Newsletter 29th January 2017

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.