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Prayer
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Please
Give Thanks For
Masoud’s
fresh application for asylum and all who helped
with the letters of support and the
research. His solicitor said that because of
our research she completed the application in half
the usual time!
Khang
Nguyen’s improving health. Whilst he is
still very weak, he is slowly starting to
improve. He and Thomas are going to Denmark
for a week’s holiday. Please continue to
keep them both in your prayers.
Please
Pray For
The
people we will meet on the Pride Stall next week
and the couples preparing for their Civil
Partnership and blessing.
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Spirituality
Opportunities
This
Week
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Prayer
Requests
Did
you know you can text and receive prayer
requests to us. All you need to do is to
text your prayer request to us at: 07781
472445. If you wish to receive prayer
requests please text and tell us!
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Our Website
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Daily
Devotional
We
produce a daily prayer devotional which is given
out each week in church. It has a Psalm,
prayer, reading, thought for the day and prayer
suggestions for every day of the week. It
normally follows the themes we are looking at in
our weekly sermons, but also usually has one
reading from one of the saints commemorated by the
world wide Church.
Sermons
on Line
Missed
church on Sunday? Don’t worry, you can catch
up with the sermon by going to our website, www.mccmanchester.co.uk and
pressing the sermon button. This means you
don’t miss the weekly teaching designed to help us
live as more faithful disciples of the Lord Jesus.
As
well as reading the sermon you can now listen to
it as a “podcast”. If you click on the audio
download button in the worship section of the
navigation bar you will be taken to the relevant
page. You can listen on line or by opposite
clicking and saving the file you can listen on
your computer or even save to an MP3 player and
listen whilst in the car, at the gym or when
having a walk.
You
can also download the weekly devotional booklet
there too.
Birthdays
in August
Andrea
Proctor’s birthday is on the 20th and
Katie Irwin’s is on
24th.
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borrow. Simply email Andy your choice and pick it
up at church on Sunday. We ask for a donation of
£2 per book and a small deposit per book.
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IN
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1.
Welcome
2.
Today’s
Sermon
3.
Thanks
4.
Giving
to MCC Manchester
5.
Elder’s
Monthly Reflection
6.
Andy's Movement's This
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WELCOME |
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Welcome
to this newsletter and to the ministry of MCC
Manchester. If this is your first contact
with us, know that you are welcome. You can
take part in our ministry through visiting us as
we worship each week or by using our resources on
our website. You can keep in touch with us
through email, in person or by text. It is
our prayer that our people grow as committed
disciples of the Lord Jesus.
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THIS
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Next
week is Manchester Pride.
Andy performs a blessing of 8 Civil Partnerships
on Friday, which is likely to get lots of good
publicity for the church. We have a stall
staffed at the Lifestyle Expo in Chorlton Street
for each of the three days (Saturday – Monday) and
we welcome the wonderful Rev Dwayne Morgan, pastor
of MCC Bournemouth, to be our guest
preacher.
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THANKS |
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Thank
you for your generosity last week. Last week
33 people attended worship and the collection was
£111 on top of the £1500 or so that is sent by
standing order to our bank each month.
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OUR
MINI BREAK IN NORTHUMBERLAND |
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John
Foulds writes: 16 people from the MCCM community
recently returned from a most enjoyable and rewarding
visit to Northumberland. Our first excursion
was to the National Trust property Cragside. This was
the first house in the world to have been powered by
electricity. Most of us take our utilities
for granted so it was fascinating to realise just how
“state of the art” electric lighting was when it was
first introduced to a private home, albeit a very
opulent one. However, our visit was on such
a glorious sunny day that we really appreciated our time
spent in the estate’s beautiful gardens. The
sunken rock gardens were a delight to explore and the
views over the lake were stunning as we enjoyed our
refreshments. In the evening we headed down the
coast for a quick glance at Bamburgh Castle.
This is an imposing fortification overlooking the Farne
Islands. The castle was bathed in evening
sunshine which allowed for some lovely photographs of
the Castle with its pastel shaded stonework.
Finally we continued the short distance to the small
resort of Seahouses where we found a very good
restaurant for a traditional fish and chip supper.
The next day we all headed for Alnwick which is a
delightful, bustling small town in the shadow of Alnwick
Castle, home to the Duke and Duchess of
Northumberland. Our destination was the
Alnwick Garden which is being very imaginatively
developed as a major visitor attraction by the
Duchess. Highlights of our visit included
the ornamental tiered fountains with their magical water
displays, the formal gardens and the sculpture gardens.
The rose garden was well tended and we enjoyed the
glorious blooms and delicious perfumes. One yellow rose
was called ‘Jude the Obscure’ and had a fabulous citrus
scent that we would have bottled if we could and brought
it home! Perhaps the most fascinating area
was the Poison Garden where a guide explained the many
perils to be found amongst the varied
foliage. There was to be no touching or
eating there! A huge tree-house has also
been created in the woods of the Alnwick Garden. You can
even swing on one of the rope bridges if you are feeling
daring! At the end of our visit to the garden we
walked into the town and up to the old railway station,
now a second hand bookstore called Barter
Books. Later that evening we went to
Berwick-upon-Tweed and walked around the walls of this
attractive town on the border between England and
Scotland. Again, we enjoyed the lovely
views, before heading into town to enjoy a drink in a
local pub. On our final day we headed across to
Holy Island – Lindisfarne. This is a very special place
of peace and spirituality. We allowed
ourselves the full day here so that we could experience
Lindisfarne as an island during the several hours when
the tides flow over the causeway, preventing access from
the mainland. We visited St Cuthbert’s
Island first and then the restored castle and pretty
walled flower garden. Here, the brightness
of the colourful flowers contrasted dramatically against
the darkening grey skies. There was plenty
of time for visiting the evocative ruins of the Abbey
and also the Parish Church. We also made
time to sample the locally produced mead, a warming
honey–based tipple! Andy arranged a beautiful service
for us at the United Reformed Church on the
Island. We reflected upon stunning visual
images and the many centuries of Christian life, prayer
and learning that this special Island has
inspired. We listened together to prayers
and readings and joined in joyful songs and Holy
Communion. It was so good to be able to
worship God together in such a special
place. It was a lovely holiday.
Thank you, Andy, for the service and for enabling the
trip to happen. Thanks also to all who came
for the companionship which we shared during a very
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ANDY'S
MOVEMENTS THIS WEEK |
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Andy has a
meeting about Pride on Monday, and takes the Blessing
service on Friday. He is working from home for
most of the week, occasionally popping into the
office. Messages left on the church phone will be
returned. You can contact Andy via 0161 249
0649 or on his email revandy@mccmanchester.co.uk In
an emergency you can contact Andy via 07944
378049. |
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