Notices: Sunday 6th December 2015

Today:
11am Holy Communion
7pm SNATCH Christmas party - Colebrooke Hall

Next Sunday 13th December:
11am A Messy Christmas - All-age celebration - Church Hall
7.30pm Christingle Service - Brooke Memorial Hall

This Week:
Monday 7th
8pm Bowls match at home v Tubrid

Tuesday 8th
7pm Mothers’ Union carol singing - Northwick House

Wednesday 9th
8pm Christianity Explored (7) - Rectory

Thursday 10th
9pm Football - Castle Park, Lisnaskea

Friday 11th
Sunday School Christmas party

Coming Up:
Thursday 17th
7pm Riverbrooke Community Carol Service: St Mary’s B’borough

Christmas at Aghavea
Sunday 13th December
11am A Messy Christmas - all-age celebration
7.30pm Christingle Service - Brooke Hall

Sunday 20th December:
11am Morning Worship
7.30pm Carols by Candlelight with Maguiresbridge Silver Band

Christmas Eve: 11.15pm Christmas Eve Communion

Christmas Day: 10am Christmas Family Communion

Prayer Diary
Sun 6th Thank God for SNATCH and the growth this term
Mon 7th All who mourn the loss of loved ones - for God’s comfort
Tue 8th Mothers’ Union, singing carols in Northwick House tonight
Wed 9th Christianity Explored ends tonight - for growing faith in Jesus
Thur 10th South American Mission Society & Bishop Ken Clarke
Fri 11th Sunday School, enjoying tonight’s party & Sunday’s nativity
Sat 12th Opportunities to invite people to tomorrow’s carol services
Sun 13th All who attend the carol services today, as God’s word is shared
Pray without ceasing (1 Thessalonians 5:17)

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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