Church News & Notices
18th May
Monday Club meets tomorrow at 1.30 pm in the Committee Room. The speaker is Jean Finney who will talk about witches and superstition
Open Door Coffee will be held this coming Friday 23 May between 10 am and 12 noon and will be in the Lounge.
Huge thanks to all who supported the Creativity and Wellbeing event here on Friday either by helping or attending. It was a lovely evening and there was a good turnout with both familiar and new faces.
At least £270, and probably a little more was raised for Christian Aid on the evening and more monies will be added from the pottery stall.
If anyone has any envelopes with them today, please do place them in the collecting bucket. We will be able to let you have a grand total of all monies raised by us during this Christian Aid week next Sunday
We look forward to building on this Christian Aid Week next year.
Tim, with his Moderator of General Assembly “hat on “is at the Church of Scotland General Assembly as Ecumenical Representative until Thursday of this week.
RADS will be performing “A Bunch of Amateurs” by Ian Hislop and Nick Newman, described as a hilarious and heartwarming comedy, from this coming Wednesday 21 May through to next Saturday 24 May in the Main Hall commencing at 7.30 pm each evening.
Tickets priced at £10 and concessions £8 can be purchased from Jennie and Sue after the service today or on the rehearsal evening this coming Monday and are also available online via Ticket Source or on the door each evening. Please do come along to support the show
Oliver Shaw will be giving an organ recital next Sunday 25 May at 3pm in his erstwhile church, St Michael's Burtonwood. Any Allerton folks who make the journey will be warmly welcome and support would be appreciated Admission is free and there will be a retiring collection for the funds of St Michaels.
Our service next week will be at the usual time of 10.00am and will be led by Rev Phil Janvier.
Refreshments will be served after the service today and you are very welcome to stay for a cuppa and a chat. Any monies received today will be added to our collection for Christian Aid.
11th May
Youth Council meet tomorrow – Monday evening, 12th May at 8pm in the Committee Room.
Open Door Coffee will be held this coming Friday 16th May between 10 am and 12 noon and will be in the Lounge.
Many thanks to all those who helped at or supported the Christian Aid Open Door coffee morning on Friday. A special thankyou to Kelly, Mandy, Margaret Pope and Jennie Jones. It was a successful morning with over £400 raised. A great start to the 80th Christian Aid Week
And, Christian Aid Week officially starts today until 17th May and the usual red collecting envelopes are now available and around the Church. They should be brought back to the Church by next Sunday 18th May , when the collecting bucket will again be available
As part of Christian Aid week, and as previously announced, there will be a Creativity and Wellbeing Evening for all ages in the Church on Friday 16th May from 4.30 until 8pm to raise funds for Christian Aid. Please do come long to support the event if only just to pop in for a chat, or to buy something or take part in an activity. All are warmly welcomed
Tim, with his Moderator of General Assembly “hat” on will be the Ecumenical Representative to the Church of Scotland General Assembly from 16th to 22nd May.
RADS will be performing “A Bunch of Amateurs” by Ian Hislop and Nick Newman, described as a hilarious and heartwarming comedy, from a week on Wednesday, 21st May through to Saturday, 24th May in the Main Hall commencing at 7.30 pm.
Tickets priced at £10 and concessions £8 can be purchased from Jennie and Sue after the service or on rehearsal evenings (Monday and Wednesdays from 7.30 to 9.30 pm) and are available online via Ticket Source or on the door each evening. See the Dramatics page HERE for booking information
Oliver Shaw will be giving an organ recital on Sunday, 25th May at 3pm in his erstwhile church, St Michael’s, Burtonwood. Any Allerton folks who make the journey will be warmly welcome and support would be appreciated. Admission is free and there will be a retiring collection for the funds of St Michael’s.
Our service next week will be at the usual time of 10.00am and will be led by Jenny Makepeace.
Refreshments will be served after the service today and you are very welcome to stay for a cuppa and a chat.
CHRISTIAN AID WEEK 80 Years
Christian Aid Week itself will be from 11th to 17th May and there will be the usual red collecting envelopes distributed in advance, to be brought to church on either the 11th or 18th when special collecting buckets will be available.
And this year there will also be a special fundraising event based upon Creativity and Wellbeing to be held on Friday 16th May from 4.30 pm until 8.00 pm in the sanctuary. (Please see the separate notice, above)
30th June 2024
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On Sunday, 9th June the joint congregations of Allerton and St Stephen's URCs made a surprise presentation of a specially-commissioned preaching stole to mark Tim's election as Moderator of The General Assembly of the United Reformed Church. His term of office commences this month, July 2024 and will last for a year. To see the photos, click HERE
April 20th - Resurrection Day 2025
CHRIST IS RISEN
CHRIST IS RISEN
CHRIST IS RISEN INDEED
Ongoing Notices
It is our intention to carry on
using the computer, projector and screen for our services here at Allerton.
There is quite a bit of preparation that goes into having hymns and readings on
the screen and we would like to spread the workload as best we can. If you or a
member of your family are familiar with Microsoft PowerPoint and can spare a couple of hours once a month to assist with the setting up of a PowerPoint
presentation, we would like to hear from you. Please speak to Ruth Winterburn
or Charles Lasham.
Our Minister,Tim has been elected to be
Moderator of General Assembly of the URC for the year commencing July 2024.
This is a great accolade for him, and we extend our heartiest congratulations.
