St Nicholas Parish Church Fleetwood. Week beginning 12th November 2023
We seek to be a church that lives by faith, is known by love and
is a voice of hope to the community we serve.
Website https://www.achurchnearyou.com/church/11671
Sunday 12th November – Remembrance Sunday
8.30 am Holy Communion in Church
9.30 am Worship on Zoom
10.45 am Holy Communion in Church Sidespersons: Dorothy W & Judith. Reader: Margaret
4.00 pm Family & Co in the Broadway Rooms
Monday 13th November
10.45 am Funeral of Marion Derek Fenton in Church
Tuesday 14th November
2.00 pm Holy Communion in Church
2.00 pm Funeral of Derek Scrivener at St Peter’s Church
Thursday 16th November
10.00 am Community Coffee in the Jubilee Room
Friday 17th November
9.00 am Little Gang in the Broadway Rooms
11.45 am Funeral of June Manton at Carleton
8.30 am Holy Communion in Church
9.30 am Worship on Zoom
10.45 am Holy Communion in Church Sidespersons: Karen & June. Reader: David Dev.
4.00 pm Family & Co in the Broadway Rooms
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Remembrance Sunday: We are delighted to welcome Rev’d Dr Carol Wilkinson to preach and preside at our 10.45 service this morning. The Vicar is taking the service at the Cenotaph.
Perhaps the most quoted poem on war, In Flanders Fields, was first published in December 1915 after it was penned by Canadian physician Lieutenant-Colonel John McCrae during the First World War. After appearing in London’s Punch magazine, it soon become a popular reflection on the sacrifice of war. McCrae's focus was on the peace that follows death, from the perspective of fallen soldiers lying in their graves.
In Flanders fields the poppies blow between the crosses, row on row, that mark our place; and in the sky the larks, still bravely singing, fly scarce heard amid the guns below. We are the Dead. Short days ago, we lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow, loved, and were loved, and now we lie in Flanders fields. Take up our quarrel with the foe: to you from failing hands we throw the torch; be yours to hold it high. If ye break faith with us who die we shall not sleep, though poppies grow in Flanders fields.
Singing for pleasure: It’s a well-known fact that singing is good for the soul and good for our general well-being. So, how would you like to have an hour a week learning new worship songs and singing your favourite hymns? The sessions will take place in the comfort of the Jubilee Room. At the back of church, you’ll find an invitation. Fill it in and pop it in the box provided. We’ll try to pick a day and time that suits the majority.
100 Club winners: Lawrence Dunne, Stephen Ward, David Meekins, Maureen Siddall, Gerald Mathias, Freda Wayman, Moira Greenwood, Muriel Freestone, Sandra Fowler, Claire Naylor, Margaret Pook, Dorothy Angel. June Young, Dorothy Warren, Raymond Hollebone, Ruth Aspinall, Lindsay Newton, Carol Newton and Christopher Jones. Congratulations and thank you for supporting the Church through the 100 Club.
Please remember in your prayers: Louise Clark, David Newton, Peter Dell, Rev Martin Keighley, Elizabeth King, Mark Price, Rebekah, Lee Schofield and Craig Abson. And the families of Derek Scrivener, June Manton and Derek Fenton whose funerals are due to take place.