Sunday 1 August 2021: Trinity 9

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10:15    Parish Eucharist in church

15:00    Holy Baptism of Ava Lily Calderbank

President and Preacher Fr Andrew

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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 1 August Readings:

Exodus 16: 2-4, 9-15

Ephesians 4: 1-16

John 6: 24-35

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

John (Jack) Trafford

What's on

Daily readings in the week

Monday 2 August        Matthew 14 : 13 - 21

Tuesday 3 August        Matthew 14 : 22 - end

Wednesday 4 August   Jean Marie Vianney    Matthew 15 : 21 - 28

Thursday 5 August      Oswald     Matthew 16 : 13 - 23

Friday 6 August          The Transfiguration of the Lord    Matthew 9 : 2 - 10

Saturday 7 August      John Mason Neale    Matthew 17 : 14 - 20

Banns of Marriage

Today we publish the banns of marriage between Bethan Dawn Dalton of the parish of Euxton and Nicholas Holbrook Garden also of the parish of Euxton and also between Katie Leanne Dootson of this parish and Christopher Pattman also of this parish.  

This is the third time of asking. If any of you know any reason in law why they may not marry each other you are to declare it.

Services this week

The Daily Offices of Morning and Evening Prayer will  be said in church this week at 09:00 and 17:00 Monday to Thursday.

Wednesday:       09:30 Holy Eucharist in church

Next Week:

8 August   Trinity 10   Green

Readings         

1 Kings 19: 4-4; Ephesians 4: 25 – 5: 2; John 6: 35 and 4--51

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        Archbishop Stephen and The Northern Province

Tuesday        Fr Neil our Area Dean

Wednesday   Meeting Christ through the sacraments

Thursday      Changing our behaviour for the better

Friday          Hymn Writers and spiritual authors 

Saturday       An end to coronavirus

Don't Forget The Midweek Eucharist on Wednesday starts at 09:30 

Changes from Monday 19 July

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 would like to

Greetings from Maureen Brindle  This week Fr Andrew visited Maureen at her new home in Hindley with Claire from the baptism team and her daughter Amelia.  We took cards from the Mother's Union, Tots' Praise and the Parish because Maureen has been connected with these organisations for a long time.  Maureen was well and comfortable as well as being very cheery.  She was delighted to see us and sent her best wishes to everyone in Eccleston, especially at church.  We posted the pictures we took on the visit on Facebook and received many positive and thoughtful comments.

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.

Foundation Governors we have one further vacancy at our CE Primary School.  Contact Fr Andrew if you are interested and more information is available at the Blackburn Board of Education website (click here to direct you to their website) or specifically at the Governors' landing page on the Board of Education website.  More information about our Church of England Primary School can be found on their website by clicking on the school logo to the right.

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 on Saturday afternoon.  Click the image on the right for a sample of this week's 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 has arranged for our choir to sing at a joint Choral Evensong this Sunday 1 August at 18:30.  It would be fantastic is as many people as possible could go along to Crosby to support the choir and Joe.  Click the red Evensong image on the left to display a poster designed for the Evensong at St Faiths.  Don't forget congregational singing is now permitted.

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