Notices: Sunday 4th January 2015

Happy New Year!

Today:
11am Holy Communion

Next Sunday: Sunday 11th January 2015
10am Sunday School
11am Morning Prayer - Luke 10:1-24 Sent by Jesus
7pm SNATCH - Colebrooke Church Hall

This week:
Monday 5th
8pm Bowls begins

Thursday 8th
GFS Panto Trip - meet at 7pm at Frazer’s

Coming up:
Monday 12th
8pm Bowls match at home v St Macartin’s
8pm CDYC meets at the Rectory

Tuesday 13th
8pm Mothers’ Union Holy Communion. Preacher: Rev Ngozi Njoku (Rector of Garrison, Slavin, Belleek & Kiltyclogher)

Wednesday 14th
6.30pm GFS
8pm Bible Study

Diocesan Magazine
The deadline for material for the February edition of the Clogher Diocesan Magazine is next Sunday 11th January. Please forward news & articles to Gary.

The Word for Today
Free Daily Bible Reading notes are available in the porch today. Feel free to take them with you to help as you read the Bible every day in this new year.

Prayer Diary
Sun 4th Our Mission Partners, settling in a new location
Mon 5th The Bowling Club, sharing fun and fellowship in sport
Tue 6th Local churches, sharing the good news in Brookeborough
Wed 7th Those preparing to be married this year in Aghavea
Thur 8th The Pantry, demonstrating God’s love to those in need
Fri 9th Jeff Gawn, as he speaks in school assemblies & RE classes
Sat 10th Horizon West staff, caring for children with cancer
Sun 11th Young people at SNATCH as they grow in faith and love
May the Lord direct your hearts into God’s love and Christ’s perseverance. 2 Thessalonians 3:5

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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