24th July 2022 All Saints Church, Childwall
Read: Luke 11:1-13
11One day Jesus was praying in a certain place. When he finished, one of his disciples said to him,
“Lord, teach us to pray, just as John taught his disciples.”2 He said to them, “When you pray, say: “‘Father, hallowed be your name, your kingdom come. 3 Give us each day our daily bread.4 Forgive us our sins, for we also forgive everyone who sins against us. And lead us not into temptation.’” 5 Then Jesus said to
them, “Suppose you have a friend, and you go to him at midnight and say, ‘Friend, lend me three loaves of bread; 6 a friend of mine on a journey has come to me, and I have no food to offer him.’ 7 And suppose the one inside answers, ‘Don’t bother me. The door is already locked, and my children and I are in bed. I can’t get up and give you anything.’ 8 I tell you, even though he will not get up and give you the bread because of friendship, yet because of your shameless audacity he will surely get up and give you as much as you need. 9 “So I say to you: Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. 10 For everyone who asks receives; the one who seeks finds; and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened. 11 “Which of you fathers, if your son asks for a fish, will give him a snake instead? 12 Or if he asks for an egg, will give him a scorpion? 13 If you then, though you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him!”
Reflect: As it is summer, I will bring a bunch of Sweet Peas with me on Sunday as we consider this passage. We will consider the PLACE and PRIORITY of prayer in Jesus’ life, the PATTERN of prayer he gives to his disciples of PRAISE, PROVISION and PROTECTION. We will also reflect on the PROMISE of prayer and the need to be PERSISTANT in prayer.
Respond: Every Christian I speak too realises the importance of prayer yet many of us struggle with it in practice. The disciples’ request should encourage us that prayer can be learned. Why not use Jesus’ words as an encouragement to set time aside and simply use His pattern and its promise and begin to learn to pray this week.
Garry Critchley (Reader at All Saints) Church services
Sunday 24th July – 9.15am – Holy Communion 11am – Service of the Word with Baptism
12.30pm – Baptism Service
Thursday 28th July – 10.45am – BCP Holy Communion
6pm – Celtic Evening Worship (in the church hall followed by tea & coffee)
Sunday 31st July – 10:00 am – Holy Communion 6pm – Evening Worship (in the church hall followed by tea
& coffee)
Wednesday 10th August – 1pm Funeral of Margaret Whitehead
One Sunday Morning service at 10am during the summer
We will be having one Sunday morning service at 10am from Sunday 31st July throughout the summer up
to and including Sunday 4th September. These 10am services will be Communion services each week,
except for Sunday 28th August when it will be a Baptism service and Communion will be in the evening.
Tea & Coffee will be served in the church hall after our 10am morning service during the Summer
Would you be willing to help serve tea & coffee after our Sunday morning 10am service during the
summer? If you would be willing to be on a rota please will you sign up on one of the sheets at the back of
church. Thank you very much, Barbara Critchley – Churchwarden
Second Church Warden appointed
I am delighted to be able to tell you that Keith Caulkin has been appointed as our second Church Warden at All Saints. He was proposed and seconded and elected unanimously at our PCC meeting last week. Please pray for Keith as he serves alongside Barbara Critchley our other Warden and our Deputy Wardens Pam & Malcolm Baines and Margaret Thwaite.
We are looking for young musicians to join our Youth Worship Team Project.
We have had 3 young people come forward who would like to be part of our Youth Band.
We would like to see more. Do you play an instrument or would you like to learn, or maybe
you enjoy singing? We have been given 2 good guitars which are now available for
someone to learn on, could this be you?
The Young Musicians will be supported by our Musical Director, Leader and musicians. If
you would like to meet with us and maybe play something. We would happily arrange that.
The kind of worship music we play is normally of the modern style of worship.
For further information please contact John McLoughlin, on 0776 222 833 or come and chat to us at the
end of our 11am Sunday Service.
Bookworms – Our Church reading group has its next meeting on Monday 1st August at 7.30pm in the
function room of the Childwall Abbey. We are looking at the book: The Music Shop by Rachel Joyce, a heartwarming novel about the potential strength of local community.
Morning Prayer – Monday and Friday at 8:00am – Common Worship Morning prayer service with words on screen. Optional Chat after the service. Meeting ID: 948 786 2454 Passcode: 4allsaints
Weekly prayer meeting – Thursday 6.30pm on Zoom. Why not join a group of us at All Saints that pray regularly. It lasts 40 minutes, you can pray, sit and listen or just contemplate. – Aidan Holmes
https://us04web.zoom.us/j/8802380315?pwd=cGxQTnQ0QVRjU1gyUnBrYnJMMzZldz09
Please note joining ID. Meeting ID: 880 238 0315
Passcode: yt76bq
Vestry Hour – every Tuesday 7pm – 8pm. There will be NO Vestry hour during August.
To book a Baptism or a Wedding or speak to a member of the clergy, please come to Vestry Hour which is held in the church every Tuesday, no appointment is necessary.
Weekly Prayer requests – Please pray for all those who are unwell at this time particularly praying for Stan Cowley, Alison Kefford, Shirley Rawlinson, Diane Deacon, Doris Springer, Sandra Ward, Nicoli Gray (Carole
Turner’s daughter) & Jennie Moore. We also pray for the bereaved family and friends of Alan Woods, Norman Bell, John Wright, Eileen Holland, John Canavan & Margaret Whitehead.
Andrew Colmer – Vicar – Tel: 07305 842257 – vicar.allsaintschildwall@gmail.com Helen Deegan – Curate – Tel: 07984 933467 – curate.allsaintschildwall@gmail.com Bill Forster – Associate Minister – william.forster1@btinternet.com
Adeyinka Olushonde – Ordinand – adeyinka.allsaintschildwall@gmail.com
