St Chad’s Notices Sunday 2nd October 2011 Contact: Johanna@stchadsromiley.co.uk

Prayer at St Chad’s St Chad’s seeks to be a praying church. Each week we have a list of prayer points to help guide your prayers. If you have any prayer requests please contact the church office or Johanna Pearson. Focus on Youth & children:

1. Pray for the youth and children’s work leaders on the staff team and for the volunteers

2. Pray that we will recruit

the right volunteers to help take the ministries forward

3. Pray for a fruitful season

among all groups

4. Pray for light party – that it will be fun & the children will grasp Jesus’ love for them

5. Sunday youth &

children’s work – that we will see growth and deepening of faith

6. Pray for our work with

local schools and new opportunities to serve them.

Early Morning Prayer

Meet in the church lounge every Tuesday morning, 7am for prayer. Contact James Neal for more information

Cut along the strip and stick our weekly diary and prayer points in your

bag/bible!

October Barn Dance! One of the aims of the Gathering group is to have a series of social events so that the members of our different congregations can meet, mix and generally get to know each other better. We would love this to be done in a relaxed, fun and enjoyable atmosphere.

Following our first event in the summer, the Lyme Park picnic, the next planned event is a Barn Dance on Saturday 29th October in the Guywood Centre 7.30 - 10.30pm. This is intended to be a family fun night with easy dances, an experienced caller and a live band (made up mostly of St. Chadʼs musicians).

Please support this event and if you would like to play in the band contact Ken Earith.

Richard's Institution The Institution of our new vicar, Revd Richard Pennystan, will take place at St Chad's at 7.30pm on Tuesday 18th October. This is a very significant time for our church and we hope that as many people as possible will be there to welcome Richard and Nells and to pray for them. There will be a social time at the Guywood Centre following the service where we will serve drinks and nibbles. We need to know numbers in advance. If you are going to come to the Guywood, please sign up at the back by Sunday October 16th at the latest, or let Jan (office@stchadsromiley.co.uk) or Jill know (jill.hookway@googlemail.com) before then. Thank you! Jill and Helen

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The week ahead…

Monday 3rd 3.30pm Fireworks 7.30pm Mothers Prayers Tuesday 4th 10.00am Little Lights 2.00pm Ladies Society 5.45pm Fuel Wednesday 5th 10.00am Stars 11.00am Communion 4.15pm Cherry Youth 6.30pm Deeper 7.00pm Core Thursday 6h 10.00am Sparklers 10.30am Mothers Prayers Friday 7th 10.00am Prampushers Chat Sunday 9th 9.15am Service 10.45am Service 10.45am Children’s Church & Deeper Sundays 6.30pm Pulse Youth

Coming Up… Richard's Institution - Tuesday October 18th, 7.30pm Light Party – Monday October 31st

Church Office 1-5 Stockport Road Romiley, Stockport

SK6 4BN

phone (0161) 430 4652 email office@stchadsromiley.co.uk

web www.stchadsromiley.co.uk Office Hours

Mon - Thurs 9 - 5pm

St Chad’s men climb Snowdon for Africa 8th October 2011 The proposed fundraising walk is to raise money for the famine affecting East Africa. Poverty is an outrage against humanity. It robs people of dignity, freedom and hope and of power over their own lives. ALL MEN are welcome to join us for the walk. We will be leaving the Lifecentre at 8am (prompt) and returning (hopefully fit and well) by 7pm. The only thing that counts is faith expressing itself through love (Galatians 5:6). Everyone can donate through Christian Aid – either by using this link www.justgiving.com/Ian-Caldwell2 or simply by giving to Ian Caldwell or Joe Pienaar

Cherry Tree Youth Club Decorating Do you have any oddments of brightly coloured emulsion paint that you have finished with? Tester pots are fine. If so please may we have them for a unique feature wall at CTYC. Leave them in the marked box at the back of church. Many thanks! Gill Gosling

Light Party

31st October

6-7.30pm

More details

coming soon!

25th Sept - Worship with all our heart - Mat 2:1-11; Psalm 100

2nd Oct - Constant thanksgiving - Col 1:3-8; 3:15-17; Psalm 136

9th Oct - A unity with each part working properly - Rom 12:3-8; Eph 4

16th Oct - Loving each other - John 13:12-17; Rom 12:9-21

Sunday 9th October will be our Harvest service, with a collection for Wellspring. Please note the following changes to 10.45am 1st Sunday of the month: 2nd Oct - all age 10.45am service in church. 6th Nov - ʻnormalʼ 10.45am service with childrenʼs church as usual. 4th Dec - we will gather together in church for 1BigChristmas extravaganza!

Preaching Program for the next 4 weeks

CHRISTIAN RELIEF UGANDA.

Audrey and David Bomford invite you to an Evening in Uganda

with latest news and pictures from their visit to Maria's Care Kamuli.

Tuesday Oct 25th in the Life Centre

AFRICAN CRAFT on Sale and refreshments 7.30pm - 9.30pm