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Sunday 29th January
Candlemas
The next Family Eucharist will be our on Sunday 26th February at 10am
CALENDAR
Thu 02nd Feb
9.30am Mothers and Toddlers
Fri 03rd Feb Choir practise
6.30pm Junior Choir
7.30pm Full Choir
Sun 05th Feb Third Sunday before Lent
8am Holy Communion
10am Parish Eucharist
6pm Said Evensong
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Vacancies
We are still desperately short of Sunday School teachers. If anyone can help just one Sunday a month, please see Barbara or Claire Newbold.
Servers
Some of our servers have recently left to take up university places - which of course we wish them all the best, but it has left us in need of some new servers.
If anyone betweeen the age of 12 and 90!
is interested in becoming a server, please contact Fr David or Fr John
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Thanks and Congratulations
Fundraising for our 150 Birthday Celebrations!
Cake sale
Thank you to all those who supported our cake sale last week. It raised £58.05 and now brings our total for the Flower Festival to £638.85!
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Friends of Christ Church
Thank you to all those who came and supported the New Years Party last night.
A good time was had by all!
Details of forthcoming events will be available soon.
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PLEASE SUPPORT
150th Anniversary!
This year we are celebrating the 150th Anniversary of the Consecration of Christ Church.
We shall praise God for the many blessings that His people have received through the succeeding generations and thank Him for the many opportunities that have been given to proclaim the Gospel here and offer service to our community.
We are glad that Bishop Andrew will be coming to lead us in our worship and celebrations on Sunday 20 May and during that particular weekend we shall be holding a Flower Festival at which there will be interludes of music. At the same time, we hope to be able to display historical documents that relate to our church’s foundation. Do please book this date in your diary, promise yourself to come along and invite your friends and family to join you. There are countless numbers of people who have had some kind of association with Christ Church over the years, being perhaps the church where they were baptised or married. Do please let them know of our celebrations and encourage them to come along as well! The dates are Friday 18 May- Sunday 20 May
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Amnesty International Prisoners of Conscience
Filep Karma
Filep is, as you know, one of our Amnesty International Prisoners of Conscience, imprisoned for 15 years for taking part in a peaceful demonstration. Please pray for him.
Filep update....LATEST
Filep
Our prisoner of conscience Filep has had a further operation and is now back in prison.
In the midst of all our Christmas celebration, please continue to pray for him and for his
family.
Thank you to all the many people who signed his Christmas card.
The United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention has declared that Filep’s imprisonment violates international law
and has ordered the Indonesian Government to release him immediately.
Please pray that this works!
Please continue to pray for all prisoners of conscience.
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