Weekly Notices
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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.
Giving to Tearfund: £180.50 was given last Sunday, with £83.60 spent on Traidcraft (Fairtrade) goods. Many thanks.
Canned soups are available at the back, in exchange for donations to Oldham Unity. They have been given but are unsuitable for most asylum-seekers.
“Flow” is the new magazine of the Message Trust, who work with young people throughout Greater Manchester and beyond, with two bands and a drama group. They also work in small communities in ordinary houses, in schools and informally. Please borrow the magazine – it’s at the back.
Harvest Thanksgiving: available this Sunday and throughout October are mail-order catalogues for Christmas cards and other items, in aid of people in poor countries. You may borrow catalogues for one week only. Order on the forms at the back. Queries to Biddy Dawson.
Chair-based exercises for postural stability: byMichelle Westhead, fully qualified instructor, course organised by NHS Primary Care Trust. In the Vestry on Mondays at 3.15 to 4.15 from 21 September. Free for 12 sessions.
All material for the church bulletin should be given to Andrew
not later than Wednesday lunchtime.
Please take this bulletin with you when you leave.
Please do not leave it in your service book or in the pew.
THANKSGIVING AND PRAYER REQUESTS
Local schools – children, teachers and other staff, governors
Church Council – meeting on Thursday
A priest for St Paul’s, and eventually St Thomas’
A Sunday School teacher – to succeed Tripta Rana
Give thanks and pray for people we know in Christian service and outreach, especially the Jennings family based in Bangladesh: James serving as a consultant in education throughout South East Asia; Di serving as a wife, mother and member of their church; Hannah working towards a Ph.D. on Bangladeshi herbal medicine; Beth leading a Children’s Uplift Project for those who have been abused; Nathaniel, Donna and Micah teaching English and working within a local church in a small town; Sarah studying English for users of other languages, and seeking guidance about where to work; Andrew on a gap year in the USA.
People seeking asylum: David, Sobia, young Sara and baby Daniel William; Marta Yacub; Oldham Unity for Refugee Support, meeting on Monday.
Those who are unwell: pray for baby Roxy Butler, Wendy Robinson, Norman and Alma Flint, Andy Sharrock and his wife Ruth caring for him, Beatrice Howard, Angela Taylor, baby Harry Pleasant, Barbara Hogg, Hilda Bateson, Helen Holt, Joanna Goforth, John Lalley, Grace Whetham, Ian Kidder, Muriel Brown, Marjorie Milner, young twins Todd & Aaron, Julie Brown and others whom we know.
The bereaved: the family and friends of Lesley Darofield.
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