Maghull Green Park: St James

And the alternative collect prayer for this 2nd Sunday of Epiphany: Eternal Lord, our beginning and our end: bring us with the whole creation to your glory, hidden through past ages and made known in Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

SERVICES

SUNDAY 18th January

St Andrew's : 10.00 am Holy Communion

St James' : 11.15 am Morning Prayer

St Peter's : 11.15 Morning Prayer AND : 4.00 pm Church for All

Wednesday 21st January

10.30 am Team Holy Communion Service at St Andrew’s

SUNDAY 25th January

Fourth Sunday of the month team service: 10.30am at St Thomas , Melling (Rock Lane, opposite Bootle Arms). Our first all together team service of the new year - be great to see all there! So no morning services on this Sunday at St Andrew’s, St James & St Peter’s.

St Peter's : 4.00 pm Church for All

Bible Readings Sunday 18th January: Isaiah 49:1-7, John 1:29-42 Sunday 25th January Team Service: preacher's choice

TEAM PRAYERS

Team Prayers will now be taking place ahead of our monthly team service on the 4th Sunday of each month at whichever church is hosting that month’s service, at 9.45am. So the next one will be at St Thomas' on Sunday 25th January at 9.45am . All welcome.

We’re also going to be intentional now about having a short informal time of prayer at each church before the Sunday services each week - so the person leading the service will pray with others who are there for 10 mins or so 20 minutes before the start of the service, so 9.40 ahead of 10am services and 10.55 ahead of 11.15am services. Everyone is very welcome to join in with this. St James usually has a time of individual prayer and reflection helped by two worship songs from about 5 minutes before the actual start of the service.

News

St Andrew’s Heating

After a number of months now without any heat in the church, and services taking place in the church hall instead, we are now on the final push towards having a new boiler installed. Thanks to the hard work of the fabric committee, quotes have been obtained and the best boiler option and contractor chosen. The necessary Church of England Faculty permission process has been successfully negotiated, and so we are nearly ready for the work to be carried out. However the total cost is going to be around £35,000. Thanks to some incredibly generous donations, we have £23,000 of this in place already, and so we need to raise around £12,000 still. St Andrew’s PCC would be very grateful if you would prayerfully consider whether you are able to make a contribution towards raising this sum. There will be letters in church with details of how you can do this, or please do speak to Rev Ian, Rev Simon, or the PCC treasurer Dave Sherman. Thank you.

Ladies Fellowship This returns this coming Thursday, 22nd January, at 2pm in St Andrew’s Church Hall with Brian Topping speaking again, sharing his tales of life as a Customs Officer. All welcome.

Parish Giving Scheme

The new system is now available to access. Should you at any time require information, please contact your parish representative, or contact PGS directly by Post: 76 Kingsholm Road, Gloucester, GL1 3BD; Phone: 0333 002 1260 or 1271; Email: info@parishgiving.org.uk; Website: https://www.parishgiving.org.uk/

Weekly Giving Envelopes at St Andrew’s Church: For anyone who has Weekly Envelopes and is near to requiring a new box for 2026 please let Geoff Walker know 0151 526 5366 / 07724881207 Thank You.

Stamps

A request from St Thomas’ for your used stamps, as they are collecting them to support training guide dogs. Please do pass any you have in to your church, and the clergy will ensure they get to St Thomas’. Thank you.

Request for Wool Donations - also stuffing material for toys & pillows

Wool donations for our craft and chat group wld be very gratefully received! Whether whole or part balls of wool, any colour etc. Also, at the moment, donations of stuffing material for toys & pillows would be much appreciated. If you are able to drop off to the craft & chat group between 12.30 and 2pm on Thursdays at St James’ Church Green Lane, that would be great, but collection can easily be arranged. Please contact Pat Dunbar by text message on 07795147109 or email at patcol@blueyonder.co.uk Thank you!

WEEKLY EVENTS

Craft and Chat : every Thursday 12.30pm until 2pm at St James in the fellowship room. Knitting, crocheting or any craft, you are assured of a very warm welcome so please do come and join us. Pat

Hot lunch, tea and cakes every Thursday afterno on at Melling Tithebarn ……12.00pm to 2.00pm. A plate for donations will be available. You are assured of a very warm welcome so please do come and join us.

MONTHLY EVENTS

St Peter's Tea and Scones : everyone is welcome to join us for tea and scones on the first Friday in every month from 2pm-3pm. The next one is on Friday 6th February . Expect lots of friendly chats and live music by our resident Michael with his keyboard.

Prayer & Worship - monthly get together Each month we are going to be gathering for a time of prayer & worship together at St James Church, Green Lane. This will be a relaxed and informal time, but led and with songs, reflection on passages of scripture, pointers / themes for prayer etc. This is following on from the Prayer Course that a number of us did through Lent & Easter time, but is absolutely open to everyone, not just those who came to that course. The next of these will be on Wednesday 11th February, 7.30pm and we would be delighted to see you there. Please do speak to Rev. Simon or Claire Sherman for any further information.

Bereavement Support: at St Andrew’s Church. Further enquiries, and if there are any particular requests for bereavement support, from anywhere across our 4 parishes, please contact St Andrew’s Parish Office 0151 531 8972.

Other notices

Bulletin items for inclusion Please send an email to revsimonelliott76@gmail.com stating ‘for bulletin’ in the email ‘subject’ box / email title by midday Thursday of the week you’d like items included.

Foodbank : the Foodbank is based at St George's United Reformed Church on Northway opposite Iceland, on Tuesdays 10.00am-12.00 noon .

Tins, packet foods and toiletries are always useful. They will gratefully receive donations from 10-12 on Tuesdays at St George’s URC on Northway (easiest access is via the car park on Larchwood Avenue). Alternatively please do drop any donations off before Tuesday on the vicarage doorstep at 23 Green Link. Thank you.

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Revd. Ian Hopkins 07914 505437 or ianfee100@gmail.com

Revd. Simon Elliott 07919 464348 or revsimonelliott76@gmail.com

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