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WELCOME TO ST BART'S
A
warm welcome for
visitors and newcomers - please introduce yourself to the sidesmen or
stewards (wearing name badges) who will be happy to help you.
Very young children can be looked after in the Crèche
in the hall.
Older Children may like to join the Junior Church when they leave
for the hall – rejoining their parents again in church from Communion
onwards.
A
loop system
operates - please switch hearing aids to 'T' for use.
Large
print hymn books are available from sidesmen.
Gift Aid forms for one-off tax efficient donations are available
at the back of church.
Fairly
traded coffee and tea
are served in the adjoining hall after the 10am service – please come
and enjoy some fellowship.
8.00am:
Holy Eucharist
10.00am: Parish Eucharist, Baptism, Junior Church & Crèche
12.00noon: Holy Eucharist
3.00pm: Baptism
Tonight
6.00pm: Choral Evensong
Christmas
Hamper – we are looking for donations of Christmas food for
this fund raising event. If anyone would like to make a donation,
please see Sue Lee after the service, or alternatively there is
a list at the back of the Church. Raffle tickets are now on sale
for £1.00 per strip, the prize being this lovely Christmas
hamper.
Cake
Stall – There will be a cake stall to raise money for Children
in Need today during the Parish Breakfast.
Pantomime
Rehearsals – There will be a rehearsal today at 3.00pm for
Act 1, and also next week there will be the first rehearsal for
all children wishing to be involved at 2.00pm.
Christmas
Coffee Morning – We will be holding a Coffee Morning at the
Vicarage on Saturday 12th December from 10.00am to 12.00pm to
raise money for Church Funds. During the morning we will draw
the raffle for the Christmas Hamper. Please come and support this
event.
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 THIS
WEEK Services
This Week
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Mon
23rd
1.30pm Monday Club – Helen Long – Small Repairs Handyman
Service
Tues
24th
6.00pm Vestry Hour
7.30pm PCC Meeting
Wed
25th
10.00am Mid Week Eucharist
7.30pm Mothers’ Union – Revd. Lorna Beadle – ‘Advent Waiting’
Thurs
26th
1.30pm Flower Club – Christmas Theme
Fri
27th
12.15pm Lunch Club
The
Church will be open from 10am -12noon Monday - Friday
The
Parish office will be open between 10.00am and 3.00pm Tuesday
& Friday
Please note that Monday is Fr. Martin’s day off
NEXT
SUNDAY 29th November 2009 - Advent Sunday
8.00am: Holy Eucharist
10.00am: Parish Eucharist, Junior Church & Crèche
12.00noon: Holy Eucharist
6.00pm: Solemn Evensong
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TODAY'S
READINGS
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First Lesson: Daniel ch. 7 v. 9-10, 13-14
Second Lesson: Revelation ch. 1 v. 4b – 8
Gospel: Mark ch. John ch. 18 v. 33 - 37
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TODAY’S
HYMNS
8am & 12.00noon:
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INTERCESSIONS
Worldwide
Church: Porvoo
– please pray for the Dioceses of St. Edmundsury and Ipswich,
Aberdeen and Orkney and Lappo (Finland). Wau (Sudan), Bp.
Henry Cuir Riak Lynemouth St. Aidan. Winchester Diocesan
Secretary Andrew Howard.
Newcastle Diocese: Martin our Bishop.
Local Church: Servers, Sidesmen, Stewards, and Hostesses.
World & Nation: Poor and Starving.
Local Community: St Oswalds’s Hospice & Marie Curie
Centre and Residents of Garstin Close, Gladstonbury Place, Glebe
Avenue, Glebe Crescent.
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All weekly news items need to reach Fr Martin please,
by Wednesday evening.
Tel: (0191) 266 1921 or Parish Office: (0191) 266
2015, email vicar@stbartholomew.org.uk |
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The
Parish Church of St Bartholomew, Long Benton