Notices for Palm Sunday, 28 March 2010
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Laying on of hands and anointing: for healing of mind, body and spirit is available after 10.30 worship every Sunday in the South Transept (to the right of the pulpit). You will not be invited to say specifically why you seek this ministry, though you are welcome to do so if you wish. You are also welcome to request prayer on behalf of someone else, in addition to or instead of yourself. Visit the Holy Week and Easter tableaux:imagine you are among the first disciples then, and that Jesus is with you now. Maundy Thursday Holy Communionis at St Paul’s: please sign the clipboard if you can offer or need a lift or lifts. Planning for Holy Week and Easter:our worship will be to a degree unbalanced if we take part only once during Maundy Thursday to Easter. Plan to take part three times if possible. Invitations to Holy Week and Easter:for families, friends, neighbours, colleagues. Take as many as you can use. Easter flowers:please make a donation for flowers in the dish so labelled. St Thomas’ and St Paul’s outingto Gorton Monastery on Sunday 2 May (not 9 May as some will know was originally planned). Read all about it in the April magazine. The Electoral Rollis the list of St Thomas members and entitles you to vote at the Annual Church meeting at on 25 April. Regular worshippers should apply so that the number on the Roll reflects the actual membership of the church. Those who are not members of St Thomas but are members of a church which believes in the Holy Trinity may apply to St Thomas’ Roll. Those who applied in 2008 or 2009 need not apply again until 2014. Application forms (at the back) should be completed and returned to the Electoral Roll officer, Sallie Milnes (620 7637) by 28 March – Palm Sunday. Alternatively, forms may be given to Andrew, May or Graham. Renewal of Ordination Vows and Blessing of Oils:all are welcome to encourage the clergy by being at the Cathedral tomorrow at 10.30am. Anne Sankaren(624 7591) is our new Children’s Society Secretary. Many thanks to her and to Sambai Khimji and Biddy Dawson from whom she has taken over. Self-denial and financial giving:one destination could be Oldham Unity’s legal fund. There are not enough Legal Aid asylum lawyers, and the majority of these are in London, while most asylum-seekers are in the North. So Oldham Unity wants to buy initial opinions from a private asylum lawyer at approx £250 each, to establish whether a client has any case. If so, a Legal Aid firm will save time in deciding whether to take cases. Alternatively, clients are given money to travel to a London lawyer. There will be a retiring collection during Lent. “Has Science Disproved Christianity?”A talk as part of Chadderton’s ‘Passion for Life’ mission. At St Saviour’s, Bishopsgate Street, off Denton Lane, Tuesday 30 March at 7.30pm. Questions to Parliamentary Candidatesin Oldham West and Royton, chaired by Bishop Michael Nazir-Ali. 6pm on Sunday 25 April at Christ Church, Chadderton. Two stewards from St Thomas’ are required to join the team – see Andrew. March Prayer Letterfrom Beth Jennings: copies at the back.
THANKSGIVING AND PRAYER REQUESTS
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