Notices: Sunday 29th June 2014

Today:
11.00am Service of the Word - we welcome Robert Smyth, who comes to lead and preach. Robert has just finished first year at the Church of Ireland Theological Institute and is a parishioner of St Elizabeth’s Dundonald

Next Sunday: Sunday 6th July 2014
11.00am Service of the Word - Galatians 3:15-25 The point is Christ

Coming Up:
Thursday 3rd
GFS outing on the Kestrel

Friday 29th August
Annual BBQ & music by the Alastair Scott Ceilidh Band - Tickets £12.50 available from mid-July

Enniskillen 360: SU Mission
Tuesday 1st - Friday 4th July
Primary School age: Enniskillen Integrated PS 1.30pm - 4pm
Dancing, quizzes, crafts, singing, Bible stories & games
Secondary School age: 2pm - 4pm
Sport stream - Cathedral Halls; Art stream - Methodist Halls
Dance stream - Fermanagh Christian Fellowship
Drop in at Fermanagh Christian Fellowship 7pm - 9.30pm
Enquiries: enniskillen360@gmail.com

Congratulations
Our congratulations and best wishes to our new Parish Reader, David Atwell, following his Commissioning Service last Sunday in Ballinamallard. Thank you to the large number from Aghavea who attended the service to support David. We look forward to his participation in our services, and assure him of our prayers.

Prayer Diary
Sun 29th Robert as he proclaims God’s word today - and for open ears and hearts as we listen
Mon 30th Give thanks for God’s faithfulness and blessings in June
Tue 1st Bishop John as he leads Clogher Diocese - for faithfulness and fruitfulness
Wed 2nd SU camps and missions, especially Enniskillen 360 this week - for Jeff Gawn and the team
Thur 3rd GFS girls as they enjoy a fun day together on Lough Erne
Fri 4th Local churches, especially Brookeborough Elim’s new Assistant Pastor: Nathan Johnston
Sat 5th Bible Society Brazil, as they give away 4 million Bibles during the World Cup
Sun 6th Those who are housebound and unable to join with us on Sunday mornings - for continued connections

My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion for ever. Psalm 73:26

Prayer Diary updates can be accessed each morning at our Facebook page or by downloading the free ‘PrayerMate’ app for your smartphone and adding the Aghavea Church feed.

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

Aghavea Parish Church

Search This Blog