CHRIST CHURCH CARNFORTH
www.christchurchcarnforth.co.uk
Parish Clergy
Rev S Jones (Father Stephen) Tel. 732948
Rev C Holden (Father Chris) Tel. 730760
Hon. Assistant Priests
Rev T Davis (Father Tom) Tel. 426704
Canon Brian Oddy Tel. 732048
Canon Brian Pithers Tel. 424786
30th MAY 2010
THE MOST HOLY TRINITY
We gather to praise and worship the God who has revealed Himself to us as Father, Son and Holy Spirit. Our salvation involves our being drawn, by grace, into an ever fuller participation of His eternal life, nothing less.
• Toilets are to the left out of the main door.
• Please let young children explore.
• Collection during the second hymn.
• Large print hymn books are available on request.
MASS THIS WEEK AND INTENTIONS
Monday 7.00pm Our relations
VISITATION OF THE BVM
Tuesday 12noon Greater courage
St Justin
Wednesday 9.15am Home Communicants
Thursday*** 12noon &7.30pm The Parish
CORPUS CHRISTI (Day of Obligation)
Friday 9.15am Aid organisations
Saturday 9.15am Ladyewell Pilgrimage
St Boniface
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
Cantilena
J. Rheinberger
Chorale Improvisation on Nun Danket (Now thank we all our God)
S. Karg-Elert
PLEASE PRAY each day, respectively, for all who live in King Street, King’s Drive, Laburnum Park, Lancaster Road, Langdale Road and Longacre Close.
***THURSDAY IS THE FEAST OF CORPUS CHRISTI when we give thanks for the gift of Holy Communion. We should all be present at the Eucharist. There are two Masses, at 12noon and 7.30pm (Sung).
DOROTHY AND RON SEAGE will be celebrating their diamond wedding anniversary on Thursday. All are warmly invited to call at their house (72 Kellet Road) from 1.30pm onwards to enjoy a cup of tea or something stronger. Cakes and biscuits etc.
SUSAN GARTH has a phone with large number pads, free of charge, for anyone who could use it. Please call Susan on 732421.
THANK YOU to all who put on the recent Ploughman’s Lunch and to all who supported it. £328.60 was raised for church funds.
PARISH MISSION STATEMENT The time has come for us to revisit our Mission Statement, and we need people from different groups in the parish (e.g. choir, servers, Youth Group, Footsteps, stewardship committee, school, and anyone else who wishes) to accomplish this. If you would like to be involved, please have a word with Fr Stephen.
PILGRIMAGE TO LADYEWELL, PRESTON Saturday. Transport will be available, from 10.20 on the church car park – please put your name on the list in church if you would like to go. Take a packed lunch. Directions can be given for those wishing to make their own way. The pilgrimage begins at 12.
CHURCH SPRING CLEAN Saturday 12th June, from 10.00am, to get the church sparkling before Fr Chris’ priestly ordination on 27th June.
EMBER CARDS If you have not already taken one of Fr Chris’ prayer cards, in advance of his priestly ordination, please do so today and support him with your prayers as he prepares for this next, and great, step.
READERS Please collect your readings from the sacristy. Thank you.
THOUGHT FOR TRINITY SUNDAY
When we receive the sacraments, we are infused with the divine grace that alone can bring us to salvation. Our salvation draws us into the very life of God. As St Thomas Aquinas teaches, ‘Grace does not destroy nature, but perfects it’. We never lose the identity of our true selves, but those selves are transformed, perfected, by the grace of God. This is what sanctification, in the Christian context, actually means: a sharing, a participation, in the divine life of God, who draws us into Himself.
SJ
