PARISH MAGAZIE
December 2014
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N E W S from “The Parish Pump.”
Christian Aid distributes emergency food aid to quarantined homes
in Ebola ‘hotspots’
Christian Aid has delivered emergency food and hygiene kits to some
of the most vulnerable families under quarantine in two of Sierra
Leone’s Ebola ‘hotspots’ in order to prevent families from starving.
Pregnant women, single mothers, people living with HIV, the elderly
and young children were among the 2,100 quarantined residents
being targeted in the eastern Kailahun district and in the rural
Freetown suburb of Waterloo. The kits contain enough food to give a
family a balanced diet for two weeks, including oil, tinned fish, rice,
onions and powdered milk. They also include essential hygiene
materials.
With the national death rate now exceeding 1,000 and the infection
rate rising sharply, Christian Aid is working with local health teams to
identify the ‘at-risk’ households in quarantined areas. Since the
outbreak began, Christian Aid partners have trained hundreds of local
volunteers to reach 1.2 million people in Sierra Leone.
Responding to Ebola
All We Can, the relief arm of the Methodist Church, has stepped up its
response to the escalating Ebola crisis in West Africa. It has made an
emergency grant of £10,000 and opened an humanitarian appeal fund
for donations to support the relief effort in Sierra Leone and Liberia
and help prevent the spread of the virus. Angela Mugore, Director of
International Programmes and Partnerships commented: “Our
emergency partner organisations are working hard in extremely
challenging conditions to reduce infection rates, establish quarantine
zones, and provide humanitarian assistance to affected communities.”
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Help in getting your friends and family to church this Christmas
Would you like to invite some of your family, friends or neighbours to
come to church with you over Christmas? Now there is a website that
can help you. The phenomenal success of the Back to Church Sunday
campaign has led to the creation of an on-going campaign called
Season of Invitation. It aims to help Christians to become more
confident to invite people to church.
Church of England welcomes English Heritage’s Heritage ‘At Risk’
register
The Church of England has welcomed the recent publication of the
latest edition of English Heritage’s ‘At Risk’ register, which includes a
comprehensive survey of churches for the first time. It shows that
only six per cent of listed places of worship are physically ‘at risk’,
fewer than previously thought.
Church Care, which supports those looking after the Church of
England’s 16,000 churches and 42 Cathedrals, has assisted English
Heritage by managing a review of the quinquennial inspection reports
for all churches to contribute to the most comprehensive survey ever
undertaken of the condition of England’s churches and other places of
worship.
The findings will show that of the six per cent of places of worship on
the register (887 buildings, of which 806 are Church of England
churches) - roof, gutters, and high level stonework are the major
issues resulting in churches becoming at risk of structural failure, a
problem often caused by vandalism and metal theft.
The Bishop of Worcester, Rt Revd Dr John Inge, lead bishop for
cathedrals and church buildings said: “The fact that fewer churches
are at risk than was expected is good news and testament to the hard
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work of countless people up and down the country. This important
work cannot be done by the congregation members alone, and I
would urge all communities to get involved in the maintenance of
their local churches to ensure they are still there to be enjoyed and
used by future generations.
“Our churches are a precious and unparalleled treasure: they not
only represent an invaluable part of our built heritage: they provide
space for people to meet, reflect and pray – as well as serve their
communities in all sorts of ways.”
With Christmas in mind:
May the joys of Christmas also be the joys of your tomorrows.
It is no use saying that we are born 2000 years too late to give
room to Christ… Christ is always with us, always asking for
room in our hearts…. And giving shelter or food to anyone
who asks for it, or needs it, is giving it to Christ.
As you entertain all the relatives this Christmas, remember:
Know that even when you are in the kitchen, our Lord moves
amidst the pots and pans. Teresa of Avila
Auntie: one who has stopped growing at both ends, and who
is now growing in the middle.
Egoist: the relative who is usually me-deep in conversation.
Handkerchief: cold storage by your cousin.
Secret: something you tell to only one family member at a
time.
Toothache: the pain that drives you to extraction, even on
Christmas Day.
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Visiting the Foreign
Office while William
Hague was in charge,
the Archbishop of
Canterbury, the Most
Rev Justin Welby, said
he’d walked over from
Lambeth Palace.
“So you walked across
the river?” mused Hague.
“I usually do,” replied Welby. “But my staff say it’s
showing off.”
BRUSH WITH ART
Total raised for church funds - £566.60
Thank you to all concerned
On his retirement, Revd Bruce Harrison donated part of
his collection of Christian literature to the Parish, having
been selected from his own extensive library. There are
displayed in a bookcase in the Lady Chapel and include a
variety of literature including devotional, theological, and
historical. You are invited to use these as devotional
material in the Chapel, or borrow them to read at home on
an "on trust" basis.
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December 21 Winter Solstice
A Midwinter festival has been a part of life since pre-Christian
times. When the hours of daylight are fewest, the warmth of the
sun weakest, and life itself seemingly at a standstill, our ancestors,
the pagan peoples of Europe and Western Asia, kept festival by
lighting bonfires and decorating their buildings with evergreens.
Perhaps they believed that the dying sun could be enheartened by
fire, and the life of the buried seed assured by the presence of
evergreen branches.
With the advent of Christianity, the Spring gods became identified
with Christ, and the birthday of the sun with the birthday of the
Light of the World.
The early church father Tertullian did not approve of Christmas
decorations. “Let those who have no light in themselves light
candles!... You are the light of the world, you are the tree ever
green....” But by the time of St Gregory and St Augustine, four
centuries later, this had changed. Pope Gregory instructed
Augustine not to worry about harmless outward customs, as long as
the right God be worshipped through them. And so many
Anglo-Saxon customs were never discarded, but simply endowed
with a new significance.
By 1598 one John Stow of London wrote how:
“Against the feast of Christmas, every man’s house, as also their
parish churches, were decked with holme, ivie, bayes, and
whatsoever the season of the yeare afforded to be greene.”
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Christmas
Millions
Radio
Eve
Treble
Cambridge
Choirboy
Royal
Hymn
David
City
King’s
College
Chapel
Alexander
Apostles
Creed
Virgin
Mary
Jesus
Christ
Little
Child
Earth
Heaven
Lord
Manger
Stall
Shelter
Cradle
Poor
Mean
Lowly
Saviour
holy
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The PCC are hoping to form a
separate social committee.
Will anyone who is interested please
contact Sue Patrick or Barbara Nye.
Also, please let us know if you have
any ideas for new social events.
Put your thinking caps on!
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Thank you to the Hunt family,
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The Everlasting Turkey
On the first day of Christmas my true love said to me
I’ve bought a big fresh turkey and a proper Christmas tree.
On the second day of Christmas much laughter could be heard
As we tucked into our turkey – a most delicious bird.
On the third day of Christmas people came from just next door,
The turkey tasted just as good as it had done before.
On the fourth day of Christmas came relations young and old
We finished up the Christmas pud and had the turkey cold.
On the fifth day of Christmas, outside the snowflakes scurried,
But we were nice and warm inside, and had the turkey curried.
On the sixth day of Christmas, the Christmas spirit died.
The children fought and bickered – we had the turkey rissoles fried.
On the seventh day of Christmas my true love he did wince
When he sat down at table - and was offered turkey mince.
On the eighth day of Christmas, the dog had run for shelter,
For he’d seen our turkey pancakes and the glass of alka-seltzer.
On the ninth day of Christmas, by lunchtime dad was blotto,
He knew that bird was back again, this time as a risotto.
On the tenth day of Christmas we were drinking home-made brew,
Anything to help us face that steaming turkey stew.
On the eleventh day of Christmas our lovely tree was moulting,
And with chilli, soy and oyster sauce, the turkey was revolting.
On the twelfth day of Christmas we had smiles back on our lips,
The guests had gone, the turkey too –
WE DINED ON FISH AND CHIPS.
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DOUBLE CENTURY CLUB 2015
Many thanks to everyone who have already
agreed to participate in the Double Century
Club for 2015.
This is a simple and effective way of raising
much needed church funds.
So if you haven't already done so would you
please consider joining the club.
Unfortunately if we don't get the same numbers as in 2014 then the prize money will have
to be reduced.
For those who have not already done so,
application forms, with the accompanying
envelope are at the back of church. The cost is
£14 per annum.
DOUBLE CENTURY CLUB
NOVEMBER
1st Scott Montgomery 124
2nd Norman Hagen 94
3rd Helen Lilley 136
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CAROLLIG I FROSTY AIR
Canon David Winter considers the way in which carols proclaim
the story…
Christmas and carols go together. You can’t have one without
the other. It would require a high degree of ingenuity for anyone
to get through the Christmas season without hearing a carol and probably singing one, too.
They’re on the speakers in the supermarket, they’re on the radio,
carol singers come round the streets singing them, the brass
band plays them in the market place - and, of course, there’s the
church carol service, the crib service and the midnight
communion. Most of us could name lots of them: Hark the
Herald, Good King Wenceslaus, In the Bleak Midwinter,
Away in a Manger, Once in Royal David’s City . . . and so on.
Some of those carols are very old, some relatively modern.
They’re perhaps the only Christian songs we actually know the
words of - but familiarity can breed if not contempt, then at least
inattention. Occasionally in those familiar lines we sing absolute
nonsense: ‘In the bleak midwinter, frosty wind made moan,
earth stood hard as iron’ - in Bethlehem? ‘Little Lord Jesus, no
crying he makes’ - so the baby Jesus wasn’t human after all?
‘And io, io, io by priest and people sungen‘? No, not a bad case
of the stutters, but a medieval carol-writer’s mischievous
description of the mumbo-jumbo of incomprehensible Latin in
church.
We’ve been spared other bafflement by the work of editors.
Charles Wesley’s first line was originally ‘Hark how all the
welkin rings’ - no ‘herald angels’. ‘Welkin’ comes from an Old
English word meaning ‘heaven’ and has absolutely nothing to
do with shell-fish.
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But enough of problems. On the whole carols are
wonderfully clear in their message and profoundly moving
in a simple and touching way. The last verse of ’Once in
Royal David’s City’ always moves me:
Not in that poor lowly stable, with the oxen standing by,
we shall see him; but in heaven, set at God‘s right hand
on high.
Trust Mrs Alexander to get it exactly right. And Christina
Rossetti’s last verse, tellingly quoted at the end of the
Queen’s Christmas message last year, asks a question so
searching that her meteorological musings fade into thin air:
What shall I give him, poor as I am?
if I were a shepherd, I would bring a lamb;
if I were a wise man, I would do my part;
yet what I can I give him - give my heart.
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LETTERS FROM UNCLE EUSTACE
Two vicars from Macclesfield have launched a book showing the
funnier side of life in a small rural parish.
The Letters of Uncle Eustace are a series of fictitious letters from
an
elderly Anglo-Catholic vicar, who presides over the made up
parish of St James-the-Least-of-All set in rural England.
The letters were written for the Christian magazine resource,
Parish Pump, and are the creation of the Rev Dr Gary Bowness, a
former
Director of Post-Ordination Training for Blackburn Diocese and
now vicar of Henbury, near Macclesfield.
"Down the centuries the Church of England has been blessed with
some extraordinary clergy," said Parish Pump editor Anne
Coomes.
"Uncle Eustace presides over life in the small parish of St Jamesthe-Least-of-All, buried somewhere deep in the heart of rural England. Here time has stood still, kept firmly at bay by an elderly
Anglo-Catholic vicar.
"He is in the habit of writing letters to his nephew and thus we gain
a glimpse of what parish life once was and may still be."
She added: "Nowadays, Gary admits that writing his monthly
column has proved not so much work, as therapy."
The book is a collaboration with cartoonist and vicar, the
Rev Canon Taffy Davies.
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The Rectory St. James the Least
My dear Nephew Darren
So: you are excited about being invited to plan your first Carol Service. The
dangers involved are only slightly less than being invited to judge the best
cake made by the Ladies’ Group. You seem to have no idea of the lifelong
offence you will inevitably cause. In decades to come when you will either be
a seasoned old clergyman – or more likely a double glazing salesman – you
will be remembered as “the Curate who offended Mrs Smith.”
First, you have to decide which groups are going to be represented to give
the readings. If the Brownies were asked last year, then it has to be the Cubs
this time. But don’t forget that every third year, the Boys’ Brigade must be
asked, or they will take their revenge and get their flag tangled in the nave
chandelier come Remembrance Sunday. If someone represents the choir,
then over a four year period, all four voice parts must be called on – and if
the organist isn’t asked on the fifth year, then all hymns subsequently will be
played at double speed and with one verse missing. Should one person have
been invited to read for two successive years, then their annual appearance
thereafter will be taken as an inalienable right for the rest of their lifetime –
and probably longer than that. To drop them may well invoke legal
proceedings,
Then there is the batting order to be considered. Someone from the church
council will take it as a deliberate slight if they are placed lower in the order
than a representative of the Men’s Fellowship and so self-respecting bell
ringer would voluntarily follow a brass cleaner.
If you do not specify where they should read from and how the readings
should end, then a form of ecclesiastical inflation will happen. If the first
reader speaks from the chancel step, the next one will go to the lectern;
after the sanctuary and pulpit have been utilised, the final reader will
probably ask you to move so he can take your place. The variations on
“Here endeth”, “This is the Word of the Lord”, and “Thanks be to God”,
are endless and will increase in length as the Service progresses. The final
reader will probably end with a lengthy exegesis on what he thinks the
passage means, correcting whatever you said in your sermon.
Your affectionate uncle Eustace
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All in the month of December It was: 800 years ago:- on 4th
Dec 1214 that William I (William the Lion) King of Scotland, died.
800 years on, following the
recent vote, the UK continues to
share a Queen.
300 years ago:- on 27th Dec 1714 that George Whitefield was
born. This famous British preacher was one of the founders of
Methodism; he helped to spread the Great Awakening in Britain
and the North American colonies.
150 years ago:- on 8th Dec 1864 that George Boole, British
mathematician died. He invented Boolean algebra, which forms
the basis of modern computer circuits and programming.
125 years ago:- on 12th Dec 1889 that Robert Browning, the
important British poet, died.
Also 125 years ago:- on 16th Dec 1889 that Sir Noel Coward,
British playwright, actor, singer and composer, best known for his
comedies of manners (Private Lives, Brief Encounter, Blithe
Spirit) was born.
100 years ago:- on 16th Dec 1914 that during WW1 German
battleships shelled the port towns of Hartlepool and Scarborough.
Also 100 years ago:- on 21st Dec 1914 that Germany made its
first WW1 air raid on Britain. A German plane dropped a bomb in
the grounds of a rectory in Dover. No one was injured.
Also 100 years ago:- on 24th-25th Dec 1914 that the WW1
Christmas Truce took place. British and German troops observed
an unofficial ceasefire at several points along the Western Front,
singing songs and exchanging greetings from their trenches and
even crossing into ‘no man’s land’ to exchange food and
souvenirs and play football.
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75 years ago:- on 1st Dec 1939 that Rudolph the Red-Nosed
Reindeer made his first-ever appearance, in a children’s
colouring book given away by Montgomery Ward stores in the
USA.
65 years ago:- on 13th Dec 1949 that Jerusalem became the
capital of Israel.
50 years ago:- on 8th Dec 1964 that Simon Marks, 1st Baron
Marks of Broughton, died. This British businessman had
transformed his father’s ‘Marks & Spencer’ market stalls into one
of Britain’s leading retailers.
Also 50 years ago:- on 31st Dec 1964 that British driver Donald
Campbell broke the world water speed record, and became the
only person to break both land speed record and the water
speed record in the same year.
30 years ago:- on 3rd Dec 1984 that the Bhopal Disaster took
place. A poisonous gas leak at a Union Carbide pesticide plant in
India killed thousands of people and left 120,000 with health
problems.
Also 30 years ago:- on 10th Dec 1984 that South African
Anglican bishop Desmond Tutu was awarded the Nobel Peace
Prize at a ceremony in Oslo, Norway.
25 years ago:- on 3rd Dec 1989 that US President George H W
Bush and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev announced the end
of the Cold War at a meeting in Malta.
Also 25 years ago:- on 22nd Dec 1989 that the Brandenburg
Gate in Berlin was reopened, effectively reuniting East and West
Germany.
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Also 25 years ago:- on 22nd Dec 1989 that Samuel Beckett
died. This Irish writer, playwright and poet (Waiting for Godot,
Endgame, etc) won the 1969 Nobel Prize for Literature.
20 years ago:- on 9th Dec 1994 that Sinn Fein held its first
formal talks with representatives from the British Government.
This eventually led to an IRA ceasefire, the Good Friday
Agreement, and the establishment of the Northern Ireland
Assembly in 1998.
15 years ago:- on 2nd Dec 1999 that the UK devolved political
power in Northern Ireland to the Northern Ireland Assembly and
Executive Committee.
10 years ago:- on 16th Dec 2004 that the House of Lords ruled
that detaining foreign terrorism suspects indefinitely without trial
broke human rights laws. This was a huge blow to the
Government’s anti-terrorism measures.
Also 10 years ago:- on 26th Dec 2004 that the Indian Ocean
earthquake and tsunami (also called the Boxing Day Tsunami)
occurred. A massive undersea earthquake near Sumatra
caused a devastating tsunami that swamped coastal areas in
Indonesia, Sri Lanka, India, Thailand and Africa. It was one of
the deadliest natural disasters in recorded history, and killed
more than 230,000 people in 14 countries.
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The Churchwardens are very grateful to the clergy who
have helped us during Fr Derek’s spell in hospital,
and during his recovery.
The Bishop of Jarrow
Revd Alan Raine
Revd Nigel Warner
Revd Kate Boardman
Revd Jim Craig
Revd Paul Grundy
The Planned Giving Envelopes will soon be available
from Alan James. If you do not already use these, and
would like to know more, have a word with Alan.
Christmas Cards will soon be ready for distribution to all
the homes in the parish. We have found over the years that
they are appreciated by those who receive them, and it does
make a difference to attendance at Christmas Services.
Please give whatever help you can in distributing these
when they appear at the back of church.
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Church rules
Six year-old Angie and her fouryear-old brother Joel sat together
for the Christmas concert in
church. Joel kept giggling and
whispering until his big sister had
had enough. “Be quiet in church!”
“Why?” Joel demanded. “Who is
going to make me?” Angie
pointed to the back of the church
and said: “See those two big men
standing at the door? They’re
hushers.”
Christmas gifts
Grandfather was talking to his grand-daughter, “When I was a
child all we got for Christmas was an apple and an orange.”
The little girl clapped her hands in joy. “Brilliant! I’d love a new
computer and a mobile!”
Christmas carols
One night as Christmas approached, some friends decided to go
carol singing. A man answered the door of one house, and
gasped as they launched into the opening lines of the first carol.
Within half a minute, he looked stricken. Soon tears were welling
up in his eyes. The carollers sang and sang, and the man looked
more and moved by what he heard. At last the carollers stopped,
and one ventured: “I understand – you are sad because our
singing reminds you of your happy childhood Christmas days.”
The man looked at her with misery in his eyes. “No,” he
whispered back. “It’s just that I am a musician!”
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As you entertain all the relatives this Christmas, remember:
Know that even when you are in the kitchen, our Lord moves amidst
the pots and pans. Teresa of Avila
My troubles melt away before a fervent prayer – like snow before the
sun. St John Vianney
Auntie: one who has stopped growing at both ends, and who is now
growing in the middle.
Egoist: the relative who is usually me-deep in conversation.
Handkerchief: cold storage by your cousin.
Secret: something you tell to only one family member at a time.
Toothache: the pain that drives you to extraction, even on Christmas
Day.
Tomorrow: one of the great labour-saving devices used by your
sibling today.
Yawn: an honest opinion from an uncle, openly expressed.
Wrinkles: something your relatives have gained since you last saw
them. You have character lines.
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PARISH REGISTERS
HOLY BAPTISM
November 9th
Hannah Alice Collins
Lucy Henderson
Eloise Rose Doherty
Olivia Rose Stephenson
FU{NERAL
November 12th
Irene Wright
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LAY ASSISTANTS
7
14
21
28
Norman Hagen
Chris Garrett
Gordon Hunt
Alf Marshall
SIDESPERSONS
7
14
21
28
Ball
Anderton
Forster
Jones
Jopling
Waistell
Kurian
Gibson
Foster
S Watson
M Hutchinson
A Gunning
Soper
D Watson
L Hutchinson
A Gunning
READERS
7
Frank Malcolm
2 Peter 3. 8-15a
p. 382
14
Guides / Brownie
1 Thessalonians 5. 16-24
p. 386
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Evelyn Forster
Romans 16. 25-end
p. 390
Midnight Mass Jane Marshall
Titus 2. 11-14
p. 396
Festal Eucharist Roy Foster
Titus 3. 4-7
p. 400
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Keith Downie
1 Corinthians 1. 26-29
Jan 4
John Ball
Ephesians 1. 3-14
p. 1214
p. 410
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OFFERTORY PROCESSION
7
14
21
Midnight Mass
Christmas Day
28
Jan 4
Chris Garrett
Christine Lorraine
Cyril Anderton
Daisy Hewitson
David Watson
Denise Hagen
Denise Thirlaway
WEDNESDAY COFFEE
3
10
17
Mary : Joan
Jane
Jane Marion
SUNDAY COFFEE
7
14
21
28
Jan 4
Margaret Moran : Susan Watson.
Evelyn Forster : Valsa Kurian
NO COFFEE
Ann Garrett : Christine Lorraine
Carol Longbone : Alison Gunning
BRASS CLEANING
15th December Evelyn
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PARISH OFFICE
7
14
21
28
Jan 4
Sylvia Malcolm
Eileen Waistell : Tony Gunning
Harry Wright
Jen Avery ( No Coffee)
John Ball ( No Coffee)
FLOWER ROTA
November 30th ADVENT - No flowers
November 23rd All Flower Guild
January
2nd Christine : Muriel
9th Joan : Dorothy
16
Christine : Muriel
24
Joan : Dorothy
30
Christine : Muriel
October
Communicants
Collection
Total Attendance
5th
116
£ 524
127
12th
110
£591.67
144
19th
83
£492.73
87
26th
97
£799.43
268
* (Regular weekly Standing Orders of £168 included)
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PARISH DIARY
December 2014
3rd Wednesday Francis Xavier - 1552
9.00am Mattins
9.30am Eucharist
7.00pm Baptism rehearsal
7th
9.00am Mattins
9.30am Sung Eucharist
ll.15am Baptisms
6.00pm Evensong
ADVET 2
10th Wednesday
9.00am Mattins
9.30am Eucharist
7.30pm Ladies Fellowship
Christmas Party
14th
9.00am Mattins
9.30am Sung Eucharist
and Christingle
6.00pm Meditation
ADVET 3
16th Tuesday
17th Wednesday
21st
7.00pm Parish Carol Service
Mulled wine & Mince Pies
O Sapientia
ADVET 4
24th Wednesday Christmas Eve
9.00am Mattins
9.30am Eucharist
Bishop of Jarrow
9.00am Mattins
9.30am Sung Eucharist
6.00pm Compline
9.00am Mattins
9.30am Eucharist
6.00pm Dressing of the Crib
Bishop of Jarrow
11.30pm Midnight Mass
31
25th
CHRISTMAS DAY
26th Friday
St Stephen Deacon & Martyr
9.30 Festal Sung Eucharist
10.00am Eucharist
Bishop of Jarrow
27th Saturday St John Apostle, Evangelist
10.00am Eucharist
Bishop of Jarrow
28th
9.00am Mattins
9.30 Sung Eucharist
HOLY IOCETS
31st Wednesday John Wyclif, Reformer 1384
9.00am Mattins
9.30am Eucharist
December
December, December,
A month to remember,
A month full of darkness and light,
A month full of rushing
And sharing and hoping,
A month full of one special night.
By Daphne Kitching
GENERAL INFORMATION
Vicar
Vacant
Contact the Wardens
Associate
Minister
The Revd Derek Brown
29 Heathfield Road
Low Fell
NE9 5HH
4875922
[email protected]
Churchwardens
Keith Downie
Tony Gunning
4775936
4874424
PCC Secretary
Evelyn Forster
01661 820533
Treasurer
Ray Shirley
4870403
Gift Aid Officer
Alan James
4870440
Organist
Keith Downie
4775936
[email protected]
Verger
Sacristan
Sue Patrick
Hall Bookings
Joan Snaith
PARISH OFFICE - to arrange Banns, Baptism and Weddings call
at the Church Hall any Sunday morning at 10.45am.
No appointment required
CHURCH HALL - Applications to book the hall must be made
on Sunday mornings at 10.30am in the Church Hall.
WEB SITE : www.sthelenslowfell.com