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Weekly Bulletin

Dear friends, 

This Sunday is the feast of the Baptism of Christ and we have a service at 9.15am at Barlborough and at 11am at Clowne.

Here's a beautiful poem by Malcolm Guite for the Baptism of Christ
 

Beginning here we glimpse the Three-in-one;
The river runs, the clouds are torn apart,
The Father speaks, the Spirit and the Son
Reveal to us the single loving heart
That beats behind the being of all things
And calls and keeps and kindles us to light.
The dove descends, the spirit soars and sings
‘You are belovèd, you are my delight!’

In that quick light and life, as water spills
And streams around the Man like quickening rain,
The voice that made the universe reveals
The God in Man who makes it new again.
He calls us too, to step into that river
To die and rise and live and love forever.



See you soon,

Bryony

See you at Church on Sunday 12th January 2020
                                  
9.15am Parish Eucharist, Barlborough
11.00am Parish Eucharist, Clowne
2.30pm Holy Baptism, Barlborough

Prayer for the week (Collect)

Heavenly Father,
at the Jordan you revealed 
Jesus as your Son:
may we recognize him as our Lord and know ourselves to be your beloved children;
through Jesus Christ our Saviour.  Amen.

 
 
Notices and Announcements

Barlborough Lottery
The former lottery ended on 31st December 2019.  Huge thanks go to Margaret Smith for all her hard work fundraising for us for so many years! We now have a new monthly 100 club raffle. You can sign up for a year for £24 or pay monthly. Please see Octavia Quinn to purchase a number or numbers for a chance to win money and also help raise funds for St James Barlborough.

Safe Space Clowne
Our Mental Health Support group continues to meet every Tuesday at 2pm at Clowne Church. New visitors are always welcome, it’s a place to gather with others, have a cup of tea and a chat in a friendly environment. 
New rotas are available now for volunteers and there will be a volunteers meeting on Tuesday 21st January at 4pm. Please attend if you are a current volunteer. You are also welcome to attend this meeting if you would like to learn more about becoming a volunteer.

Year’s Mind
We are starting a new system for Year’s Mind records this year. There is a diary available in each church into which you are welcome to add the names of your loved ones who have died. Names in this diary will then be put on the bulletin on the relevant week. This is separate to any official book of remembrance and will enable us to ensure that the names read out on Sundays in the intercessions are known and loved to our congregation. If you have any queries about this please speak to me! Thanks, Rev’d Bryony.

Rock Mass
If you like rock music, Rev’d Bryony is preaching at the monthly Rock Mass at Holy Nativity Mixenden (Halifax) on Sunday 19th January at 6pm. Look up Rock Mass on Facebook for more info.  If you’d like to come, please let Bryony know. It’s like a church service but this one goes up to 11!
Upcoming Services & Events
Monday 13th January
4.10pm Funeral of  Valerie Westley at Brimington Crematorium
Tuesday 14th January
7.00pm Clowne PCC
Thursday 16th January
9.15am Eucharist, Clowne, 10.15am Eucharist, Barlborough
2.00pm Funeral of June Marshall, St James, Barlborough
Sunday 19th January—Epiphany 2
9.15am Parish Eucharist, Clowne 
11.00am Parish Eucharist, Barlborough
Wednesday 22nd January
11.00am Funeral of Mary Wardle Bristow, St John the Baptist, Clowne
Thursday 23rd January
9.15am Eucharist, Clowne, 10.15am Eucharist, Barlborough
Sunday 26th January—Epiphany 3
9.15am Parish Eucharist, Barlborough
11.00am Christingle Family Eucharist, Clowne
 
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Rector: Rev'd Bryony Taylor 01246 813569 (please note that the Rector's day off is Friday)
Associate Priest: Rev'd David Hull 01909 724104

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