Notices: 27th May 2012

Today:
10.00am Sunday School
11.00am Morning Prayer

Next Sunday: Sunday 3rd June
10.00am Sunday School
11.00am Gift Day Service of the Word
7.00pm Favourite Hymns

Coming Up...
9th June Sunday School Trip: Dublin Zoo
17th June Children’s Day & Parish Lunch - please sign up on the list in the porch.
19th June Select Vestry

It’s Your Move
Please pray for Jeff Gawn and the SU team as they finish the It’s Your Move classes in Brookeborough PS on 29th May.

Work Party
Please speak to David Atwell or Kenny Hall if you are able to help any evening this week or next on the Rectory lands.

GFS
Congratulations to Kirsty Clarke who came 1st in the Craft competition; Rebecca Beacom who came 3rd in the Bible Study; and Zara Clarke who was Highly Commended in the Craft competition in their respective age groups across the whole island.

Advance Notice:
Bishop John is planning to join us on Sunday 4th November for Confirmation. In preparation, a Confirmation group will be meeting from early September.

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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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