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The Tenth Sunday after Trinity

27th July 2008

       9.15 am   Holy Communion* [1662]                                      Leeds Parish Church

                        No service at St Mary’s today – see overleaf

     10.30 am   CONGREGATIONAL EUCHARIST WITH HYMNS*               Leeds Parish Church

                        Preacher: The Precentor

     11.00 am   HOLY COMMUNION*                                                  Holy Trinity

                        Preacher: Mrs Ann Nicholl

     12.15 pm  HOLY BAPTISM – Alfie Henry Moss-Hammond           Leeds Parish Church

       6.30 pm   CONGREGATIONAL EVENSONG WITH HYMNS         Leeds Parish Church

                        Preacher: Mrs Ann Nicholl

       6.30 pm   EVENING PRAISE                                                       Chapel of the Holy Spirit

*Gluten free wafers for Holy Communion are now available at all our churches. 

If you need one, please speak to a warden before the service.

www.leedsparishchurch.org.uk

Monday, 28^th

·        Pray for the Lambeth Conference – Translators

·        Eldoret [Kenya] – Bishop: Thomas Kogo

·        West Yorkshire Ecumenical Council – Director: Clive Barrett

Leeds Parish Church is closed today for cleaning

Tuesday, 29^th       Mary, Martha and Lazarus, Companions of Our Lord

·        The Lambeth Conference – The Staff of the University

·        El-Obeid [Sudan] – Bishop: Ismail Abudigin Kawo Gibreil

·        Leeds Mental Health Trust – Chaplains: Andrew Haworth, Melodie Kimball

 9.45 am  Morning Prayers                                                                 Leeds Parish Church

   10.00 am   Coffee Morning                                                     Lincoln Green Centre

     1.05 pm  Holy Communion                                                  Holy Trinity

Wednesday, 30^th     William Wilberforce, Social Reformer, 1833                  

·        The Lambeth Conference – Organiser Sue Parks and the Conference Staff

·        Ely  – Bishop: Anthony John Russell

·        Diocesan and local representatives of mission agencies

9.45 am   Morning Prayers                                                                 Leeds Parish Church

Thursday, 31^st       Ignatius of Loyola, Founder of the Society of Jesus, 1556

·        The Lambeth Conference – The Market Place

·        Embu [Kenya] – Bishop: Henry Tiras Nyaga Kathii

·        Catholic and Evangelical groups and societies in our Diocese

    9.45 am   Morning Prayers                                                                 Leeds Parish Church

    1.05 pm   Holy Communion                                                  Leeds Parish Church

Friday, 1^st August

·        The Lambeth Conference – Visitors and Pilgrims to Canterbury

·        Enugu [Nigeria] – Bishop: Emmanuel O Chukwuma

·        St Bartholomew Armley with New Wortley – Priest in Charge: Ian Wright

·        St Bartholomew’s CE Primary School - Headteacher: Pauline Gavin

   9.45 am     Morning Prayers                                                                 Leeds Parish Church

12.00 noon  Midday Prayers                                                     Leeds Parish Church

   1.05 pm    Holy Communion                                                  Holy Trinity

Saturday, 2^nd

·        The Lambeth Conference – Religious Communities

·        Esan [Nigeria] – Bishop: Friday John Imaekhai

·        St Mary Beeston – Vicar: Bob Brooke. Reader: Julie Clarkson

ST PETER’S SCHOOL: will be undergoing its usual cleaning and refurbishment   during the first three weeks of the summer holidays, and St Mary’s Church in the School Hall will therefore be closed for three Sundays – 27 July and 3 and 10 August – reopening on 17 August.  All are very welcome at the other churches in the parish during this time.

JUNIOR CHURCH:  takes a break as usual for the school summer holidays.  The autumn term for Junior Church begins on Sunday 21 September; meanwhile, children are especially welcome at all services. 

CHOIR TOUR: Very special thanks to all who have organised and supported fundraising events and pledged sponsorship in aid of the Choir Tour, which departed from the Parish Church last Tuesday for All Saints’ Pastoral Centre, London Colney – visiting Ely Cathedral, King’s College Cambridge, St Sepulchre-without-Newgate in the City of London, and the Royal Hospital, Chelsea – returning to Leeds this Sunday evening, 27 July.

SUMMER SUNDAY EVENINGS: A reminder that there are weekly organ recitals in August on Sunday evenings from 7.45 to 8.35 pm.  This will be the eleventh annual series of the popular Romantic Organ Masterworks concerts.  Admission is free, with retiring collections for organ maintenance.  All are welcome.  Please tell your friends.

CHILDREN’S SOCIETY: Many thanks to all who supported last month’s Sponsored Knit at the Parish Church – and congratulations to the knitters!  A member of LPC congregation raised the largest amount out of a very impressive total of £536.50. 

TIME FOR CREATION: The Third European Ecumenical Assembly, representing the Roman Catholic, Orthodox, Anglican and Protestant Churches, has recommended that the period from 1 September to 4 October should ‘be dedicated to prayer for the protection of and the promotion of sustainable lifestyles that reverse our contribution to climate change’.  Saturday 4 October is the Feast of St Francis of Assisi [and World Animal Day]; fitting in with ecumenical recommendations, the churches in our parish will be observing Harvest Thanksgiving on Sunday 5 October, with the British Nuclear Test Veterans as usual attending the 10.30 Harvest Festival Eucharist at LPC.

MUSIC MASTER: Dr John Rutter CBE will be giving the address on this Autumn’s Friends of the Music Festival Sunday at 3.00 pm Evensong on Sunday 28 September.  Do please put this date in your diary now and tell your friends and neighbours about it.

PLEASE PRAY FOR:

MEMBERS OF OUR CHURCH COMMUNITY – in residential care

Winifred Battye, Mary Chappell, Eric Corden, Fred Haigh, Thomas Reynard, Veronica Rutkowska, Sylvia Wilkinson and Susan Williams 

THOSE WHO ASK OUR PRAYERS

Gus & Margaret Bigney, Rebecca Bowsher, Harry Broadhead, Brendan Brown, Christopher Browne, Christine Caines, Michael Carthy, Father Douglas Cobb, David Crozier, David Day, Robert Denton, Jean Duker, John Edmonds, Joan Elgie, Roger Evans, Francesca Eyre, Logan Robert Firth, Ivy Frampton, Stephen Gibbons, Sheila Griffiths, Malcolm Ibbotson, Dr Francis Jackson, Jenny Keenan, John Kelly, Mary Kelley, Gladys McEnery, Archdeacon John Oliver, Hilary Oliver, Pat Newsome, Karen Poole, Lexi Reynolds, Iris Rutkowska, Mavis Simpson, Denis Stenning, Erik Charles Thornton, Stanley Waind, Charlie Ware, Sylvia Wareham, Robert Brian Wilson [priest]

YEAR’S MIND

Ethel Charnock [31^st July 1998], Arthur Tompsett [31^st July 2001], Lily Pickering [31^st July 2002], Harry Senior Carr [1^st August 1998], Barry Darling, sometime Assistant Verger [2^nd August 1998]

R.I.P.

Dennis Townhill [Organist Emeritus, St Mary’s Cathedral, Edinburgh]

FOCUS ON … … … COMPANIONS OF OUR LORD

On 29^th July we regularly celebrate the lives of the sisters Mary and Martha and their brother, Lazarus. Jesus was offered hospitality in their home and we know that he wept bitterly over the death of Lazarus. It was Martha who recognized Jesus as the Messiah and Mary who was commended by Jesus over her attentiveness to his teaching.

The examples set by this family, so loved by Jesus, are ones we can all follow:

·        Recognizing and accepting Jesus as our Redeemer and guide and living our lives by following his words.

·        Offering hospitality to those who are in need and relating to all who are searching for meaning and direction in their lives.

·        Being attentive to the teachings of Jesus, to ensure that the values of the Kingdom are those which prevail.

As we remember this tiny family on Tuesday 29th July our Christian way of life can strengthened by the knowledge of their faith and love for Jesus.   

Ann Nicholl

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