Christ Church Carnforth

CHRIST CHURCH CARNFORTH
www.christchurchcarnforth.co.uk

Priests of the Parish
Fr Stephen Jones     Tel. 732948
email: stephenjones17@hotmail.com
Fr Christopher Holden     Tel. 730760
email: wilfridcgh@hotmail.com
Hon. Assistant Priests
Canon Brian Oddy    Tel. 732048
Canon Brian Pithers   Tel. 424786

28th August 2011
TWENTY-SECOND ORDINARY SUNDAY

We are often reluctant to respond to what God asks of us.  If we are to become more like Christ, and more like the prophet Jeremiah for that matter, we have to struggle to overcome the temptation to take the easy and safe option.

We welcome Theo John Mills, who is to be baptised today, and his family and their friends.

• Toilets are to the left out of the main door.
• Please let young children explore.
• Collection during the second hymn.
• Large print hymn books available on request.

MASS THIS WEEK AND INTENTIONS
Monday 7.00pm   Persecuted Christians
Beheading of St John the Baptist
Tuesday 12noon  Walsingham
Wednesday 9.15am   Departed of August
St Aidan and the Saints of Lindisfarne
Thursday   7.15pm         New teachers
Friday  9.15am              Local schools
Saturday 9.15am           Christian Unity
ST GREGORY THE GREAT

PRAYER OF THE CHURCH
Morning Prayer: Sun 7.30am; Mon – Sat 8.55am
Evening Prayer: Sun 5.30pm; Mon – Fri 5.00pm

SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION
By appointment only this week.

NEXT SUNDAY: MASSES at 8.00 & 10.00am.

TODAY’S ORGAN MUSIC
Prelude on an Old Irish Melody
C.V. Stanford
Voluntary no. 5
W. Walond
STANDING COMMITTEE Thursday at the Vicarage, straight after the 7.15pm Mass.
CONFIRMATION PREPARATION resumes at 10.00am on Saturday, and the Liturgy of Welcome for the candidates and their sponsors takes place during the 10.00am Mass on Sunday.
SATURDAY COFFEE in aid of the Organ Fund, 10 – 12noon in the choir vestry.  Do call in if you are around and about.
ROTAS for sidespersons and readers are now included on the website.
SHANIA BAXTER If you sponsored Shania’s cross-bay walk, you may leave your sponsor money in church today.
MISSION STATEMENT If you offered to help us revise the parish Mission Statement, there will be a meeting to begin this process on Sunday 25th September at 7pm.  Please meet in church.
ADDITIONAL CURATES SOCIETY Northern Festival, Saturday 24th September at St Luke’s, Southport.  Mass at 12 noon, with Bishop Tony Robinson of Pontefract presiding and preaching.
CHURCH PATH Thanks to the sterling work of one person, the path at the side of the church is now pristine!  Perhaps we all can try to keep it that way by removing any weeds that protrude as soon as we see them.
FLOWERS If you would be interested in helping with the church flowers, please see the list at the back of church.  For now, Susan Garth and Fr Chris are the people to contact regarding flowers and to receive money for them.  Thank you.
READERS Please collect your readings from the sacristy.  Thank you.
AMELIA HAYGARTH, one of our altar servers, is rollerblading from VVV, Hest Bank along the promenade to Heysham on Saturday to raise money for a charity chosen by her school year.  Amelia has spent a pound on advertising and has been set the challenge of making as much money as possible from this pound (note the Gospel precedent!).  Details are at the back of the church.
INSTALLATION OF HONORARY CANONS Sunday 20th November at 4.00pm.  Fr Stephen is asked to give an idea of numbers intending to be present in the cathedral.  There is a list at the back of church.  Please place your name on it if you’d like to go, though there is no expectation of Fr Stephen’s part on anyone.  So please don’t feel guilty if you can’t or don’t wish to go!  Thank you.

Do stay for coffee after the 10.00am Mass.
Please take this bulletin home with you.

CHRIST CHURCH CARNFORTH
www.christchurchcarnforth.co.uk

Priests of the Parish
Fr Stephen Jones     Tel. 732948
email: stephenjones17@hotmail.com
Fr Christopher Holden     Tel. 730760
email: wilfridcgh@hotmail.com
Hon. Assistant Priests
Canon Brian Oddy    Tel. 732048
Canon Brian Pithers   Tel. 424786

14th August 2011
THE ASSUMPTION OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY

Mary enjoyed a unique relationship with Christ and played a crucial part in God’s redeeming work.  Today, we rejoice that God saved her and raised her to the glory of heaven, a glory in which we are all called by God to share.

We extend a special welcome today to Benjamin Robert Burns, Eva Laura Robinson, and Alex Frank George Robinson, who join us in the fellowship of the Universal Church by baptism.  Welcome, too, to their families and friends.

• Toilets are to the left out of the main door.
• Please let young children explore.
• Collection during the second hymn.
• Large print hymn books available on request.

MASS THIS WEEK AND INTENTIONS
Monday 7.00pm              Aid agencies
Tuesday 12noon  Christian monarchs
St Stephen of Hungary
Wednesday 9.15am   Hospitality industry
Thursday   7.15pm         Parents
Friday  9.15am              The newly-ordained
Saturday 9.15am           Hyning Monastery
St Bernard

PRAYER OF THE CHURCH
Morning Prayer: Sun 7.30am; Mon – Sat 8.55am
Evening Prayer: Sun 5.30pm; Mon – Fri 5.00pm

SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION
By appointment only this week.

NEXT SUNDAY: MASSES at 8.00 & 10.00am.

TODAY’S ORGAN MUSIC
Antiphon II
Antiphon V

from Vêpres du Commun de la Vierge (Vespers from the Common of the Blessed Virgin Mary)

SATURDAY COFFEE in aid of the Organ Fund, 10 – 12noon in the choir vestry.  Do call in if you are around and about.

CHURCH PATH Please could we have some volunteers to help tidy the path along the south side of the church?  Grass and weeds are a constant problem here and it’s looking very tatty at the moment.  This doesn’t need to be co-ordinated: it just needs some people to come down and pull up, and in some cases dig up, the offending items, whenever you might find it convenient.  Given that most of the church cleaning is done by women, perhaps some of our men-folk might come forward for this…

FLOWERS Is there anyone else who would be interested in helping with the church flowers on a rota basis?  If so, please see the list at the back of church.  For now, Susan Garth and Fr Chris are the people to contact regarding flowers and to receive money for them.  Thank you.

HOLIDAYS if you are going away, please remember to attend the Eucharist.  We can advise as to suitable places to worship, with times, if you ask.

HOLIDAY PERIOD Please try to support the parish’s daily worship at a time when people are away; and please call in whenever you are near, so as to improve security during the school holidays.

READERS Please collect your readings from the sacristy.  Thank you.

GUILD OF THE SERVANTS OF THE SANCTUARY are  having a Mass at Cartmel Priory on Saturday this week.  Fr Chris is going – if you would like to go, please have a word with him.  He will be setting off from here at 11.30am, there will be a picnic lunch and Mass at 2.00pm.

CROSS-BAY WALK Shania Baxter, of Hawthorn Class, is doing the walk on 21st August in aid of a new cookery and craft room for the school.  If you would like to sponsor her, there is a form in church.

Do stay for coffee after the 10.00am Mass.
Please take this bulletin home with you.