Church at Home Resources for Sunday 19 July 2020 – Trinity 6

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Our guest preacher this Sunday is Andy Banks of Scripture Union New Zealand!

Andy writes, “My passion is encouraging a ‘faith lived out’ and part of my role with SUNZ is encouraging churches to mobilise their young people into urban mission on their own doorstep, using our YOUTHSERVE programme.

I began in ministry as a youth worker for two Liverpool churches for seven years and have spent the last 18 years on the staff of Scripture Union: six years with Scripture Union England & Wales and twelve years now with Scripture Union New Zealand.”

He’s also a Liverpool supporter, and it was going so well! We look forward to having him with us this Sunday

After church tea & coffee will be on Zoom from around 11:45am
Come and join us virtually, it would be lovely to see each other again.
Zoom Meeting Link
https://us04web.zoom.us/j/75021313429
Meeting ID: 750 2131 3429

Roots on the Web

Once again, Roots on the Web have made their resources available to us for free.

For use at home this week
All Resources
Resources for adults
Resources for Children & Young People

It’s your move booklets

Thanks to the person who bought these booklets for us so we can give them to those from our Junior Church who starting High School in September! We will be getting them out to them this week!

My Mary’s
for Private Prayer

St Mary’s is open for Private Individual Prayer this week during the times below. Please note that the days/times change each week in order to allow more people access. We have the correct measures in place that allow us to offer you a safe place to spend some time in private prayer. It has been fantastic to see people face to face over the past three weeks and to have a ‘distanced’ chat with them! Please do come in confidence if you would like to.

Public Worship
The PCC unanimously agreed not to reopen for Public Worship in July and are considering August in line with the current guidance from the Church of England & the Diocese. The guidance for the legal side of not reopening for Public Worship and the dispensation available is explained in this Guidance from the Church of England.

In the meantime, we will continue to offer Private Prayer sessions at St Mary’s and stream our services through July and August. I know not reopening in August (if that’s the decision of the PCC) will be disappointing for some people but we have to consider the safety of people entering a very restricted space. I will keep you informed on the decision of the PCC in due course.

With all God’s blessings, Revd Mike.

The Midweek Get Together

Each week Revd Mike invites you to join with him on Zoom for a get-together.
This week 22 July: Gospel of the Kingdom. In the story of Jesus, we are invited to see that even the most unwelcome and tragic events cannot thwart God’s plan to restore our world. For security, preregistration is required please Click Here to Register

This month we have a Ministry Letter from Revd Malc, articles from both of our Wardens, the Rose Queen, LAG & MU, Di & Mike Carter plus loads more. What are you waiting for? Head over and take a look!
You can send items for future editions to editor@magazine.stmaryswistaston.blog

A bitesize Bible experience from the Ollerton Family

Through 15 minute sessions explore famous characters and events that form The Greatest Story Ever and discover how we can be part of it today. Simple to run. Fun. Free. No prior knowledge required. This family devotional course mixes online content (videos, readings, discussion) and printed cards to form a colourful learning experience in your own home.

Click here to view the website: https://thegreateststoryever.org

https://youtu.be/MO-LGA6pz1Y

Who developed this resource?
The Ollertons have been making it during the Coronavirus lockdown. We’ve designed a session each evening and road-tested it with our three kids over breakfast (and revise… and repeat). Charlotte’s a qualified youth worker with oodles of creativity – see the paintings on the cards. Andrew is a more boring-theologian-type. He works with Bible Society and is author of The Bible Course a small group resource.

Many thanks to Howard Barker for sharing this great resource with us.

Faith at Home from the Church of England

This is a great resource for families to keep their children’s faith alive at this time.
Faith at Home is a national campaign that builds on the work of Growing Faith and Everyday Faith to support the faith development and pastoral care of children and young people.

https://youtu.be/8XbRgVacVQA

The Bible Society

Bible Book Club

This is a fantastic free resource which we’ve used for some of the Midweek Get Togethers and is great for personal use to discover more about the books of the bible. Please take a look at the video and click here to find out more.

https://youtu.be/xZcnk-65JzI