Parish Church of St Luke Holmes Chapel
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Coming week at St Luke’s
Sunday 28th May: Pentecost
readings: Acts 2: 1-13; John 20: 19-23
9.00 am – Holy Communion in church – traditional service in contemporary language with hymns
10.00 am – Genesis meets in the Church Hall
10.30 am – Morning Worship in church – less formal, “no books” service with songs and hymns – followed by tea/coffee in the Church Hall
Tuesday 30th
9.00 am – Morning Prayer – short form with readings and prayer by Zoom (Rob’s account*)
Wednesday 31st May
9.00 am – Morning Prayer – short form with readings and prayer by Zoom (Rob’s Account*)
10.30 am – Midweek Morning Worship in church – a short, unsung service
7.30 pm – 9pm – St Luke’s Community Choir meets in the Church Hall
*note: if you are local to Holmes Chapel and would like to join in one of our regular short services (30 mins) of Morning Prayer, please email comms@stlkhc.uk and we will send you the Zoom login details.
Sunday 4th June: Trinity
readings: 2 Corinthians 13: 11-14; Matthew 28: 16-20
9.00 am – Holy Communion in church – traditional service in contemporary language with hymns
10.00 am – Genesis meets in the Church Hall
10.30 am – Morning Worship in church – less formal, “no books” service with songs and hymns – followed by tea/coffee in the Church Hall
June 2023 letter
This month we are starting our Summer sermon series from the Book of Daniel. It is from the Old Testament, and it is a book for our times.
Daniel was one of the young men who was taken from Jerusalem to Babylon, when the Babylonian Empire invaded and sought to dominate the Kingdom of Judah………
Very quickly, Daniel had to move from a society where worshipping the one true God was normal, to a society where normal was ‘competing worldviews and many gods’. In Babylon, the only god that all of the people had to worship was ‘whatever the Government says’.
If you have lived through the last 80 years in Britain, you have experienced a similar transition, albeit more gradual than Daniel’s………
May 2023 letter
King Charles III still doesn’t quite roll off the tongue. I’m getting used to it as I pray for him by name every Sunday. But I’m taking a while to get used to it, as I wasn’t ready to say goodbye to Elizabeth II in September. Her death was a shock. That’s one of the reasons why we have a delay between the accession of a new monarch and their coronation.
This month, the time has come for the coronation. In our Sunday morning services on 7th May, we shall be praying for the new king and queen, and praying for our nation, and singing the National Anthem. It is an important time. We want Charles’ leadership to be as good as it can be. We want our nation to pull together……..
Church Council 2023-2024
See the PCC page for details of the the new Church Council for the coming year following appointments made at the Annual Church meetings on 14th May and the first Council meeting on 15th May.
Can you support – Lizzie P
Can you support Lizzie Pilcher’s Half Marathon walk for Crohn’s and Colitis UK on 19th June 2023?
Tidying the Knutsford Road churchyard
The next Knutsford Road Churchyard working party is on Saturday 15th July 2023.
Church Electoral Roll 2023
The 2023 revision of the Church Electoral Roll is now complete and the revised Roll has been published as a list of 222 names for checking before the Annual Meetings in church at 10.50am on 14th May. The published Roll is now available to inspect in church after a service on request to the duty warden or the Electoral Roll Officer.
Genesis summer 2023
Genesis information and programme for the Summer Term from 7th May 2023.
MU Meeting April 2023
This month’s meeting on 19th April was attended by 25 members but we were first saddened to hear the news that our dear, long-standing member, Ann Stafford, had passed away that morning.
We went on to welcome our vicar, Canon Rob McLaren, who had been invited as our guest speaker, to learn how his being a choirboy had influenced his life.
MU AGM March 2023
We were pleasantly surprised by the increased number of members who attended the branch AGM.
We read out the report of events over the last year and the financial report prepared by Dorothy.
Praying together at Ascension & Pentecost
Praying Together at Ascension and Pentecost @St Lukes, Holmes Chapel
O God, make speed to save us;
O Lord, make haste to help us.
Send your Holy Spirit upon us,
And clothe your people with power from on high.
Alleluia.
Praying Together
When sickness is near:
you can view or download this prayersheet here
God of compassion, be close to those who are ill, afraid or in isolation.
In their loneliness, be their consolation;
in their anxiety, be their hope;
in their darkness, be their light;
through him who suffered alone on the cross, but reigns with you in glory,
Jesus Christ our Lord.
Amen.
Merciful God, we entrust to your tender care those who are ill or in pain,
knowing that whenever danger threatens your everlasting arms are there to hold them safe.
Comfort and heal them, and restore them to health and strength; through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Amen.
For hospital staff and medical researchers
Gracious God,
give skill, sympathy and resilience to all who are caring for the sick,
and your wisdom to those searching for a cure. Strengthen them with your Spirit,
that through their work many will be restored to health;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Amen.
From one who is ill or isolated
O God, help me to trust you,
help me to know that you are with me, help me to believe that nothing can separate me from your love
revealed in Jesus Christ our Lord.
Amen.
Recital on our new organ – October 2021
Our new organ was commissioned at a recital on 2nd October 2021 by the acclaimed organist Ian Tracey, Organist Titulaire at Liverpool Cathedral.
Thanks to the generosity of many we have now been able to welcome our new organ into the church—and it is clear that it will be of great benefit to our worship.
Ian treated the audience to a superb programme of music chosen by him to demonstrate our organ’s capabilities. His wonderful musicianship and his interesting and engaging comments about the music and the organ itself made it an evening to remember.
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New history of St Luke’s
Take up of the newly published History of St Luke’s has been excellent. More copies have now been printed.
Please contact Peter Cotton by email: papscotton@sky.com or phone 01477 537491 to make sure of your copy!