Dear Visitor, Oulton St. Michael's stands guard over the railway entry to Lowestoft and district and can be seen as you travel in on the valley side above you. It is a medieval church with a faithful and friendly congregation. Its members are faithful in prayer and worship. There is a sound biblical ministry which welcomes strangers and and those seeking to know more about Christianity. We have both children's and adult's work with a mixture of styles of worship.

Notices for May 2012

Easter/Rogation/Pentecost

1. MAY SERVICES

     May 6th      5th Sunday of Easter  

9.00                 CM/HC* The Rector

10.00                CM/MS Miss Jill Pirrie

May 13th          6th Sunday of Easter  

10.00                CW/HC The Rector

May 20th         7th Sunday of Easter   

10.00                Informal HC The Rector

May 27th         Day of Pentecost         

10.00                CW/HC The Associate Priest

6.30                 CW/ES The Rector

2. Other Events

[a]  The next friendship lunch will be on Wednesday  May 23rd 12.45pm for one hour . NB A Wednesday this month!

3. The Rector

            Please put in your diaries that Bishop Alan is coming to our morning service on Sunday the 24th of June. It would be great to have good turnout for him. 

4. Bible Society news:-

Fabrice Muamba speaks about the power of prayer

FABRICE Muamba has shared the story of his recovery with The Sun newspaper throughout this week. He told reporters: 'I asked God to protect me and he didn’t let me down. I am walking proof of the power of prayer. For 78 minutes I was dead and even if I lived was expected to have suffered brain damage. But I’m very much alive and sitting here talking now. Someone up there was watching over me.' The 24-year-old footballer was speaking for the first time since he collapsed on the pitch in front of fans. (The Sun on Sunday, 22/4/)

Traditionalists signal desire for Archbishop of Canterbury to lose worldwide Anglican role

A coalition of bishops and leaders from Africa, the Americas and Australasia, representing 40 million Anglicans, has criticised 'revisionist attempts' to abandon basic doctrines and 'turn Christianity merely into a movement for social betterment' during Dr Williams’s tenure. They said it was now clear that the leadership in England had failed to hold the 77 million-strong worldwide Anglican Communion together. (Daily Telegraph, 24/4)

Brazilian actor playing Judas dies from accidental hanging

Tiago Klimeck, 27, died whilst enacting the suicide of Judas during in an Easter Passion play, on Good Friday, in the city of Itarare. The actor was hanging for four minutes before fellow performers realised something was wrong. Klimeck was taken to hospital suffering from cerebral hypoxia but died on Sunday. (BBC news online, 23/4)

The Archbishop of York urges new thinking on poverty.

Dr John Sentamu has urged politicians to tackle the rising tide of inequality across Britain. Addressing the Church Urban Fund’s 2012 conference, in Leeds, last week, the Archbishop spoke of the need to address 'the reality of poverty and growing inequality in our country'. He added: 'put simply, we have lost a vision of how we might transform our society to bring about changes that we wish to see'. (CEN, 26/4)

Christians 'liking' Facebook

British Christians are increasingly using social media sites, such as Facebook, to share their faith, according to new research. A survey by Christian Vision and Premier Christian Media found that 64 per cent said they were using social networks to share their faith in an intentional way. Of the 700 Christians surveyed, 84 per cent agreed that the online space was a huge mission field. (Christian Today, 24/4)

Gay Police Association expresses concern over branded Bibles

UNISON and the Gay Police Association in Scotland have expressed concern over an offer from the Gideons International to Scottish police forces of free Bibles branded with each one’s badge. GPA say no police force should ‘endorse a book containing text which condemns homosexuality’. GPA has suggested that the Gideons contact the Christian Police Association or distribute the Bibles themselves. (Pink News, 23/4)

The New Testament – in a different voice
For the first time in its 200 year history, Bible Society has launched its first non-literal translation of the New Testament. Who? is aimed at people who are coming to it for the first time or who find traditional translations hard to access. Although the Synoptic Gospels are presented as one narrative and the Gospel of John has been moved to the end of the New Testament, the whole book has been subject to rigorous theological analysis and revision.

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