Third Sunday after Epiphany

Hi folks

Please find attached the service sheets for our service on Sunday 23rd January in Aghavea Church, Brookeborough. We welcome all to our services, both friends we know and those we haven't met yet.

I hope you can join us for our service either online at our Fb page or in full HD 3D vision in our church - better quality all round!!

Here are the announcements for the coming week.

Parish Census

Please take a Census form home for your home, and one to a neighbour who isn't here. This is not to update the Register of Vestrypersons - that's a separate matter - but to update our parish records. All responses will be handled strictly and confidentially in accordance with GDPR.

Dates for your diary

30th January, 11am, Morning Prayer One, Fourth Sunday after Epiphany

2nd February, Wednesday 1130am, Presentation of Christ in the Temple, Online Only

6th Feb - 11am, Holy Communion, Fourth Sunday before Lent

13th Feb - 11am, Morning Prayer, Third Sunday before Lent

20th Feb - 11am, Family Service. , Third Sunday before Lent

27th Feb - 11am, Morning Prayer, Sunday before Lent

2nd March - Ash Wednesday Service, 8pm, In-Person in church

Blessings

Johnny

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

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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