Dear Friends
It has been a while since my last letter in Lent. I do hope that if you attended our Team services in Holy Week that you found these helpful, as we moved through the drama of Maundy Thursday and Jesus’ betrayal by Judas, to the agony of Good Friday and Jesus’ crucifixion, before contemplating the silence of the tomb on Easter Eve waiting for the resurrection. My thanks to Sarah, June, and Martin for helping to lead our worship and to all from our Team and other West Warrington churches who helped with the Good Friday service at Honiton Square in Penketh. And I hope that you all enjoyed celebrating Easter Day in your own churches too!
As we approach Ascension Day on Thursday 26 May, and the start of the Thy Kingdom come initiative, we have further opportunities to worship together across our team and West Warrington Churches. This year we are having another prayer walk on Ascension Day focused on the Penketh/Great Sankey areas. The schedule is:
| 09.00am | Prayers at Penketh Methodist |
| 10.00am | Prayers at the Oaks, St. Paul’s Community Centre |
| 11.00am | Refreshments and prayers at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church |
| 12 Noon | Short service at St. Mary’s |
Do come and spend some time in prayer together that day as we have this annual opportunity to pray for 5 people we know who do not yet know Jesus. And if you can’t be there in person, do pray wherever you are that day, whether at those times or some other. There will also be a short service of Holy Communion at St. Mary’s that evening at 7pm to which you are all welcome to come and to pray as well.
On a separate note, I am delighted to say that our Team Growing Leaders course began last Saturday with an introductory session at St. Mary’s. We have ten people signed up for the course, which is being run online and in person, and hopefully this will help people to grow in their understanding of what it means to lead in the church and in what area(s) God might be calling them to exercise that leadership.
Finally, I would like to draw to your attention a Christian Aid event being supported by Liverpool Cathedral and Together Liverpool (the social justice ‘arm’ of the diocese). William Bell, who is Head of Christian Aid’s Middle East programme will be speaking on ‘Israelis and Palestinians: Hope, justice and equality’ on Tuesday 21 June at 7 pm in the Cathedral Lady Chapel. To book a ticket, please follow this link- https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/israelis-and-palestinians-hope-justice-and-equality. Donations towards the humanitarian work of Christian Aid are also welcome at https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/christianaidliverpoolcathedral.
With my prayers and best wishes.
Jeremy Tear, Pioneer Team Rector
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