WHAT’S ON AT ST. NICHOLAS’ CHURCH
SAFEGUARDING: St. Nicholas’ Church Blundellsands takes its duty and obligation to protect all extremely seriously. If you have any Safeguarding concerns please contact our Safeguarding Officer, or wish to see our safeguarding documents GO TO THIS LINK. We have adopted the Church of England’s robust procedures and national Guidelines. You can find out more about the national policies and procedures at http://www.churchofengland.org/safeguarding. Further information can also be found on our Diocesan Link: http://www.liverpool.anglican.org/safeguarding. You can also contact Andy Holmes, the Diocesan Safeguarding Adviser 0303 003 1111 or 07940 378 139. Email andrew.holmes@liverpool.anglican.org
If you would like to receive St. Nicholas’ Church Weekly Newsletter please email stnicspa@gmail.com
SCHOOL ADMISSION and WORSHIP IN CHURCH – If you have a child who was born between 1st September 2022 and 31st August 2023 and you are intending to apply for a place at St Nicholas’ CE Primary School in the school year beginning September 2027, please note that parents’ monthly worship in church during 2026 is one of the criteria required. We have services on Sunday and Wednesday mornings, plus Picnic Praise twice a month and Church@School once a month so we hope that you can find a time to suit your family. Please check our website for times and dates. Cards are available from church on request and your attendance will be recorded on your card each month by our vicar Beth, our churchwarden Anne or our church-school link person Lesley each month. For further information please contact Lesley Utley – lesleyutley2@gmail.com. It would be great to hear from you. Please feel free to share this information with family, friends and neighbours.
‘FIT FOR MISSION – GETTING INVOLVED’ – Sefton is starting to build the teams needed to move forward. If you are interested in being part of the initial Navigation Team please have a look at the Terms of Reference and Roles document attached below and prayerfully consider completing the expression of interest form here. https://forms.office.com/e/1GrY2643nh
Rev Beth Anderson (Vicar) – Tel: 07734 088 039 Email: bethaanderson68@hotmail.com
Parish Administrator: stnicspa@gmail.com. Tel: 0151 352 8893 on Wednesday mornings or leave a message at any time.
PRAYERS FOR PEACE AND HOPE IN THE MIDST OF ISRAEL – PALESTINIAN CONFLICT
O God of all hope and peace, we bring to you the needs of our broken and hurting world.
Our hearts are breaking with images of lives lost and torn apart by grief in Israel and Palestine.
We pray for an end to violence and warfare so that the challenging work of rebuilding may begin.
Help us, O Lord, to affirm our common humanity so that in our differences we may build together for justice and peace.
In Jesus Christ, our Lord.
AMEN.
O God, we pray for all the children of Abraham in Israel and Palestine and in every country of the world.
We pray for Muslims, Jews and Christians that we will draw on the best of our traditions to guide us away from words and acts of division and discrimination so that everyone may be free to live in safety.
Protect the vulnerable, strengthen the fearful and comfort the grieving.
In Jesus Christ, our Lord.
AMEN.
Most holy God and Father, hear our prayers for all who strive for peace and all who fight for justice. Help us, who today remember the cost of war, to work for a better tomorrow; and, as we commend to you lives lost in terror and conflict, bring us all, in the end, to the peace of your presence;
through Christ our Lord. Amen.
St. Nicholas' Church, Blundellsands 