Please join the Benefice Communion and Conformation Service
at 4:00pm in All Saints’ Church
THERE WILL BE NO MORNING SERVICES.
The Bishop of Blackburn, the Rt. Revd. Julian Henderson will preside, preach and confirm. This will be the only service this day and hopefully everyone will come and worship together.
Please pray all those to be confirmed.
The word comes from “Las Posadas’ – the Spanish for ‘Inns”. It is a religious festival which originates in Mexico and parts of the United States and is celebrated between 16th -24th December . Las Posadas commemorates the journey that Joseph and Mary made from Nazareth to Bethlehem in search of a safe refuge where Mary could give birth to baby Jesus.
A little Mary and Joseph will travel house to house around the parish en route to Bethlehem. If you would like the to call at your house please sign up on the sheet at he back of church.
Thank you
Oh God, who art the author of peace and the lover
of concord, in knowledge of whom standeth
our eternal life, whose service is perfect
freedom: defend us, thy humble servants, in
all assaults of our enemies; that we, surely
trusting in they defence, may not fear the
power of any adversaries; through the might
of Jesus Christ Our Lord.
Amen.
In school and open to all –
At the Arthur Wilson Centre on Saturday 23rd November between 9:00am – 1:00pm.
Why not come along!
The festival begins on Friday 13th December when St Christopher’s Jazz Band and Choir will perform at a concert. Tickets are now on sale at £5 each, this will include refreshments and mince pies. There is a discount for families.
Please support this event and sign up at the back of church for tickets. Thank you.
If you can help over the festival weekend in any way – please let one of the Church Wardens know. Thank you.
Parade starts from outside the Civic Centre Clayton – Le – Moors at 9:30am.
Service in All Saints’ Church at 10:00am
Remembrance – 
at the cenetaph in Mercer Park start just before 11:00am
Find out more here about our Light Service designed to ‘Light up our Church this advent.’
All Welcome.
The poster for this workshop is attached.
Please note that lunch will be served from 12.45pm rather than from 12.30pm so that Caroline can attend with Sienna and not need to be in two places at the same time!
We intend to start the work on the rockery during this workshop.
Julie and I have put in a bid for a Mini Windfall Grant of £250.00 and this will be supplemented by £100.00 from the Blackburn Diocese grant.
The following workshop is planned to be in March 2020 when we will look at underplanting the rose bushes.
Hopefully Julie may be able to bring one or two volunteers with her to this workshop.
Please bring your 2020 diaries so that we can pencil in a date for the next workshop in March 2020.
Toby should be able to attend part of the November workshop.
Please let me know if you have any questions or if you cannot attend.
Hopefully the weather will be kinder in November than it was in September.
Kind regards,
David
