A Prayer for the New Year

New Year’s Prayer

As the dawn breaks on a new year, let us give thanks for all we hold dear: our health, our family and our friends.

Let us release our grudges, our anger and our pains, for these are nothing but binding chains. Let us live each day in the most loving ways, the God-conscious way. Let us serve all who are in need, regardless of race, color or creed.

Let us keep God of our own understanding in our hearts and to chant God’s name each day. Let us lead the world from darkness to light, from falsehood to truth and from wrong to right.

Let us remember that we are all one, embracing all, discriminating against none.

May our year be filled with peace, prosperity and love. May God’s blessings shower upon us and bestow upon each of us a bright, healthy and peaceful new year.

– Rev. Marcy Sheremetta

 

 

January Newsletter

Please find attached –

January News letter 2020

Hard copies are also available in church.

Link to the SEE magazine

 

All Saints’ Men’s Night

This invite is open to all men who go to All Saints’ Church –  You are invited out for our ‘slightly late’ Christmas meal on Thursday 9th January at The Oriental Delight on Whalley Road.

If you intend eating please sign up at the back of church, speak Andrew McMinn or contact us through the website 

Services on Sunday 22nd December

Three services:

9:30am  – Communion at All Saints’ Church.

4:00pm – Christingle at Altham.

6:30pm – Advent Reflection at All Saints’ Church. (A time for some precious stillness to prepare to celebrate Christmas).

December Newsletter and SEE

December Newsletter  Copies also available at the back of Church.

SEE magazine

Christmas Services

24th December – 4:00pm Crib Service at All Saints’ Church.

24th December – 11:30pm at All Saint’s Church.

25th December – 10:00am at Altham St James Church

29th December – 11:00am at All Saints’ Church

 

Winter Wonderland

School Christmas Fair

This Saturday 7th December 11:00am – 1:00pm.

Many attractions including Father Christmas.

Christingle 6th December

Our annual celebration of Christingle will be on Friday 6th December at 6:30pm in All Saints’.

We celebrate the light of Christ and support the Children’s Society who bring that light to children in the UK living in darkness.

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‘Spirit of Christmas’ Thanks & photos

A massive thank you and well done to the organising team, craft workers, window decorators and helpers for a stunning festival. Thanks also to all those who supported the event, brought along friends, attended the concert or Carl Service; bought produce or raffle tickets. All helped in making the festival a success.

Below are a few photos to try and capture the essence of the festival.

 

 

Uganda – flood crises appeal.

Many of you will remember Hayley – a teacher at All Saints’ Primary School, coming to church to tell us about her pending visit to a village in Uganda.
Unfortunately there has been some tragic news since she has returned.  There has been  an unprecedented amount of rain in the village which has resulted in  several landslides.  The last severe landslide  killed 3 women and washed a baby away.  The baby is Feredericko’s(All Saints’ sponsored child) baby sister and one of the women was his mum.  Poor Feredericko is now orphaned.
Fund raising is now underway to rebuild the home, sponsor the children who are old enough to go to school so they are safe; and then to rebuild the toilets at the primary school that had just been  finished when Hayley was  there and which were also washed away by a landslide.
If you would like to help you can make  a donation here.
More photos and information can be seen on the School’s website.
Thank you.