Daresbury Church News

23rd DECEMBER 2018

Apr 2013 THE FOURTH SUNDAY OF 28 ADVENT Contact us Revd Canon David Felix (Vicar): 01925 740348 / 07778 859935 vicar@daresburycofe.org.uk Revd Gill Younger (Curate): 07517 623680 curate@daresburycofe.org.uk Linda Mills (Reader): 01928 717427 pastoral@daresburycofe.org.uk

Sunday Services

James Baird (Reader) 07500 925055 james@daresburycofe.org.uk

Services

Leaders

Readers

Sidespersons

10.30am

Rev David Felix

Myra Fye

Myra & Deryk Fye

Parish Communion

Linda Mills

Jane Leach

9.00am Gavin Hall (Reader) 07767 701498 gavin@daresburycofe.org.uk …………………………………

No Service

Gavin Hall

Jocelyn Squires (Pastoral Worker Emeritus) 01925 740372 treasurer@daresburycofe.org.uk

6.30pm No Service

Stuart Wigley (Parish Administrator)

Bible Readings

Office open Tuesday & Friday

01925 740348 office@daresburycofe.org.uk www.daresburycofe.org.uk www.lewiscarrollcentre.org.uk The Parochial Church 1130503

Morning Micah 5: 2-5a Hebrews 10: 5-10 Luke 1: 39-55

Evening

Advent Christmas Eve

Christingle at 4.30pm Midnight Mass at 11.30pm

Christmas Day

Holy Communion at 9am Family Communion at 10.30am

Sunday 30th

Parish Communion at 10.30am

Christingle Service Our popular Christingle Service will be held on Christmas Eve at 4.30pm. The joyful task of preparing the ‘Christingles’ will take place after our 10.30am service today in the Lewis Carroll Centre so come and join us. Tea/coffee will be available as always.

If you are able to help in any way on Christmas Eve please have a word with Rev David or one of our sides persons.

Christmas Raffle Pam Taylor Floyd, our Churchwarden, has organized a Christmas Raffle in aid of Church funds.

The draw will be held today after the service.

The Church at Christmas Many thanks to everyone who has contributed to the decorating of the church. The tree, greenery & poinsettias add so much.

Christmas Cards Anyone wishing to leave Christmas cards for collection, please put them in the box on the table by the Daniell Chapel. Don’t forget to look for cards that may have been left for you.

The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of All Saints Daresbury Registered Charity 1130503

Other Services Holy Communion

Parish Prayers Please pray for

at Milner Institute Moore Thursday No Service

The Mission of the Church

In Churches throughout the world, especially in the Middle East & other challenging environments.

The World & Society

Parish Diary Church 27th Dec Wedding at 12.30pm 4th Jan Funeral at 10am

Charities working to feed & house the poor All who are sick of mind, body or spirit.

The Local Community

Those travelling over the Christmas period.

Lewis Carroll Centre Communion At Communion if you wish to be served with a gluten free wafer or non-alcoholic wine, please let one of our sidespersons know.

Foodbank It is pleasing to report that the Foodbank is generously overstocked. Any financial contributions however to cover running costs would be gratefully received. Please go onto their web site.

To donate today, please use this qr code. Thank you.

Those who are sick at home or in hospital

Anne Atkinson Any loved one in your thoughts.

The Communion of Saints

Thomas Plumpton Revd Stan Beckett (anniversary)

Pastoral Care

Our Parish Visiting Team offers friendship, listening, prayer & support to the bereaved, sick or lonely. If you think we can help, please telephone the Vicar on 01925 740348/07778 859935, or Linda Mills on 07973 159928. You can also email pastoral@daresburycofe.org.uk.

Prayer Chain

We pray for anyone who is in need, for those sick, weighed down with concerns or struggling with daily life.

All prayers are treated in confidence, they are not circulated to the rest of the congregation. A Christian name is all that is needed.

If you wish to have prayers said, please contact Jean Rowe 01928 898 160

Emergency First Aiders

The following are trained emergency first aiders:Linda Mills, Duncan Howarth, Pam Taylor Floyd, Pam Hatton, Jean Rowe, Jenny Tuckwell, David Hatton, Doug Johnson, Dawn Rossmueller, Glynis Bennion.

We have a defibrillator, situated by the Lychgate entrance from the car park.

The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of All Saints Daresbury Registered Charity 1130503

Bishop Libby Lane named as next Bishop of Derby The next Bishop of Derby will be the Right Reverend Libby Lane.

Bishop Libby is currently the Suffragan Bishop of Stockport, in the Diocese of Chester – a post she has occupied since 2015.

Libby describes Derbyshire as ‘the place that holds my heart’. She grew up in Glossop in the north-west of the county and was selected for ordination while working in the parish of St Thomas Brampton, Chesterfield.

Bishop Libby said: “I am excited and privileged to have been called to serve as Bishop of Derby.

“I grew up here and my vocation was fostered here. Derbyshire nurtured me and brought me to faith and I want to love Derbyshire back.

“I want to lead a church in Derbyshire where people find hope because they know they are loved by God in Christ, and I pray that hope sets us free to live our lives in ways that bring change for good.”

On hearing the news, the Dean of Derby, the Very Reverend Dr Stephen Hance, said: “I am thrilled that Libby is coming to be our bishop. Her roots are here in Derbyshire, and we are all very much looking forward to welcoming her home and working with her in the months and years ahead.

“This announcement presents us with an opportunity to think afresh, about who we are and who we hope to be, about the opportunities and challenges that face us as we move forward.”

Bishop Libby marked the announcement by visiting a number of communities in the Diocese.

She started the day, with her husband, George, her two grown-up children, Connie and Benedict, in her childhood hometown of Glossop, where her parents still live.

From there, she travelled to Bolsover, a former mining town, in the north-east of Derbyshire, meeting children and staff at Bolsover C of E Junior School and taking part in their assembly.

She invited the children to help her with a short talk about the Nativity.

Libby is also revisited the church of St Thomas in Brampton, Chesterfield, where she met women in their Knit and Natter meeting and a men’s social group, known as Thom’s Blokes, to whom she helped serve Christmas lunch.

Later, she met members of the farming and agricultural communities in Alderwasley, before a reception at Derby Cathedral, where she talked to local faith and community leaders.

The service to install Bishop Libby in Derby Cathedral will take place after Easter.

The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of All Saints Daresbury Registered Charity 1130503