This week
Events and Notices for the Week (4th - 10th January 2009)
Events
Mon 5th January Feria in Epiphanytide
6.30 pm Welsh Choral Meeting (Refectory)
7.00 pm Alcoholics Anonymous Meeting (Alexandra Room)
Tues 6th January Feria in Epiphanytide
7.00 pm Oriel Singers
7.00 pm Alcoholics Anonymous Meeting (Alexandra Room)
Weds 7th January Feria in Epiphanytide
7.00 pm Gamblers' Anonymous Meeting (Alexandra Room)
Thurs 8th January Feria in Epiphanytide
Fri 9th January Feria in Epiphanytide
Sat 10th January William Laud, bishop & martyr
Notices
Today
we continue our Christmas celebrations with the Lord's 'Epiphany' - the revelation, or showing forth of who this babe is. The wise men, representing we gentiles, bring symbolic gifts: gold for a king, incense for a God and myrrh for one who will die.
Peace and Justice Weekend
As part of our parish's commitment to the wider world, we will be having two special events during the weekend of 31st January and 1st February:
On Saturday 31st January from 10 am to 4 pm we welcome 'Faiths4Change' who will be organising a fun event for our young people exploring creation and how we can care better for it in 2009. We'll do a tour of the church and how we might run it in a greener way anbd there'll be stuff for the children to take and do at home to increase their 'greenness'!
On Sunday 1st February we welcome Fr Garth Hewitt, an Anglican priest very involved in the Israel/Palestine situation. He'll preach at the parish mass and then he'll show a DVD and take questions over a glass of wine afterwards. Then we go to the Thistle Hotel for a parish lunch (please see Sue Ashcroft to book), and Fr Garth will again be available.
Please put these important events in your diary asap.
Healing Mass
this Wednesday at 12.15 pm. All welcome.
The Church & World Action Group
has agreed its 2008 gifts:
For three years (£750 per charity this year):
1. Sightline local charity supporting people with visual impairments
2. The Israeli Committee against House Demolition supporting the rebuilding of demolished homes in Palestine
3. One Child One Book Chara Africa provision of books and learning resources within community self-help project in Kawempe, Uganda
For one year (£630 per charity this year):
1. USPG - rebuilding the Anglican Church in Harare, Zimbabwe
2. Hope for Children working in eleven countries with disadvantaged and disabled children
3. Liverpool Women's Refuge supporting families who have experienced domestic violence
4. Pattaya Orphanage focused on supporting children in Thailand
5. Cardiomyopathy Association self-help organisation supporting people experiencing this heart condition.
Thank you to everyone who made suggestions for parish giving.
Want to know more?
for those looking to explore their faith together, we're starting a monthly nurture group. It will meet on the last Wednesday of every month for one hour, 7.30 - 8.30 pm. Each session will be stand-alone, so you do not need to come to every one. The next meeting is Wednesday 21st January when we again look at 'The Bible'. Please join us.
Flowers in Memoriam
the flowers outside S. Peter's Chapel are donated in loving memory of Ira Robotham, mother and grandmother of Barbara and Jessica Lea, on the anniversary of her death on 6th January (when they will be moved to the Sanctuary)..
