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Notices: Sunday 7th June 2015


Today:
11am Gift Day Service of the Word & Sunday School
7.30pm Favourite Hymns Evening - soloist: Lynda Lindsay

Next Sunday: Sunday 14th June 2015
11am Holy Communion and Sunday School
7pm SNATCH - Aghavea Hall

This Week:

Thursday 11th
6.30pm Barnabas Cup - Ballinamallard

Coming Up:
Sun 21st June Children’s Day & Parish Lunch for CMSI - speaker: Rev Adrian Dorrian (St Mark’s, Dundela & CMSI Chair)

Sunday School Update
Sunday School will begin at 11am in church, before the young people and teachers move across to the Church Hall for age-appropriate Bible teaching. This will be on a trial basis running through until Children’s Day on 21st June. For more information, speak to Gary, Linda or any of the Sunday School teachers.

Hall Tidy-Up Week
Select Vestry have suggested that the week beginning Monday 22nd June be used for tidying up the church hall at the end of the academic year. Organisations and individual hall users are asked to help with the tidy-up before the hall floor is re-polished in time for the BBQ in August.

The Crosslinks Meeting
Saturday 27th June at 7pm in St Saviour’s, Dollingstown.
Speaker: Ashkenaz Asif Khan, Principal of Zarephath Bible Seminary, Pakistan.
To book your place, speak to Gary or visit www.crosslinks.org/events.

Irish Women’s Convention
Holding on to Hope with Nancy Guthrie
Saturday 17th October 2015 in Assembly Buildings, Belfast
We’ve secured a limited number of tickets, priced at £17 (plus transport, to be arranged) - speak to Lynsey to book your place.

Cleaning Rota
Please sign up for the cleaning rota - spaces available from June onwards. You can help to make the parish church a welcoming place for the church family and visitors alike.

The Barnabas Cup
The Churches 7-a-side football tournament is on this Thursday 11th June from 6.30pm at Ferney Park, Ballinamallard.
Supporters are welcome to come and cheer on Atheltico Aghavea!

Favourite Hymns Evening
Tonight at 7.30pm
Soloist: Lynda Lindsay
All welcome - refreshments served after the service.

Crosslinks Summer Camps
Junior Camp: A Great Escape - Castlewellan Castle 8th-12th August, ages 8-11.
Senior Camp: Rock Solid - Castlewellan Castle 8th-15th August, ages 12-17.
Reset: Dunluce Parish Centre, Bushmills 21st-23rd August, ages 18-30.
See flyers in porch for more information, or visit www.crosslinks.org/camps

Prayer Diary
Sun 7th Give thanks for God’s gifts to us as we hold our Gift Day
Mon 8th All who are housebound - for encouragement
Tue 9th Local churches planning holiday Bible clubs
Wed 10th SAMS missionaries, especially Claire Holmes (Paraguay)
Thur 11th Tonight’s Barnabas Cup, and our minstry to men
Fri 12th Pray for all who study and teach God’s word
Sat 13th The emergency services and all who serve the community
Sun 14th Thank God for SNATCH growing in faith through fellowship
I love the Lord, for he heard my voice; he heard my cry for mercy. Psalm 116: 1
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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