Good Morning
On Sunday we have our All Age Communion Service.
We are building up each week now to Baptisms and confirmations on Sept 11th. This week we are looking at John the Baptist & Jesus trying to understand why this story means so much for us today. It can be found in Matthew 3:1-12
Live stream for our service will be available via this link – https://linktr.ee/ParishofGHM
Looking forward to seeing you all on Sunday morning at 10.30am – St Paul’s Church.
We’re still thinking about water in the Bible – “Through the water in the Old Testament” Reading:
Live stream for our service will be available via this link – https://linktr.ee/ParishofGHM
It’s Breakfast Church on Sunday! Please join us for food, fellowship and worship. Please remember that we don’t livestream this service.
We are following a different series at Breakfast Church looking at the “I am…” sayings of Jesus. This week it is “I am the Good Shepherd”
Remembering the verse in the book of John chapter 10 verses 1-16
This service is particularly geared towards those who don’t really get church or why we gather – if you have people in your life that don’t really understand why you go to church – why not bring them along?
Prayer and Praise
In the evening at 7pm we have our Prayer and Praise service at St Philip’s Church. If you haven’t been to this service why not come along? We sing, we pray, we spend some time quietly in God’s presence. It would be good to see you there!
On Sunday we will begin a new series – “Through the waters: Introduction to Baptism”
We will read Genesis 1:1-14 & Genesis 3
Hopefully it will be livestreamed via this link – https://linktr.ee/ParishofGHM
On Sunday our service is again a Juicy service – where we’re a bit experimental, trying new things and being a little ‘different’. We still are in our series “Heart of worship, more than a song:” – this time asking the question – “Can service be worship?”
So we’ll be looking in quite a lot of detail at why we call our church meetings a ‘service’ – by literally doing some service – in the service. Hope that makes sense.
We will be live streaming – but it might not all be clear from afar. Certainly the opening song and communion will be ‘normal’! (via this link – https://linktr.ee/ParishofGHM)
This Sunday is an All Age Service. We are asking the question “How do we worship in tough times?”. This question is one being asked far more often these days – would you know how to answer?
It is important for our young people to worship along side us – remember they will be watching you, as you keep an eye on them!
Our Reading will be Psalm 42 – Live stream for our service will be available via this link – https://linktr.ee/ParishofGHM
On Sunday we continue with our Sermon Series – More than a song, Coming back to the heart of worship.
This week our Bible reading will be Psalm 146 – with a the sermon titled “What happens when we worship?”
Live stream for our service will be available via this link – https://linktr.ee/ParishofGHM
Notices
New Wine – Next week some of the leaders will be away at New Wine Christian Camp. We hoped this would be more of a wider church event – but this booking was made in Autumn 2019 – and each summer it has been postponed! Please pray for a time of good refreshment and spiritual input. 5 or 6 other churches in Bradford are also attending. As well our Area Dean and the new Dean of the Cathedral.
Former Vicar of St Philip’s – Rev Anthony Greenhill
We are writing with great sadness to share that Rev Anthony David Greenhill, ‘Ant’, died on 5th July 2022, aged 83 years old.
We will be celebrating Anthony’s life with a service at the Church of the Good Shepherd in Bamfurlong, Wigan on Thursday 21st July at 2pm.
There will be time to gather over tea, coffee, cake and sandwiches and share our memories of him in the adjacent church hall immediately after the service. There will be a brief committal for immediate family at the crematorium.
Anthony was a warm, kind, playful and patient father and husband and his memory will be treasured by his wife of 49 years, Pat, children, Beth and David, and his three grandchildren Lucas (5), Eva (3) and Jamie (7 months). Anthony also leaves behind him his two younger brothers, Richard and Chris, and his nieces and nephews, all of whom he was extremely fond. He will finally be reunited with his beloved sister, Sue, and has asked for his ashes to be scattered alongside hers on the Quantock hills in Somerset.
We are asking that any donations in lieu of flowers are made to Greatwood Christian Camp which was hugely important to Dad and which he attended from 1957 – 2021 https://greatwood.org.uk/support-us/donate/
All welcome. Please wear brightly coloured clothes to celebrate Anthony’s life.
Details : Church of the Good Shepherd, 112 Lily Lane, Bamfurlong, Abram, Wigan WN2 5JT
It’s Breakfast Church on Sunday! Please join us for food, fellowship and worship. Please remember that we don’t livestream this service.
We are following a different series at Breakfast Church looking at the “I am…” sayings of Jesus. This week it is “I am the Light of the World”
Remembering the verse in the book of John chapter 8 verses 12
This service is particularly geared towards those who don’t really get church or why we gather – if you have people in your life that don’t really understand why you do the church thing – why not bring them along?
Prayer and Praise
In the evening at 7pm we have our Prayer and Praise service at St Philip’s Church. If you haven’t been to this service why not come along? We sing, we pray, we spend some time quietly in God’s presence. It would be good to see you there!
On Sunday we are continuing our Sermon Series – More than a song, Coming back to the heart of worship.
This week we look at Psalm 50 and ask the question – “Why does God need all this worship?”
We will be welcoming Emma Wilkinson to our Parish after her ordination on Saturday. She will be preaching at the service and we will celebrate her arrival with lunch afterwards. Please stay to greet her and her family and friends.
Live stream for our service will be available via this link – https://linktr.ee/ParishofGHM
Notices
Ann Ashe has made an amazing banner as a gift to the Episcopal Church of Sudan from the Diocese of Leeds. It will be presented to Archbishop Ezekiel, when he comes to the Lambeth Conference in July. We hope it will be displayed in All Saints’ Cathedral in Khartoum.
