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E-Newsletter & Notices for Sunday 4th February 2007

Sunday Services: 3rd before Lent 9.45 am Prayer. 10.30 am Service of Thanksgiving. 6.15 pm Prayer for our Worship. 6.30 pm Communion. Readings: Luke 5: 1-11 (p1032) Colossians 3: 1-22 (p1184) Matthew 5: 13-20 (p969) Readers: Natalie Arkell. Clarice Booth, Emma Howell. Intercessors: Shirley Tate, Jane Ellerington. Wednesday Service: Septuagesima 10.00 am BCP Communion. Readings: 1 Corinthians 9: 24-27 (p1150) Matthew 20: 1-16 (p987) Reader: Miss B Thomas. This week from HIS Word Isaiah 41. v1. The Lord says,"far away countries,listen to me.Let the nations become strong. Come to me and speak;we will meet together to decide who is right". Worship Dates for Your Diary Sunday 11th February 9.45 am Prayer. 10.30 am Training Day. Wednesday 14th February 10.00 am BCP Communion. Collect for The Epiphany : Almighty God who alone can bring order to the unruly wills and passions of sinful humanity: give your people grace so to love what you command and to desire what you promise, that, among the many changes of this world, our hearts may surely there be fixed where true joys are to be found; 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. Amen. Job Vacancies Our Church needs your help! All our young peoples work, welcome and coffee rota, PA, VA, counters for the offering, brass cleaning, flower arranging etc. Please contact us if you can help.

Notice Board: Nurture Group On Tuesday evenings there will be a Nurture/Discipleship group in the parish rooms. If you are a new Christian or if you feel the need to broaden your understanding then why not come along and see what’s on offer. It starts at 7.30 pm and we expect to finish by 9.30 pm. Men’s Group The Men’s group is to undergo a re-launch. We will meet monthly and apart from an occasional social get together, we hope to have some interesting evening discussions and talks brought to us through a series of invited guests. The diary of meetings for 2007 is on the welcome desk. If the men’s group is to survive, then we need your support. The re-launch date is this Friday 9th February at 7.30 pm in the Parish Rooms Training Day The next of our series of training days takes place on February 11th. Dave Teece will lead us in helping us to hear what people are really saying when we are talking to them. There will be no evening service on that day so that all can come together for the teaching. Evelyn Dunbar-Nasmith We have produced a DVD of the service if you would like a copy have a word with Don. Confirmation We will be hosting a confirmation here together with Kirkthorpe and Crofton on February 20th. If you would like to be confirmed please have a word with Don soonest. These are the people who have already contacted me Anna, David and Lauren Wills, Marianne, Scott, Jenny, Becky, Craig, Michael, Danielle. Would all these people please pick up the letter that is in their pigeon holes. Musoma Our very own Jean Oades, along with a number of others from the Wakefield diocese are soon to fly out to Musoma in Tanzania. They will be spending time with our friends from St Johns Cathedral and the surrounding churches. They will be experiencing life at a very different pace. We look forward to hearing about Jean’s experience on her return. Sue Hulme Sue is training towards ordination. As part of which she is required to do a placement in a parish. She will be among us for about four weeks and she joins this morning. PCC The minutes from the last meeting are in the pigeon holes, the next standing committee meeting will be on Sunday 11th February after the morning service. Coffee/Welcome If you are on the coffee/welcome rota there is a letter for you in your pigeon hole. Saturday 10th February—Parish Walk We are planning a walk in the Yorkshire Moors in the area of Byland Abbey. Please let us know (ring John or Kate 223893) if you are interested in coming so that we can make sure that there is sufficient transport. We will meet and leave from the Parish Rooms at 8.30 am as usual. Future walk dates are 10th March, 12th May, 23rd June. Sunday 11th February Duty Roster If you are on duty but cannot make it then you must find a replacement. We have had a number of people recently who have failed to do this and it has caused embarrassing silences in the services, please check your rotas. Intercessor: Emma Howell. Welcome/Coffee: Morning: Cathy Cook, Sally Dinsdale, Joyce and Bill Robinson. Counting: Rachel Budby, John Brennan Shirley Tate. Please pass any thoughts or comments to me, Rog, at webmaster@allsaintsnormanton.org. To unsubscribe to the mailing list (I wont be upset!), please send an email with "unsubscribe" in the subject.