St Nicholas Parish Church Fleetwood. Week beginning 4th December 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 4th December 8.30 am No Service 9.30 am No Zoom 10.45 am Holy Communion in Church Sides persons Carole & Sandra. Reader - David 4.00 pm Family & Co in the Broadway Rooms Monday 5th December 12.30 pm Funeral of Bill Blundell in Church Tuesday 6th December 12.00 pm Funeral of Barry Porter in Church 2.00 pm Holy Communion in Church 7.00 pm Patronal Festival in Church Wednesday 7th December 1.15 pm Funeral of Tony Fowell at Carleton Thursday 8th December 10.00 am Community Coffee Morning in the Broadway Rooms Friday 9th December 9.00 am Little Gang in the Broadway Rooms Saturday 10th December 11.30 am Carols in the Courtyard Sunday 11th December 8.30 am Holy Communion in Church 9.30 am Worship via Zoom 10.45 am Holy Communion in Church Sides persons Elizabeth & Margaret. Reader - Joy 12.30 pm Baptism of Charlie Wells-Howarth Welcome and Set-up Dorothy Angel 4.00 pm Family & Co in the Broadway RoomsWelcoming today - Rev’d Dr Carol Wilkinson who will preach and preside at our 10.45 service. Carol has recently retired as an Accountant and we are ever grateful for her help and support at St Nic’s.Christmas Fair - Massive shout out to David, Joanne, Trudie and Wendy and their amazing team of helpers who, after weeks of planning and preparation, pulled off an amazing event on Saturday. The Broadway Rooms were buzzing with our own stalls complimented by 17 community stalls. The café provided exquisite cuisine, delivered by Tim and Judith and it provided a super meeting place and refuelling station. Harmony and Health added to the Christmas cheer and Santa popped in too on his way to the North Pole. Thank you to everyone who contributed in any way, grafting on the day, providing gifts, prizes and purchasing raffle tickets. It was a blast and hopefully we made a bit of money too. Advent & Christmas Events – Dates and times are all now available on the red Christmas card at the back of church and also published on our website. On Tuesday this week at 7 pm is our Patronal Festival at which the Venerable David Picken will be preaching. Please do make this a priority if you are able. We want the Diocese to see us at our best. If you would like a lift, please just ask or phone the vicarage 874402.On Saturday we have our carols in the church car park with the Saddleworth Brass Band, followed by a hot pot lunch in the Broadway Rooms. Please sign up at the back of church today for lunch.100 Club – Winners last week were Gerald Mathias, Barbara Quirk and Ethel Chantler.. Please remember in your prayers – Rev Jane Everitt, Tony Hardman, Rev Martin Keighley, Gillian & Elizabeth King, Chris Kelsall, Michaela Jones, Kathryn Pendleton, Timothy, Cath Chambers, Peter Hollier & Mark Price. Please also remember the families of Bill Blundell, Barry Porter, Tony Fowell, Annie Bates & Margaret Crawshaw and Doris Wadsworth whose funerals are due to take place.
St Nicholas Parish Church Fleetwood. Week beginning 27th November 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 27th November Advent Sunday 8.30 am Holy Communion in Church 9.30 am Worship via Zoom 10.45 am Holy Communion in Church Sides persons – Judith & Dorothy W. Reader - Sandra 4.00 pm Family & Co in the Broadway Rooms 6.30 pm Advent Carol Service (Churches Together) Trinity Baptist Church Tuesday 29th November 2.00 pm Holy Communion in Church Thursday 1st December 10.00 am Community Coffee Morning Friday 2nd December 9.00 am Little Gang in the Broadway Rooms Saturday 3rd December 10.00 am Christmas Fair in the Broadway Rooms Sunday 4th December 8.30 am No Service 9.30 am No Zoom 10.45 am Holy Communion in Church Sides persons Carole & Sandra. Reader - David 4.00 pm Family & Co in the Broadway RoomsWhat’s happening? The dates for all the events from now until Christmas Day are available from today in church on a separate sheet and they are also available on the church website. Please do invite your friends and neighbours to come and join us at any of the events. If you are staying for lunch after “Carols in the Courtyard” on 10th, then we need you to sign up at the back of church or phone the Vicarage to book in. Advent Reflections - Please remember to pick up your copy from the back of church and join with us and the Diocese as we journey through Advent together. There are large print copies and extra copies if you wish to pass one on to a friend or neighbour.Messy Church – Massive thanks to Janet and her ‘Messy Team’ who yesterday delivered another wonderful morning of fun, crafts, singing and fellowship all with an Advent theme. Lots of forward planning, prayer and pulling together went in to making it happen and we are so very grateful to all who were involved in any way!Today – We celebrate the beginning of Advent. Many of us know that the Advent season focuses on expectation and that it serves as an anticipation of Christ’s birth in the season leading up to Christmas. This is part of the story, but there’s more to Advent. We also tie Advent, not just to the coming of Christ in the manger in Bethlehem, but to his second coming in the clouds as the judge of the world. Advent is then an opportunity for self-reflection, a casting off from all that distracts us and distances us from God’s plans, for us as individuals and for his Church. May you be richly blessed in the period of preparation.God of Salvation, Wake us up Lord! The night is nearly over. Let us continue our Adventjourney. Move us from our lives of greed and selfishness, from our globalised world ofinequality and exploitation, to your kingdom of righteousness and mercy to a transformedworld, where peace is built on understanding not weapons, the poor are empowered to livetheir lives to the full, businesses are built on need not greed and your Creation is nurturednot abused. Wake us up Lord! Let us live as people of the light. Amen.100 Club – Winners last week were David Meekins, Mandy Ryan and Barbara Quirk. Please remember in your prayers – Rev Jane Everitt, Tony Hardman, Rev Martin Keighley, Gillian & Elizabeth King, Chris Kelsall, Michaela Jones, Kathryn Pendleton, Timothy, Cath Chambers & Annie Bates. Please also remember the families of Cliff Turner, Bill Blundell, Barry Porter, Tony Fowell and Michael Raynor, whose funerals are due to take place.
St Nicholas Parish Church Fleetwood. Week beginning 20th November 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 20th November 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 - Margaret 12.30 pm Baptisms of Rose May Stirzaker and Ava Leigh Bailey Welcome and Set Up - Berny Tuesday 22nd November 2.00 pm Holy Communion in Church 7.00 pm PCC Meets in Jubilee Room Wednesday 23rd November 10.00 am Funeral of Jim Heafield in Church Thursday 24th November 10.00 am Community Coffee Morning Friday 25th November 9.00 am Little Gang in the Broadway Rooms Saturday 26th November 10.00 am Messy Advent Church in Broadway Rooms Sunday 27th November Advent Sunday 8.30 am Holy Communion in Church 9.30 am Worship via Zoom 10.45 am Holy Communion in Church Sides persons – Judith & Dorothy W. Reader - Sandra 4.00 pm Family & Co in the Broadway Rooms 6.30 pm Advent Carol Service (Churches Together) Trinity Baptist ChurchWhat’s happening? Someone joked that they needed a diary just to keep a track of what’s happening at St Nic’s. It’s wonderful that there is so much going on and we are ever grateful to all who muck in and make it happen. We will be producing an Advent and Christmas list of dates, but in the meantime here’s another date for your diary. On Saturday 10th December we are delighted to announce that we will be hosting “Carols in the Courtyard.” This year our carols will be led (in the church car park!) by a brass band from Rochdale and will be followed by a hot pot lunch in the Broadway Rooms. This is an event for all the family and your neighbours, so please sign up at the back of church or phone the Vicarage to book a place at lunch. There’s no charge, it’s our gift to you and the community.Advent Sunday and beyond: Next Sunday marks the start of the Church’s new year and it also marks the launch of our new 4 o’clock service. Please pray for those who are leading it and pray too that families will respond to the invitations that have been delivered. This is an informal service of worship to which everyone is welcome and is part of our vision to make Christ known in our community.At the back of church, you will find this year’s Advent Reflections, a daily reading and thought for each day. Please take a booklet for yourself and join with us and the Diocese as we journey through Advent together. There are large print copies and extra copies if you wish to pass one on to a friend or neighbour.Christmas Fair 3rd December: Massive thanks to all the generous gifts already received for this community event. Members of the PCC are selling raffle tickets for £1 per strip…don’t miss out! Larkholme School Christmas Shop: Sandra F has been blown away by the number of new gifts that have been donated by St Nic’s people to this worthy cause. Next Sunday will be your last chance to donate.100 Club – Winners last week were Margaret Forshaw, Mike King and Cath Chambers Please remember in your prayers – Rev Jane Everitt, Tony Hardman, Rev Martin Keighley, Gillian & Elizabeth King, Chris Kelsall, Michaela Jones, Kathryn Pendleton, Timothy, Cath Chambers & Annie Bates. Please also remember the families of Cliff Turner, Jim Heafield, Bill Blundell, Barry Porter, Rev Andy Shaw and Michael Raynor, whose funerals are due to take place.
St Nicholas Parish Church Fleetwood. Week beginning 13th November 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 November Remembrance Day 8.30 am Holy Communion in Church 9.30 am Worship via Zoom 10.45 am Holy Communion in Church Sides persons – Elizabeth & Margaret. Reader – Karen Monday 14th November 11.00 am Funeral of Linda Nuttall in Church Tuesday 15th November 2.00 pm Holy Communion in Church Thursday 17th November 10.00 am Community Coffee Morning Friday 18th November 9.00 am Little Gang in the Broadway Rooms Sunday 20th November 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 - Margaret 12.30 pm Baptisms of Rose May Stirzaker and Ava Leigh Bailey Welcome and Set Up - BernyRemembrance Sunday - Perhaps the most quoted poem on war, In Flanders Fields was first published in December 1915 after it was penned by Canadian physician Lieutenant-Colonel John McCrae during the First World War. After appearing in London’s Punch magazine, it soon become a popular reflection on the sacrifice of war. McCrae's focus was on the peace that follows death, from the perspective of fallen soldiers lying in their graves.In Flanders fields the poppies blow between the crosses, row on row, that mark our place; and in the sky the larks, still bravely singing, fly scarce heard amid the guns below. We are the Dead. Short days ago, we lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow, loved, and were loved, and now we lie in Flanders fields. Take up our quarrel with the foe: to you from failing hands we throw the torch; be yours to hold it high. If ye break faith with us who die we shall not sleep, though poppies grow in Flanders fields.Date for your diary: Saturday 26th November at 10.00 am we will be holding our Advent Messy Church. This is a fun filled morning of crafts, songs, a bible story and much more, ending with a light lunch of soup and cake. Children and adults of all ages are welcome to join us, so why not invite someone and bring them along. Advent Sunday: 27th November at 4 pm in the Church Hall we are launching “Family & Co.” This is a new weekly worship service with songs, bible reading, teaching and fun! Perfect for families or those who prefer a less formal occasion of worship. We'll start with a brew and some cake, and we'll be finished by 5.00 pm. Everyone is welcome. Spread the word!Also, on the evening of Advent Sunday we are invited to join Churches Together in Fleetwood at the Baptist Church on Poulton Road at 6.30 pm for the annual Advent Carol Service. Come if you can. Christmas Fair 3rd December 10 am - 2 pm: As always, we’re relying on your generosity to help us provide quality prizes for the raffle, items for the Bottle Bola or if it's easier, a monetary donation which we can use towards the cash prize on the day. Members of the PCC will be selling raffle tickets between now and then for £1 per strip. You’ve got to be in it to win it!!100 Club – Winners last week were David Meekins, Alma Wright, and Ethel Chantler. Please remember in your prayers – Rev Jane Everitt, Tony Hardman, Rev Martin Keighley, Gillian & Elizabeth King, Chris Kelsall, Michaela Jones, Kathryn Pendleton, Timothy, and Cath Chambers. Please also remember the families of Linda Nuttall, Cliff Turner and James Heathfield who have recently died.
