This Week

Sunday 25th Sept HARVEST THANKSGIVING one service at 10.30am

All age service with Holy Communion. Gifts for Foodbank collection for TEAR fund

Mon 26th Sept 6.30-7pm Prayer in church

7.30pm PCC in church

Tues 27th Sept 7.30pm Limb’s Home Group

Wed 28Sept 9.30-11.30am Toddler Group in the Hall

Hub meeting for Northern Lights Partnership in

Christ Church...7pm (worship) followed by

discussion from 7.30pm

Thurs 29th Sept 9.45am Holy Communion followed by coffee,

chairobics and Lunch Club

7pm Sitting Room in church

7.30pm Sheffield Community Choir in the Hall

Next Week

Sunday 2nd Oct 9.30a.m., Holy Communion,

11a.m. All Age service with Holy Communion

5pm Teatime service at the back of church

Midweek groups as last week except Wed 5th evening:-

7.30pm Prayer and Praise at Vicarage

Our international partners meet every Sunday:

Ghanaian Pentecostal church 1p.m. in church

Roma Pentecostal church 5p.m. in Welcome Centre (except Sat instead of Sunday on 1st weekend of month)

Information: there are a variety of information leaflets and charity magazines in a blue

folder on the table at the back by the font. Please have a browse. If you bring information

for church it would be helpful if you could put it in the folder as this makes it easier to find.

There is not room to spread lots of leaflets on the table. No out of date leaflets please.

If If you would like to receive the news by email, please contact Maureen in the office.

If you would like to make a donation to the flower fund or help arrange flowers in church,

please see Frances or June. Help to arrange flowers would be much appreciated. Thanks

Vicar: Rev. Philip Ireson 01142727756 or 07882027473

Office: 01142757240 Administrator: Maureen Fischer (Mon & Thur 9.30—2.30pm )

Email: office@christchurchpitsmoor.com

Facebook: Christ Church Pitsmoor Website: christchurchpitsmoor.com

Northern Lights Mission Partnership Administration:

Susan Vinall 07469855826 or email: susan.vinall@sheffield.anglican.org

Welcome to our services

Please join us for tea or coffee after the service.

New to Christ Church? Please ask to fill in a Newcomers card

with your contact details and hand to Welcomer or Church leader so we can keep in touch with you.

Christ Church Pitsmoor in the Northern Lights Mission Partnership

Christian community for all nations

Harvest Sunday 25th September 2016

10.30am HARVEST FESTIVAL

BORN HUNGRY ...We shall be using TEAR fund resources to explore the theme.

DRIED OR TINNED FOOD which

is donated will be used by the

Food Bank or church for those

who in the Northern Lights

parishes who are struggling.

There will also be envolopes

available to donate to TEAR

fund (place in the collection

plate with your weekly offer-

ing)

URGENT:

We are very short of

people to help on the

Welcome Desk at

10.30am-12, If you

can offer to arrive

early once a month

and help with a smile

please see a warden

or Philip/Frances

Huw posted this picture yesterday. Sadly someone has destroyed the tree plant-

ed in Richard Hanson’s memory. Several

other trees in Abbeyfield Park have also

been vandalised. Today in our Harvest

service we are using Tear Fund’s harvest

resources. Richard was a huge supporter

of Tear Fund and many of his wonderful

photos appeared over the years in Tear

Fund’s magazines. We are going to see

today how Christians in Uganda are plant-

ing seeds of hope in very needy commu-

nities. We will also be using the story in

the Old Testament of Jeremiah buying a

field ,even though the enemy was at the

gate, as a sign that there is always hope.

I feel that our neighbourhood is going

through a difficult period. It has be-

come noisier, messier and feels more on

edge. Our reaction to mindless vandalism

will be one of anger at a senseless piece of destruction but our sense of Chris-

tian hope will be to plant again, to pray for those people who at the moment are

set on spoiling and never, ever give up on the hope we have in Jesus.

Philip

Quietly and persistently behind the scenes we are

getting there! The fabric team have been meeting

with the architect, builders and the Council to keep

up the progress we have made over the past year.

The to do list includes replastering in church, in-

stalling a window guard over the south window

(someone has been using it for target practice), work

to sort out the pigeons in the upper tower. We also

have some issues with the speaker system in church

and the paths and memorials in the church yard and

the glass doors into church. So never a dull moment!

Thanks everyone who is involved in keeping the

building well maintained.

Young People

5.30pm Every Monday

Cornerstone (Scout Hut),

Carwood Road, S4 7SD

When The Forge Youth Team will be or-

ganising activities for teenagers.

If you need a lift from Christ Church at

5.15pm , see Philip

We made a great start last Monday

Parish Profile

Preparations are under way as the parish

prepares for the interregnum when Philip

retires as Vicar in November. One of the

main tasks will be the writing of a parish pro-

file and it is planned that there will be a

chance for as many members of the church

as possible to have an input into this.

Northern Lights Partnership Hub There will be a Hub meeting for

Northern Lights Partnership in Christ Church on wed 28th . Please come along

and help us work together for church growth in our 3 parishes ,. There will be

feedback on the youth work that starts at the Cornerstone Building on Monday

Church Walk in the Peak District

Saturday 15th October

Minibus seats (donation of £5)

available for those without a car, but

please book a place.

Bring a picnic lunch.

Leaving The Vicarage at 10.30am re-

turning about 4pm

The PCC meets in church tomorrow (Monday) at 7.30p.m. We will be welcoming Sam

Evans from Forge Youth who will be talking with us about a partnership to help us

work with over 11s. We will spend a short time on business and then Philip and

Frances will leave the meeting in Nick’s hands as he outlines progress with preparing

for the interregnum