Notices: Sunday 14th August 2016

Today:
11am Morning Prayer

Next Sunday: 21st August 2016
11am Church Family Service

This Week:
Thursday 18th
9pm Football - Maguiresbridge

Saturday 20th
12 noon Marriage: Sarah Smyton & Michael Wheelhouse

Coming Up:
Tuesday 23rd
8pm Select Vestry meeting

Friday 26th
8pm Aghavea BBQ - tickets available now

Thursday 15th September
7.30pm Safeguarding Trust refresher - Clabby Church Hall

Organisation Start Dates in September
Mon 5th 8pm Bowling Club - Church Hall
Tue 13th 8pm Mothers’ Union - Speaker: Pat Hey (Talking Newspaper)
Wed 21st 6.30pm GFS - Church Hall
TBC: Sunday School, SNATCH & Bible Study

Clogher Rural Deanery
A Safeguarding Trust training & refresher course is being held on Thursday 15th September at 7.30pm in Clabby Church Hall. This evening is for all who volunteer with youth and children’s work in the parish and Rural Deanery.

Bible in One Year
14th Ps 99-102, Rom 13
15th Ps 103-104, Rom 14
16th Ps 105-106, Rom 15:1-20
17th Ps 107-108, Rom 15:21-33
18th Ps 109-111, Rom 16
19th Ps 112-115, 1 Cor 1
20th Ps 116-118, 1 Cor 2
21st Ps 119:1-48, 1 Cor 3
The next fellowship group will be on Wednesday 7th September in the Rectory.

Prayer Diary: Pray without ceasing (1 Thessalonians 5:17)
Sun 14th Look for opportunities to encourage others as we meet to worship
Mon 15th Those who are housebound - for continuing fellowship
Tue 16th Students preparing for ordination - especially Robert & Dennis
Wed 17th Catherine Little, as she leads the work of Bible Society NI
Thur 18th All involved in farming - for strength and safety
Fri 19th Those who study and teach God’s word - for clarity & boldness
Sat 20th Sarah and Michael, getting married today
Sun 21st David Atwell, in his ministry as a Parish Reader
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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