Author: Diane Watson

The Churches of
St Bartholomew & St Chad
Thurstaston and Irby
Welcome to Church today, we hope that you enjoy the service,
and gain a sense of God’s presence with us.
Sunday 16th September-Trinity 15
8.00am Holy Communion St Bart’s
9.30am Morning Worship St Chad’s
11.15am Holy Communion St Bart’s
6.30pm Holy Communion St Bart’s
Next Weeks Services
Mid-week Service
10.15am Holy Communion St Chad’s
Sunday 23rd September - Trinity 16
8.00am Holy Communion St Bart’s
9.30am Family Communion St Chad’s
11.15am Holy Communion St Bart’s
3.00pm Baptism St Bart’s
6.30pm Evening Worship St Bart’s
Notices and announcements!!!
Visiting Revd Jane would like to visit as many people as possible during the Autumn Term. There is a diary of dates at the back of church, please put your name & phone no. in a time which is convenient for you.
First Aid Do you have a current First Aid qualification, which includes First Aid for children? If so would you be willing to be included on a list to be put in the vestry, and to be called upon should the need arise during a Sunday Service or Junior Church. Please let Revd Jane know.
Wellspring - September 20th, 8-9pm at the Rectory-An opportunity to Listen to God and to pray.
M.U. Branch Coffee Morning, 10am on Sat. 22nd Sep. at St Chad’s. Bring & Buy, raffle cakes etc., £1.00 entrance.
Leprosy Mission Once again it is time for those members of the congregation who have kindly collected money in their Leprosy Mission Box to hand them in at either church, from where they will be collected, emptied and returned for your continued help. If you are unable to do the above, I will be happy to collect your box. Please ring 648 1827. Thank you all for your generosity. Pat Hulme.
Confirmation Are you considering confirmation? For more information please speak to Revd Jane.
Christianity Explored You don’t need to know anything about the Bible. You won’t be asked to read aloud, pray or sing. You can ask any question you want.
Wednesday Evenings Starting 26th September 2012
26th Sept, 3rd, 17th, 31st Oct, 7th, 14th, 28th Nov 7.45-9.00pm St Chad’s Church, Roslin Rd, Irby
For those who decide to be confirmed there will also be a full day on Saturday 24th Nov and a Passover Meal on Wed 5th December (and three sessions in January for adults only)
If you’d like to come or want to find out more, please contact rector@thurstaston.org.uk (phone 648 1816)
EMU (Evening Mothers’ Union) Late Summer meal out at Gustos in Heswall on Wed 19th September. Please speak to Chris Rostock (648 1112) if you would like to come.
HARVEST SUPPER (3 course meal) Folk/Country & Western Band and Quiz. Saturday 29th September
7.00-9.30pm. Admission by Ticket Only:-Adults £7.50, Child £4, Concessions £5, Family £20. Please bring your own glasses and drinks.
The Foresters' Horn Group of Riding for the Disabled are holding a Coffee Morning at 'Barnstables', 233 Irby Road, between 10am and noon on Saturday, 29 September 2012. Tables include Bring & Buy, Cakes, Cards and Crafts. Tickets cost £3 and are available from Jean Heath.

Junior Church at St Chad’s
Children from age 2½ can attend.
There are activity bags available for
children under the age of 2½.
In case you feel the need to remove your child from the service, please note that there is also a box of toys and cushions in the foyer

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request to the parish office

Church Office: Mrs C Rostock, St Chad’s Church, Roslin Road, Irby, CH61 3UH
Church Office open Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, 9.30am-12.30pm (term time) Tel 648 8169
Website: www.thurstaston.org.uk E-Mail: office@thurstaston.org.uk
REVD JANE TURNER 648 1816 (Day off Tuesday) E-Mail: rector@thurstaston.org.uk

Gospel Readings: (Mark 8:27-38)
All :Glory to you, O Lord
27Jesus went on with his disciples to the villages of Caesarea Philippi; and on the way he asked his disciples, ‘Who do people say that I am?’ 28And they answered him, ‘John the Baptist; and others, Elijah; and still others, one of the prophets.’ 29Jesus asked them, ‘But who do you say that I am?’ Peter answered him, ‘You are the Messiah.’ 30And he sternly ordered them not to tell anyone about him.
31Then he began to teach them that the Son of Man must undergo great suffering, and be rejected by the elders, the chief priests, and the scribes, and be killed, and after three days rise again. 32He said all this quite openly. And Peter took him aside and began to rebuke him. 33But turning and looking at his disciples, he rebuked Peter and said, ‘Get behind me, Satan! For you are setting your mind not on divine things but on human things.’
34He called the crowd with his disciples, and said to them, ‘If any want to become my followers, let them deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me. 35For those who want to save their life will lose it, and those who lose their life for my sake, and for the sake of the gospel, will save it. 36For what will it profit them to gain the whole world and forfeit their life? 37Indeed, what can they give in return for their life? 38Those who are ashamed of me and of my words in this adulterous and sinful generation, of them the Son of Man will also be ashamed when he comes in the glory of his Father with the holy angels.’
All: Praise to you, O Christ

Collect
Lord God, defend your Church from all false teaching and give to your people knowledge of your truth, that we may enjoy eternal life in Jesus Christ our Lord.
Amen

Post Communion Prayer
Keep, O Lord, your Church, with your perpetual mercy; and, because without you our human frailty cannot but fall, keep us ever by your help from all things hurtful, and lead us to all things profitable to our salvation; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen

Readings for
Today
Prov 1:20-33
James 3:1-12
Mark 8:27-38

Readings for
23rd Sept
Prov 31:10-31
James 3:13-4:3,7-8a
Mark 9:30-37

FOR OUR PRAYERS THIS WEEK
For the parish: Please pray for John Lamb &
Deborah Heller, Ben Thomas & Hannah Mockridge and Stephen Chaplin & Ann Flenley having their banns read at St Bartholomew’s today. Please pray for Gregg Eassom & Emma Roberts to be married at St Bartholomew’s on Saturday. Please pray for
Lillie-Mae & Katie Staneke to be baptised at
St Bartholomew’s at 3pm next Sunday.
For the sick: Please pray for Ruth Warrington. We continue to pray for Ken Gill & and those known to us.
Give thanks for healing: Emma Long who has been on our prayer list for a long time. She was
paralysed from the neck down following an operation, but is now back at school and doing most things a normal 12 year old would.
From the Anglican Prayer Cycle:
PRAY for The Church of the Province of Uganda.
The Most Revd Henry Orombi Archbishop of Uganda & Bishop of Kampala.
From the Diocesan Prayer Cycle:
Chelford Saint John the Evangelist and Lower Withington Saint Peter.
Malcolm Shaw.