All Saints Church Childwall

SERMON TITLE: Abimelech

READING: Judges 9

PREACHER: Ed Franklin

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Liverpool Youth for Christ (LYFC), one of our local mission partners, is holding a CURRY, CAGE AND QUIZ NIGHT on Friday 11th JUNE at 7.30pm at ALL SOULS SPRINGWOOD – to publicise and raise funds for the Football Cage Project.

This is a warm and enthusiastic invitation to men to an evening of fun, football and food. Come and see at first hand the football cage in use – test your skills if you wish! Help raise money for this exciting project. Tickets for the event are £5, available from LYFC tel. 9441135 email office@liverpoolyfc.co.uk, or Andrew Colmer tel.4275699 email andrewcolmer@hotmail.co.uk, or speak with

Malcolm Colmer.

31/05/2010 to 06/06/2010

National Family Week is the UK’s biggest annual celebration of family life, aiming to highlight the importance of quality time together. Taking place from 31st May-6th June (Half Term), the week will include hundreds of events and activities run by   local authorities, charities, companies, the media and schools. This year, thousands of record-setting, action-packed and fun-filled family events are taking place in every corner of the country so families everywhere can enjoy eating, learning, playing, exploring and getting out and active together. For information about events happening in our area visit www.careforthefamily.org.uk/nfw/ or please contact Rachel McClelland 722 6447.

Sidespersons. Please note that if you were unable to attend the recent Archdeacons visitation service and in order for you to be sworn into office, you are asked to attend a ‘Reserve Court’ which is to be held this year on Wednesday 9^th June between 6.30pm and 7.30pm at St James House which is within the precincts of the Cathedral grounds (you can get there either through the Cathedral car park – St James House is at the far end at the Upper Parliament street end – or you can gain access from Upper Parliament Street itself). If you are unable to attend for any  reason can you please have a word with me.

PETER JENNINS (Warden) 724 4476

The weekly prayers listed in full below are also available as a pdf download. Please click on the link. 2010 May 30 PLEASE PRAY

PRAISE GOD:

• That He sends the Holy Spirit
• That the Holy Spirit draws us to Jesus and makes Him known
• That the Holy Spirit fills us with the life of the Kingdom to come

PLEASE PRAY FOR:

• Scott, Jen and Isabel as they leave Childwall for a new home and ministry, praying for God’s blessings upon them as they adjust to the many changes they will have to face
• Teachers, children and families as they enjoy a half-term break, not least all those from Childwall CE Primary School, whilst also holding before God all those secondary school pupils who are facing important public examinations
• The ongoing ministry of Vestry Hour on Tuesdays, giving thanks for this open opportunity for conversations with the clergy about a host of pastoral and practical issues
• The meeting of the Deanery Cluster on Wednesday evening in which we are seeking to outwork how as churches in the Deanery we might work more closely and co-operatively together in imaginative mission and ministry
• The preparations for the visit of the Savoy Jazzmen next Sunday, giving thanks for the gift of music by which to praise God and to recall His mercies in Jesus Christ, and also praying that many will come and enjoy a picnic beforehand
• The families of the victims of the school coach crash in Keswick this past week, most especially the  relatives of those young people who died
• The outworking of the policies identified in the Queen’s Speech, not least as a result of the budgetary challenges faced in the present economic climate, that societal values of justice, fairness and opportunity would nonetheless impact positively and in a real way on the lives of ordinary people
• The ministry and mission of Chaplains in Sport, especially with the Football World Cup on the near horizon, that the team chaplains will minister effectively for Jesus Christ to both individuals and communities
• The sick and those undergoing medical procedures.
• All who grieve or who remember the anniversary of a death at this time

Collect for Trinity

Holy God, faithful and unchanging:
enlarge our minds with the knowledge of your truth,
and draw us more deeply into the mystery of your love, that we may truly worship you,
Father, Son and Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen