Notices: Sunday 7th August 2016

Today:
11am Holy Communion

Next Sunday: Sunday 14th August 2016
11am Morning Service - Psalm 95

This Week:
Thursday 11th
9pm Football - Maguiresbridge

Coming Up:
Friday 26th
8pm Aghavea BBQ - tickets available now

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

Hospital Visiting
To ensure you receive a pastoral visit while in hospital, please inform the Rector. This is because hospitals no longer provide clergy with admissions information, due to data protection.

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

Diocesan Magazine
Notes for the September edition of the Diocesan Magazine, including start dates for organisations should be with Gary by Sunday 14th August.

Crosslinks Mission Partners
A new prayer letter from Trevor, Andrea, Emily, Grace & Alice Watson (Sweden) is available to collect today. Please keep them in your prayers.

Aghavea Parish BBQ
Friday 26th August
Music by Nigel Livingstone. Tickets £12.50

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 our parish and the wider Rural Deanery.

Bible in One Year
7th Ps 79-81, Rom 8:1-18
8th Ps 82-84, Rom 8:19-39
9th Ps 85-87, Rom 9
10th Ps 88-89, Rom 10
11th Ps 90-92, Rom 11:1-21
12th Ps 93-95, Rom 11:22-36
13th Ps 96-98, Rom 12
14th Ps 99-102, Rom 13
The next fellowship meeting will be in the Rectory on Wednesday 7th September.

Prayer Diary: Pray without ceasing (1 Thessalonians 5:17)
Sun 7th Myrtle and the choir, as they lead our praise today
Mon 8th Crosslinks Senior Camp: for leaders & campers in Fivemiletown
Tue 9th God’s comfort and strength for those who mourn loved ones
Wed 10th The Watsons, moving into their new apartment in Sweden today
Thur 11th Ask God to create in us a greater hunger for his word
Fri 12th Consider who you could invite along to the Parish BBQ
Sat 13th Leaders preparing for the organisations for the autumn term
Sun 14th Look for opportunities to encourage others as we meet to worship

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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