Today 9.45am Parish Eucharist St. Mary Magdalene 6.00pm No evening service Whiston Parish Church Wednesday – New Year’s Day 10.30am Parish Eucharist Next Sunday 9.45am Parish Eucharist 6.00pm Choral Evensong

New th It has been announced that the next Archbishop of Sunday 29 December 2019 York is to be . Stephen, 61, the bishop of , is to replace John Sentamu, First Sunday of Christmas After the Sunday and Wednesday morning services, please stay for refreshments. who is retiring next year. Popular within the church for his down-to-earth persona and straight-talking, 9.45am Parish Eucharist As a Church, we support Fairtrade. Stephen Cottrell was brought up in , attended a state school and studied at the Hymn 59 - Angels from the realms of glory Polytechnic of Central London. Hymn 68 - In the bleak midwinter After training at St Stephen's House, Oxford, for Hymn 71 - Jesus Christ the Lord is born ordination, Stephen served as a curate at Christ Hymn 83 - See amid the winter’s snow Church, Forest Hill in East London. Following this he was appointed priest in charge of St Wilfrid's, Chichester then Diocesan Missioner for 6.00pm No evening service the Diocese of Wakefield and finally, before his ordination to the episcopate, Canon For our prayers: Pastor of Peterborough Cathedral. To make best use of the hearing loop system in Church Stephen Cottrell was nominated area Bishop of those who use a hearing aid should set their Reading in January 2004. Following his aid to the ‘T’ setting nomination as Bishop of Chelmsford in March We pray for those who have asked for our prayers, those 2010, he was translated to the See of Chelmsford on our prayer board and healing list and those whose in October 2010. He was installed at Chelmsford pain is known only to God. For our Mission Partners at St Cathedral in November 2010. James, Clifton and St Cuthbert, Herringthorpe.

Stephen is a member of the Society of Catholic We pray for those recently departed, Brian Tyler, and Priests (SCP), and a member of Affirming for those in our memorial book whose anniversary Catholicism. In December 2014, he was selected occurs this week; William Ingram, Mary Elizabeth as president of the movement, taking up the Mellor, Elizabeth Ann Driver appointment at the start of 2015. The movement represents a liberal strand of Anglo-

Catholicism which is particularly noted for holding Diocesan 2025 Prayer:- that Anglo-Catholic belief and practice is Living God, Jesus calls his followers, to seek first your compatible with the ordination of women. Kingdom. Renew us as we make your love known;

Release us to share freely together in mission; and Stephen is married to Rebecca and they have Rejuvenate us to be fruitful in your service. Give us three children courage, wisdom and compassion, that strengthened with the grace of the Holy Spirit, we may, as the Diocese of Sheffield, both flourish and grow through Christ our Lord. Amen

Take care of each other and remember God is good.

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