Special Summer 2015 Events...Special Summer 2015 Events Churches Together In Horwich & Rivington...
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Special Summer 2015 Events Churches Together In Horwich & Rivington Carnival Presentation Sunday 28th June with Bolton CATS Youth Theatre Singers - sing ‘Godspell’ in the Carnival Arena Marquee on Station Park from 11am (CATS start at 11.30am), before we join the Procession at Noon. Please dress in brightly coloured or ‘flower-power’ clothing to make an impact! A Team Farewell Celebration for Kim - Kim Lafferty’s last service with us will start at 4pm in Holy Trinity Church on Sunday 5th July with Afternoon Tea followed by Kim presiding at a Communion Service, at which we will express our appreciation for Kim’s ministry amongst us as our Team Curate in training since 2012. All are welcome to join us, and you can contribute to a leaving gift in a marked envelope at our team churches. Admission to Holy Communion before Confirmation - as we have done for many years in our team of churches, we offer Confirmation to those aged 16+ so that candidates can make a mature profession of Christian faith. For young people aged 10+, the Bishop allows us to offer Admission to Communion before Confirmation when children are in Year 5 or 6 at our Church Primary Schools, or are involved in our church children’s activities. Annual Trinity Church Garden Party (18th July, 11am -3pm, at Gingham House/Brow) - join us for food & drink, stalls, fun & fellowship, in aid of the church boiler repairs! Folk Concert with Linda Jennings on Friday 24th July at 7.30pm in Holy Trinity Church, in aid of the Parish Hall Appeal. Flyer available in church. Mattins (or Matins/Morning Prayer) is taken from Cranmer’s ‘Book of Common Prayer’ (1662), which is still an official Church of England service book, and still used weekly at Rivington Parish Church. At 10.30am, on the last Saturdays of most months, there is now a short Mattins in Rivington Church, followed by Morning Coffee at 11am, for anyone who would like to share this traditional service of Morning Prayer. Forthcoming dates: 27th June - 25th July - 29th August - 26th September - 31st October - 28th November - but NOT 26th December! Summer Church 2015 begins on Sunday 26th July During the school holidays, our normal pattern of services is slightly revised because our K4C children’s groups don’t meet again until 13th Sept. This means that there is an all-age 9.15am Informal Service each week (apart from the 3rd Sunday in August), when we have a 10.45am United Service only), followed by a 10.45am Choral Service (usually Communion), with a 10.45am United Service on 16th August. Please join us for Summer Church 2015! This year, our Admissions Service is on Sunday 19th July at 10.45am - if your child is in Year 5 or 6 at Horwich Parish, or another Primary School, and is involved in our church activities, then please contact Stephen (468263). Dear Friends, Life is never easy—and sometimes it seems that God allows such pain and misery to fall upon us that we struggle to hold onto our belief that He hears our prayers at all, or even exists - or, if He does, could possibly love us! Not even believers are excused hard times in life, and that seems so unfair until we remember something that is at the heart of the Christian Faith - that God Himself chose to experience these things in Jesus! Jesus, who we believe to be God Incarnate - God in human form - has faced all the suffering of life as we do, and understands our pain and loss intimately, personally. God not only knows what it is to lose a precious child in the pain of the Cross, but, in the amazing community within the Christian God - Father, Son & Holy Spirit - God knows and shares all the pains that we face in life. The hymn from which the title above is taken - ’O Love that wilt not let me go’ - speaks of the weariness and pains of life that end in death, but in which Jesus offers new resurrection hope, just like the rainbow that is present when both sun and rain come together. And the rainbow was the sign of God’s promise right back in the story of Noah’s flood, and I still say ‘thank you’ whenever I see a rainbow in the sky, because that reminds me of the promise and hope that Jesus brings. The weather this year has already brought its fair share of surprises - summer heat in April, hail and snow in May - but whatever seasons of the year, or of life, we may face, God promises to go there with us, if we ask Him. May these summer months be long and warm and joyful, but - if not - may we still be able to ‘trace the rainbow through the rain’ and know that His love is always there for us in Jesus, our friend and Saviour. Yours in His service, Stephen Welcome Cards are available for you to pass to newcomers to our ser- vices—please look on the table in the Narthex near to leaflet rack, where Welcome Packs for church information lea flets are also to be found.
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Special Summer 2015 Events Churches Together In Horwich & Rivington Carnival Presentation Sunday 28th June with Bolton CATS Youth Theatre Singers - sing ‘Godspell’ in
the Carnival Arena Marquee on Station Park from 11am (CATS start at 11.30am), before we join the Procession at Noon. Please dress in brightly coloured or
‘flower-power’ clothing to make an impact!
A Team Farewell Celebration for Kim - Kim Lafferty’s last
service with us will start at 4pm in Holy Trinity Church on Sunday 5th July
with Afternoon Tea followed by Kim presiding at a Communion Service, at
which we will express our appreciation for Kim’s ministry amongst us as our Team Curate in training since 2012. All are welcome to join us, and you can
contribute to a leaving gift in a marked envelope at our team churches.
Admission to Holy Communion before Confirmation - as we have done for many years in our team of churches, we
offer Confirmation to those aged 16+ so that candidates can
make a mature profession of Christian faith. For young
people aged 10+, the Bishop allows us to offer Admission to Communion before Confirmation when children are in Year 5 or 6 at our
Church Primary Schools, or are involved in our church children’s activities.
Annual Trinity Church Garden Party (18th July, 11am
-3pm, at Gingham House/Brow) - join us for food & drink, stalls, fun & fellowship, in aid of the church boiler repairs!
Folk Concert with Linda Jennings on Friday
24th July at 7.30pm in Holy Trinity Church, in aid of the Parish Hall Appeal. Flyer available in church.
Mattins (or Matins/Morning Prayer) is taken from Cranmer’s ‘Book of Common Prayer’ (1662), which is still an official Church of England service book, and still used weekly at Rivington Parish Church. At
10.30am, on the last Saturdays of most months, there is now a short Mattins in Rivington Church, followed by Morning Coffee at 11am, for
anyone who would like to share this traditional service of Morning Prayer. Forthcoming dates: 27th June - 25th July - 29th August - 26th
September - 31st October - 28th November - but NOT 26th December!
Summer Church 2015 begins on Sunday 26th July
During the school holidays, our normal pattern of services is slightly revised because our K4C children’s groups don’t meet again until 13th Sept. This
means that there is an all-age 9.15am Informal Service each week (apart from
the 3rd Sunday in August), when we have a 10.45am United Service only), followed by a 10.45am Choral Service (usually Communion), with a 10.45am United
Service on 16th August. Please join us for Summer Church 2015!
This year, our Admissions Service is on Sunday 19th July at 10.45am - if your child is in Year 5 or 6 at Horwich Parish, or another Primary School, and
is involved in our church activities, then please contact Stephen (468263).
Dear Friends,
Life is never easy—and sometimes it seems that God allows such pain and misery to fall upon us that we struggle to hold onto our belief that He hears our prayers at all, or even exists - or, if He does, could possibly love us!
Not even believers are excused hard times in life, and that seems so unfair until we remember something that is at the heart of the Christian Faith - that God Himself chose to experience these things in Jesus! Jesus, who we believe to be God Incarnate - God in human form - has faced all the suffering of life as we do, and understands our pain and loss intimately, personally. God not only knows what it is to lose a precious child in the pain of the Cross, but, in the amazing community within the Christian God - Father, Son & Holy Spirit - God knows and shares all the pains that we face in life.
The hymn from which the title above is taken - ’O Love that wilt not let me go’ - speaks of the weariness and pains of life that end in death, but in which Jesus offers new resurrection hope, just like the rainbow that is present when both sun and rain come together. And the rainbow was the sign of God’s promise right back in the story of Noah’s flood, and I still say ‘thank you’ whenever I see a rainbow in the sky, because that reminds me of the promise and hope that Jesus brings.
The weather this year has already brought its fair share of surprises - summer heat in April, hail and snow in May - but whatever seasons of the year, or of life, we may face, God promises to go there with us, if we ask Him. May these summer months be long and warm and joyful, but - if not - may we still be able to ‘trace the rainbow through the rain’ and know that His love is always there for us in Jesus, our friend and Saviour.
Yours in His service, Stephen
Welcome Cards are available for you to pass to newcomers to our ser-vices—please look on the table in the Narthex near to leaflet rack, where Welcome Packs for church information leaflets are also to be found.
