NEWS
Week beginning 5th February 2012:
Sunday School meets from 9.45 a.m. during term time in the Walker Halls.
Choral Evensong at 6.30 p.m.
Sesquicentenary Calendar: We would like to thank all those who bought our 150th Anniversary Calendar. We have a few A3 sized calendars left – please contact Ronald Lo if you want to have one. The proceeds amounted to £633 which will go towards the re-ordering of the West End of the church as part of the Anniversary project.
Electoral Roll: If you regularly attend worship at Christ Church, you should be on the Church’s Electoral Roll. Ask the Vicar for a form.
Confirmation: if you would like to be confirmed later this year, please speak to the Vicar after the service.
Rotas for February and March should be collected from the back of the Church.
This Week
Monday, 6th February and Tuesday, 7th February: Organ tuning and mechanical work by Harrison and Harrison all day.
Wednesday, 8th February: Lunch Fellowship will meet after the 11 o'clock Eucharist. A talk will be given by Ms Maggie Carr entitled ‘On The Fiddle’ followed by a sandwich lunch. Contact Lynda or Hilary for numbers. Please note that we will meet at the back of church if the weather is reasonably warm.
Thursday, 9th February: Prayer Group from 2 p.m. at 64 The Greenway.
Thursday, 9th February: Youth Groups in the Reception Room – ages 10-14 from 6.45 – 7.45 p.m.; ages 14-18 from 7.45 – 9.15 p.m.
Friday, 10th February: Coffee Morning. Please join us from 10.15 a.m. - 12.00 p.m. in Church for coffee, tea and biscuits.
Saturday, 11th February: The choir will sing Choral Evensong at Newcastle Cathedral.
Sunday, 12th February: The choir will sing Choral Eucharist (10 a.m.) and Evensong (6 p.m.) at Newcastle Cathedral.
Tuesday, 14th February: Young Fogeys’ Ploughman’s Lunch.
Please include the following in your prayers.
Church: For our bishops, Richard and Peter; our vicar, Fr Peter; our curate, Fr Howard; our lay readers, Cathy, Malcolm and Jackie; our ordinands, Hazel and Stefan, preparing for ordination this summer; all our home communicants, especially Glenys Ball and Elaine Garwood. For the marriage of David Biswell and Sara Hutton next Saturday. In the Churches Together Cycle of Prayer, we pray for the Southgate Christian Fellowship, its minister, John Rawdings, and congregation.
The World: For victims of poverty, hunger, fear and oppression. For peace throughout the world. For the victims of natural disasters.
Community: For our Sovereign, Queen Elizabeth, for her government and all those in authority. For the Friday Coffee Morning group. For those who live in Powys Lane.
Sick: Among those for whom we have been asked to pray, we pray especially for those who are chronically ill, and those who care for them. Our prayers have been asked for Lyviour Tumwebaze, Victoria Lagouti, Bill Hanford, Linda Ritter, Miriam Ritchie, Ian Arend, Elaine Garwood, Graham Fountain, Rosa Lamagna, Glenys Ball, Iris Smith, Grace Banks, Joanna Howlet, Gwendoline VanCooten, Ruby Lambert, Irene King, Josephine Fox, Farid Omran, Chris Leithead, John Sibley, Ivy Newman and Anne Harris.
Faithful Departed: For those who have recently died; and for those whose year’s mind falls at this time, including Doris Haines, Margaret Boulton, Henry Richards, Bruce Masters, Margaret Mills, Edith Jeeves, Ilva Johnson and Bill Howe.
Southgate Homebound Association, a club for housebound people meets in Walker Hall once a month, on a Friday evening for a social evening. Volunteers bring members to and from the hall in a transport ambulance and in private cars. Because they have recently had several new members they are short of people to help with transport. Anyone who is able to help in this way, please contact Ian Woodall on 01992 444118.
Lunch Fellowship: To let us know that you can come to one of our Wednesday meetings (after the 11 a.m. Eucharist) or for more information, please contact Lynda Rigg (8886 4811) or Hilary Meur (8360 2362) or Judith Lo (8882 3335).
The Christ Church Association Bar: New Members are always welcome. We always stock a good range of soft drinks, so why not bring your families and friends along to the bar for normal opening times or for our special events. The Christ Church Association Bar is open at the following times throughout the year:
Wednesdays 8:00pm - 11:00pm
Fridays 8:00pm - 11:00pm
Sundays 7:30pm - 10:30pm
Please Note: It is a legal requirement that all who purchase drinks from the Top Step Bar are Christchurch Association Members. Guests of members need to be "signed-in".