19 January 2025

Sunday 19th January 2025

2nd Sunday in Ordinary Time

Preacher 10:30:  Rev Dr Mark Jason

Steward: Lesley Goulding

Organist:  Alan Amos

The flowers this week are donated by

 Mary and Fiona

and arranged by Jill Davenport

Preacher 16:00 AT TRINITY: 

Rev Dr Mark Jason

This worship is a recognition and celebration

of the service provided by our team of

Local Preachers and Worship Leaders

Dates for your diary w/c Sunday 19th January 2025

Mon Jan 20th    09:00-11:00 Parents & Carers

                                13:15-15:15 Taiji Qigong

                         18:15-19:45. Rainbows, Brownies

                          19:30 Property Ctte Meeting

Tue Jan 21st               09:00 Sch. Worship in Ch. Margaret

                                10:00- 14.30 Child Minders                                                       

Wed Jan 22nd             10:00- 14.30 Child Minders

Thu. Jan 23rd          19:30 Blackburn /District Cyclists                                                                      

 Fri. Jan 24th           19:30-22:00. Acc. Camera Club

Dates for your diary w/c Sunday 26th January 2025

Mon Jan 27th.         09:00-11:00 Parents & Carers

                                13:15-15:15 Taiji Qigong             

Tue Jan 28th               09:00. Sch. Worship Ch. Mark

                                10:00- 14.30 Child Minders

Wed Jan 29th          10:30 – 14:30 Child Minders

 Thu Jan 30th     14:00.   Thursday Ladies

                                19:30 Blackburn /District Cyclists

Fri.  Jan 31st                  19:30-22:00. Acc. Camera Club

Sat Feb. 1st.                       09:00 Church Breakfast

Property and Finance Meeting

Monday 20th January 7.30pm 

Closing date for notices

It would be helpful if all notices for Sunday 26th January 2025 could be in by the evening of Wednesday 22nd January. Please send them to: steveruth.colling@gmail.com 07958 036736 or tunstallsharon2@gmail.com mobile 07930930514.

Plan dates

The preacher on Sunday 26th January will be: Mr Stephen Colling  Steward: Allison Neale

Postage Stamps

Don’t forget your used postage stamps collected on behalf of the East Lancs Hospice appeal.

Thursday Ladies.  

We start our 2025 meetings on Thursday 30th January at 2.00pm, in the small meeting room.  Our speaker is Dan Theobalds, who will be telling us about his group called "The Cancer Bank"

Meetings are open to all ladies, whether you attend Rishton Methodist or not. I look forward to seeing you then.          Madeleine

Three-Day Sale

The dates for the sale are as below.

Tuesday 4th Feb 6pm - 8pm.  Wednesday 5th Feb 10am- 4pm.   Lunches Soup and Roll available  

Thursday 6th Feb 9am-10am.

Volunteers are required to deliver hand bills to Rishton streets. 

These will be available soon in the foyer.

The church will be open to receive items for the sale as below (please do not bring things in before Sunday)

Sunday 2nd February 12:00-16:00.

Monday 3rd February 08:45-11:00.

Tuesday 4th February 14:30-16:00

Please volunteer to help to set up on Tuesday 4th  from 2.30pm and be here to serve during the hours the sale is open. Please give your name to Sharon who is making a list of helpers. Thanks.

AND FINALLY !! (from ' Television News! ')

The BBC, being sponsored by British Airways, have planned to present a documentary series following the lives and times of their flight crews.

This week they are filming the pilot

FUNNY QUOTES ABOUT LIFE & SOCIAL MEDIA
If you are more fortunate than others, build a longer table, not a taller fence.

Can’t sleep? Counting sheep? Talk to the Shepherd!

Forecast for tomorrow: God reigns, and the Son shines.

Download your worries and get online with God.

Give Satan an inch and he’ll become your ruler.

If you use the church’s WiFi, are you receiving God’s signal? –                Anonymous