Today 9.45am Parish Eucharist St. Mary Magdalene 6.00pm Choral Evensong Whiston Parish Church
Monday 9.30am Little Fishes 10.30am Natter Group 2.45pm Holy Communion at Ackroyd House Tuesday 9:30am Little Fishes Wednesday 10.30am Holy Communion Friday 1.0pm Funeral Geoffrey Ruddick followed by a burial Next Sunday Sunday 5th January 2020 9.45am All Age Family Service After the Sunday and Wednesday morning services, 6.00pm Parish Eucharist Epiphany please stay for refreshments.
As a Church, we support Fairtrade. 9.45am Parish Eucharist New Archbishop of York Hymn 94 - As with gladness men of old It has been announced that the next Archbishop of Hymn 95 - Bethlehem, what greater city York is to be Stephen Cottrell. Stephen, 61, the bishop of Chelmsford, is to replace John Sentamu, Hymn 96 - Brightest and best - sons of the morning who is retiring next year. Popular within the church 88 - What child is this for his down-to-earth persona and straight-talking, Hymn 105 - We three kings of orient are Stephen Cottrell was brought up in Essex, attended a state school and studied at the Polytechnic of Central London. 6.00pm Choral Evensong
Introit: Taste and see - Ogden After training at St Stephen's House, Oxford, for Hymn 103 – O worship the Lord ordination, Stephen served as a curate at Christ Psalm 98/100 Church, Forest Hill in East London. Following this Canticle: Shepherd – Unison Servicr he was appointed priest in charge of St Wilfrid's, Nunc Dimittis - Noble in B minor Chichester then Diocesan Missioner for Apostles Creed the Diocese of Wakefield and finally, before his Collects ordination to the episcopate, Canon Hymn 87 – Thou who was rich above all splendour Pastor of Peterborough Cathedral. Sermon Anthem One Star - Archer Prayers Stephen Cottrell was nominated area Bishop of Hymn 86 – The first Nowell Reading in January 2004. Following his nomination as Bishop of Chelmsford in March 2010, he was translated to the See of Chelmsford For our prayers: in October 2010. He was installed at Chelmsford We pray for those who have asked for our prayers, those Cathedral in November 2010. on our prayer board and healing list and those whose pain is known only to God. For our Mission Partners at St Stephen is a member of the Society of Catholic James, Clifton and St Cuthbert, Herringthorpe. Priests (SCP), and a member of Affirming Catholicism. In December 2014, he was selected We pray for those recently departed, Betty Buckley, as president of the movement, taking up the Geoffrey Ruddick and for those in our memorial book appointment at the start of 2015. The movement whose anniversary occurs this week; David Thomson, represents a liberal strand of Anglo- Hilda Allwood, Brian Greaves, Eileen Newman, Catholicism which is particularly noted for holding that Anglo-Catholic belief and practice is compatible with the ordination of women.
Stephen is married to Rebecca and they have Take care of each other and remember God is good. three children
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