Church News & Notices
8th June
Open Door Coffee meets this coming Friday 13th June between 10 am and 12 noon in the Lounge
Our Plant Sale and Strawberry Tea will take place a week on Saturday, 21st June from 2.30pm until 4.30 pm.
A variety of plants will be available to buy, a delicious strawberry tea will be served and there will be several stalls, including books, cakes and fancy goods. There will also be a raffle. Entrance with the strawberry tea is £7, but to browse around the stalls, the entrance fee is £1. All proceeds will go to Church Funds - please do come and join us for this lovely occasion
Rita Griffiths is retiring as Mersey Synod Clerk in the summer. She is a keen member of Café Jam Band and as a farewell to her, Café Jam will be playing at Blundellsands & Crosby URC Esche Road Waterloo L23 3AR on Sunday, 29th June from 5pm until 6.15pm followed by a buffet. If you would like to attend this event you will need to book via the Synod Office by 19th June, as places are limited – contact Synod Office on 0151 722 6590 or via e-mail on
synodoffice@urcmerseysynod.org.uk
Tim, in his capacity as Moderator of General Assembly, is preaching next Sunday at High Cross URC, Tottenham.
Our service next week will be at the usual time of 10.00am and will be led by led by Rev Peter Lyth.
Refreshments will be served after the service today and you are very welcome to stay for a cuppa and a chat.
1st June
Open Door Coffee meets this coming Friday, 6th June between 10 am and 12 noon. As it is the first Friday of the month, this will be in the Church with the usual stalls available.
Tim, with his Moderator of the General Assembly “hat” on, will be at a meeting of the Business Committee on 5th June
A date for your diary – our Plant Sale and Strawberry Tea will take place on Saturday, 21st June from 2.30pm until 4.30 pm. All proceeds will go to Church Funds - more details will follow next week.
Rita Griffiths is retiring as Mersey Synod Clerk in the summer. She is a keen member of Café Jam Band and as a farewell to her, Café Jam will be playing at Blundellsands & Crosby URC Eshe Road, Waterloo L23 3AR on Sunday, 29th June from 5pm until 6,15pm followed by a buffet. If you would like to attend this event you will need to book via the Synod Office by 19th June, as places are limited – contact Synod Office on 0151 722 6590 or via e-mail on
synodoffice@urcmerseysynod.org.uk
Our service next week will be at the usual time of 10.00am and will be led by led by Tim. It will be a Communion service for Pentecost
Refreshments will be served after the service today and you are very welcome to stay for cake, a cuppa and a chat.
25th May
Open Door Coffee meets this coming Friday 30th May between 10am and 12 noon, in the Lounge.
The total of all monies collected by us so far during Christian Aid Week is £1,564.06, to include £427 at the Coffee morning on 9th May and £384 at the Creativity and Wellbeing Evening on 16th May. The remainder came from your individual donations. There are also more funds to come from the pottery stall at the Creativity evening. Thanks to all and especially Linda, Ray and Kelly who organised these events
Our service next week will be at the usual time of 10.00am and will be led by led by Tim – there is no Communion next week but the service on 8th June for Pentecost will be a Communion service
Refreshments will be served after the service today and you are very welcome to stay for a cuppa and a chat
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 £370, 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.
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
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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.
