray for the people of Ukraine today. We pray for peace and the laying down of weapons. We pray for all those who fear for tomorrow, that your Spirit of comfort would draw near to them. We pray for those with power over war or peace, for wisdom, discernment, and compassion to guide their decisions. Above all, we pray for all your precious children, at risk and in fear, that you would hold and protect them. We pray in the name of Jesus, the Prince of Peace. Amen
100+ Club - Winners last week were Nancy Burr, David Meekins and Dorothy Cox.
Please remember in your prayers – Fr Ron, Rev Jane Everitt, Heather, Jenny, Jillian Muir, Tony Hardman Eddie Gillon, Rev Martin Keighley, & Gillian King. And also, the families of Michael Fitzgerald, Nancy Myers, Les Fragle, Lynn Hepburn and Peter Taylor whose funerals are due to take place.