St Marys August Order of Service Music.pdfSunday 8 August 2021: Trinity 10

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10:15    Parish Eucharist in church

Hymns   33,   Alleluia,   583,   321,   103
President and Preacher Fr Andrew

Almighty God, who sent your Holy Spirit to be the life and light of your Church: open our hearts to the riches of your grace, that we may bring forth the fruit of the Spirit in love and joy and peace; through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord, who is alive and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever

Sunday 8 August Readings:

1 Kings 19: 4-8

Ephesians 4: 25 – 5: 2

John 6: 35 and 4-51

Intercessions   

We pray for an end to coronavirus:

God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, whose years never fail and whose mercies are new each returning day: let the radiance of your Spirit renew our lives, warming our hearts and giving light to our minds; that we may pass the coming year in joyful obedience and firm faith; through him who is the beginning and the end, your Son, Christ our Lord, who is alive and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God now and forever.

Those in need this week:

Maureen Dalby; Pauline Readett; Pat Lee; Mary Brown; Declan Reece; Anne Evans, Joanne Whittle, Di Taylor, Keith Brindle and James Thomas

Those who have been in need for some time:

Tommy Trayling; Colin Buckley; Pat Wilson; Helen Christopher; Graham Pownall; Olivia Wilson; Tony Dolan; Margaret Dolan; Audrey Batten; June Davenport; Pat Lee, Michael Walker, Gemma Kavanagh, Maureen Brindle

The departed

Karen Ball

William Glover

Those who have lost their lives during the coronavirus pandemic

Those whose anniversary occurs this week

Thomas Hailwood

Susan Wright

Patricia Swift

Brian Cheetham

Peter Nash

Eric Victor Gooch 

Thomas Hunter 

George Gibson                       

What's on

Daily readings in the week

Monday 9 August          Mary Sumner    Matthew 25 : 1 -13

Tuesday 10 August        Laurence    Matthew 18 : 1-4,10,12-18

Wednesday 11 August   John Henry Newman    Matthew 18 : 15 - 20

Thursday 12 August      Matthew 18 : 21 - 19 : 1

Friday 13 August          Florence Nightingale   Matthew 19 : 3 - 12

Saturday 14 August      Maximilian Kolbe    Matthew 19 : 13 - 15

Services this week

The Daily Offices of Morning and Evening Prayer will NOT be said in church this week as Fr Andrew is away

Wednesday:       There is no midweek eucharist in church this week

Wednesday:       12:30 Funeral of William Eric Glover RIP

Friday:              15:00 Thanksgiving for marriage of Josh and Chelsea Hesketh

Saturday            12:00 Holy Baptism of Charles Christopher Firth

Next Week:

15 August   Trinity 11   The Blessed Virgin Mary  White

Sunday     13:00 Wedding of Bethany Dalton & Nicholas Garden

Readings         

Revelation 11: 19-12: 6 and 10; Galatians 4: 4-7; Luke 1: 46-55

Weekly church running costs - £1901

THE COST OF KEEPING OPEN OUR CHURCH is £14 PER PERSON PER WEEK – current levels of giving work out at £5 per person per week increasing the gap between incomings and outgoings even further.  The financial situation is becoming increasingly worrying.  Please help as much as you can. Forms are available to make a Standing Order if you would prefer to contribute in this way. Forms are available for tax payers from the treasurer or Gift Aid Secretary, Eric Smith. Please make sure you have completed yours. Gift Aiding raised £11,707 in year 2019.

Eccleston St Marys PCC Sort Code 09-01-55 A/c 23903081

If you wish to make an online donation please click the picture on the left.  This will take you to a page where you can enter your debit or credit card details to make a donation for any amount.  You can also Gift Aid the donation.

CONTACT DETAILS

Rector                  Fr Andrew Brown        01257 452777

Church Warden     Gill Jamieson             01257 451863

Church Warden     Garry Fishwick           07885 839067

Weddings              Andrea Cheetham      01257 451932

Baptisms              Claire Walsh               01257 433167

Funerals               Linda Thornton          01257 451075

PCC Secretary       valdaapearson@gmail.com  

The following daily intentions are suggested:

Monday        The Mothers’ Union worldwide

Tuesday        The poor and needy in our community

Wednesday   Children who has fallen behind in their studies

Thursday      Workers and administrators in the NHS

Friday           Prisoners of conscience 

Saturday       An end to coronavirus

How we do church with the easing of restrictions

The law mandating restrictions on the way we open church and worship has changed. 

With the removal of legal requirements, we have decided to maintain a policy of maintaining 1m distance between people in church and also ask you to wear a mask as you enter and leave.  Masks will not be required whilst sitting, although you may wish to do so.  Please continue to use hand sanitiser and be aware of those people who are not comfortable being too close to others. The congregation may join in with hymn singing if they wish.

A Quarter Peel in memory of Colin Alfred Tester

our Bell Captain, Dawn Neville, writes:

On Friday 6th August a Quarter Peal was rung in memory of Colin Tester, past ringing master at Eccleston. This was the first opportunity we had to bring a band together following the lifting of Covid restrictions. The quarter peal was well struck by the band and the composition was one that Colin had called himself many times with members of the band. Colin's daughter in law, a previous ringer, and her husband sat in the porch to listen to the music and provided much appreciated refreshment to the band post performance. Details about the band and the performance can be found here by clicking on the picture above right.

Support during the continuing pandemic

It is clear that Covid-19 will be with us for the foreseeable future.  Therefore, we understand that not everyone will feel comfortable to return to church in the short term.  However, if you feel able, your will be most welcome.  If you still need support, this is available in a number of ways from the parish.

Please continue to keep in touch with church:

The Parish Website - www.ecclestonstmaryschurch.org

Worship - online Eucharists are available through social media

Personal Contact – please request help if you require it

Prayers - Please contact Liz Green to be included.

Renewing the church Have a look at the sanctuary when you are next in church.  You will see that we continue to restore the church.  The tiling, which we believe dates from the mid 19th Century, has been covered with a carpet for many decades.  If you click on the picture you will be able to view a video of the carpet being removed and the 'before' and 'after' effect as we bring the church back to an authentic expression of a former glory and reveal a tomb dating from 1623 underneath the altar.  We have not yet deciphered who is in the grave.

Special Gifts  Our recent appeal for donation for items which are regularly used in church has been warmly welcomed.  As this was not a one off event please speak to a warden if your are interested in making a contribution to help church funds and continue bring life to the church.

Team Happy Feat on the march again

Peter Mayor writes

Team Happy Feat are planning to walk again, this time along the Lancaster Canal on the 18th and 19th September from Preston to Kendal.

The team comprises of Lesley Penketh, Chris Chatwood, Chris and Peter Mayor and new members Katherine Penketh and Gemma Mayor.
This will be a total distance of 60 miles with an overnight break at Lancaster.

We are hoping to raise funds to be split between St. Mary’s Churchyard and The Rosemere Cancer Centre at Preston Royal Hospital.  The photograph shows the team as they finished their last walk in Inverness at the end of The Great Glen Way in 2019 (79 miles in three and a half days).

Giving - your donations through our contactless terminal in church can now benefit from GiftAid if you are a UK taxpayer. That means for every £5 you donate, Eccleston St Mary’s PCC receives £6.25. To help us receive this extra benefit please register your Visa and MasterCard on the Swiftaid website (by clicking on the link or the image above) before you use the terminal in church. Please contact Eric Smith if you will to join the envelope scheme.  He has a number spare.  

Also please sign up to Easyfundraising (details below) as this is such a good way to earn money for church without any effort, especially now that online purchases are increasing popular since the beginning of the pandemic.

As you will have seen above you can make an online donation.  Once again, click this link to take you to the donations page.

Legacies.  Have you thought about leaving a donation to your parish church in your will.  Please speak to a Church Warden or our Treasurer about how this could be done.  We have some very useful leaflets which can explain the legal process and how you can help.  Please ask for one.

Ecclesiastical Insurance runs a scheme called Trust 130.  As an insurance company they havegiven more than £430,000 to churches in the UK as part of the Trust130 campaign and now we’re extending for another year.  There is no limit on the number of donations which can be made. We could benefit from Trust130 donations of £130, if you take out anew policy with Ecclesiastical and mention St Marys, Eccleston and Trust 130:  please contact Ecclesiastical Insurance on 0800 7830 130  You can read more about the scheme by clicking the picture on the right.

The nights are light at the moment but you can plan ahead by lighting up the church to mark a special day, or may be some retail therapy is just want you need - don't forget to buy online during lockdown using the Easy Fundraising link to benefit our parish funds.

Dates for your diary from the music department

The first of two summer coffee concerts arranged by our Music Director, Joe took place last weekend and raised £252.  Click the image on the right for a sample of the event.  These are informal musical events outside, if the weather is fine, as it was just about this week.  It's all free and without charge so please keep free Saturday afternoon on 21 August for the next event.  However, you will be able to spend some money as there will be cake and bottle stalls and tombola.  If you are able to donate any bottles please let Liz Green or Rosina Monks know.  These can be left at church or at 76  Doctors Lane (Liz Green) and 3 Larkfield (Rosina). Phone Rosina 01257 451166 for a home collection. 

There's no end to the energy and engagement of our Music Director, Joe.  He is a regular at St Faith's Parish Church in Crosby in the Liverpool Diocese where he has started a choir from scratch.  He arranged for our choir to sing at a joint Choral Evensong last Sunday 1 August It was a really wonderful occasion.

If you want to know what music Joe has put together for us each week in Eccleston, along with the hymns Sunday by Sunday please click here.

And finally from Joe, there are three more concerts at St Faith's in Crosby.  If you look at the programme for August you will see that there's something for everyone.  Do go along if you can.

Book Floodlighting – it is now possible to book the floodlighting again.  Please use this form to make your request and online payment.  It only costs £10 to light up the church for one evening.  We also feature your memorial on the parish website and on our Facebook page.  Join those who have raised over £1,300 for church funds as they remember an important event or person when they have 'Lit up the Church'.

Keep up with the latest news and events on Twitter!

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Keep up to date with www.ecclestonstmaryschurch.org

If you shop online, please register for Easyfundraising Cause

When you click on this link you will be able to make a small donation to our parish work each time you shop at selected retailers at no additional cost to you.  Our 62 supporters have raised £1,869.94 so for so why not join them at this time that all non essential shops are closed.  

Disability Provision

There is a hearing Loop system

Space is provided in church for wheelchair users. A wheelchair is available.                     

Disability toilet in the Parish Centre

Fire Notice   

There are two emergency exits:

Through the main door Through the Jesus Chapel (To the right of the altar) Muster by the War Memorial, await instructions