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

31st  JANUARY 2010
FOURTH ORDINARY SUNDAY

Christian prophecy must reveal something of the love of God. 
It is this love which expresses our concern for the world. 
Let us pray today for the grace to be able to speak and live the truth in love.

A special welcome today to Isla Terri Phizackerley,
who today joins us in the fellowship of the Universal
Church through the sacrament of Holy Baptism.

Today is Education Sunday. 
Please pray for all involved in the work of education.

• 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  Christian youth work
Tuesday      12 noon & 7.30pm   Effective witness
 PRESENTATION OF THE LORD (Candlemas)
Wednesday 9.15am            Home Communicants
Thursday      7.15pm  People of Haiti
Friday  9.15am  Courage in witness
 St Agatha
Saturday 9.15am     Church in Japan
 St Paul Miki and Companions

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
Liebster Jesu, wir sind hier (Dearest Jesu, we are here) (BWV 700)

Fugue in D minor (‘Dorian’) (BWV 538ii)
   J.S. Bach

NOTES
PLEASE NOTE: The Bishop has lifted the ban on the chalice,
and communicants are asked either to receive the Sacrament in one
kind or by actually drinking from the chalice in the normal way.

EMERGENCY – HAITI EARTHQUAKE APPEAL    Please give generously
Emergency envelopes (GIFT AID) in church
Or call 08080 004 004 (lines open 9-5 Mon- Fri)
Or give online at www.christianaid.org.uk

PLEASE PRAY each day, respectively, for all who live in Highfield Road, Hill Street, Hindburn Close,
Howard Mews, Hunter Street and Hunting Hill Road.

YOUTH GROUP  today at 6.00pm in the school hall.  Youth Leaders meeting to follow at 7.30pm.

ROSARY tomorrow at 7.30pm.  All welcome.

TUESDAY is the Feast of The Presentation of the Lord (Candlemas). 
Blessing and Procession of Candles and Sung Mass at 7.30pm. 
Do please make sure to come and join us as we celebrate Christ as the light of all peoples. 
Refreshments to follow.

LENT begins on 17th February.  Please bring your palm crosses back so that they can be burned to
make the ash for Ash Wednesday.

PATÉ AND PUDDINGS – a chance to feast before the Fast, Shrove Tuesday 16th February,
7.30pm at Fr Chris’ house 10 Croasdale Close.  Tickets £5.00.  Please bring a bottle.

LENT COURSE at Fr Chris’.  Three meetings: 18th February, 4th and 18th March.  8.00pm,
finishing with Night Prayer at 8.55pm.  This course focuses upon the Eucharistic Prayer of the Mass. 
If you are intending to come, please get a companion booklet from Fr Chris.

Dates for your diaries:
Fr Chris’ priestly ordination – here on Sunday 27th June at 10.00am. 
His Inaugural Mass will be at 7.30pm on Monday 28th June.
Great News!

HAVE YOU LOST a pair of black, woollen ladies gloves?  They are in the sacristy.

CAN YOU USE A TV WITH DIGIBOX? If so, Doreen Shipperd is offering the equipment free to a good home.

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

REFLECTION
The feast of Candlemas on Tuesday reminds us of the common humanity
we share with all people of every race and time.  Christ is for everyone;
it is he and no-one else who is the light to lead us to salvation.
SJ

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

24th JANUARY 2010
THIRD ORDINARY SUNDAY

For us, Sunday is a day ‘sacred to our Lord’; or, it should be!  It is a day of joyful celebration when we rejoice that God has called us.  The Eucharist, which is the source and point of return for the Christian life, is for us the foretaste of the eternal banquet of heaven.

• 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  Spread of the Gospel
 CONVERSION OF ST PAUL (Unity week ends)
Tuesday         12 noon        Bishops
 SS Timothy & Titus
Wednesday 9.15am         Departed of January
Thursday      7.15pm  Theologians
 St Thomas Aquinas
Friday  9.15am  Christian Aid
Saturday 9.15am     Walsingham
 Of Our Lady
 
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 Jesu dulcis memoria (Jesus, the very thought of thee)
  C.H.H. Parry
Postlude on an old Irish Melody
  C.V. Stanford

NOTES

PLEASE NOTE: The Bishop has lifted the ban on the chalice, an
d communicants are asked either to receive the Sacrament in one kind
or by actually drinking from the chalice in the normal way.

EMERGENCY – HAITI EARTHQUAKE APPEAL    Please give generously
Emergency envelopes (GIFT AID) in church
Or call 08080 004 004 (lines open 9-5 Mon- Fri)
Or give online at www.christianaid.org.uk
PLEASE PRAY each day, respectively, for all who live in Grosvenor Place, Grosvenor Road,
Gummers Howe Walk, Hardknott Rise, Hawk Street and Haws Avenue.

STEWARDSHIP COMMITTEE Wednesday 7.30pm at 42 Lancaster Road.

PCC Thursday, beginning with Mass at 7.15pm.  Minutes and Agendas are in the PCC file in church.

YOUTH GROUP  next at 6.00pm in the school hall.  Youth Leaders meeting to follow at 7.30pm.

HAVE YOU LOST a pair of black, woollen ladies gloves?  They are in the sacristy.

CAN YOU USE A TV WITH DIGIBOX? If so, Doreen Shipperd is offering the equipment free to a good home.

FOOTSTEPS If you would be willing to go into Footsteps from time to time to share a Bible story
with the children, please indicate on the list in church.  You would be able to make it back in church
in time for the homily!  Thank you.

ADVANCE NOTICE The Feast of Candlemas is on Tuesday 2nd February.  Blessing and Procession of
Candles and Sung Mass at 7.30pm.  Refreshments to follow in church, as we are joined by people from
Warton and Torrisholme who belong to our Walsingham Cell.  Please be sure to come.

NEW FLOWER LIST for 2010 is now in the porch.  If you would like to pay for the church flowers on
any week of the year, please put your name in the relevant slot on the list.  When the time comes to pay
for the flowers, please use a GIFT AID envelope and mark it ‘church flowers’, and let Dorothy Seage have it.  Thank you.

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

REFLECTION
St Paul tells us, that, as Christians, we have been entrusted with a message of reconciliation. 
Christian disunity compromises our proclamation of this message.  This means that we must work and pray
for the unity of all Christians.  In our disunity, we are failing the people
with whom we are called to share our message.
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

17th JANUARY 2010
SECOND ORDINARY SUNDAY

We rejoice in the great variety of gifts God has lavished upon us and upon his Church.  We pray that we may maximise them for the enhancement and enrichment of our common life and witness.

Today is the World Day of Prayer for Peace.

Christian Unity Week begins tomorrow.

• 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  Unity of Christians     
Tuesday  12 noon        Our Lady of Lourdes
Wednesday 9.15am         Congregational Church
Thursday      7.15pm  People of Haiti
 St Agnes
Friday  9.15am  Salvation Army
Saturday 9.15am     Mothers
 Of Our Lady

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
Nun lob, mein Seel, den Herren
(Praise the Lord, my soul)
   D. Buxtehude
Toccata
   J. Pachelbel

NOTES
   
PLEASE NOTE: The Bishop has lifted the ban on the chalice,
and communicants are asked either to receive the Sacrament in one kind or
by actually drinking from the chalice in the normal way.

EMERGENCY – HAITI EARTHQUAKE APPEAL    Please give generously
Emergency envelopes (GIFT AID) in church
Or call 08080 004 004 (lines open 9-5 Mon- Fri)
Or give online at www.christianaid.org.uk

PLEASE PRAY each day, respectively, for all who live in Dunkirk Avenue, Eden Mount Way,
Edward Street, Fairfield Close, Greengate Lane and Grosvenor Court.

PCC members may collect Minutes and Agendas from the PCC file in church.

YOUTH GROUP resumes today at 6.00pm in the school hall.

SCHOOL GOVERNORS’ EVERY CHILD MATTERS COMMITTEE Wednesday 7.00pm.

FOOTSTEPS If you would be willing to go into Footsteps from time to time to
share a Bible story with the children, please indicate on the list in church. 
You would be able to make it back in church in time for the homily!  Thank you.

ADVANCE NOTICE The Feast of Candlemas is on Tuesday 2nd February. 
Blessing and Procession of Candles and Sung Mass at 7.30pm.  Refreshments to follow in church,
as we are joined by people form Warton and Torrisholme who belong to our Walsingham Cell.  Please be sure to come.

THANK YOU to the person, who wishes to remain anonymous, for purchasing the Christmas tree.  
We are grateful to you for your generosity.

NEW FLOWER LIST for 2010 is now in the porch.  If you would like to pay for the church
flowers on any week of the year, please put your name in the relevant slot on the list. 
When the time comes to pay for the flowers, please use a GIFT AID envelope and mark it
‘church flowers’, and let Dorothy Seage have it.  Thank you.

MONEY MATTERS  As always, our costs are rising, so please raise your money giving if you can. 
Thank you.  If you give regularly to the church but have not signed a GIFT AID declaration form,
please ask John Holland for one.

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

REFLECTION
Can we be Good News and, in the light of today’s Gospel,
New Wine to those in need?  Mindful of our conviction that every person
has been created in the image of God, let us reach out in generosity to the people of Haiti.

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

10th JANUARY 2010
THE BAPTISM OF THE LORD

Today’s Feast brings our celebration of Christmastide to its conclusion.  Jesus’ baptism marks the beginning of his public ministry.  God acknowledges his beloved Son and we gather, as God’s adopted children (through our baptism), to give praise and thanks to him who has called and chosen us.

• 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             Adoptive parents       
  of Week 1, Year 2
Tuesday  12 noon             Foster parents
Wednesday 9.15am         Theological tutors
 St Hilary
Thursday      7.15pm        Emergency services
Friday  9.15am                   Local hospitals
Saturday 9.15am               The Children’s Society
 Of Our Lady

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
Christ, unser Herr, zum Jordan kam
(Christ our Lord came to the Jordan) (BWV 684)
   J.S. Bach
Sonata 4 in B flat, last movement
   F. Mendelssohn

NOTES

PLEASE NOTE: Although the Bishop has lifted the ban on the chalice,
the practice of intinction (dipping the consecrated Host in the chalice) remains prohibited. 
Communicants are asked either to receive the Sacrament in one kind or by actually drinking
from the chalice in the normal way.

ORDINARY TIME resumes tomorrow.  Weekday Mass readings are those for Year 2. 
For the Office, Week 1 of the Psalter.  Sunday readings are those for Year C.

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

PCC members may collect Minutes of the last meeting from the PCC file in church.

STANDING COMMITTEE Thursday 14th January, at the Vicarage, straight after the 7.15pm Mass.

YOUTH GROUP resumes next Sunday at 6.00pm in the school hall.

STEWARDSHIP COMMITTEE will meet on Wednesday 27th January at 42 Lancaster Road at 7.30pm.
Please note that this a changed date (it was previously scheduled for 13th January – please forgive any inconvenience).

NEW FLOWER LIST for 2010 is now in the porch.  If you would like to pay for the church flowers
on any week of the year, please put your name in the relevant slot on the list. 
When the time comes to pay for the flowers, please use a GIFT AID envelope and mark it ‘church flowers’,
and let Dorothy Seage have it.  Thank you.

MONEY MATTERS  As always, our costs are rising, so please raise your money giving if you can. 
Thank you.  If you give regularly to the church but have not signed a GIFT AID declaration form,
please ask John Holland for one.

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

CHRIST CHURCH CARNFORTH

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

3rd  JANUARY 2010
THE EPIPHANY OF THE LORD

On the Feast of Epiphany, we celebrate the revealing of the Christ Child to all the nations on the earth; and, like the Magi, we come to worship Him.

• 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       The sick
  of Christmas, after Epiphany
Tuesday 12 noon         Home Communicants
 of Christmas, after Epiphany
Wednesday 9.15am         Additional Curates Society
 of Christmas, after Epiphany
Thursday      7.15pm  Lilian Sanderson RIP
 St Raymund of Penyafort
Friday  9.15am  Local Councillors
 of Christmas, after Epiphany  
Saturday 9.15am     Local schools
 Of Christmas, after Epiphany

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
Saturday 5.15pm or by appointment.
NEXT SUNDAY: MASSES at 8.00 & 10.00am

TODAY’S ORGAN MUSIC
Three Kings from Persian lands afar
   P. Cornelius

In dir ist Freude (In thee is joy) (BWV 615)
   J.S. Bach 

PLEASE NOTE: Although the Bishop has lifted the ban on the chalice,
the practice of intinction (dipping the consecrated Host in the chalice) remains prohibited. 
Communicants are asked either to receive the Sacrament in one kind or by actually
drinking from the chalice in the normal way.

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

ROSARY 7.30pm tomorrow.  All are welcome.  Prayer requests may be made using the prayer board in church. 
Please date your requests.

THANK YOU to everyone who helped in any way to get us ready for Christmas: flowers,
linen, reading, altar-serving, music, cleaning, leading intercessions, etc. etc. 
Everything you do is appreciated greatly.

NEW FLOWER LIST for 2010 is now in the porch. 
If you would like to pay for the church flowers on any week of the year,
please put your name in the relevant slot on the list.  When the time comes to pay for the flowers,
please use a GIFT AID envelope and mark it ‘church flowers’, and let Dorothy Seage have it.  Thank you.
MONEY MATTERS  As always, our costs are rising, so please raise your money giving if you can.  Thank you. 
If you give regularly to the church but have not signed a GIFT AID declaration form, please ask John Holland for one.

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

FORWARD!plus, the latest issue of the free paper of Forward in Faith, is available in church today. 
Please take a copy.

CHRISTMAS lasts until 10th January this time. 
Next Sunday, we celebrate the Feast of The Baptism of the Lord. 
Do try to be with us as often as you can during the weekdays of the Christmas season.

THANK YOU again from Fr Chris and Fr Stephen for all the cards and presents they have received.

A HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL

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