St Nicholas Parish Church Fleetwood. Week beginning 3rd 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 3rd September 8.30 am Holy Communion in Church 9.30 am Worship on Zoom 10.45 am Holy Communion in Church Sidespersons: Judith & Dorothy W Reader: Elizabeth 1.00 pm Safari Lunch 4.00 pm Family & Co in the Broadway Rooms Monday 4th September 12.30 pm Funeral of Charles Beavers in Church Tuesday 5th September 2.00 pm Holy Communion in Church Thursday 7th September 10.00 am Community Coffee Morning in the Jubilee Room Friday 8th September 9.00 am St Nic’s Little Gang in the Broadway Rooms Saturday 9th September 12. 00 pm Feast of the Nations in Broadway Rooms 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 Ruth 4.00 pm Family & Co in the Broadway Rooms ******************************* Congregational Questionnaire: For some months now the Parochial Church Council (PCC) has been discussing the possibility of putting together a survey which when completed by everyone will help us understand ourselves as a church and shape our prayers and our planning for the year ahead. The good news is that the survey is available from today! We really hope that you will feel able take part in this quick exercise, whether you attend regularly or not so regularly, on Zoom or in person! Final Call: Feast of the Nations is taking place this coming Saturday. Do drop in to the Broadway Rooms between 12pm and 2.30pm for what’s sure to be an enjoyable afternoon of food and entertainment. On Thursday 31st August: We celebrated the life and ministry of St Aiden. Aiden was a monk in the monastery of Iona and he was sent as a missionary to Northumbria at the request of King Oswald. Aiden was consecrated Bishop of Lindisfarne in 635 and worked closely with Oswald and became involved in the training of Priests. He had a particular concern for the poor and enthusiasm for preaching the gospel. Everlasting God, you sent the gentle bishop Aiden to proclaim the gospel to the people of Northumbria; grant us so to live as he taught in simplicity, humility and love for the poor, through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord who is alive and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit one God now and for ever. Amen August 100 Club Winners: Margery Bond, Laura Martin, Julie Lyon, Gillian King, Margaret Pook, Paula Meekins, David Meekins, Ann Turner, Bernice Meekins, Derek Waddington, Freda Wayman, Nancy Burr, Mavis Evans, Alison Horabin, Cath Chambers, Joanne Ashworth, Daniel Ashworth, Margaret Forshaw, and Maureen Siddall. Congratulations! 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, Elizabeth Leason and John Hawley. And the family of Charles Beavers whose funeral is due to take place.
St Nicholas Parish Church Fleetwood. Week beginning 27th August 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 27th August 8.30 am Holy Communion in Church 9.30 am Worship on Zoom 10.45 am Holy Communion in Church Sidespersons: Carole & Sandra. Reader: Margaret 4.00 pm Family & Co in the Broadway Rooms Tuesday 29th August 2.00 pm Holy Communion in Church 6.45 pm PCC Meets in Jubilee Room Thursday 31st August 10.00 am Community Coffee Morning in the Jubilee Room Sunday 3rd September 8.30 am Holy Communion in Church 9.30 am Worship on Zoom 10.45 am Holy Communion in Church Sidespersons: Judith & Dorothy W Reader: Elizabeth 1.00 pm Safari Lunch 4.00 pm Family & Co in the Broadway Rooms ******************************* Safari Lunch – Thank you to everyone who has signed up for lunch next Sunday. Tickets are available today, with times and locations from Ruth. Feast of the Nations – St Nic’s is hosting this event on behalf of Churches Together in Fleetwood. Foods from around the globe will be available to taste. Please sign up at the back of church if you’re intending to pop in from 12 noon on Saturday 9th September. Put on love: Therefore, as God’s chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience.Bear with each other and forgive one another if any of you has a grievance against someone, forgive as the Lord forgave you. And over all these virtues put on love, which binds them all together in perfect unity. COLOSSIANS 3:12–14 Certainly, this is how we are to strive to live, but it can be a real struggle, can’t it? What are the moments in your day when these instructions seem easy? Thank God for them! What are the moments in your day – or week – when these instructions quite honestly feel like some kind of cruel joke? There are probably more than you would care to admit. Maybe they get a little bit easier (maybe!) when we understand why we’re called to this. And the answer is pretty simple: because we are ‘God’s chosen people’. We are ‘holy and beloved’. Do you notice how love bookends these verses? ‘As God’s chosen people, holy and dearly loved…’ & ‘…over all these virtues, put on love, which binds them all together in perfect unity.’ When we know that we are loved, it is easier for us to love others. After all, we love because He first loved us. From that position of belovedness, and our knowledge of it, we can at least strive to act accordingly. Holy God, thank you for loving me. Clothe me with compassion toward others. Make it radiate from my actions and deeds. You are the example for love. Help me to be a similar example for other people. Give me a selfless spirit that seeks first to serve others. Amen. 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, Elizabeth Leason and John Hawley. And the family of Charles Beavers whose funeral is due to take place.
St Nicholas Parish Church Fleetwood. Week beginning 20th August 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 20th August 8.30 am Holy Communion in Church 9.30 am Worship on Zoom 10.45 am Holy Communion in Church Sidespersons: Susan & Christine. Reader: Sandra 12.30 pm Baptism of Lailah Geddes Welcome and set up: Dorothy Warren 4.00 pm Family & Co in the Broadway Rooms Tuesday 22nd August 2.00 pm Holy Communion in Church Thursday 24th August 10.00 am Community Coffee Morning in the Jubilee Room 3.30 pm Funeral of Arthur Shaw at Carleton Friday 25th August 2.45 pm Funeral of Richard Hudson at Carleton Sunday 27th August 8.30 am Holy Communion in Church 9.30 am Worship on Zoom 10.45 am Holy Communion in Church Sidespersons: Carole & Sandra. Reader: Margaret 4.00 pm Family & Co in the Broadway Rooms ******************************* Safari Lunch: Please sign up at the back of church by Friday 25th August if you are intending on joining us for this magnificent five course Sunday lunch, on 3rd September. Each course is being served in a different venue, which are all within walking distance of each other. Transport will be available for those who would prefer not to walk. The cost is £15.00 per person. Hope: Standing talking to the mourners at a recent funeral someone said, “I hope your church isn’t struck by lightning tomorrow, since it was full of unbelievers today.” I heard myself replying, “Jesus spent most of his ministry surrounded by unbelievers and look how that’s turned out!” I sometimes say at a funeral, “If you don’t believe then you surely must hope that death is not the end?” There are lots of things we hope for in this life, but they are nothing in comparison to the hope we have in Jesus. We hope with certainty in his death and resurrection and rejoice as we see snippets of the coming of the kingdom of God in our lives and the lives of those around us. This resurrection hope gives us strength to be ‘patient in affliction and faithful in prayer.’ There’s a lot to be faithful in prayer for in the world we live in – we bump into need around every corner. We live in a world where the news is full of despair, scandal, and disaster. But we are called to be people of hope and that hope is such a gift to the world. Living as people of joyful hope pushes against the culture, as we pray, seek change, and work for the flourishing of all people. Sometimes it’s the little things: speaking hope in a conversation when others are caught in a cycle of bitterness. Investing in someone whom other people have written off. Celebrating the good news of a new baby or a house move, speaking the hope of Jesus into new beginnings. Wherever there’s a chance this week to live out joyful hope – go on, take it! You never know what God might do in that moment. Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer. ROMANS 12: 12 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, Elizabeth Leason and John Hawley. And the families of Richard Hudson, Arthur Shaw and Paul Douglas, whose funerals are due to take place.
St Nicholas Parish Church Fleetwood. Week beginning 13th August 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 13th August 8.30 am Communion by Extension 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 15th August 2.00 pm Holy Communion in Church Thursday 17th August 10.00 am Community Coffee Morning in the Jubilee Room Friday 18th August 12.00 pm Funeral of Paul Douglas in Church Sunday 20th August 8.30 am Holy Communion in Church 9.30 am Worship on Zoom 10.45 am Holy Communion in Church Sidespersons: Susan & Christine. Reader: Sandra 12.30 pm Baptism of Lailah Geddes Welcome and set up: Dorothy Warren 4.00 pm Family & Co in the Broadway Rooms ******************************* Feast of the Nations: Just a reminder to sign up for this on Saturday 9th September. Tasting starts at 12 noon and you can come and go as you please. It’s a Churches Together in Fleetwood event, with lots of different dishes and cultures being represented. Return of the Safari Lunch: On Sunday 3rd September you are invited to attend a magnificent five course Sunday lunch with a difference! The difference being that each course will be served in a different venue. The venues being the homes of the host providing the dish. All the venues are within walking distance of each other, although transport will be available for those who would prefer not to walk. The cost will be £15.00 per person. More details will follow next week but, in the meantime save the date! The Blessèd Virgin Mary: This Tuesday, 15th August, at our 2pm service we will celebrate this feast day along with many other Christians all over the world. Known as the Assumption of Mary and very much a Catholic Feast Day, it marks the end of Mary’s earthly life and the lifting of her body and soul into the glory of heaven. The earliest traditions say that Mary's life ended in Jerusalem. There is a tomb in the Church of the Sepulchre of Saint Mary in the Kidron Valley at the foot of the Mount of Olives, believed by Eastern Christians to be the burial place of Mary, the mother of Jesus. That said, there is a belief that her body was resurrected on the third day, at which time she was taken up to heaven. Her tomb according to this teaching was found empty on the third day……sound familiar? Almighty God, who looked upon the lowliness of the Blessèd Virgin Mary and chose her to be the mother of your only Son: grant that we who are redeemed by his blood may share with her in the glory of your eternal kingdom; through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord. Amen. Please also remember in your prayers: Peter Dell, Rev Jane Everitt, Jo Crosswell, Rev Martin Keighley, Elizabeth King, Chris Kelsall, Michaela Jones, Mark Price and John Hawley. And the families of Richard Hudson, Arthur Shaw and Paul Douglas, whose funerals are due to take place.
