Sunday 3 October 2021: Trinity 18

To include articles on this sheet contact Valda Pearson on 07751 663339 or email valdaapearson@gmail.com by Tuesday evening. 

10:15    Parish Eucharist

Hymns   150,     Alleluia,    772;   424;    103

President and Preacher Fr Andrew

Almighty and everlasting God, increase in us your gift of faith that, forsaking what lies behind and reaching out to that which is before, we may run the way of your commandments and win the crown of everlasting joy; 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 3 October Readings:

Genesis 2: 18-24

Hebrews 1: 1-4 and 2: 5-12

Mark 10: 2-16

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, James Thomas, Jean Fairhurst and Joanne Whittle

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

Dorothy Hailwood

Jennie Banks 

Those who have lost their lives during the coronavirus pandemic

Those whose anniversary occurs this week

Yvonne Wignall

Alan Rigby

Helen Barton

Thomas Ellison

Alice Wane

Barbara Tabarn

What's on

Daily readings in the week

Monday 4 October            S Francis of Assisi    Luke 10 : 25 -37

Tuesday 5 October           Luke 10 : 38 - end

Wednesday 6 October      William Tyndale   Luke 11 : 1 - 4

Thursday 7 October          Luke 11 : 5 - 13

Friday 9 October              Luke 11 : 15 - 26

Saturday 9 October          Denys    Luke 11 : 27 - 28

Services this week

The Daily Office of Morning and Evening Prayer will be said in church at 09:00 and 17:00 Tuesday to Thursday

Next Week:

10 October   Trinity 19   Green

Wednesday:       09:30 Holy Eucharist

Thursday:          11:30 Funeral of Dorothy Hailwood RIP

                        18:00 Holy Eucharist

Readings         

Amos 5: 6-7, 10-15; Hebrews 4: 12-16; Mark 10: 17-31

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              Refugees within Blackburn Diocese

Tuesday             Staff at Bishop's House

Wednesday        Staff at Blackburn Cathedral

Thursday            Diocesan Vision 2026 activities

Friday                Church School Governors

Saturday            An end to coronavirus

Additional Midweek Eucharists 

A weekly simple, said eucharist commenced on 23 September at 18:00.  More than 15 people attended on our first two weeks and hope to add more in the weeks to come.  As this eucharist can be used to meet school admission criteria, please remember to mention to Fr Andrew that you have attended so he can record this.  If you have not initially registered yourself and your child on the register you can do this by clicking the image above to complete the online form.

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 the 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.

Are you called?   This past week has shown how our band of volunteers has become so very depleted during the pandemic.  The number of tasks and jobs remains the same but there are fewer hands to do the work.  If you can help in any way, please speak to Fr Andrew or a church warden.  Moving furniture around for funerals and weddings is proving hard word, choir membership is fragile and there is no server for the new Thursday eucharist.  Specifically are you are 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.

Come and Sing   Our Music Director has arranged a 'come and sing' concert at St Faith's Parish Church, Crosby.  If you would like to take part please go along on Sunday 7 November at 18:30.  The central piece of music is The Requiem by the 19th Century French composer Gabriel Faure.  It is a sublime and reflective piece appropriate for the reembrace season of All Saints, All Souls and Reembrace Day itself that we have heard in our own church as a liturgical setting over the past few years.

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.

Team Happy Feat have done it - Here's an update

Peter Mayor writes

Lancaster Canal Walk

Team Happy Feat completed their walk from Preston to Kendal along the Lancaster Canal on Saturday 18th and Sunday 19th September.
The team members were Lesley Penketh, Chris Chatwood, Chris and Peter Mayor and Gemma Mayor who arrived in Kendal at 7:30pm on Sunday evening with not ‘very happy feet’.
The funds raised are to be split between St Mary’s churchyard and the Rosemere Cancer Centre and we are grateful to all the people who have sponsored us. Please let one of the team members have your sponsor money as soon as possible so that the money can be passed on quickly to the recipients.

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.'

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.

Assistant Director Music we have placed an advert in the national press for an Assistant Director of Music.  If you know someone who may be interested in applying, the job description and person specification is shown on the parish website along with an online application form.  You can access the full details along with the application form by clicking the image to the left.

Book Collection 

We are collecting books to raise funds for church.  If you have any books, with a barcode, that you could donate please contact Ian Butterfield at the following email address powerandbutterfield@gmail.com or Valda Pearson on 07751663339 to arrange for collection or bring books to church if you would prefer. 

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.

Autumn Fair

A planning meeting on Monday 4 October at 19:30 in the Parish Centre.  Please come along to offer support of contact Sandra Lea on 07843 908794 for more information.

The Fair itself will take place on Saturday 23 October at 14:30 until 16:30.  This year it will be held in the Scout Hut in Draper Avenue and hope that as many of you will be able to attend..

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

20 October 2021

Valda Pearson

In memory of Barbara Joyce Gooch. Always in our hearts.

7 Ocotber 2021

Mark Hailwood

In memory of Dorothy Hailwood

6 October 2021

Mark Hailwood

In memory of Dorothy Hailwood

Joyce Hunter

In loving memory of Dear Dorothy from Joyce, Hugh and family

30 September 2021

Louise Trayling

September is Childhood Cancer Awareness Month and we'd like to dedicate the lighting up of the church to all the children and families currently going through treatment for cancer, those who have gone through treatment in the past and of course the children who are now angels. We as a family feel very lucky to have got through the devastation that childhood cancer causes and Tommy is now 7 years cancer free - we are truly thankful. Though the reality is that there are still children being diagnosed every day and our love and prayers go out to each and every one of them The Trayling Family (Dan, Louise, Olivia, Tommy and Violet)

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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