JUNE 2026 NEWSLETTERJulie Writes...It was good to celebrate Pentecost last month and I particularly enjoy that opportunity to commit ourselves afresh to God’s work, trusting in being empowered by his Spirit. Of course, this year as we celebrated the good news of the Spirit coming on those first disciples and the beginning of the Church, we had much to celebrate and look forward to as we learned that a Vicar has now been appointed to join us. Rev Kath Cooke will be joining us sometime in September. Good news indeed, and I urge you to pray for Kath and her husband Phil as they prepare to join us. If you missed the announcement in church here is the official notice from our Archdeacon Pete Spiers‘I am pleased to announce that Rev Kath Cooke has been appointed as the next vicar of Holy Trinity Formby and St Michael’s Altcar. She was ordained in 2012 and was curate in the benefice of Eynsham and Cassington in the Diocese of Oxford before becoming associate vicar at Christ Church Abingdon. She is currently working as a team vicar in the Cherwell Valley benefice. The interview panel were delighted to meet her and listen to her passion for the ministry of all God’s people especially for those on the margins and for children and young people. I am very grateful to the parish representatives, the patrons and the Area Dean for all the time they have given to this discernment process. Thank you for your prayers during this time and I look forward to commending her to you at her licensing service which we hope will be sometime in September.’Before that of course there is our summer series to look forward to beginning on 26th July and running through to September. At Holy Trinity, as we have done for the past two years, we will move to one service in the mornings at 10.30am. St Michael’s will continue with their 9.30am service.Christian Aid - Thank you to all those who came along to support the Pizza Eaters coffee morning for Christian Aid last month. On the Saturday and the following Sunday in church we sold £288.15 worth of fair-trade goods. These were kindly provided on a sale or return basis by Fair 4, all can be found in the indoor market, 2 Time Square, Warrington. If ever you’re in the area it’s worth a visit. An additional £112.00 was raised for Christian Aid from the sale of refreshments. Thanks, you also to everyone who has left envelopes in Church these will be counted in the next few days and banked.Julie and the Pizza Eaters.
Still other seed fell on good soil, where it produced a crop – a hundred, sixty or thirty times what was sown. Matt 13:8We give grateful thanks to God that He has appointed a new vicar to our churches. And we give thanks for the dedicated work that the team has given to this task of finding the right person. We ask God to bless Kath and her husband Phil, and all their family, as they up sticks and move to our community. And we ask for His blessings on the Church that they have left behind, that it may thrive and prosper in the future.We give thanks to God also that the exam season is nearly over and our young people will be able to breathe again. We pray for God’s arm of security and safety during the summer for our young people, and that they will know His presence and His love for them.We celebrate Father’s Day by praying for all our dads, but also all those who have guided and protected us like a father, whether related to us or not. We pray for those teachers that believed that we had the right talents to be encouraged. We pray for those friends who listened to us when we were hurting. We pray for those pastors that walked us through the deep valleys of life. We ask for His blessing on each one, so that they will know they are appreciated.We pray for all our elderly friends, especially the house-bound, who in this hot weather, may be at risk or feeling distressed. We pray that we may be able to find ways to help them and bring them comfort.“But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. Against such things, there is no law.” – Galatians 5:22-23
