St micheals Sunday Pew sheet - 30th September 2018

Coffee Morning The next coffee morning in Church will be 10 a.m. on Saturday, 6th October.

WELCOME TO ALL St. Michael’s Church, East Ardsley, www.stmichaelspc.co.uk Sunday, 30th September, - Trinity 18 (PATRONAL FESTIVAL) 10.0 Holy Communion 12.0 Baptisms Tuesday, 2nd October – 8.30 a.m. – Morning Prayer (said) Thursday, 4th October – 9.30 a.m. Holy Communion Sunday, 7th October – Harvest Festival 8.30 Holy Communion (said) 10.00 Harvest Service led by Sunday School NO service at St. Gabriel’s this month.

For your prayers Link Parish – Borenga, Mara, Tanzania, Issenye School.

Sick: Viv Norton, baby Tobias (Toby) Holleboom R.I.P. : Dennis Argyle, Jim Auty, Fred Speight, Duncan Scales, John North.

Hymns – Ancient & Modern Hymn Book 180 Thou whose almighty word 320 Around the throne 319 Stars of the morning 262 Alleluia sing to Jesus 182 Let Saints on Earth Today’s Readings New Testament: Revelation 12: 7 - 12 Gospel : John 1: 47- end

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Please note at the back of church there is a prayer booklet for you to enter people or situations to be remembered in prayer at the Tuesday morning prayer service.

Fellowship Lunch – Second Monday of the month – 12.00 – 1.30 Next lunch 8th October.

The food will comprise of soup and sandwiches and no cost, only a donation. Please sign up at the back of church so the catering team have an idea of numbers, thanks.

Charity for September/ October – Community Awareness Men’s Night Please note this group meets in the East Ardsley Conservative Club 7.30 / 7.45 on the 2nd Wednesday of each month. The next meeting will be 10th October. All welcome.

Gift Day As usual we will be having the annual Gift Day which will be on Sunday, 30th September. This is an opportunity to say an extra “thank you” for all the good things in life.

Please give generously as funds are always needed to cover increasing costs.

St. Luke’s Day On Thursday, 18th October at 7.30 there is a special service at St. Mary’s Church, Woodkirk for St. Luke’s Day. It will be a Holy Communion service with a special focus on healing and an opportunity for prayer. This is a joint service for Churches Together in Ardsley – if you are interested in joining us please speak to the Vicar.

St. Michael’s Got Talent – 6th October.Tickets are now on sale for the St. Michael’s Got Talent evening on Saturday, 6th October – part of our Harvest celebration. The evening starts at 6 p.m. and

includes a 2 course meal – BYOB and glass. We have a very interesting programme planned and it should be an enjoyable evening, with music, laughter, food and fun. Tickets are £5 for adults and £3 for children. Please see any of the Sunday School teachers, or Craig or Kath.

Morley Arts Festival – Words and Deeds On 2nd October, 7.30 p.m. at St. Mary’s Woodkirk Becky Cherriman will talk about the suffragettes, including local campaigners. Tickets are £6 and can be obtained at the door, Morley Library, Brearley’s Solicitors, or on line at Eventbright.

Shoe Boxes Leaflets are now available at the back of Church for this year’s LINK TO HOPE family and elderly shoebox appeal. Please take a leaflet and fill a shoebox as directed and return to Church.

York City Gospel Choir – Tingley Methodist Church 7.30 p.m. on Saturday, 13th October – tickets £6 from Marlene Woolliin0113 2536336 Can you help?

We are looking for a volunteer to help co-ordinate lifts for people who want a lift to church. Basically it’s a name people can phone if they would like a lift to church. Please have a think and talk to the vicar for further details. Thank you.

Volunteer cleaning of Church Would any of you be willing to consider helping to clean the Church for a couple of hours (say) once a fortnight perhaps. If there is enough of us to form a team, we may even consider a rota.

Many thanks for your consideration. Please see Kath (Barker) Prayer Thought But those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not faint.

Isaiah 40: 31 True faith and courage are like a kite –an opposing wind raises it higher.

There is a Prayer meeting every Wednesday, in Church, 7.30 – 8.30 p.m. All welcome.

Mission Action Plan News Sunday, 7th October - 8.30 Holy Communion (said) at St. Michael’s followed by tea/coffee and croissants.

10:00 Harvest Festival lead by the Sunday School. Our fresh produce will be taken to benefit All Hallows Junk Food Café in Leeds. Our dried goods will benefit the Wakefield Community Project.

No Service at St. Gabriel’s on 7th October.

Sunday 21st October – 5 p.m. in Church sees the start of a new type of monthly service aimed at families with a short service and food. Please speak to Carolyn for further details.

Christian Aid On Friday, 19th October, (please note date correction) at 7.30 p.m. at St. Andrew’s Community Hall, Bruntcliffe, Morley there will be an ‘Autumn Bounty’ evening with Graham Porter (Radio Leeds Gardener). Tickets are £5 including light refreshments from Hazel Rennison for Christian Aid. Message for all After slipping on the ice and breaking my leg in January it came as something of a shock to realise I was not invincible! A bit of reevaluation took place and some decisions made, one of which was to consider worshipping a little closer to home. This was not a decision easy to reach following such a long association with St. Michael’s but I know it is the right one.

Returning to St. Johns in Wakefield where Eric was Vicar is a bit like returning home after a long absence. The older members have remained friends and it is great to see those who were young when we were there, now in leadership roles. Good to see changes we talked about, now in place.

God bless you all – thank you for your love and friendship. I will, of course, still be in touch with many of you and no doubt you will let me pop back to see you from time to time.

Joan Davey