Service of Licensing and Welcome for

the Reverend Matt Thompson

 

as priest-in charge of

St. Peter, Bolton-le-Moors,

and of

St. Philip, Bolton-le-Moors

by the Bishop of Bolton.

 

The Churchwardens and members of the Parochial Church Councils of both parishes request the pleasure of the company of

 

Every member of the congregation

 

at the service at

Bolton Parish Church,

St Peter, Bolton-le-Moors

on Sunday 21st September 2008

at 3.00 pm.

Refreshments will be served in Church after the service.

Clergy and Readers are invited to robe in the Parish Hall.

Visiting Clergy

 

In September, we welcome:

 

Thursday September 4^th  

12 noon       Venerable. Alan Wolstencroft

 

Sunday September 7^th 

8.00               Revd. Robert Warner

10.30             Revd. Prof. Kenneth Newport

6.00               Silverwell

 

Thursday September 11^th 

12 noon       Revd. Arthur Dobb

 

Sunday September 14^th 

8.00               Revd. Brian Sagar

10.30             Revd. Brian Sagar

6.30               Revd. Roger Jackson

 

Thursday September 18^th

12 noon       Venerable Alan Wolstencroft

 

Sunday September 21^st

8.00               Revd. Brian Sagar

10.30             Revd. Prof. Kenneth Newport

3.00               Licensing and Welcome

for Revd. Matt Thompson

by Bishop Chris Edmondson,

Bishop of Bolton

There will be NO service at 6.30 on this day.

 

This is the last time that ‘Visiting Clergy’ will appear as a magazine item. We are very grateful to all the clergy and laity who have stepped in during the interregnum, and have appreciated the range of insights and backgrounds with which they have enriched our worship.

Harvest Festival and Gift Day

 

We will be holding our Harvest Festival on Sunday October 5^th, and combining it with Gift Day. We hope you will be in Church with us to enjoy our Harvest Festival in which we give thanks for God’s gifts to us, and will also join us for Harvest Lunch in the upper hall.

 

Some years ago the Church made a big contribution to the financing of the Hall refurbishment. The purpose of Gift Day is to raise the money that we would otherwise have received in interest on that contribution, because we need it for the regular expenses that we incur – salaries, the gas bill and so on.

 

In past years Gift Day has been at the end of June, to coincide with St. Peter’s Day. Since the Stewardship Campaign had only just happened, that date didn’t seem appropriate for this year, hence the change to October for this year only.

 

David Morlidge & Evelyn Weston                 Churchwardens