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Newsletter 29th January 2017

1/30/2017

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NOTICES:
There will be a Coffee morning on Tuesday 31st in the Church Meeting Area from 10.00am to 11.45am if want to meet your friends for a chat or make new ones. There will also be a new selection of handmade cards for all occasions on display. These will all be available to purchase, proceeds to church funds.
​There will be a meeting of the Working Party on 7th Feb at 7.00pm to review the 2016 Mission Action Plan.
FORTHCOMING SERVICES:
There will be two Services this coming week, both starting at 9.30am. Sunday (5th in Ordinary Time) &. Thursday (Candlemas). All are welcome.    
LATEST READINGS:
First Reading: Zephaniah 2:3; 3:12-13
A reading from the prophet Zephaniah.
Seek the Lord all you, the humble of the earth, who obey his commands. Seek integrity, seek humility: you may perhaps find shelter on the day of the anger of the Lord.
Second Reading: 1 Corinthians 1:26-31
A reading from the first letter of St Paul to the Corinthians.
Take yourselves, brothers, at the time when you were called: how many of you were wise in the ordinary sense of the word, how many were influential people,
Gospel: Matthew 5:1-12
A reading from the holy Gospel according to Matthew.
Seeing the crowds, Jesus went up the hill. There he sat down and was joined by his disciples. Then he began to speak. This is what he taught them: “How happy are the poor in spirit; theirs is the kingdom of heaven.





Responsorial Psalm
Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 145
 It is the Lord who keeps faith for ever,
who is just to those who are oppressed.
It is he who gives bread to the hungry,
the Lord, who sets prisoners free.
Response: How happy are the poor in spirit;
theirs is the kingdom of heaven. 
It is the Lord who gives sight to the blind,
who raises up those who are bowed down,
the Lord, who protects the stranger
and upholds the widow and orphan.
Response: How happy are the poor in spirit;
theirs is the kingdom of heaven. 
It is the Lord who loves the just
but thwarts the path of the wicked.
The Lord will reign for ever,
Zion’s God, from age to age.
Response: How happy are the poor in spirit;
theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

 

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Newsletter for 22nd January 2017

1/22/2017

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NOTICES:
​Our new Curate Revd Paul Mellars who recently arrived in the Benefice, celebrated his first Sunday Mass at St Andrews under the guidance of Father Richard.(please see photo below). 
​The latest Parochial Church Council meeting took place on 16th January, dates were pencilled in for the Spring Fayre, Summer Concert, and the Summer trip/dinner. See this space for further details in the near future. A meeting of the Working Party to review the mission action plan has been arranged for 7th February 2017.

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SERVICES:
​The next service at St Andrews is on Thursday at 9.30am, said Mass (SS Timothy and Titus). The next Sunday Service will be sung Parish Mass (4th Sunday in Ordinary Time) again at 9.30am. (See below for a selection of images of the church decorated for Christmas).
LATEST READINGS:
First Reading: Isaiah 8:23 - 9:3
A reading from the prophet Isaiah.
In days past the Lord humbled the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, but in days to come he will confer glory on the Way of the Sea on the far side of Jordan...
Second Reading: 1 Corinthians 1:10-13. 17
A reading from the first letter of St Paul to the Corinthians.
I appeal to you, brothers, for the sake of our Lord Jesus Christ, to make up the differences between you, and instead of disagreeing among yourselves, to be united again in your belief...
Gospel: Matthew 4:12-23
A reading from the holy Gospel according to Matthew.
Hearing that John had been arrested Jesus went back to Galilee, and leaving Nazareth he went and settled in Capernaum, a lakeside town on the borders of Zebulun and Naphtali...






Responsorial Psalm

Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 26
The Lord is my light and my help;
whom shall I fear?
The Lord is the stronghold of my life;
before whom shall I shrink?
Response: The Lord is my light and my help.
There is one thing I ask of the Lord, for this I long,
to live in the house of the Lord,
all the days of my life,
to savour the sweetness of the Lord,
to behold his temple.
Response: The Lord is my light and my help.
I am sure I shall see the Lord’s goodness
in the land of the living.
Hope in him, hold firm and take heart.
Hope in the Lord!
Response: The Lord is my light and my help.

 

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