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May God's grace and peace be with you!
We offer Family friendly worship to which we welcome you most warmly. Please feel free to browse our website and Face Book pages. Rev. Michael Burley |
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News for the week beginning 18th April 2021
Dear Friends
Notices for Sunday 18th April 2021
This week at Christ Church Staines
Service Sunday 18th April
10.00a.m. Morning Worship and Sunday School.
The theme will be “faith and self-sufficiency” .
This is a follow on to last week’s sermon
Thursday 15th April Holy Communion in Church at 10.00a.m.
Thank you to everyone who gave to the LENT/EASTER APPEAL for the Shelter project “A Tent for Lent” - We collected and amazing £1540 has been sent to Shelter
Next Week Sunday 25th April after morning worship – we will be holding an ANNUAL PAROCHIAL CHURCH MEETING. As it is so close to the last one (held at the end of October 2020) it will only be to carry out the basic legalities and to put us back to the normal pattern for the year.
Formal notices and further details are up in church.
The Annual Report and accounts for 2020 are available today. (SEE BELOW OR HARD COPIES IN CHURCH.
There are 3 places available on the Parochial Church Council so if anyone is interested in being part of the P.C.C. please let Michael know.
LIVING IN LOVE AND FAITH COURSE- SEE BELOW.
God Bless – Look forward to seeing you all.
Michael
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The Church of England have recently published a report called “Living in Love & Faith”.
The report explores Christian teaching on identity, sexuality, relationships, and marriage in relation to the doctrines of the Chruch of England. It is expected that the report will be debated at General Synod in 2021 where decisions will be sought to help the church move forward (or not) in this area.
There is also a 6-week course connected to the report so we can discover more and have some small input into the debate.
At the recent PCC we discussed this and there was great enthusiasm for us to hold this course in Christ Church .
Our course will start on Thursday 20th May 7.30p.m – 9.00 p.m. in church. You do not have to read the report in full (it is 500 dense pages long) but there will be extremely helpful videos and a short course booklet which will help our thinking. The input is intended to be at a level most of us would be able to understand and it is designed to be interactive.
The course is to be led by Rev Dr Stephen Brian. He has recently retired to Ashford from being Vicar of 8 churches in Sussex. He knows Christ Church well as he was brought up on the Royal Estate. His late mother was a part of the Church community some years ago.
If you ae interested, in taking part in our course please send Michael an e-mail to book a place or talk to Carol at the entrance to church where she will keep a list of those interested.
The course deals with sensitive matters and will only be for people connected to Christ Church- it is NOT open to the public at large.
The report explores Christian teaching on identity, sexuality, relationships, and marriage in relation to the doctrines of the Chruch of England. It is expected that the report will be debated at General Synod in 2021 where decisions will be sought to help the church move forward (or not) in this area.
There is also a 6-week course connected to the report so we can discover more and have some small input into the debate.
At the recent PCC we discussed this and there was great enthusiasm for us to hold this course in Christ Church .
Our course will start on Thursday 20th May 7.30p.m – 9.00 p.m. in church. You do not have to read the report in full (it is 500 dense pages long) but there will be extremely helpful videos and a short course booklet which will help our thinking. The input is intended to be at a level most of us would be able to understand and it is designed to be interactive.
The course is to be led by Rev Dr Stephen Brian. He has recently retired to Ashford from being Vicar of 8 churches in Sussex. He knows Christ Church well as he was brought up on the Royal Estate. His late mother was a part of the Church community some years ago.
If you ae interested, in taking part in our course please send Michael an e-mail to book a place or talk to Carol at the entrance to church where she will keep a list of those interested.
The course deals with sensitive matters and will only be for people connected to Christ Church- it is NOT open to the public at large.
Covid:-
We are still governed by covid regulations so just to remind you of a few things we have to honour.
We need to sanitise on entering and leaving church.
We need to socially distance and keep at least 2 meters apart.
Masks should be worn in Church.
We will not be allowed to have refreshments or be able to sing yet.
We would also ask you to keep conversation in church to the minimum (You can talk to God in prayer - He welcomes to hear from you!!!).
Outside we still need to be careful.
We are still governed by covid regulations so just to remind you of a few things we have to honour.
We need to sanitise on entering and leaving church.
We need to socially distance and keep at least 2 meters apart.
Masks should be worn in Church.
We will not be allowed to have refreshments or be able to sing yet.
We would also ask you to keep conversation in church to the minimum (You can talk to God in prayer - He welcomes to hear from you!!!).
Outside we still need to be careful.
A link to our Facebook page
: https://www.facebook.com/staineschristchurch
: https://www.facebook.com/staineschristchurch
