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
Canon Brian Oddy    Tel. 732048
Canon Brian Pithers   Tel. 424786

9th MAY 2010
SIXTH SUNDAY OF EASTER

‘My own peace I give you’.  Much of what worries or pre-occupies us, and disturbs our peace, actually doesn’t matter very much.  All things are under the providential care of God, who loves us a fills us with his life.

A special welcome today to Ben Daniel Lawson, who joins us in the fellowship of the Universal Church through Holy Baptism.  Welcome, too, to his family 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 are available on request.

MASS THIS WEEK AND INTENTIONS
Monday  7.00pm   Lesley Sayer RIP
Tuesday  12noon       Local commerce
Wednesday 9.15am             Students
Thursday***  9.15am & 7.30pm  School and Parish
 ASCENSION DAY (of Obligation) 
Friday  9.15am           Spread of the Gospel
Saturday 9.15am   The leisure industry

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
Chant de Mai (Song of May)
   J. Jongen
Grand Choeur
   T. Salome 

NOTES

PLEASE PRAY each day, respectively, for all who live in Grosvenor Place, Grosvenor Road,
Gummers Howe Walk, Hardknott Rise, Hawk Street and Haws Avenue.

***THURSDAY IS ASCENSION DAY, one of the few days which has the rank of a Sunday, and on which we should all,
therefore, attend the Eucharist.  There is a choice of times: 9.15am, when we shall be joined by the school community,
and 7.30pm (Sung).

CHRISTIAN AID WEEK starts today.  Please be ready to help, in the interests of the world’s poorest. 
There will also be a special Christian Aid coffee morning in church on Saturday, 10-12noon. 
Please do all you can to help.

STEWARDSHIP COMMITTEE Tuesday at 8.00pm at 42 Lancaster Road.  Please could members please bring any
suggested items for inclusion on the agenda, as requested previously.  Thank you.

CONFIRMATION A meeting for anyone who may be interested in preparing this year, Saturday this week at
10.00am in the school hall.  Please use the door which opens on to the staff car-park.

WEEKDAY WORSHIP Attendance on weekdays has been very disappointing recently, especially for a parish
with a long tradition of daily worship.  Please can we do better, especially on Tuesdays and towards the end of the week? 
The maintenance of this distinctive feature of our tradition is being left to far too few.

BAPTISM OF EMILY ROSE THRELFALL next Sunday.  There is a list at the back of the church for you to put your name on
if you would like to go to the reception afterwards at the Cricket Club.

PLOUGHMAN’S LUNCH Saturday 22nd, 12noon-1.30pm, in the school.  Raffle and cake stall.  £5.00.  All welcome. 
Please support this if you can and try to bring others with you.

PRISON VOLUNTEERING If you may be interested in getting involved with this work, please ring 0161 843232
or email info@prisonfellowship.org.uk  

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

EASTER  THOUGHT
Do we believe in Christ’s gift of peace to us and, if so, how do we give witness to our belief? 
What is the nature of the gift of peace?  Does it insulate us from reality, or does it enable us
to deal with the concrete events of everyday life more effectively?  It must be the latter because
Christ came to sanctify the ordinary material stuff of the world; and his proclamation of the Kingdom
was not simply a spiritual message with an ‘other-worldly’ hope, but a hope for the present.
SJ

Please take this bulletin home with you.  You are welcome to stay for refreshments after the 10.00am Mass.

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
Canon Brian Oddy    Tel. 732048
Canon Brian Pithers   Tel. 424786

25th APRIL 2010
FOURTH SUNDAY OF EASTER

‘I have made you the light of the nations, so that my salvation may reach the ends of the earth.’ 
These words sum up the vocation that we all share, by virtue of our baptism.

Today is a special Day of Prayer for vocations to the Priesthood and Religious Life.

• 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  Walsingham
Tuesday  12noon      Departed of April
Wednesday 9.15am         Missionaries
 St Peter Chanel
Thursday 7.15pm   Europe
 ST CATHERINE OF SIENA
Friday  9.15am         Those preparing for exams
Saturday 9.15am  Human work
 St Joseph the Worker

PRAYER OF THE CHURCH
Morning Prayer: Sun 7.30am, Mon-Sat 8.55am
Evening Prayer: Sun 4.30pm; Mon-Fri 5.00pm

SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION
By appointment only this week.

NEXT SUNDAY: MASSES at 8.00 & 10.00am

TODAY’S ORGAN MUSIC
Larghetto in F sharp minor

Choral Song
   S.S. Wesley
(this is the bicentenary year of the composer’s birth)

PLEASE PRAY each day, respectively, for all who live in Conder Brow, Coniston Road,
Coppice Brow, Crag Bank Crescent, Crag Bank Lane and Crag Bank Road.

SCHOOL GOVERNORS’ RESOURCES COMMITTEE Thursday at 6.00pm.

SATURDAY COFFEE resumes this week in the choir vestry, 10–12noon.  Do call in if you are out
and about and support the Organ Fund.

HOSPICE SERVICE next Sunday at 2.00pm.  If anyone would like to accompany Fr Chris, please let him know.

YOUTH GROUP not today, but next Sunday at the usual time of 6.00pm at the school.  Leaders’ Meeting to follow.

BISHOP’S PRIMARY VISITATION for Churchwardens and PCC members is at Warton on Tuesday 4th May at 7.30pm. 
Please may we meet on our car park at 7.00pm so as to be able to use the least number of cars.  Thank you.

WALSINGHAM CELL Wednesday 5th May at Warton.  Exposition and Benediction at 7.30pm, and refreshments.  All welcome.

STANDING COMMITTEE Thursday 6th May at the Vicarage, straight after the 7.15pm Mass.

WEEKDAY WORSHIP Attendance on weekdays has been very disappointing recently, especially for a parish with
a long tradition of daily worship.  Please can we do better, especially on Tuesdays and towards the end of the week? 
The maintenance of this distinctive feature of our tradition is being left to far too few.

LENT BOXES Please return these and cross your name off the list.  Thank you.

BAPTISM OF EMILY ROSE THELFALL 16th May.  There is a list at the back of the church for you to put
your name on if you would like to go to the reception afterwards at the Cricket Club.

FORWARD! Plus, the quarterly paper of Forward in Faith, is available in church.  Please take a free copy.

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

EASTER  THOUGHT
[The image of the Good shepherd] conveys the relationship between Christ and his
Church and between Christ and each individual soul…Knowledge, in the biblical sense,
has a rich connotation.  It is something dynamic, expressing itself in love and service of the other. 
It engages the heart as much as the mind.  Christ’s love for us is something intimate and personal;
and our love for him is a response to his call: we hear his voice and we follow him.  Such is the
mutual knowledge of Shepherd and sheep.
Vincent Ryan OSB

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
Canon Brian Oddy    Tel. 732048
Canon Brian Pithers   Tel. 424786

18th APRIL 2010
THIRD SUNDAY OF EASTER

Jesus is our glorified Saviour.  We are called to share his glory.  By coming to know him we begin to see something of the eternal and perfect place he has prepared for us.

Welcome to Demi Marie Hannafin and Millie-Anne Hird, who are reborn in Christ through baptism and join us in the Universal Church.  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 are available on request.

MASS THIS WEEK AND INTENTIONS
Monday  7.00pm  Local schools
Tuesday  12noon      Local Councillors
Wednesday 9.15am         Archbishop of Canterbury
 St Anselm
Thursday 7.15pm (Vigil) Armed Forces overseas
Friday  9.15am         Life of our nation
 ST GEORGE
Saturday 9.15am  Unborn children

PRAYER OF THE CHURCH
Morning Prayer: Sun 7.30am, Mon-Sat 8.55am
Evening Prayer: Sun 4.30pm; Mon-Fri 5.00pm

SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION
By appointment only this week.

NEXT SUNDAY: MASSES at 8.00 & 10.00am

TODAY’S ORGAN MUSIC
Ach bleib’ bei uns (Stay with us) (BWV 649)
   J.S. Bach
Ricercare
   A.Gabrieli

NOTES

PLEASE PRAY each day, respectively, for all who live in Browfoot Close,
Browsholme Close, Calder Close, Camborne Avenue and Carnforth Brow.

YOUTH GROUP to Megazone, today.  Meet at the school at the earlier time of 5.30pm.

LENT BOXES Please return these next Sunday and cross your name off the list.  Thank you.

BAPTISM OF EMILY ROSE THELFALL 16th May.  There is a list at the back of the church
for you to put your name on if you would like to go to the reception afterwards at the Cricket Club.

WALSINGHAM CELL The meeting at Warton scheduled for Wednesday 14th April has had to be
changed.  The new date is Wednesday 5th May.  Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament and
Benediction at 7.30pm.  All welcome.

BISHOP’S PRIMARY VISITATION Tuesday 4th May, 7.30pm at Warton.  Churchwardens will be
admitted to office (not sidespersons this time) and all PCC members are encouraged to attend. 
This replaces the usual Archdeacon’s Visitation.  

FORWARD! Plus, the quarterly paper of Forward in Faith, is available in church. 
Please take a free copy.

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

EASTER THOUGHT
How attuned are we to the presence of the Risen Christ with us each day? 
We should be especially attuned during these days of Easter.  Jesus’ presence
infused the life of the early Church in a way which was tangible to the first Christians. 
Participation in the daily life of the church will make us more keenly aware of Christ
in all that we do.  Then we shall become better and more effective witnesses among the people of our own day.
 SJ

Please take this bulletin home with you.  You are welcome to stay for refreshments after the 10.00am Mass.

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
Canon Brian Oddy    Tel. 732048
Canon Brian Pithers   Tel. 424786

4th APRIL 2010
EASTER SUNDAY

Today, we celebrate the most important day in the Christian calendar, the greatest event in history.  We praise the Risen Christ who has triumphed over sin and death!  Alleluia!

We welcome into the fellowship of the Universal Church Scarlett Rose Mason, through the Sacrament of Holy Baptism.  Welcome, too, to her family 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 are available on request.

PRAYER OF THE CHURCH
Morning Prayer: Sun 7.30am, Mon-Sat 8.55am
Evening Prayer: Sun 4.30pm; Mon-Fri 5.00pm

SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION
Saturday at 5.15pm (Fr Stephen) or by appointment.

NEXT SUNDAY: MASSES at 8.00 & 10.00am

TODAY’S ORGAN MUSIC
Erstanden ist der heil’ge Christ (Christ is risen)
(BWV 628)
   J.S. Bach
Sarabande for the Morning of Easter
   H. Howells
Choir: Most Glorious Lord of Life – Harris 

ROSARY Glorious Mysteries tomorrow at 7.30pm.  All welcome.

THIS IS EASTER WEEK so do try to come to the Eucharist whenever you can. 
Each day this week, we are presented with an account of the Risen Lord.

In most churches (or wherever they celebrate the Easter Octave at all!),
attendances are rather poor.  This may perhaps be understandable but the
fact is that every day this week is a feast day.

PLEASE PRAY each day, respectively, for all who live in Whernside Grove,
Windermere Road, Yealand Grove, Alamein Road, Albert Street and Alexandra Road.

YOUTH GROUP resumes next Sunday at 6.00pm.

EASTER LILIES etc.  Please put your name on the list if you would like to
contribute towards the cost, and please use a GIFT AID envelope if you can.  Thank you.

THANK YOU to our readers, servers, choir and organist, sacristan and those who
cleaned the church and prepared linen and flowers.  We appreciate all your efforts very much.

LENT BOXES Please return these next Sunday and cross your name off the list.  Thank you.

WALSINGHAM CELL The meeting at Warton scheduled for Wednesday 14th April has had to be changed. 
The new date is Wednesday 5th May.  Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament and Benediction at 7.30pm.  All welcome.

BISHOP’S PRIMARY VISITATION Tuesday 4th May, 7.30pm at Warton.  Churchwardens will be admitted
to office (not sidespersons this time) and all PCC members are encouraged to attend. 
This replaces the usual Archdeacon’s Visitation.  

FORWARD! Plus, the quarterly paper of Forward in Faith, is available in church.  Please take a free copy.

SCHOOL GOVERNING BODY There is a vacancy for someone to become a Foundation governor
(to represent the parish).  If you might be interested, please see Fr Stephen. It’s an
important role if we wish the school to have a Christian character.

CAR PARK If you come to church by car on Sundays, and are able-bodied, please help us to
fill up the car park from the bottom so that anyone who is infirm has less distance to walk.  Thank you.

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

EASTER  THOUGHT
What does Easter do for us?  Of course, Jesus’ resurrection does not spare us
physical death, but it does release the ultimate hold that physical death has over us. 
It does enable us to envisage something other than the inevitability of everlasting death. 
To gain this ‘other’, we are called to respond to the offer of everlasting life with
our love and commitment, embracing our share in the sufferings of Christ.
SJ