SERVICES

Today

10.30 am Parish Communion

All Age Worship

Rev’d Canon John Hartley

4.00 pm Installation Service at Cathedral

Everyone is encouraged to come and support Amma Sue during her installation as ‘Canon of Whalleye’ at Blackburn Cathedral.

No Evensong Service

Tuesday 22 September

9.30 am Holy Communion

Sunday 27 September

Seventeenth Sunday after Trinity

10.30 am Parish Communion

Rev’d Enid Briggs

6.30 pm Eucharist

Rev’d Enid Briggs

PRAYERS FOR THE SICK

Giles Tipton, Eileen Ridley, Peter Ledger, Pam Hodgson,

Joyce Bill, Malcolm Jones, Mary Hilton, Yvonne Hubbard.

THIS WEEK

Tuesday 22 September

Coffee Morning 10.00 – 11.30 am.

Mothers’ Union 7.30 pm.  Mellor are hosting the Whalley Deanery Prayer Evening.  There will be a service in Church.  Members of the congregation are very welcome to share the evening with us.

Wednesday 23 September

Choir Practice 7.00 – 8.00 pm.

Friday 25 September

Macmillan Coffee Morning from 8.30 a.m. until 12 noon at Mellor Village Hall.  Cakes, coffee, raffle, crafts, homemade jams, sale table.  Let's see if we can beat last year's total of £575!  Details from Janine Foster 07561 538314.

Benefice Office Hour 6.00 - 7.00 pm at the Vicarage, Mellor, for discussion of arrangements for Baptisms, Weddings, or any other spiritual matter.

Songs of Praise 7.00 pm at Samlesbury Church.  The PCC have chosen a hymn and it would be lovely to have a good turnout from Mellor supporting this United Benefice event.  Please sign up also for the optional supper (£5)!

NEWS

St Mary’s Church Autumn Fayre will be held this year on Saturday 14 November in the school hall.  If you have any ideas for the Fayre, would like to have a stall of your own, or would like to help on a stall, please let us know.  We are always looking for ideas to help make it a profitable event, with all proceeds going to the Church.   Thank you.  Social and Fundraising Committee.

FOSMS (Friends of St Mary’s School)

FOSMS will kick start the programme of fundraising activities with a Family Ramble.  A lovely event to give families who are new to St Mary’s Primary School the opportunity to get to know each other, and ideal for others who want to have a catch

up with friends.  The walk will take place on Sunday 4 October at 2.00 pm, start from school and finishing at The Traders Arms.  It will take approximately one hour.  We look forward to seeing you.

Our second fundraising event is the school disco which will take place on Friday 16 October from 7.15 pm to 9.00 pm. The disco is open for those children in year 1 onwards. The children have a great night with drinks, hot dogs (vegetarian and meat) being served on the night as well as fruit cups and sweets.  FOSMS would like to thanks all the volunteers who make these events possible.

If you wish to contribute anything to the notices please send an email to Chris Davis at chrisdavis256@gmail.com by Thursday evening.