St Nicholas Parish Church Fleetwood. Week beginning 21st July 2024 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 21st July 8.30 am Communion by Extension in Church 9.30 am Worship on Zoom 10.45 am Holy Communion in Church 4.00 pm Family & Co in Broadway Rooms Tuesday 23rd July 11.00 am Singing for pleasure in the Jubilee Room 2.00 pm Holy Communion in Church Wednesday 24th July 10.30 am Funeral of Paul Mellor in Church Thursday 25th July 10.00 pm Community Coffee Morning in the Jubilee Room Sunday 28th July 8.30 am Holy Communion in Church 9.30 am Worship on Zoom 10.45 am Holy Communion in Church 12.30 pm Baptism of Hudson Taylor-Constable 2.00 pm Service in Church to mark 200th Anniversary of RNLI 4.00 pm Family & Co in Broadway Rooms **************************************** Sea Sunday: Massive thanks to everyone who took part in any way last Sunday as we hosted this annual event. The feedback has been hugely positive. RNLI: This coming Sunday at 2 pm we will be hosting another service for our community as we join with them in celebrating the special anniversary of the RNLI. It is an opportunity for those who have served and who are still serving in this voluntary organization to come together to give thanks to God for all that has been achieved over the last 200 years. We will honour the past, celebrate current volunteers and inspire future lifesavers. Merciful Father, all things in heaven and earth are held within Your loving care; look with favour upon the Royal National Lifeboat Institution. Protect and bless the crews of all our lifeboats, our lifeguards and all who risk their own safety to bring help to others. Guide all who work for the Institution as volunteers, supporters or staff, that they may be faithful to the vision of its founders, so that it may always be seen as a beacon of hope and light to those who find themselves in peril on the seas. Through the same Jesus Christ, to whom with You and the Holy Spirit be honour and glory, now and forever. Amen. Please remember in your prayers: Jeff Chambers, Katie, Louise Clark, Mark Price, Debbie, Michael Carthy, Rev Jane Everett, Paul Sumner, Sandra Pratt, Tom, Michael, John McLellan, June Larkin and David Richardson. Please also remember the families and friends of Paul Mellor and Gordon Patterson whose funerals are due to take place.
St Nicholas Parish Church Fleetwood. Week beginning 14th July 2024 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 14th July 8.30 am Holy Communion in Church 9.30 am Worship on Zoom 10.45 am Sea Sunday – A service of the word for all the community 4.00 pm Family & Co in Broadway Rooms and Baptism of Vicky Boehme 7.00 pm Capricorn Singers at the Spanish Hall in the Winter Gardens Tuesday 16th July 9.15 am Shakespeare School Year 1 in Church 11.00 am Singing for pleasure in the Jubilee Room 2.00 pm Holy Communion in Church Thursday 18th July 10.00 am Little Treasurers - Graduation Ceremony in Church 10.00 pm Community Coffee Morning in the Jubilee Room Friday 19th July 11.00 am Consecration of the new Bishop of Burnley – York Minster Sunday 21st July 8.30 am Communion by Extension in Church 9.30 am Worship on Zoom 10.45 am Holy Communion in Church 4.00 pm Family & Co in Broadway Rooms **************************************** Sea Sunday: Every year churches around the world celebrate Sea Sunday. It's a day for people to come together to pray for seafarers and fishers who live and work at sea and thank them for the vital role they play in all of our lives. We are delighted to welcome Pastor George Ayoma as our preacher and several dignitaries from Fleetwood and Wyre. Be with Seafarers, Lord, on all their voyages, to cheer them and keep them safe in all dangers. Let nothing afloat or on shore cut them off from you. May they please you in everything they do. Bless all on board their ship, whatever their responsibility. Enable everyone to do their duty. Help them to be good shipmates and bring them back again safely to their homes and to those who long for their return, through Jesus Christ, our Lord. Amen This Friday: Some of us from St Nic’s will be joining the coach loads from Blackburn Diocese travelling to York Minster for the consecration of Rev Dr Joe Kennedy as Bishop of Burnley. Joe is a priest with broad experience of both chaplaincy and teaching, as well as in the ministering and leading of others to help God’s church to grow. Please do remember Joe and his family in your prayers as they begin this new chapter in their lives and in the life of the Diocese. Almighty God, the light of the faithful and shepherd of souls, who set your servant Joe to be a bishop in the Church, to feed your sheep by the word of Christ and to guide them by good example: give us grace to keep the faith of the Church and to follow in the footsteps of 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 Please remember in your prayers: Jeff Chambers, Katie, Louise Clark, Mark Price, Debbie, Michael Carthy, Rev Jane Everett, Paul Sumner, Sandra Pratt, Tom, Michael, John McLellan, June Larkin and David Richardson. Please also remember the families and friends of Paul Mellor whose funeral is due to take place.
St Nicholas Parish Church Fleetwood. Week beginning 7th July 2024 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 7th July 8.30 am Holy Communion in Church9.30 am Worship on Zoom 10.45 am Holy Communion in Church 4.00 pm Family & Co in Broadway Rooms Tuesday 9th July 11.00 am Singing for pleasure in the Jubilee Room 2.00 pm Holy Communion in Church Thursday 11th July 10.00 pm Community Coffee Morning in the Jubilee Room 12.30 pm Funeral of John Henderson at Carleton Friday 12th July 9.00 am Little Gang in the Broadway Rooms Sunday 14th July 8.30 am Holy Communion in Church 9.30 am Worship on Zoom 10.45 am Sea Sunday – A service of the word for all the community 4.00 pm Family & Co in Broadway Rooms and Baptism of Vicky Boehme 7.00 pm Capricorn Singers at the Spanish Hall in the Winter Gardens **************************************** 70th wedding anniversary today! Yes, on this very day in 1954 Gerald and Elsie Mathias made their wedding vows before God and to each other in St Peter’s Church Fleetwood. They have been part of the family of St Nic’s for all of their married life and in the younger days worked hard in the service of the church. We wish them great celebrations and heartfelt congratulations. UK’s 58 Prime Minister: Sir Keir Starmer’s campaign can be summarised in a single word: change. The electorate wanted to punish the Conservative party and they have done so. How should we respond to all this? In all things, we should be driven by love of God and neighbour.First, we should be grateful that we live in a democracy and have the power to elect and depose our political rulers. This privilege to choose carries with it significant responsibility (Genesis 2:17). Less than half of the world’s population lives in a democracy of some kind. Secondly, we should pray for our newly elected political leaders and for those who have lost power (1 Timothy 2:1–4). Politics is a noble profession and a lofty calling. We should pray that our new government and opposition parties put the interests of the country ahead of their own and act in ways that restrain evil and promote what is good. Thirdly, we should work for the flourishing of all by helping rebuild our democratic institutions (Isaiah 61:4) through prayer and service in our daily lives. The level of political engagement in the UK is at an all-time low, and a majority of people – across democratic societies – do not believe their governments are working in the public’s interests. Democracy isn’t just about voting; it’s about active participation in civic life and working towards the common good. 100 Club Winners in June: Margaret Pook, Muriel Freestone, Michael Newton, Stephen Ward, Elsie Mathias, Beryl Clarkson, Moira Greenwood, Christopher Ashworth, Chris Jones, Cath Chambers, Margaret Forshaw, Margaret Kershaw, Alma Wright, Dorothy Greene and Ann Turner. Please remember in your prayers: Jeff Chambers, Katie, Louise Clark, Mark Price, Debbie, Michael Carthy, Rev Jane Everett, Paul Sumner, Sandra Pratt, Tom, Michael, John McLellan, June Larkin and David Richardson. Please also remember the families and friends of John Henderson whose funeral is due to take place.
St Nicholas Parish Church Fleetwood. Week beginning 30th June 2024 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 30th June 8.30 am Holy Communion in Church 9.30 am Worship on Zoom 10.45 am Holy Communion in Church 12.30 pm Baptism of Jude Hay 4.00 pm Family & Co in Broadway Rooms 6.30 pm Community prayers at Trinity Baptist Church Monday 1st July 2.00 pm Community crafts and games in the Jubilee Room Tuesday 2nd July 11.00 am Singing for pleasure in the Jubilee Room 2.00 pm Holy Communion in Church Wednesday 3rd July 11.00 am Funeral of Ian Robinson at Carleton Thursday 4th July 10.00 am Community Coffee Morning in the Jubilee Room Friday 5th July 9.00 am Little Gang in the Broadway Rooms 12.00 pm Funeral of Margaret Rigby at Fleetwood Cemetery 1.00 pm Funeral of Kathleen Unwin in Church Sunday 30th June 8.30 am Holy Communion in Church 9.30 am Worship on Zoom 10.45 am Holy Communion in Church 4.00 pm Family & Co in Broadway Rooms **************************************** Sunday 14th July:The Capricorn SingersWho are friends of ours and who hold an annual concert at St Nic’sare celebrating their40th anniversary with a special concert in theSpanish Hall in Winter Gardens. It’s starts at 7 pmand tickets cost £10 pp.If you would like to go you may book your ticket(s) by phoning the ticket line on 0844 770 0593 General Election 4th July: This last week much of the national news has been focused on the ‘betting scandal.’ Those who had inside knowledge have allegedly been caught placing bets on a July polling day. A 2021 survey asked what characteristics in leaders mattered most to the UK public. Overwhelmingly, respondents said they wanted politicians with integrity, and leaders who operate within the rules. The word ‘integrity’ literally means ‘intact’, or a state of wholeness. Integrity means behaving the same, irrespective of who is watching and even when no-one is! The Gospels point to Jesus as the perfect model of integrity, whose actions always match his words, who does not prefer the powerful to the powerless. God asks us to resist power-grasping instincts and instead ‘do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit’. We’re to look to ‘the interests of others’ to reflect Jesus, who was ‘in very nature God’ and yet ‘he made himself nothing...’ (Philippians 2:3–8). In Jesus we have the ultimate model, and, through his Spirit, the power to be transformed. As the election approaches this Thursday, we can value and demand integrity in the public servants we give our careful vote. We can pray for those standing for public office and working in government. And, in our own everyday contexts, let’s consider how we too might choose to resist selfish ambition to serve others with integrity. Please remember in your prayers: Jeff Chambers, Katie, Louise Clark, Mark Price, Dean, Debbie, Michael Carthy, Rev Jane Everett, Paul Sumner, Sandra Pratt, Tom, Michael, John McLellan, June Larkin and David Richardson. Please also remember the families and friends of Ian Robinson, Kathleen Unwin and Margaret Rigby, whose funerals are due to take place.
