Dear Parishioners, from the archdiocesan J & P newsletter for January:
 
Our faith is in a living relationship with our saviour, who demonstrated a special concern for the poor and the needy of his age and set us up as citizens of the Kingdom…

…the Kingdom of God which is here and not yet here, which has been established but has not yet reached completion.

It is a kingdom whose values we live by as we live and breathe, as we meet and relate to other people, as we gratefully taste the beauty of the creation of which we are a part, as we suffer the sorrows that are a part of our life here on earth where God has seen that it is good.

But it is not yet ‘very good’.

If we accept the invitation to join the Kingdom then we are invited to live by its values and to work for a world where justice is the air we breathe and where love gives joy to the way we treat each other.

And when things go wrong?  Then we can taste ‘the costly sacrifice of love’ and share further in the example of Our Lord.                                                                               

Fr Godric

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Parish Roof

A recent survey has been made of St. Anne’s Church roof and it is obvious that we need to undertake some major repairs to prevent further leaks. If any members of the parish have some expertise in this kind of work – practical, financial, surveying, etc., - I would be very grateful if you would contact me or ring the parish office. If we can form a small group I feel that would be a very helpful way forward.
Fr. Godric

Parish Volunteering and Support

There are different kinds of spiritual gifts, but the same Spirit.
There are different kinds of service, and the same Lord.
To each of you the revelation of the Spirit is apportioned – to build up the Church.
You people are the Body of Christ, and individually you are members of that Body.
God has appointed in the Church first some who are apostles,
in the second place prophets;
third are teachers.
Then come miracles, then gifts of healing, then the corporal works of mercy, then administrative gifts and different kinds of languages…
(1 Corinthians 12)

Form for Parish Roles Volunteering
MS Word Version or PDF Version.

St Anne's Church
St Anne's Priory
23 Prescot Road, Ormskirk, Lancs, L39 4TG
Telephone: 01695 572168
e-mail: admin@st-annes-ormskirk.org.uk
(for general enquiries)

St Elizabeth's Church
St Elizabeth’s Presbytery,
10 Hall Road, Scarisbrick, L40 9QE
Tel: 01704 880226
e-mail: stelizabethscar@btinternet.com