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Notices: Sunday 3rd January 2016


We wish you a happy new year!

Today:
11am Holy Communion

Next Sunday 10th January:
11am Morning Prayer and Sunday School

This Week:
Monday 4th
8pm Bowls

Wednesday 6th
7.30pm Select Vestry meeting

Thursday 7th
9pm Football - Castle Park, Lisnaskea

Friday 8th
GFS Pantomime Trip

Coming Up:
Monday 11th Bowls match away v Sallaghy
Tuesday 12th 8pm MU Holy Communion - speaker: Rev Anita Kerr
Wednesday 13th 6.30pm GFS
Tuesday 19th Select Vestry

Dates for your new 2016 diary
Wednesday 10th February - Ash Wednesday: Lent Midweek services begin
Friday 26th February - Annual Gospel Concert
Monday 21st March - Holy Week services begin
Sunday 27th March - Easter Dawn Service
Friday 15th April - The Police Male Voice Choir in Concert
Sunday 5th June - Gift Day & Favourite Hymns
Sunday 19th June - Children’s Day

Crosslinks: God’s Mission, Our Mission
Speaker: Kevin DeYoung, Senior Pastor at University Reformed Church, Michigan:
Thursday 25th February - Challenge to Mission: for students & young adults - 7.30pm in All Saints’ Church, Belfast
Friday 26th February - Taking God at his Word: for Bible teachers - 10am in St Saviour’s Church, Dollingstown
Saturday 27th February - What is the Mission of the Church? - 9.15am - 4pm in Armagh City Hotel - Tickets £10: booking at www.crosslinks.org/deyoung

Register of Vestrymen
The Register of Vestrymen is the list of voting members of the local parish. At the Easter Vestry, members elect the Select Vestry, Churchwarden & Glebewarden each year. If you are not on the Register of Vestrymen, you don’t have a say. The Register of Vestrymen will be revised on Tuesday 19th January, and is open to all aged 18 and over who attend and have subscribed at least £50 to church funds in the last calendar year. The form to be signed is available from the Rector & Churchwardens.

Friday Night Live: Going for Gold
South American Mission Society (SAMS) invite you to Friday Night Live at Craigavon Civic Centre on Friday 5th February 2016 at 7.30pm. An evening of exciting stories of God at work in South America, worship & Bible teaching by Rev Simon Genoe.

Prayer Diary
Sun 3rd Commit to meeting with God’s people at worship each Sunday
Mon 4th The Bowling club, providing a welcome through fun and fellowship
Tue 5th Local churches, as we seek to share the good news of Jesus
Wed 6th Wise men travelled to worship Jesus: take time to worship him today
Thur 7th Crosslinks staff preparing for the Conference weekend next month
Fri 8th Residents and staff in local nursing homes
Sat 9th Sunday School teachers as they teach tomorrow morning
Sun 10th Myrtle and the choir as they lead our praise
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.

Bible Through the Year
Gary and Lynsey have begun a group to read through the Bible in a year using this reading plan. There's a Facebook group for those who wish to sign up and share what they've been learning. You're welcome to join us as we read through the Bible in 2016.
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