Sunday 5 September 2021: Trinity 14

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10:15    Parish Eucharist with baptism of Ethan Jacob Forde in church

Hymns   556,     Alleluia,    623,     687,    40

President and Preacher Fr Andrew

15:00           Baptism of  Ayla Grace and Lydia Laetitia Westwell-Banks

Almighty God, whose only Son has opened for us a new and living way into your presence: give us pure hearts and steadfast wills to worship you in spirit and in truth; 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 5 Septmeber Readings:

Isaiah 35: 4-7a

James 2: 1-10; 14-17

Mark 7: 24-37

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

Those who have lost their lives during the coronavirus pandemic

Those whose anniversary occurs this week

Thomas William Stokoe

Thomas Graham

Francis Eric Calf

Joseph Lea 

Thomas Makinson

What's on

Daily readings in the week

Monday 6 September            Allen Gardiner    Luke 6 : 6 -11

Tuesday 7 September            Luke 6 : 12 - 19

Wednesday 8 September       The Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary   Luke 1 : 39 - 47

Thursday 9 September          Charles Fuge Lowder    Luke 6 : 27 - 38

Friday 10 September            Luke 6 : 39 - 42

Saturday 1 September          Luke 6 : 43- end

Services this week

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

Next Week:

12 September   Trinity 15   Green

10:15 Parish Eucharist

Readings         

Isaiah 50: 4-9a; James 3: 1-12; Mark 8: 27-38

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 Diocesan Vocations Team

Tuesday             Our link Diocese of the Free State 

Wednesday        The Eccleston Mothers’ Union Branch

Thursday            Musicians in our Parish Churches  

Friday                Youth and Children’s ministry in our parish 

Saturday             An end to coronavirus

Additional Midweek Eucharists 

A weekly simple, said eucharist will commence on 23 September at 18:00.  This will last for around 30 minutes and all are welcome.

This decision was made following a consultation with you all by face to face discussions, online polling and a survey undertaken with primary school age parents, the PCC has agreed to add a Thursday early evening eucharist to our service pattern for an initial period of six months.  We are hoping this will prove popular as it was the time most people expressed a preference to attend other than Sunday morning.

Fr Andrew is away all week.  Therefore, if you require the offices of a priest, please contact a church warden who will make the necessary arrangements for you to see someone.

Are you called to be a server or acolyte?  Many vocations have started in this way and is a valuable ministry to the church.  With the increase in services through the week we are now looking to increase the size of the team.  
Please speak to Fr Andrew or a warden if you want to know more.

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. 

The Inscription on the memorial stone reads

Here layeth the body

of Richarde Radclyffe

whoe was a paynefull

& profitable teacher

att Heskin schole

XI years[.] borne

In Ribchester pish [parish]

& dyed in September

AO dm 1623

Aged 33

Nil Solidum

[Nothing Solid]

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).

The Beech Tree by the Lych Gate has died according to our arborist.  We will be dealing with this as a matter of urgency.  In the meantime please take car when around the tree.  Our arborist has commented:

'The tree has been affected by a pathogen which displays its fruiting body as the Giant Polypore or Meripilus giganteus.  The Pathogen attacks the roots of the tree and appears like a sprouting cabbage at this time of the year.  The fungus will rot away with the frosts.  It will have appeared last year leaving a grey remnant this year that many people don’t spot.  The tree has failed late in the seasons suggesting that the failure of the root system damaged by the fungus has caused the sudden leaf death.  The trees revival is unlikely and with a damaged root system I would be worried by the risk of windthrow as we move towards winter.'

Church flowers this week are in loving memory of Tom Stokoe from Carol, Louise, Neil, Justin, Joanne, Stefanie, Ethan and Erin.  Do take some time in church to admire the display.  If you would also like a similar dedication, as an alternative or in addition to lighting up the church please contact Gill Jamieson.

Afghan Emergency Appeal

Please follow the links below to see how you can help Afghan refugees.   You can click on the image to go to the CAFOD website or follow this link: https://cafod.org.uk/donations 

Alternatively you may wish to contribute via the Chorley Food bank run by Storehouse Project.  The link is here: https://www.storehouseproject....

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.

September Music - 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.

Music for September

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

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'.

Recent Floodlighting

2 September To celebrate our 20th wedding anniversary. Dennis and Caroline Parr

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