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UPDATE 27TH NOV 2016:
Thanks to everyone who came and supported this event - we raised £750 to support The Wellspring! If you would like to see photos from the day, they are now available online on our Flickr page:
There will be a mini Christmas Fair in aid of The Wellspring, Stockport in the Parish Centre next Sunday. You will be able to buy Christmas gifts, decorations, books, handmade crafts, cakes.
Please come and support the event!
The annual parish Posada at St Peter's Church begins on Sunday 27th November.
Our Parish Posada is becoming one of our Advent traditions at St Peter's Church. It is a lovely way to celebrate the Advent season, and get to know other people in our community.
If you would like to take part, please just sign up! Everyone is welcome and encouraged to join in - the more the merrier! Why not invite lots of friends and family to your house when it is your turn? It is a great reason to have a festive gathering.
This year's rota is available here but please get in touch with Maria Oates, Rachel Mckay or Teresa Thiele for more information.
As we begin this Advent season, please read Bishop Mark's letter:
Advent 2016 - The Renewal of Our Mission
25th November Update: Sessions 1 and 2 have swapped around. Please see the updated leaflet below.
St Vincent De Paul church are hosting three sessions exploring the Sacrament of Reconciliation. These will lead to our LPA Advent Service of Reconciliation on Tuesday 20th December. Everyone is welcome to attend these sessions and the final service.
Session 1 - Tuesday 29th November
Session 2 - Tuesday 6th December
Session 3 - Tuesday 13th December
For more information, please see the attached leaflet:
Here is a calendar of all the Advent related activities that will be going on at St Peter's Church next month.
If you are aware of any errors or omissions below, please email Maria Oates (mzoates@icloud.com)
Last updated: Tuesday 29th Nov 11:34
*Posada Hosts
This year we are pleased to support the work of Retrak as our Advent Project.
Retrak reaches out to the children who have been forgotten by their communities, children who have no one else to turn to.Our work and research provides a beginning-to-end approach for street children and the wider-community, that improves their lives. We support these amazing children as they reintegrate back into their families and communities…back to being children again.
Retrak: No child forced to live on the street
Lenten Scripture –
The first and second Sundays retain the accounts of the Lord's temptations in the wilderness and the Transfiguration.
On the next three Sundays we hear Gospels about the mercy and compassion of God which is particularly fitting for the Holy Year of Mercy
On Passion Sunday (Palm Sunday) the Gospel reading for the procession and the reading of the Passion are from St Luke's gospel.
The Old Testament readings are about the history of salvation, which is one of the themes proper to the catechesis of Lent. The series of texts for each Year presents the main elements of salvation history from its beginning until the promise of the New Covenant.
| Confession & Exposition –
Fridays: 5–7pm & Saturdays: 11 –11.45am |
LPA Penitential Service -
Saturday 19th March at 2.30 pm at Our Lady's, Shaw Heath |
A LENTEN JOURNEY 2016
Good Friday Stations of the Cross -
We are hoping that a group of young people will present the Stations of The Cross, as usual, in church on Good Friday morning, 25th March. Any young people ( Year 4 upwards) who would be interested in acting, reading, or providing music/ singing for this presentation are asked to sign up, ASAP, on the sheet at the back of Church or email juliewilliams10@ymail.com
There will be rehearsals on Sunday 20th March and during Holy Week (times to be confirmed).
Lenten Lunches –
Every year, on the Friday’s of Lent a soup lunch is served in the Parish Centre after the 12 noon Mass. All generous donations are sent to the missions in Peru where Fr Ned Wall, Curate 1998-83, spent several years before returning to the Diocese.
If you would like to help out by making a large pan of soup (meat free), please contact Helen Lyons, 07854 928 072.
Churches Together in Hazel Grove -
Services during Lent as follows: Wednesdays February 17th - Baptist Church; 24th - URC; March 2nd - St Peter’s; 9th - Norbury; 16th - Methodist. Each service will all start at 7.30pm and there will be refreshments at the end.
The annual parish Posada at St Peter's Church began on Sunday 29th November.
The rota is available here
A Posada gathering with five St Peter's families