Morecambe Parish Church Registered Charity Number: 1154323 (www.morecambeparishchurch.org.uk) Welcome to visitors and newcomers Gareth Davies-Jones, Fri 17 Oct, 7-30pm Gareth return to MPC to share songs from across 10 years of performing. An accomplished musician and songwriter. Support from Brendan Lewes. Tickets £7, (£5 concession), £20 family ticket (2+2). Available from Mike today, or 13 The Warehouse, Queen Street, or Christian Book Centre, Mary Street, Lancaster. HARVEST FESTIVAL (17 SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY) 12TH OCTOBER th 8.00am 10.00am 6.30pm Holy Communion (1662) Harvest Festival all-age service Followed by auction in the hall Holy Communion (CW) Christmas Cards For our Prayers Those who are sick: Jack Evans, Lizzie Ashton, Sue Boothroyd, Thomas Allcock, Peggy Sidebotham, Sheila Anderson, Grace Billcliff, John Gibson, Gerry Lewis RIP: Kathleen Wilde, Jake Hodgson, Freda Ogston, James Farrington Year’s Mind: Alexander Holliday, Florence Brown, Mabel Birchall, John Sandall, Ralph Blakeborough, Millie Tweedale, Harry Baxter, Grace Downham, Mary Blakeborough, Jack Smith It can be difficult to buy Christmas cards depicting the nativity. If you’d like to have some ‘Christian’ cards to send to friends and family, they will be available for sale and to order on Sunday Oct 19th. ‘Come Aside Awhile’ An hour of Christian Meditation and Reflective rd Prayer at St Paul’s, Scotforth, 7.30 pm on the 3 Tuesdays in the month, starting on 21st October. See Sue K for more details All Saints’ Sunday, 2nd Nov Our 10am Eucharist will celebrate All Saints’. In the evening, at 6-30pm, we have our service of Remembrance and Thanksgiving. We are sending invitations to the families connected with funerals over the last year, but all are welcome. Events This Week NOTICES Harvest Festival All-Age Sun 12 Oct, 10am Our non-perishable food goes to West End Impact. Fresh produce will be auctioned afterwards in the Hall. Money from the offerings and the auction will go to the 2014 Bishop’s Harvest Appeal. It supports the work of Christian Aid in Angola and of the Mothers’ Union in Myanmar. See leaflet for details. Mon 13 9.00am School Harvest Celebration 11.00am Funeral of Jake Hodgson - Church Tue 14 7.30pm Standing Committee – Rectory 7.30pm Bible Explorers – Café Wed 15 7.30pm Youth Club There will be a stall selling Fairtrade products in the hall for the next 2 Sundays after church. Thu 16 3.30pm Funeral of Freda Ogston - Church 7.00pm Choir Practice – Church 7.30pm Reel Issues – Rectory Reel Issues, Thu Oct 16, 7-30pm, Rectory Fri 17 Fairtrade Stall Between now and Christmas, Mike is hosting some sessions at The Rectory. Reel Issues uses movie clips to discuss issues in life and to look at what the Bible has to say. First movie: Dead Poets Society. 7.30pm Gareth Davies-Jones concert - Church Sun 19 8.00am 10am 12noon 6.30pm Holy Communion (1662) Parish Eucharist Baptism Service Holy Communion (CW)