St Nicholas Parish Church Fleetwood. Week beginning 10th March 2024
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 10th March – Mothering Sunday
8.30 am Holy Communion in Church9.30 am Worship on Zoom
10.45 am Holy Communion in Church
Tuesday 12th March
11.00 am Singing for pleasure – Jubilee Room
2.00 pm Holy Communion in Church
Wednesday 13th March
4.00 pm Lent Reflections (Session 4) in the Broadway Rooms
Thursday 14th March
10.00 am Coffee Morning in the Jubilee Room
Friday 15th March
9.00 am Little Gang in the Broadway Rooms
12.00 pm 5th Lent Lunch St Mary’s, Warren Street
8.30 am Holy Communion in Church
9.30 am Worship on Zoom
10.45 am Holy Communion in Church
4.00 pm Family & Co in the Broadway Rooms
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The Boathouse Youth (BHY): This time last year our second planning application was being submitted seeking permission to build the Boathouse in the grounds of St Nic’s. One year on and the vision has become a reality. There is still a way to go but completion of the build is due by the middle of May. That said, this coming week sees that start of some major ground works as rain water drainage systems are sunk into the ground and the new car parking areas are formed. It will involve fencing off all our existing parking facilities for a good few weeks. We appreciate that this will cause some further inconvenience and we are so grateful for your ongoing patience. Please bear with us for this final push to the finish line.
Church Sitting: Church Sitting is an important ministry and enables us to open St Nic’s every week day morning from 11.00 am to 12.30 pm. We are so very grateful to those of you who help make this happen. Whilst we are not inundated with visitors, people who do pop in find great solace and peace. Are you able to offer 90 minutes every other Monday to help keep Church open? If so, please see Karen as soon as possible.
Mothering Sunday: Today at the 10.45 service we will welcome members of Family & Co to join us for worship. Like many traditions, Mothering Sunday began with a religious purpose. Held on the fourth Sunday in Lent, exactly three weeks before Easter Sunday, it was originally a day to honour and give thanks to the Virgin Mary, also known as Mother Mary. Such celebrations required people to visit their 'mother' church - the main church or cathedral in a family's area. It was believed to be essential for people to return to their home 'mother' church to make it a true family honoured occasion. The gatherings reunited families and gave children who worked as domestic servants or as apprentices away from home the opportunity to have the day off to join their family and see their mother.
Loving God, thank you for mums and children and for all the joy of family life.
Be with those who are grieving because they have no mother;
Be close to those who are struggling because they have no children;
Be near to those who are sad because they are far apart from those they love.
Let your love be present in every home,
and help your church to have eyes to see and ears to hear the needs of all who come.
We ask this in the name of Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
Please remember in your prayers: Tony Ryan, Louise Clark, Rev Martin Keighley, Mark Price, Craig Abson, Peter Holden, Alan Morris, Dean, Rev Jane Everett, Paul Sumner and Chloe.
Please also remember the families and friends of, Georgina Johnstone, Bob Cameron, Robert Snasdell and Ronald Shewan whose funerals are due to take place.