Notices: Sunday 26th October 2014

Today:
10am Sunday School
11am Morning Prayer - We welcome Mr Kenny Rutledge as our preacher today
(No SNATCH due to Anois Youth Weekend)

Next Sunday: Sunday 2nd November 2014
10am Sunday School
11am Holy Communion - Genesis 17: 1-27
7.30pm UDR Memorial Plaque Rededication Service

This Week:
Monday 27th
Annual Bowls Fun Pairs Tournament - running each night this week. Spectators are very welcome!

Friday 31st
2pm Marriage: Susan Johnston & Alex Rolston

Coming Up:
Monday 3rd
Bowls match at home v Derryvullen North

Wednesday 5th
Bible Study - 2 Timothy 3:1-17

Monday 10th
Bowls match at home v Clogh

Tuesday 11th
MU AGM

Wednesday 26th
Christmas Fair

Bishops’ Appeal: Special Collection for Iraq
On the request of Bishop John, today we are having a special offering for Christians in Iraq in danger and displaced due to the rise of ISIS. Loose offering in the plates will go towards Bishops’ Appeal. Purple envelopes are available for Gift Aiding your donation if you pay Income Tax.

Prayer Diary
Sun 26th Pray for all who will proclaim God’s word today, as well as all who will hear God’s word
Mon 27th The Bowling Club, as the tournament week begins
Tue 28th Safety and fun during school half term week
Wed 29th SU - Jeff Gawn and Victoria getting married today
Thur 30th Give thanks for God’s faithfulness this month
Fri 31st Susan and Alex as they get married today
Sat 1st Bishop John as he preaches and teaches in Hong Kong and Australia
Sun 2nd Comfort for all who mourn, especially members of the UDR Association remembering colleagues today

In the day of my trouble I will call to you, for you will answer me. Psalm 86:7

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.

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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

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

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

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