Living Theology
A Living Theology course will be held at Liverpool Hope University, Everton Campus between 27 and 31 July 2009.
The One Voice Community Choir (Gospel) is holding its 10th Anniversary Concert at the Charter Theatre on Saturday 18 July 2009 at 7.30pm.
Tickets cost £10.00; contact Celia McDonnell on 01772 744636.
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50 YEARS OF SERVICE
50 years’ dedication to the SVP was rewarded at St Mary Magdalen’s, Penwortham, with a presentation to Conference Secretary, Terry Conway.
It was in 1959 that Terry, then a mere youngster of 26, joined the SVP at St Raphael’s in Millbrook, Stalybridge.
Between 1960 and 1962, he was President before moving to Penwortham where he joined the fledgling Conference at St Mary Magdalen’s.
The Society for the Protection of Unborn Children (SPUC)
The Society for the Protection of Unborn Children (SPUC) is staging a Petition Day on the weekend of 4-5 July 2009.
SPUC is seeking to stop Secondary Schools being used as secret (from the parents) Abortion Referral Centres.
There are leaflets and petition forms at the back of Church for you to take and sign.
There have been petition forms available previously and this is a final chance for people, who may have missed earlier, to sign.
NB You must be 18 years or older and you should not sign more than once.
14th in Ordinary Time
First Reading :
Ezekiel 2: 2-5
'The sons are defiant and obstinate and they shall know that there is a prophet among them'
Second Reading :
2 Corinthians 12: 7-10
'I shall be very happy to make my weakness my special boast so that the power of Christ may stay over me'
Gospel
Mark 6: 1-6
'A prophet is despised only in his own country'
This year, to celebrate my 40th birthday, my wife, Sue, has decided that I should mark it in some way.
So, In November 2009, I shall be cycling from Vietnam to Cambodia to raise money for the New Children's Hospital ...
Lancashire Police Crime Prevention department are providing information that may be of value to Parishioners.
This detail is included on our web site so that it may be shared with friends and neighbours, particularly the older and more vulnerable members of our Parish who value our support.
Residents are asked to be alert to a driveways company believed to be cold calling and carrying out paving work throughout the county, using various names including Driveline and Discount Paving.
