Risen Christ, for whom no door is locked, no entrance barred: open the doors of our hearts, that we may seek the good of others and walk the joyful road of sacrifice and peace, to the praise of God the Father.   Amen.

SERVICES

SUNDAY 27th April

St Andrew's: 10.30 am Team Morning Prayer Service, preceded at 9.45 by team prayers, and then after the service it’s St Andrew’s APCM Please note that there will be no morning services at St James’, St Peter’s, or St Thomas Melling this week and St Andrew's annual meeting will take place after the service.

4.00 pm Church for All at St Peter's

St Andrew’s: 10.30am Team Holy Communion Service

SUNDAY 4th May:

St Andrew's: 10.00 am Holy Communion AND 12 midday Baptisms

St Thomas': Holy Communion

St James': 11.15 am Morning Prayer

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

Bible Readings                                                                                                                                                                               
Sunday 27th April Team Service: Acts 5:27-32, John 20:19-end

Sunday 4th May Acts 9:1-6, John 21:1-19
Sunday 11th May Acts 9:36-end, John 10:22-30
Sunday 18th May Acts 11:1-18, John 13:31-35
Sunday 25th May Team service readings tbc

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 Andrew's on Sunday 27th April 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 half an hour 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

The Prayer Course

The current course has now ended but for anyone who would like to have been there but was unable to, or who wants to watch the videos again,  they are are available for anyone to view via this link: https://prayercourse.org/sessions/ Just click on this, and then click where it says ‘watch session'.

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, (though see dates of the Easter break for this below) but collection can easily be arranged. Please contact Pat Dunbar by text message on 07795147109 or email at [email protected] Thank you!

Advance dates for your diaries…

Christian Aid Coffee Morning
In advance of Christian Aid week which takes place from May 11-18, there will be a coffee morning at St Andrew’s Church Hall for supporters and anyone at all who is interested on Saturday May 3rd from 10.30 a.m. Anyone welcome, information on this year's project and appeal will be shared.

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.  Please note: we're back on Thursday 1st May. Pat

Hot lunch, tea and cakes every Thursday afternoon 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.

Bible Study: Our regular weekly Bible Study takes place on Thursdays at 7.30pm in St Andrew’s Church Hall. We are currently looking at the Gospel of Luke together. All welcome.

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 2nd May. Expect lots of friendly chats and live music by our resident Michael with his keyboard.

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

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.

CONTACT DETAILS

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Contact details:

Revd. Ian Hopkins 07914 505437 or [email protected]

Revd. Simon Elliott 07919 464348 or [email protected]