ST JAMES’ CHURCH, ISLINGTON N1 8PF January 7th 2018 EPIPHANY Year B 18/1

WELCOME to everyone in Church today, especially those visiting for the first time. Please ask the nearest person to you in the pews if there is anything you need. There is

a carpeted area in the south aisle for our smallest children. A full service booklet is available and the T-loop system works well.

A collection of money is taken during Mass (see back page for giving by text). At the time of communion, please feel free to come forward to the front of Church -

either to receive communion or a blessing. Jesus invites everyone, you too! Finally, do stay for a drink after Mass if you can and say hello before you leave. If you

would like to keep in touch, please fill in a white Contact Card and we’ll respond asap.

Collect: Creator of the heavens, who led the Magi by a star to worship the Christ-child: guide and sustain us, that we may find our journey’s end in Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

St James’ Islington: discovering how to live like Jesus in the 21st century

Welcomers: The Churchwardens Reader: Sam Lewis Euch. Mins: Hilary and Laura Roden Coffee: Joyce Owusu Flowers: Norah Hodge Organist: Adam Dickson

Readings for Epiphany 2, 14 January 2018 at 10am: 1 Sam. 3: 1-10, Rev. 5: 1-10 Norah Hodge, Rebecca Holtham

TODAY’S HYMNS at 10am

Entry Gradual Offertory P. Comm. Final

AM86 The first Nowell AM105 We three kings CAHON729 What child is t. TP8 As I kneel before you AM94 As with gladness

Notes on today’s readings:

Isaiah 60: 1-6 800 years before the birth of Jesus, Isaiah shows him to be a king for all

Ephesians 3: 1-12 Paul reminds us that is through the Church that we hear God’s messages

St Matthew 2: 1-12 Herod is scared to death: what can he do to hold on to power?

WITH SCHOOLS BACK and office desks reoccupied once more, we hope the holidays allowed everyone time to be refreshed for all that is to come in 2018. So what lies ahead in the coming twelve weeks leading up to Easter - on April 1st?! Thanks to the core admin. team some number crunching has already begun as we prepare to send in our statistics to the Diocese, due in at the end of January. And what these reveal is a massive ‘churn’ of nearly 1/3rd of our member-ship over the last eighteen months or so. Thanks be to God the loss of familiar faces through death, ill health, moving away or changes in circumstances have been balanced exactly by the arrival of new members! But that means we need to ask our newcomers if they would like to be more involved in what we do to and to ask whether they have ideas which will help us to continue to grow. Read over for more details!

Epiphany marks the end of the twelve days of Christmas and for many it is the time to take down the Christmas tree and all the decorations. But we have one last treat as we celebrate the arrival of the Kings - the Galette des Rois...

Parish Priest: Fr John Burniston 1a Arlington Square, N1 7DS 020 7226 4108 | 07989 281123 email: vicar@stjamesislington.org | www.stjamesislington.org | Administrator: admin@stjamesislington.org

Churchwardens: Hilary Roden and Isabel Nisbet | Hall Bookings: hallatstjames@gmail.com

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Thank-you!

MONDAYS

12.15-1.15pm

ISABEL NISBET (our Churchwarden along-side Hilary Roden) has kindly taken off my desk the task of preparing the rotas for the regular Sunday tasks of welcoming, reading, acting as Eucharistic Ministers and serving refreshments after the 10am Mass. With a strong volunteer base these don’t come up terribly often but it would be great if more people would offer to take part. Please see the noticeboards for sign-ing up lists or make a direct offer to Isabel on nisbet.isabel@gmail.com Thanks. PACK-UP Toni Parker wants to say a huge thank-you for all the toiletries donat-ed for the Christmas party. If anyone else is free to help for 2 hours on Monday lunchtimes, she would also be very grate-ful: tonimep47@gmail.com MUSCLE PLEASE! Having stupidly fallen off a ladder on New Years Day I am hoping three or four strong people will be willing to take down the Christmas tree on Tuesday evening, ready for the Council trucks to remove it on Wednesday. It shouldn’t take more than quarter of an hour. Can we say 7.30pm in Church? CHILDREN’S PARTY We try to keep

PRAYER BOARD/NOTICES Requests for prayer welcome

BIRTHDAYS A belated Happy Birthday to Lucy Haire whose day was on the 28th; best wishes to Sarah Nash whose birthday is tomorrow.

BANNS Between Nicholas Ben Fryer and Felicity Sarah Chasney, both single and both of this parish with a qualifying connection with St John the Baptist, Hunsingore. These are for the 1st TOA.

IN OUR PRAYERS Robert Addington, Amy, Claudette Baker, James Baker, Carol Brierley, Olive Cairns, Jane Carey, Vivienne Carlton, Peter Comerford, Marian Davis, Geraldine, Lisa Grigg, Kelly Harding, Jamie, Leigh, Lorraine, Rene, Violet Shuman, John Scott, Paul Smith, Sue, Janet Young.

ANNIVERSARIES Today: Leila Hoon; 10th: Vera Chambers (2017); 11th: Geoffrey Hetherington (1995).

CELIA’S FUNERAL The Requiem for Celia Marshall will be held at St Giles’ Church, Cripplegate on Tuesday 16th January 2018 at 12noon. A private committal will be held the following day.

PRISONER OF CONSCIENCE Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, whom we thought was on the point of release in Iran, is now uncertain whether fresh charges will be made against her. Having failed to be released for Christmas she is understandably anxious about what will happen next. Please remember her in your prayers.

WHAT’S ON AT ST JAMES’ THIS WEEK Sun EPIPHANY 8am Mass. 10am All Age

PARISH MASS with the Gallette du Roi ceremony.

Mon 12noon Pack-Up. Tues 8.30am Morning Prayer. 9am Mass.

7.30pm Taking down the Christmas Tree. Wed 10am Mass. Thurs 9am NET Survey of the new bell tower

gallery. 6pm Evening Prayer and Office session. 7pm Cantallini resume.

Sat 10am Terrier and inventory checks. Sun 14 EPIPHANY 2 8am Mass. 10am PARISH

MASS (2nd Sunday) and SUNDAY SCH.

Calendar and Daily Prayer themes

Sun 7 EPIPHANY Grace and Elrose Joseph; Miranda Jules Mon 8 DEL Christmas 2 Pat and Philip Kingston; Jenn Korek Tues 9 Feria Eva, George, Jerome and Zuri Kasella Wed 10 William Laud, Bp Kingsley Lewis; Beryl Lloyd Thurs 11 Feria Kurt, Julia and Florence Maile Fri 12 Feria Lizzy Maitland; Paula, Gianni, Giandre Morrison Sat 13 St Hilary of Poitiers Bill Murphy; Isabel Nisbet Sun 14 EPIPHANY 2 Joyce Owusu, Toni Parker

the annual Children’s party away from Christmas and in recent years it has been held around Mardi Gras. But this year that hits the Spring Half Term so the party will be on Candlemas Sunday, 4th February from 4-6pm. Please mark the new date!