St Nicholas Parish Church Fleetwood. Week beginning 17th September 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 17th September – Chaplaincy Week 8.30 am Holy Communion in Church 9.30 am Worship on Zoom 10.45 am Holy Communion in Church Sidespersons: Elizabeth & Margaret. Reader: Karen 12.30 pm Baptism of Noah Orchiston Welcome and set up Berny 4.00 pm Family & Co in the Broadway Rooms Tuesday 19th September 2.00 pm Holy Communion in Church Thursday 21st September 10.00 am Community Coffee Morning in the Jubilee Room Friday 22nd September 9.00 am St Nic’s Little Gang in the Broadway Rooms Sunday 24th September 8.30 am Holy Communion in Church 9.30 am Worship on Zoom 10.45 am Holy Communion in Church Sidespersons: Susan & Christine. Reader: Sandra 4.00 pm Family & Co in the Broadway Rooms ******************************* Hospital Chaplaincy: We are delighted to welcome Rev’d Clive Lord to St Nic’s today. Clive is an NHS Chaplain and works between Victoria Hospital and Clifton Rehab. He will be sharing his story and talking about the importance of ministry to the sick and dying at all of our services, including Zoom! The prayer of St Teressa of Avila (1515–1582) Christ has no body but yours, no hands, no feet on earth but yours. Yours are the eyes with which he looks compassionately on this world. Yours are the feet with which he walks to do good. Yours are the hands, with which he blesses all the world. Congregational Questionnaire: There’s still a chance for you to take part in this quick exercise, whether you attend church regularly or not so regularly, on Zoom or in person! Please pick up a survey today and return it to the box at the back of church by next Sunday. Harvest festival: This year our Harvest celebrations will begin with a Messy Church on Saturday 14th October and on Sunday 15th we will have our usual services followed by a Jacob’s Join lunch and auction in the Broadway Rooms. If you are able to donate items of chocolate, wines, spirits, household goods etc. they will be made up into hampers to be auctioned on the day. The money raised will be sent to the Bishop’s Harvest appeal, (details to follow). Tinned and dried foods collected will be donated to Streetlife, a homeless charity for young people in Blackpool. Harvest donations can be delivered to the Vicar’s Vestry, where they will be received with grateful thanks. Christmas Planning: Thank you to everyone who has offered to be involved and help with our Christmas Fair on 25th November. Our Christmas raffle is a big part of this event and the tickets are now available. This year we are asking everyone on the electoral roll to take 5 books of raffle tickets and try to sell them to family and friends. If you’re not on the electoral roll, we’ll get some tickets to you as well. Let’s all make a special effort to sell as many as we can as this is a super way for people outside of the church to support the ongoing ministry of St Nic’s. Please also remember in your prayers: Peter Dell, Rev Jane Everitt, Jo Crosswell, Rev Martin Keighley, John Richardson, Elizabeth King, Chris Kelsall, Michaela Jones, Mark Price, Rebekah, Colin Cook, Keith Shaw, Craig Abson and John Hawley. And the family of John Hurst whose funeral is due to take place.
St Nicholas Parish Church Fleetwood. Week beginning 10th September 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 10th September 8.30 am Holy Communion in Church 9.30 am Worship on Zoom 10.45 am Holy Communion in Church Sidespersons: Karen & June. Reader: Joy 2.30 pm Baptism of Arlo Levett-Weber Welcome and set up Dorothy A 4.00 pm Family & Co in the Broadway Rooms Tuesday 12th September 2.00 pm Holy Communion in Church Thursday 14th September 10.00 am Community Coffee Morning in the Jubilee Room Friday 15th September 9.00 am St Nic’s Little Gang in the Broadway Rooms Sunday 17th September – Chaplaincy Week 8.30 am Holy Communion in Church 9.30 am Worship on Zoom 10.45 am Holy Communion in Church Sidespersons: Elizabeth & Margaret. Reader: Karen 12.30 pm Baptism of Noah Orchiston Welcome and set up Judith 4.00 pm Family & Co in the Broadway Rooms ******************************* Safari Lunch: Sincere thanks to everyone who was involved in providing this super occasion last Sunday. The food, company and whole afternoon was a delight and a tribute to the enormous amount of hard work and planning leading up to it. £470 has been added to the restoration fund. Congregational Questionnaire: There’s still a chance for you to take part in this quick exercise, whether you attend church regularly or not so regularly, on Zoom or in person! Please pick one up today and return it to the box at the back of church by 24th of this month. Chaplaincy Week: Next Sunday we will welcome Rev Clive Lord as our guest preacher. Clive is an experienced and much-loved chaplain at Victoria Hospital in Blackpool and he has agreed to come to St Nic’s to talk to us about ministry in a hospital setting. Her Late Majesty Queen Elizabeth the Second: On Friday 8th September we marked the first anniversary of the passing of our Queen. In an excerpt of his message to the Diocese, Bishop Philip wrote, “In the days following her death, we collectively mourned a woman who had been the 'rock' at the heart of national life for seven decades. The nation was in shock. We grieved the loss of someone who was a powerful sign of unity and stability; our continuity in the good times and the bad. Her Late Majesty was also a woman of profound Christian faith. She died knowing the hope of new life that Jesus offers to us all. In the midst of our grief, as we prayed for the whole Royal Family and for our nation, we still had hope for the future in the shape of our new King. And it is in prayer we can also be reassured of the comfort and hope of new life that Jesus gives us all. As we look back those days in 2022 following the death of Her Late Majesty, we can also give thanks for a life well-lived. A life given in service to you, to me and to the whole nation. In my remarks immediately following the death of Her Late Majesty in 2022 I said: 'Our Queen had 'made of her life a gift to the world. How can we do the same?' That sentiment is true still today. Sustained by her deep Christian faith Her Late Majesty didn't falter. She was constantly giving herself to service. As we give thanks for the life of Her Late Majesty on this first anniversary, let's allow the memory of her service to sustain and inspire us now to ask afresh each day: 'what can I do to make a difference and to serve'?” Please also remember in your prayers: Peter Dell, Rev Jane Everitt, Jo Crosswell, Rev Martin Keighley, Elizabeth King, Chris Kelsall, Michaela Jones, Mark Price, Rebekah, Colin Cook, Keith Shaw, Craig Abson and John Hawley.
St Nicholas Parish Church Fleetwood. Week beginning 3rd September 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 3rd September 8.30 am Holy Communion in Church 9.30 am Worship on Zoom 10.45 am Holy Communion in Church Sidespersons: Judith & Dorothy W Reader: Elizabeth 1.00 pm Safari Lunch 4.00 pm Family & Co in the Broadway Rooms Monday 4th September 12.30 pm Funeral of Charles Beavers in Church Tuesday 5th September 2.00 pm Holy Communion in Church Thursday 7th September 10.00 am Community Coffee Morning in the Jubilee Room Friday 8th September 9.00 am St Nic’s Little Gang in the Broadway Rooms Saturday 9th September 12. 00 pm Feast of the Nations in Broadway Rooms Sunday 10th September 8.30 am Holy Communion in Church 9.30 am Worship on Zoom 10.45 am Holy Communion in Church Sidespersons: Karen & June. Reader: Joy 2.30 pm Baptism of Arlo Levett-Weber Welcome and set up Ruth 4.00 pm Family & Co in the Broadway Rooms ******************************* Congregational Questionnaire: For some months now the Parochial Church Council (PCC) has been discussing the possibility of putting together a survey which when completed by everyone will help us understand ourselves as a church and shape our prayers and our planning for the year ahead. The good news is that the survey is available from today! We really hope that you will feel able take part in this quick exercise, whether you attend regularly or not so regularly, on Zoom or in person! Final Call: Feast of the Nations is taking place this coming Saturday. Do drop in to the Broadway Rooms between 12pm and 2.30pm for what’s sure to be an enjoyable afternoon of food and entertainment. On Thursday 31st August: We celebrated the life and ministry of St Aiden. Aiden was a monk in the monastery of Iona and he was sent as a missionary to Northumbria at the request of King Oswald. Aiden was consecrated Bishop of Lindisfarne in 635 and worked closely with Oswald and became involved in the training of Priests. He had a particular concern for the poor and enthusiasm for preaching the gospel. Everlasting God, you sent the gentle bishop Aiden to proclaim the gospel to the people of Northumbria; grant us so to live as he taught in simplicity, humility and love for the poor, through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord who is alive and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit one God now and for ever. Amen August 100 Club Winners: Margery Bond, Laura Martin, Julie Lyon, Gillian King, Margaret Pook, Paula Meekins, David Meekins, Ann Turner, Bernice Meekins, Derek Waddington, Freda Wayman, Nancy Burr, Mavis Evans, Alison Horabin, Cath Chambers, Joanne Ashworth, Daniel Ashworth, Margaret Forshaw, and Maureen Siddall. Congratulations! Please also remember in your prayers: Peter Dell, Rev Jane Everitt, Jo Crosswell, Rev Martin Keighley, Elizabeth King, Chris Kelsall, Michaela Jones, Mark Price, Rebekah, Colin Cook, Elizabeth Leason and John Hawley. And the family of Charles Beavers whose funeral is due to take place.
St Nicholas Parish Church Fleetwood. Week beginning 27th August 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 27th August 8.30 am Holy Communion in Church 9.30 am Worship on Zoom 10.45 am Holy Communion in Church Sidespersons: Carole & Sandra. Reader: Margaret 4.00 pm Family & Co in the Broadway Rooms Tuesday 29th August 2.00 pm Holy Communion in Church 6.45 pm PCC Meets in Jubilee Room Thursday 31st August 10.00 am Community Coffee Morning in the Jubilee Room Sunday 3rd September 8.30 am Holy Communion in Church 9.30 am Worship on Zoom 10.45 am Holy Communion in Church Sidespersons: Judith & Dorothy W Reader: Elizabeth 1.00 pm Safari Lunch 4.00 pm Family & Co in the Broadway Rooms ******************************* Safari Lunch – Thank you to everyone who has signed up for lunch next Sunday. Tickets are available today, with times and locations from Ruth. Feast of the Nations – St Nic’s is hosting this event on behalf of Churches Together in Fleetwood. Foods from around the globe will be available to taste. Please sign up at the back of church if you’re intending to pop in from 12 noon on Saturday 9th September. Put on love: Therefore, as God’s chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience.Bear with each other and forgive one another if any of you has a grievance against someone, forgive as the Lord forgave you. And over all these virtues put on love, which binds them all together in perfect unity. COLOSSIANS 3:12–14 Certainly, this is how we are to strive to live, but it can be a real struggle, can’t it? What are the moments in your day when these instructions seem easy? Thank God for them! What are the moments in your day – or week – when these instructions quite honestly feel like some kind of cruel joke? There are probably more than you would care to admit. Maybe they get a little bit easier (maybe!) when we understand why we’re called to this. And the answer is pretty simple: because we are ‘God’s chosen people’. We are ‘holy and beloved’. Do you notice how love bookends these verses? ‘As God’s chosen people, holy and dearly loved…’ & ‘…over all these virtues, put on love, which binds them all together in perfect unity.’ When we know that we are loved, it is easier for us to love others. After all, we love because He first loved us. From that position of belovedness, and our knowledge of it, we can at least strive to act accordingly. Holy God, thank you for loving me. Clothe me with compassion toward others. Make it radiate from my actions and deeds. You are the example for love. Help me to be a similar example for other people. Give me a selfless spirit that seeks first to serve others. Amen. Please also remember in your prayers: Peter Dell, Rev Jane Everitt, Jo Crosswell, Rev Martin Keighley, Elizabeth King, Chris Kelsall, Michaela Jones, Mark Price, Rebekah, Colin Cook, Elizabeth Leason and John Hawley. And the family of Charles Beavers whose funeral is due to take place.
