Notices: 14th April 2013

Today:
10.00am Sunday School
11.00am Morning Prayer followed by Lunch & Easter Vestry

Next Sunday: Sunday 21st April
10.00am Sunday School
11.00am Church Family Service
4.30pm SNATCH Parents meeting - Church Hall
7.00pm Evening Prayer - Brooke Memorial Hall

This Week:
Monday 15th
7.30 Ulster Rugby men’s event - Fivemiletown College
8pm Brookeborough Historical Society Annual Meeting

Tuesday 16th
8pm Select Vestry

Coming Up:
Monday 22nd Diocesan Glebes Meeting in Aghavea Hall
Friday 26th GFS Diocesan Service - Dromore; full uniform - meet at Aghavea 6.30pm
Sunday 28th SNATCH Opening Night
Friday 3rd GFS Fun Night, Ballinamallard; meet Aghavea 6.30pm

Vestry News
Following much discussion, the Select Vestry have decided to begin work on the interior of the church porch - removing plaster and rewiring. The work will (DV) begin on Monday 29th April. While works continue, our Sunday services will be held in the Church Hall.

Easter Vestry
This year’s Easter Vestry will be held in the hall after a light lunch. Everyone is most welcome to attend (although only those on the Register of Vestrymen may vote).

MU Outing
This year’s MU Outing is planned for Saturday 18th May: Ballydougan Pottery (Lurgan), before a visit to Lisburn, with evening meal in Christ Church Hall, Lisburn. If you would like to go, please contact Helen Rutledge (028 8952 1673).

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

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

Where is forgiveness?

Hi folks I was thinking about the passages for next Sunday, and it brought me to considering the current press coverage regarding the This Morning presenters. This might be a little controversial - but please, hear me out. I have no great opinion on what's happening in the media regarding the "This Morning" saga. It seems mistakes have been made, and certainly people misled - but the frenzy and hounding of Phillip Schofield is both unnecessary and unwarranted. I'm very uncomfortable that some members the press and celebrities have made it their lives mission to destroy everything Mr Schofield has ever done! It cannot be easy to listen and read so much vitriol being used against him! There's certainly no Christian love being shown to him on the media these days. I remember the words of Jesus when he told us to love one another, and that whoever has not sinned should cast the first stone. I'm certainly not perfect in any way, and don't believe that anyon

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