Notices: Sunday 21st December 2014

Today:
11am Morning Prayer
7.30pm Carols by Candlelight

Next Sunday: Sunday 28th December 2014
11am Morning Prayer
7pm SNATCH Movie Night - Clabby Rectory (meet at Colebrooke Church car park at 6.45pm - Consent Forms available from any leader)

This Week:
Wednesday 24th 11.15pm Christmas Eve Communion
Thursday 25th 10am Christmas Family Celebration

Coming Up:
Wednesday 31st 11.30pm Watchnight Service

The Pantry (A Helping Hand)
Val writes: ‘The Pantry has continued to bless the community since we opened the doors last October (2013). We are currently getting organised to deliver Christmas hampers. We thank you for your continued support and pray God will bless you as much as the people that are receiving help from the Pantry!’

Christmas continues at Aghavea:
Tonight: 7.30pm Carols by Candlelight
Christmas Eve: 11.15pm Christmas Eve Communion
Christmas Day: 10am Christmas Family Communion

Start Dates
We hope you enjoy the Christmas break. Organisations begin again in January:
Monday 5th Bowls - 8pm, Church Hall
Sunday 11th Sunday School - 10am Church Hall
Sunday 11th SNATCH - 7pm, Colebrooke Hall
Tuesday 13th Mothers’ Union - 8pm Parish Church (Communion)
Wednesday 14th GFS - 6.30pm Church Hall
Wednesday 14th Bible Study - 8pm Church Hall

Prayer Diary
Sun 21st Myrtle, choir and band as they lead our praise
Mon 22nd Families spending more time together this week
Tue 23rd Give thanks and pray for those who will continue to work over the Christmas holidays
Wed 24th Remember those who are lonely this Christmas
Thur 25th Take some time today to thank God for the gift of the Lord Jesus, who came to save us
Fri 26th For those who are ill, at home or in hospital, and for those who care for them
Sat 27th For peace in our land
Sun 28th For our time together as we meet for worship today.

Sovereign Lord, as you have promised, you now dismiss your servant in peace. For my eyes have seen your salvation, which you have prepared in the sight of all people, a light for revelation to the Gentiles and for glory to your people Israel. (Luke 2:29-32)
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

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