A new Rector for Ribbleton!
We're delighted to annouce that the next Rector of Ribbleton is to be the Reverend Linda Tomkinson, and that her husband, Pete, will also join us, as a part-time Church Army Evangelist. Linda is currently the Priest in Charge of Freedom Church, Mereside, in Blackpool.
On January 10th at 7.30pm in St Mary Magdalene's, Bishop Jill will induct Linda as Rector, and license Pete as Lay Minister (Church Army). Make sure the date is in your diary, and invite your friends.
We're delighted to annouce that the next Rector of Ribbleton is to be the Reverend Linda Tomkinson, and that her husband, Pete, will also join us, as a part-time Church Army Evangelist. Linda is currently the Priest in Charge of Freedom Church, Mereside, in Blackpool.
On January 10th at 7.30pm in St Mary Magdalene's, Bishop Jill will induct Linda as Rector, and license Pete as Lay Minister (Church Army). Make sure the date is in your diary, and invite your friends.
While we look forward to the arrival of our new Rector, our pattern of Sunday services will vary from week to week, depending on whether we have a visiting priest to celebrate the Eucharist with us.
Please click on THIS WEEK for details.
Please click on THIS WEEK for details.
Break-in at St Mary Magdalene's - and a cold Christmas
Sadly, someone broke into the church between Thursday evening, December 1st, and Friday morning. There was a lot of damage to doors and a small safe, but apart from some cash very little of value to the church was taken. On the other hand, they took most of the tools being used by the engineers installing our new heating system, with a value totalling several thousand pounds.
The result will be a delay in the project while the tools are replaced, and this adds to the previous delay caused by problems with the delivery of the radiators from the German manufacturers. It looks now as if the work won't be completed until into the New Year.
Sadly, someone broke into the church between Thursday evening, December 1st, and Friday morning. There was a lot of damage to doors and a small safe, but apart from some cash very little of value to the church was taken. On the other hand, they took most of the tools being used by the engineers installing our new heating system, with a value totalling several thousand pounds.
The result will be a delay in the project while the tools are replaced, and this adds to the previous delay caused by problems with the delivery of the radiators from the German manufacturers. It looks now as if the work won't be completed until into the New Year.
Being the Church following the coronavirus precautions
There is a service each Sunday, in The Ascension at 9.30am, and in St Mary Magdalene's at 11am, and also every Wednesday at 10am at St Mary Magdalene's, with the church remaining open for private prayer until 12noon.
There are now no legal restrictions about Covid-19 safety; but we ask you to continue to be careful in our churches. If you have had a positive test for Covid-19, please still stay at home until the infection has cleared. Some of our members are vulnerable, and to help keep them safe we ask you to wear a mask if you have any kind of infection that could be passed on, such as 'flu or a heavy cold, and not to get too close to other people.
If you are in any way particularly vulnerable to the effects of Covid-19, you may still feel you would be better praying at home. Although you are not praying in the church, you will still be praying with the Church.
Whether or not we worship together, we are all still The Church. For those who want to continue to worship God at home with prayer and the weekly Bible readings, or are looking for suggestions of other resources to use at home, these can be found by clicking on 'This Week'.
There are now no legal restrictions about Covid-19 safety; but we ask you to continue to be careful in our churches. If you have had a positive test for Covid-19, please still stay at home until the infection has cleared. Some of our members are vulnerable, and to help keep them safe we ask you to wear a mask if you have any kind of infection that could be passed on, such as 'flu or a heavy cold, and not to get too close to other people.
If you are in any way particularly vulnerable to the effects of Covid-19, you may still feel you would be better praying at home. Although you are not praying in the church, you will still be praying with the Church.
Whether or not we worship together, we are all still The Church. For those who want to continue to worship God at home with prayer and the weekly Bible readings, or are looking for suggestions of other resources to use at home, these can be found by clicking on 'This Week'.
