Collect : 17th Sunday after Trinity Gracious God, you call us to fullness of life: deliver us from unbelief and banish our anxieties with the liberating love of Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. Please pray for: TODAY’S HYMNS & READINGS: BIBLE READING: Genesis 12 v.1-9 Luke 12 v.422-34 MISSION PRAISE 34 Angel voices 590 Seek ye first 170 Give thanks 486 Now thank we all our God + those working to protect society from terrorist and criminal violence and ask God to show them the most effective ways of cooperating and sharing information. Pray for the Following the ‘retirement’ of Sandra UK’s armed and police forces, intel- Adams as a Foundation Governor at St ligence services and others responGeorges CE Primary School the PCC sible for guarding our borders, prewill need to appoint a new venting attack & maintaining peace. Foundation Governor - nominations for this important role should be + tense situation in Syria & Iraq; forwarded to Alison Otto, PCC pray that the endeavours of ISIS will Secretary, by 31 October. Thank you be thwarted and for the safe release of Alan Henning. SCHOOL GOVERNOR + those who are unwell & for those who care for them - especially Mike Blakeborough, Kerrin Crooks, Jean Helm, Audrey Knagg, Minnie Grant, Paul Grainger, Margaret Pearce, Paul & Claire Coulson, Mavis Davies, Marjorie Gorry, Edna Dobson, Brian Cottam, Linda Phelps, Eddie Creagh Alan Dickox, Frank Armer & Audrey Dalton. Pray for the lonely, anxious or bereaved - Matthew11v.28 + ‘Believe....in Barrow’ - the deanery Mission planned for May 2015. + those around about you; thank God for them. The Parish of St George with St Luke & St Perran and The Parish of St Aidan A very warm welcome to today’s Sunday 12th October worship at St Aidan’s, St George’s or *9.30 am Holy Communion St Perran’s. This morning, as part of At St Aidan’s with Miss Alison Otto our annual giving review, we continue Preach & Preside: Canon Gary Cregeen in the sermon series: ‘GENEROUS *10.30 am Holy Communion At GOD: GENEROUS PEOPLE’. At a time of St George’s with Mrs Jean Mease & financial struggle the temptation is to Revd Jo Northey become less generous and more Preach: Canon Gary Cregeen protective of our finances—what does 11 am Morning Worship @ our view of money say about our unSt Perran’s, Roose with R. Turner derstanding of God? Do we trust in His provision? Do we recognise that all Next Sunday 19th October that we have has been entrusted to us *10.30 am Team Communion at by God to be used for His glory? Do St Perran’s with Canon Gary Cregeen we regard money as being ‘ours’ and a Preacher: Revd Ron Wilson means of security. The thrust of 12.30 pm Baptism at St Aidan’s (Jo) today’s Bible readings focus on: *3 pm MEMORIAL SERVICE at ‘GIVING WITH FEARLESS FAITH’. St Georges with Revd Jo Northey. As a church family in South Barrow we Preacher: Canon Gary Cregeen seek to learn more about God and *Refreshments served after these encourage one another in Christian services - why not remain for a chat? faith and life. For more details about Sunday and Mid-week activities please pick up the NEW AUTUMN 2014 Programme at the back of church. Also, the OCTOBER TEAM TALK for is available - pick up a copy TODAY! Items for the Sunday 19th October 2014 Newsletter to Judith Cowsill (829710) or email: [email protected] by Thursday 16th October. Thank you This Week in South Barrow... Monday 13th 5 pm St Aidans Rainbows 6.30 pm Brownies @ St Aidan’s Hall 8 pm Messy Church Planning meeting at The Vicarage, 31 Middle Hill Tuesday 14th 10 am Clergy Day at Rheged (Gary, Jo & Matt) 8 pm Home Group at The Vicarage, 98a Roose Road (Matt) Wednesday 15th 10 am Mid-week Team Communion at St Aidan’s (Matt) 4.30 pm Rainbows @ St George’s 5.30 pm Barrow Borough Council Meeting (Gary—Mayor’s Chaplain) 6 pm Brownies @ St Georges Hall 6 pm Youth Club at St Aidans 7.30 pm St George’s Guild 8 pm Home Group at The Vicarage, 98a Roose Road (Matt) Thursday 9th 9.30 am Coffee Morning at St Perran’s 10.40 am St George’s Assembly. (OTB) 11 am Holy Comm. at St Perran’s (Jo) 2 pm St Luke’s MU—speaker: Gary 7 pm ‘Describing Grief’ at St Perran’s Harvest Thanksgiving 2014 Thank you to those who donated so generously to the Foodbank as part of our Harvest Thanksgiving again this year. Such donations are making a real difference to local people who are struggling at this present time. Thanks too for those who have contributed to the Bishop’s Harvest Appeal—to date £200 has been donated from St Aidan’s with the St George’s donations to follow. This year the Bishop’s Appeal, SECURING FUTURES TOGETHER’ will help two projects one in El Salvador where floods wiped out the entire harvest, and the other in the northern Philippines to provide education and reconciliation in areas where tribal warfare has created destruction and poverty. USEFUL CONTACTS: Team Rector: Canon Gary Cregeen Tel. 877367 Email: [email protected] MEMORIAL SERVICE SUNDAY 19 OCTOBER 2014 at 3 pm at ST GEORGE’S CHURCH Followed by light refreshments in the Hall If you would like a loved one to be remembered or know someone who has been bereaved who could be helped by this service please contact: Alison Otto by Tuesday 14 October. All welcome. ADVANCE NOTICE: COMMEMORATION - WW I This year commemorates 100 years since the outbreak of World War One. Have you lost relations in this war or in WW II or in Korea or Afghanistan? If so, have you any photos, newspaper cuttings or memorabilia of them, could Dorothy Baines (St Aidan’s) have them, please? If possible, we would like to borrow these in order to make a display to honour these gallant men and women during the Remembrance weekend in November. These photos would be copied when received and the originals returned. For more information contact Dorothy (822731) Thank you! Team Vicar: Revd Jo. Northey Tel. 364246 Email: [email protected] THANK YOU! Thank you to all who made last weekend so special. To the team organising the practical details of the supper and for all those amazing puddings! A huge thank you to Musical Marks for entertaining us, there was a wonderful atmosphere and it was brilliant to see the hall so full! The evening raised over £365 of which £100 has been donated to the Bishop’s Harvest Appeal and £265 to the ‘Fit For Purpose’ Fund. Assistant Curate: Revd Matt. Hornby Tel. 877755 Email: [email protected] Sunday morning was also very special with the Rainbows and Brownies taking part at St Aidan’s and another fantastic Messy at St George's in the afternoon, I hope you have all managed a well earned break this week! OPERATION CHRISTMAS CHILD - PICK UP A LEAFLET TODAY! Thank you again for your hard work making such a memorable weekend celebrating God’s abundant provision for us and our community life on South Barrow. Jo x