BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//achurchnearyou.com//eventfeed//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-TIMEZONE:UTC BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Pews News 19 January 2025 DTSTART:20250116T081500Z DTEND:20250123T031500Z DTSTAMP:20260429T042539Z UID:11494732025-01-16 08:15:00+00:00achurchnearyou CATEGORIES: DESCRIPTION:Bowland Benefice Pews News\n19 January 2025\n2 nd Sunday of Ep iphany - Collect\n\nAlmighty God\,\nin Christ you make all things new:\ntr ansform the poverty of our nature\nby the riches of your grace\,\nand in t he renewal of our lives\nmake known your heavenly glory\;\nthrough Jesus C hrist your Son our Lord\,\nwho is alive and reigns with you\,\nin the unit y of the Holy Spirit\,\none God\, now and for ever. Amen.\nThis week in th e Benefice\nSunday\n19 January 10.30am\n\nBenefice Holy\nCommunion in\nWhi te Ladies\nAston\n\nSunday\n26 January\nEpiphany 3\n\n9.30am\n\nHoly\nComm union in\nWhite Ladies\nAston\n\n10.30am\n\nHymns &\;\nPrayer in\nUpton \nSnodsbury\n\n11.00am\n\nLate Breakfast\nCafé Church in\nPeopleton\nA me ssage from Revd Claire\nPlease do come along and support a new sort of\nse rvice in St Nicholas next week!\nAll are welcome to Café Church\non Sunda y 26 January at 11am in Peopleton. \nThis will be a short\, relaxing gath ering to eat together\nwith time to chat\, sing and hopefully learn and lo ok\n\nat things afresh. \n\nA time open to everyone to bring along friend s\,\nyounger family members and neighbours who\nperhaps don’t normally j oin us for regular services but\nwho would enjoy time together.\nDelicious croissants and hot drinks will be provided. \nWe look forward to seeing you on 26 th for something a\nlittle bit different. A wonderful way to kic k off a\n\nSunday morning!\n\nThere will be a Holy Communion service in th e\nBenefice at the normal time of 9.30am in White Ladies\nAston and Upton Snodsbury will hold its Hymns and a\n\nPrayer service at 10.30am.\n\nGod o f life\, I thank you for the blessings of my life.\nGod of love\, I thank you for all those whom I love.\nGod of joy\, I thank you for moments of jo y\n\nI have known.\nKeep me praising\, keep me thankful\,\nKeep me loving now and always. Amen.\n\nWeek of Prayer for Christian Unity\nSaturday 18 J anuary to Saturday 25 January\nHeavenly Father\, As we gather together to day\, we ask\nfor your spirit of unity to be present among us.\nThis week in the Church Calendar so often slips by\nwithout notice but looking at th e state of our world\nand our churches\, what could be more important?\nTh ere are a lot of resources and help on-line for\nprayers\, reflection and a useful pamphlet to\ndownload and print off.\nThe theme this year is Do y ou believe this?\nThis week’s materials have been prepared by the\necume nical community at Bose in Northern Italy.\nThis year we celebrate an anni versary - 1\,700\nyears since the Council of Nicaea was in session\,\nwhen the Nicene Creed was devised. The council\nsat from May to August 325. Th is Creed\, said\nat most Communion Services is at the heart of our\n\nChri stian Faith.\n\nReflecting this\, the scripture readings for this year’s \n\nUnity Week focus on belief.\nWe are invited to reflect on the story of Martha’s\nconfession of faith in Jesus as narrated in\n\nJohn 11:17-27. \n\nWe are all called to reflect on Jesus’ provocative\nquestion to Mart ha: “Do you believe this?”\nA prayer from 2016 Unity Week\nLord Jesus\ , you commanded us to break bread\ntogether &\; to drink one cup in rem embrance of you.\nOpen the hearts and minds of Christians world-wide\,\nes pecially those entrusted with leadership in your\nChurch\, to the joys and blessings of this fellowship.\nCreate in all of us a passion to realise t he hope to\nwhich you have called us: one body and one Spirit\,\none Lord\ , one baptism\, one God who is above\nand through and in all. Amen.\nMonda y 20 January\n\nTomorrow in the United States is a Federal Holiday to\ncom memorate the life of the black civil rights leader\nMartin Luther King Jnr \, assassinated in 1968.\nPerhaps too it is an important time for us\, thi s side of\nthe Atlantic\, to reflect on where we have got to\nalmost 60 ye ars on – quite a sobering thought I feel.\nA Prayer written in his memor y\nO God\, we thank you for the fact that you have\ninspired men and women in all nations\,\nall cultures and all faiths.\nGrant that we will follow you and become so\ncommitted to your way and your kingdom\,\nthat we will be able to establish here a kingdom of\n\nunderstanding\,\n\nwhere men an d women will live together as brothers\nand sisters and respect the dignit y and worth of every\n\nhuman being.\n\nIn the name and spirit of Jesus. A men. GEO:-2.092194;52.151631 LOCATION:St Nicholas\, Peopleton URL:https://www.achurchnearyou.com/church/18658/service-and-events/events/ 1149473/ END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR