Notices: 2nd December 2012

Today:
11.00 am Holy Communion
7.00 pm Evening Prayer - Brooke Memorial Hall

Next Sunday:
Sunday 9th December 2012
10.00 am Sunday School
11.00 am Morning Prayer with Baptism

This Week:
Monday 3rd
8.00 pm Bowls

Wednesday 5th
6.30 pm GFS

Thursday 6th
8.30 pm Bowls match away v Derrygonnelly

Coming Up...
Tuesday 11th
MU carol singing at Northwick House

Wednesday 12th
GFS Christmas Party
Fellowship Group Bible Study

Friday 14th
Sunday School Christmas Party

Brookeborough Primary School
Invite you to a Pudding Night and Christmas Crafts this Friday (7th) at 7pm. All welcome.

Brookeborough District LOL Carol Service
Sunday 9th December at 3pm in the Brooke Memorial Orange Hall. All welcome

Christmas Fair & Art Exhibition
Thank you to all who contributed in any way to the Christmas Fair on Wednesday evening. A great night was had by all who attended, with £2768 being raised so far. The GFS also raised £231 for GFS Funds.

Aghavea Kite Photo
The photo of Aghavea taken from a kite is now available to order: As framed in the porch - £60; Print only - £30. Speak to Frances Cartwright to place your order.

Comments

AccessNI Check process

Hi folks Please see the following pages for the process of getting our AccessNI accreditation for our Sunday School and GFS leaders and helpers. You will need to print out the pages and keep a special note of the long number provided to you by email and let me know as soon as possible. We require an Enhanced check for everyone - and use the PIN number 918066 as detailed on the first page. The second page details the forms of identification you will need to provide - one from the first group, and two from the second group. The quicker we can all get the checks completed, the sooner we can get everything back to normal and put this whole process behind us for another three years! If you can photograph yourself (by smartphone or tablet) and email (revdjohnny@gmail.com) or WhatsApp (07488371680) them to me, that'd be great. I will also be available at the Parish Hall on Monday evening from 7pm to 8pm to help you with anything you would like assistance with! If you need any help at all

Back to the BCP!!

Hi folks It’s been a long time since the pandemic started and the lockdowns - and Covid hasn’t really gone away! I had the dubious honour of getting Covid for the second time just before Holy Week, giving me the chance to think about ministry direction, both my own and in the parish. One of the original responses to the pandemic was to limit our use of the hymn books and our Prayer Books. At the beginning I produced a service sheet with all the relevant liturgy - which we used in the car park and when we returned to the church. Our “temporary measure” lasted almost three years - and it’s time to move on! Our Book of Common Prayer contains our unique identity - in fact the word “Common” doesn’t mean ordinary but that it shows our unity - the liturgy we hold in “common”. We will be returning to our BCPs from this weekend, the Second Sunday of Easter. We will be using Morning Prayer Two - and we will guide us through the service. We look forward to seeing you in church or online via Fb

Pray for Peace

“Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called children of God.” Matthew 5:9 The Holy Land, the place sanctified by the presence of prophets, poets, and priests, crying out for justice, urging on towards hope, and seeking after peace, has been, and continues to be a place sacred to millions of people around the world. We have watched with horror the appalling violence that has been unleashed over the last few days around this sacred place. We have seen families devastated, communities shattered, and countless lives lost. We, as followers of Jesus are called in this time to pray. Pray for the end of hostilities, pray for the protection of the most vulnerable on both sides in Israel and Gaza, and pray for a recommitment to a lasting peace between Israelis and Palestinians. We also pray that God might grant comfort to the afflicted, healing to the broken, strength to the weak, and courage to those in authority to lay down the instruments of violence and destruction and stud

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