Weekly News Sheet

St Nicholas Parish Church Fleetwood. Week beginning 26th February 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 February 1st of Lent

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

12.30 pm Baptism of Janie Ann Taziker Welcome and set up - Berny

4.00 pm Family & Co in the Broadway Rooms

Monday 27th February

1.15 pm Funeral of Eleanor Riseborough at Lytham Park

Tuesday 28th February

2.00 pm Holy Communion in Church

Wednesday 1st March

11.45 am Funeral of Rene Pilling at Carleton

Thursday 2nd March

10.00 am Community Coffee Morning & Warm Hub in the Jubilee Room

Friday 3rd March

9.00 am St Nic’s Little Gang in the Broadway Rooms

11.45 am Lent Lunch at Fleetwood URC

2.00 pm World Day of Prayer at Fleetwood URC

Saturday 4th March

10.00 am Church Cleaning

Sunday 5th March 2nd of Lent

8.30 am Holy Communion in Church

9.30 am Worship on Zoom

10.45 am Holy Communion in Church Sidespersons: Susan & Christine. Reader: Margaret

4.00 pm Family & Co in the Broadway Rooms

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Lent Lunches: The United Reformed Church is hosting this Friday’s lunch. For many years the Churches Together in Fleetwood have hosted a simple lunch of soup and a roll on each of the Fridays in Lent. It’s an opportunity to meet with other Christians and to invite your neighbours along too for fellowship and a bite of lunch. There is no cost, although we are encouraged to make a donation towards this year’s chosen charity, International Aid. Please do make a determined effort to come to as many of these lunches as you are able. Much preparation is involved for the hosting church!

World Day of Prayer: One of the WDP Guiding Principles states that ‘Prayer is rooted in listening to God and to one another. On the first Friday in March through WDP there has always been an emphasis on listening to women sharing their hopes and fears, their joys and sorrows, their opportunities and needs. This year the theme of the worship service “I Have Heard About Your Faith,” is based on the letter to the Ephesians, and is an invitation to active listening, which is the ground of all our prayers. Following the example of the letter (1:15-19), where the author praises the church for their faith in Jesus and love toward all the saints, the worship services, which will take place all over the world on Friday, contextualize the witness of the saints with the stories from the women of Taiwan. Why not come along and be part of this wave of prayer? It’s at the URC on Friday after the Lent Lunch.

May God give us the wisdom and courage to tell the stories of faith that transform lives.

Please also remember in your prayers – Dorothy Angel, Rev Jane Everitt, Rev Martin Keighley, Elizabeth King, Chris Kelsall, Michaela Jones, Janice Porter, Mark Price & Lucy Adamson. And the families of, Eleanor Riseborough, Emily Lowe, Josie Gibson & Rene Pilling, Stan Kirkham & Ray Merrison whose funerals are due to take place.