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CHRIST WILL COME AGAIN

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March 2016 at

Dear friends at Christchurch

Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, .. he was buried,

.. he was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures, and ..

he appeared to Peter, and then to the Twelve. (1 Cor.15:3-5)

This month we will be celebrating the events surrounding the first

Easter – Palm Sunday, when Jesus was cheered into Jerusalem as the

new king, Maundy Thursday, when he met for his final meal with his

disciples, Good Friday, when he was crucified, and Easter Day, when

he rose again.

According to the apostle Paul, these events are ‘of first importance’

– taken together they are the most important events in the world.

But it is all too easy with the passage of time for the significance of

Jesus’ death and resurrection to become dulled. We lose sight of

how significant these events are for our own lives, and so we also

lose sight of how important they are for those who don’t yet know

the Lord Jesus.

In a couple of months’ time we will have our Hope Moreton 2016

mission. There will be opportunities to point others to the Lord, but

we will be unlikely to do that if we don’t remember the wonder of

what he has done for us. So, this month, let’s make sure we make

time to do just that. Our daily readings in Luke’s gospel – 40 days of

Prayer’ will lead us through Jesus’ journey to the cross and the

empty grave. Our services will engage us with what those events

mean for us today.

And those services over Easter are a good opportunity to invite

family and friends, as we prepare to invite them to Hope Moreton

2016.

Yours in Christ

Graham Cousins

christ church

moreton

EASTER 2016 at CHRIST CHURCH

MAUNDY THURSDAY (24th March)

6.30 pm – Passover Meal.

GOOD FRIDAY (25th March)

11.00 am – Moreton Churches Together Good Friday Service

– at Moreton Methodist Church.

2.00 pm – An hour at the cross

(Music and Readings for Good Friday)

EASTER DAY (27th March)

9.00 am – Holy Communion

10.45 am – Family Communion Service

6.30 pm – Easter Evening (Music and Readings for Easter Day)

Regular weekly activities:

Monday - 9.30 am : Toddler Group

- 1.00 pm : TLC

Tuesday - 9.30 am: Toddler Group

- 3.30 pm: S.O.S.

- 6.00 - 8.00 pm Foodbank

Wednesday - 5.15 pm: Rainbows

Thursday - 9.45 am : Keep Fit

- 11.00 am : Keep Fit

- 1.00 pm : Craft Group

- 5.30 pm : Brownies

Friday - 9.15 am : Mothers ‘n’ Others

- 2.00 - 4.00 pm Foodbank

Craft Club will be closed from 3rd March until 7th April

CATHY’S FAREWELL You will know that after 25 years Cathy Buntin is retiring as our

secretary. To give us all a chance to say goodbye, we are having a

shared tea in the Parish Centre on Sunday 20th March at 4.30 pm. If

you are able to be there I know that Cathy will appreciate it.

HOPE MORETON 2016 As we continue to prepare for our mission in May, an important

evening will be Thursday 31st March. Along with the churches

involved in Hope Wallasey 2016, we have invited Michael Harvey,

author of ‘Creating a culture of invitation in your church’ to lead an

evening helping us to be more comfortable inviting our family and

friends.

Thursday 31st March, 7.30 – 9.30 pm (Venue to be confirmed.)

CHRIST CHURCH A.G.M. Our AGM this year will be on Sunday 24th April at 4.00 pm. Please

put the date in your diary.

COMING SOON The Prayer workshop which was

run last month was enthusiastically

received – those who went said it

was a bit help in their prayer lives. Debbi is running the workshop

again on Saturday 9th April, so if you missed it first time round, do

book the date.